TODAY IN HISTORY: On this day in 2008, Barack Obama told crowds that "change has come to America" after the U.S. el… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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ABC News (@ABC) November 04, 2019Posts Tagged ‘2008 Elections
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Your Victory
9 years ago today, Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the United States. https://t.co/KQ0VCcKPxc
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NBC News (@NBCNews) November 05, 201720
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The Boss In Chief
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Alyssa Mastromonaco: What I Learned From 10 Years Working With Barack Obama
After I became then-Illinois Senator Barack Obama’s adviser/ director of scheduling in late 2004, [chief of staff ] Pete Rouse became my spiritual guide and mentor. Pete had worked on Capitol Hill for about 40 years, many of those as chief of staff to Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, and was known as the “101st senator” and “mayor of Capitol Hill.” There is no one more thoughtful in the way he gives advice. He returns every e-mail, makes every connection, and does it all while being a wheeler and dealer. When we got to the Senate, Possum drafted one of his famous “strategic plans”—lengthy, painfully thorough memos about how to get something done.
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What I Learned from 10 Years Working with Barack Obama marieclaire.com/politics/a2602… via @MarieClaire
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(@JOBoomr) March 18, 2017****
In this case, it was the strategic plan for Senator Obama’s first year, and it could be summed up as “workhorse, not show horse.” It included lots of time with constituents and in Illinois, and less time with D.C. insiders and celebrities. Obama was quite fine with that. Every decision we made had to stand up to the workhorse vs. show horse test. Obama had a political action committee called the Hope Fund that was right down the street from the Hart Senate Office Building. The Hope Fund ran initiatives for getting young adults from diverse backgrounds into community organizing and politics; it also managed Obama’s political engagements
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Alyssa Mastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) March 16, 201716
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"Kayla represents what is best about America, and expressed her deep pride in the freedoms that we...enjoy." —Obama http://t.co/bqnFABLJcn
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 10, 2015Deeply moved by the life of Kayla Mueller. Our nation is stronger than any enemy can understand. –vp
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Vice President Biden (@VP) February 10, 2015****
Obama On Kayla Mueller: Not Paying Ransom “Is As Tough As Anything I Do” buzzfeed.com/bensmith/obama… http://t.co/n5xyeVCeBH
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) February 10, 2015Kayla’s humanity, generosity, idealism will endure long after barbarity of #ISIL is defeated. Praying for Carl, Marsha, Eric, family.
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John Kerry (@JohnKerry) February 10, 2015****
Eight years ago today: Senator Obama formally announces candidacy for President cs.pn/1hEHMQb http://t.co/8CvLrx2ztD
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CSPAN (@cspan) February 10, 20158 years ago today. #nostalgia #springfield @pfeiffer44 @jonfavs @TVietor08 @davidplouffe @davidaxelrod @julsmoot http://t.co/e1gVsiuoe0
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Alyssa Mastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) February 10, 2015****
We need to break down barriers to success for Native youth. They are the future leaders of Indian Country & beyond.SJ http://t.co/7hfIR3P9M2
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Sally Jewell (@SecretaryJewell) February 10, 2015@SecretaryJewell will visit Native American youth to find out how policies can improve lives. PBO keeping his promise abc15.com/news/region-ph…
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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) February 10, 2015****
Inspired by @FLOTUS’s @LetsMove campaign, we developed a healthy cooking curriculum suitable for cooks of all ages: ow.ly/IHKTL
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Cooking Light (@Cooking_Light) February 10, 2015.@letsmove is FIVE! Read about how much has been accomplished in this @FLOTUS interview in @Cooking_Light! cookinglight.com/cooking-101/mi…
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(@FoodCorps) February 09, 2015****
The History of 73 Years of Lynching (1877-1950) via @eji_org. mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/us/… http://t.co/tsiquheC3B
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deray mckesson (@deray) February 10, 2015The History of Lynching in America nytimes.com/2015/02/10/us/…
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Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) February 10, 2015***
One day you'll acknowledge the skeletons hanging in your own closets and stop wagging your fingers at the South, Yankee.
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Fed-Up Short Chick. (@thewayoftheid) February 10, 2015Talking about lynchings or marking where they occurred absent white accountability is just more senseless consumption of black pain.
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) February 10, 2015****
JUST IN: Grand jury indicts NYPD officer over shooting death of Akai Gurley in stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project - @AaronKatersky
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ABC News (@ABC) February 10, 2015Black girls are suspended from school *six times* more often than white girls slnm.us/gRgeyH8
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Salon.com (@Salon) February 10, 2015****
#BREAKING Obama calls Putin to discuss violence, Russian actions in Ukraine
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Agence France-Presse (@AFP) February 10, 2015U.S. official in Washington confirms American embassy in Yemen is closing.
