On Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was abducted and murdered in Miss. by two white men. racialinjustice.eji.org/timeline/08-28/ http://t.co/RZAzi1HJHD
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EJI (@eji_org) August 28, 201560 years ago today, 14-year-old Emmett Till murdered in Mississippi. His killers were never convicted #RIP http://t.co/iqOivReqbb
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 28, 2015****
52 years ago today, 8 years after Emmett Till's murder, Dr King gave "I Have a Dream" speech at March on Washington http://t.co/OhwuVJ4REP
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 28, 2015The demands at March on Washington 52 years ago - voting rights now, an end to police brutality - still urgent today http://t.co/o8VslxycXI
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 28, 2015****
Rosa Parks said death of Emmett Till inspired her to lead Montgomery Bus Boycott. "I thought of Emmett Till & I just couldn't go back."
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) August 28, 2015The Voting Rights Act is 50 years old. Ari Berman's narrative history looks at the continuing efforts to weaken it: nyti.ms/1hgxYgr
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New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) August 28, 2015****
President Obama has notified Congress of his intent to sign order giving federal employees a 1.3% raise in 2016 -- the biggest since 2010.
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Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) August 28, 2015****
Thank you #DNC colleagues for passing my #BlackLivesMatter resolution and recommitting to fight for racial #justice. http://t.co/J4qVjuLDtY
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(@sfpelosi) August 27, 2015Jackie Robinson & family at March on Washington, this week 1963: #Schapiro http://t.co/mmtPnA20s8
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Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 24, 2015****
I'm supporting the #IranDeal because it's good for America, good for our negotiating partners, and good for the world 1.usa.gov/1NEdyvp
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Senator Tom Carper (@SenatorCarper) August 28, 2015Fantastic oped by @SenatorCarper: Why I support the #IranDeal
@mehdirhasan @rezaaslan
delonline.us/1EooJpm81EooJp… http://t.co/BOs8d19Cx4
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Trita Parsi (@tparsi) August 28, 2015****
Hostage Czar: President Obama has appointed longtime diplomat Jim O'Brien "Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs."
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Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) August 28, 2015Kennedy's SCOTUS opinion legalizing same-sex marriage has become a preface for wedding vows lat.ms/1PXLH7R http://t.co/5eFqoba40A
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Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 28, 2015****
Obama: U.S. gun violence "dwarfs any deaths that happen through terrorism" hill.cm/mBX4c2b http://t.co/FdcAI6cYkn
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The Hill (@thehill) August 27, 2015The way we live now. http://t.co/b8Ye6D1NJE
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Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 27, 2015****
Dem Senator: "Silence" by Congress after mass shootings "has become complicity" (AUDIO) bit.ly/1KSjrzb http://t.co/C2ieFbSRfx
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 28, 2015Father of slain journalist: I'll "shame legislators" into acting on gun control (VIDEO) bit.ly/1KpUoHQ http://t.co/zScXV74c5p
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 28, 2015****
IAEA reports Iran broadly complying with nuclear accords :
apne.ws/1LCY22w
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AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 27, 2015U.S. stocks open 1-1/2% higher, after rising 4% yesterday. We've now unwound about half of the recent freak out. http://t.co/hsIg85VUco
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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) August 27, 2015****
"Today, those past backlashes against important diplomatic overtures appear discredited and foolish." nyti.ms/1NyCMv9
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Joe Cirincione (@Cirincione) August 26, 2015NYTIMES covers campaign by Iranian human rights defenders in support of #IranDeal, w/ great quotes from @MJalaeipour
nyti.ms/1KLh6G5
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Trita Parsi (@tparsi) August 26, 2015***
Bush offers support to the people of New Orleans ..... 10 years too late. Worthless piece of crap. http://t.co/6mtQpGk5ag
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) August 28, 2015There is an art to losing well. Netanyahu has conducted a clinic on what not to do on.msnbc.com/1F2HJVa http://t.co/GhpJCQjtY5
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Steve Benen (@stevebenen) August 28, 2015****
JUST IN: Orders for U.S. capital goods climbed in July by most in a year bloom.bg/1JiVVej
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Bloomberg Business (@business) August 26, 2015.@POTUS taps first hostage affairs envoy after policy review cnn.it/1NMCbFv @JDiamond1 reports http://t.co/ooLNlgRnu3
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CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 28, 2015****
[first date]
*emptying jar of coins into coinstar* "almost done"
so where are we going after this?
"what"
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dan mentos (@DanMentos) August 24, 2015A man carrying an iPhone 6 just asked me for directions and I was like that's not how this works anymore, Monty Burns.
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(@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 29, 2015
The Obama Diary 
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