Selma. Now and Then. #Selma50 http://t.co/c1SDJaPDRp
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deray mckesson (@deray) March 08, 2015
My skull fractured, I spent 3 days in Good Samaritan, the same hospital where Jimmie Lee Jackson had died #Selma50 http://t.co/W1lL4wepV6
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) March 08, 2015
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THIS photo of Obama and John Lewis in Selma yesterday. The long arc of 50 yrs ago bent toward his presidency. (WashP) http://t.co/3bbNkWNKpu
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Trymaine Lee (@trymainelee) March 08, 2015
#Selma50, in 7 photos washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/… http://t.co/KU0FtwVC5H
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) March 08, 2015
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Breathtaking #Selma50 http://t.co/AJM654WNXV
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RICHELLE CAREY (@RichelleCarey) March 07, 2015
Selma's children: The young marchers who could & did, 50 years ago. mashable.com/2015/03/07/sel… Photos via @theretronaut http://t.co/uOqwILNMQD
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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 07, 2015
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Obama speaks out against voter ID laws as barrier to voting to.pbs.org/1DZ8AQy http://t.co/iw4HAxarBQ
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PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) March 08, 2015
Colin Powell Has A Pretty Good Suggestion For Fixing Voter ID Laws huff.to/1KGDNkf via @HuffPostPol
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Donna NoShock (@NoShock) March 08, 2015
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Meet the #Selma freedom fighters who helped in the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: bet.us/1Mg2amq http://t.co/4vUwSk4CrE
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(@BET) March 06, 2015
#Selma50 Years after publication, excerpts from the original stories #APWasThere apne.ws/1BLycn9
apne.ws/1G2hf74
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AP Interactive (@AP_Interactive) March 05, 2015
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Mike Brown's family and friends have just emerged from Brown Chapel in Selma with their hands up, chanting. #Selma50 http://t.co/xm8MgqoZv2
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Trymaine Lee (@trymainelee) March 08, 2015
The demonstrators in Selma were beaten but unbeatable. nydn.us/1aV9YfQ http://t.co/AUR3croFyE
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New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 08, 2015
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Outside of Brown Chapel in Selma, Roderick Lester Harris holds original newspapers from the 1965 marches. #Selma50 http://t.co/QDgIajwb1j
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Trymaine Lee (@trymainelee) March 08, 2015
New York Times front page, March 8, 1965 and 2015 http://t.co/N9wBcQGPgd
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Joshua Chavers (@JoshuaChavers) March 08, 2015
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It’s been 50 years, but Joanne Bland still remembers the violence of Bloody Sunday CNN.com/Selma #Selma50 vine.co/v/O03T0vWVBpL
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(@CNN) March 06, 2015
AP PHOTO: Crowds gather in Selma., Ala., before crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge on 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary apne.ws/1C0lqmg
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The Associated Press (@AP) March 08, 2015
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The New York Times with some real talk on Ferguson. nytimes.com/2015/03/08/us/… http://t.co/9QJVSDFmua
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Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) March 08, 2015
"People are actually getting mad that everybody thinks it’s Ferguson, Ferguson, Ferguson ... they’re not the worst." nytimes.com/2015/03/08/us/…
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Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) March 08, 2015
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Netanyahu says Israel will not cede land to Palestinians bit.ly/1x7nLEP
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 08, 2015
5 days after telling Congress not to trust Iran, Netanyahu admits he was never serious about a Palestinian state. jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C…
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Matt Duss (@mattduss) March 08, 2015
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.@GOP @Reince The Texas Republican Party Platform calls for repealing the Voting Rights Act. texasgop.org/wp-content/upl… http://t.co/yIpZ29wXWe
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Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) March 08, 2015
Staffer for GOP Congressman Tim Huelskamp has been arrested and charged with multiple accounts of child sex crimes. ow.ly/K3IQQ
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Russell Schaffer (@RussOnPolitics) March 08, 2015
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Conservative FB: "what hispanics don't understand about the border is..."
Me: Let me just stop you RIGHT THERE PLAYA http://t.co/jnirr8woGM
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Daniel José Older (@djolder) March 08, 2015
It’s a real national shame that the year is 2015 and presidents still have to give speeches about systemic voter suppression.
