“Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everybody!” —President Obama: go.wh.gov/qMY3Zw http://t.co/80hbeYM1T6
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 17, 2015Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Vice President's residence, where he hosted Irish Prime Minister Kenny for breakfast http://t.co/ebE1yqyr2M
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Vice President Biden (@VP) March 17, 2015****
✈ Wheels up! ✈
Follow along with the First Lady's trip to Japan and Cambodia: go.wh.gov/GA8WC2 #LetGirlsLearn http://t.co/lAdlJbCwhL
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) March 17, 2015“The First Lady’s Travel Journal: A Journey That Began Decades Ago” by @FLOTUS FLOTUS/the-first-lady-s-travel-journal-a-journey-that-began-decades-ago-d8237d74aeef?source=tw-504c7870fdb6-1426615680875&utm_source=TwitterAccount&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=TwitterAccount"> medium.com@FLOTUS/the-fi…
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(@Medium) March 17, 2015****
WATCH: President Obama discusses #CollegeOpportunity with students from across the country. ofa.bo/g3xM
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 17, 2015Thanks to the ACA:
16.4 million more Americans have health coverage ✓
The uninsured rate = ↓ 35% since October 2013 http://t.co/0k0phjyyTu
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 17, 2015****
Note: GOP holds off confirming 1st African-American woman AG to vote on denying health services for human trafficking victims. #ConfirmLynch
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) March 17, 2015Loretta Lynch has waited 129 days for Senate to vote on her nom as AG, despite having bipartisan support. Long past time to #confirmLynch.
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Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) March 17, 2015****
Epic Fail, Starbucks. You don’t force your baristas who you pay $7-$10 an hour to talk about race, when your practices don’t reflect what you speak. Corporate should lead the discussion
Not sure what @Starbucks was thinking. I don't have time to explain 400 years of oppression to you & still make my train. #RaceTogether
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April (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2015honest to God, if you start to engage me in a race conversation before I've had my morning coffee, it will not end well.
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gwen ifill (@gwenifill) March 17, 2015****
I am 100% interested in engaging with Starbucks employees in a conversation about race. Let's start with anyone _but_ the baristas. VPs! HR!
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Anil Dash (@anildash) March 17, 2015It took my barista 45 minutes to draw this on my cup. 
http://t.co/WJDFUvjF80
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Anil Dash (@anildash) March 17, 2015****
Hey Starbucks: Instead of badgering your customers about race, what about serving non-burnt coffee? #RaceTogether
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) March 17, 2015We cannot #RaceTogether when our starting line is 500m behind yours.
And our line comes with dogs.
And tear gas.
And you have cars.
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5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) March 17, 2015****
Starbucks says let’s talk about race. People say okay, tell us about your hiring practices, wages and salaries, who sits at the power table, etc. Their corporate dude deletes his Twitter account and locks his Instagram account. That’s how Starbucks talks about race. Congratulations, cowards
Corporate White Dude: Let's talk about race! 😃 #RaceTogether
POC: Uh...ok. *talks about race
CWD: NOT LIKE THAT! 😭 *deletes account
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Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) March 17, 2015y'all realize there are no coloured hands in the press photos right @Starbucks #RaceTogether http://t.co/Epd9knTYfz
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black power alt bro (@vidalwuu) March 17, 2015****
Maybe Starbucks should try to actually practice what it's trying to preach and be 100% fair trade to help POC. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #RaceTogether
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Wagatwe Wanjuki (@wagatwe) March 17, 2015@NerdyWonka @Starbucks And how they tried to screw Ethiopian coffee growers out of right to patent their own coffee. And they lost.
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diane sheehy (@dsheehy100) March 17, 2015****
The. Day. Has. Been. Won.
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#ACAPULCO (@MADBLACKTHOT) March 16, 2015
Is @Starbucks in its #RaceTogether convo gonna speak about how their logo was "borrowed" from a black Yoruba Goddess? http://t.co/uusX1mi784
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Brimstone (@bigbrimstone) March 17, 2015****
Starbucks baristas are being told to engage customers about race. I hope Starbucks now feels good about itself. for.tn/1MG1U05
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 17, 2015#RaceTogether is asking an underclass to make people they are SERVING feel hopeful about race with no Benefit or incentive to themselves
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Sydette (@Blackamazon) March 17, 2015****
So Starbucks both starts to serve alcohol and encourage their baristas to discuss race relations. Nothing about this seems like a bad idea
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DarkSkintDostoyevsky (@daniecal) March 17, 2015So a @Starbucks EXECUTIVE can't handle social media backlash about #RaceTogether but some 19 year old in Iowa has to do it face to face?
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April (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2015****
@brokeymcpoverty yes & locked his IG. He doesn't want to have a convo abt race but wants us to have one w/ a barista http://t.co/sPriAu1ujQ
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Blanche Devereaux (@TLanzzz) March 17, 2015Starbucks introduces new racially-tinged latte thkpr.gs/3634583 http://t.co/GiMtWDFe4t
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Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 17, 2015****
How does @Starbucks even decide whom to ask about #RaceTogether? Are you engaging in racial profiling to talk about ending racial profiling?
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(@sfpelosi) March 17, 2015@sfpelosi @Starbucks And who in the world wants to begin a loaded convo on race with a perfect stranger? Productive convo requires trust.
