Thanks, Obama: Millions of Americans are about to get overtime pay https://t.co/GOg1J3tCjF
— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) May 19, 2016
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May
16
Chat Away
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May
16
A Tweet Or Two
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"Our nation is committed to the principle that all people should be treated fairly and with respect." —@POTUS pic.twitter.com/OGYpGRB9Nj
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) May 17, 2016
Big news from @CDCgov: More than 90% of Americans have health coverage for the first time: https://t.co/p1HSXVFEYJ pic.twitter.com/OKe6eDSDNx
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) May 17, 2016
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Millions more Americans will qualify for overtime pay under a new rule expected tomorrow: https://t.co/qXMxbXnMLL
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) May 17, 2016
BREAKING: U.S. Senate confirms Eric Fanning as first openly gay Army secretary pic.twitter.com/I50GZMPlzL (NBC News) #3News
— Frank Macek @WKYC Studios (@MacekNewsNation) May 17, 2016
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Burlington College will close b/c of "crushing weight" of debt accrued during Jane Sanders' time as prez https://t.co/hbgEWaPK5r @wpnick
— Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) May 16, 2016
Best thing I've seen today. #ImWithHer #BernedOut #HillYes pic.twitter.com/3WtnHXR8HL
— Savannah L. Barker (@savannah_lb) May 15, 2016
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Women working as chief executives earn 76% of their male counterparts on average. More jobs: https://t.co/hRQmYACHnr pic.twitter.com/VtjzxDoORC
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 17, 2016
The trials, investigations, ethics charges and salacious banter rocking Alabama's three branches of government https://t.co/msI2pQS5au
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) May 16, 2016
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Lezley McSpadden on memorializing Michael Brown in Beyoncé's 'Lemonade': 'I felt special' https://t.co/38pWYr5Uzy pic.twitter.com/eUMsYM2FFy
— HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) May 14, 2016
.@POTUS sits down with The Daily Targum https://t.co/vZQ1rY2Vx6 @RUCommencement pic.twitter.com/OWUnKv4Yv9
— The Daily Targum (@daily_targum) May 12, 2016
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You have got to be kidding me. BUT YOU AREN'T. https://t.co/D7c5ZturZP pic.twitter.com/Vj3LWc2ho0
— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) April 25, 2016
Shorter Cleveland Police Union: "I hope you use this settlement from us shooting your son dead to teach kids how to not get shot dead."
— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) April 25, 2016
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$6 million is the going rate for killing unarmed black people https://t.co/krN2CyVT8y pic.twitter.com/DKOZ6hWMaf
— HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) April 25, 2016
FBI: Former Gov. John McKeithen arranged payments to Ku Klux Klan to quell violence in 1960s https://t.co/o3DZJJJLsh pic.twitter.com/FZVZbedmde
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) April 25, 2016
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Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Black Panther' No. 1 Is Best-Selling Comic of Year to Date https://t.co/Kq0qKGSBUC pic.twitter.com/yBZpxrH5qJ
— Heat Vision (@HeatVisionBlog) May 16, 2016
Lesbian couple invites the Obamas to their wedding, they received the sweetest response - Gay St... https://t.co/SEdy7AqMG7 via @gaystarnews
— Steve Crandall (@JayandSteve) May 16, 2016
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A familiar pattern: GOPers in Oklahoma thought they hated Obamacare - until they needed it https://t.co/E6aquS0RNd pic.twitter.com/AfHqYQaZ0a
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) May 16, 2016
Denmark will be the first country to drop the classification of transgender as a mental Illness https://t.co/gMjIxofH2m
— Mic (@mic) May 16, 2016
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https://twitter.com/owillis/status/731881759965626368
Federal judge declares the Texas foster care system unconstitutionally flawed and orders an independent overhaul https://t.co/y8kg0PjLI8
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 14, 2016
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.@Potus on Malia's #Harvard acceptance: I'll "miss her terribly" https://t.co/I7AVGA7hC1
— PETER MAER (@petermaer) May 2, 2016
"In so doing, Biden has become the most productive two-term vice president in history." https://t.co/rOSma0wj1z
— K Bedingfield (NARA) (@Bedingfield44) May 2, 2016
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ICYMI: Charlie Rose interview with President Barack Obama, Part 2 https://t.co/sIqMubjlY0
— meta (@metaquest) May 2, 2016
"I hope you all are proud of yourselves"- @POTUS https://t.co/VzXUwayhHj #WHCD https://t.co/Py35gtOhZy pic.twitter.com/wdrjGxzrxP
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) May 1, 2016
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Black women are a prime reason Hillary Clinton stands on the cusp of claiming the Democratic nomination. https://t.co/JPTg0dYF2D
— WSJ Politics (@WSJPolitics) April 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/725822837978718208
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Priyanka Chopra says “primitive” Muslim ban wouldn't keep U.S. safe https://t.co/6BEErjdWCn
— TIME (@TIME) April 28, 2016
See what Angela Davis had to say about mass criminalization, mental health & war on drugs: https://t.co/8vilUNzODn pic.twitter.com/m7Hl0fw2rJ
— The Root (@TheRoot) April 29, 2016
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https://twitter.com/PersianRose1/status/731776250130235393
Wife: How's Steph?
