Picture Of The Day

President Barack Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the Oval Office at the White House

A Tweet Or Two

A sea level rise of just 1 foot could cost America $200 billion. It's time to #ActOnClimate: http://t.co/lU2sqP1U2v pic.twitter.com/ZqAwYZdDpw

— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) May 28, 2015

Topic magazine--before it folded in 1994, it featured a future President http://t.co/010jyUpFgA #Kenya @harvlrev pic.twitter.com/mVWoVj7GEe

— US National Archives (@USNatArchives) May 28, 2015

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Thanks, FLOTUS!

Healthy change sprouts at #SF 'food desert' http://t.co/l2wcJTI9aa pic.twitter.com/aJ1Wtv6i1o

— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) May 28, 2015

Broadcast media people: RIGHT NOW learn to pronounce Gokul Venkatachalam & Vanya Shivashankar. Respect their names, and don't make jokes.

— anildash.com (@anildash) May 29, 2015

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Important long-read: The brown ballerina exists. http://t.co/MLyYPBxjnP pic.twitter.com/fAAxPcgoye

— deray (@deray) May 28, 2015

Homeless #Chicago teen mom now valedictorian with 26 acceptances & $600,000 in scholarships: http://t.co/HavHtqqVyS pic.twitter.com/qwfiGlpYFa

— The Root (@TheRoot) May 28, 2015

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The headlines

Trade was the biggest spoiler for US growth in Q1, with the gap at its biggest in 30 years: http://t.co/clnOOZcBFX pic.twitter.com/aGWUAFXQSp

— Michelle Jamrisko (@mljamrisko) May 29, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) - US economy shrank at 0.7 percent rate in Q1, reflecting harsh winter and bigger trade gap.

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 29, 2015

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The details and the facts

Q1 GDP revised down from +0.2% to -0.7%, which is bang on consensus. So the BEA reckons the economy contracted, and no-one believes them.

— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) May 29, 2015

Much more important than the headline number: A better measure of GDP—called GDI—says the economy actually grew 1.4% in Q1. That seems right

— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) May 29, 2015

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What's the news in this report? The GDP number, while negative, exactly met expectations. But GDI was much stronger. On balance, good news.

— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) May 29, 2015

Another way to look through the seasonal adjustment problems with GDP is to focus on year-ended growth, which was 2.7%.

— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) May 29, 2015

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Interestingly, GDI growth in Q4 was also revised up from 3.1% to 3.7%. So the income-based data looks both stronger and more realistic.

— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) May 29, 2015

And final sales to private domestic purchasers -- that is, the persistent part of GDP -- rose 1.2% in Q1, after rising 4.5% in Q4.

— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) May 29, 2015

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They sue after the horror they inflicted? The nerve of these scumbags

White Cleveland cops file federal lawsuit, saying they face racial discrimination when they shoot black people - http://t.co/zX2YViJtHE

— Emo Desperado (@JoyAnnReid) May 23, 2015

This is what a "Justified" shooting of two unarmed black suspects looks like in Cleveland. #BreloVerdict http://t.co/siYR0etwFJ

— Big Boi (@BigBoi) May 23, 2015

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If this isn't the impact of domestic terrorism, I don't know what is. #BreloTrial pic.twitter.com/qwy7Oxl91o

— deray (@deray) May 23, 2015

You don't stand on top of a car hood if you fear for your life. You don't reload TWICE in open if you fear for your life. #BreloVerdict

— zellie (@zellieimani) May 23, 2015

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City of Inkster, MI settles with Floyd Dent, who was punched, kicked, mocked by officers during traffic stop. http://t.co/rAUoSZYyql

— Emo Desperado (@JoyAnnReid) May 28, 2015

The sum of all Fox News viewer's fears: a black, Muslim, female cop pic.twitter.com/56PgPec8dl

— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) May 21, 2015

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It’s getting really hard to look at some cops as good for society and not tyrants who gleefully inflict horror upon certain individuals

https://twitter.com/Sttbs73/status/603907328019148800

Imagine an 8 month white pregnant woman getting slammed to the ground on her stomach by a cop? @CNN cop panel praises action vs black woman

— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) May 28, 2015

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I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing http://t.co/pTmC5YivaL pic.twitter.com/3hLpt7M4IP

— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 28, 2015

White men talking about "taking their country back" and I always gotta look around like "Bitch, where? What country? Sweden? Poland?"

— Kristy Yamacoochie (@brownandbella) May 28, 2015

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Nebraska abolishes death penalty in landmark veto-override vote http://t.co/hbBpss2JHT pic.twitter.com/mQf7NJbpKX

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 27, 2015

On May 27, 1892, a white mob destroyed Ida B. Wells's newspaper office in Memphis, TN. http://t.co/W8o1vMZugu pic.twitter.com/JNML3RdkAW

— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) May 27, 2015

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Screw you, Disney. Screw you

Why is Disney's new "Princess of North Sudan" an exploitative mess? Let us count the ways http://t.co/KAEAEE5ICu pic.twitter.com/PGHqtOTU0y

— Salon (@Salon) May 29, 2015

-_- RT @thedailybeast In 'Aloha,'Emma Stone plays an Asian character named"Allison Ng" Really http://t.co/BbpWZ2eMnr pic.twitter.com/ZEQISJHcsJ

— Your Friendly Neighborhood Spinster (@starfishncoffee) May 28, 2015

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West Wing Week: “High Fives for Everybody!”

Chat Away

Truth

Broadcast media people: RIGHT NOW learn to pronounce Gokul Venkatachalam & Vanya Shivashankar. Respect their names, and don't make jokes.

— anildash.com (@anildash) May 29, 2015

They're kids, still so young. But across America tomorrow, ostensible adults will make "jokes" about their names. Champions deserve better.

— anildash.com (@anildash) May 29, 2015

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"GOH-cool ven-KAH-tah-chah-luhm" and "VAHN-yah SHEE-vah-shun-kahr" fyi https://t.co/ZxTEN21eeq

— Aarthi Dee (@AarthiD) May 29, 2015

8th graders Gokul Venkatachalam and Vanya Shivashankar win Scripps National #SpellingBee: http://t.co/zyZAwg8PGw pic.twitter.com/yM7fK0U0X8

— ABC News (@ABC) May 29, 2015

Early Bird Rise and Shine

On This Day: President Barack Obama hugs children participating in the White House Healthy Kids & Safe Sports Concussion Summit, in the East Garden Room of the White House, May 29, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Today

3:35 EDT: The President meets with Attorney General Lynch

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On This Day

Pete Souza: “The President visited Joplin, Mo., following a devastating tornado. Here he greets Hugh Hills, 85, in front of his home. Hills told the President he hid in a closet during the tornado, which destroyed the second floor and half the first floor of his house.” May 29, 2011

President Obama consoles a woman at the Joplin Community Memorial Service at Missouri Southern University in Joplin, Mo., May 29, 2011. The President delivered remarks during the service for those impacted by the deadly tornado that struck Joplin on May 22, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama talks with Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Toni Morrison in the Blue Room of the White House, May 29, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

First Lady Michelle Obama greets Sherri Shepherd of “The View” at the show’s studio in New York, N.Y., May 29, 2012 (Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)

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A woman hugs the President as he and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel greeted people on the tarmac at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.” May 29, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!