President who won 5 mil more votes in 2012 couldn’t fill SCOTUS seat but the one who got 2.9 mil fewer votes & under FBI investigation did
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 07, 2017Gorsuch confirmed. This was Merrick Garland’s seat. GOP stole it. Don’t ever forget that or act like it’s normal thenation.com/article/the-go…
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 07, 2017When McConnell deprived President Obama of a vote on Garland, it was a nuclear option. The rest is fallout.
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Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) April 04, 2017A seat reserved for Merrick Garland, President Obama's #SupremeCourt nominee, on New York City's subway tonight. No… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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bernie lubell (@bernielubell) January 31, 2017
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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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
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President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Chicago Law School in Chicago, Illinois. He addressed his U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland as he hopes members of the Republican party will give Garland a hearing and a vote
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Before departing, we made a quick stop here at @UChicagoLaw https://t.co/CqGxEOTtyn
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Malia Obama arriving for @POTUS event at the @UofC Law School. Details on @WGNNews https://t.co/m6lqaFnJRa
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Gaynor Hall (@gaynor_hall) April 07, 2016Malia Obama arrives to watch her dad #POTUS https://t.co/mabvS7TM85
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Sarah Schulte (@SchulteABC7) April 07, 2016****
"Presidents don’t stop working in the final year of their term.
Neither should a Senator."
—@POTUS: go.wh.gov/SCOTUS #SCOTUSnominee
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 16, 2016They used their voice in Nov 2012, when @POTUS won by 5M votes. This is bullshit, and you know it. #DoYourJob twitter.com/senorrinhatch/…
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Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) March 16, 2016****
PREACH.
Michelle Obama dropped some serious truth about diversity, equality, and empowerment at #SXSW:
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AJ+ (@ajplus) March 17, 2016.@FLOTUS, @JanelleMonae, @Zendaya & more just dropped a sick beat about female empowerment: r29.co/253YkqL https://t.co/LSZMKluW4V
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refinery29 (@Refinery29) March 16, 2016Hit play. Repeat. New song "This Is For My Girls" released to support #LetGirlsLearn! iTunes.com/LetGirlsLearn https://t.co/qbjb7tpj1d
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Girl Up (@GirlUp) March 16, 2016
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