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Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) March 07, 2015
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BREAKING: Nigeria's Boko Haram swears formal allegiance to Islamic State group, oath posted on Twitter
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The Associated Press (@AP) March 07, 2015
Holder 'prepared' to dismantle Ferguson police department ow.ly/K3odG http://t.co/KFNJJPQxN3
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The Hill (@thehill) March 07, 2015
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Read the full transcript of Obama's rousing, emotional speech in Selma: vox.com/e/7932126?utm_… http://t.co/APiu6m4mV1
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Vox (@voxdotcom) March 07, 2015
Read the full text of President Barack Obama's speech in Selma ti.me/1aTrKQN
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TIME.com (@TIME) March 07, 2015
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Iraq national orchestra stands for moment of silence: bassoon player's son died today in battle with ISIS. Baghdad. http://t.co/Vh1M5H99LW
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Anne Barnard (@ABarnardNYT) March 07, 2015
Gang-raped Saudi woman gets 200 lashes, jail time. Saudis on UN "Human Rights" Council. bit.ly/1Gd6a2T http://t.co/7TN3iJt8C7
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Anne Bayefsky (@AnneBayefsky) March 08, 2015
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POTUS just dropped the Mic for the ages.
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Ambassador Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) March 07, 2015
POTUS speech at Selma was a love letter to America.
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Ambassador Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) March 07, 2015
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YouTube the President's speech if you didn't just watch it live. It really was special. #Selma50
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John Legend (@johnlegend) March 07, 2015
RT if you're watching @BarackObama speak at #Selma50 right now! POWERFUL. He is speaking truth about voting.
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kerry washington (@kerrywashington) March 07, 2015
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Honoring a true hero Amelia Boynton Robinson. She was left for dead at the foot of Selma's Edmund… instagram.com/p/z82x8BtojW/
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juneambrose (@juneAmbrose) March 08, 2015
Congrats to the winners of the @StateDept's International Women of Courage Award: flic.kr/p/rednM4 http://t.co/EtR29pBvUA
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) March 07, 2015
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What a privilege to stand on the Edmund Pettus Bridge today. We all honor Selma's legacy by how we #MarchOn. wh.gov/Selma -mo
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) March 07, 2015
We the people.
We shall overcome.
Yes we can.
go.wh.gov/Selma-speech
#MarchOn #Selma50 http://t.co/ir0p6Zotgu
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 08, 2015
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"Places where women & girls are treated as full & equal citizens tend to be more stable and more democratic." —Obama: go.wh.gov/4B3gt1
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 08, 2015
Women hold up half the sky, and they deserve every right & opportunity given to men. #HappyInternationalWomensDay http://t.co/W575JD4DdG
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Vice President Biden (@VP) March 08, 2015
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#HappyInternationalWomensDay! go.wh.gov/womens-day http://t.co/MGEAmd92qy
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 08, 2015
Clip n save. RT "@SecretsBedard: Jeb in Iowa: 'There’s nothing in my record that would suggest that I’m a moderate.'”
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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) March 06, 2015
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Thanks so much for this, Mr. Yardarm. So relevant for this day and age
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Another day, another Black child is murdered by a cop. It’s hard to comprehend how a cop needs to pump FIVE or more bullets into another human being
BREAKING #AnthonyRobinson has died tonight after being shot by a cop unarmed in his own home in Madison, Wisconsin. m.wkow.com/w/main/story/1…
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No Justice No Peace (@drumbeats4peace) March 07, 2015
The fatal shooting of a 19-year-old black man by a police officer in Madison, Wisc., sparked protests in the city. on.wsj.com/1Gc1IS8
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Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 07, 2015
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From Willy St, where an officer allegedly shot a 19 year old 5 times. @BadgerHerald http://t.co/Jhul35lTmL
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Rachael Lallensack (@rlallensack) March 07, 2015
Police fatally shoot a 19-year-old black man in Madison, Wisconsin; protesters gather lat.ms/17ZhJQ9
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Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 07, 2015
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Crowd chants "Black lives matter!" on Willy St @BadgerHerald http://t.co/pYHezgKu6i
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Rachael Lallensack (@rlallensack) March 07, 2015
Mother was not allowed to see son at hospital, protesters say. @BadgerHerald
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Rachael Lallensack (@rlallensack) March 07, 2015
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@deray So he was disrupting traffic... and beating someone up... AND THEN subsequently, making noise in their home so the cop broke in....?!
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khadra (@khadrasaidwhat) March 07, 2015
This makes absolutely no sense at all....
