Cruelty And Resilience

Ayer, Barack Obama visitó la casa de Anne Frank en Amsterdam. En el libro de visitantes escribió: “The story, and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Dirk Janssen (@dirkjanjanssen) September 29, 2018

On This Day

President Barack Obama, with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and Marty Nesbitt, founding board member of The Barack Obama Foundation, listens to a recording of a President Johnson phone call during a tour of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, April 10, 2014. Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama walks across a lock after touring the Control Tower at the Panama Canal Miraflores Locks in Ancon, Panama, April 10, 2015. Photo by Pete Souza

 

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in his office aboard Air Force One, April 10, 2014. Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama views a replica of the Oval Office at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, April 10, 2014. Photo by Pete Souza

A Tweet Or Two

48 yrs ago today, my friend, my brother, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, TN. The light of his life still shines.

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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) April 04, 2016

48 years ago today Martin Luther King assassinated. His struggle for civil rights, nonviolence & justice lives on https://t.co/fCTxgIfnhu

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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 04, 2016

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Maya Angelou: April 4, 1928-May 28, 2014. (Today would've been her 88th birthday.)💕 https://t.co/7H877ppRAT

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Trudy (@thetrudz) April 04, 2016

Birthday of writer and poet Maya Angelou (1928) #todayinblackhistory https://t.co/AdRmF6nTFI

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LBJ’s letter to Coretta Scott King after her husband’s assassination, which occurred today 1968: https://t.co/SbDDeXFF06

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Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) April 04, 2016

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed 48 years ago today. A look back at his speech about racial progress from 1965: ajplus.co/jwdf

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AJ+ (@ajplus) April 04, 2016

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"He was like a father, man. To all of us." - BG. Happy Birthday to the late great #MuddyWaters (📷 by Watt Casey) https://t.co/BhT4aVD8Ve

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Buddy Guy (@TheRealBuddyGuy) April 04, 2016

Joe Medicine Crow, the last surviving Plains Indian war chief, has died at age 102. nbcnews.to/1pYIRHS https://t.co/mxQ9WFHmQU

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Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) April 04, 2016

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Racism at the root of a government policy

Watergate co-conspirator & Nixon aide John Ehrlichman on why they started the "war on drugs" harpers.org/archive/2016/0… https://t.co/Vckwbzn8Xq

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Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 22, 2016

Remember when black people were called "conspiracy theorists" for saying the war on drugs was a deliberate attack on their communities?

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Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 22, 2016

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Today is the 2-year anniversary of 276 schoolgirls being kidnapped by Boko Haram. 219 still haven't been found. washingtonpost.com/world/africa/t…

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Megan Hess (@mhess4) April 04, 2016

BREAKING: SCOTUS unanimously rejects Texas GOP attempt to limit voting power of Hispanics & other minority groups nbcnews.to/1UPSbvq

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LBJ’s letter to Coretta Scott King after her husband’s assassination, which occurred today 1968: https://t.co/SbDDeXFF06

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Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) April 04, 2016

My Heartfelt Tribute to President Obama (@POTUS) for Great Service to Our Country, "Thank you sir!" WATCH: youtu.be/3aKQBQdcwuQ

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Frank Schaeffer (@Frank_Schaeffer) April 04, 2016

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Leaked documents detail how the wealthy and powerful hide money overseas lat.ms/1RH0NOO https://t.co/wXOWHdbVu2

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Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 03, 2016

What are the Panama Papers? What you need to know about the biggest leak in history gu.com/p/4tvyz/stw #PanamaPapers

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Katharine Viner (@KathViner) April 03, 2016

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President Obama once again taking action while Congress abdicates its responsibilities and takes a paycheck

Pentagon to send about a dozen Guantanamo inmates to other countries soon reut.rs/22Qqzus

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Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 31, 2016

Just in: #Guantanamo parole board's cleared Yemeni Ayyub Ali Salih. Now, 37 of 91 captives on Gitmo transfer list. https://t.co/5KFAx9CoOh

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Carol Rosenberg (@carolrosenberg) March 24, 2016

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Nobody should have to choose between losing a paycheck & caring for their family. I applaud @NYGovCuomo for taking a big step on paid leave.

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President Obama (@POTUS) April 04, 2016

Thank you @POTUS for your unrelenting commitment to family leave. As NY goes, so do we hope goes the nation.

