#StateOfWomen: Picture Of The Day

A Tweet Or Two

Watch a crowd serenade President Obama with chants of '4 more years!' on.nowth.is/15e7

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NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 06, 2016

Panama Papers: US launches crackdown on international tax evasion trib.al/hEckdOk

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Guardian US (@GuardianUS) May 06, 2016

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Just to review: a white nationalist became a Trump delegate, his butler suggested Obama be hanged and David Duke offered to be VP this week

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Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) May 12, 2016

On Facebook, Trump's Longtime Butler Calls for Obama to be Killed. (Really. This is no joke) motherjones.com/politics/2016/… https://t.co/wXHyFtSrDU

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David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 12, 2016

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Secret Service: "The U.S. Secret Service is aware of this matter and will conduct the appropriate investigation." thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/…

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Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) May 12, 2016

Zonder verder commentaar. #4mei https://t.co/jKEDv8i4qN

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Nadine Boke (@NadineBoke) May 04, 2016

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A brilliant and warm conversation with President Obama and Bryan Cranston nytimes.com/2016/05/08/fas… https://t.co/KYgY9PwELJ

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meta (@metaquest) May 06, 2016

@POTUS continues to add to his amazing legacy => White House poised to create first monument to gay rights wpo.st/gf5Y1

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Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) May 03, 2016

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Even by Trumpian standards, this is some amazing word salad. slate.com/blogs/the_slat… https://t.co/imZ4NRmuqS

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Lauren Kelley (@lauren_kelley) May 04, 2016

"I'm voting for Hillary" -- thing multiple GOP operatives have told me tonight

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Kasie Hunt (@kasie) May 04, 2016

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President Obama to Local News Reporters: Give Supreme Court Nominee Judge Garland a Vote ow.ly/8K4zGS

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The White House Blog (@blog44) May 04, 2016

Chief of staff for GOP state sen in WI quit after seeing legislators "giddy" over Voter ID law impact on minorities: nytimes.com/2016/05/02/us/…

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Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) May 02, 2016

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Of 346 black people killed by police, only 2 cases have led to convictions. bit.ly/1vUI6Sf https://t.co/eHJbQjhnox

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Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 02, 2016

Johnson & Johnson loses another court case over talcum powder and cancer trib.al/bsDKr2T

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Guardian US (@GuardianUS) May 03, 2016

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Up to $800m in cash held by ISIS has been destroyed in air strikes, a US military official says bbc.com/news/world-mid…

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Catherine Rampell (@crampell) May 02, 2016

JUST IN: Cpt. Kristen Griest to become 1st female Army Infantry officer in US history. nbcnews.to/237nOzM https://t.co/Ok3MfgDBEq

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NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) April 27, 2016

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What Beyoncé teaches us about the African diaspora in #LEMONADE to.pbs.org/1Tkjwjo https://t.co/sVrssYz35L

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PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) May 02, 2016

Wow. This scene invokes a mass suicide by captured Africans who chose freedom of death over slavery. #Lemonade https://t.co/TOOixGA8Yt

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BrownBlaze (@brownblaze) May 05, 2016

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Watch Aretha Franklin's jaw-dropping Prince tribute at the White House jazz concert blbrd.cm/wlCtGG https://t.co/TGwpPVFcVr

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  (@billboard) May 02, 2016

These bedtime stories trade princesses for women who changed the world huff.to/26LbIAT https://t.co/wl8J3P9HHY

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HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) May 02, 2016

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White ppl: "Why does everything have to be about race?" *Old navy puts out ad with interracial couple* White ppl: https://t.co/7US2WEIDqM

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Lé Cocoapuff (@RespectTheAfro_) May 01, 2016

Racist Twitter clutches it’s pearls because Old Navy tweeted an interracial family rawstory.com/2016/05/racist… https://t.co/wsjgFEv2Io

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Raw Story (@RawStory) May 01, 2016

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Chobani Yogurt founder transfers a valuable piece of the company to every laborer - quite a story: nytimes.com/2016/04/27/bus…

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Ari Melber MSNBC (@AriMelber) May 01, 2016

THIS. IS. AWESOME. nbcnews.to/1ToPOJB

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Jim Weber (@JimMWeber) May 05, 2016

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I wish white people were as offended by police brutality and mass incarceration as they are by black people using the N-word. #WHCD

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Brandon E. Patterson (@myblackmindd) May 01, 2016

White conservatives are complaining that Larry Wilmore uttered "nigga"? And Republicans are about to nominate a dude endorsed by the Klan.

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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) May 01, 2016

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Imagine being mad at Larry Wilmore but not Dennis Hastert.