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meta (@metaquest) March 17, 2015****
George Zimmerman and now Darren Wilson, are folk heroes + paid motivational speakers after killing unarmed black men: http://t.co/I5Kgqf6yeo
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rebkah howard (@pink_funk) March 16, 2015Darren Wilson spoke at Hunt For Justice event, a group directed by cop who beat assault & burglary conviction in 2009 bit.ly/1AAVvf3
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Danny Wicentowski (@D_Towski) March 17, 2015****
13-year-old baseball phenom Mo'ne Davis launched sneaker line to eradicate poverty for girls buff.ly/1Bt27eA http://t.co/RxsAL5S9XY
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The Root (@TheRoot) March 17, 2015I'm honored amd thrilled that @FLOTUS recommended my forthcoming memoir TheLightoftheWorld! skimmth.is/1DuZEr2 @theSkimm. #TLOTW
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Elizabeth Alexander (@ProfessorEA) March 17, 2015****
By this point in Bush's 7th year in office, Senate Dems had confirmed 13 judicial nominees. Obama has 0. huff.to/19wr6rX
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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) March 17, 2015White House: Attorney general nominee Lynch "has already waited for far too long" ow.ly/Ksr21 http://t.co/iSPrHgzO6J
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The Hill (@thehill) March 17, 2015****
Vile scumbags
Penn State fraternity suspended over nude photos of sleeping women trib.al/OE2fQUe
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(@GuardianUS) March 17, 2015Sen. Mark Kirk on trafficking bill fight: "My wish is that we hadn't junked that bill up with abortion politics."
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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) March 17, 2015****
Periodically, I think of the money I can make as a token of the GOP/FOX News, and then, I remember I like having a soul.
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Minna Hong (@asiangrrlMN) March 17, 2015Black girls are more likely than white girls to be penalized for challenging stereotypes of “feminine” behavior: bit.ly/1EkMMil
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NWLC (@nwlc) March 17, 2015****
Bill would make filming police a criminal offense - foxsanantonio.com/news/features/… #twibdocket
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) March 17, 2015Students fight back against voter ID law that allows gun licenses but bans student IDs thkpr.gs/3634295 http://t.co/1kr4U2KLsa
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) March 17, 2015****
CNN keeps having the "Who can say the N-word?" discussion because they want to find enough Black folks who say it's okay.
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April (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2015Don Lemon looks like someone just told him that black lives matter. http://t.co/IH039iD4i8
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Jay Guevera (@ViceMayne) March 17, 2015****
If Netanyahu wins, he will have done so on an open political platform that a large share of his own citizens are enemies. #IsraelElections
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Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) March 17, 2015If you're thinking about accusing someone of using the "race card," do yourself a favor and don't thkpr.gs/3635218
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) March 17, 2015****
House Republicans' budget calls for more military spending, and ending of Obamacare. on.wsj.com/19wsHOs
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Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) March 17, 2015The military would get a fat funding increase in the new Republican budget buff.ly/1HXwv6z
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National Journal (@nationaljournal) March 17, 2015****
The dollar is rising faster than any time in the last 40 years wapo.st/1AC0PPh
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Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 17, 2015There’s a mysterious $1.1 trillion in spending cuts in the House GOP’s budget wapo.st/1Bv7IB5
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(@Wonkblog) March 17, 2015****
BREAKING: Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock is resigning his seat in Congress. politi.co/1CpWhA9
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POLITICO (@politico) March 17, 2015NEWS: @aaronschock is reimbursing ALL money he’s gotten in mileage reimbursements in his six years in Congress. Tens of thousands of $$
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Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 17, 2015****
Stat of the day: Loretta Lynch's nomination has languished for 129 days, longer than the five previous Attorney General nominees, COMBINED.
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Frank Benenati (@Benenati44) March 17, 2015Aaron Schock's resignation letter, via @pkcapitol : wapo.st/1th5mo4 http://t.co/EFXO95EICI
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Rebecca Sinderbrand (@sinderbrand) March 17, 2015****
It's time to stop playing politics with victims' health, and pass a clean bill. bit.ly/1NOMyIb #striketheban http://t.co/sFFsl9qPVd
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Planned Parenthood (@PPact) March 17, 2015CIA: Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S.
Bush: OK, you covered your ass.
CIA: Climate change, too.
GOP: Shut up. http://t.co/HVsRJAMsAD
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Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) March 17, 2015****
Chipsticks called it
when it comes to politics, safe to assume elton john is full of crap thewrap.com/elton-john-cau…
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Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 17, 2015Reactivated fault lines in Oklahoma could cause major quake: study reut.rs/1BuY7Kz
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Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) March 17, 2015****
APD launches No-Refusal initiative for 2nd week of SXSW. bit.ly/1wWFK60
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(@keyetv) March 17, 2015Nintendo wants to put Super Mario on your phone nbcnews.to/1GZgsaV http://t.co/vCc8sbg329
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NBC News (@NBCNews) March 17, 2015****
Climate change is baking Alaska bit.ly/1Dsxw7W http://t.co/pz0SSZd2XX
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Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 17, 2015Vanuatu's President: "Yes, climate change is contributing to this" bit.ly/1Fr8GEJ http://t.co/FyjNwcWU09
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Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 17, 2015****
White boy wrestles cop for his gun, even fires it, lives to see his day in court katu.com/news/local/Man….
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Miles Baévis (@keenblackgirl) March 14, 2015HBO Acquires Jordan Davis Documentary '3 1/2 Minutes' for Fall Premiere blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/h… http://t.co/75wANEYPwC
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Shadow And Act (@shadowandact) March 11, 2015****
Oh, Common. Tsk…tsk…tsk…you and Jon’s comments on the Daily Show? Not cool, dude
Common saying black people need to extend a "hand in love" to white folks to end racism just perpetuates the idea that we're the aggressors
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Afro-Latina (@PlMPCESS) March 17, 2015i want to be rich but i never want to be 'racism doesnt exist anymore bc my financial privilege shields me from it' rich
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Tracy Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) March 17, 2015****
Black people can't be tasked with ending something they never created, #handinlove
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K Gibson (@JamaicanScholar) March 17, 2015Peace, @Common. Saw your @TheDailyShow convo. Remember when civil rights leaders attempted to "extend a hand in love?" Some were killed.