— Jake Clark (@mrclarkinc) April 25, 2016
Me: Not good. Hurt his knee, could be out a while
Wife: Blank stare
Me: What?
Wife: I was talking about our daughter
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Jul
15
The President’s Day
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President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, about the economy and to promote a proposed Labor Department rule that would make more workers eligible for overtime
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"The last seven years...the last seven days...should remind us that there is nothing America cannot do." —@POTUShttps://t.co/m3kskevZXq
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) July 2, 2015
12.8 million: That's how many jobs our businesses have added over 64 months of growth—the longest streak on record. pic.twitter.com/esO8lCEJGK
— VP Biden (Archived) (@VP44) July 2, 2015
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RT to spread the word: Our businesses added 223,000 jobs last month → http://t.co/C2gNfO8ZNz #JobsReport pic.twitter.com/VPmR2Rv2Rf
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) July 2, 2015
"Health care is now affirmed as something everyone can get." —@POTUS #ACAWorks pic.twitter.com/Jay8mxiLvN
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) July 2, 2015
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Jun
15
President Barack Obama: A Champion For Workers
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President Barack Obama: A Hard Day’s Work Deserves A Fair Day’s Pay
It’s been a good few days for America. On Thursday, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the Affordable Care Act. It is here to stay. And, Democrats and Republicans in Congress paved the way for the United States to rewrite the rules of global trade to benefit American workers and American businesses. On Friday, the Court recognized the Constitutional guarantee of marriage equality. With that ruling, our union became a little more perfect — a place where more people are treated equally, no matter who they are or who they love. These steps build upon America’s steady progress in recent years. Out of the depths of recession, we’ve emerged ready to write our own future. Our businesses have created 12.6 million new jobs over the past 63 months — the longest streak on record. More than 16 million Americans have gained health insurance. More kids are graduating from high school and college than ever before. But more work lies ahead, if we are to succeed in making sure this recovery reaches all hardworking Americans and their families.
We’ve got to keep making sure hard work is rewarded. Right now, too many Americans are working long days for less pay than they deserve. That’s partly because we’ve failed to update overtime regulations for years — and an exemption meant for highly paid, white collar employees now leaves out workers making as little as $23,660 a year — no matter how many hours they work. This week, I’ll head to Wisconsin to discuss my plan to extend overtime protections to nearly 5 million workers in 2016, covering all salaried workers making up to about $50,400 next year. That’s good for workers who want fair pay, and it’s good for business owners who are already paying their employees what they deserve — since those who are doing right by their employees are undercut by competitors who aren’t. That’s how America should do business. In this country, a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay.
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Mike Dorning: Obama Plans To Expand Overtime Eligibility For Millions
The Obama administration plans to raise the wages of millions of Americans who work more than 40 hours a week by requiring their employers to pay them overtime. Workers who earn as much as $970 a week would have to be paid overtime even if they’re classified as a manager or professional, based on draft rules to be announced as soon as Tuesday, said an administration official. Many employees now receiving as little as $455 a week, or $23,660 a year — below the federal poverty line for a family of four — aren’t entitled to overtime pay because they are classified as managers exempt from overtime pay. The regulations, from the Labor Department, would take effect in 2016, said the official, who asked for anonymity because the plan hasn’t been announced. Workers in retail stores and restaurants are among most likely to be affected.
