President Obama is taking action to #ProtectYourSavings from a conflict of interest → go.wh.gov/YCUui6
Watch → youtu.be/dBs6H1P7Wd0
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 23, 2015
Dem Rep: Obama 'One Of The Best Presidents Our Country Will Ever Have Seen' bit.ly/1FM1Fj9 (VIDEO) http://t.co/HYpmoErDrx
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(@Mediaite) February 22, 2015
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Share how you’re getting healthy, then tell your friends to #GimmeFive: go.wh.gov/ZiwwHe
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) February 23, 2015
Two First Ladies: Mrs. Obama hosts Mrs. Ghani of Afghanistan for tea at the @WhiteHouse → flic.kr/p/rkjMNP http://t.co/8yvQs0169b
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) February 23, 2015
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Obama Wants Rules That Force Brokers To Put Clients' Interests First n.pr/1a63aLU
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NPR News (@nprnews) February 23, 2015
"Since 2013, 17 states have joined companies like Gap and Walmart to raise their minimum wage" —Obama #RaiseTheWage http://t.co/CeBzHXnunj
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 23, 2015
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FACT: More Jobs are Created When Democrats are in Power tinyurl.com/oo4a42z #UniteBlue #ObamaLovesAmerica http://t.co/DzMw8XRaPC
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Blue Nation Review (@BlueNationRev) February 21, 2015
VA #hiring 19,000 doctors, nurses, other personnel in 2015 bit.ly/1yXpr38 via @federaltimes http://t.co/TtcVxkqQ2m
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Veterans Affairs (@DeptVetAffairs) February 21, 2015
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Congratulations to @common & @johnlegend on their #Oscar win! Such a powerful performance & impactful speech. #Glory http://t.co/g6Bdi2TxcC
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Viola Davis (@violadavis) February 23, 2015
Viva Mexico! http://t.co/wWCnrOsKSZ
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Mario Lopez (@MarioLopezExtra) February 23, 2015
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In 1773 Phyllis Wheatley published the 1st book by a black woman, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral #BHM http://t.co/dgj00wKPoQ
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Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) February 22, 2015
Valerie Smith of Princeton to become Swarthmore's first African American president po.st/Bjxmi6 via @phillydotcom
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Alycee (@jazziz2) February 22, 2015
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Alfre Woodard's "Oscar's Sistahs Soiree" at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, on February 18, 2015 http://t.co/R4HdqtZWMc
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Shadow And Act (@shadowandact) February 20, 2015
Look at that time! @Mo_Farah breaks the world record at the #IndoorGP bbc.in/1vSqjGd http://t.co/1Ey64VavTN
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BBC Sport (@BBCSport) February 21, 2015
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Did you know? The earliest gun control laws in America specifically disarmed black people at.FEE.org/1HSCopm http://t.co/toZ7bnCu7Y
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FEE (@feeonline) February 20, 2015
Between 1877 and 1950 almost 4,000 black southerners were lynched econ.st/1EFd0Ol http://t.co/vCGrAdEO2G
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The Economist (@EconUS) February 22, 2015
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U.S. State Department Formally Appoints Its First Special Envoy For LGBT Rights buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/us… via @jlfeder
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Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) February 23, 2015
Great piece by @EJDionne on what's at stake for the #ACA (& millions of Americans) in King v Burwell: wapo.st/1JDo5WD
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Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) February 23, 2015
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Hey Rudy, why don’t you ask Osama bin Laden if President Obama loves America?
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Barbara Boxer (@BarbaraBoxer) February 23, 2015
Hey Rudy, why don’t you ask one of the 11 million people who now have affordable health care if President Obama loves America?
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Barbara Boxer (@BarbaraBoxer) February 23, 2015
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Hey Rudy, why don’t you ask the auto workers whose jobs were saved if President Obama loves America?
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Barbara Boxer (@BarbaraBoxer) February 23, 2015
Hey Rudy, why don’t you ask the millions getting jobs after the worst recession since the Great Depression if Obama loves America?
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Barbara Boxer (@BarbaraBoxer) February 23, 2015
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The Road to Structural Erasure Is Paved With Good-Intentioned White Ladies #ABLC rhrc.us/1BHWq2o via @rhrealitycheck #twibdocket
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) February 23, 2015
That's what's most disturbing about Arquette. With no understanding of whose backs she's walked on, she wants MORE from those very people.
