A Tweet Or Two

Official says @POTUS to give eulogy at #CharlestonShooting victim Sen. Pinckney’s funeral. bit.ly/1NfAyxL http://t.co/pxChUUQi59

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The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) June 22, 2015

Drawn by a 7 year old Charleston, SC student. Clearly, this kid gets it. #CharlestonShooting #MotherEmanuel http://t.co/k3Co6cCae2

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Andy Pagoota (@ManOnTheRadio) June 21, 2015

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Monday is @POTUS day on @WTFpod! http://t.co/HVZQhKYXNM

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marc maron (@marcmaron) June 19, 2015

Today is @POTUS day on @WTFpod! He’s the President! Good talk! Do it up! wtfpod.com

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marc maron (@marcmaron) June 22, 2015

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Eavesdrop on the conversation of a lifetime: preview our Q&A with @FLOTUS & Meryl Streep at more.com/talkofalifetime http://t.co/1ddoFUCqFk

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MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) June 19, 2015

Video preview: Behind the scenes with @FLOTUS and Meryl Streep: ow.ly/Oy5lg http://t.co/HgWr77SQ5F

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MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) June 19, 2015

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Another pic of me and @POTUS in the garage from today’s @WTFpod! wtfpod.com http://t.co/w0kwJLFihy

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marc maron (@marcmaron) June 22, 2015

Hey! Check out MarcMeetsObama.com for behind-the-scenes photos of the President’s visit to my garage!

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marc maron (@marcmaron) June 22, 2015

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.@BarackObama uses the n-word to make a point about the reality of racism in America: cnn.it/1I9u6IO http://t.co/IA191opdwA

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ABSOLUTE MUST READ: Black Americans now see race relations as nation’s most important problem washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati… http://t.co/M9x4uMTOix

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deray mckesson (@deray) June 17, 2015

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Bravo, bravo, bravo! President Obama opens his mouth and speaks TRUTH to this country. wtfpod.com/podcast/episod… http://t.co/ka2i1vgSd6

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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) June 22, 2015

Media shocked by President using N word? ✓ Media shocked by President being called the N word? ✘ http://t.co/15R7aCNm0d

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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 22, 2015

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Going, going gone. Home sales are finally surging. @JoshBoak explains why: apne.ws/1J0z3SL http://t.co/g6LmVX4qV0

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AP Business News (@APBusiness) June 22, 2015

Sales of existing U.S. homes rose in May to the highest since 2009 bloom.bg/1IZF1Dt

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Bloomberg Business (@business) June 22, 2015

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Meet the 10-year-old, Nigerian math genius who's just enrolled at college cnn.it/1E5KcPx http://t.co/MQ4ccwPXYK

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CNN Africa (@CNNAfrica) June 19, 2015

#WNBA star donates half her salary to preventing deaths from sudden cardiac arrest: buff.ly/1MMbv4w http://t.co/OkdiRRLypu

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The Root (@TheRoot) June 18, 2015

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11 images that capture the true beauty of black fatherhood huff.to/1H6ZSXL http://t.co/BkjtfKZyQd

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HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) June 21, 2015

Zun Lee's photos of black fathers, present and accountable. From the archives, on Father's Day nyti.ms/1RglikT http://t.co/NYUIFkbHot

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NYT Photo (@nytimesphoto) June 21, 2015

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On @WTFpod Obama opens up about life in the White House for the first family bloom.bg/1J0qNCi http://t.co/h2cp6CjhQu

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Bloomberg Business (@business) June 22, 2015

7 Black Women Science Fiction Writers Everyone Should Know forharriet.com/2014/08/7-blac… via @ForHarriet

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Alycee (@jazziz2) June 22, 2015

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On the left is a quote from a WSJ editorial. On the right is everyone I could find listed on the masthead http://t.co/JthtKwInTC

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Mickey McCauley (@Mickey_McCauley) June 19, 2015

If you're white and murder 9 ppl, childhood photos are used. A black hero who saves his mom, editor uses mugshot? http://t.co/1CEexwjqJF