“@deray: And here is the latest police account m.channel3000.com/news/reports-o… http://t.co/PfXBRaJ2Gx”
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Antonio (@aialvarado712) March 07, 2015
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@deray so he jumped from traffic into his house? Was his door just left open? They're not even trying anymore.
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Kadijah. (@KRSSims) March 07, 2015
Grandmother of #AnthonyRobinson: "Don't let Tony's death mean nothing, don't let him just be another dead black kid."
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YUNG KEGELIAN (@itsghastlycrew) March 07, 2015
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Boy's phone is said to have video of the incident, Mulligan said. @BadgerHerald #TonyRobinson #Madison #WillyStreet
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Rachael Lallensack (@rlallensack) March 07, 2015
UPDATE: MPD officer who shot Robinson part of officer-involved shooting in 2007. badgerherald.com/news/2015/03/0… via @badgerherald #TonyRobinson
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Rachael Lallensack (@rlallensack) March 07, 2015
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Mulligan said 2 boys were taken to city hall from the scene of the crime. One boy's phone was taken, she said. @BadgerHerald #TonyRobinson
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Rachael Lallensack (@rlallensack) March 07, 2015
Deborah Mulligan, a Madison attorney said she was asked to come to city hall to represent one of the boys. @BadgerHerald #TonyRobinson
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Rachael Lallensack (@rlallensack) March 07, 2015
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Members of community gather in prayer to remember and honor Tony Robinson @BadgerHerald http://t.co/6c4BUhMjhx
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Nina Kravinsky (@ninakravinsky) March 07, 2015
Kenny will not be in direct contact with community; on administrative leave with pay while under investigation. #TonyRobinson @BadgerHerald
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Tara Golshan (@t_golshan) March 07, 2015
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Powerful images of protesters on the streets of downtown Madison #TonyRobinson #MadisonShooting @BadgerHerald http://t.co/EgSAfUZWrD
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Hayley Sperling (@hksperl) March 07, 2015
"The whole damn system is guilty as hell" #TonyRobinson #MadisonShooting #protest #Madison @BadgerHerald http://t.co/suWHh3yhGv
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Hayley Sperling (@hksperl) March 07, 2015
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Protesters march through downtown Madison #TonyRobinson #MadisonShooting #protest @BadgerHerald http://t.co/YBB55wz9U5
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Hayley Sperling (@hksperl) March 07, 2015
#TonyRobinson #MadisonShooting #Madison #protest #BlackLivesMatter @BadgerHerald http://t.co/joLWAkwSke
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Hayley Sperling (@hksperl) March 07, 2015
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May he rest in peace
The murder of Ahmed Al-Jumaili in Texas should be a front-page story bit.ly/1Gfyphs http://t.co/234XXrGrLt
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Vox (@voxdotcom) March 08, 2015
Local governments have a huge diversity problem. vox.com/2014/10/13/694… http://t.co/UuGtUs5hv8
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Vox Maps (@VoxMaps) March 07, 2015
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Oh. My. God.
White woman in #Brooklyn said 6'5, 220lb black man raped her. #NYPD has video proving it's not true. She recanted, no charges for her. #NYC
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Dean Meminger (@DeanMeminger) March 08, 2015
20yrOld at ER, says it's KnifePoint rape n Park. NYPD looks 4video, finds she lied. PD didnt arrest her, arrest not always made4 FalseReport
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Dean Meminger (@DeanMeminger) March 08, 2015
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Billboard honoring KKK founder set up by Selma bridge on anniversary #Selma50 nydailynews.com/news/national/… @cspanwj #MSNBC http://t.co/zNjQdUx0Lh
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Maverick™ (@spooney35) March 07, 2015
On Selma anniversary, Obama says racial progress made but more needed reuters.com/article/idUSKB…
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Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) March 08, 2015
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25 of the Most Memorable Photos from the 1965 Selma March bzfd.it/1AOsc7z http://t.co/GW0nlWywj5
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(@BuzzFeed) March 08, 2015
"Because the single most powerful word in our democracy is the word “We.” -Pres Obama #Selma50 tinyurl.com/kvxeyso http://t.co/WZDMNJkX52
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Blue Nation Review (@BlueNationRev) March 07, 2015
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BREAKING: 5 suicide bomb blasts rock Maiduguri city in northeast Nigeria, 54 dead,143 wounded: official.