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Tina Vasquez (@TheTinaVasquez) February 23, 2015
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This is the part of progressivism/liberalism that pisses a lot of PoC off. We can't be on the same team if when we point out B.S. you freak.
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Elon James White (@elonjames) February 23, 2015
We're on the same side so much that when a bunch of PoC say "This is problematic" the response is "NAH UH. STOP ATTACKING ALLIES!" Farreal?
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Elon James White (@elonjames) February 23, 2015
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You don't have to agree w/ every critique. But to pretend that the critiques are baseless and that those giving them are the problems? No.
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Elon James White (@elonjames) February 23, 2015
I mean the quote screams problematic. I don' care what you "meant" it's what you SAID. This should be critiqued. http://t.co/yLiX8ABl2p
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Elon James White (@elonjames) February 23, 2015
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"PATRICIA ARQUETTE'S COMMENTS ARE AMAZING!"
But what about what she said that PoC & LGBTQ?
"SHE'S JUST AN ACTRESS! WHY CANT YOU CHILL!?"
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Elon James White (@elonjames) February 23, 2015
Despite the tremendous risk, African American women marched for suffrage, too - The Washington Post wapo.st/1zzWATQ
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) February 23, 2015
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White women wanted black women to march for suffrage at the back of the line. I mean COME ON with this "we fought for you" bullshit.
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) February 23, 2015
Read a history book. White women fought AGAINST black women's suffrage because they were afraid it would harm their efforts to get the vote.
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) February 23, 2015
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Defense Secretary Carter: Transgender people shouldn't be denied military service nbcnews.to/1AkMMRp http://t.co/DCimVLG2lC
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NBC News (@NBCNews) February 23, 2015
Missouri lawmakers propose banning public from viewing footage from police body cams thkpr.gs/3625650 http://t.co/oQeGDap40r
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 22, 2015
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.@johnlegend is right - 50 years after passage of Voting Rights Act, voting rights are under attack today thenation.com/blog/195281/ho…
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 23, 2015
I never shared this. I saved it for today. A special outtake of my hero. I love you, David. You are my Best Actor. youtube.com/watch?v=CUciLi…
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Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) February 22, 2015
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Most Americans back Obama's plan to raise investment taxes on wealthy families huff.to/1zYGEcE http://t.co/4ggH4yanaP
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HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) February 22, 2015
BREAKING: O'Reilly indeed lying about war reporting, says former colleague at CBS. huff.to/1zWKZ07 http://t.co/D2Y63f3ovu
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HuffPost Media (@HuffPostMedia) February 21, 2015
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China summons India's ambassador over PM Narendra Modi's visit to disputed border region aje.io/gtfl http://t.co/wKSg4cAfJj
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AJE News (@AJENews) February 22, 2015
Suicide bombing by girl as young as 10 fuels fears Boko Haram using kidnapped schoolgirls. trib.in/1w2jvpv http://t.co/cTdyN5lHKU
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Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) February 23, 2015
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Leaked intelligence documents reveal Netanyahu exaggerated Iran threat thkpr.gs/3626004 http://t.co/scW6Cuim1W
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 23, 2015
#Argentina President Cristina Kirchner assails lawmakers who protested prosecutor's death. news.yahoo.com/argentinas-kir… http://t.co/qe4CLuWWMP
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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 22, 2015
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It's just shocking that a President wouldn't regularly attend church - & then have nerve to call himself a Christian! http://t.co/crdIhvjyRa
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) February 22, 2015
Obama designates 3 national monuments, Congressman deems him 'King Barack' thkpr.gs/3624273 http://t.co/O0b0Rwrkdl
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 22, 2015
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REMINDER: This is what the gender wage gap looks like divided by race http://t.co/XZCWq1y4jX
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 23, 2015
Meet the Representative who is fighting to eliminate Texas’ ‘Stand Your Ground’ law thkpr.gs/3625296 http://t.co/RzxTwvBR1G
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 23, 2015
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Murder? Cannibalism? Rape? Kids killing other kids? He’ll let his kids watch. But two men kissing? THE HORROR! Some people are truly pathetic
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Brianna Leigh (@raininblack) February 23, 2015
reagan pals around with prominent muslim. maybe he wasn't christian either? http://t.co/e52p56awQB
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Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 22, 2015
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Just remembered: Obama's 2008 speech on patriotism was one he spent a lot of time writing: nytimes.com/2008/06/30/us/… http://t.co/m7kHpVMoN8
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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 21, 2015
The Sexist Attacks On Women For Saying The Same Thing As Men mm4a.org/1MLFFqq via @finneyk http://t.co/CDdW40wIcL
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Media Matters (@mmfa) February 22, 2015
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6 female directors of color you won’t see at the #Oscars but need to know bit.ly/1AP0Fb7 http://t.co/H1tsXU2b1A
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Mic (@micnews) February 22, 2015
FACT: @Oprah is the first black woman to be nominated as a producer. #Oscars2015 http://t.co/HAaSEB1LpK
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Project Casting (@ProjectCasting) February 23, 2015
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Rudy Giuliani doesn't love America--not the one @BarackObama is trying to build. Me, at @tnr: on.tnr.com/1zUiaRX
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 21, 2015
In 2009 Rudy did almost exact same thing, showing up at Bloomberg campaign event and fanning racial flames. See below http://t.co/6FuqdRCvJz
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Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) February 21, 2015
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Milestone: PM Abadi appoints Dr. Thikra Alwash as Mayor of #Baghdad. 1st woman mayor in its 1250-year history. #Iraq http://t.co/TgcTtSYAHf
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Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) February 20, 2015
A museum to remember Thatcher ??
