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Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) August 18, 2016Posts Tagged ‘Loretta
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Jul
16
Early Bird Chat
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President Barack Obama speaks to the media after holding a meeting
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All Times Eastern
10AM: President Obama receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
1PM: Press Secretary Josh Earnest holds the White House Briefing
2PM: President Obama meets with Secretary Kerry
3:35PM: President Obama delivers remarks t the White House Summit on Global Development at the Ronald Reagan Building
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First Lady Michelle Obama participates in an event with future college students in the East Room of the White House
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May
16
The President’s Day
President Barack Obama and Attorney General Loretta Lynch arrive for the Public Safety Office Medal of Valor ceremony. According to the White House, the medal ‘is the highest national award for valor presented to a public safety officer. The medal is awarded to public safety officers who have exhibited exceptional courage, regardless of personal safety, in the attempt to save or protect human life.’
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President Barack Obama embraces Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Tyler Call after awarding him with the 2014-2015 Public Safety Office Medal of Valor. According to the White House, ‘Special Agent Call, who was off duty with his family, helped rescue a woman from her ex-husband who had violated a restraining order and held the victim at gunpoint
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Today, I join all Americans in honoring 13 officers who went beyond the call of duty to save the lives of strangers. https://t.co/OufzQ70ovH
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President Obama (@POTUS) May 16, 2016****
Constance Wilson accepts the he 2014-2015 Public Safety Office Medal of Valor from U.S. President Barack Obama on behalf of her late grandson, Philadelphia Police Department Sergeant Robert Wilson III. According to the White House, ‘Sergeant Wilson put himself in harm’s way during an armed robbery, drawing fire from the assailants and suffering a mortal wound as he kept store employees and customers safe
President Barack Obama awards Niagara County County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Joey Tortorella with the 2014-2015 Public Safety Office Medal of Valor. According to the White House, ‘Deputy Tortorella confronted and subdued a volatile gunman who had shot and wounded his parents inside their home and by doing so prevented the gunman from threatening the safety of students at a nearby elementary school
President Barack Obama presents North Miami Police Dept. Officer Niel Johnson the Medal of Valor. According to the White House, ‘Officer Johnson pursued a man who had shot a Miami police officer and two other innocent bystanders, withstanding fire from an assault weapon, and apprehended the assailant
President Barack Obama presents Johnson City Police Patrolman Louis Cioci the Medal of Valor. According to the White House, ‘After witnessing the murder of his fellow officer, Patrolman Cioci pursued and apprehended the gunman at a crowded hospital, thereby saving the lives of employees, patients, and visitors.’
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President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Valor to Miami-Dade Police Officer Mario Gutierrez. According to the White House, “Gutierrez sustained multiple stab wounds while subduing a knife-wielding assailant who attempted to set off a massive gas explosion that could have resulted in multiple fatalities
President Barack Obama awards Garland Police Officer Gregory Stevens with the 2014-2015 Public Safety Office Medal of Valor. According to the White House, ‘Officer Stevens exchanged gunfire at close range and subdued two heavily-armed assailants preventing a mass shooting
President Barack Obama awards Omaha Police Department Officer Coral Walker with the 2013-2014 Public Safety Office Medal of Valor. According to the White House, ‘After exchanging gunfire, Officer Walker single-handedly incapacitated a man who had killed and injured multiple victims on a shooting spree
President Barack Obama awards Midwest City Police Department Major David Huff with the 2013-2014 Public Safety Office Medal of Valor. According to the White House, ‘Major Huff saved the life of a two-year-old girl after negotiations deteriorated with a man holding the child captive at knife point.’
President Barack Obama awards Santa Monica Police Department Officers Jason Salas (R) and Robert Sparks and Captain Raymond Bottenfield (L) with the 2013-2014 Public Safety Office Medal of Valor. According to the White House, ‘Officer Salas, Officer Sparks, and Captain Bottenfield placed themselves in mortal danger to save the lives of students and staff during a school shooting on the busy campus of Santa Monica College
President Barack Obama awards Los Angeles Police Department Officer Donald Thompson with the 2013-2014 Public Safety Office Medal of Valor. According to the White House, ‘While off duty, Officer Thompson traversed two freeway dividers and endured first- and second-degree burns while pulling an unconscious man to safety from a car moments before it became engulfed in flames
MORE: "This is not a time to act out of fear," AG Loretta Lynch says of N.C. lawsuit cbsn.ws/1s8oav4 snpy.tv/1rMpH9g
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CBS News (@CBSNews) May 09, 2016JUST IN: DOJ files federal lawsuit against North Carolina, saying part of the controversial HB2 law violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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ABC News (@ABC) May 09, 2016****
BREAKING: US Justice Department sues North Carolina over law restricting use of public restrooms by transgender people.