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The Associated Press (@AP) March 07, 2015
Scott Walker Trying To End Racial Integration Program For WI Schools wp.me/pNl4D-177
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Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 07, 2015
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Colin Powell ‘shocked but not that surprised’ by Ferguson report washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-pol… http://t.co/PDRMFzUUh3
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deray mckesson (@deray) March 08, 2015
Holder tells White House pool he may seek dismantling of Ferguson Police Department. “If that’s what’s necessary we’re prepared to do that.”
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Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 06, 2015
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Selma's only country club is still segregated, all-white private school founded in 1965 didn't integrate until 2008 thenation.com/article/199217…
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 06, 2015
The bridge that birthed the Voting Rights Act #selma50 http://t.co/1PtN9v9OFT
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 08, 2015
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Still Fighting For Voting Rights @ACLU http://t.co/5QMX1SZuGI
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 08, 2015
John Lewis & 100 members of Congress on Edmund Pettus Bridge #Selma50 http://t.co/88TiA0xNpp
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 08, 2015
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Black people are only racial group left with double-digit unemployment.
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Bryce Covert (@brycecovert) March 06, 2015
In 48 hours after Bloody Sunday there were solidarity marches in over 100 American cities #Selma50 http://t.co/Bb155Oo3Zi
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 08, 2015
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Sotomayor might have saved Obamacare. How she backed Kennedy and Roberts into a corner: slate.me/1BWHuOF http://t.co/Gdl68Z4H0j
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(@Slate) March 06, 2015
Justice Kagan brilliantly illustrated how ridiculous the challenge to Obamacare is read.bi/17RhjLD
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Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 04, 2015
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80,000 people crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge this afternoon #Selma50 via @Selma_Times http://t.co/KwFrWcHbSA
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 08, 2015
At times when some so called leaders pull us apart,Barack Obama just knitted us together with a deeply felt love of nation that embraces all
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Ambassador Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) March 07, 2015
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For 6 yrs so-called Obamabots have been shouted down for recognizing we have a pretty damn good POTUS. They're owed an apology today I think
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Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 07, 2015
No politician has ever motivated me or spoken to me like he knew me the way President Obama can. So glad to be an American at this time.
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Sweetbay (@sweetbay) March 07, 2015
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without question, the greatest dunk of all-time. RT @ScRiley2: this is the GOAT http://t.co/eWSVXw1KrS
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Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) March 08, 2015
You had one job. http://t.co/z0Ec5gZBpP
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Phonte (@phontigallo) March 07, 2015
Evenin’.
To Jackie O and TODVille!
Congrats Jacqueline. Very grateful to be able to read and savor your poetry.
NW – stupendous collection of tweets. Thank you!!
Thanks, Bob.
Trying to catch up
Me, too, Carolyn. I’m reading as fast as I can!
Grateful to TOD for keeping me informed!
Hi, JOb.
Don’t comment much but I read all of the posts.
Great post, and lots of great pictures. 🙂
Spectacular Nerdy, a really fantastic compilation – thank you Legend.
Thank you so much, Chips.
I was close to tears again reading them all ….. and then I truly was in tears when I came to ‘You had one job” 🙂
Awwww….you’re the bees knees.
Thank you, Pf. This is jaw-dropping horrible.
In 1966 when I got hired by the Navy and had to visit the nurse on the first day, for an audiogram, which was the requirement since I guess they were going to ruin your hearing, the nurse told me – at age 19 – “Oh, no, you can’t come to work in a dress that short. There are 500 men working here, so don’t wear it again.” When I returned, crushed, to the office, and told my then-boss what she had said, he said about my dress, “Looks good to me. Ignore her.” And it was never an issue. Ha.
Oh, and, I can remember the time in about 1971, when we women (I was already somebody’s mother) were given notice that the following week, we’d be “allowed” to wear pants to work for the first time. Keep in mind we were already wearing our mini skirts to work. (Don’t think Hillary here but … ) We named the start date “Pants Suit Day.” It was very festive. What I wore was a two-piece leathery black pantsuit with a tunic top and slacks. On off weeks, to stretch my wardrobe, I’d just wear the tunic, which was certainly way above my knees. When I was young and thin and cute.
1923 – 1966 – 1971. Seems unreal today, doesn’t it?
I remember making it almost all the way through high school having to wear a dress or a skirt and blouse every day. It wasn’t until 1970, before my senior year began, that we could then begin wearing pant suits. We still couldn’t wear pants and blouses or blue jeans. I attended an all girls public high school!
