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NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 03, 2020Posts Tagged ‘4th Of July
Couldn’t in good conscience play the X version of this song, as Exene Cervenka is a total libertarian twit. So, the Dave Alvin version, instead.
Enjoy the rest of the 4th, Obots!
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Independence Day Means Laughter
19 yrs ago today Will Smith saved Earth from an alien invasion. Happy Independence Day! #NeverForget 👽🇺🇸 http://t.co/CThW37Efru
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Maverick Carnegie (@RunMav) July 04, 2015If you rooted for a Brit against Serena Williams yesterday, you don't get to celebrate Independence Day.
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Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) July 04, 2015****
DEVELOPING NOW: literally nothing http://t.co/C26B3eMG6J
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Adam Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) July 04, 2015Happy Independence Day http://t.co/lVumFy8Fwq
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Cake by the pound (@LaNegraMimosa) July 04, 2015****
This review just killed me LMFAO http://t.co/RwLnGnFE78
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Arlis (@ArlisDoNotChill) July 04, 2015Can't blame sharks in these shark attacks. Imagine a bucket of fried chicken came skateboarding through your living room. What do you do?
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Tweetgood Mac (@SnottieDrippen) July 01, 2015****
Greatest. Fourth. Of. July. Hashtag. Black people? You’re feeling it right now. You’re welcome 😀
#CookOutNewsNetwork You got a little too turnt when that Beyonce song came on and now your uncles looking at u like… http://t.co/R99GTwyCNb
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✨ Edward Leto ✨ (@DarthShada) July 04, 2015#CookoutNewsNetwork That snooty cousin shows up to the cookout with some Kale http://t.co/ulQNv8TImn
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Mr. NFTG (@Kennymack1971) July 04, 2015****
All. Of. This. You don’t have to grow up in the same neighborhood as another Black person. There are some experiences that are just woven into your Black DNA. It’s beautiful. Black Twitter is MAGIC
What's amazing about #cookoutnewsnetwork: I didn't grow up with any of you, and yet we all have a shared experience. That's culture.
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Mrs. Carter Show. (@elledub_1920) July 04, 2015#cookoutnewsnetwork Dawn just told Grandma she's vegetarian now. Grandma: "I got some chicken in the freezer. You still eat chicken, right?"
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BGD (@BlackGirlDanger) July 04, 2015****
Aunt Ruth is eating cake
Aunt Cathy: Stop Ruth you got diabeetis.
Aunt Ruth: Mind ya god damn business.
#Cookoutnewsnetwork
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Bougie Black Girl (@BougieBlackGurl) July 04, 2015#CookoutNewsNetwork If Uncle Bodie's dog get loose we all in trouble cause he dont ever get to interact with people
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Take Down That Flag (@CerromeRussell) July 04, 2015****
#CookoutNewsNetwork Your aunt found the wine coolers. In about 45min she's going to tell some family secrets
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Adam D (@AD_Renaissance) July 04, 2015#CookoutNewsNetwork Go help them pick up the dominos, yo uncle flipped the table over again
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Shady Ellis Ross (@sideyebandit) July 04, 2015****
#CookoutNewsNetwork Your Aunt just asked you what a Twitter is,act like you didnt hear her
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Take Down That Flag (@CerromeRussell) July 04, 2015#CookoutNewsNetwork Your cousin reneged in spades and now you're set. There's money on the line. Blood may not be thicker than water anymore
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Adam D (@AD_Renaissance) July 04, 2015****
Your uncle after your cousin ain't bring no food and tries to take 5 plates home. #CookoutNewsNetwork http://t.co/boUElRiU9P
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Beatrice E. Peterson (@MissBeaE) July 04, 2015#CookoutNewsNetwork your cousin Ricky who you never see, brought his new girlfriend and her potato salad http://t.co/SIb4ZuvaBx
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(@nealcarter) July 04, 2015****
#cookoutnewsnetwork recently divorced Auntie Spike and Uncle Denzel see each other http://t.co/kz9F6muqlL
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(@nealcarter) July 04, 2015The face errbody makes when yo preachin uncle is taking too long to pray over the food #CookoutNewsNetwork http://t.co/Tch08DnDiV
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LoveYourz (@JHillDaKid) July 04, 2015****
Man makes literal "cornbread" for BBQ, is shot 9 times. Details at 11 #CookOutNewsNetwork http://t.co/IOFJ4VUvEB
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W.E.B DemBois (@Phil_Cosby_) July 04, 2015#cookoutnewsnetwork
Uncle Rodney just strolled past your father like he don't owe him $50 http://t.co/hUJpd8wFno
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Metrosexual Boomin (@ihatehymn) July 04, 2015****
#CookoutNewsNetwork Aunt Diane asks her brother's White wife how she feels about Rachel Dolezal. Everyone hushes to hear the answer.
