News Of The Day

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Powerful words from Sybrina Fulton: “No prom for Trayvon. No high school graduation for Trayvon. No college for Trayvon. No grandkids coming from Trayvon. All because of a law; a law that has prevented the person who shot and killed my son to be held accountable and to pay for this awful crime.”

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The 148-year journey of the Voting Rights Act in only 3 minutes @nytimes @NAACP (via @Upworthy) upworthy.com/pop-quiz-what-…

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Alycee (@jazziz2) July 26, 2013

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The sad reality of the far right’s blind Obama hatred:

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ObamaCare is freaking awesome….screw you GOP:

Yes America, when implemented properly, #ObamaCare works exactly the way it was intended. patheos.com/blogs/wwjtd/20… http://t.co/SEeRrg5TWw

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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) July 26, 2013

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Washington Post: Maryland issues insurance rates that are among lowest in U.S.

Maryland insurance officials approved final rates Friday for health plans to be sold in the online marketplace for individuals beginning Oct. 1. The rates offered by nine carriers are among the lowest of the 12 states that have proposed or approved rates for comparison and among the lowest in the D.C. area, according to an analysis by Maryland officials who will be operating the state’s marketplace.

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Darn. Another perfectly good talking point bites the dust. #ObamaCare won't slash workers' hours, report finds nbcnews.to/14LmV6J

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Kennett Area Dems (@KennettDems) July 25, 2013

CVS will use its 7,400 North American stores and 375 healthcare fairs to help people sign up for #ObamaCare. politico.com/story/2013/07/…

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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) July 26, 2013

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Yes Republicans, there is a war on women:

North Carolina Governor Signs ‘Motorcycle Safety’ #Abortion Bill. ow.ly/nmDWM #MotorcycleVagina #SB353 #NCgov

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RH Reality Check (@rhrealitycheck) July 26, 2013

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Consumer sentiment rises to highest level in six years in July http://t.co/tCfYXJgFyW

— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) July 26, 2013

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“I didn’t want to be right,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says about her prediction that striking a key prong of the Voting Rights Act will lead to a wave of minority voter suppression, “but sadly I am.” In an interview with the Associated Press’ Mark Sherman, Ginsburg reiterated one of the core points of her dissent from the five Republican justices’ voting rights decision — “The notion that because the Voting Rights Act had been so tremendously effective we had to stop it didn’t make any sense to me,” Ginsburg said. “And one really could have predicted what was going to happen” once the law was struck down.

Justice Ginsburg reacts to epidemic of voter suppression laws: Told ya so #NotoriousRBG thkpr.gs/174Vel8

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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 26, 2013

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A strong economy grows from the middle out. Watch @OFA's new ad about #ABetterBargain for hard working Americans: OFA.BO/Gs3B27

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 26, 2013

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@VP: VP & son-in-law Howard stop for some lime juice & talk w/ employees @ a hawker market in Singapore

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Yes Republicans, the truth does indeed hurt:

Quick reminder for @NRSC: Weiner resigned after pressure from Dems Vitter is still a Senator thanks to your support

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Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 26, 2013

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President Obama: "Repealing Obamacare and cutting spending is not an economic plan." We deserve #ABetterBargain: OFA.BO/QWrTpJ

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 26, 2013

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President Obama walks across the South Lawn as he departs the White House. Obama invited all the members of his cabinet and their families to spend the day at Camp David.

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Sweeeeeeeeeet!

JUST IN: President Obama to award Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter for courageous actions while serving in Afghanistan #MOH

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NBC Nightly News (@nbcnightlynews) July 26, 2013

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Cuteness alert!

Rock 'n roll. http://t.co/WrDlME6OlM

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 26, 2013

Excuse me, did you leave your cat outside? http://t.co/Vxh3Ra8gUh

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Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) July 26, 2013

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change … yet more of it

WSJ: President Barack Obama named Brenda S. “Sue” Fulton, an Army veteran who campaigned to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, to the Board of Visitors of the United States Military Academy on Tuesday, putting the first openly gay or lesbian person onto the board that advises him on West Point.

Ms. Fulton, 52 years old, is the executive director and co-founder of Knights Out, an organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered West Point graduates and allies….

Ms. Fulton says she became politically active for the first time in years after Mr. Obama took office, as she campaigned for an end to the military policy that has banned openly gay and lesbian people from serving in the military. She said in an interview Tuesday that she hopes her appointment will send a message to young people who are considering military service.

“I would hope it would symbolize to all people gay and straight that anti-gay bias in the military is a thing of the past. I would hope it would tell them that if you’re willing to serve your country and you’re qualified, other factors don’t matter,” she said. “I see my role as in some sense helping West point send that message – that we respect all people equally. That’s part of our values, that’s part of our code.”

….She said she foresees no problem implementing the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” at West Point, where she said she has many informal allies. “I believe they are proceeding in good faith to implement repeal, and I foresee very few if any problems with repeal in West Point.”

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Thank you Loriah