“You would be hard pressed to find a rule change or an executive order that would reach more middle class workers than this one,” said Jared Bernstein, a former economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden who is now a senior fellow at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. The median U.S. household income of $54,600 in April was $1,600 short of the amount at the start of the recession in December 2007, according to inflation-adjusted estimates from Sentier Research. Ross Eisenbrey, vice president of the Economic Policy Institute, a research group partly funded by labor unions, has estimated that the higher salary threshold would expand overtime to as many as 15 million additional workers.
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A hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay. That's why I'm announcing my plan to extend overtime protections. https://t.co/MrV56vTNa9
— President Obama (@POTUS44) June 30, 2015
.@POTUS: A hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay http://t.co/X8hsyqk8nM
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 30, 2015
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https://twitter.com/TimothyNoah1/status/615664993619582976
Big: WH will raise overtime threshold to $50K, source familiar says, confirming Bloomberg report http://t.co/JJpUBegn2g
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) June 30, 2015
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Lib economists think raising overtime threshold is single biggest exec action O can do for middle class: http://t.co/eac0onSqYz
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) June 30, 2015
Republicans are going to hate Obama's new overtime rule, but they can't do anything about it: https://t.co/jSiVQlMAJB
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) June 30, 2015
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14
President Obama Modernizes Overtime Protections
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President Barack Obama signs a Presidential Memorandum directing Labor Secretary Tom Perez to modernize overtime protections. He is bypassing Congress and ordering changes in overtime rules so employers would required to pay millions more for extra time they put in on the job.
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14
Rise and Shine
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President Obama waits for a heavy rain to pass before crossing West Executive Avenue from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to the West Wing of the White House, March 12, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Today (all times Eastern):
1:0: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney
2:45: The President holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk; the Vice President also attends
4:0: First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks at a Special Screening of Disney’s Muppets Most Wanted
4:15: The President drops-by meeting with women Members of Congress, The Roosevelt Room
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President Obama’s #BetweenTwoFerns episode has 12M views and http://t.co/H8dYRWqCrR had over 890K visits on Tuesday. http://t.co/IhXWRG0af9
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) March 12, 2014
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New data show Obamacare's doing what's it was designed to do--bring affordable care to millions: http://t.co/VyQKuUific
— Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm) March 12, 2014
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Michael Hiltzik: New Data Show Obamacare Gaining Traction
The percentage of uninsured Americans is falling sharply, reaching 15.9% as of the end of February, according to Gallup. That’s the lowest rate the survey firm has measured since 2008. The greatest gains in insured status were shown by people earning less than $36,000 — a prime target for the act — and black Americans. Hispanics still lag. — The cost of health insurance and medical care came sharply down in January, according to number-crunchers at Goldman Sachs and the Commerce Department. Goldman Sachs attributed the slide to cuts in the reimbursement formulas for Medicare services, which are written into the law. The ACA is effectively putting more money in people’s pockets —
the Commerce Department estimated that the expansion of Medicaid benefits under the ACA amounted to $19.2 billion in January. — The grand total of Obamacare enrollees — including insurance exchanges, Medicaid members, and young persons kept on their parents plans — can be estimated as high as 13 million, according to independent statistician Charles Gaba, whose conclusions and methodology can be found here. The ACA is making increasingly deep inroads into the population of uninsured persons, not merely those who had insurance previously and have just switched over to exchange plans or Medicaid.
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The other option would be ...#p2 #uniteblue #tcot #lnyhbt #teaparty #gop pic.twitter.com/HVHrr4oF3S
— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) March 12, 2014
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Michael Hiltzik: High Deductibles And Obamacare Derangement Syndrome
We’ve remarked before on the tendency of businesses and others to use the Affordable Care Act as a scapegoat for changes in their healthcare benefits or in the healthcare landscape that have other causes — such as their own greed or long-term trends. Galen Benshoof, a guest contributor at theincidentaleconomist.com, identifies a good case of what we might call Obamacare derangement syndrome — the conviction that everything that happens in healthcare today must have been caused by the ACA. Benshoof’s example involves rising deductibles. His jumping-off point is a recent review of a book by Ezekiel Emanuel, one of the ACA’s architects, by David Goldhill in the Wall Street Journal.