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April (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2015****
It's hard to "move past the past" when "the past" trauma is actually as recent as hours ago. Racism hasn't taken breaks, Common.
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deray mckesson (@deray) March 17, 2015It doesn't matter if you extend a #handinlove if the other person is conditioned to hate or fear that hand (& rewarded for slapping it away)
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Sylvia (@thepipsqueaks) March 17, 2015****
My point @common, is that recently when a Black man has "extended a hand," cops have thought he was holding a weapon. No more. Please.
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April (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2015I hope you agree, @common, that the onus should not be on the victims to make the aggressors stop violent behavior. They are responsible.
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April (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2015****
In fact, @common, when we extend our hands now, it is to say #HandsUpDontShoot. When their hands are extended, it is to point out "thugs."
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April (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2015I wonder if i extend a #handinlove will there be more black leadership in corporate business and in educational institutions? #sjechat
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Radical Educator (@bulaong_ramiz) March 17, 2015****
I wonder if i extend a #handinlove will I see more positive images of black people in the media?
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Radical Educator (@bulaong_ramiz) March 17, 2015the disproportionate incarceration of black and brown people of course has to do w. the fact that we arent extending our #handinlove
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Radical Educator (@bulaong_ramiz) March 17, 2015****
if only #mikebrown extended a #handinlove
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Radical Educator (@bulaong_ramiz) March 17, 2015if only #tamirrice extended a #handinlove
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Radical Educator (@bulaong_ramiz) March 17, 2015****
if only #TonyRobinson extended a #handinlove
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Radical Educator (@bulaong_ramiz) March 17, 2015if only #aiyanajones extended a #handinlove
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Radical Educator (@bulaong_ramiz) March 17, 2015****
if only #MLK extended a #handinlove ...oh wait..
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Radical Educator (@bulaong_ramiz) March 17, 2015Gun vendor defends ‘Running N****r’ targets: ‘There are black people, then there are Negroes’ rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/gun… http://t.co/fVX5n8Oj1H
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Raw Story (@RawStory) March 17, 2015****
Oregon lawmakers approve $7.3 billion measure to fund Medicaid s.oregonlive.com/6hUWEpG via @oregonian @eopiniontv http://t.co/SiXM3JW7EW
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Jaoana Dean (@thejaoana) March 17, 2015The GOP is working hard to keep Eric Holder in office vox.com/e/7999866?utm_… http://t.co/7H7rqLXWYC
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Vox (@voxdotcom) March 17, 2015****
MEANWHILE, in Mobile County, Alabama, they've stopped issuing ANY marriage licenses to avoid issuing same-sex ones: bzfd.it/1HXMTEj
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Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 17, 2015Humans killed 2,894,094 whales in the 20th century bit.ly/1ErdhW2
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Mic (@micnews) March 17, 2015****
Spain finds 'Don Quixote' writer’s tomb ti.me/1AAJTJ0
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TIME.com (@TIME) March 17, 2015Assuming there's no answer here, this is really ridiculous and pretty damning: politi.co/1HXPMF8 http://t.co/vMcz0tZNic
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Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 17, 2015****
DEVELOPING: 3 stabbed on campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, police say nbcnews.to/1xvyB7G @wbaltv11 http://t.co/SATgtz243j
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NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) March 17, 2015Former lawyer of Pakistani doctor who helped find Bin Laden shot dead circanews.com/news/bin-laden… http://t.co/upBtXpjHrW
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Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) March 17, 2015****
Obama: It's "Disturbing" That a Climate Change Denier Runs the Senate's Environment Committee bit.ly/1GSn47h
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Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 17, 2015Why Montana cattlemen and buffalo advocates are at odds over the future of Yellowstone bison: reut.rs/1GShTo2 http://t.co/dD4IVCXFA3
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Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) March 17, 2015****
For once, Bibi didn't ask us to fear Iran today. He asked us to fear each other ow.ly/KscDs @TheProspect @JeffreyGoldberg @lrozen
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Gershom Gorenberg (@GershomG) March 17, 2015Dutch UN helicopter crashes near Gao in northern Mali, with casualties reported bbc.in/1ABxKnb
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BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 17, 2015****
WHOA
Wisconsin officer shoots, kills suspect on first day back from leave after shooting, wounding another suspect: abcn.ws/1MKdOnO
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ABC News (@ABC) March 17, 2015Someday, I want to live in a country where voting to take health care away from millions of Americans is a resignation-level scandal.
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Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 17, 2015****
Robert Durst to face felony charges in New Orleans nyti.ms/1xbNrpq
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The New York Times (@nytimes) March 17, 2015Ikea To 32,000 People: No Hide And Seek At Our Stores n.pr/1EZMlPH
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NPR News (@nprnews) March 17, 2015****
The most unequal cities in the United States wapo.st/1DxIXv7
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(@Wonkblog) March 17, 2015Glad I'm not the only one anticipating a 6-3 victory for Obamacare beneficiaries in King v. Burwell
thehill.com/blogs/congress…
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Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 17, 2015****
JUST IN: DOJ: Former US Air Force mechanic indicted for allegedly attempting to join ISIS in Syria: abcn.ws/1wVWUkh - @PierreTABC
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ABC News (@ABC) March 17, 2015American professor arrested following mid-flight foreign policy rant wapo.st/1EndE14
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Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 17, 2015****
W.T.F.?!
