Posts Tagged ‘Howard
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RT to share how we're expanding our use of solar power under President Obama → go.wh.gov/jAX9Qa #ActOnClimate http://t.co/gMmtxyvpds
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 07, 2015
President Obama on the 21st anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. http://t.co/vxxI8XLvdL
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 07, 2015
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President Barack Obama speaks while participating in a roundtable discussion on the impacts of climate change on public health with Vivek Murthy, U.S. surgeon general, left, Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), second from right, and Charlotte Wallace, sustainability coordinator at Anne Arundel Medical Center, third from right, at Howard University
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Pundits have defined "the Obama Doctrine" for years. I like Obama's version the best. nytimes.com/2015/04/06/opi… http://t.co/RGEo59bwUx
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Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) April 05, 2015
Get a load of this Obama guy acting like he ran twice on explicit promise of negotiated international solutions over another war in ME smh.
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(@pourmecoffee) April 02, 2015
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No other First Family will come close. They shouldn’t even bother trying
Look at our First Family, y'all. Just drink it in. No matter who comes next, we'll always have the Obamas. http://t.co/0Kb0JQH8j3
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April (@ReignOfApril) April 05, 2015
my aunt keeps the obamas on her mantle like they kinfolk...gotta LUH black folks http://t.co/Mabp3SxbgK
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(@jaredmichaelowe) April 05, 2015
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This high school senior got accepted to all 8 Ivy League schools: abcn.ws/1xW5tfq http://t.co/kXeiodCIKO
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ABC News (@ABC) April 06, 2015
"If you can be BLACK and live in this world, you can be ANYTHING you want to be." - @IAmCicelyTyson #BlackGirlsRock http://t.co/rcxJPsaCAF
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(@BET) April 06, 2015
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We've launched mortgage modification programs that have led to more than 8 million homeowners getting relief. More → whitehouse.gov/live/vice-pres…
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Vice President Biden (@VP) April 07, 2015
In the budget, we’re proposing $300 million in funding to create a more elastic and diverse housing supply across the United States.
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Vice President Biden (@VP) April 07, 2015
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Vice President Biden truly is the G.O.A.T.
Real American hero. Greatest vice president of all time. http://t.co/WgzkWrGsNG
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A$AP Aspie (@ProfessorBLove) April 04, 2015
4.7 million: That's how many low-income families would benefit from our proposed investment in rental housing assistance
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Vice President Biden (@VP) April 07, 2015
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Obama made subtle but key decision to distinguish Iran's ideological noise from its genuine historical traumas http://t.co/ldUxHR6jPE
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Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) April 05, 2015
The world should judge the #IranDeal on its scientific and technical parameters. state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/20…
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Ernest Moniz (@ErnestMoniz) April 05, 2015
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Energy Sec. Moniz says U.S. and Netanyahu have "a very, very different view of the facts" on Iran nuke deal - cbsn.ws/1GW9SB5
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CBS News (@CBSNews) April 05, 2015
This is an important piece on the #IranDeal. No pundit should be able to say a peep without reading it first: theatlantic.com/international/…
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David Corn (@DavidCornDC) April 04, 2015
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Loved the diversity at Rand Paul announcement today, people ranging from white to pink and from 65 to 70. Impressive. http://t.co/cmCWDORxO4
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) April 07, 2015
I believe Ayn Rand's first love poem went: Roses are red/ violets are blue/ finish this poem yourself / you dependent parasite
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Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) January 24, 2013
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Some cops in this country are out of control. Kill an unarmed Black man, then plant evidence. Thank goodness he was caught on camera. May Walter Scott rest in peace
The NYT just posted video of Walter Scott being shot in back & killed by a S.C. police officer nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/… http://t.co/aFIBZlEWhe
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 07, 2015
Officer tells Walter Scott to put his hands behind his back - after shooting him. Then plants taser next to his body vimeo.com/124336782
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 07, 2015
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US DOJ confirms investigation into fatal shooting of #WalterScott, involving FBI, DOJ Civil Rights Division, US Attorney's Office #chsnews
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Melissa Boughton (@mboughtonPC) April 07, 2015
South Carolina police officer to be charged with murder after video surfaces of traffic stop shooting wapo.st/1N5dup9
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Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 07, 2015
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Walter Scott shooting at least 3rd recent high profile case of officer, unaware of video, lying in police report (Tamir Rice, Eric Garner)
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 07, 2015
As a reminder, North Charleston got $275,000 to buy 115 body cameras back in January #chsnews
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William Joy (@WilliamLive5) April 07, 2015
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"He took my Taser,” Officer Slager said. He lied. Watch him run, pick it up, and drop it by #WalterScott. http://t.co/kPzHAzwwXf
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deray mckesson (@deray) April 07, 2015
And the officer handcuffs #WalterScott's lifeless body after he kills him. Sick.