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The Associated Press (@AP) May 09, 2016US Justice Department sues North Carolina over law restricting use of public restrooms by transgender people. apne.ws/278zCq7
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The Associated Press (@AP) May 09, 2016****
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"I think the people who feel bullied are probably the transgender individuals in the state of North Carolina” @LorettaLynch 👏 👏 👏
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Mic (@micnews) May 09, 201625
Feb
16
The President’s Day
President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Precision Medicine Initiative Summit. President Obama announced the precision medicine initiative last year to accelerate research efforts into new treatments that are tailored to individual patients
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moderator Dr. James Hamblin, Sonia Vallabh, Ph.D. student at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Howard Look, president and founder of Tidepool, and Dr. W. Marston Linehan, chief of the urologic oncology branch at the National Cancer Institute
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Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford stand alongside President Barack Obama as he makes a statement after meeting with his National Security Council at the State Department
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Jan
16
The President’s Day
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President Barack Obama meets with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Thomas Brandon, and FBI Director James Comey to discuss what executive actions he can take to curb gun violence
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May
15
Picture Of The Day
President Barack Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the Oval Office at the White House
Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by Loretta Lynch’s father Lorenzo Lynch, second from left, and Loretta Lynch’s husband Stephen Hargrove, second from right, administers the oath of office to Loretta Lynch as the 83rd Attorney General of the U.S. during a ceremony at the Justice Department
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Full video of the swearing in ceremony here
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After a five-month stall, Loretta Lynch was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week and sworn in today
Loretta Lynch speaks after being sworn in as Attorney General under a portrait of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Justice Department
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Mar
15
A Tweet Or Two
“Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everybody!” —President Obama: go.wh.gov/qMY3Zw http://t.co/80hbeYM1T6
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 17, 2015Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Vice President's residence, where he hosted Irish Prime Minister Kenny for breakfast http://t.co/ebE1yqyr2M
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Vice President Biden (@VP) March 17, 2015****
✈ Wheels up! ✈
Follow along with the First Lady's trip to Japan and Cambodia: go.wh.gov/GA8WC2 #LetGirlsLearn http://t.co/lAdlJbCwhL
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) March 17, 2015“The First Lady’s Travel Journal: A Journey That Began Decades Ago” by @FLOTUS FLOTUS/the-first-lady-s-travel-journal-a-journey-that-began-decades-ago-d8237d74aeef?source=tw-504c7870fdb6-1426615680875&utm_source=TwitterAccount&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=TwitterAccount"> medium.com@FLOTUS/the-fi…
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(@Medium) March 17, 2015****
WATCH: President Obama discusses #CollegeOpportunity with students from across the country. ofa.bo/g3xM
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 17, 2015Thanks to the ACA:
16.4 million more Americans have health coverage ✓
The uninsured rate = ↓ 35% since October 2013 http://t.co/0k0phjyyTu
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 17, 2015****
Note: GOP holds off confirming 1st African-American woman AG to vote on denying health services for human trafficking victims. #ConfirmLynch
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) March 17, 2015Loretta Lynch has waited 129 days for Senate to vote on her nom as AG, despite having bipartisan support. Long past time to #confirmLynch.
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Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) March 17, 2015****
Epic Fail, Starbucks. You don’t force your baristas who you pay $7-$10 an hour to talk about race, when your practices don’t reflect what you speak. Corporate should lead the discussion
Not sure what @Starbucks was thinking. I don't have time to explain 400 years of oppression to you & still make my train. #RaceTogether
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April (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2015honest to God, if you start to engage me in a race conversation before I've had my morning coffee, it will not end well.
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gwen ifill (@gwenifill) March 17, 2015****
I am 100% interested in engaging with Starbucks employees in a conversation about race. Let's start with anyone _but_ the baristas. VPs! HR!
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Anil Dash (@anildash) March 17, 2015It took my barista 45 minutes to draw this on my cup. 
http://t.co/WJDFUvjF80
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Anil Dash (@anildash) March 17, 2015****
Hey Starbucks: Instead of badgering your customers about race, what about serving non-burnt coffee? #RaceTogether
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) March 17, 2015We cannot #RaceTogether when our starting line is 500m behind yours.