18 shots fired at home of Muslim family in North Carolina, sending woman to hospital goo.gl/afhy25
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) March 17, 2015The Walmart family is teaching hedge funds how to make money off publicly funded schools read.bi/1Cmf8fD
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Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 17, 2015****
Avian cholera suspected after thousands of snow geese fell dead from the sky in Idaho: reut.rs/1EngSBO
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Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) March 17, 2015A grifter and a charlatan, Mike Huckabee embodies everything that is wrong with today's GOP slnm.us/uYIcZBk http://t.co/uJ6uMh7mKH
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Salon.com (@Salon) March 17, 2015****
Iran's leaders express optimism in nuclear talks: "The main issues have been closed." cbsn.ws/1xbxgIw http://t.co/LqShjsdEaM
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CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) March 17, 2015Former Sen. Jim Webb hires an Iowa coordinator ahead of his possible 2016 presidential bid: cnn.it/1HXBXGB http://t.co/yuRTyUBaIn
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CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 17, 2015****
Pretty sure Mitt said the same thing heading into that final debate with POTUS a few years back. http://t.co/nuNwf7Si7o
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Eric Haywood (@Eric_Haywood) March 17, 2015Mitt Romney will face off against former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield for charity: on.msnbc.com/1AAMeUi http://t.co/rkBOLwdGyM
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(@msnbc) March 17, 2015****
Oral sex isn't the safe-sex alternative we like to believe it is slnm.us/yOtlpTT http://t.co/DNwL2L6M7f
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Salon.com (@Salon) March 17, 2015Sam Brownback has a horrific new master plan to save the Kansas economy slnm.us/jF1chNA http://t.co/cziuJK9lT7
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Salon.com (@Salon) March 17, 2015****
.@FLOTUS won't avoid Cambodia human rights concerns, two-country Asia trip starts Wednesday w arrival in Tokyo bigstory.ap.org/article/366000…
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darlene superville (@dsupervilleap) March 17, 2015Rihanna and DreamWorks just made history for black girls everywhere bit.ly/1xv2VPT http://t.co/A74xkuZe6g
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Mic (@micnews) March 17, 2015****
It's not up to us to explain our pain to you. It's up to you to read/learn/discuss amongst yourselves. Then stop hurting us. #RaceTogether
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April (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2015@JM_Ashby This is what happens when there aren't enough Black folks in the room when these decisions are made.
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Mr. NFTG (@Kennymack1971) March 17, 2015****
No vote on #campuscarry today due to technical issue, expected to go tomorrow #txlege
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Mark Wiggins (@MarkW_KVUE) March 17, 2015Boat owner testifies on how he found alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: abcn.ws/1AB5z7R http://t.co/BgbleVVi1h
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ABC News (@ABC) March 17, 2015****
Abortion language is a deal breaker for Senate Democrats on the anti-human trafficking bill: cnn.it/1HXxZOc
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CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 17, 2015Joe Biden announces $41 million in federal support to end rape kit backlog cir.ca/s/Rjx
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Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) March 17, 2015****
"Revamped environmental law raises hope for cleanup in China": phys.org/news/2015-03-r…
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brad plumer (@bradplumer) March 17, 2015#HappyStPatricksDay from space: @NASA captures a very green Ireland on a nearly cloudless day cbsn.ws/1GRGObm http://t.co/jbXIvL7VRs
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CBS News (@CBSNews) March 17, 2015****
The Secret Service is asking for an $8 million fake White House for training: ow.ly/Krrz0 http://t.co/v9pxopqqpA
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The Hill (@thehill) March 17, 2015$8M seems like a pretty good deal for a fake White House relatively. They spent about $6M on renovating the press area, if memory serves.
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Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) March 17, 2015****
Cyclone Pam survivors begin search for missing families in Vanuatu nbcnews.to/1GRnRFx http://t.co/qYqLjzm3V9
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NBC News (@NBCNews) March 17, 2015A new study looks at cognitive ability by age theatln.tc/1MIZBYk http://t.co/uilz5VY8z3
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The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) March 17, 2015****
House GOP wants to give the Pentagon a boost buff.ly/1ATNQrq
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National Journal (@nationaljournal) March 17, 2015Wife-beating judge exposed: New 911 audio debunks Mark Fuller’s lame defense slnm.us/qCjaQhy http://t.co/3zh5DFYK28
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Salon.com (@Salon) March 17, 2015****
Manchin. Not a surprise. Casey. WTF?
Four Dems -- Heitkamp, Manchin, Donnelly, Casey -- voted w/ GOP to move trafficking bill with anti-abortion piece huff.to/1AB1KQ4
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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) March 17, 2015Beware: House GOP #Budget Overhauls Medicare and Repeals the Health Law" - @NYTimes nytimes.com/2015/03/17/us/… Nevermind that #ACAWorks!
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(@sfpelosi) March 17, 2015****
The surprising new Ebola case scorecard: U.S. 1, Liberia 0 wapo.st/1BtPeBb
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(@Wonkblog) March 17, 2015#Nigeriadecides next week: here's what you need to know about the postponed poll gu.com/p/45exp/stw via @GuardianAfrica
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The Guardian (@guardian) March 17, 2015****
Oregon makes a bold move to up voter registration. Click to find out more! on.msnbc.com/1O16FDb #lastword http://t.co/yfckgGUPTn
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The Last Word (@TheLastWord) March 17, 2015The first interest rate hike in almost a decade is coming, and investors are making moves yhoo.it/1HX488N http://t.co/29jH8CmjNS
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Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 17, 2015****
Ireland exhibit at Art Institute goes beyond the blarney, via @StevenKJohnson trib.in/1xv1CjG http://t.co/BhtGXmya87
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Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) March 17, 2015On-board disturbance forces flight back to Washington: cbsn.ws/1AAYxA7
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CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 17, 2015****
Cornyn just said McConnell won't bring up Loretta Lynch nomination until trafficking bill gets passed.
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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) March 17, 2015Blackwater Founder Pitched Private Fighting Force To Nigeria For War Against Boko Haram bzfd.it/18X9xAa
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Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) March 17, 2015****
If I get a lecture on race from @Starbucks baristas, they'd better be prepared for my lecture on cultural appropriation from Italians.
