The power of President Obama
FACT: Since @POTUS first called on Congress to #RaiseTheWage in 2013, 17 states have answered his call. http://t.co/pjuvwJ3TTZ
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 22, 2015Obama poised for huge win on trade: hill.cm/y0dStWr http://t.co/qUjIf1dcaN
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The Hill (@thehill) June 24, 2015****
Yay! Go buy, buy, buy!
Our July/Aug issue, guest-edited by Michelle Obama-on sale now! #MOREImpact @FLOTUS http://t.co/yigfXs8mdz
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MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) June 23, 2015Read more about the First Lady’s visit to the military base in Vicenza, Italy: go.wh.gov/RYKqNP #JoiningForces http://t.co/OsE23ua0Cv
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) June 21, 2015****
This issue, guest-edited by @FLOTUS, is all about changemakers. Know someone making a difference? Tell us #MoreImpact http://t.co/26HbIxMVGq
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MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) June 23, 2015MORE EIC @Lesleyjseymour on @Morning_Joe talking about @FLOTUS guest-edit. Watch: ow.ly/ODedz http://t.co/I5DEegAsle
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MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) June 22, 2015****
Preview @POTUS’s essay on how the @WhiteHouse made him a better father (in our July/Aug issue) more.com/potus http://t.co/K2Y58fDKp9
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MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) June 19, 2015Obama reveals how the presidency has made his family life more “normal” than ever huff.to/1H49PFk http://t.co/6nATElpF4Y
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Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) June 19, 2015****
They truly bring out the best in each other 🙂
VP Biden cracks up as the President deals with a heckler at WH LGBT reception.
Soooo lovely seeing that smile again. http://t.co/999whbop2o
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 24, 2015At one point, it looked like the VP was actually going to deal with the heckler himself
That woulda been awesome 🙂 http://t.co/cjQxEn18iF
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 24, 2015****
The power of President Obama part deux
The @WTFpod with President Obama is @marcmaron's biggest ever: 735,000+ downloads in 24 hrs and 900,000+ in 36 hrs. artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/oba…
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Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) June 23, 2015Whoa. twitter.com/ditzkoff/statu…
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marc maron (@marcmaron) June 24, 2015****
The power of President Obama part trois
Trade debate is over, folks: Pelosi just endorsed TAA as part of African trade bill. Senate passes TPA today, Senate/House pass TAA Thurs.
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Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) June 24, 2015House Dems waive the white flag; Pelosi signals they'll will vote for TAA after it passes Senate, ending a months-long trade battle on Hill
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Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 24, 2015****
The power of President Obama part quatre
Businesses continue to raise the minimum wage for America's workers.
✓ @IKEAUSA
✓ @Walmart
✓ @Gap
huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/24/ike… #RaiseTheWage
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Vice President Biden (@VP) June 24, 2015Huge announcement from @IKEAUSA that it will boost pay for employees (again). Who will #RaiseTheWage next? huff.to/1LmPZ8u @jamieson
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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 24, 2015****
Good news: Rhode Island just raised its minimum wage.
RT if you agree it's time to #RaiseTheWage for all Americans. http://t.co/KZ2RaVbvl1
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 22, 2015President Obama applauds Rhode Island for hiking its minimum wage: hill.cm/z466Whm http://t.co/Psm2lwfbka
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The Hill (@thehill) June 23, 2015****
President Obama's clean power plant standards would reduce smog and soot by 25%: go.wh.gov/sEz2PL #ActOnClimate http://t.co/YhX1inCibo
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 23, 2015Thanks @epa! The Clean Power Plan is how the US will #ActOnClimate: http://t.co/CqOUd2dXfG
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Sierra Club (@sierraclub) June 23, 2015****
President Obama to call for changes to hostage policies: on.msnbc.com/1LnqHHk (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP) http://t.co/wJwtWguIhj
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(@msnbc) June 24, 2015US President #Obama will announce changes to how US handles hostage situations that involve American citizens bbc.in/1fB3dCf
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BBC News US (@BBCNewsUS) June 24, 2015****
May he rest in peace
Sen. Pinckney's casket arrives. #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/jbfo4NLzuP
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Andrew Knapp (@offlede) June 24, 2015Black drape covers window of Statehouse lobby where Sen Clementa Pinckney's coffin will be, blocking view of Confederate flag outside
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schuyler kropf (@skropf47) June 24, 2015****
Sen. Clementa Pinckney's family looks on as his casket is carried inside the S.C. Statehouse. #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/EleUjZgr4A
