The President’s Day

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President Barack Obama participates in a town hall-style question-and-answer session with participants from the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship Presidential Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. Identified as Sub-Saharan Africa’s ‘most promising young leaders,’ 500 people were invited by the U.S. State Department for the three-day summit where they interact with representatives from the public, private, and non-profit sectors

Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship participants sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama embraces Nigerian disability-rights activist and musician Grace Alache Jerry

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President Barack Obama speaks about climate change during an event in the East Room at the White House. President Obama announced a major climate change plan aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s coal-burning power plants

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Tweets Of The Day

Today, we're announcing America's Clean Power Plan—the most important step we've ever taken to combat climate change. Here are the facts:

— President Obama (@POTUS44) August 3, 2015

Levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are higher than they’ve been in 800,000 years. 2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) August 3, 2015

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Right now, power plants account for about one-third of America’s carbon pollution. That’s more than our cars, airplanes, and homes combined.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) August 3, 2015

It's time to change that. With the Clean Power Plan, by 2030, carbon pollution from power plants will be 32% lower than it was a decade ago.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) August 3, 2015

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Thanks to this plan, there will be 90,000 fewer asthma attacks among our kids and we'll avoid 3,600 premature deaths in 2030.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) August 3, 2015

Despite what the critics will tell you, this plan will ultimately save the average American family nearly $85 a year on their energy bills.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) August 3, 2015

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I refuse to condemn our kids to a planet that's beyond fixing. Let's meet this challenge and #ActOnClimate together.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) August 3, 2015

We owe it to our kids to act on climate change. Here's our #CleanPowerPlan. It's the biggest step we've ever taken. http://t.co/D9bw2ZSlRU

— VP Biden (Archived) (@VP44) August 3, 2015

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https://twitter.com/tharealjazs/status/626937161032597504

Now THIS is a good analogy. #SandraBland pic.twitter.com/Oqxj0LCdO8

— Nerdy Negress (@NerdyNegress) July 25, 2015

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If you missed it: The prosecutor in the Samuel DuBose case is a pretty unusual dude. http://t.co/AXWZKAbN48 pic.twitter.com/zRQD2A7yOb

— Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸 (@mattdpearce) July 31, 2015

https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/627113387651133441

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“What if an aborted fetus would’ve found the cure to cancer?” pic.twitter.com/NaFnHxraNK

— isxbella (@ISXBELLAM) July 7, 2015

“What if an aborted fetus would’ve found the cure to cancer?” pic.twitter.com/w4jxlIrH75

— isxbella (@ISXBELLAM) July 7, 2015

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You had questions for @Wale and the First Lady. They’ve got answers. Worth a watch → https://t.co/mtegVZEFZ3 pic.twitter.com/DqjqL3UMPe

— First Lady- Archived (@FLOTUS44) July 30, 2015

Sign @OFA's birthday card for President Obama: http://t.co/ZdPdn9EEnG #44Turns54 pic.twitter.com/58CrYK8VU5

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 31, 2015

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Landlord in NY lead poisoning case argues toddler victim is Hispanic so "improbable" he'd get college degree anyway. pic.twitter.com/D4BUadRF6s

— Stephanie Clifford (@stephcliff) July 29, 2015

https://twitter.com/tehawesomersace/status/627110538514862081

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In Report, Justice Accuses St. Louis County Family Court Of Racial Bias http://t.co/b0pgQSGyAB

— NPR (@NPR) July 31, 2015

From the Justice Department report (via @eyderp): pic.twitter.com/9qZPaaVvmz

— NPR (@NPR) July 31, 2015

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Found this knee-slapper in The Federalist. #PlannedParenthood pic.twitter.com/qGPpm2cSL0

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 30, 2015

when it's been 20 years and you're still fed up of listening to men pic.twitter.com/TUCV9mFMCp

— 👻 (@karenmoodys) July 11, 2015

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https://twitter.com/PPBlackComm/status/626969636135923713

Politicians are lying when they say taxpayer dollars are being used to fund abortion and that’s why they need to #DefundPlannedParenthood.

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

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All these racist-ass white people keening about black babies like you give a shit. You’re not fooling anyone. Leave me the hell alone.

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

https://twitter.com/allanbrauer/status/627137495075950592

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Sanger was problematic af, but she never wrote that she wanted to exterminate Black ppl. It’s just so absurd how many ppl believe that crap.

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

The full context of that "exterminate the Negro population" quote that forced birth liars tell. #IStandWithPP pic.twitter.com/Z3DVoUfg8H

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

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We can talk about how Sanger allied herself with racist eugenicists in order to promote birth control, but stop lying about what she said.

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

If you want a full and nuanced discussion of Sanger and her problematic allyship & beliefs, read Killing the Black Body by @DorothyERoberts.

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

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I am certainly not claiming that Sanger did not have problematic and racist views about Black people.

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

Nor am I disputing that she cut ties with feminists and joined up with racist eugenicists in order to promote her birth control agenda.

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

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But what she did not do is endeavor to “exterminate the Negro population.” And if you believe that, you’ve been lied to. The end.

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

Sanger was actually ANTI-abortion. But the forced birth liars don’t really want to talk about that. It doesn’t fit their narrative about PP.

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

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And in any event, none of this has anything to do with what services Planned Parenthood provides today. In 2015.

— 🤌🏾 Imani Gandy 👆🏾 (@AngryBlackLady) July 31, 2015

Scott Walker agreed to take a pic w/this guy whose sign said "Walker 4 president," but then he flipped it around... pic.twitter.com/UlhyLtDnNZ

— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) August 3, 2015

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"Join us.
We can do this.
It’s time for America,
and the world,
to #ActOnClimate change."
—@POTUS: http://t.co/AvqKkepbEU #CleanPowerPlan

— Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) August 3, 2015

We applaud @POTUS’ goals to maximize renewable energy and reduce emissions in the new #CleanPowerPlan: http://t.co/aE62XHZKeL

— Patagonia (@patagonia) August 3, 2015

President Obama delivers remarks on the Clean Power Plan

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2:15PM ET: President Obama delivers remarks on the Clean Power Plan