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deray mckesson (@deray) April 07, 2015
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#WalterScott, shot 8 times in the back by North Charleston police. America. Graphic. http://t.co/m2DEp5k56u
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deray mckesson (@deray) April 07, 2015
The officer tells #WalterScott to put his hands behind his back after shooting him 8 times in the back. America.
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deray mckesson (@deray) April 07, 2015
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#WalterScott and his family. via @postandcourier postandcourier.com/article/201504… http://t.co/nwZiqHxL7u http://t.co/ph2ND7kZL6
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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) April 07, 2015
Wow. Officers even lied about performing CPR on #WalterScott. They claimed they did. Video shows not true. http://t.co/r3nhdajTjw
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Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) April 07, 2015
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First, it’s too many Black people on TV!!! Now, it’s Black-ish is racist. It’s 2015. Our faces are on TV and the humongous ratings keep increasing week after week. They will deal
No. Next question. RT @nypost: Is a show like "Blackish" just racism served with a smile? nyp.st/1HHFokf http://t.co/luSY9WRuUq
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) April 06, 2015
First, @Deadline says too many Black people on TV. Now, Andrea Peyser of @nypost says Black-ish is racist.
LOL. http://t.co/K5xNl12Ewv
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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 06, 2015
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The media plays a huge part in the crappy stereotypes and narratives of POC
Where's his mugshot? RT @CBSNews: Mass. college student charged with raping kids at day care cbsn.ws/1MMetuk http://t.co/xeIRJL96cG
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Bessie Smut (@FeministaJones) April 03, 2015
Ex #Ferguson mayor says he knows about discrimination because he didn’t get union campaign $$ newrepublic.com/article/121481… http://t.co/PcRULkIlpW
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Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) April 07, 2015
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Here's the NY Post describing the riots in Ferguson.... http://t.co/831uN91O70
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Davey D (@mrdaveyd) April 05, 2015
Here's how the NY Post describes the riots in Kentucky last night where 29 were arrested.. #Whiteprivilege http://t.co/5IOKkwsQRE
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Davey D (@mrdaveyd) April 05, 2015
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Imagine the media narrative if this was Ferguson
Don't want to hear anyone take pot shots bout Ferguson when yall rioting over a sport
http://t.co/s7dCHUsvBG
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X (@XLNB) April 05, 2015
There it is. There's that media bias I was expecting.
"ruckus"
#CallItARiot http://t.co/ZKlZ75dJQa
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Heather (@MissJupiter1957) April 05, 2015
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White leaders, I demand you address this. Wherefore art thou, John Boehner? http://t.co/dHyq4ipci3
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Fed-Up Early Retiree (@thewayoftheid) April 05, 2015
I guess Kentucky's Governor will be coming out any minute now to declare a curfew and marital law. Any minute now http://t.co/Q8kUUxPVmY
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(@GrooveSDC) April 05, 2015
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That white privilege is so "cool" bruh.
You can riot, fight police and all that an live to tell about it .
#CallItARiot
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Dr. Stephen Strange (@_M_Pulse) April 05, 2015
Look at all these recipients of federal aid living the thug life http://t.co/KPrrduf108
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Tim Dickinson (@7im) April 05, 2015
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Sports riots: ok, blow off some steam
Pumpkin riots: awww
Peaceful protests for human rights: hey, what the fuck is this send in the army
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Danny Bowes (@bybowes) April 05, 2015
Cleveland officer facing trial in 137-shot barrage says he cannot recall shooting via @Guardian huff.to/1DSnNqQ
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HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) April 06, 2015
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As mostly White crowds riot, destroy property, & burn shit down, remember that they will b cast tomorrow in the media as passionate revelers
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Jamie Utt (@utt_jamie) April 05, 2015
Of course Kentucky fans are rioting over being losers. Will they be called "thugs"? Why their culture of violence? sbnation.com/2015/4/5/83466…
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Anil Dash (@anildash) April 05, 2015
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Destroying property. Fighting cops. And, yet, arrests and not shootings. Amazing what people can accomplish when the perps are white.