I've spent the last 30 years trying to forget her. The most despised politician ever http://t.co/ZzUG9V4C8H
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peter iwanoff (@peteriwanoff) February 21, 2015
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More than 1,000 Muslims form human shield around Oslo synagogue condemning Denmark synagogue attack. @IsraelHatzolah http://t.co/NDkCp5xpgk
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Breaking News Feed (@PzFeed) February 21, 2015
Bob Marley's heirs won a landmark case to get merchandisers to stop putting his face on stuff. thefader.com/2015/02/21/bob… http://t.co/89U28rrXDk
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The FADER (@thefader) February 21, 2015
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BREAKING: Federal government charges #DukeEnergy with #CoalAsh pollution crimes bit.ly/1FE7SgR #DENR #ncpol http://t.co/nkOlBk07un
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newsobserver.com (@newsobserver) February 20, 2015
Illinois Governor seeking to raid higher education budget a month after being sworn in thkpr.gs/3624858 http://t.co/rf2zMwZTCv
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 20, 2015
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If tweets were votes, “Selma” would take best picture at the Academy Awards nyti.ms/1A9CHqn
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The New York Times (@nytimes) February 19, 2015
Oscars: Civil Rights Group Pushing Academy to Reveal Diversity Data (Exclusive) thr.cm/YpMeyc http://t.co/YX4Mob8fbO
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Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 20, 2015
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Patricia telling people of color to fight for women as if half of women aren't people of color themselves.
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Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) February 23, 2015
That's like me asking a college student to loan me $5. As if they're not still working to get their feet on the ground. Chile...
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Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) February 23, 2015
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This is why Feminism is constantly critiqued. B/c white women do not center women of color in the "Movement." It's not for US.
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Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) February 23, 2015
I am a feminist. But I am not here for white feminists' constant rendering of women of color invisible. THAT shit is wacksauce.
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Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) February 23, 2015
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American Sniper grossed $300 mil because you people love fairytales.
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Fed-Up Short Chick. (@thewayoftheid) February 23, 2015
In other words #Selma didn't center whiteness therefore it doesn't deserve praise #OscarsSoWhite http://t.co/AjJPZRyepw
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This is like half a percent of all the things that need to be, and have been, said about PA’s Oscar BS, but: rhrc.us/1LymlLU
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Andrea Grimes (@andreagrimes) February 23, 2015
The problem with making celebrities like Patricia Arquette the face of feminism thkpr.gs/3625824 http://t.co/L0hudYwcTH
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 23, 2015
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Several months ago, while talking about the Oscars, a white woman said to me "But people forget all the awards WE gave to 12 YEARS A SLAVE."
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Saeed Jones (@theferocity) February 22, 2015
They put every black person in the Oscar commercial they could think of including Jack Black. Lol. Guilt much??
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Don Cheadle (@IamDonCheadle) February 22, 2015
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Live footage of Patricia Arquette asking gays & people of color to help her get better pay. http://t.co/oDcIyqbknM
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BlackBroDude (@CraigSJ) February 23, 2015
Now I hear O'Reilly wasn't even at the War on Christmas.
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Bertolt Blecht (@benschwartzy) February 23, 2015
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Be the kind of person that isn't asking me any questions.
