"Today, I will sign the Clay Hunt [Suicide Prevention for American Veterans] Act into law." —President Obama #HonoringVets
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) February 12, 2015
"To anyone out there who’s hurting—it’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help. It’s a sign of strength." —President Obama #HonoringVets
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) February 12, 2015
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I don't break easily and I'm really broken after watching this: Suzanne Barakat talking about #ChapelHillShooting: http://t.co/kz3g8TckXf
— Hameed (@SheikhThingsUp) February 12, 2015
Quote of the day comes from CJ Werleman on the media’s reaction to the Chapel Hill Shootings #ChapelHillShooting pic.twitter.com/xURgG9CXn4
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) February 12, 2015
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"I’m proud to welcome him back as our next Secretary of Defense." —Obama on Senate confirmation of Ash Carter pic.twitter.com/qf4vhdj2wq
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) February 12, 2015
Congrats to Philadelphia and Mayor Nutter for expanding paid sick leave.
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) February 12, 2015
Now it's time for Congress to #LeadOnLeave. pic.twitter.com/TCbW90OVt2
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President Obama wants YOU to #GetCovered by February 15: http://t.co/GNfbft9Ewv
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) February 12, 2015
Watch → http://t.co/edMm328sv2 pic.twitter.com/Ws1rTHRDC6
"YOLO man!"
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) February 12, 2015
Find out why President Obama has a selfie stick—and #GetCovered by February 15: http://t.co/edMm32q3mA pic.twitter.com/VqzhrcrA7I
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Things everybody does but doesn’t talk about, featuring President Obama http://t.co/Kd6qUbauxm pic.twitter.com/6nYMfeKDXv
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) February 12, 2015
Can't dunk your cookie?
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) February 12, 2015
At least you can #GetCovered: http://t.co/GNfbft9Ewv http://t.co/edMm328sv2 #ThanksObama pic.twitter.com/Wh82V4NR1t
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In Iowa, Biden says continuing Obama policies not a 3rd term: "I call it sticking with what worked." pic.twitter.com/fuIMQJ3idX
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 12, 2015
Biden also sees the explosion of money in politics as the greatest risk to the middle class. "Take money out of the equation," he urges.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 12, 2015
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https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/565871146177150976
BREAKING: Mayor Nutter signs #phlsickdays bill into law, making Philadelphia the 17th city to pass #paidsickdays. pic.twitter.com/YMhcohp7Mn
— Working America (@WorkingAmerica) February 12, 2015
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White House stands by boys on embattled Little League team: http://t.co/EIJUlHGHiX (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP) pic.twitter.com/Y0bHsMlmGu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/565849087908798464
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https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/565940939165011968
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/565941169230995456
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https://twitter.com/Luvvie/status/565946143851294720
Gentrification Is the Real Scandal Surrounding Jackie Robinson West http://t.co/a3y4Oj5Xc2
— Zulu Yama Gumbo (@bromoore) February 12, 2015
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Pakistan is facing a major water crisis http://t.co/mFBjrW8NDr pic.twitter.com/dlhaB1GJJl
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 12, 2015
China offers to mediate in stalled efforts to engage the Afghan Taliban in peace negotiations http://t.co/7Gz99JqTNi
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) February 12, 2015
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Man visiting family from India left temporarily paralyzed after police encounter http://t.co/9JiXkQrRea
— theGrio.com (@theGrio) February 12, 2015
FBI director speaks candidly about the problem of racial bias in law enforcement http://t.co/9q0pF80ymS pic.twitter.com/BsbtixUnRY
— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) February 12, 2015
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Listen to one of the victims of the #ChapelHillShooting explain her love for America http://t.co/RKcCcEK3jz pic.twitter.com/mbNndvpuqn
— Dream Defenders (@Dreamdefenders) February 12, 2015
#MuslimLivesMatter but not for @CNN @NBCNews @CBSNews @ABC @FoxNews #ChapelHillShooting @al_tagreer pic.twitter.com/TC5QDt50nq
— Carlos Latuff (@LatuffCartoons) February 11, 2015
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Here Are The Three Victims Of The #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/1ZzZNxrcgY pic.twitter.com/Sz2ynVWbNg
— Lnonblonde💿® (@Lnonblonde) February 12, 2015
I witnessed what I believe could be the largest Muslim funeral prayer in US Muslim history. #ChapelHillShooting
— Nihad Awad (@NihadAwad) February 12, 2015
pic.twitter.com/lYJTwJPREH