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Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) March 17, 2015As Seattle's min-wage hike looms, no decline in # of restaurants or jobs, contrary to rumor. esoltas.blogspot.com/2015/03/sleepl… http://t.co/LcUHdFDZ9z
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Evan Soltas (@esoltas) March 17, 2015****
How your USB cables are about to change forever ti.me/1MISdfC
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TIME.com (@TIME) March 17, 2015Here's how Steve Jobs told Tim Cook he was going to be the CEO of Apple read.bi/1GXXaCK http://t.co/u9spTbzNOg
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Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 17, 2015****
Don't know who will win election, but @netanyahu's warning that "Arab citizens are voting!" is a historical low point for Israeli democracy
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Amir Tibon (@amirtibon) March 17, 2015Netanyahu swings to the right, draws racism charge, as he faces election yhoo.it/1AAHKwQ http://t.co/MoufprNERt
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Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 17, 2015****
Texas kids wait a half hour for backpack screening at statehouse. People w/ guns go right through. #gunsense #txlege http://t.co/mOE2or4vB3
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Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) March 17, 2015Analysts think concerns that Alibaba sells fake stuff have died down for now read.bi/1EYT3FH http://t.co/8mNwq4PXo6
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Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 17, 2015****
Bill Burns, the State Department’s former No. 2 on Iran’s nuclear program: "You can't bomb it away." politi.co/1ClMMlF
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Jasmin Ramsey (@JasminRamsey) March 16, 2015Six months later, gubernatorial pardons elude NC men exonerated after decades in prison sp.lc/KoRhM http://t.co/YA7dqRFlHV
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SPLC (@splcenter) March 16, 2015****
This 1930s article calling Frida Kahlo the "wife of the master mural painter" is all wrong vox.com/e/7995336?utm_… http://t.co/ee0GqfDjHX
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Vox (@voxdotcom) March 17, 2015Fed chief's balancing act: Raising interest rates while not roiling the markets usat.ly/1wVDbRI (AP photo) http://t.co/KodTCIbt26
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 17, 2015****
In #Lausanne with @JohnKerry and the rest of the US delegation for another day of #IranTalks. http://t.co/HSNexNasQG
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Ernest Moniz (@ErnestMoniz) March 17, 2015U.S. Rep. Foster calls Sen. Kirk's signature on open letter to Iran "incredibly irresponsible" trib.in/1AAN1Vp http://t.co/dcXfsb47DZ
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Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) March 17, 2015****
New Obamacare figures are out and they are promising. thebea.st/1BqfSe4 http://t.co/qU5JfoHjFI
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The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 17, 2015GOP won't "fix" the ACA if SCOTUS guts it. The House budget includes expedited process for repealing the whole thing. http://t.co/30iEJjGwki
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Josh Dorner (@JoshDorner) March 17, 2015****
Alabama federal judge keeps in place order to start issuing marriage licenses to gay couples: reut.rs/1EmVywa http://t.co/QVd3F65YxQ
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Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) March 17, 2015Farmers are standing to reap a $24,000,000,000 windfall » cnb.cx/1O2DXlp http://t.co/PBgNmlo6dC
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(@CNBC) March 17, 2015****
A bill about combating trafficking is no place for politics or harmful, partisan measures that restrict women’s reproductive health options.
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Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) March 17, 2015Over 50,000 people on Facebook came together to help reunite a man with his childhood nanny
bzfd.it/1GRmZRe http://t.co/NzfNWyKTeo
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(@BuzzFeed) March 17, 2015****
Scientists have a theory about 1,100 starving sea lion pups in California @BI_Video read.bi/1EmJ87L http://t.co/jakbl8GSpV
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Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 17, 2015AL Justice Roy Moore's Son Blames Drug Bust on Media bit.ly/1BQhbYI http://t.co/3PZmfHlbw0
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(@Mediaite) March 17, 2015****
The Irish prime minister is here. And he won’t stop talking about U.S. immigration reform. buff.ly/1GR7NUg http://t.co/BLBSVpRgAZ
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National Journal (@nationaljournal) March 17, 2015Asst. Houston police chief opposes open carry. Seen “incredible increase” for calls dealing w/ people w/ long guns (legal to carry). #txlege
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Chuck Lindell (@chucklindell) March 17, 2015****
If you wanna #RaceTogether, let's talk about how many POC you employ in corporate, @Starbucks? Who does your PR? Your legal work?
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Cirque du SoBae (@brownandbella) March 17, 2015The senior vice president of @Starbucks global communications, Corey duBrowa, deleted his twitter to avoid talking about race #RaceTogether
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Chris Edwards (@HeyChrisEdwards) March 17, 2015****
It would have been better to host conversations on race at @Starbucks locations with featured speakers, teachers, etc #RaceTogether
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L. Joy Williams (@ljoywilliams) March 17, 2015I have other ideas but I don't work for free. How many contracts do you have with Black women? @Starbucks #RaceTogether
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L. Joy Williams (@ljoywilliams) March 17, 2015****
NYC's St. Patrick’s Day parade marches up Fifth Avenue today, with an openly gay group in its ranks for the 1st time nyti.ms/1AAkQFY
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The New York Times (@nytimes) March 17, 2015#Iran's AEOI head Salehi: Two issue are remaining in nuclear talks & we're trying to solve them by Friday. #IranTalks
tasnimnews.com/Home/Single/68…
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Abas Aslani (@abasinfo) March 17, 2015****
NYC Schools Suspend Black Girls 10x More Often Than Whites. Important read. thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/…
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deray mckesson (@deray) March 17, 2015Of course SAE derailed into a "n word" convo. Nvm the lynching line. Black lives dont matter. It's about white ppl's right to say a word
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Larry Beyince (@DragonflyJonez) March 17, 2015****
Also, to the dudes suggesting that women don't read comics, so don't "cave"? Here's a number for you: #DCcomics http://t.co/slDvHafNC2
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Lyndsay Kirkham (@HisFeministMama) March 17, 2015Virginia school suspends an 11-year-old for one year over a leaf that wasn’t marijuana washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog…
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Jane Doe, MD (@DrJaneChi) March 17, 2015****
Why China can’t get too angry at Burma for dropping bombs wapo.st/1DwurUv
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Post World (@PostWorldNews) March 17, 2015Slight improvement in Scotland's A&E waiting times but targets still missed bbc.in/1GXWxsV
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BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 17, 2015****
Boehner's new strategy: Enlist Democrats first, not last buff.ly/1MIJ3Qe
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National Journal (@nationaljournal) March 17, 2015This contact lens has a built-in telescope. You zoom in with a wink of the eye: cnn.it/1Fv5c3V http://t.co/xTnjM5OQbb
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CNN International (@cnni) March 17, 2015****
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide charged with concealing priest's child sex abuse in 1970s bbc.in/1HXbt8a
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BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 17, 2015The white Confederates defending the south's honor in Selma. Y'all. theguardian.com/us-news/2015/m… http://t.co/UCNSBloptQ
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deray mckesson (@deray) March 17, 2015****
Please support the confirmation of Loretta Lynch as our next US Attorney General. To reach your US Senators toll free call 1-866-338-5720.