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Mabs Bunny (@tres_stimulante) July 04, 2015#cookoutnewsnetwork when you find out all the elders smoke but told you that you'd end up a crackhead if you did http://t.co/OVH2ybHo1L
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champagne mami (@JamilahLemieux) July 04, 2015****
"Go play with the kids"
I'm 21 now....
"Did I ask you that?"
#CookoutNewsNetwork http://t.co/EmuJGIvyEO
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whitley g.☀️ (@_idgaLOVELY) July 04, 2015#CookoutNewsNetwork when your uncle's white gf asks what's the difference between yams and sweet potatoes http://t.co/gI546bM08o
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Tatitcus (@LeeTRBL) July 04, 2015****
#CookoutNewsNetwork auntie drank too much now she tryna show the youngins how they did things back in the day http://t.co/jnAoa5gr3r
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Mu$hu (@PrinceEezy_) July 04, 2015When your uncle telling some story the whole family know is a lie. #CookOutNewsNetwork http://t.co/lDIVp1hdEB
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W.E.B DemBois (@Phil_Cosby_) July 04, 2015****
#CookoutNewsNetwork Your uncle who dropped out of vacation bible school is taking way too long to bless the food. http://t.co/kaKiFsDppO
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Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) July 04, 2015#CookoutNewsNetwork When Don Lemon shows up asking for a salad. http://t.co/TfzMpUx3nl
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Haughty Berry (@Thinking_Helps) July 04, 2015It doesn't get much better than celebrating America with the people you love. Happy Fourth of July, everyone!
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President Obama (@POTUS) July 04, 2015Happy 4th of July! http://t.co/s8rj6b8Pwj
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Vice President Biden (@VP) July 04, 201511
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Kids ♥ The Obamas
First Lady Michelle Obama hugs a child during a Drink Up event on the South Lawn of the White House, July 22, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
President Barack Obama talks with a little girl at the Charcoal Pit restaurant in Wilmington, Del., July 17, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama holds the baby daughter of former staff members Darienne Page Rakestraw and London Rakestraw in the Ground Floor Corridor of the White House, July 1, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama greets a young girl after he delivered remarks on the economy at Cheesman Park in Denver, Colo., July 9, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama talks with a young girl as he and the First Lady greeted military personnel and their families during the Fourth of July celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, July 4, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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New behind-the-scenes photos from July, now posted on Flickr: bit.ly/1nNCmAs
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President Barack Obama talks with three-year-old Holden Fossum and his sisters Ayla, 8, and Alexandria, 4, during a greet with wounded warriors and their families in the East Room of the White House, July 14, 2014. Holden, Ayla, and Alexandria are the children of Staff Sergeant Brendan Fossum and wife Dana of Woodbine, Md. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama greets a young boy on the street in Denver, Colo., July 8, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama greets Make-A-Wish recipient Mariah Rivera, age 10, and her family in the Oval Office, July 29, 2014. Rivera brought the President a birthday card she made for him. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama greets Emmitt and Pat Smith and family, and Team 22 on the Rose Garden steps of the White House, July 29, 2104. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama greets the family of departing staff member Archana Snyder, Council of Economic Advisers, in the Outer Oval Office, July 3, 2014.