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Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 04, 2016

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“And this is the real news: Everyone is entitled to it—no matter the size of your workplace, no matter whether you have a full-time or part-time position. As soon as you’ve been an employee for at least six months, this time is yours (and your partner’s) to take. Better yet, the new law ensures that your job will be there when you get back. Until now, only workers who have met certain requirements at companies that employ more than 50 people have been given that protection. Thanks to this bill, that’s one less crisis for new moms and dads to worry about.”

New York just passed a great paid-leave policy for parents: trib.al/aK4Zza0 https://t.co/lPnntvzmVO

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ELLE Magazine (US) (@ELLEmagazine) April 01, 2016

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In this map I've circled the places you need to get blown up in if you want to make headlines: https://t.co/mVMwTpA7Bq

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Duncan Trussell PhD (@duncantrussell) March 23, 2016

feminism is: 👩🏻👩🏼👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿=👨🏻👨🏼👨🏽👨🏾👨🏿 not:👩🏻👩🏼👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿>👨🏻👨🏼👨🏽👨🏾👨🏿 black lives matter is: 👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿👨🏿👨🏾👨🏿=👨🏻👩🏻👩🏼👩🏻👨🏼 not:👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿👨🏾👨🏿>👨🏻👩🏻👩🏼👨🏼👩🏻

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Himo (@HimoKash) March 30, 2016

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Legalize it, sure, but if we do not address the huge racial disparities at the heart of the matter, the barrier between those who are allowed to open up pot shops and profit 1000% and those who are arrested for using the same drug that their white counterparts freely use, the issue is pretty much moot

Pot legalization hasn’t done anything to shrink the racial gap in drug arrests wapo.st/1pEEIcS

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Took 85 yo black woman 2 years, 4 trips to DMV, 2 trips to SC & $86 to get voter ID in NC thenation.com/article/north-… https://t.co/VUtA8YLdxT

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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 14, 2016

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.@POTUS revealed that @google has made arrangements to upgrade Internet access in Cuba: ow.ly/ZKYJ4 https://t.co/Cgki8dT9fF

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EBONY MAGAZINE (@EBONYMag) March 21, 2016

The back story on the Obama/Cuba secret negotiations is pretty nuts: motherjones.com/politics/2015/… https://t.co/6uPIpWr8wS

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Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 20, 2016

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A Trump rally https://t.co/zIF69lGsk2

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zellie (@zellieimani) March 13, 2016

President Obama deconstructs every element of Trump.... And does so brilliantly, as a comedy routine. youtube.com/watch?v=WtNiD3…

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Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal) March 13, 2016

A Tweet Or Two

POTUS will sit down with @BlogHer & @SheKnows on Wed. to talk #EqualPay, workplace flexibility & more. Ask your Qs: bher.co/IuDc

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Kori Schulman (@ks44) April 13, 2015

Pres. Obama set to visit South Dakota on May 8, he tells @ksfynews; will mark 50th state he has visited as president - @ABCPolitics

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ABC News (@ABC) April 13, 2015

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Backstage with the fastest man in the world. See the full slide show from Jamaica and Panama: go.wh.gov/in-photos http://t.co/Jxe4q6zNge

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Michigan teen acquires 3 college degrees before graduating high school buff.ly/1IAieA2 http://t.co/ZUfSIRCSa3

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The Root (@TheRoot) April 10, 2015

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Eugene Robinson, on the Walter Scott shooting washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-mis… http://t.co/j9ZgH6sz7n

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 10, 2015

"Fuck your breath" is how a cop responds to a dying black man just shot by another cop. If u're still offended by #blacklivesmatter fuck u

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner (@MalcolmJamalWar) April 12, 2015

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#EricHarris' killer is a 73 year old insurance exec working as a reserve deputy in an undercover op. Cuz "Fuck Your Breath."

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mervyn marcano (@britrican) April 12, 2015

This Info-pic really captures how I feel. I Want Be Silent. Silence Is Violence. http://t.co/vVyr96tJT5

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RanMan (@ranman09) April 13, 2015

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From the article #EricHarris http://t.co/CXi0yfEF5s

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Fed-Up On Vodquila (@thewayoftheid) April 12, 2015

Good. Now fire Deputy Fuckyourbreath. / Reserve Deputy Charged With Manslaughter In Eric Harris Death m.newson6.com/story.aspx?sto…

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Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) April 13, 2015

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The initial reports say that #EricHarris reached for his waist and was therefore shot. Then the bodycam footage was released.