Seems amazing now, doesn’t it? I graduated from Catholic (all girls only the first two years, then we got boys – Yeehaw!) high school in 1964. Was going to be a secretary and so the last six months, I was in the work-study secretarial program at school. I’d go to school in the morning and leave for the law office in the afternoon. The nun would line us up before we left, to check out our “outfits.” The FIRST day I was going to my new job, she told me my skirt – just slightly above my knees (in the freakin’ 1960s, for God’s sake!) – was “too short.” Ha.
What a luxurious round-up, NW! You covered all the bases….and then some! TOD coverage of this weekend’s events is par excellence.
….and LMAO @ you had one job!
Thanks, PJ.
Nerdy,
As usual, a great recap of all one needs to understand the world today.
Thanks, NCLB!
The fact they came
The fact they came
Fifty years ago on
Bloody Sunday
To face whatever they’d face
And take whatever they’d take.
When told to go they asked
May we kneel and pray
First
They were answered with
“The chastening rod”
“The trampling hoof”
That would be spoken of
By another man
Who came
Fifty years, hence.
These foot soldiers returned
Those who were able
To talk non-violence and
Passive resistance like Gandhi
To talk peaceful protest
And civil disobedience like King
To remind us
The union of these states
Is perpetual ~
Like Lincoln.
In Selma and in Ferguson
In Chicago and Los Angeles
They listened to the new President
And took away the words of Obama
In their hearts.
And when the new traveler came
He said we will remember
Those early travelers
And we will not grow weary.
May we kneel and pray
First?
Absolutely perfect, JOB. You’re our Poet Laureate.
Thanks. Sorry to inundate everybody with the Selma poems, but had to get it all out! What an amazing, emotional weekend. Glad I’m alive to see it!
J’OB, it does my heart good to see that you’ve been so inspired. Thank you.
Thank you.
Inspiring and poignant.
Thanks, Ms. J’OB.
Thank you, NW.
PERFECTION…:)
Oh JOB, never apologize for posting your poems. We are honored to read them. They are for beautiful and heartfelt. I am in awe of your gift.
Thanks so much, mtmarilyn. I appreciate it.
Beautiful, JOB.
I hope you decide to put all these poems together in a book. I would love to have a copy.
ELOQUENT
Aww, thank you.
There is so much to cry about in these tweets, a lot to glory about, and then a laugh. Thank, Nerdy, for ending this day in just the right way.
Thanks, Jackie.
There stand POTUS and FLOTUS greatest legacy, Malia and Sasha Obama.
bbl …
Max Fisher @Max_Fisher
It’s a real national shame that the year is 2015 and presidents still have to give speeches about systemic voter suppression.
^^^ THIS … and as the President pointed out, it’s also a national shame that so many who can walk right up to the voting booth, and who haven’t had their votes suppressed, still aren’t voting. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. We sit in apathetic states while our voting process gets gerrymandered or legislated away.
Joe Biden tweets “Women hold up half the sky … ”
What’s not to love? ❤
Back off babe, he’s mine 😎
Joe might have somethin’ to say about that. (Ha – so, until I have to bow out gracefully, he’s mine.) 🙂
Both of you hens go to the penalty box. 😆
For a minute there, I thought you wrote “party box.” I was all like, “Directions?”
Ha. #YardarmHasSpoken
For anyone who loves Scandal, a live PaleyFest panel is about to begin.
https://screen.yahoo.com/live/event/paleyfest-la-scandal
Thanks I’ll check it out. Thursday’s show was breathtaking.
For our President
Just gorgeous, Shipmate
LOVE THIS…YOU NEVER ARE ALONE………………..:)
Oh my. Beautiful.
Thank you, NW, for these eye-opening tweets (as usual, another outstanding collection).
The tweet about the Saudi woman who went through the horror of gang rape and is now facing prosecution is stomach-turning. That country desperately needs change.