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Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) April 05, 2015
If these were Howard students, the police would've certainly used near-lethal force by now. I'm serious. http://t.co/vmG13KyZmb
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deray mckesson (@deray) April 05, 2015
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Grammar and respecting copyright laws. It’s a liberal thing
Unfortunate typo on the Rand website randpaul.com/issue/education http://t.co/meHyHf0KMj
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Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 07, 2015
Rand Paul supports personhood amendment, opposes Civil Rights Act & opposes ban on LGBTQ discrimination. But he's a "libertarian," right?
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Lauren Rankin (@laurenarankin) April 07, 2015
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the page for the official Dr. Rand Paul 2016 eye chart misspells "ophthalmologist" (eye doctor) http://t.co/dogQzBkRtc
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Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) April 07, 2015
😂 YouTube’s copyright system has taken Rand Paul’s presidential announcement video offline
washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/… http://t.co/ZWVaFHykMR
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) April 07, 2015
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President greets 109-year-old Emma Primas of Houston prior to the Easter Prayer Breakfast (Photo by @PeteSouza) http://t.co/QWE1mjTxW6
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) April 08, 2015
Here's a look at the candidates running for city council in today's #FergusonElections via @Crewof42. http://t.co/U1qqhw5xaP
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AJ+ (@ajplus) April 07, 2015
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There’s pandering and then there’s Jeb
Jeb Bush identified as "Hispanic" on a 2009 voter application. I've heard of "identifying with your base," but dude. nyti.ms/1DaP72L
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) April 06, 2015
Doesn't TIME have editors who say, Listen, let's try something other than a tired-ass racist trope for your lede. http://t.co/yzveFtNg26
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Ali Gharib (@Ali_Gharib) April 05, 2015
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Just ran into @MariaChappelleN at the poll at First Presbyterian. #FergusonElections http://t.co/vWnBdLy3Th
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deray mckesson (@deray) April 07, 2015
Just ran into @akacharleswade and @Patricialicious at First Presbyterian volunteering at the poll. #FergusonElections http://t.co/jYLoBo0CuW
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deray mckesson (@deray) April 07, 2015
Vile people
Five Volunteer Firefighters In Texas Arrested For Sexual Assault In Alleged Hazing Incident buzzfeed.com/tamerragriffin… http://t.co/kmlw0Jawat
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) April 07, 2015
PA bishop has to actually tell people don't bring guns to mass after one went off at Easter vigil; bit.ly/1CRn7Qx #gunsinAmerica
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Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) April 07, 2015
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Rand Paul talks a good game on civil rights but supported SCOTUS decision gutting Voting Rights Act theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 07, 2015
Rand Paul would be the worst president on civil rights since reconstruction thkpr.gs/3643434 http://t.co/fCLWKOBhNB
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) April 07, 2015
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Jeralean Talley, 115-year-old Detroit-area woman, is now listed as world's oldest person: abcn.ws/1CjkZxo http://t.co/SOq4b52zWz
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ABC News (@ABC) April 07, 2015
In an unusual move, a judge admitted he made two errors that cost Nathan Fields a fair trial. bit.ly/1ySoHO7 http://t.co/oaCg9KlVwr
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Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) April 07, 2015
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Cindi Leive: Michelle Obama, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kerry Washington: The Important Cause Bringing Three Powerhouse Women Together
First Lady Michelle Obama and actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and Kerry Washington are sitting in the Blue Room at the White House. This trio of female forces, who know one another through their work on the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, aren’t here just to catch up on life. They’re here today to spread a crucial message: This Memorial Day, America’s servicewomen, veterans, and military wives—courageous women—need our help. Over a decade ago, during the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, our servicemen and -women were constantly in the public eye, in newspapers, music videos, car commercials. Today, most of the more than 2.5 million men and women who deployed are home safe—but they deserve just as much attention as when they were braving IEDs and insurgents.
During this reentry period, advocates point out, many veterans face hardships (from homelessness and unemployment to post-traumatic stress disorder and the effects of sexual trauma), and we can’t underestimate the support they need. MO: One thing I want to clarify—that every service member, veteran, wants us to remember—is that the vast majority of people returning from service come back completely healthy…. But when we do come across someone who is struggling…we have to develop a culture of open arms and acceptance so that they feel comfortable saying, “I’m a veteran. And by the way, I need little help.” Think about the amount of training the average veteran has received through the military—physical training, project management training, public relations work. Think of an average tour of duty in a foreign land, the money we put into developing that, and then they’re discharged, and what, we let that investment go? Absolutely not. These are some of the best-trained people in our society.