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deray mckesson (@deray) April 12, 2015

in his hand: type of gun used that killed #EricHarris on table: gun type the sheriffs lied & said was used http://t.co/BMAKwOm3AB

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deray mckesson (@deray) April 13, 2015

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#EricHarris was the 294th killed by cop April 2nd. Now cops have killed 322 in 2015 by April 11. That's #Every8Hours http://t.co/x73GVZL8HP

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No Justice No Peace (@drumbeats4peace) April 12, 2015

Videos of police shootings raise questions about how much the justice system can rely on the accounts of officers nyti.ms/1Hd2aCD

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The New York Times (@nytimes) April 11, 2015

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The lawyer noted that 3 officers had already subdued #EricHarris when Officer Bates approached and shot him in the back.

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deray mckesson (@deray) April 13, 2015

Missouri pressured to halt execution of black man sentenced by all-white jury trib.al/apL73TL

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The Guardian (@guardian) April 13, 2015

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They are charging the "volunteer" officer who killed #EricHarris. Now, what's happening to the guy who said "fuck your breath?"

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deray mckesson (@deray) April 13, 2015

Andre Harris: Police said to him, "We want to make this right, because when we make mistakes, we man up." http://t.co/TnievlaxlG

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Hashem Said (@hash_said) April 13, 2015

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Please read & share my latest for @EBONYMag: Is Hillary Ready For Black Voters? ebony.com/news-views/is-… #Hillary #Hillary2016 #HillaryClinton

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April (@ReignOfApril) April 13, 2015

WH spox: No automatic Clinton endorsement b/c "other people who are friends of the president" may also run. http://t.co/voX7UmFzOe

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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) April 13, 2015

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Diplomat In Chief

The Handshake

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuba’s President Raul Castro

President Castro blocks out reporters’ questions

 President Obama holds a news conference at the conclusion of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City

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Obama: "Cuba is not a threat to the United States."

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NBC News (@NBCNews) April 11, 2015

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President Obama meets with Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff

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Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne (front L), Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (front R), U.S President Barack Obama (back L), Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell (second row R) and Uruguay’s President Tabare Vazquez (top R) wave during the family photo of the VII Summit of the Americas in Panama City

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Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa smiles as he listens to remarks by President Barack Obama during the first plenary session of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama

President Obama, flanked by National Security Advisor Susan Rice, gives remarks at the first plenary session of the Summit of the Americas

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With Secretary John Kerry

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Homeward bound

‘made in america’

Washington Post: The White House sent three long-delayed trade agreements to Congress on Monday, putting the deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama on a path toward final passage after years of political limbo.

In a statement, President Barack Obama said the deals would make it easier for U.S. companies to sell their products overseas, and he called on Congress to approve the agreements without delay.

“These agreements will support tens of thousands of jobs across the country for workers making products stamped with three proud words: Made in America,” he said.

Full article here

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Reuters: Manufacturing grew more quickly in September as production and hiring increased, suggesting that factories would help keep the economy from slipping into a new recession.

Other data on Monday offered more good news for the struggling U.S. recovery, with strong demand for new motor vehicles putting sales on an upward track and construction spending unexpectedly rebounding in August.

“That hardly sounds like an economy flat on its back. The economy is still moving forward. But no one should confuse direction with speed,” said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors….

The factory sector has shouldered the broader economic recovery, with September marking a 26th straight month of expansion, and the manufacturing report implied an outright contraction in output would probably be avoided.

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 Reuters: U.S. auto sales rose almost 10 percent in September, allaying concerns of a double-dip recession as major automakers forecast stronger sales through the remainder of the year.

Among the Detroit automakers, General Motors Co sales rose 20 percent, while those at Ford Motor Co and Chrysler group were up 9 percent and 27 percent, respectively.

Industry wide auto sales rose 9.9 percent in September from a year earlier. The annualized sales rate hit 13.1 million vehicles, the strongest sales rate since April.

Full article here

afternoon, panama

President Barack Obama listens as Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli speaks in the Oval Office, April 28

aye aye captain

President Barack Obama and daughter Sasha steer the “Bay Point Lady” during a tour of St. Andrews Bay off Panama City Beach, Fla., Aug. 15, 2010 (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

recovery

President Obama makes a statement before he and First Lady Michelle Obama hold a roundtable meeting on the Gulf Coast recovery in Panama City, FL. August 14

ice cream? i love it. very, very, very intensely.

President Barack Obama eats mint chocolate chip ice cream at Brusters Ice Cream shop in Panama City Beach, Florida, August 15