Goldhill is a businessman who, judging from his earlier writings, is predisposed to expect the ACA to fail — in fact, prefers catastrophic coverage to almost all other forms of health insurance. In his review, Goldhill cites “the rapid spread of high-deductible insurance among employers and on the exchanges” as “one of the immediate unanticipated consequences of the ACA.” Benshoof calls him on this misstatement. The truth is that the rapid spread of “high-deductible” health plans (based on IRS regulations, that’s technically any plan with a deductible of $1,250 per person and $2,500 per family, or above) is very much an artifact of the pre-ACA healthcare landscape. Indeed, one of the goals of the ACA is to relieve the economic pressures that prompted employers to jack up deductibles on their employees toward this level every year.
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Excellent that #EU moves forward fast with unilateral trade provisions for #Ukraine.Clear sign of support. http://t.co/chuSycCP9h @carlbildt
— Ukraine Front Lines (@EuromaidanPR) March 12, 2014
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Job well done: @EU_Commission in quick tariff cuts for #Ukraine http://t.co/Uc9kSmSWt3 @JEyal_RUSI | PR News #Russia
— Ukraine Front Lines (@EuromaidanPR) March 12, 2014
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NYT: Titans In Russia Fear New Front In Ukraine Crisis
When Vladimir V. Putin returned to the Russian presidency in 2012, one of the first messages he sent to his political elite, many of them heads of banks and large corporations, was that the times had changed: Owning assets outside Russia makes you too vulnerable to moves by foreign governments, he told them. It is time to bring your wealth home. Nearly two years later, those words seem almost prophetic. After a week of escalating tensions between Russia and the United States, it has become clear that the conflict over Ukraine will move to the battlefield of finance. Those same business titans are now contemplating the damage that the crisis could inflict on Russia’s economy.
Financial sanctions, which the United States and the European Union have suggested they will impose if the conflict escalates, are intended to test the cohesion of the political system. Still, the prospect of losing access to Western finance is a frightening thought for Russian business leaders, whose voice in foreign policy decision-making is muted compared with the tight circle of Mr. Putin’s former K.G.B. colleagues, for whom economic factors may be secondary. Anxiety over possible economic fallout has begun to radiate from business circles, and some wondered whether Mr. Putin had been warned clearly about the magnitude of the possible damage to the economy. One analyst described their mind-set as one of “cognitive dissonance.”
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BBC: US Man Walks Free After 25 Years On Death Row
A man who spent more than 25 years on death row in the US state of Louisiana has walked free from prison after his murder conviction for the 1983 killing of a jeweller was overturned. Glenn Ford, 64, had been on death row since August 1988. He had been found guilty of killing 56-year-old Isadore Rozeman, a jeweller for whom Mr Ford occasionally worked. US media reports say that he is one of the longest-serving death row inmates in modern US history to be exonerated. Mr Ford had always denied killing Mr Rozeman. Asked by a reporter how he was feeling as he left the high security prison in Angola, Louisiana, Mr Ford said: “My mind is going in all kinds of directions but it feels good.”
He said that he did harbour some resentment because he had been locked up for almost 30 years “for something I didn’t do” and had lost years of his life. “Thirty years, 30 years of my life if not all of it. I can’t go back and do anything that I should’ve been doing when I was 35, 38 and 40 – stuff like that. My son when I left was a baby, now they’re grown men with babies.” The many flaws in the case against Mr Ford have been listed by the US press: No murder weapon was ever found and there were no eyewitnesses to the crime Mr Ford was initially implicated in the killing by a woman who later testified she had lied Mr Ford’s original court-appointed lawyers had never tried a murder case. Mr Ford, a black man, was convicted by an all-white jury who recommended the death sentence
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NYT: Obama Will Seek Broad Expansion Of Overtime Pay
President Obama this week will seek to force American businesses to pay more overtime to millions of workers, the latest move by his administration to confront corporations that have had soaring profits even as wages have stagnated. On Thursday, the president will direct the Labor Department to revamp its regulations to require overtime pay for several million additional fast-food managers, loan officers, computer technicians and others whom many businesses currently classify as “executive or professional” employees to avoid paying them overtime, according to White House officials briefed on the announcement. Under current federal regulations, workers who are deemed executive, administrative or professional employees can be denied overtime pay under a so-called white-collar exemption.