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Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 10, 2015****
Readout of President Obama's call with President #Putin of #Russia wh.gov/ib4B0 #Ukraine
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WH National Security (@NSCPress) February 10, 2015Readout of President Obama's call with President #Poroshenko of #Ukraine wh.gov/ibgX5
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WH National Security (@NSCPress) February 10, 2015****
See, TV head honchos? When you have great representative story telling that reflects the diversity of our world today, you get HUGE ratings
Fox’s #Empire breaks 23-year ratings record buff.ly/1zBMDZI http://t.co/bGZauz2sef
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The Root (@TheRoot) February 09, 2015a v important list of #blackhistorymonth baes, courtesy of @fanaticalscribe buzzfeed.com/michaelblackmo… http://t.co/AMcSMf6MCe
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Tracy Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) February 09, 2015****
America's largest health care company tells SCOTUS that anti-Obamacare argument is "absurd" bit.ly/1y1O5zi http://t.co/kh4KI42dBY
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Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 10, 2015Sierra Leone to prosecute fraudulent Ebola "ghostworkers" reut.rs/1AUhNgO
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Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) February 10, 2015****
Why Do We Remember Charlie Hebdo But Ignore The 2,000 Dead In Nigeria? @TPM talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/why-do-we…
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BroDell Checkum, Jr. (@eclecticbrotha) February 10, 2015In late October, I sent this tweet: twitter.com/scATX/status/5…. Today, I can finally explain what I meant: si.com/college-footba…
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Jessica Luther (@scATX) February 10, 2015***
Harrowing, riveting new study of history of lynching finds total of 3959 cases, 700 more than previous studies talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-his…
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Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 10, 2015Mapping 73 years of lynchings nyti.ms/1EVjrQA http://t.co/CyBvswUOXs
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The New York Times (@nytimes) February 10, 2015****
BREAKING: Obama to withdraw most US military troops fighting Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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The Associated Press (@AP) February 11, 2015Breaking: Brian Williams suspended for six months without pay, according to an NBC source.
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Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 11, 2015****
Brian Schatz is the latest senator to boycott Netanyahu's speech bit.ly/1zI9enc
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 10, 2015Sen. Patrick Leahy will not attend the "politicized" Netanyahu speech to Congress bit.ly/1M9zGLO
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 10, 2015****
David Axelrod: Race Plays an 'Undeniable' Role in Obama Criticism bit.ly/1zU3FBb (AUDIO) http://t.co/vioigJJggk
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(@Mediaite) February 10, 2015It's actually quite simple: Obama was just playing the politics of same-sex marriage. bit.ly/1vCIOnw http://t.co/q1MAmLJ22u
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The Prospect (@theprospect) February 10, 2015****
Paul Waldman: On Obama’s ‘Evolution’ On Same-Sex Marriage
In Obama adviser David Axelrod’s new book, he reveals that in 2008 the future president did indeed believe in marriage equality, but he was persuaded by Axelrod and others that it would be too risky to say publicly. So he took the standard Democratic position at the time, in favor of civil unions but against marriage rights. I imagine that exactly no one is surprised by this. And while it isn’t an excuse for deception, the decision should be understood in the context of that historical moment, The context of Obama’s falsehood is important to understand—both his own thinking and the reception his statements on the matter received.
Usual suspects squealing re PBO's 2008 realism re gay marriage, while ignoring all his LGBT achievements since
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) February 11, 2015In 2008, the Democratic Party was undergoing a rapid change in its approach to same-sex marriage, and the stated positions of almost every candidate were in flux. Four years before, when the issue exploded into national debate after the Massachusetts Supreme Court legalized marriage equality (their ruling actually came down in late 2003), Most of the presidential contenders came down in support of civil unions but against marriage rights, a position that just happened to be where the median voter was. By 2008, everyone seemed to understand that the position all the major Democratic candidates were taking was a temporary way-station on the path to an eventual embrace of full marriage equality. Nobody really believed that was where the party and its representatives were going to stay.
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#Senate Sen. Harry Reid to undergo additional surgery on right eye dlvr.it/8TrnBB @SenatorReid
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Quorum Call (@QuorumCall) February 10, 2015Obama is about to send his war powers request to Congress — by @AP read.bi/1zsIVMZ
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Business Insider (@businessinsider) February 10, 2015****
"Islamic State militants are selling abducted Iraqi children at markets as sex slaves." But, Brian Williams! in.reuters.com/article/2015/0…
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Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) February 08, 2015This is #Jordan rally against #ISIS today. Via @jenn_ruth http://t.co/ltv9u31lye
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Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) February 06, 2015****
#AdviceForYoungJournalists These are lackeys, not role models http://t.co/Oja2bqakYP
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The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) February 10, 2015Bobby Jindal: "we have transformed our health care system"
Louisiana has one of the highest percentages of uninsured adult residents.