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The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) June 24, 2015Sen. Clementa Pinckney's wife & her daughters follow his casket into the South Carolina State House. AP: R. Ehrhardt http://t.co/GaXKoj0nlk
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StereoCultureSociety (@CultureInStereo) June 24, 2015****
Senator Pinckney's wife is greeting everyone who comes through the line. http://t.co/s8txOYvPpY
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Meaghan Norman (@MsNewzie) June 24, 2015Casket of Sen. Pinckney carried inside as observers sing "We shall overcome some day." #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/ZkvhoCPkXA
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Andrew Knapp (@offlede) June 24, 2015*****
Freddie Gray’s death was a homicide, autopsy says
nyti.ms/1e2sV1j
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The New York Times (@nytimes) June 24, 2015Autopsy report finds Freddie Gray died of "high-energy injury" in police van; rules death a homicide: apne.ws/1IxysFj
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The Associated Press (@AP) June 23, 2015****
This is HUGE
African American family records from era of slavery to be available free online gu.com/p/4axzd/stw
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Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) June 23, 2015Vogue profile on @MarilynMosbyEsq is up; she was photographed by the famed Annie Leibovitz vogue.com/13274162/maril… http://t.co/iKA6htVPEc
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Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) June 23, 2015****
Hopefully, his prejudices change along with the removal of the tattoo. Good first step, but it’s not enough to just remove a symbol. The attitudes must also change
Great anecdote in a NYT story on the death throes of the Confederate Flag http://t.co/hvNuA4080Z
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Tyler Sandberg (@wtylersandberg) June 24, 2015Ebay, Amazon, Sears, Kmart and Etsy have all joined Wal-Mart in banning the #ConfederateFlag bit.ly/1LkfyH0 http://t.co/rSA2vkd5il
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Mic (@micnews) June 23, 2015****
UT President @gregfenves has announced the creation of a committee to review the Jefferson Davis statue: dailytexanonline.com/blogs/the-upda…
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The Daily Texan (@thedailytexan) June 23, 2015The South Carolina football team, players and coaches strongly support Governor Haley's decision to remove the flag from the capitol.
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Coach Steve Spurrier (@SC_HBC) June 23, 2015****
I bet she won’t consider herself a bloody racist
Woman claims three black men "jumped" her outside a Texas Walmart. Police say she faked the attack with bad makeup. gaw.kr/43WcRZC
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(@Gawker) June 22, 2015—
Y'assssss Al Ghul (@beauty_jackson) June 22, 2015
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BOOM. There it is
White Americans are the biggest terror threat in U.S., study finds nbcnews.to/1QQ0DJv http://t.co/iFt40G7X9V
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NBC News (@NBCNews) June 24, 2015Homegrown Radicals More Deadly Than Jihadis in U.S. nyti.ms/1GHdjuf
IMAGINE THAT
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Andie the Obamanista (@andie_walsh) June 24, 2015****
🙌🏾 🙌🏾 🙌🏾
Me: Barack Obama isn't the first POTUS to use the N-word.
Them: But he is the first BLACK president to use it!
Me: ...
Them: Oh wait fuck
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Ashley C. Ford (@iSmashFizzle) June 22, 2015To anyone that has a problem with Obama for saying the n - word http://t.co/hqHOs9TPzp
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JayJChillin (@JayJazzi) June 22, 2015****
Straight 🔥🔥🔥
"I tell you what, @donlemon. You know what really offends me?" - @larrywilmore http://t.co/Jt1uFehfCp
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The Nightly Show (@nightlyshow) June 24, 2015"How would Papa Pope handle this Confederate flag controversy?" - @LarryWilmore to @JOEtheMORTON
amp.twimg.com/v/393798b5-cdd…
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The Nightly Show (@nightlyshow) June 24, 2015****
Timothy Egan who leans pretty liberal writes a STUPID article in the NYT saying President Obama should apologize for slavery and Don Lemon goes yup. They are both scumbags
This is a new low for Don Lemon youtu.be/SzWAI-1hFE8
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Ruler of New Wakanda (@insanityreport) June 24, 2015well ok @BoingBoing http://t.co/jzPvyRINrL
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darth!™ (@darth) June 23, 2015****
Our economy: Undocumented immigrants provided a surplus of $35.1 BILLION to the Medicare Trust Fund between 2000-2011 thinkprogress.org/immigration/20…
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meta (@metaquest) June 24, 2015House set to vote on TAA on Thursday if it passes Senate quickly, GOP lawmakers say
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Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) June 24, 2015****
When black people tell society that Democrats and liberals can be racists, here is another proof
Presidential Hopeful Jim Webb Defends Confederate Soldiers
time.com/3934237/
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Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 24, 2015Jim Webb is fuckin terrible motherjones.com/politics/2015/…
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Patrick Smith (@patrick_speaks) June 24, 2015****
New York City just made the Stonewall Inn a landmark.