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Loco Eric (@ericsshadow) February 20, 2015
50 Shades of Grey is my favorite movie about a dog trying to read a map of the United States.
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Terry F (@daemonic3) February 09, 2015
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Golden Corral has over 50 different buffet options and they all taste like recently divorced.
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Brent (@Brentweets) February 22, 2015
[mom asks to use my phone]
Sorry. I must have left it at home.
*my phone starts ringing in my pocket and we both pretend we don't hear it*
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Loco Eric (@ericsshadow) February 21, 2015
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I've been laughing for 5 minutes at this pic. http://t.co/AHH2N6Jaq5
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Jewnose Mars (@YolieTheJew) February 23, 2015
Would you get your phone if you dropped it in a toilet?
1995 - No way
2015 - Head first without even thinking
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Loco Eric (@ericsshadow) February 11, 2015
Hi, Ms NerdyW! 🙂
It’s been a while since we’ve met like this. How’s ya doing?
Hello, VC.
Congratulations on first.
😀 Hi, NW. Thank you kindly, and how are *you*?
Congrats VC 🙂
Another fine collection of informative, essential information, NW. Thank you!
Hello, Sir Bobfr!
Hi, oh ‘quiet one’ 🙂
bbl ….
Hi! Yay VC!
Hi D-ette! Was walking by, minding my own beeswax when the door opened. Dashed in so quickly, I didn’t check who was there with me. Sow-wy.
No problem. I would’ve shoved anybody else outta the way myself! Well done! 😀
Thanks, NW! And now to read the tweets!
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Thanks as alwyas Nerdy for a wonderful newsy humorous mix of tweets.
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Dear JO’B, you need not travel by tunnel to get here; you are welcome to come via air, or even car – take a leisurely drive. There is no guarantee at all that travel by tunnel would be any warmer at this time of year.
Well thank you, VC. 🙂
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Whew! Finally read all the tweets and even followed a link or three – thank you, NerdyW; your strategy to keep me quiet for a bit always works!
Another outstandingly brilliant collection Nerdy, endless endless endless thanks.
The Patricia Arquette thing. I didn’t watch the Oscars so was hopelessly confused this morning – I read that she had spoken about equal pay for women so had no clue why there was such a pushback against her on Twitter from people I follow. Then I read about her post-show comments, ie:
“….. It’s time for all the women in America, and all the men that love women and all the gay people and all the people of color that we’ve all fought for to fight for us now.”
Horribly offensive, deeply clueless.
I followed the back and forth after that, particularly between Angry Black Lady and Oliver Willis, and it was interesting, two liberals worlds apart in their take on the whole thing.
I like Willis, a lot, but I don’t think he remotely got (http://oliverwillis.com/2015/02/23/war-patricia-arquette-not-enemy/) the objections to what Arquette said. I’m usually with him on the ‘purity test’ thing, but it didn’t apply here.
ABL:
“White women, by and large, have loudly applauded Arquette’s words — lumping together her acceptance speech and her backstage interview, leaving primarily women of color and LGBTQ women of color scratching their heads wondering whether to divest themselves of their gender, their race, their sexual orientation, or their gender identity in order to be included in the “us” Arquette implored everyone to start fighting for…..
…. Kumbaya feminism is little more than trickle-down feminism. It posits that rising tides lift all boats and ignores the fact that the boats of most Black women (and, indeed, other women of color) are rigged with anchors.”
http://rhrealitycheck.org/ablc/2015/02/23/patricia-arquette/
Rigged with anchors.
That was perfect.
As is often said, there really cannot be a more discriminated-against human being in America than a gay black woman, which Arquette’s careless words seemed to overlook. What if you fall in to two or three of her ‘categories’?
And the implication that the battle has been won for “people of color” is too dumb to comprehend – it’s hard to know where to start, but the assault on voting rights is one possibility.
So, it was educational to read this back and forth today, I hadn’t been too aware before about the exact nature of the schism between ‘white’ and ‘black’ feminism.
One thing, though, I think the tendency of some in the back and forth today to lump all white women together, like they are a monolithic bunch with identical views, was as daft as anything Arquette said. It’s just not true. I get now that many leading white feminists preach “trickle-down feminism”, as ABL said, without ever, in their privilege, considering those rigged anchors. But I really wish that those who rightly call out this nonsense would concede that not every white woman is that ignorant.
Well said, Chips.
“I really wish that those who rightly call out this nonsense would concede that not every white woman is that ignorant.”