Under the new rules that Mr. Obama is seeking, fewer salaried employees could be blocked from receiving overtime, a move that would potentially shift billions of dollars’ worth of corporate income into the pockets of workers. Currently, employers are prohibited from denying time-and-a-half overtime pay to any salaried worker who makes less than $455 per week. Mr. Obama’s directive would significantly increase that salary level. In addition, Mr. Obama will try to change rules that allow employers to define which workers are exempt from receiving overtime based on the kind of work they perform. Under current rules, if an employer declares that an employee’s primary responsibility is executive, such as overseeing a cleanup crew, then that worker can be exempted from overtime.
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March 12, Yatsenyuk, PM of #Ukraine is meeting with #Obama to talk about #Crimea crisis. http://t.co/lO5WCws34l
— Ukraine Front Lines (@EuromaidanPR) March 12, 2014
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Surrounded by RUS troops for days,UKR servicemen in Perevalnoe keep up amazing moral with live orchestra. http://t.co/Vl5zUrzzhX #Euromaidan
— Ryskeldi Satke (@RyskeldiSatke) March 12, 2014
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Yahoo: Ukraine Won’t Intervene In Crimea, President Says
Ukraine’s acting president said the country would not use its army to stop Crimea from seceding, the latest sign that a Russian annexation of the strategic peninsula may be imminent. Oleksandr Turchynov’s comments came after the Crimean parliament voted for independence ahead of a Sunday referendum on joining Russia, while Washington and Moscow locked horns in one of their fiercest clashes since the Cold War. The interim leader said intervening on the southeastern Black Sea peninsula, where Kremlin-backed forces have seized de facto control, would leave Ukraine exposed on its eastern border, close to Russia.
“We cannot launch a military operation in Crimea, as we would expose the eastern border and Ukraine would not be protected,” Turchynov told AFP. Describing the secession vote as a “sham”, he said: “What they call the referendum will not happen in Crimea but in the offices of the Kremlin.” The latest escalation in the crisis also saw Moscow lash out at Washington for promising “illegal” financial assistance to Kiev’s new leaders, who rose to power on the back of three months of deadly protests that toppled a Russia-friendly regime. Undeterred, the European Union announced trade breaks worth 500 million euros ($690 million) Tuesday that could ease Ukraine’s burden from restrictions that Russia has threatened in response to Kiev’s tilt toward the West.
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America has had the best recovery in the world besides the GOP who used a crisis they helped create to win the House. pic.twitter.com/q56L27QfTW
— L O L G O P (@LOLGOP) March 11, 2014
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LA Times: Funny Thing Is, Barack Obama’s ‘Between Two Ferns’ Segment Works
Something historic happened in the early hours of Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The President of the United States was a guest on “Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis,” a highly occasional semi-fake talk show that lives on the website Funny or Die. Obama went to the Web to promote the Affordable Care Act to the people — the young people — who hang out there. The choice of “Between Two Ferns,” with its cable-access vibe, eight-bit graphics, halting pace and awkward, unprepared, inappropriate and antagonistic host seems an odd one, certainly, an unwelcoming or unseemly platform either for the president or his pitch. But that is part of what makes it funny. And being funny is what makes it good.
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CA grid got 18% of its power from #solar last week. That doesn't even include the rooftop revolution. http://t.co/Z5skzyIbvc
— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) March 11, 2014
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Randy Ludlow: ‘Voters Bill Of Rights’ Gets One Step Closer To Ohio Ballot
Supporters of an effort to add an “Ohio Voters Bill of Rights” to the Ohio Constitution soon could begin collecting signatures in their bid to place the measure on the statewide ballot. The office of Attorney General Mike DeWine yesterday certified language for the petitions as acceptable after rejecting previous wording on Feb. 13. Black legislative leaders, clergy members and civil-rights advocates are behind the initiative, which would require gathering 385,247 valid petition signatures of registered voters by July 2 to make the Nov. 4 ballot.