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Worth a read: @FLOTUS, @SJP & @KerryWashington on our #vets and #JoiningForces in @GlamourMag: glmr.me/1y97sNN http://t.co/ZI87U12RFh
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Joining Forces (@JoiningForces) April 07, 2015
Hello, power women! Why @SJP, @FLOTUS, & @kerrywashington are teaming up for our May issue: glmr.me/1JhjzJr http://t.co/fPHdX672Fc
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Glamour (@glamourmag) April 07, 2015
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Honored to #JoinForces with @FLOTUS + @SJP for @glamourmag. We gals gotta stick together. glmr.me/1y97sNN. http://t.co/p3daW7nZCp
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kerry washington (@kerrywashington) April 07, 2015
In awe of these women & so proud of this cover: @FLOTUS @sjp @kerrywashington @joiningforces. http://t.co/RZZeNyLQTt
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Cindi Leive (@cindi_leive) April 07, 2015
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First Lady Michelle Obama participates in the unveiling of the Maya Angelou Forever Stamp, at the Warner Theater in Washington. From left are, Eleanor Traylor, English Professor at Howard University; poet Nikki Giovanni; Mrs. Obama; Postmaster General Megan Brennan; Oprah Winfrey, and artist Ross Rossin
Rise and Shine
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Today (all times Eastern)
10:50: The President delivers a statement on the confirmation of Richard Cordray as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
12:45: Press Briefing by Jay Carney
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NYT: Individuals buying health insurance on their own will see their premiums tumble next year in New York State as changes under the federal health care law take effect, state officials are to announce on Wednesday.
State insurance regulators say they have approved rates for 2014 that are at least 50 percent lower on average than those currently available in New York. Beginning in October, individuals in New York City who now pay $1,000 a month or more for coverage will be able to shop for health insurance for as little as $308 monthly. With federal subsidies, the cost will be even lower.
Supporters of the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act, credited the drop in rates to the online purchasing exchanges the law created, which they say are spurring competition among insurers that are anticipating an influx of new customers. The law requires that an exchange be started in every state.
“Health insurance has suddenly become affordable in New York,” said Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president for health initiatives with the Community Service Society of New York. “It’s not bargain-basement prices, but we’re going from Bergdorf’s to Filene’s here.”
“The extraordinary decline in New York’s insurance rates for individual consumers demonstrates the profound promise of the Affordable Care Act,” she added.
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Competition. Choice. Lower rates. Facts trump fiction. Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set to Fall 50% http://t.co/TtIn9nYDLh
— David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) July 17, 2013
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AG Eric Holder: “So Trayvon’s death last spring caused me to sit down to have a conversation with my own 15-year-old son, like my dad did with me. This was a father-son tradition I hoped would not need to be handed down. But as a father who loves his son and who is more knowing in the ways of the world, I had to do this to protect my boy. I am his father, and it is my responsibility, not to burden him with the baggage of eras long gone, but to make him aware of the world that he must still confront. This is a sad reality in a nation that is changing for the better in so many ways.”
Full NAACP speech from yesterday (transcript here):
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Michael Tomasky: Reid Crushes McConnell
…. Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell struck a deal, abetted apparently by John McCain, that averted the invocation of the nuclear option by Reid and the Democrats. Reid got just about everything he wanted. The Senate is going to pass through all seven nominees that Reid brought up in this skirmish….
…. About as clear a win for one party over another as we’ve seen in a long time. Why did it happen? Because everyone in the room knew that the Democrats had the 51 votes to change the rules. Stand together or fall apart, as the old cliche goes. It’s true. It’s still pathetic that it had to come to this for the president to fill his cabinet (and sub-cabinet), but it goes to show that holding the line as a group works.
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Steve Benen: …. Will what transpired in the Senate yesterday actually, you know, matter? …. The cautious answer is that it’s evidence of incremental progress, the results of which will have a real-world impact on the lives of real people.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, for example, looks out for consumers against predatory excesses from the financial industry. As Sen. Elizabeth Warren told Chris Hayes last night, in light of yesterday’s deal and Richard Cordray’s confirmation, “We know this agency is here to stay. No more clouds over what it legally is entitled to do. No more attacks that say maybe we’re going to be able to undercut it in this way or weaken it in that way. We’ve got a full-fledged watchdog. The one we fought for, and [Cordray] is going to be there to fight for us.”
…. I’ve heard plenty of criticisms of yesterday’s agreement, and detractors have raised fair concerns … But in today’s environment, incremental progress is still progress, and there’s ample reason to believe yesterday’s deal moves the ball forward.
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McClatchy: Congress revisits Voting Rights Act
Congress is taking the first steps toward bringing back pre-clearance of voting laws under the Voting Rights Act this week, as activists express tempered optimism in lawmakers’ willingness and ability to act.