We know that not everyone is that ignorant Chips. But your point is well taken.
Very well done, Chips. Suggest you ‘front page’ this, soon. Thank you!
Ah, thank you Sir Bob.
Chips, when you decide to write – you make me so proud!
I agree with Bob, that your statement/analysis should be Front Paged. I didn’t watch the “All White Show” and I’ve heard the clamor over Arquette, but thanks to you, I’ve finally read just what she said – thank you.
You make excellent points and especially the point that not every white woman is that ignorant.
Oh, my goal-y buddy – thank you, you bunch of hugginess!!
CC, even though I haven’t followed the discussion (being offline and out of the loop most of the day) I do appreciate you adding your perspective. I admit that the lumping of people together (while women/black women) bothers me. One of the many reasons I like life in our village is because in here we tend to be more than the colour of our skin.
😳 I wasn’t finished my comment (was in fact reading it over prior to completing my point) but someone pushed the button, so I’m going to take that as a sign that I should simply cut it off here.
“I really wish that those who rightly call out this nonsense would concede that not every white woman is that ignorant.”
Hey Chips, you made excellent points but I don’t believe that people critiquing Patricia Arquette’s comments or other feminists words believe that all white women are ignorant. I don’t believe they’ve put forward that position or believe that some white women’s ignorance speaks for all white women.
What I believe they are saying is that when events like this happen over and over again, it is not up to Women of Color or People of Color or LGBT people to constantly have to do the work of pointing out why the comments are ignorant, it is not up to them to constantly have to do the work of using history to educate people. I believe what they want is white people or straight people who call themselves allies to step up to the plate and push back against such ignorance that rears its head too often.
Unfortunately, when POC or LGBT people point out why comments are ignorant, they are not often believed or taken seriously. In the world we live in for now, having a white or straight ally push back against the ignorance holds more sway.
A perfect example of this was a video I saw recently on youtube. A black professor and her white sister-in-law went shopping together. The sister-in-law went through the line first, wrote a check which the cashier accepted with no problem. The black woman went next, offered her check and was asked to provide ID. When she did that the cashier took out the bad check register. The professor was angry, and anxious. Her daughter was upset and she was also worried that if she called attention to the situation the older ladies behind her in line might think she was an “angry black woman” or there would be a scene. She was conflicted about whether her speaking up would make the situation better or worse. Her sister-in-law saw what was happening and came back to the check out line. She asked the cashier why she was asking for ID etc., on this check. The cashier said it was company policy. The SIL pointed out that SHE had cashed a check with no problem. The cashier said that she was a familiar customer but the other woman was not. The SIL pointed out that actually the professor was the regular customer and she was just a visitor. At this point the other women in line were showing their disapproval of the cashier’s behavior. As you said, having the white person point out the problem was probably far more effective. The hard thing is that try as we might we are still blinded by our privilege in one area or another. However when it is pointed out to us, it’s our obligation to sit with that discomfort and think through it, rather than rejecting it because we don’t want to think of ourselves as bad people. It is our obligation to confront these things, and when made aware of them, to call them out when we see them happening with newly-aware eyes.
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo, Maryl1! I couldn’t have said it better. You perfectly expressed my sentiments, and I believe a lot of the sentiments of the people pushing back against Patricia Arquette’s comments.
It is unfortunate and breaks my heart that when POC or LGBT people point out racism, prejudice, and ignorance, they are not believed. The overwhelming response is oh well, there they go again. Your anecdotal example shows that when pointed out to them, white and straight allies have an obligation to stand up and confront the ignorance and also to try as much as possible to educate others and open others eyes. That is what it means to be an effective ally. There will be false starts and mistakes, but I am hopeful that we will make more and more progress.
Thank you again, Maryl1 for your thoughtful commentary. It was truly enlightening.
I am humbled by your comment, NW. I appreciate so much the information and insight you bring to us. We are trying to do a lot of social justice work at our school and through many training sessions I’ve seen people making problematic comments, through blindness not ill-will. When they are challenged on it, I can see them not wanting to accept the criticism because they want to think of themselves as good people. We all want that. I’ve felt the same way when I have said careless things. It’s hard to be open to that but if you aren’t, you are missing a chance to be a better person. And frankly, the people in positions of privilege will listen more easily to others in positions of privilege.