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Rand Paul thinks companies could benefit by launching their own currencies. http://t.co/AG8MSW6pk9 pic.twitter.com/2bElWF8QRN
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) February 12, 2015
Boehner needs to follow own advice on DHS funding. http://t.co/65Ae6GrJpV
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) February 12, 2015
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Paris votes to sue Fox News for erroneous "no-go zone" coverage http://t.co/3XTUedtg7I
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 12, 2015
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on marriage equality: "The rest of us recognized they are one of us" http://t.co/Puu70GP3nI
— Guardian US (@GuardianUS) February 12, 2015
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#ChapelHillShooting victim hoped 2raise $20,000 for #Syrian refugees.Since his death,project received almost $250,000 pic.twitter.com/5rostMuvcK
— Asma (@LibyanBentBladi) February 12, 2015
#ChapelHillShooting victim Deah Barakat fundraised for Syrian refugees & helped the homeless http://t.co/HTxEfmkJqY pic.twitter.com/ty7hORhVaB
— HuffPost UK (@HuffPostUK) February 12, 2015
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California boy who beat leukemia urges near-universal measles jabs http://t.co/qhHXjBvNZI
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) February 12, 2015
One thing we are most certain of, the #measles vaccine is safe and very effective. Read more: http://t.co/1cseUh4FQv pic.twitter.com/XtuChrVqYu
— HHS.gov (@HHSGov) February 12, 2015
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BREAKING: Residents say an explosion kills many at a crowded market in Biu town in northeast Nigeria.
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 12, 2015
After retrieving a laptop in a strike on a Qaeda leader, American & Afghan forces increased night raids on militants http://t.co/rQafaASesI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 12, 2015
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See you soon, Philadelphia! #DNC16 pic.twitter.com/xBeJhYMWFX
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) February 12, 2015
Democrats are holding their 2016 convention in the city where they first rejected Jim Crow http://t.co/CPN9xVye1k pic.twitter.com/rxhgY7LcDq
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 12, 2015
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https://twitter.com/danielleiat/status/565903186993893376
FBI Director James Comey dives into the debate over race and criminal justice http://t.co/lFQr5Bvp5K pic.twitter.com/4zhDRPSaNX
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 12, 2015
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Australia's jaw dropped after its Prime Minister compared the job market to the holocaust http://t.co/xpLJxyGrn3 pic.twitter.com/sX6x7J4FjI
— Insider Business (@BusinessInsider) February 12, 2015
.@Madeleine Albright says Bibi might have enough on his plate without U.S. speech: http://t.co/MXjhFQbI2J pic.twitter.com/aoZByhOALb
— The Hill (@thehill) February 12, 2015
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announces ceasefire for eastern Ukraine to start on 15 February http://t.co/4hKPSU1a2Z
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 12, 2015
#Russia/#Ukraine peace deal includes ceasefire effective starting from on Sunday http://t.co/di9rS3hRS9 pic.twitter.com/x1jbs68vBe
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) February 12, 2015
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https://twitter.com/ajam/status/565880157005938688
https://twitter.com/AFPTV_en/status/565894449411411969
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Meet Lewis Latimer, the African American who enlightened Thomas Edison, by @brentinmock http://t.co/152LgJDjXn pic.twitter.com/lnkHQo6jnl
— grist (@grist) February 12, 2015
Ursula Burns, CEO @XeroxCorp, first African American woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company. #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2015 pic.twitter.com/AXNsKWHft8
— Black History Heroes (@HistoryHeroes) February 11, 2015
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this is still very relevant #ChapelHillShooting pic.twitter.com/0tYwu2SkqC
— Anna (@AnnaGreenJ) February 12, 2015
Photo: Right in front of me in “Liberal” Southern, Cali. SMH. To think, this dude gets to drive around,... http://t.co/J8gMFJzAoL
— Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) February 11, 2015
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Here’s Brian Williams moderating a Democratic primary debate: http://t.co/4I01K8bTcP pic.twitter.com/DNWnGv4AKW
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) February 11, 2015
An $850M #solar deal. The dirty stuff is dying, the clean stuff is booming. http://t.co/SCbpO3GqsH
— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) February 11, 2015
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https://twitter.com/Rami__Ak/status/566007883327086594
Demo held in Gaza over Muslim students' murder in US http://t.co/GlUeh6PfTa via @PressTV #ChapelHillShooting pic.twitter.com/rH5hDwmUA6
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) February 12, 2015
The Obama Diary 
Thank you Nerdy
Just in time for the train ride home. Catch up time.
You’re welcome, Vetivera24.
Wishing you a safe train ride home.
