Obama taking steps to fund affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods: hill.cm/YaHMsGv http://t.co/kKEevs5ule
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The Hill (@thehill) June 11, 2015Home equity rises to highest level in nearly 10 yrs. Recovering all decimated by the Bush Repub housing bubble & collapse #obamasfault
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Steve Weinstein (@steveweinstein) June 11, 2015****
Surprise! @FLOTUS is guest-editing our July/August #MoreImpact issue. Here’s a sneak peek: more.com/michelleobama http://t.co/GkK1CvyskY
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MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) June 11, 2015Our beloved First Lady is guest editor of July-Aug issue of More magazine & she's remarkable. more.com http://t.co/edKUfGJbMy
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meta (@metaquest) June 11, 2015****
Michelle Obama: First lady and magazine editor @RebeccaRKaplan cbsn.ws/1I3OyGn http://t.co/Do2t19IFsm
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CBS News Politics (@CBSPolitics) June 11, 2015WILL be buying the First Lady's issue of More Magazine!
"Mrs. Obama — who has been on More’s cover twice... fb.me/7dIVRIc0Z
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(@afrobella) June 11, 2015****
Kentucky Governor Raises Minimum Wage With Executive Order nyti.ms/1KRQdlo
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NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) June 09, 2015Republican senator criticizes Obamacare on the grounds that Obamacare subsidies are awesome vox.com/2015/6/8/87483… via @sarahkliff
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Eric Schultz (@Schultz44) June 08, 2015****
Poor child. The consequences of horrific police brutality
Girl officer forced to the ground in pool party video is having a hard time eating & sleeping, her attorney said: wapo.st/1GbIIEN
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Elahe Izadi (@ElaheIzadi) June 10, 2015@ElaheIzadi her body is still in fight-or-flight. you don't eat or sleep in that state. poor thing. PTSD seems inevitable here. so sad.
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Cynthia Rose (@PurpleMonarch79) June 11, 2015****
Vile, disgusting, racist scumbag
This is #KarenFitzgibbons. She is an Elementary School Teacher. And she wants to bring back Segregation. #McKinney http://t.co/ZixAZ7N2c9
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D (@Delo_Taylor) June 11, 2015This is one of the public school to prison pipeline train conductors http://t.co/6Dd6mfvENs
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No Relation (@TheCosby) June 11, 2015****
Teacher deleted post regarding #McKinneyPolice in which she said she "was almost to the point of wanting" segregation http://t.co/uAHqYPaWi1
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Adam Young (@AYoungReporter) June 11, 2015The thought of this vile person teaching impressionable, innocent 4th graders makes me nauseous. #KarenFitzgibbons twitter.com/ShaunKing/stat…
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(@Only4RM) June 11, 2015****
I'm sure #KarenFitzgibbons can find a teaching job where her opinions will fit in at a school in 1859.
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(@JRehling) June 11, 2015Twitter & Facebook: Nicely weeding out racists, homophobes, and any other general, horrible people. Thank You. #KarenFitzgibbons
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Jennifer Spiecker (@jen_spiecker) June 11, 2015****
How many black students have been singled out in #KarenFitzgibbons classroom and now have discipline records because of her beliefs?
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Krissy (@__Krisssyy) June 11, 2015Teachers like #KarenFitzgibbons is why black children suffer in the education system. I can't imagine how she treats her black students.