Thanks Maryl1 for sharing this story, which, in a nutshell, illustrates the institutionalized nature of racism, and the clear advantage derived from white privilege. Sadly, even the genuinely decent white people, who abhor racism and white privilege, can’t escape, being the beneficiaries of racism and white privilege. Consequently, It’s absolutely imperative that white people who are anti-racism and white privilege must speak up forcefully whenever they witness racist incidents that seeks to grant them unfair privileges over non-white people. At the same time, decent anti-racist white people have to acknowledge that racism, and especially white privilege, grant them special privilege –including the privilege to expose racism– that are not available to people of color.
Beautifully explained, mathematics.
Sorry, I’m posting from a little tablet and right after I hit’send’ I saw that it had”autocorreced nathkatun to mathematics. Sometimes I think autoCORRECT is a complete misnomer.
This point can’t be made enough, Chips, about any group of people. Once we start lumping people together, we veer off the truth. It’s easy to get caught up in an argument/discussion and forget this, but it’s always a mistake.
great commentary
… not every white woman is that ignorant.
But majority of them are. The elections in 2010, 12 & 14 prove it.
I don’t know if it’s a majority, I don’t feel comfortable painting people with a broad brush, but what I will say is you have a point in terms of elections.
What shocked me in the Terry McAuliffe Virginia Governor race, is that even though his opponent had out and out said he would take away birth control rights from women, would take away their equal pay opportunities, etc., he still won the white women vote. The liberal white women vote was nowhere to be seen. If Black women didn’t show up strongly for Terry McAuliffe, Virginia would be looking at a different situation today.
Same with Texas and Wendy Davis. She won the Black and Latino vote but the white vote went to Greg Abbott. A man who told women he would take away their choices and is now doing so, who told parents he would gut education funds, who is openly advocating for guns on campuses.
Leaves me gobsmacked sometimes.
I can only go by the voting numbers as metric measurement of stupidity/hatred. Didn’t mittbot get the majority of white women votes too along with your examples? Numbers don’t lie.
Leaves me crying – and I am an older white woman
Chips, I would readily “concede that not every white woman” is as “ignorant,” or as as naive and simple minded, as Arquette. Sadly, however, the reality is that in the history of women’s movement in America, the struggle for women’s equal rights has always been associated with (i.e to say centered on) only white women. The fact that an enslaved Black woman may have faced unique and different struggles compared to the wife of a slave owner was not central to the American suffragist movement. What’s sad, is to see this young generation of white women activists repeat the errors of the past.
Kenya anti-terror laws: Court scraps main clauses
Kenya’s High Court has thrown out key aspects of a tough new anti-terrorism law after a legal challenge by the opposition.
Eight clauses were annulled, including those which curbed media freedom and capped the number of refugees and asylum-seekers to 150,000.
The government said the law was needed to counter the growing threat posed by militant Islamists.
The opposition warned that it violated civil liberties.
The BBC’s Maryam Abdalla in the capital, Nairobi, says that the opposition Coalition for Reform and Democracy (Cord) party applauded the ruling, saying it had saved Kenya from becoming a police state.
The government said it would consider lodging an appeal.
Our reporter says the court had ruled in the government’s favour on some controversial clauses.
These included giving Kenya’s intelligence agencies the power to carry out covert operations to prevent attacks and allowing police to detain terror suspects beyond 24 hours, provided they were first brought to court.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31588445
i love to watch the President at moments like these….
😆 😆 😆
Fool me once, shame…..er, er….you…..if you fool me, you just can’t get fooled again…..Nailed it!
In my opinion, this 2016 election will be revealing as to whether this country realizes how much better off they are, and how little the GOP have done for them in the past …50 years. The fact that Jeb Bush thinks this country is so stupid as to elect another Bush.. It’s mind-blowing. I cling to the hope that the double election of President Obama implies regarding the electorate – at least in presidential campaigns.
Bob, what is the likelihood of her surviving this ordeal and what benefit does Russia get from her dying in jail? I’m sure the US is exerting quiet pressure, but that’s just as likely to harden Putin’s stance, than to help Nadiya. Putin grows more and more like Stalin every day.
bbl ….
Excellent tweet, Doc.
This is for amk…
Hopefruit, are you trying to bribe him, or to teach him the kind of calming pics he’s *supposed* to share here? /he’s not a fast learner, you know./
pshaw.
A bit big, but ‘wow, you *can* learn!
I am truly impressed. That recent trip of yours has done wonders in toning down your edges or sharpening your listening skills! Just ‘wow!’