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Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) March 16, 2015First a family rep and now the (just hired) attorney for Jeffrey Williams says he was beaten during his arrest, implying coercion.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 16, 2015****
CHART: Wealth is rising, but median family net worth hasn't budged in a quarter of a century. http://t.co/T5r3EnEuu1
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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) March 13, 2015While at @EH_Stonehenge yesterday I decided to send a message to the cosmos. #GYATM (Photo by James O.Davies) http://t.co/ra5Y2OsSPB
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Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) March 16, 2015****
Obama's 'Mean Tweets' Becomes Jimmy Kimmel's Most-Viewed in History of Series goo.gl/PxJfTW http://t.co/W9yO6VqWNM
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(@TheWrap) March 17, 2015Omg yes - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is holding this shirt up. Need it. http://t.co/U2UdhdccdH
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Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) March 17, 2015****
LOL
During an argument with a republican, I may have said that he looks like he masturbates to a VHS copy of "Red Dawn". I may have said that.
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(@HumanityCritic) March 17, 2015Click on the link
THIS IS YOUR HEADLINE ON DRUGS http://t.co/rCtFcoSZpy
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Sam Grittner (@SamGrittner) March 11, 2015
The Obama Diary 
GE TODers!
Hey swbga! Good going!
Howya Dudette!!! 😀
Congrats swbluega!
Hi Sabreen60! Thanks!
Sigh! I really was hoping to see a huge change there. That man is evil.
As I told Bob, Israel really is the 51st state. Its politics are as toxic as ours.
Yep. I never saw that until now.
Listen to the sizzle! This guy is a firecracker! 🙂
“Don’t be a wanker whipping up fear”
BOOM!
You all really need to take a minute and listen to Pres. Higgins. He is telling it like it IS!
OMG! I hope find whoever did this…
Rachel Maddow was just talking about that letter that was sent to the WH test positive for cyanide. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Thanks for the feast Nerdy! You ROCK!
Thanks, Dudette. Right back at ya!
Awww…thank you, Sir!
GM….You deserve that and more. ^5
SW, on the podium! Burning the candle at both ends are you, Ms SW? Here early in the morning and late at night too – way to make the most of TODland!
😀
Congrats on 1st swbluega!!!
It’s such a treat, each day, to read the selection of tweets that you share with us, NW. Thank you!!!
I am so grateful to the House Republicans for making it crystal clear what their priorities are. Inescapable, and simple to visualize ….
Thank you, Sir Bob.
Hi Bobfr. TY
congrats j’ob. your critter has quit.
Representative Aaron Schock is resigning after questions over his use of campaign and public funds.
Mr Schock, 33, is under fire for his lavish spending, using public funds on donor-provided private flights and property transactions involving political contributors.
A congressional ethics investigation was reportedly under way.
The Republican from Illinois has served in Congress since 2009.
In a statement, Mr Schock said he would step down on 31 March, and was doing so with a “heavy heart”.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31927270
Ah Nerdy, this is a magnificent compilation, cannot thank you ENOUGH!
So many gems, but the Starbucks white hands tweet jumped out at me.
It really, truly said it all.
Thank you, Chips.
Yup. Starbucks failed on so many levels today.
so israelis pull an murkan? #pathetic
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Chips, Nerdy, and TODville!
And you, too, Lady O’ !!
Thank you my beloved cailin!!!
Slainte!! Slainte!! Slainte!!
Hic 😆
Awww. And I forgot to mention Danny! Hugs to him, too! (But you first!)
Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit! to you too, Ms. JOB!
Awww. Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ort!
NW, you have SLAYED the tweets. OMG. I can’t even speak!!
They are a broad cross-section of brilliance and depth. I’m mind-boggled and grateful.
Thank you, Meta.
🙂
best ones
Sad, just Sad. Some misguided white PR team thought this idea was BRILLIANT and never asked a multi-racial focus group for an opinion before they let it fly.
Dumb /smh
Sounds like the perfect time for a Starbucks boycott by POC and watch the profits dry up.
I never understood the fad of these overpriced coffee shops.
Me neither amk. And now I hope this via tweets is an eye-opener to those who “think they got to have a Starbucks fix every day”
In India, you can get a decent cuppa of fresh coffee at 15-20 rupees and you gotta pay ten times that for some bells & whistles (literally)? redenculous.