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はるか (@melaninbarbie) June 11, 2015****
The racist been fired. Life comes at you fast
BREAKING: #KarenFitzgibbons, the teacher who defended #McKinney police with these words, has been fired. http://t.co/wk7hnxEUkY
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TRiLL CLiNTON (@iMadeSmartCool) June 11, 2015#KarenFitzgibbons got fired. Segregate that. http://t.co/uIKAmFhEd5
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Dominator (@DuckFom) June 11, 2015****
Why is it so hard for families of color to get justice when a loved one is murdered? Must read by @edwin_d_rios: motherjones.com/politics/2015/…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 09, 2015One of most corrosive things to relationship between minorities and police: unsolved murder motherjones.com/politics/2015/… http://t.co/9PKV9TjcBl
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 09, 2015****
Only 9 Days in 2015 When The Police Haven't Killed Someone. America. http://t.co/yhTU4tcPxc
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 11, 2015Police investigating photo of officers “laughing after a Muslim mother’s hijab was ripped off” bzfd.it/1IJQZUe http://t.co/Ybpsaa7x9Q
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(@BuzzFeed) June 11, 2015****
Damn. Of course, when police brutality of minorities in England is taken into account, British and American cops have a lot to answer for
American police fatally shoot 2 ppl a day
British police have fatally shot 2 ppl in 3 years wapo.st/1IwMqcX http://t.co/Gn2zj86zHS
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 11, 2015One reason: fewer guns in hands of cops and fewer guns in hands of citizens wapo.st/1IwMqcX http://t.co/6MC6gT9Q9f
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 11, 2015****
"A boy was accused of taking a backpack. The courts took t̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶e̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ his life."
newyorker.com/magazine/2014/…
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Jamiles Lartey (@JamilesLartey) June 08, 2015Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kalief Browder's suffering: "It was done by our servants, and it was done in our name." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) June 08, 2015****
The abject horror and tragedy of #KaliefBrowder death has to be communicated constantly. latimes.com/nation/la-na-n… http://t.co/jij3nJvTsF
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Stacey E. Singleton (@staceyNYCDC) June 08, 2015The cop who killed Kimani Gray, received a Cop of the Year award after the young boy's death. #MckinneyPolice http://t.co/exszlzYdQe
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zellie (@zellieimani) June 07, 2015****
I went inside Cook County Jail to find out how it became America's largest mental hospital. My latest: theatlantic.com/politics/archi… #longreads
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Matt Ford (@fordm) June 08, 2015WILD MUST READ: Ferguson Police Department from interim chief's point of view latimes.com/nation/la-na-f… http://t.co/FipXq7WHWo
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 07, 2015****
Bravo and congratulations, Juan Felipe Herrera. Rest in peace, Ornette Coleman
Californian Juan Felipe Herrera becomes the first Latino to be U.S. poet laureate lat.ms/1FI4PjL http://t.co/W579Aeu4jL
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Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 10, 2015Ornette Coleman, saxophonist who "liberated jazz" from harmony & structure, dies at 85. npr.org/sections/ablog… http://t.co/A402ji3wgK
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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) June 11, 2015****
Good question
Why is @GovMikeHuckabee so close to so many child molesters? twitter.com/Pallaweee/stat…
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(@Only4RM) June 11, 2015A co-author on two of Mike Huckabee’s books was accused of child molestation in two legal cases. thebea.st/1KZxZP6
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The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 11, 2015****
Sen. Mark Kirk Calls Lindsey Graham 'Bro with No Ho' bit.ly/1GAy91p (AUDIO) http://t.co/9AQERvb6sb
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(@Mediaite) June 11, 2015Checked three times to make sure this wasn't an @TheOnion headline. New GOP slogan:We're even worse than you thought. politico.com/story/2015/06/…
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Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 11, 2015****
Teen Sues School District In Potentially Key Federal Case For Transgender Restroom Rights sp.lc/ObmVZ http://t.co/YJi9QXXaEj
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SPLC (@splcenter) June 11, 2015Nobel Prize winning scientist, Tim Hunt, resigns after sexist comments about women in science bit.ly/1FLKavj http://t.co/E4SX2sJw3H
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(@Newsweek) June 11, 2015****
Food for thought
I need people to treat #abortion restrictions & clinic closures like the public health crises they are & STOP encouraging ppl to move #HB2
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Miss Ann Dri (@OHTheMaryD) June 11, 2015"Texans comprised about 9 percent of the overall abortions in Louisiana in 2014." ibtimes.com/after-texas-ab…
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Miss Ann Dri (@OHTheMaryD) June 11, 2015****