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/whisper/ Dare I speculate that it’s also done something for your treasury skills?
are you calmed yet?
I was.
#shldhvstoppedwhileahead
smh – I got it! I actually got it – it’s time I exit this village. When we are on the same wavelength that can’t be good!
BTW…..^5
^5. gunnite vc. Don’t let hf bite. 🙂
What’s with Hf and you and all this food-y talk at bedtime? smh
BTW, if this means your trough is full, then I will be ‘calmed’ going forward.
Now that’s not fair…at.all.. I gave you a pic of a cute pup, and you give me this hideous rock with a human face?!@#%^&?!?
now we hate rocks too?
Thanks amk for the laugh. 😀
Good nite y’all
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Hf, what am I going to do with you? Take the rock and don’t gripe. At least it’s a small pic, and you can easily see it’s a rock. Think of the face as ‘art’. This beats some of the gross stuff he greets you with hands down!
🙂 I totally love rocks vc, but whatever creature Mr. Amk posted…I have not a clue what that thing is…
My advice is don’t ask *him* as you’ll likely not like the explanation. 😀
I’m heading off to read and leaving you with him – hoping you both come to some sort of compromise re appropriate 🙂 greeting pics.
G’Night!
G’nite vc! Sleep tite! Don’t let Ghouliani bite! 🙂
No fear of that!
French President Francois Hollande lays out proposals to strengthen laws on anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic hate crimes.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31597187
Demographics on How Groups Voted in 2012.
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elections/how_groups_voted/voted_12.html
51% on economy and 66% on budget deficit went for mittbot? Talk about clueless.
GM amk,
I don’t have examples, but there are tons of tweets out there with graphs that show how much the deficit has declined during the Obama Administration.
I think most people are concerned about the national debt, which deficits add to.
Our feckless media fail to inform Americans that the last budget surplus was when Clinton left office. The debt increase since then is strictly on GWB’s disastrous term — unfunded wars, tax cuts and allowing the 2008 financial meltdown to occur.
This year’s White House Easter Egg Roll features five souvenir eggs. Four of the eggs are painted in festive colors — sea breeze blue, sunburst orange, petunia purple, and spring green. These eggs feature the stamped signatures of the President and First Lady on the back. The fifth egg, the “Bo and Sunny” egg, is a Natural American Birchwood egg that is included only in the 2015 Collector’s Egg Set. This egg has the stamped “signatures” and “paw prints” of Bo and Sunny on the back.
http://easter.nationalparks.org/site/
Dude, I have the entire collection of eggs from 2009-2014. They are beautiful. I have them displayed in a crystal basket. 🙂
I meant “Dudette”, but my mac thought otherwise. I hate when it decides what I want to say without my permission. I forget to check sometime. 🙂
Nice! 😀
amk – (I got distracted for a bit, but wanted to respond to your comment above to NW – “I can only go by the voting numbers as metric measurement of stupidity/hatred. Didn’t mittbot get the majority of white women votes too along with your examples? Numbers don’t lie.”)
I’m with Nerdy Wonka on not using a broad brush on any of these issues. To base your concept that the majority of white women are stupid on how white women voted doesn’t quite cut it. So few people of either gender voted that it’s hard to use the word “majority” when we use only the exit numbers on voters. Well, we can use the word, but it has nothing to do with any real majority.
Remember there’s no mandatory voting here. I know you know it’s a “right” that many people don’t appreciate or take full advantage of, and gazillions of people think voting is for somebody else (like it’s said a lot that people who think they’ll “live forever” don’t buy health insurance). Much of America is still in the days of the wild west, it seems – for instance, we have mandatory seat belt laws here; otherwise, many people would never wear them, either, like we’re all still riding broncos. Call it human nature or stupidity or irresponsibility or whatever, but it’s true.
Thus, there’s a vast chasm between using the term “majority of voters” of any category(to say who is and who isn’t stupid and hateful) and the number of eligible voters (in any category) in this country. Apples and oranges. Doesn’t quite cut it.
However, I do know where you’re coming from, amk, so let’s just say: There are a lot more stupid and hateful people in this country who will never touch a ballot in their lives! Welcome to America.
good night TOD …….
stuck in spam so decided to respond with …
now, good night TOD ….
Pres Obama has a deep Joyous Laughter.
At the WHCD?
The man loves life.