My Folgers is just what I need to open my eyes 🙂
and me my nescafe. 🙂
🙂
See my comment below. You do that, and the profits that are putting these people through college to earn their degrees, will dry up..and so will this incredible opportunity for so many people to get an education that might not normally be able to afford. Shortsighted and really not giving it the attention that it deserves….however, we shouldn’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
DF, thank you for your comment. Then how about a brief boycott and to help negotiate a committee meeting of POC leaders with Starbucks to work out a better marketing tool. And I would really like to know how many POC are benefiting from these degree programs.
This is not letting “the perfect be the enemy of the good.” This is about holding a company that is worth billions of dollars under questionable coffee beans procuring practices to a higher standard.
Until Starbucks shows that it will put its words into action, I don’t believe they don’t deserve to be critiqued when they’re wrong. That’s also unfair to POC.
so in essence, starbucks clients are footing the bill, not starbucks itself? what was/is their annual profit? how much info is available they are using their actual profits to educate their staff?
Thanks NW for adding to this dialogue. And amk, I too would like to see the numbers, especially broken down to show how it is benefitting their staff from lower and middle class families.
Fantastic, Nerdy! Just finished reading all the tweets and a lot of the links.
🙂
This.RIGHT.Heeeere!
Kapow!
Can someone explain to me why my comments are being erased?
You’re a first time commenter, I have no idea who you are – and if we let all first-time commenters through the place would be overrun by trolls.
Did you post under another name here before? (I can check)
Please sign in with a Twitter or Facebook account – thank you!
Thank you Chips for being vigilante. Keep us safe 🙂
ah, pulling the “bt card”, are we? 🙂
It’s her prerogative 🙂
Thank you Ms Chips – is this the same one that had mainly anti dem messages a week or so ago.
Also, too there’s a guy talking about the “bt card” around here – check him out too.
Hi NW – I think it is your plan that I should spend each and every day reading TOD & associated links. What a collection you have put together.
Speaking of Aaron Schock as we were
If this happened in my world – he would probably be charged with winding back the mileage on his car before selling same – whatever he did – what a con – every expense of his life was related to his job? Grifters – RWNJ grifters – they hate government but love government money.
“Schock billed the federal government and his campaign for logging roughly 170,000 miles on his personal car from January 2010 through July 2014. But when he sold that Chevrolet Tahoe in July 2014, it had roughly 80,000 miles on the odometer, according to public records obtained by POLITICO under Illinois open records laws. The documents, in other words, indicate he was reimbursed for 90,000 miles more than his car was driven.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/aaron-schock-resigns-116153.html#ixzz3UhHbBorq
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Sorry. Slam me if you think you need to, but I can’t get behind this Starbucks bashing. Was it lame and short sighted? Yes. Was it even close to enough? No. Are barisitas the people you want to start that convo with…definitely not….but understand this. The best way to lift people up and elevate them in this world is through education…and the big boss at Starbucks has offered to pay for all/ part of a college education for ALL THOSE BARISTAS you’re talking about…all over the world! I can’t think of a better way to uplift and level a playing field for POC or ANYONE, than to get an education that was previously out of reach. I don’t want to belittle the importance of the conversation…but sometimes, the actual feat of educating ten of thousands of employees, better count for something. Walking the walk. Yeah, it counts to me and so many others. I won’t pile on.
You’re not going to get slammed. It’s your opinion and you’re entitled to it.
1. Educating the baristas – What is the qualifications process for Starbucks to educate their baristas? Until I see that every barista has their college education fully paid for and there are no shady underpinnings that allow for a negative blowback on the baristas, – because Starbucks is first and foremost a corporation invested in making money – I’m not cheering, clapping, or patting Starbucks on the back.
2. If Starbucks wants to help POC, especially POC in developing countries that it claims it wants to educate, how about conduct better practices in how it obtains its coffee beans. If they want to help POC, how about looking at the price of their products and how many POC can’t afford them.
3. They can talk the talk all they want, but their corporate picture says it all. They want to talk about race but their hiring practices don’t reflect what they speak. So, they speak out of one side of their mouth and do something else. That’s disingenuous and hypocritical.
4. They want to talk about race. Okay. Let’s talk about if they have POC sitting and making decisions at the power table, let’s see how much they pay, let’s see their promotion policies.
5. They want to talk about race. How about having qualified people hold long term lecture series, seminars, convos about race. Don’t put it in the hand of a barista when your executive is too cowardly to have the conversation on Twitter and instead deletes his Twitter account, and locks his Instagram.
http://news.starbucks.com/views/starbucks-college-achievement-plan-frequently-asked-questions
http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/sourcing/coffee
NW, what does it take for you to run for President?
Or at least a point you to the WHPC? Is that at all possible?
You just make a whole lot of damn sense!
DF, we are not slamming you. However, NW makes some excellent and valid points here and I was about to add this point…”Don’t put it in the hand of a barista when your executive is too cowardly to have the conversation on Twitter and instead deletes his Twitter account, and locks his Instagram.” But she beat me to it. 🙂
DF, please try to see it from our POC point of view. To us, it is glaringly obvious & insulting.
I don’t know how far it is true (that they educate all their people) and how much of it is just PR chaff meaning total bs. Even assuming they did educate them all, it was the dumbest idea to say ‘we educated you, so now you go educate cretins about race relations’. 3rd rate blunder.
There is a caveat to this education provision, I can’t remember what it is, but it did have some “catch” to it and I’m not about to invest any more energy looking it up, suffice it to say, I said “ah ha” when I heard it back at the beginning of this education campaign.
There always is. No business undertakes to educate all of their staff. They may educate some (with some fine print aka bondage) but not all.
Yup
Wow. Amazing the similarities when you think of the awful right-wing politicians, in this country.
Honestly, it’s heartbreaking.
I’m with you. It’s all hard to believe it’s actually happening. Have no clue where this will all lead, but I do know we have to cling to audacious HOPE.
Happy St. Paddy’s Day everyone…(although Late) . 🙂
Here is a laugh for you…
A man was leaving a convenience store with his morning coffee
when he noticed a most unusual funeral procession
approaching the nearby cemetery.