Douglass Redux: What, to Women, is the 4th of July?
by @zizii2
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On that sweltering July 5th 1852, exactly 162 years ago today, Frederick Douglass delivered his famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”, a speech uncensored in its brutal rebuke of the hypocrisy of America celebrating independence, while its black population remained shackled in slavery. I wonder what he would say today if he were here in our time. No doubt the brutality of slavery in his time can never be compared to anything going on today.
Yet in view of the determined aggression of America’s conservative forces in our time, to derail every single gain made in the last century to advance Democracy and make this country “a more perfect union,” one wonders what he’d say. In the lifework of Frederick Douglass in which he combined his abolitionist cause with the fight for Women’s Rights, he always saw the struggles of enslaved African Americans as intertwined with the struggles of ALL disenfranchised Americans.
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host an Independence Day celebration on the South Lawn at the White House
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Yahoo: Obama Lauds Service Members At July Fourth Picnic
President Barack Obama says the extraordinary sacrifices by U.S. service members are keeping America safe and free. And he says there’s no other group of people that he and first lady Michelle Obama would rather spend time with on the Fourth of July than America’s men and women in uniform.
Obama addressed a crowd of hundreds of military families gathered Friday on the White House South Lawn for an all-American barbecue and concert sponsored by the USO. Music will be provided by the rapper Pitbull. The families will also get to see the fireworks on the National Mall.
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A general view of the Independence Day celebration for military families on the South Lawn hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House
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America. 🇺🇸 #Happy4thOfJuly pic.twitter.com/mI6B6pZrOH
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 04, 2014****
The President’s Own Marine Band plays as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet military families
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"On behalf of our entire country, Michelle and I simply want to say thank you." —President Obama to military families
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White House Live (@WHLive) July 04, 2014****
"We salute our military families—the spouses who put their careers on hold for their loved ones." —President Obama
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 04, 2014****
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Spandan Chakrabarti: Not Just A Bull Market, Obama Recovery Points To A Strong Bull Economy
After employment data for June showed Barack Obama besting Bill Clinton’s record on sustained private sector job creation and June’s employment numbers crushing estimates, the DOW rallied to a historical high of over 17,000. To put it in perspective, the day Barack Obama took office in the midst of the greatest recession in (most of) living memory, the DOW lost over 330 points and closed at 7,949. the DOW wasn’t the only stock index to more than double its value over Obama’s presidency. In fact, all three stock indexes economists observe did. The NASDAQ more than tripled its value, going from 1,441 to 4486, and the S&P 500 closed at 1985 on Thursday, nearly 2.5 times its value at closing on January 20, 2009.
Our businesses have added:
9.7 million jobs over 52 months ✔
More than 1.4 million this year ✔
262,000 in June ✔
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 03, 2014Consider a quick summary of yesterday’s jobs report: The economy has now gained private sector jobs for 52 months in a row, the longest ever on record, besting even Bill Clinton’s previous record of 51 months of sustained private sector job growth. In those 52 months, the economy has added 9.7 million private sector jobs. Adding 288,000 jobs, June not only blew past estimates, it marked 5 consecutive months of over-200,000 job additions for the first time since 1999. In the past year, the stubbornly high long-term unemployment rate has finally begun to drop. The last 12 months saw a 1.4 percentage point drop in unemployment, with fully half of that coming from the previously long-term unemployed finding work. The truth – and I know I keep repeating it – is that if any white president had accomplished Obama’s record on the stock market alone, let alone the rest of the recovery, they would be well on their way to be canonized as a bona fide American saint.
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President Obama hugs Army Sgt. Stephanie Van Ausdall after she had trouble leading the Pledge of Allegiance following a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members and civilians, July 4
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Poignant reaction from 1 of the naturalization candidates greeting Pres Obama prior to being sworn in as Amer citizen pic.twitter.com/LSI2LdkAdH
— petesouza (@petesouza) July 4, 2014
The Obama Diary 
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