Appropriation | The Obama Diary

CHELSEA! CHELSEA! CHELSEA! WE’RE NUMBER ONE!

FULL-TIME: @ChelseaFC 1-0 Man Utd! #CFCLive pic.twitter.com/0KJOXGhOBN
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 18, 2015

Our last ten league games against Man United at the Bridge... http://t.co/k4jB4WPxbp pic.twitter.com/byARyGDha2
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 18, 2015

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18 goals for @hazardeden10 this season! #CFC pic.twitter.com/doOII7tyLm
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 18, 2015

What a win! Here's our take on the game, as the Blues go 10 points clear at the top... http://t.co/zpgqoh15MD pic.twitter.com/guXGTduRnF
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 18, 2015

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Historic day: In 2008, Sen Obama visited the Indiana home of his Dunham ancestors. Here's more http://t.co/SsITddwzrq pic.twitter.com/IsgnJ6mNnb
— The Dunham House (@TheDunhamHouse) April 18, 2015

What does this 1880s Indiana farmhouse have to do with President Obama? Find out at http://t.co/PdiwbxElaJ pic.twitter.com/NkxC9N5htA
— The Dunham House (@TheDunhamHouse) April 18, 2015

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Sober truth

"Black people have to do better in order to be treated better" I guess "do better" means playing dead at this point. pic.twitter.com/6QHtCoLvEj
— #freekeithdavisjr (@race_jones) April 9, 2015

YOU

DON’T

GET

A

GOLD

STAR

FOR

NOT

BEING

SEXIST

OR

RACIST

AND

IF

YOU

NEED

ONE

I

HOPE

THE

STAR

BURNS

YOU.
— Saeed, Or The Other One (@theferocity) April 16, 2015

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Welcome to America

https://twitter.com/blippoblappo/status/588814163306225664

@blippoblappo @arthur_affect http://t.co/0T1kD2s2oB
— Matthew Caverhill (@culturekills) April 16, 2015

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Bravo, bravo! Must watch

16-year-old @AmandlaStenberg schools everyone on cultural appropriation in this powerful video http://t.co/W7OqX1iC3H pic.twitter.com/4VRETQl3Eq
— HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) April 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/amandlastenberg/status/588764658288300033

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Amazing!

I just want to Salute this woman. 🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/a6wAXSNq9D
— Prizeraci (@Prizeraci) April 14, 2015

"It is just not fair that women get paid less than men for the same job" —Sagehttps://t.co/x2v6fVmI5R #EqualPayDay pic.twitter.com/r2jjiDMUqd
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) April 14, 2015

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What a contrast between Lucas and the unnamed woman

I love this: George Lucas decides best use of his land & money is lots of affordable housing. http://t.co/uQSfGL4Ng8 pic.twitter.com/6M3pzCIo6x
— anildash.com (@anildash) April 18, 2015

https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/589476072602873856

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Cruz, Paul and Rubio, all running for President. Hey, I thought I was supposed to write the horror stories.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 16, 2015

This, EXACTLY THIS, is why we can't have nice things. pic.twitter.com/981cgy7Zqg
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) April 18, 2015

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Truth from Donna Dem

@chrisgeidner @WWLTV pic.twitter.com/U6rwxhq4OS
— Donna NoShock (@NoShock) April 16, 2015

https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/588749361439318017

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This weekend entrance fees for all national parks will be waived. RT to spread the word! pic.twitter.com/fgf6i8Rk7G
— US Department of the Interior (@Interior) April 16, 2015

The beautiful Lupita wearing #ERDEM Spring Summer'15 in @BazaarUK's May issue. Dicover more: http://t.co/muB78arChd pic.twitter.com/ZGYJFdHU6l
— ERDEM (@erdem) April 2, 2015

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The House GOP just voted to repeal the estate tax. That’d be a $246B giveaway to the top 0.2% http://t.co/E1A1eRx7LY pic.twitter.com/o9hv30UwGU
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) April 17, 2015

Yes. Next Q. https://t.co/qdCs2NeOst
— JDub (@VerbDC) April 17, 2015

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Loretta Lynch has waited 2x as long for a vote than the 7 most recent AGs COMBINED http://t.co/VZ4i2jYiaW pic.twitter.com/4XZxC7zzLS
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) April 16, 2015

.@TheTimMcGraw defends decision to headline Sandy Hook concert http://t.co/kpBsAHwqxC #SandyHook #IStandWithTim pic.twitter.com/VuSdkoqQIt
— Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) April 18, 2015

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No shit, Sherlock

George W. Bush Admits He Might Pose Campaign Problem for Jeb http://t.co/66BGCdEQH2 pic.twitter.com/947YGOiEVp
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 18, 2015

Indiana Says H.I.V. Outbreak Is Worsening http://t.co/NmSwdxN1tA
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 18, 2015

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Obama currently enjoys a level of popularity in Cuba than he could only dream of in the US http://t.co/xVPLGj5Vgg pic.twitter.com/kBJF7AiU1k
— Guardian US (@GuardianUS) April 17, 2015

Meet the man who’s been keeping President Obama looking fresh since 1998: http://t.co/nGVZWlRGtQ pic.twitter.com/v4MKYyTGZN
— Complex (@Complex) April 18, 2015

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Montana poised to expand Medicaid under Obamacare http://t.co/crmpRJ6r8O
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) April 18, 2015

Medicaid expansion means states may go after more Americans’ estates to recover costs. http://t.co/OMLVQea0Iz pic.twitter.com/TqMtWUPxoB
— WSJ Politics (@WSJPolitics) April 18, 2015

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JUST IN: Boosted by a record number of online donations, the DCCC raised $8.2 million in March http://t.co/TWOSEhG8X9 pic.twitter.com/S34WbaUfy9
— The Hill (@thehill) April 18, 2015

Simpsons showrunner mocks Ted Cruz with quote from classic episode: http://t.co/31NLp7ODvE pic.twitter.com/rmky0Roc3k
— The Hill (@thehill) April 18, 2015

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The evolution of trade promotion authority. pic.twitter.com/qxCoXDgoH5
— meta (@metaquest) April 17, 2015

Why Hillary Needs Black Women to Win http://t.co/DM1SMKy0rf pic.twitter.com/R5MFWzewjW
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 17, 2015

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Wow

The plot thickens: Tulsa World reports sheriff's supervisers were ordered to falsify Robert Bates' training records. http://t.co/TidXwicmIp
— Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸 (@mattdpearce) April 16, 2015

Who's making sure MILLIONAIRE Fake Cop Bates isn't busy SHIELDING HIS ASSETS from a wrongful death case for killing #EricHarris? @Lawrence
— 🇺🇸🇭🇹 Only4RM 🇭🇹🇺🇸 (@Only4RM) April 16, 2015

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