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Jeremy Jewitt (@jeremyjewitt) May 01, 2016

"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race" wapo.st/1SMqeUX

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Sam White (@samwhiteout) April 26, 2016

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Gonna miss having a funny president.

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David Roberts (@drvox) May 01, 2016

Obama. Brought. His. Own. Mic. Just. To. Drop. It. It won't ever be this lit again 😩. https://t.co/b3QUUXuyj1

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Brittany Packnett☔️ (@MsPackyetti) May 01, 2016

A Tweet Or Two

Today, the US joined some 170 nations to sign the Paris Agreement - an historic step this Earth Day to protect the one planet we've got.

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President Obama (@POTUS) April 22, 2016

Listening to Obama makes me want to be American for a day | Sonia Sodha trib.al/LIBJBBV

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The Guardian (@guardian) April 23, 2016

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Pres. Obama adding U.S. troops in Syria to keep up 'momentum' against ISIS. abcn.ws/1SEGlRj https://t.co/fcS12qfqvO

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ABC News (@ABC) April 25, 2016

David Maraniss has the best summary of the nearly insurmountable hate Obama has had to overcome. https://t.co/FsiJVAXWhd

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Justin Miller (@justinjm1) April 24, 2016

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taxpayer cost of police killings Walter Scott $6.5mil Freddie Gray $6.4mil Tamir Rice $6mil Eric Garner $5.9mil washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati…

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 25, 2016

One lesson from the Tamir Rice settlement, to me, is that cops can literally do drive-by shootings on kids and not have to admit it’s wrong.

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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) April 25, 2016

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Senior editor on Bangladesh's first LGBT magazine hacked to death, media reports and officials say bbc.in/1qLQ5iV

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BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) April 25, 2016

Uber reaches $100m settlement in fight with drivers over employment status trib.al/9UnfOcX

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Guardian US (@GuardianUS) April 22, 2016

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Meme shared by Bernie-loving friend on FB. Who’ll break it to her that the CA primary and WA caucus are… different? https://t.co/AcIPCQdbyK

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  (@daveweigel) April 24, 2016

The NBA will move its 2017 All-Star Game if North Carolina keeps its anti-LGBTQ law: vox.com/2016/4/21/1148…

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German Lopez (@germanrlopez) April 21, 2016

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"At the end of the day, you just hope that you’ve done God’s will." —Prince vntyfr.com/xmYs1UD https://t.co/SMs8qmy2ci

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VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) April 24, 2016

Prince loved his blackness -- and yours: thebea.st/1SrCioW https://t.co/vcfVr7jUXn

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The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 24, 2016

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Erica Kennedy broke into writing because Prince FORCED in style magazine to hire a Black woman to interview him https://t.co/cWECiqQ22I

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The Revolution (@axolROSE) April 23, 2016

I continue 2 not be okay w/ the sources of our creative inspiration dying. He showed me I could be whoever I damn well chose to be. #Prince

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shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) April 25, 2016

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That was the essential beauty of the album. She reached deep and pulled the BLACK from the roots of the earth. The cinematography, the makeup, the costume, the lyrics, the spoken word, the journey. BRAVO!

How diasporic is #LEMONADE? All that Orisha iconography is juxtaposed against Somali Black British poetry in a haunted American South

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andré carrington PhD (@prof_carrington) April 24, 2016

Meet @laolusenbanjo, the Nigerian artist behind the body art in Beyoncé's #LEMONADE. thefader.com/2016/04/24/mee… https://t.co/BCOsvpjzoS

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The FADER (@thefader) April 24, 2016

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Bless yourself

"I break chains all by myself, won't let my freedom rot in hell" - Beyoncé #freedom #kindrick #beyhive #lemonade amp.twimg.com/v/32867a9c-280…

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BeyHive Daily (@BeyHiveMore) April 25, 2016

THIS SONG AND VIDEO IS EXCELLENT!! #LEMONADE amp.twimg.com/v/a204a482-ceb…

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Ray (@_BluRay__) April 24, 2016

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SLAY, Serena Williams!