The south is being decimated by anti-#abortion restrictions. Pretty soon people won't be able to go to neighboring states & will be trapped
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Miss Ann Dri (@OHTheMaryD) June 11, 2015I need nat'l #ReproRights orgs to stop using southern states to fundraise off of and actually INVEST $ and resources here
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Miss Ann Dri (@OHTheMaryD) June 11, 2015****
There are great grassroots orgs doing work on the ground, but having $ & resource support means more organizers & more education campaigns
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Miss Ann Dri (@OHTheMaryD) June 11, 2015STOP using us as poverty porn and election year sound bites
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Miss Ann Dri (@OHTheMaryD) June 11, 2015****
btw, Obama's 'falling' approval numbers this year......#narrative http://t.co/jhqJPSmacG
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Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 05, 2015In Obama year 7 taxes as share of GDP (17.7%) projected lower than year 7 Reagan (17.9), Clinton (19.2), GWB (17.9): nyti.ms/1MaOJmO
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John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 06, 2015****
Oh, the irony. You built that, GOP
RNC: 'Dangerous and Wrong' to Allow Koch Brothers to Control Voting Data bit.ly/1JMKCyj http://t.co/IDDL7jcdZi
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(@Mediaite) June 11, 2015Murdoch To Step Down As Fox CEO. nationalmemo.com/rupert-murdoch… http://t.co/c6LOg1WDBh
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The National Memo (@NationalMemo) June 11, 2015****
Thank you, President Obama. Yay, Texas!
BREAKING: U.S. annual budget deficit falls near 7-year low. #ObamasFault #ThanksObama on.wsj.com/1JFK9zl via @WSJ http://t.co/opcWkK8ih6
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The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 10, 2015This is the second-fastest city in the U.S.
Soon it will powered entirely by wind and sun
thkpr.gs/3666649 http://t.co/HM4JM4mump
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 11, 2015****
The struggle is real
SFWater.org promoting sexy shower ads "make it a quickie" during drought. nbcbay.com/rU1ztZC http://t.co/RPCPAgr3vb
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NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) June 11, 2015This Young Girl Met The Queen Then Got Smacked In The Face By A Soldier buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/… (via @ruthmosalski) http://t.co/t0JgfBsEJC
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Richard James (@richjamesuk) June 11, 2015****
Virginia teen pleads guilty to helping ISIS nbcnews.to/1cNHHIx http://t.co/y9jnnu1Z4C
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NBC News (@NBCNews) June 11, 2015The Pentagon hopes new personnel will help increase the pace of the anti-ISIS air campaign buff.ly/1f5cMco
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National Journal (@nationaljournal) June 11, 2015****
Children make up a quarter of people in modern-day slavery circanews.com/news/global-sl… http://t.co/Bkyf72yaLb
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Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) June 11, 2015North Carolina Same-Sex Marriage Religious Objection Bill Becomes Law buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/… http://t.co/zmqmstPcLp
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 11, 2015****
THIS
Last week I'm told a 14 yo can't be held responsible for a crime #Duggar. This week, I'm told a 14 yo deserves police brutality #McKinney
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Mandi Livingston (@mandilivingston) June 08, 2015Armed white kids storm TX Capitol, brag on FB, 0 arrests vs girl's pool party arrest in #McKinney. #WhitePrivilege: http://t.co/DINxctAy61
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Casey (@pari_passu) June 08, 2015****
Inspired by paralyzed Army vet, Lancaster students build him a new home lat.ms/1KsVyla http://t.co/bJRwBlgPMZ
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Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 11, 2015Game-changing discovery links the brain and the immune system ti.me/1GvFVYq
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TIME.com (@TIME) June 11, 2015****
#China sentences ex-head of internal security to life in prison for bribery, abuse of power. bbc.com/news/world-asi… http://t.co/JUVMj4XNzz
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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) June 11, 2015A self-styled "reverend" who claims autism can be "purged" by swallowing bleach is exposed bbc.in/1TdJvfd http://t.co/qg2hFToYC8
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BBC News England (@BBCEngland) June 11, 2015****
US official: Hack of US federal systems far deeper, potentially more problematic than publicly acknowledged: abcn.ws/1JHTPte
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ABC News (@ABC) June 11, 2015MORE: Sources: Massive hack on US federal system went undetected for more than year: abcn.ws/1JHTPte twitter.com/ABC/status/609…
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ABC News (@ABC) June 11, 2015****
Yay, Zendaya! More here
@Manstagram_ that awkward moment when this tweet is irrelevant cause she's slaying both ways #wannaborrowmyglasses http://t.co/4BXge1Ch4K
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(@Zendaya) June 10, 2015Women who stick up for women. Thank you @Zendaya and everyone else ❤ i love you.