Here's how the Inn played a huge role in LGBT rights: bit.ly/1fxv9XL
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Vox (@voxdotcom) June 23, 2015ISIS has destroyed two ancient shrines on the outskirts on Palmyra thebea.st/1KcnYkH http://t.co/9TyTZOUj4P
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The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 24, 2015****
Armenians protest against electricity price hikes. Government responds with water cannons buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/arm… http://t.co/cIZhU0hF9y
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Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) June 23, 2015Hundreds of Ethiopian-Israelis clash with police in Tel Aviv protest htz.li/2IZ http://t.co/0v42r3yfgF
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Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) June 23, 2015****
Eight Confederate icons have places of honor under the U.S. Capitol dome nbcnews.to/1dcMMtY http://t.co/KsHjB3PWDs
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NBC News (@NBCNews) June 23, 2015If the Confederate flag is removed, South Carolinians needing a symbol of racism will have to settle for the Fox News logo.
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Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) June 23, 2015****
Thanks, conservatives. Dumbasses
i just found this on a conservative site. its supposed to make obama look bad but i think its kind of badass. http://t.co/y8tOTSLjCR
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Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 24, 2015Marc Maron derides "predatory" media focus on n-word: this is why "no real political conversation can happen" mm4a.org/1QN2XAZ
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Media Matters (@mmfa) June 23, 2015****
I'm excited to announce that I have acquired EquiTrust, a $14.5B financial services company...
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Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) June 23, 2015...the largest acquisition by a minority-owned business of a financial services firm in history. #EquiTrust
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Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) June 23, 2015****
Didn’t @Potus’s trade bill already die..5?'s on #TPA, #TAA, #TPP wpo.st/PX1N0 & answers now that it cleared cloture via @pkcapitol
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The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) June 23, 2015#Virginia removes an obstacle to the restoration of voting rights to ex-felons: buff.ly/1KcPYEA http://t.co/Nq0ld2mHB1
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The Root (@TheRoot) June 24, 2015****
BREAKING: Judge sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death by execution.
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Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) June 24, 2015The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is now officially over. He has 14 days to appeal his death sentence.
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Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) June 24, 2015****
#Tsarnaev will be sent to federal death row at Terre Haute, Indiana. The last person the feds executed was 11 years ago.
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Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) June 24, 2015Here is what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said to his victims in court today buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/here… http://t.co/vz0qzyX2HH
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Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) June 24, 2015****
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe will give Virginia drivers 120 days to turn in license plates that has images of the #ConfederateFlag
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DC Maryland Virginia (@DMVFollowers) June 24, 2015Warner Bros. to stop licensing 'Dukes of Hazzard' products with Confederate flag: abcn.ws/1fBeu5x http://t.co/0GZLgE0rkd
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World News Tonight (@WNTonight) June 24, 2015****
BREAKING: Confederate flag removed from Alabama Capitol grounds on order of Gov. Bentley
sp.lc/OJUQ6 http://t.co/q6VeNjX5nc
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SPLC (@splcenter) June 24, 2015Teenagers have invented a condom that changes colour when it comes into contact with STIs ind.pn/1FyGlrR http://t.co/WCyXOcSTGP
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The Independent (@Independent) June 23, 2015****
The governing board of The Citadel, a military college in Charleston, SC, voted this evening to take down their Confederate naval flag.
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Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) June 24, 2015BREAKING: @Columbia University will be the 1st university in the country to divest from private prison companies!