#NowPlaying Sorry by Beyoncé amp.twimg.com/v/701b77f3-350…

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It's Otto! (@juceguga) April 25, 2016

Hold Up - Beyonce #Lemonade "What's worse, lookin' jealous or crazy?...I'd rather be crazy". amp.twimg.com/v/11606d38-b00…

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Kym (@Wa_Kym) April 24, 2016

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Finally got a grip frm Bey's slayage & briefly wrote abt how #Lemonade honors black women ❤ huff.to/1rsEq9U https://t.co/3E51DNbJpI

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Lilly Workneh (@Lilly_Works) April 24, 2016

Beyoncé's 'LEMONADE' Film Is Beautiful, Surprising, and Above All, for Black Women cmplx.it/3CMoM (me x @ComplexMusic)

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Michael Arceneaux (@youngsinick) April 24, 2016

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The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner

This part broke my heart #LEMONADE 🐝🍋 https://t.co/iV1hhW3v5R

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Jack Qu'emi (@jackquemi) April 24, 2016

Amandla. Quvenzhané. Blue Ivy. Chloe. Halle. Chantelle. Michaela. Serena. Zendaya. Beyonce. All this #blackgirlmagic. #LEMONADE ✊

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CJ (@cjoyalways) April 24, 2016

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Pay close attention to the black women she spotlighted. Lemonade is deep. Don’t sleep on it

Her name's Leah Chase and she's also the person who inspired the story of Tiana from "The Princess and The Frog" twitter.com/DavidDTSS/stat…

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dwight k shruti (@dwightkshruti) April 25, 2016

This woman fed every single Civil Rights activist to pass by NOLA in the 60s. https://t.co/W3dVwWKBOo

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David D. (@DavidDTSS) April 24, 2016

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A great backgrounder on the heavy duty Afrofuturism involved: okayafrica.com/news/beyonce-l… #LEMONADE

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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) April 24, 2016

Beyoncé's Lemonade is #blackgirlmagic at its most potent trib.al/fnyQx20

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Guardian US (@GuardianUS) April 24, 2016

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YAAAAAAS. October, here we come! Beyoncé’s Freedom and Kendrick Lamar’s Alright goes right into the catalogue of black power songs

#BirthOfANation X Beyonce & Kendrick Lamar "Freedom" Mashup (1/2) #LEMONADE 🍋🐝🍋 https://t.co/1rnAJRis3u

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Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) April 24, 2016

#BirthOfANation X Beyonce & Kendrick Lamar "Freedom" Mashup (2/2) #LEMONADE 🍋🐝🍋 https://t.co/2gO4RBpB3B

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Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) April 24, 2016

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BAM

Beyonce put all of the young Black girls/women that have been attacked in the media in #Lemonade: Quvenzhane Amandla Zendaya Serena

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Sakita Holley (@MissSuccess) April 24, 2016

"The most disrespected person in America is the black woman." -- Malcolm X #LEMONADE mic.com/articles/14164… https://t.co/n2YRUolXQp

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Jamilah King (@jamilahking) April 24, 2016

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BEYONCÉ IS EMPHASISING ON THE FACT THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER. BLACK CULTURE MATTERS. BLACK MUSIC MATTERS. BLACK PEOPLE MATTER!!

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Danny (@dannyyonce) April 24, 2016

Beyoncé will most likely become the 1st artist to ever have their first 6 studio albums debut at #1 on Billboard 200 https://t.co/kQBGs4uEv9

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Music News & Facts (@musicnews_facts) April 25, 2016

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Her poems are just WHEW!

Meet Somali-British poet Warsan Shire featured on Beyoncé's #LEMONADE. thefader.com/2016/04/23/war… https://t.co/gbqlvXxRzT

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The FADER (@thefader) April 24, 2016

Get to know Beyonce #LEMONADE co-writer @WynterGordon blbrd.cm/DOpOtX https://t.co/PlYJaSXtsD

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The bat is called hot sauce. THE BAT IS CALLED HOT SAUCE. #LEMONADE #slay https://t.co/29ex9MjKL3

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shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) April 24, 2016

Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” can now be purchased on iTunes bzfd.it/1Sn37Ov https://t.co/c9RihwXlTT

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WATCH: Springsteen honors Prince with moving rendition of ‘Purple Rain’ at Brooklyn concert ow.ly/4n1ySV https://t.co/2PeQfpX8Qk

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Raw Story (@RawStory) April 24, 2016

My neighbor is honoring Prince by lighting his house purple. https://t.co/87aUZ6PsRz

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Jeff Scott Brown (@jeffscottbrown) April 24, 2016

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Fabulous tribute from @Lin_Manuel and @HamiltonMusical to #PrinceRIP tonight https://t.co/iH0AgkuCHf

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Zach Lipton (@zachlipton) April 22, 2016

Longer version of the #Hamilton @HamiltonMusical cast tribute to #RIPPrince tonight youtube.com/watch?v=ksiSJR…

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Zach Lipton (@zachlipton) April 22, 2016

obamade!

Thank you ChristiMtl 😉