I take your wishes kindly. On my last ride a few months ago the train crashed into a truck at a crossing. Thank you.
OMG.
Glad to hear you’re safe and sound. How did the other people in your train fare?
It was summer. Ac went off. Lots of claustrophobia. Fortunately no one was seriously injured except the truck driver. But we couldn’t move for 4 hours
Oh no, what a trial but so glad you are safe.
I’ve completely run out of words Nerdy, but this daily round-up is my favorite thing in the universe, apart from Danny occasionally doing what he’s told. You’re a gem, a simply wonderful round-up of the days news.
I thank you so so so so very much, Chips.
I was trying to think of a Manchester United player I love at the moment so that I could say, ‘you are the [insert name here] of TOD’, but I can’t think of a friggin’ one – so, you’re just Nerdy, and that’ll do 🙂 Thank you Legend.
At least MUFC still has an outside shot of a top 4 finish. Pity the poor Laker fan. Tank this year, get a top 5 draft pick. And then? Tank next year, get another top 5 draft pick. FUCK YOU, JIM BUSS!!!
IS THAT MEANT TO CONSOLE ME?!?!?!?!
Seems to do the trick for Arsene…
Nerdy, or anyone else, please remind me of what the meme, YOLO can I Live, is about! Thanks in advance.
Outstanding group of tweets Nerdy Wonka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Donna!
Okay Confession time…. I’ve watched that BuzzFeed video 16 times today. 🙂
Meh, I’m up to 73 🙂
Once I get off from work I promise to catch up with you. I simply cannot stop watching it. He is so good at this!!!!!
I’ve LOST COUNT.
😆 Me too!!!
I feel like I’m up to 1000.
President Obama’s comedic timing is the best. No other politician matches him.
And just think, he says FLOTUS is way funnier than he is. I’d love to see them riff off of each other some day!!
Wouldn’t that be cool?
They could be the Stiller and Meara of the teens. 🙂
He’s even better than some career comedians!
So cute and so true! 🙂
GA TODville.
Methinks New England is sick of the snow.
Meanwhile, SoCal is getting used to summer in February (second year in a row when it’s felt like August in winter — last year it happened in January) — weather.com tells me that it’s 80F outside, but feels like 79F (because of our insanity-producing santa ana winds).
It was 60 here in Montana today. This is way to early
Sixty degrees in Missoula on Abe Lincoln and Charles Darwin’s BD???
That is so wrong.
Had the windows open today and am now in shorts and a T-shirt and still feel warm.
It’s truly Spring here, everything is abloom. It wasn’t that long ago that Spring coincided with Easter, even here in SoCal.
Thank you, NW, for another outstanding selection of tweets.
They did it in 2010 – they ALWAYS do it – White privilege. I’m waiting for the media to demand PBO meet with the family, make a speech, DO SOMETHING. Oh, I forgot, some lives don’t matter to the US media.
You’re welcome, Bob.
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/165645/
Thanks for this, bella. PBO will be in a warm spot instead of on the slopes.
POTUS golfing and FLOTUS and the girls skiing.
Thanks Nerdy and
hahahaha – Rand Paul – in my country (and probably yours) all of the major stores gave up on their own brand account cards in favor of mastercard/visa – saves them the accounting chore & lets someone else carry the non payment risk. I used to have an account with my local pharmacy and newsagent – they gave it away as well in favor of the credit cards. Do hope Paul invests in bitcoin – or is he the “do as I say” type of person?
Well, not quite here. Stores still have their own brand cards. But, they’re usually serviced by Visa/Masterdard/Citbank/etc.
Which is exactly the same as closing your store card – couple of our stores do the same – it’s called the “Store X card” but is a mastercard or visa. All the billing and chasing and bad debt is handled by the credit card companies or their associated bank. What annoys me – the merchants pay a small % to the credit card company for the privilege and now many of them pass this fee on to the customer – so the store pays NOTHING. Guess that is good GOP policy.
FREE MARKET!!11!!!1 WHY ARE YOU A SOSHULIST?!
🙂 Maybe it just comes with age – or grandbabes – or because the local grocery store now has only one queue for folks who won’t use the self-serve exit. Angry old woman is becoming my name of note
Oho, TS, our stores are headed the same way here! And, like you I’m still resisting. The only good thing so far is that the grocery stores haven’t yet joined in, but the other stores all seem to have several self-serve stations open while having only one offering service. Since I always carry a book when I go shopping, I just join the service line and read while I wait. Have to say though that I don’t normally wait long as other shoppers seem not to mind paying for the privilege of serving themselves without any compensation.