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CU Prison Divest (@cuprisondivest) June 22, 2015****
So would this be an awkward time to mention that the confederate flag still flies over the Mississippi state Capitol? clarionledger.com/story/news/201…
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 22, 2015Dylann Roof isn’t alone. White supremacists are all around us: bit.ly/1IavgUq http://t.co/nTHAKSgLJt
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Mic (@micnews) June 22, 2015****
The Daily Mail truly is the worst
I knew it was coming, but ugh. RT @anygirlfriday ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? http://t.co/B8RvcRNb8E
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Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) June 22, 2015I really really hope this post doesn't go over well with my white friends on the facebooks. http://t.co/7bEHi0XPHr
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Coreh McCorester (@SpaceTruckin92) June 22, 2015****
CNN: It's not a race issue
Dylan: I wanted to kill the black people
CNN: don't listen to him he's mentally unstable it was a coincidence
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Cocaine Cola (@SatansTongue) June 18, 2015The confederate flag isn't racist
KKK is just white people in white hoods
White privilege doesn't exist
Racism is so 1800's
Girls don't pee
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Cocaine Cola (@SatansTongue) June 24, 2015****
US sending tanks, heavy artillery and other equipment to six nations on Europe's eastern flank to deter Russia. on.wsj.com/1Fyra27
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Paul Sonne (@PaulSonne) June 23, 2015Courts rules a disabled woman living below the poverty line must repay her student loans bloom.bg/1SCx7nK http://t.co/xOLy6wa1tF
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Bloomberg Business (@business) June 23, 2015****
Ava DuVernay reportedly directing @Marvel’s #BlackPanther: buff.ly/1dcsAZl http://t.co/oX866yKmaj
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The Root (@TheRoot) June 23, 2015Oprah Winfrey and Former Alvin Ailey Dancer Dwana Smallwood Open Performing Arts Center in… goodblacknews.org/2015/06/22/opr… http://t.co/SQI2liAaSz
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Good Black News (@goodblacknews) June 23, 2015****
Awesome! Now Marvel, go make a kick ass movie with Miles Morales as Spiderman
Marvel makes #MilesMorales, a black and Puerto Rican teenager, their primary Spider-Man: buff.ly/1H6hyRp http://t.co/bEZ6sxaPXF
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The Root (@TheRoot) June 22, 2015Double Secret Behind-The-Scenes With Marc Maron nbcnews.to/1H9U2F5
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All In w/Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) June 22, 2015****
IMAN IS 60?!?!?! *Bows*
Iman Celebrates 60th Birthday with Vanity Fair Italia Cover and Fashion Spread goodblacknews.org/2015/06/23/ima… http://t.co/ABtlYbKE9g
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Good Black News (@goodblacknews) June 24, 2015Academy Award-Winning Actor Forest Whitaker Joins Cast of “Star Wars: Rogue One” goodblacknews.org/2015/06/21/aca… http://t.co/yh7tMAFjva
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Good Black News (@goodblacknews) June 22, 2015****
The Obama Diary 
Good evening TOD.
By which i mean–TPA and TAA Passed in the Senate and PBO will sign TPA.
Next TAA will pass in The House and PBO will sign that.
Without invoking African trade Bill which was supposed to pass anyway, WTF did the Dems at war with POTUS gain for themselves?
And now, I am going to savor the juicy feast Nerdy has laid out for us. Thank you to Ms. Wonka in advance of the feast.
Money from the rubes on the purity left and unions. Kudos from the dude bros.
You’re welcome, Vicki.
An utterly fantastic collection Nerdy, sooooo much of these stories I missed today, so many issues covered, just brilliant. Thank you ENORMOUSLY, Legend!
You’re welcome, Chips.
It is nice to see our beloved VP Joe laughing and smiling at PBO’s “Bye Felicia” moment. LOVE. IT. Thanks NW for all that you do; your compilations are legendary and I never miss one…
Hey PSLA, it’s mighty nice to see you here! See you Sunday 🙂
Thanks, purpleshoesla.
Supercalifragisticcccccccccccccccccccc gathering of Tweetsssssssss……ohhh yeahhhhhhhhhhhh
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I think when you meet President Obama, it shakes you up. It takes over your mind and it’s pretty much all you can think and talk about for days. When Marc Maron says, ” “I cried a little bit after he left……”, I can totally see why he would. He was engaged in a very relevant and intense conversation with President Obama for over an hour and it really touched him. What a great encounter, one that I know I will treasure forever. GREAT moment.
yes he was truly inspired….how lucky we are to be living in the age of President Obama….it is unbelievable 😀
Bless Marc Maron. Some of us (many of us) having not met PBO (yet) know the feeling of him taking over our mind, and in the most awesome, non-invasive way possible!! It is a Vulcan mind-meld, either you get him, or you don’t. No more sympathy for those that don’t, or refuse to, it’s too late for them. PBO is revving up, and we are still on the train!! Yes. We. Are. ❤ 🙂 🙂 🙂 Tickets are all sold out now.