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Leaders of the G7 group of nations call on Russia to stop all efforts to "annex" Ukraine's Crimea region http://t.co/QrHT2QEsbi
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 12, 2014
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Time: G-7 Nations Won’t Recognize Crimea Referendum
The leaders of the G-7 countries issues a stern admonition Wednesday to Russia for its aggression in Ukraine, warning that it would not recognize the outcome of a referendum in Crimea and would take collective action if Russia moved to annex the region. Russia’s annexation of Crimea would be a violation of the United Nations charter, said the G-7 in a statement, as well as several treaties Russia is party to. Crimea’s referendum would be a “deeply flawed process” held under the intimidating presence of Russian troops, it said.
“In addition to its impact on the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea could have grave implications for the legal order that protects the unity and sovereignty of all states,” said the G-7. “Should the Russian Federation take such a step, we will take further action, individually and collectively.”
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How Obamacare derangement syndrome made the WSJ think that high deductible plans originated with Obamacare: http://t.co/Ir9XevyBro
— Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm) March 12, 2014
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Fuel Fix: Judge Rejects BP Bid To Halt Gulf Spill Payments
BP’s bid to temporarily halt payments under its $9.2 billion oil-spill settlement so that heightened accounting and fraud safeguards can be established was rejected by a federal judge in New Orleans.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, in a three-sentence ruling Tuesday, denied BP’s request without an explanation. BP has said widespread fraud and a faulty interpretation of settlement terms have caused the claims administrator to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in unwarranted claims for damage from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the worst U.S. offshore spill.
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It’s good to be President
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Vanity Fair: The Game Of Thrones TV-Show Creator Already Know What Happens At The End Of The Book Series
Benioff and co-creator D. B. Weiss tell Windolf that the show has a lifespan, and they would like to wrap it up after seven or eight seasons. “It doesn’t just keep on going because it can,” Weiss says. “I think the desire to milk more out of it is what would eventually kill it, if we gave in to that.”
Windolf also asks Benioff and Weiss about the recent rumors that President Obama receives screeners of the show to watch before the general public. In an e-mail, they jointly reply, “One perk of being the most powerful man in the world: yes, you get to see episodes early.”
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Cool x 2 (Kennedy International Airport, New York, today) pic.twitter.com/J3pwGY7Ggr
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) March 11, 2014
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Yes it is. Congratulations, GOP. Your Obama Derangement Syndrome is at full blast
Wait. Is this real? http://t.co/dwOj38cjoP
— Jesse Walker (@notjessewalker) March 12, 2014
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Hilarious video w/Pres O & @galifianakisz http://t.co/75ry8tuH4z. Great reminder that the healthcare deadline is March 31st!Go sign up now!
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) March 12, 2014
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On This Day:
Sen. Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in Chicago on March 12, 2008
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President Obama looks through the Oval Office door peephole as his personal secretary Katie Johnson watches, March 12, 2009 (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to soldiers and family members during a visit to the Iron Mike Dining Facility at Fort Bragg, N.C., March 12, 2009
President Obama arrives for the dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Hall at the National Defense University at Ft. McNair in Washington on March 12, 2009. Applauding are Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen
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President Obama has lunch with, from left: Lt. Gen. Doug Lute, Senior Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan; General John Allen, Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; and Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, in the Oval Office Private Dining Room, March 12, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama talks with the 2011-2012 White House Fellows in the Oval Office, March 12, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Obama arrives at the U.S. Capitol to meet with members of the Senate Democratic Caucus, March 12, 2013
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Sep
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‘Walk a Day in my Shoes’
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Valerie Jarrett: Today POTUS called Pauline Beck to tell her the home care rule has been finalized—in 07’ he took a walk in her shoes
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Reuters: Obama to extend wage law to cover two million home care aides
The Obama administration said on Tuesday it will extend the protection of U.S. minimum wage and overtime law to almost 2 million home health workers who assist the elderly and disabled.
Home health aides, personal care aides and certified nursing assistants will be brought under the coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act, effective in January 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor said in a statement.
“Today we are taking an important step toward guaranteeing that these professionals receive the wage protections they deserve while protecting the right of individuals to live at home,” said Thomas Perez, who was sworn in on September 4 as President Barack Obama’s new labor secretary.
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