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DavidDunn (@ImDavidDunn) June 21, 2015

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This is sometimes what it means to be black in America

While #Dolezal was faking it, a real beautiful black girl in B-More was raped, set on fire & killed. #ArneshaBowers http://t.co/reisSx6FQb

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Juan M. Thompson (@JuanMThompson) June 15, 2015

They robbed her grandma's hosue, raped her and strangled her, and then set her on fucking fire. twitter.com/MyBeautifulMag…

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Juan M. Thompson (@JuanMThompson) June 15, 2015

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Beautiful 16 yr old, Arnesha Bowers, was raped, strangled and set on fire in Baltimore. Why so little news coverage? http://t.co/S8tWCNpxce

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My Beautiful Life (@MyBeautifulMag) June 15, 2015

Pool Rules. #McKinney. http://t.co/KprtnmpgCs

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deray mckesson (@deray) June 15, 2015

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Jesus Christ

As a young U.S. Army soldier during World War II, Rollins Edwards knew better than to refuse an assignment. When officers led him and a dozen others into a wooden gas chamber and locked the door, he didn’t complain. None of them did. Then, a mixture of mustard gas and a similar agent called lewisite was piped inside. “It felt like you were on fire,” recalls Edwards, now 93 years old. “Guys started screaming and hollering and trying to break out. And then some of the guys fainted. And finally they opened the door and let us out, and the guys were just, they were in bad shape.”

Edwards was one of 60,000 enlisted men enrolled in a once-secret government program — formally declassified in 1993 — to test mustard gas and other chemical agents on American troops. But there was a specific reason he was chosen: Edwards is African-American. White enlisted men were used as scientific control groups. Their reactions were used to establish what was “normal,” and then compared to the minority troops.

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Secret mustard gas experiments during WWII grouped subjects by race. @itscaitlinhd n.pr/1GuMYfy http://t.co/KfOQYNaYEH

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NPR News (@nprnews) June 22, 2015

.@michaelarria on the painful racial disparities in female arrests in San Francisco alternet.org/civil-libertie… http://t.co/rUU9L6mhPI

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Zoé S. (@ztsamudzi) June 22, 2015

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Perfect example why Nikki Haley shouldn’t be applauded. If there wasn’t worldwide attention, she’d proudly and happily let that racist flag fly high

BREAKING: Confederate flag 'will always be part of the soil of South Carolina,' Gov. Nikki Haley says.

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The Associated Press (@AP) June 22, 2015

MORE: SC Republican Gov. Nikki Haley says Confederate flag should come down from Statehouse grounds: apne.ws/1QMxvmh

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The Associated Press (@AP) June 22, 2015

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It’s Not The Word

It’s not the word. It’s the thought behind the word.

It’s not the word. It’s the actions taken informed by the word

Don’t think that, as Piers Morgan opines, banning the word will ban the thought.

Banning the word is merely being polite. But the same people who wouldn’t dare use the word in public believe in everything the word implies in private.

President Obama used the word “nigger” in his interview with Marc Maron, in a discourse on how racism isn’t solved.

Bill Hemmer of Fox News clutched his pearls because of the President’s use of that word. Us white folks have been taught to avoid that word, and here is Pres. Obama using it.

Like slave owners weren’t presidents.

Like the man who pushed through the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts didn’t drop it as easily as I drop “fuck”, and with as little thought.

As if a black man, who happens to be the nation’s first black chief executive, needs to be policed by white journalists on how to discuss race.

Remember, Chuck Todd said Pres. Obama can’t be “neutral” on matters of race. Because to the white commentariat, that patina of neutrality absolves them from confronting the country’s original sin.