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Shannon (Shaaanxo) (@xoShaaan) June 11, 2015****
Call the whambulance, disgusting dudebros
Redditors demand resignation of female CEO, call her a Nazi for cracking down on abuse thkpr.gs/3668476 http://t.co/rBikyNMwrn
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 11, 2015It's good, and meaningful, that Twitter is doing shared block lists: blog.twitter.com/2015/sharing-b… They should also recognize @freebsdgirl's work.
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Anil Dash (@anildash) June 11, 2015****
My parents graduated from a segregated East Texas high school in 1966/67. Please understand that segregationists are still alive and well.
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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 08, 2015Stop lying to yourself that MLK marched and suddenly all the colors of America joined hands to sing Kumbaya and eradicate racism instantly.
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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 08, 2015****
Ugh, WaPo. Just ugh
Looks like @washingtonpost is busy doing @FearDept's work again. twitter.com/washingtonpost…
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Paul Freelend (@PaulFreelend) June 11, 2015Federal regulators sue man they say raised $122K through crowdfunding, then broke his promises: apne.ws/1Tdwkei
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The Associated Press (@AP) June 11, 2015****
A Hooters waitress donated one of her kidneys to a dying customer: nym.ag/1FzdQeZ http://t.co/xjKb7Nk3EW
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New York Magazine (@NYMag) June 06, 2015Following Texas floods, Media increase coverage of link between climate and extreme weather: mm4a.org/1STX3we http://t.co/JPDZkWfCMV
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Media Matters (@mmfa) June 06, 2015****
Judges order Virginia lawmakers to redraw racially biased congressional map: bit.ly/1MdD32E
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 06, 2015Welcome to Blackdom: The Ghost Town That Was New Mexico’s First Black Settlement po.st/cqst5q via @SmithsonianMag
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James Peterson (@DrJamesPeterson) June 06, 2015****
Scumbags
The Pentagon thinks Snowden took A LOT of documents that have nothing to do with surveillance buff.ly/1QalUNs http://t.co/pjQjJiwtCX
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Business Insider (@businessinsider) June 06, 2015Philadelphia City Councilman Attends "White Lives Matter" Rally gawker.com/philadelpihia-… http://t.co/rrppc2T24S
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 06, 2015****
Jimmy Carter: Many Americans Still Have 'Feelings of Superiority to People of Color' bit.ly/1GnC0ih http://t.co/lSfMXLHiXQ
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(@Mediaite) June 04, 2015Read @michelledean on the death of Tanisha Anderson. Family called for an ambulance, police officers arrived instead theguardian.com/us-news/2015/j…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 05, 2015****
India & Bangladesh sign historic agreement to simplify their border bbc.in/1MdeYc4 http://t.co/EDaNPQeQ8b
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BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 06, 2015#UPDATE FIFA to decide election date on July 20 u.afp.com/Z4Mr
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Agence France-Presse (@AFP) June 11, 2015****
The biggest factor in reducing unintended pregnancies: Better access to #birthcontrol & sex ed ppact.io/1KONbye http://t.co/ci8IBUGSnW
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Planned Parenthood (@PPact) June 08, 2015Nationwide, the AP survey showed a decrease in abortions of about 12 percent since 2010:
apne.ws/1RVufSI
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The Associated Press (@AP) June 07, 2015****
Good news, Class of 2015. You're facing the best job market we've seen since the recession. bit.ly/1FyWAqd http://t.co/uyQj2T9WXO
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(@WNYC) June 07, 2015How 1 Man Is Using the Unity of the Civil Rights Movement to Empower Black Students in STEM theroot.com/articles/news/… via @TheRoot
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Alycee (@jazziz2) June 07, 2015****
Guam Becomes the first U.S. territory to legalize gay marriage bit.ly/1KeVsh4
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 05, 2015#DREAMer Cesar Vargas Gets OK to Practice Law in NY @DRMAction @DREAMerJ_D @SuzGamboa nbcnews.to/1EXFeBH http://t.co/Qxc3RQgv9m