Amazing collection. Don’t know how you do it but you surpass yourself every day. The go to place for news; better than NYT.
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Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
Greatest. Tweet. EVER!!!!!!!!! 😆
CRINE
hahahahaha…i love some of these captions…they capture the moment perfectly…
Yeah, that looks says “I don’t need my anger translator Luther”
“look says” – why won’t my fingers work 😦
ROTFLOL – OMG!!!! Best tweet evar! I can’t stop laughing
LOVE Ride or Die Joe! He has POTUS back. All the way.
Pretty soon POTUS may not even need the Luther translator!!!!
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😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
Hehehehhehehhhhhh!!
That look right there is one my mama gave me and one I gave my youngins. It needs no translation 😀 😀
meta, I didn’t read your comment before I wrote mind. You said exactly what I thought.
Hahhaaa! Great minds think alike!!
I’m thinking
Danny and Stewie should get together. They have a love for destroying balls.
Speaking of balls: is Danny sans his yet?
I can’t answer that LL ‘cos I’d get in to BIG trouble here 😕
If he knocks up a girl, you’re raising the babies. Danny has no marketable skills.
(1) How’s he gonna knock up a girl when he’s never on the loose?
(2) Oh heck, I’d LOVE to raise the babies!
(3) No marketable skills? If he wasn’t sleeping right now, he’d smack ya.
(1) He’s a boy. They have their ways.
(2) You and the missus would get along swimmingly.
(3) When he grows opposable thumbs, then we can talk
(1) Hmm, fair point.
(2) I love Mrs LL.
(3) Message from Danny: ‘Totly haz uposabil tums – suc it.’
haz bals u reel rood
Oh lucky me! My three favorite males are on one Post – PBO, VP Biden and Danny!!!! 🙂
Y am i not furst??????
Danny, sweetie, with PBO in the mood he’s in today, I’d rather not piss him off any more – wouldn’t you agree? But I’ve got lots of love for ya!
I sent him to bed GGail, when he saw LL’s comment about his bits, he became pretty aggressive.
Understandable, if I were male, I would get testy too 😀
so, you did vet the poor boy, didntya?
We’ll be able to check the next time she shows us a picture of Danny sleeping on his back…
gud gawd. leave the poor boy alone.
😯 (Reminding self never again to post such a pic!)
😀 😀
(No, but that’s between you and me)
psycho is gonna have his done soon. ya think 6 months is too early?
It’s funny – sometimes Danny looks like a full grown dog, and other times, he still looks like a little puppy. How gorgeous he is!
Ah, so true Theo! Just now he ambled by, and whatever way I looked at him it was like he was three months old – and when he came back he looked like an elephant! 🙂
He’s magical! 😉
Danny’s face is so Gorgeous.
Hello, GQ Danny Chipsticks.
He is quite a Footballer, 😎
Is this from today? VP Joe Biden laughing ~ Barack has his back, and his heart!! I love them too!! ❤ ❤ (Um, Chipsticks, isn't today June 24th? St. Jean Baptiste day?)
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Your tweet shows June 25th, and I am wondering if I have lost a day, somehow. Would be good if I slept through it! 🙂 (it’s ok to ignore MP) http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/canada/st-jean-baptiste-day
Dear BT I need to be freed..TY
Your liberty has been granted, LP!!!
LL….. I guess that is a compliment 😀
Damn you edited that while I was typing!
I had to edit it super fast, there was no way I wanted you suing me for confusing you with a Chelsea fan 😕
That’s where I had the confusion 😀 I’m thinking you must be in a spectacularly good mood 😎
two musketeers
All for one, one for …. well ….. each other 🙂
That was hella quick! TY Chips 🙂
What a joke….Trumka just got played and showing that any future idol threats don’t mean sqadoosh!
ooops!
what happened to trumka’s we are gonna take the ball and give it to gop ‘threat’ ?
He may need to retire… I don’t know how long typical AFL terms are but he has been around too long….thinks he has some imaginary power and his head has gotten big.
So if Dylann Roof were driven to killing why not go to a white church? What was it he drove over 100 miles to Charleston, no white churches open.