President Obama Gives The Country Some Well Deserved Real Talk

A must listen to interview. Marc was great. He asked very relevant questions and covered an interesting breadth of topics. President Obama was fantastic. He doesn’t have to run his answers through pollsters, a communication team, a PR firm, etc., He is always refreshingly honest because he speaks from the heart. A hallmark of a true leader

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.@POTUS ✓ @MarcMaron ✓ In the garage ✓ Listen to the podcast now → wtfpod.com http://t.co/7kXfGtvFQ6

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 22, 2015

Today is @POTUS day on @WTFpod! He’s the President! Good talk! Do it up! wtfpod.com http://t.co/y6ddDtL2z8

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marc maron (@marcmaron) June 22, 2015

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"Outraged" over POTUS use of n word? Try listening to the whole podcast. But, beware, you may learn something. bit.ly/1H72i6R

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gwen ifill (@gwenifill) June 22, 2015

I love the folks saying Obama disrespected the Oval Office by saying nigger. What about the slave owners who were President? They cool?

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Elon James White (@elonjames) June 22, 2015

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Hey white people - Obama did not create race tensions by using the N-word. Your ancestors already accomplished that centuries ago.

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Ponta (@typicalfeminist) June 22, 2015

Well damn, @POTUS. http://t.co/W1ORKOWG57

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Lauren Chief Elk (@ChiefElk) June 22, 2015

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Also, are people honest to Jesus saying that Obama is the first president to say the N-word like 12 of them didn't own slaves?

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Lauren Chief Elk (@ChiefElk) June 22, 2015

8 WHILE in office? Some of you can't possibly this ahistorical. You cannot.

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Lauren Chief Elk (@ChiefElk) June 22, 2015

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Notice the fake azz outrage white #Presstitutes are displaying b/c PresObama used the n-word. Yet they're not outrage by ConfedFlag. .@whca

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RanMan (@ranman09) June 22, 2015

"They are unable to conceive that their version of reality, which they want me to accept, is an insult to my history..." - James Baldwin

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Trudy (@thetrudz) November 11, 2014

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How many times has Obama been called a nigger over the past 7 years? But y’all are feigning surprise when he uses it in context? Fall down.

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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 22, 2015

White folks more mad at Obama and @deray than they are at Dylann Roof. This country is irrevocably broken.

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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 22, 2015

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I appreciate Obama. I’m pretty sure he’s about to drop some serious truth bombs on people and white folks are going to lose it.

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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 22, 2015

Obama didn’t just drop the word nigger in a podcast for no reason. Something is up.

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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 22, 2015

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Team (POTUS) Obama Is Amazing!

Racism and hate are horrible realities, made worse by the accessibility of guns in our nation. We have to change.

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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 20, 2015

As @POTUS said, sympathy alone isn't good enough to honor the victims of gun violence in Charleston. Let's start a conversation.

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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 20, 2015

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This is not about politics. It's about the need for better policy choices. twitter.com/ezraklein/stat…

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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 20, 2015

That's a petition I'd sign! twitter.com/tmwinsett/stat…

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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 20, 2015

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@HuRa to those who say "just do something" -- I couldn't agree more. It is in our power, but we must put politics aside.

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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 20, 2015

@Bailiuchan I agree. But the American people must speak up and make sure their voices are heard.

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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 21, 2015

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Calling it a "little issue"misses the significance of this symbol of racism&the moment we have to change #TakeItDown twitter.com/meetthepress/s…

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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 21, 2015

@michaelianblack The point is either word betrays a view where crimes like this 'just happen.' We can and must change.

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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 21, 2015

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Are we to accept this as the new normal?If not better laws, what will change this? What's ur plan to make sure these horrific tragedies end?

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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 21, 2015

.@stephen_arizona In too many of these tragedies, the guns were acquired"lawfully" by ppl who shouldn't have had access. That's unacceptable

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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 21, 2015

Rise and Shine: The Week Ahead

You can hear the President’s podcast with Marc Maron here

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Today

The President will host an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan at the White House.

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Tuesday

Attends meetings at the White House.

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Wednesday

Hosts a reception at the White House in recognition of LGBT Pride Month.

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Thursday and Friday

Attends meetings at the White House.

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President Obama holds one of the twin daughters of Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., background, as he arrives on Air Force One at Palm Springs International airport, Saturday, June 20, 2015

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: A young boy salutes President Barack Obama as he greets audience members following his remarks at the NALEO Conference in Orlando, Fla., June 22, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!