And the Madison killing — makes no sense at all. When I heard about this on the radio, CBS radio news said the police had been called because a person was running in and out of traffic (a minor disturbance), and the teen was shot and killed — how does this make any sense at all? How could a minor disturbance escalate to this level (something I asked myself when the NYPD used deadly force against Eric Garner — another alleged minor infraction). And then to see Tony Robinson was killed in his own home — for a minor disturbance??? This makes even less sense.
some caution about comparing the wisconsin tragedy to some of the other recent ones…
i’ve been following it and while still a lot unconfirmed, it seemed to have all started with 911 calls from a restaurant nearby where robinson was supposedly choking someone and in a rage for an unknown reason to the people there. he then left and was in street threatening people. the police chief seems like the oppsite of ferguson’s, and even went to the victim’s family house at 1:30am later that day and spoke with the grandma and prayed with her. this chief said the officer was rushed at by the victim and hit on the head hard enough to fall to the ground where robinson continued attacking, and that’s when the officer fired. whether or not that was justified is to be determined, but this is quite a bit different than michael brown and eric garner’s killings.
i’ve been following some people on twitter who are there, and unfortunately robinson was also active on twitter, and between frequent posting of explicit p0rn, he was talking about new drugs he was trying and even started to recently post what could be seen as suicidal comments. doubtful the officer at the house knew this (maybe he did?), but robinson had been recently found guilty to armed robbery of a house and had been wearing a monitoring bracelet to avoid jail time. again, a lot unknown still, but i’m not so sure this is comparable to those other murders right now. we’ll shall see…
Thank you so much for the clarification — I have not followed this event, my only knowledge is what’s been posted here and what I’ve heard on the radio (which has an unfortunate #WhitePrivilege POV).
I don’t like to leap to conclusions (which I did here 😦 ), but the tweets about #TonyRobinson on the front page didn’t make any sense to me — still don’t get how the confrontation concluded at Tony’s home, but I did hear a radio report this morning that quoted a local Reverend as saying that Madison is not Ferguson — and I wholeheartedly agree. Though I know nothing about Missouri, what I’ve learned since #Ferguson makes Missouri sound so different than Madison, a lovely city that I’ve visited once or twice.
I’ll try to refrain from commenting on something I know nothing about.
Thanks again for providing much needed light on a volatile situation.
This article is about a then 25-year-old photographer for the Birmingham News, who was only 5’2″ — incredibly, he said his size worked to his advantage as a photographer (which surprised me — I blame my poor photographic skills on not having enough height, LOL).
There’s a quote from Dr. MLK Jr. in the article, too.
For those interested, here’s the front page of @LATimes 50 years ago:
Here’s another Spider Martin photo:
These are all heartbreaking.
Nerdy and Chips, thank you both for stupendous coverage of this weekend’s events.
Just if/when you thought that the GOP couldn’t get any more out of control better sit down for this news:
GOP senators and Congress people have sent a letter Directly to Iran promising that any agreement PBO signs with them will be ended when he leaves office. The letter helpfully explains that although the US President is term limited they are not and they will still be in power for years and years to come.
Treason. Outrage. I have no words.
I cannot believe this. Has any elected official in our history ever done anything this outrageous?
You have got to be kidding me. Does The Logan Act apply here, too?
This presents a big issue for the 2016 elections, the GOP-party of catastrophic WWIII war with iran and allies, or the Dem peace and prosperity party. Iran knows full well it’s not these idiots in Congress that will determine the difference, but the next president. The American people will not vote for another middle east war, one a hundred times more catastrophic than Iraq.
From your lips to God’s ears. We cannot let it happen.
I can’t help but remember a few short weeks ago when the right was “outraged” that PBO had received a “secret” letter from Rouhani that they hadn’t approved. These jerks’ hypocrisy knows no bounds.
They really are trying to make the US the 2nd state of Israel – not to mention generate world disgust and hatred. Never in my lifetime, has the US congress attacked a President in this fashion. They are disgusting to the core – evil in intent and action – full of hatred and racism as hasn’t been seen for 50 years.
Also too – warmongering a..holes – why does the American right find it so hard to live without war war and war. This is a perfect example as to why 9/11 happened and no matter how much money is spent in homeland security while this keeps up, it will happen again.
No, Firefox. No president has every been subjected to this for two reasons. One, there’s never before been a black president; and 2) there has never been an entire Republican senate caucus devoted to the KKK.
I am absolutely incensed. Cannot even begin to express my anger at this undermining of our president. These assholes need to be tried for treason.
The intergenerational pictures of Selma for me are especially touching and inspirational. Thanks for posting these NW.
“A constitutional tradition that runs back to George Washington has always placed the nation’s President in the preeminent position to conduct foreign policy without interference or embarrassment from any source – including Congress. President Washington started that tradition by flatly refusing a demand by the House of Representatives to turn over the secret papers about the negotiations with Britain of the “Jay Treaty,” ending the hostility that had lingered since American independence.