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NBC Latino (@NBCLatino) June 03, 2015****
Rick Santorum is an idiot
Rick Santorum, everybody. http://t.co/NmUDZ6j6rW
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Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) June 03, 201521 states have refused to expand Medicaid, leaving millions of sick Americans without decent healthcare. thenat.in/1dP0PqQ #Longreads
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The Nation (@thenation) June 04, 2015****
President Obama and his team were way ahead of the curve. Smart
Percent of Millennials who read political news on Facebook: 61
Percent who watch local TV: 37
bit.ly/1FYWFHw http://t.co/2Z9gqAdydu
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 02, 2015Obama's base strategy worked better in Florida, Virginia, North Carolina and Indiana than Bill Clinton's did. http://t.co/js2VL37Fwc
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Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 07, 2015****
Another thing! Turnout in 2012 was almost 10 points higher than it was in 1996. Any way you measure it, the Obama strategy wasn’t “narrow.”
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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) June 07, 2015@jbouie As an historian, I'm not sure I'd ever refer to a 365-173 electoral college margin and a 53%-47% popular vote margin as "narrow"
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Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 07, 2015****
@jbouie Obama's "narrow" strategy got a much wider margin both times.
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Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 07, 2015@KevinMKruse yes! it’s just a ludicrous description that only makes sense if “broad” is a synonym for “white.”
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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) June 07, 2015****
In Georgia’s Gwinnett County where Republicans rule, few really love Obamacare. Few want to lose it either. bloom.bg/1f0lo42
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Bloomberg Business (@business) June 09, 2015FACT: 137 million Americans are now guaranteed preventive care coverage → go.wh.gov/ACA-History #ACAWorks http://t.co/uHjLrQpQ2p
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 09, 2015****
Court: U.S. passports must say 'Jerusalem,' not 'Israel' usat.ly/1AXrso4
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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 08, 2015U.S. Supreme Court rejects NRA appeal over two San Francisco gun laws atxne.ws/1Iy86sd
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Austin Statesman (@statesman) June 08, 2015****
😂😂😂
I'm just going to go ahead & apologize on behalf of all white people for this, we'll accept this L & look to rebuild twitter.com/VICE/status/60…
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Tim Gilman (@TIMinBALTIMORE) June 06, 2015And the winner of the best GIF of the day goes to... gph.is/1MCPztk http://t.co/Wl4r4w4Vk0
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Giphy (@giphy) June 08, 2015
The Obama Diary 
In cool LL news:
Mother of LL may not be too happy at the quantity of Africa DNA in our ancestry. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But, you’re Cuban – why should having African DNA be a surprise to any of you????
I figured I had African DNA. The surprise was the Jewish DNA. Not the fact that I *have* Jewish DNA, but that it’s Ashkenazi, not Sephardic.
And as far as the African DNA, not a bother to me or my brothers. But my mom, bless her soul, is of the old school white Cuba.
I remember my nephew’s babysitter, who also was Cuban. She once said “In the old days, blacks knew where they belonged and whites knew where they belonged.” Which I found hilarious coming out of her because, let’s just say, she didn’t need to tan.
We’ll continue to pray for your mother LL
She’s gotten MUCH better the older she’s gotten. I mean, yeah, stories to tell.
LL, Do you know about the Conversos? In 1492 Jews were outlawed in Spain and Portugal and many converted to Catholicism in public and kept the Sabbath in secret.
The Jewish genes, however, remained unchanged. Easy to see that those old lines may live on in you.
Oh, I know about the Conversos. But they were mostly Sephardic, which makes the Ashkenazic ancestry odd. Of course, Cuban Jews are mostly Ashkenazic, so that may explain that.