I always tell the server that I am one of the reasons he/she still has a job.
Hope all is good with you vc – I am having a lazy morning back reading TOD – while the washing machine does its chore. I can still remember the days of having to wind thru a wringer and rinse in the tub – grumpy old one is me.
I don’t usually tell them anything unless there’s one standing on the side trying to encourage me over and offering to help me with the self-serve.
Washing machines are wonderful things, IMO. Now if they’d only come out with an ironing machine I’d be tickled pink. 😀 I’m okay – one side of my throat feels a bit tender, but that’s to be expected.
I don’t iron – I wear fashionable crumpled
Gin is very good as a cure for tender throats
😀 You made me laugh on both counts!
Truth is often amusing 🙂 We need laughter
^5
Like LarryW on Comedy Central would say…..Keeping it 100…….NW, Yes, You 😎 Lady is keeping it 100 with these Tweets. Obrigada.
Gold for Vetivera24. 😉
I loose the keeping it 100 segment on The Nightly Show.
Thanks, Nena!
Another amazing assortment of news that matters.
Thank you once again, Nerdy.
Glad you included the Madeline Albright tweet because I hope pressure is kept on Bibi to postpone or cancel Still time for him to do the right thing.
You’re welcome, Vicki.
Rick Santorum is offering free Valentine’s Day massages this Saturday Feb 14, and I JUST SIGNED UP ALL OF TOD! You should be getting your coupon in the mail (sent via FEDEX). You’re welcome – I’m just doing the Lord’s work here. 🙂 🙂
P.S. I don’t care if you’re a guy…
ooh, I think Santorum will love the guys being signed up!!
Good heavens, NerdyW, are you trying to wear me out?!!!!! I would say ‘thanks’ if I could muster up the energy. 😉
My usual morning of news from TOD – covers it all. PM Abbott can’t win a trick at the minute – even if he had all the tickets!
He apologised for his holocaust statement but not for reading in parliament documents that are NOT allowed to be seen by the public for legal reasons.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/pms-comments-could-still-prejudice-trial-says-legal-community/6090058
Mr Houda also questioned the links between the Government and police.
“Is it coincidental that every time the Prime Minister is in the sh!t his mates find him a terrorist?”
Woohoo! Just made it to our seats for Alvin Ailey Dance Theater at The Fox! So excited! Haven’t seen them live in years! 😆😆😆😆😆
WOOOOOTTT!! They are SO fabulous!!
YES.THEY.ARE!!!! 😀
Ms. Dudette, I missed them this year in NY.
I plan to send a young teenager who dances at the Dance Theater of Harlem on a night out with her Mom.
I just cannot wait for them to go. I am excited for them.
Awesome LDS! DTH is another superlative dance troup. Do go! Enjoy! 😀
Some of Director of FBI’s speech
I am still looking for the 30 mins plus video
Here it is Nena.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?324342-1/fbi-director-james-comey-law-enforcement-race-relations
Here he is!!!!
IT’S A SHAME SHE DIDN’T GO WITH HIM SINCE IT IS VALENTINE WEEKEND…THEY COULD HAVE HAD A SUNSHINE GETAWAY TOGETHER! IT’S SO BAD EVERYWHERE ELSE…PEOPLE JUST RUB NOSES NOW AND DRY FISH ON THE LAUNDRY LINE!
Isn’t that sweet, POTUS got FLOTUS a Valentine’s Day card. I’m sure the flowers is coming or already have come with a flower shop in the building. Hay FLOTUS were is POTUS card?
Darn internet was down all afternoon. I took a nap. This is interesting:)
http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/8/9/5983959/the-most-liberal-and-conservative-big-cities-in-america-in-one-chart
WOW
I see this bridge from my building, and I completely forgot the President was landing today. Arrggghhhh!
Hola everyone! So who’s the lucky dude in the healthcare.gov video with POTUS?
There’s been a dearth of babies to greet PBO at recent events.
Thanks, San Francisco, for coming through for Obots!
Ain’t that the truth! We need our baby POTUS fix.
Our sharemarket is up 2% today – I blame Obama 🙂
SCANDAL IN 3 MINUTES!
Darn it’s driving me crazy who that is in the video with POTUS. I’ve looked all over Twitter and the only commentary is about POTUS lol.
Isn’t it the Buzzfeed author, Andrew Gauthier?
Thank you!!!! I saw his Twitter picture and his haircut was so different I first didn’t think it was him. Thanks arapaho!
Some forgotten history……I wonder why?
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-bassreeves.html
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/02/12/the-presidents-day-46/