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(@igorvolsky) February 10, 2015****
One of the first hires in Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration is the sister of a top aide trib.in/1EVfQC8 http://t.co/GSXYEvTSz1
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Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) February 10, 2015Do your friends share your political views? In US, 63% of consistent conservatives, 49% of liberals say they do http://t.co/DbgSJ4S7eN
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Alec Tyson (@alec_h_tyson) February 10, 2015****
Oklahoma is considering gassing death row inmates read.bi/16P4DnW http://t.co/rYye6LMWU9
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Business Insider (@businessinsider) February 10, 2015Newsweek's Twitter account briefly hacked, threatens Obama family theverge.com/e/7776456 http://t.co/QID13O1U3X
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The Verge (@verge) February 10, 2015****
Hello.
You live in a world where it's necessary to publish this story abc7news.com/news/stay-away… http://t.co/RbYQrgLEjp
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(@pourmecoffee) February 09, 2015A Map Of Clinics That Welcome Anti-Vaxxers -- it matches locations of measles cases http://t.co/5u0Ad7XkSu voc.tv/193eGHD
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USA TODAY Health (@USATODAYhealth) February 09, 2015****
Robert Smalls escaped slavery & served 5 terms in the US Congress robertsmalls.com/history.html upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm… #historicPOC
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Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) February 08, 2015Student newspaper staff at @NCCU, 1954. #HistoricPOC library.digitalnc.org/cdm/singleitem… http://t.co/3SVyquCMB8
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DigitalNC (@ncdhc) February 09, 2015****
WH counsel Neil Eggleston is hitting Senate Dems' lunch today, per Dem official. Day before WH expected to unveil AUMF language.
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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) February 10, 2015Obama's Treasury secretary says his economic critics have been "proven wrong" ow.ly/ILqVo
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The Hill (@thehill) February 09, 2015****
David King, the lead plaintiff in the anti-Obamacare case, represents every thing wrong with modern US conservatism. http://t.co/TAvZFj7Ef8
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Danielle(was DCPlod) (@abradacabla) February 09, 2015On health-care prices, Obama goes where Obamacare doesn't bit.ly/1xZ0LXx http://t.co/uJ7WVxcBF0
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Vox (@voxdotcom) February 09, 2015****
So happy that my boss Bryan Stevenson (@eji_org) won the NAACP Image award for his book Just Mercy last night. hollywoodreporter.com/news/naacp-ima…
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John Dalton (@jwdalton) February 07, 2015Aaron Schock hit wiv anothr ethics complaint ths time 4 Peoria-area home j.mp/1AbND7k #AaronSchock #AliBahaj #CREW #WashingtonPost
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Chicaga Sun-Times (@ChicagaSunTimes) February 09, 2015****
Smart home security devices fail even basic password practices, HP says nbcnews.to/1M9k1MG http://t.co/xMbzfDKz0x
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NBC News (@NBCNews) February 10, 2015MacBook Air falls 1,000 feet from an airplane, still works yhoo.it/1EVMjZ0 http://t.co/kkRvt3rUO1
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Yahoo Tech (@YahooTech) February 10, 2015****
BREAKING: Jon Stewart Is Leaving “The Daily Show” buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii… http://t.co/UZY2ljz0FM
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) February 10, 2015From @ComedyCentral: Thank you Jon http://t.co/UZY2ljz0FM
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) February 10, 2015****
America’s future depends on what kindergartners are eating today, says @FLOTUS: ow.ly/IDWgo
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Cooking Light (@Cooking_Light) February 10, 2015The First Lady of Food, @FLOTUS, on her food, her family, her legacy, and @LetsMove: ow.ly/IHM1c http://t.co/dCVwRhMAsT
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Cooking Light (@Cooking_Light) February 10, 2015****
.@OFA 8 yrs ago today, on an icy day in Springfield, @BarackObama announced his long shot candidacy for POTUS. Great day! Historic journey.
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David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) February 10, 2015I am admittedly a little nostalgic this week, but 8 yrs ago today on a freezing morning, Barack Obama began the journey to the White House
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Dan Pfeiffer (@pfeiffer44) February 10, 2015****
Let's get married and have kids so instead of doing fun stuff on the weekend we can go to a kid's birthday party where everyone coughs.
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Simon Holland (@simoncholland) September 14, 2014About to go out and my mom asked, "Are you sure you don't have to use the bathroom?" Guys, I'm 42. And I did have to use the bathroom.
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Julius Sharpe (@juliussharpe) January 28, 2015****
Mark my words: In a year, the leading cause of death will be "Beaten to death with a selfie stick".
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Julius Sharpe (@juliussharpe) January 10, 2015There's no vaccine against stupid.
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God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 03, 2015