Black History Month continues: 1st African American to earn a PhD. from Harvard
My hero, Dudette! It wasn’t until I read W.E.B. DuBois’ classic, “The Souls of Black Folk” that I decided to immerse my self in studying the history of African Americans. As far as I am concerned, DuBois’ prophetic statement, in 1903, that “the history of the 20th Century was the history of the Color Line” is still relevant today. I also think that his marvelous “after thought,” in his monumental book, “Black Reconstruction,” entitled “The Propaganda of History,” is so relevant to understanding the way MSM and Republicans are currently portraying President Obama, the first Black President in U. S. history. What the media and the haters of President Obama are doing is almost exactly what was done to Black elected officials during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War. It’s sad that very few people have ever read any of the books, essays, and poetry, of this great American/African-American scholar and political activist. Despite some of its shortcomings, Harvard College/University/Law School, produced five of my all time African American heroes:
1. W.E.B. DuBois
2. William Monroe Trotter
3. Carter G. Woodson
4. Charles Hamilton Houston
5. Barack H. Obama
Look, I am must confess of my unconscious male bias by failing to list the First Lady, Michelle Obama, among my heroes/heroins who are products of Harvard. My omission is a clear example of how male privilege operates. I am absolutely convinced that First Lady, Michelle Obama, has been one of the most transformative First Ladies in U.S. history.
{{{{ nathkatun7 }}}} You are amazing! I just adore you! 🙂
Sorry for the duplicate. Thought I refreshed already.
Perhaps Handel’s most popular work (an excerpt from Messiah) – From Andre Rieu’s “Live From Radio City Music Hall” in New York City 2004, with the Johann Strauss Orchestra and the Harlem Gospel Choir.
Good night! 🙂
West Indies led by chris gayle smashed some huge records against Zimbabwe
Chris Gayle (215) scored the first World Cup double hundred. Furst non-indian to score a 200 in 50 overs game. All previous four 200’s were scored by indians. 😎 😎 😎 😎
Gayle’s 16 sixes equalled the ODI record held by Rohit Sharma 😎 and AB de Villiers. He went for the 17th in the last ball and got caught. unlucky feller.
Gayle and Samuels put on 372 – the highest ODI partnership record for any wicket. Previous record was held by indians. 😎
Gayle became the only batsman to hit a century in Twenty20 Internationals, a double century in ODIs and a triple century in Tests.
The Windies 152 runs in the last 10 overs is the highest in World Cup history and the second highest in ODIs behind South Africa’s 163 against West Indies in 2015.
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and we will still beat the crap out of them, come march 6th. 😎
also. too.
gayle hit the fastest 200 in 50 overs games, overtaking another indian. 😎
Tendulkar hit the first-ever ODI double ton against South Africa at Gwalior on February 24, 2010. 😎
Exactly five years after Tendulkar’s historic innings, Gayle hit a whirlwind 215 to become the first batsman to score a double century in the history of the World Cup.
Sir Malcolm Rifkind is stepping down as chairman of Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee after criticism over “cash-for-access” claims.
The former foreign secretary is also standing down as a Conservative MP.
Sir Malcolm denies any wrongdoing after being secretly recorded apparently offering his services to a private firm for cash.
He said the controversy did not relate to the committee but did not want its work to be “distracted or affected”.
Another former foreign secretary, Labour’s Jack Straw, also featured in the undercover investigation by Daily Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches.
Both MPs have referred themselves to Parliament’s standards watchdog and both deny breaching House of Commons rules.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-31603202
And the queen knighted this pimp?
Carol Ann Susi, who played wolowitz’s mom in tbbt has died? I didn’t know about it until today’s episode.
I will miss her yelling but caring character.
Good Morning Amk
I didn’t know either…..
“Of course, it was a touching and beautiful tribute to Mrs. Wolowitz (played by Carol Ann Susi), the never-on-screen but often-featured character from the show. The tribute to Mrs. Wolowitz proved yet again that sitcoms can be more than a sequence of laughs… they can accomplish evoking a real emotional reaction from the audience.”
http://moviepilot.com/posts/2015/02/23/the-big-bang-theory-just-did-a-tribute-to-mrs-wolowitz-and-it-was-touchingly-devastating-2720779?lt_source=external,manual
GM donna. Yes, I rate tv actors are better than hollywood types since they need to connect with their audience through out their acting gigs. It’s tough to emote almost on a daily basis.
Moooooooorning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/02/24/early-bird-chat-482/
Excellent collection of Tweets, NW.
Brava!