And our line comes with dogs.
And tear gas.
And you have cars.
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5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) March 17, 2015****
Starbucks says let’s talk about race. People say okay, tell us about your hiring practices, wages and salaries, who sits at the power table, etc. Their corporate dude deletes his Twitter account and locks his Instagram account. That’s how Starbucks talks about race. Congratulations, cowards
Corporate White Dude: Let's talk about race! 😃 #RaceTogether
POC: Uh...ok. *talks about race
CWD: NOT LIKE THAT! 😭 *deletes account
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Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) March 17, 2015y'all realize there are no coloured hands in the press photos right @Starbucks #RaceTogether http://t.co/Epd9knTYfz
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black power alt bro (@vidalwuu) March 17, 2015****
Maybe Starbucks should try to actually practice what it's trying to preach and be 100% fair trade to help POC. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #RaceTogether
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Wagatwe Wanjuki (@wagatwe) March 17, 2015@NerdyWonka @Starbucks And how they tried to screw Ethiopian coffee growers out of right to patent their own coffee. And they lost.
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diane sheehy (@dsheehy100) March 17, 2015****
The. Day. Has. Been. Won.
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#ACAPULCO (@MADBLACKTHOT) March 16, 2015
Is @Starbucks in its #RaceTogether convo gonna speak about how their logo was "borrowed" from a black Yoruba Goddess? http://t.co/uusX1mi784
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Brimstone (@bigbrimstone) March 17, 2015****
Starbucks baristas are being told to engage customers about race. I hope Starbucks now feels good about itself. for.tn/1MG1U05
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 17, 2015#RaceTogether is asking an underclass to make people they are SERVING feel hopeful about race with no Benefit or incentive to themselves
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Sydette (@Blackamazon) March 17, 2015****
So Starbucks both starts to serve alcohol and encourage their baristas to discuss race relations. Nothing about this seems like a bad idea
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DarkSkintDostoyevsky (@daniecal) March 17, 2015So a @Starbucks EXECUTIVE can't handle social media backlash about #RaceTogether but some 19 year old in Iowa has to do it face to face?
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April (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2015****
@brokeymcpoverty yes & locked his IG. He doesn't want to have a convo abt race but wants us to have one w/ a barista http://t.co/sPriAu1ujQ
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Blanche Devereaux (@TLanzzz) March 17, 2015Starbucks introduces new racially-tinged latte thkpr.gs/3634583 http://t.co/GiMtWDFe4t
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Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 17, 2015****
How does @Starbucks even decide whom to ask about #RaceTogether? Are you engaging in racial profiling to talk about ending racial profiling?
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(@sfpelosi) March 17, 2015@sfpelosi @Starbucks And who in the world wants to begin a loaded convo on race with a perfect stranger? Productive convo requires trust.
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meta (@metaquest) March 17, 2015****
George Zimmerman and now Darren Wilson, are folk heroes + paid motivational speakers after killing unarmed black men: http://t.co/I5Kgqf6yeo
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rebkah howard (@pink_funk) March 16, 2015Darren Wilson spoke at Hunt For Justice event, a group directed by cop who beat assault & burglary conviction in 2009 bit.ly/1AAVvf3
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Danny Wicentowski (@D_Towski) March 17, 2015****
13-year-old baseball phenom Mo'ne Davis launched sneaker line to eradicate poverty for girls buff.ly/1Bt27eA http://t.co/RxsAL5S9XY
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The Root (@TheRoot) March 17, 2015I'm honored amd thrilled that @FLOTUS recommended my forthcoming memoir TheLightoftheWorld! skimmth.is/1DuZEr2 @theSkimm. #TLOTW
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Elizabeth Alexander (@ProfessorEA) March 17, 2015****
By this point in Bush's 7th year in office, Senate Dems had confirmed 13 judicial nominees. Obama has 0. huff.to/19wr6rX
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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) March 17, 2015White House: Attorney general nominee Lynch "has already waited for far too long" ow.ly/Ksr21 http://t.co/iSPrHgzO6J
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The Hill (@thehill) March 17, 2015****
Vile scumbags
Penn State fraternity suspended over nude photos of sleeping women trib.al/OE2fQUe
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(@GuardianUS) March 17, 2015Sen. Mark Kirk on trafficking bill fight: "My wish is that we hadn't junked that bill up with abortion politics."
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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) March 17, 2015****
The Obama Diary 
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