Jews were peripatetic. Merchants, for example. Traders. Small numbers but spread everywhere.
I had mine done 84 percent black 1.1 caveman the rest European. Don’t tell your Mom.
What really does trip me out is the 3% Scandinavian ancestry. Visigoths?
Uh oh…
If i start wearing a helmet and swinging a sword, you’ll know why…
HA HA!
yanno …LL…if everyone had such a test done…there would be plenty of surprises…the categories of white and non-white…would no longer be valid…this is fascinatng
There was a tweet I just saw from Soledad O’Brien saying that there are many more multi-ethnic Americans than accounted for in the Census
no doubt
Again, I will trot out my history.
After the initial Viking invasion in 796 or so, the Vikings spread out and intermarried throughout Europe. Normandy, for example, the French beach we all know from D-Day, was named for the Northmen who established a duchy there around 800AD.
The Normans then went on to carve out a multicultural kingdom in Sicily and southern Italy.
Those Vikings were always world travelers and left some bits and pieces with the locals.My husband was adopted and has no clue about his heritage. I have been urging him to get one of these tests.
Wow…..This is Fascinating
I know! I was going to do it myself for my birthday. I still might, just to see if there are any variations.
would it be that different from your brother” results
I doubt it, but I just think it’d be cool to have my own DNA results. :nerd:
smilin
My brother just did this, too, and I was also shocked. Main percentages are Southern Europe and Native American, some West African, East Asian, Morrocan, tiny bit Scandinavian. What a mixture!
All humans are mutts. We should glory in it.
Yes, it’s truly beautiful.
seriously!
I had mine done as well. 63% Sub Sahairan(sp) African, 32% Northern European. The surprise for me was how little Native DNA I have. There is a Cuban connection as well.
That’s neat. How did you get the color map & stats into your tweet? I’ve had my results back for weeks and everytime I try printing or saving to my PC, the color disappears. Unfortunately, my Mom’s sample was not sufficient for the test; yesterday, I received her new test kit.
The map was the screen capture that my bro sent me. Depending on what browser you have, you should get a screen capture add on. It’s a nifty tool
Thanks!
Enoooooooooormous thanks Nerdy, was out for most of the day and this is a completely perfect way of catching up with the news – you’re the BEST!
🙂
I’m going to be the first in line to buy “More” magazine.
You go, Don!! It’s a beauty.
i will be next….FLOTUSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Nerdy! This is some round-up. I will have to read it at least twice to take it all in.
Massive thanks.
🙂
Someone please explain to me what this anti Dr King sentiment is about….
Congrats to LL on getting the top spot and to NW for yet another highly informative post.
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Thank you very much, Nerdy. Wonderful round-up for us to soak in the news and complex events of the last few days.
For those of us not so overly stressed by the ugly dems battling their President and/or the looming deadlines for the SCOTUS ACA decision, not to mention the Iran P+5 Nuclear deal.
Too much for me. I can’t even imagine how President Obama gets a wink of sleep or downtime.
I’m super stressed out right now. Reminds me of the ACA vote. SO sick of Dems and their hideous rationalizations, stooping to jerks like Trumka. UGH.
I am sorry you are suffering too, meta. Yes. it is much like the ACA vote and the Hideous Summer of the Tea Party—2009
I guess it’s lucky for me that I have to be at UC Berkeley for a few hours mid-day and will likely miss the vote. LOLz.
You’re welcome, Meta.
Thank you Nerdy. WP is not awesome today but you are.
Thanks, Vetivera24.
From Jan2015
Here’s some of what the President actually said:
So the question for those of us here tonight is how we, all of us, can better reflect America’s hopes…
Imagine if we broke out of these tired old patterns. Imagine if we did something different. Understand, a better politics isn’t one where Democrats abandon their agenda or Republicans simply embrace mine. A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears. A better politics is one where we debate without demonizing each other; where we talk issues and values, and principles and facts, rather than “gotcha” moments, or trivial gaffes, or fake controversies that have nothing to do with people’s daily lives…
If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments, but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.