The U.S. Supreme Court last month tossed out the Voting Rights Act’s formula that determined which jurisdictions must submit their voting law changes to the federal government before enacting them. The 5-4 ruling did not get rid of pre-clearance altogether but said Congress must come up with an updated standard to enforce it rather than the 1965 version that covered Georgia and other Deep South states with a history of overt discrimination.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will kick off the congressional response with a hearing Wednesday featuring Congress’ civil rights conscience: Atlanta Democratic U.S. Rep. John Lewis.
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Michael Tomasky: …. the narrative about the IRS targeting Obama’s enemies has been thoroughly debunked….
The IRS “scandal,” lately dormant, is returning soon to cable-news channel near you: Tomorrow, Russell George, the Treasury Department inspector general who produced the original report at Darrell Issa’s request, is going back before Issa’s committee, and this time he’s in for some pretty serious grilling from Democrats. The evidence is now even more preponderant than it already was that there was absolutely no political agenda in the IRS’s review of 501(c)(4) applications. In fact, evidence is mounting that if anyone was behaving politically here, it was George — and, of course, Issa and the other Republicans who launched into their baseless tirades about “enemies lists” and other such nonsense.
…. what about the mainstream media that swallowed whole from the Republican-conservative spoon, running huge headlines and ominous editorials, all those breathy stories that got nearly half the American public believing, on the basis of zero hard evidence, that the White House was involved here? It’s not in the nature of the beast to run huge headlines saying “No Scandal Here.” But it should be in the beast’s nature to take a much harder look at Issa, George, and the other perpetuators of this non-story. And it should start tomorrow, when George testifies.
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Reuters: President Barack Obama on Tuesday for the first time admitted that it was unlikely that the Republican-led House of Representatives would pass sweeping immigration reforms before lawmakers left Washington for a month-long break in August.
In television interviews taped with four Spanish-language newscasts, Obama said he thinks many Republicans need more time to grapple with concerns about border security and the changing demographics of America.
…. Obama has insisted that reforms must include the path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. “It does not make sense to me, if we’re going to make this once-in-a-generation effort to finally fix the system, to leave the status of 11 million people or so unresolved,” he told Telemundo’s Denver affiliate.
Many House Republicans oppose that measure, calling it “amnesty” for people who have broken existing immigration laws. But Obama said ignoring the problem would resign undocumented immigrants to “a lower status.” “I think that’s not who we are as Americans,” he said.
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Wendy Davis and San Antonio mayor Julián Castro (left) and his twin brother, Congressman Joaquín Castro, in Austin on July 7, 2013
Texas Monthly: The Life and Death (and Life?) of the Party
Democrats once ruled Texas. Then came five decades of steady decline. Can Wendy Davis, the Castro brothers, and Team Obama’s vaunted field operation return their party to power? And if they can’t, can anyone?
“Somebody has to step up,” Wendy Davis observed one evening in late May over drinks at the bar of the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin. “As long as the Democrats continue to buy into the same bullshit that some of the Republicans are saying — ‘Oh no, it’s Texas, it’s hopeless’ — and continue to act like it won’t happen for six, eight, twelve, sixteen years from now, that perpetuates the problem.”
“So are you going to run for statewide office?” I asked.
Her green eyes sparkled. “One day, someday,” she said coyly.
One day, someday, about a month later, on the morning of June 25, the petite fifty-year-old Democratic state senator from Fort Worth fixed herself a single boiled egg for breakfast. It would be her only meal of the day. She slipped on a pair of pink tennis shoes, headed over to the Capitol, and stepped up……
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President Obama hosted members of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority at the White House on Tuesday as the group gather in Washington for their annual convention. The Oval Office meeting marked the 100th anniversary of the African-American sorority and the 51st anniversary of its convention. Obama met with members including the sorority’s president, Cynthia Butler-McIntyre.
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@petesouza: Pres Obama with make-a-wish visitor Suhail Zaveri, 14, and his family in the Oval Office
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CBS: Cuban and U.S. officials will hold the first migration talks between the two nations since 2011 in Washington on Wednesday. Analysts believe both countries have a strong interest in getting them off the ground again.
…. The Bush Administration broke off these twice-yearly talks, along with taking other measures such as severely restricting the rights of Cuban Americans to travel back to the island – limiting them to only one visit every three years.
President Obama reestablished the rights of Cuban Americans to visit their homeland as much as they want and resumed the talks, only to break them off over the detention and jailing of U.S. contractor Alan Gross, which the State Department has repeatedly said remains a major obstacle to any improvement in relations between the two neighboring countries.
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