A black hearse was followed by a second black hearse
about 50 Feet behind the first one.
Behind the second hearse
was a solitary man walking a dog on a leash.
Behind him, a short distance back,
were about 200 men walking single file.
The man couldn’t stand the curiosity.
He respectfully approached
the man walking the dog and said:
“I am so sorry for your loss,
and this may be a bad time to disturb you,
but I’ve never seen a funeral like this.
Whose funeral is it?”
“Me wife’s.”
”What happened to her?”
“She yelled at me and my dog attacked and killed her.”
He inquired further,
“But who is in the second hearse?”
The man answered,
“Me mother-in-law.
She was trying to help me wife
when the dog turned on her.”
A very poignant and touching moment of brotherhood and
silence passed between the two men.
“Can I borrow the dog?”
The man replied,
“Get in line.”
OMG. LOL.
😀 😀 😀
313,626 @ 1003 p EDT
I never have the impulse to discuss race with complete strangers in random situations. Not in a coffee line when I’m trying to have a consumer transaction and then move on out the door. Race is a spectacularly loaded subject and it requires a level of consent to converse about it. To speak productively about race, I want to trust the people in the conversation. I want to know that we are working toward a particular goal that is about progress. That doesn’t happen in a line at Starbucks. You don’t just spring the topic on someone who happens to be standing in front of you. So however well-intentioned the idea is, it’s patently silly and overly simplistic to think that POC in particular are in for this.
It is a stupid idea. End of discussion.
THIS! THIS! THIS!
Thank you, Meta.
XOXO
I get so tired of this BS.
My hope is that they will reflect on the matter and reflect on the fact that they could have considerable, high-value contributions to make, if they really want to be a force for transformation ….
#TruthAndReconciliation
I wonder if they bothered to ask any POC outside the almost handful on their leadership page (if they even bothered consulting that almost handful) what they thought of the idea and how it would be implemented. If they were sincere about it, there are a ton of better ways to make a difference.
That was my point upthread Dudette. Did the white PR team bring in a multi-racial focus group & run it by them before springing this on the public????
Bet they didn’t. Hopefully they got the msg loud & clear this is why you need diverse perspectives at the outset.
Thank you meta for seeing this clearly. One of the benefits of my TOD family is the ability to have open dialogue that perhaps can help us see one another with empathy. I don’t want any of us to feel that they can’t be a part of this family if we happen to disagree with their opinion. This dialogue about race is sensitive and sometimes painful, but it must occur – with consideration to all parties.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Friendly reminder…(11PM EST tease tonight & GMA in the morning) Tune in tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. EST ESPN Sportscenter to see President Obama’s NCAA brackets
Fantabulous Collections of tweets and info….thank you for all your efforts…
you have to wonder what Starbuck’s was thinking …were there any blk folks in on this discussion….amazing….
re: Netanyahu….interesting to see what happens when the dust clears
Thanks, PF.
Yup. That’s what happens when there is a lack of diversity at corporate.
Bottom line ….
One of the best sports movies ever…. The great Bob Uecker, Dennis Haysbert as Cerrano and Wesly Snipes as “Willie Mays Hayes”!
Great news! ….for those not familiar with the story… the Cincinnati Bengals signed Devon to last years 53 man roster off the practice squad so he could keep help his health insurance while his daughter was battling cancer:
GN folks!
After sounding the gross alarm that they were voting in droves. Such a douchebag.
Bibi just learned to count – numbers not looking good
nut n yahoo has more rw & center parties supporting him than does herzog from the left & arab list. Only hope is another election in a year.
I’ve read otherwise elsewhere – but really have no idea about Israel politics other than war supported by the USA – they sure lost most goodwill that any other country gave them after the past 20 years of building on other people’s homelands
wow talk about an about face! Really has been getting pointers from the republibaggers.
What a disgusting punk.
What an hypocrite.
so with the gunners paying for their furst match blunder, all brit teams are out of champions league? #overratedleague
How about some music? 🙂
GE TODville,
NW, I think you’ve done it — no doubt broken the Internet today with the mind-boggling array and range of tweets.
My head is spinning.
I didn’t read the “baked Alaska” article, but when I was there 16 summers ago, the interior was nearly always aflame — mostly because of the Spruce Bark Beetle which basically devastates the trees so they become enormous matchsticks. This was before climate change really kicked in over the past couple of years. So Alaska will remain beautiful, but sadly denuded of trees. 😦
Information overload here, thanks for your enormous effort and delivery of info. 🙂
Thanks for your environmentally important anecdote, Arapaho415.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/17/missouri-man-charged-with_n_6890430.html
disturbing!
terrifying
In summary ….
sup, as amk would say …. bbl, perhaps ……
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/17/its-st-patricks-day-that-means-laughter/
Maybe corporate white dude from Starbucks can invite some of his “black friends” from twitter and IG over, on his own time. They could chat about race relations – if the invitees can keep from walking out on his idiocy.
Also love their organizational chart. Nothin’ wrong with that picture, here in America, eh? Ever hear of affirmative employment and advancement, corporate coffee people? I’m guessing to this point it’s all been drip … drip.
re: GOP thug Aaron Schock – last paragraph fro Politico article The OCE [Offic of Congressional Ethics] probe —and any potential Ethics Committee investigation — will disappear with Schock’s resignation. However, federal law enforcement could still look into Schock’s actions. He has two attorneys, former Federal Election Commission Commissioner Don McGahn and criminal defense attorney William McGinley, both of Jones Day. Ron Bonjean and Brian Walsh, two longtime GOP communications aides, are handling his press strategy.
Schock will remain in Congress until March 31.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/aaron-schock-resigns-116153.html?hp=t1_r
Wow….these tweets are Fantastic. Thanks NW.