GE all. Just a quick drop by. Actually have a little time for a change. Heading across our Northern border tomorrow and packing up for the trip.
Safe travels Japa and enjoy!
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Hope to. Very short visit. Turn right back around on Sunday.
Short indeed. But it’s way better than NO visit at all! LOL
{{Japa}} Miss your face, you! Will this trip take in your special day? If yes, I’ll share my wishes now – enjoy it when it arrives!
Going up for my son’s in-laws 50th anniversary. I’ll try to be around more. Miss you too
Glad POTUS is taking a moment. But I bet he’s also gonna work on twisting some arms.
uhhh huhhh…uh huhhhhh
What a SWEET antidote to the day!!
thanks JER 😀
Uh
Really?!?! I bet that cheered POTUS up.
POTUS enjoys all of it. He understands the MSM as well as political emoprogs, wingnuts and righties have created an environment in which we don’t talk about the policy. We talk about how the policy makes us FEEL.
To complete and end my “tonight in history” theme—–Game of Thrones seems to me to be based on Henry VII–the infamous Henry the Eighth’s father. So far as I know this opinion is mine alone.
I may be among the minority that is really concerned about the domestic politics of China.
it seems like there is a systematic purge going on in the ranks of the country’s one party.
I feel as though the leader of China is using the instrument of anti-corruption, to get rid of his potential competition.
Of course many of the people are happy because they are told that all these high-placed officials are facing charges JUST because of corruption.
It seems so convenient
hmmmmm..
i am ignorant of Chinese politics…
Just has to be said…..
Gee, he seems kinda popular IMO. 😉 LOL!! ❤ 🐻 ❤
Look at all those empty seats…..
Good evening Nerdy, Chips & TOD! Thanks so much Nerdy for your comprehensive, amazing round-up of info-dense tweets!! 🙂
Racists like Karen Fitzgibbons ought to be fired!!!!!!!!!!!
be back tomorrow …. rest well TOD ……
Good evening, TOD! Nerdy, I’m going to sent you the bill for my new reading glasses! Thanks for the nightly cornucopia of goodies!
The Mother Jones’ article on Chester breaks my heart; I have family and friends there, some of whom are quoted in the article. Chester is about five miles and a lifetime away from my home; if fact, some neighborhoods of Chester are a lifetime away from other neighborhoods in that very city. Thanksgiving of 1995, City Team Ministries were short of turkeys for their gift baskets; my sons and I loaded the trunk with our donation; when we arrived in downtown Chester, the boys asked “when was there a war here?” Puzzled, I asked them the genesis of their question; they responded that the downtown looked like my pictures of Beirut… They were right; it did…
The Chester that I knew as a teen was a thriving city. The saying was you could quit your job before lunch, and be hired and working for a new employer after lunch. The sign on the train trestle read “What Chester Makes, Makes Chester.” Unfortunately, most of the industry left and with that the good paying jobs. The politicians used, and some continue to use, Chester as their personal patronage piggy bank. There has been some development — a casino, a prison, and soccer stadium; despite promises, very few of the jobs went to Chester residents. There has also been very little positive economic impact for the small business in the city — suburban folks that work at or visit the new development sites drive straight in and out of the city, they don’t stop for anything…
Our President is just too funny & cute by a half!!! 🙂 🙂
So, do ya think that opening day, 2017, the Nats will add a PBO mascot????
Hehehe! YEAH they should. 🙂
LOLZ!!
Of course….BUZZFEED couldn’t wait to jump on our President’s wagon…to get some clicks. 🙂
holy mackeral NW! You’ve outdone yourself – I feel seriously informed – and how about that teacher? wow.
Yay that you feel informed!
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Genius POTUS is GENIUS:
Incredibly, an unbeatable copious Newsy Tweets Nerdy Wonka. Fantastic!
Congrats LL on your Solid Au ⭐
Wow!
#POTUS the ❤ able 🐻 was out and about visiting the Congressional Annual Baseball with a win by Dems 🙂
POTUS is working his Charms on Dems…….lets hope that Tomorrow, there will be a Win on the Trade Bill
Thanks, Nena.