John Marshall, as a member of the House in 1800 (before he became the nation’s Chief Justice), made a bold comment that has reverberated down through the nation’s history since: “The President is the sole organ of the nation in external relations, and its sole representative with foreign nations.”
In one of the Supreme Court’s strongest endorsements of that very idea, the Justices – with only one dissent – declared in 1936 that the centrality of the presidency in the nation’s foreign relations actually predated the Constitution, and when America became independent, the national government inherited the power that the English kings had over their American colonies’ dealings with other nations. With the new Constitution, the court said, that authority was lodged in the presidency.
That ruling, in the case of U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation, has never been abandoned by the Court even though some of the language in the opinion has disturbing overtones of an imperial presidency.
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In the Supreme Court’s decision in the Curtiss Wright case some eight decades ago, it spoke of the constitutional hazards of “embarrassment, perhaps serious embarrassment,” in the President’s conduct of foreign relations. The president, “not Congress,” the court said, “has the better opportunity of knowing the conditions which prevail in foreign countries, and especially is this true in times of war.””
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/03/constitution-check-did-the-house-act-illegally-in-inviting-netanyahu/
I guess if the GOP cannot win the WH, they think they can just run over it. They will not be happy until they destroy this country. They are a far bigger danger to our republic than either AQ or Daesh.
Good Morning TOD
I hate to mar this blog with this crap especially after such a moving, inspirational weekend but this is the reality in which we live.
Racism is alive and well in Oklahoma and it was all caught on camera. The feigned shock is laughable.
Just in case you don’t understand what they are chanting:
Never be a N….r. in the SAE (repeated)
You can hang em from a tree but they’ll never sign with me”
There will never be a N…..r in the SAE
Yet POC are told that racism is over and we should just move along. We’re told that these are small isolated cases. Makes you wonder how many don’t get recorded and uploaded to twitter or Youtube. Right?
http://www.news9.com/story/28293986/video-surfaces-allegedly-showing-ou-fraternity-members-chanting-racial-slur
The story was picked up overnight by ABC News Good Morning America
Chelsea Davis, one of two co-directors of Unheard, said the video was recorded during the weekend. Unheard was begun at the beginning of the semester to demand change, especially relating to diversity issues, Davis said.
“Clearly in that video, that is nothing new. That is nothing that just sparks up overnight. That is a chant that was well known, well versed, and seemed to be okay with everybody that was involved,” said Davis, a junior at the university.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/video-purportedly-shows-sigma-alpha-epsilon-frat-members/story?id=29490305
Donna, thank you for sharing that despicable video and for the morning update. I would not have believed that kind of crap would be acceptable in any university in 2015–what hateful parents these young men must have and what a rancid school environment. I can only hope that national attention is called to the University of Oklahoma and every single one of the racists creeps on that bus is suspended from school. This country cannot be allowed to accept this kind of behavior without consequences.
Morning. Checking in to say Hi to those who might be awake and aware. It seems you can’t close your eyes without another outrage happening. Disgusted to read about the Iran letter from Republican senators and revolted by the clip Donna posted.
Been out of the loop. Just woke up. I am livid and saddened…first thing in the morning.
Good Morning Chips and TOD.
Protest at University of Oklahoma in response to racist comments by fraternity members – http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Good morning TOD,
Donna, thank you for posting the video up above.
How pathetic to see young people so ignorant. This is nothing new. How sad if this behavior is learned at home.
Another sad part about this is Oklahoma is known for tornadoes and serious droughts.
You would think they would have some moral values and compassion for human lives besides their own after the natural disasters that they constantly have to endure every year of their pitiful lives.
I am so glad that our President exposed this in his speech on Saturday. He was raised and loved by grandparents from the Midwest.
Unless people who do not feel this way speak up and expose this behavior even if it is on your own home this will continue.
It starts with “We.”
Apparently the juvenile creeps were suspended (not enough in my opinion) and the fraternity chapter has apologized (also not enough in my opinion). I’m so glad to see you, LDS. I was worried no one else was around and that I had entered a twilight zone where I would always be here by myself.
Good morning Jackie,
You are never alone here at TOD.
My body is trying to recover that hour it lost.
As I posted below ” WE” must Speak Up. Get Up. Vote Up.
From this day on……
PBO gave “WE” the blueprint for the future.
“WE” cannot afford to let this movement pass us by.
Morning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/09/early-bird-rise-and-shine-23/