I guess according to one of the SC senators white churchgoers bring their guns and bibles with them….
Thanks TOD for fabulous coverage.
You’re welcome.
Salute to Ms. Nerdy on another wonderful round-up! …thanks for the shout out too 😎
You’re welcome, LP.
is christie prezinent yet?
https://www.hcn.org/issues/47.7/tucsons-rain-catching-revolution
LOVE our JOE!!
If looks could kill?
WTG, VPOTUS!
Nerdy, you leave me speechless. Fantastic tweets!
Thanks, Sabreen60.
One by one
Today my pastor (rector, we call them in the Episcopal Church. We call her Mother Anne, instead of Father) sent this to every parishioner in the church. I am glad to see her have this awareness of racial justice and advocacy, and that she recognizes this is a teachable moment for the white parishioners in her flock. (She is Latina in ethnic origin.) This is a far cry from the church and clergy I grew up with.
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A “Post-Racial” America?
Church members enter Emmanuel church,
Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
Dear Friends,
I would like to alert you to an event you might have read about in the Statesman-Journal yesterday. Tomorrow evening, the Salem-Keizer NAACP is offering a forum in response to the shooting at Emmanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Please keep those killed and their families in your prayers, and attend this event if you can. Father Zac and I will be there.
Grace and Peace,
Mother Anne+
Why aren’t there more Black people in Oregon?
A hidden history
Presented by Portland State University black studies professor and writer Walidah Imarisha
June 25, 2015, 6-8:30 pm North Salem High School
765 14th St NE, Salem, OR 97301
Have you ever wondered why the Black population in Oregon is so small? Oregon has a history not only of Black exclusion and discrimination, but also of a vibrant Black culture that helped sustain many communities throughout the state–a history that is not taught in schools.
Author and educator Walidah Imarisha will lead participants through an interactive timeline of Black history in Oregon that speaks to the history of race, identity and power in this state and the nation. Participants will discuss how history, politics, and culture have shaped-and will continue to shape-the landscape not only for Black Oregonians but all Oregonians.
http://www.kjrh.com/news/50-girls-scouts-get-ultimate-campout-invite-to-white-house
meta, you have made some awesome finds lately – thanks!
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The heckler was it a man or woman, and what was she/he heckling about?
It was a woman, shouting about stopping deportations.
He/she looked to be transgender to me who appeared to be Hispanic because they were talking about stopping the deportations.
Great tweets all ’round!
Thanks!
Nerdy, this is a fine, fine compilation of tweets, news you can use, info galore! Best thing to come home to. Thanks 🙂
Thanks so much, HF!
Chat on!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/24/greatest-tweet-ever/
I don’t know how you do it, Nerdy, but you have the gift. Night after night of perfect tweet roundups and important stories. You are truly amazing.
Thanks, Jackie. 🙂
Nerdy you are such a She-roe to all of the TOD family, I just love ya for giving us so much GOOD POSITIVE TRUTHFUL INFORMATION every day!
Thank you, thank you, thank you so much. 🙂
The link of the woman claiming she was attacked by A-A men led me back to this story, which coincidentally was reported on exactly a year ago today.
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The 17 year-old sitter told the police that two armed black men had broken into the house and that one of them looked like the family’s African-American neighbor, Cody Oaks. Soon after, police arrested Oaks and questioned him for hours. But it wasn’t until Abby spoke up that they were able to solve the crime. Abby told the police that “It wasn’t the right skin color,” explaining that the invaders had been white, not black.
The sitter’s story eventually fell apart and it was discovered that she had orchestrated the entire thing with her boyfriend and an accomplice committing the crime.
Oaks is justifiably angry over the incident that could have gotten him killed—police snipers were waiting on his front lawn before he was arrested.
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http://jezebel.com/4-year-old-ruins-plan-to-blame-home-invasion-on-the-bla-1595509393
Infamous Diana Downs, who attacked her own kids killing and injuring them told the story it was a Black stranger on a remote rural road near Eugene, Oregon either in the late 70s or early 80s.
People who deliberately and falsely blame others should be charged (disturbing the peace, improper use of law enforcement, or something) IMO. Including those who lie when calling 911; in the story with the 4yr old there was a *sniper* waiting to greet the neighbour, for goodness’ sake!
Good morning, OG.
Excellent Tweets, NW. Thanks.