Midterms

If we want our democracy to function, we have to show up this election for the Governors, Secretaries of State and the candidates down the ballot who are going to protect voting rights and our electoral process. Because these seats wield a lot of power, and that power matters. pic.twitter.com/D6ehzPunRi

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 15, 2022

I sat down with @PodSaveAmerica to talk about the importance of voting in these midterms, the state of democracy here and abroad, and the progress Democrats have made on the issues that matter.

Take a listen: https://t.co/lsVesjEngc

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 15, 2022

Disinformation

Disinformation is eroding trust in public institutions and threatening democracies around the world. We're working with our @ObamaFoundation Scholars and leaders to combat these forces, break through barriers, and meet their communities where they are. pic.twitter.com/rQuWvZg1uU

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 12, 2022

“We Are Scared As Black People In America”

"We are scared as Black people in America."

LeBron James calls for justice following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin and encourages people to vote for change in November's election. https://t.co/BJBsC8QW4A pic.twitter.com/CpAp9rmEZF

— CNN (@CNN) August 25, 2020

Stonewall Day

A Word From Martin Luther King Jr

Here is a gift to white people who insist they know what Martin Luther King Jr. would have said.

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— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) June 1, 2020

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— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) June 1, 2020

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— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) June 1, 2020

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Property Is Not More Valuable Than Black Lives

Spike Lee said that when Do The Right Thing came out, a lot of critics thought it irresponsible to show Mookie throw a trash can through the window of Sal's pizzeria bc it would encourage riots...but they had far less to say about the cops choking Radio Raheem to death 🤷🏿‍♂️

— The LeBron James of Pig Feet. (@GeeDee215) May 28, 2020

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This is Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer talking about the history of racial terror lynchings of Black people and how some Black people responded, specifically protesting, looting, and rioting. This is from a documentary, “Heritage Of Slavery” (1968). pic.twitter.com/xelste3pPW

— The Funky Educator (@MrKinetik) May 28, 2020

They. Know. What. They've. Done. To. Us. https://t.co/MF87kbTeLN

— king crissle (@crissles) May 29, 2020

Town Hall Europe

Truth Is Truth Is Truth

to say "I'm not political" is a privilege revealing you haven't had your very existence politicised for you

— Natalie Wee (@natweewriter) June 20, 2018

Wise Words From Our FLOTUS

Michelle Obama on women in politics: "People should be less disheartened by the fact that me and Oprah don't want to run, & more disheartened by the fact that Hillary Clinton, probably the most qualified person to ever seek the presidency, lost. She lost. ... What matters now?" pic.twitter.com/KuHx8yisf0

— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 6, 2018

Michelle Obama is the reassuring voice we all need right now pic.twitter.com/NJIR8ArT9H

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 7, 2018

Book Worms

The President after spotting Chuck Todd’s comic (Photo by Pete Souza)

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The Bought Books

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End – Atul Gawande

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business (Junie B. Jones Series #2) – Barbara Park

A Barnyard Collection: Click, Clack, Moo and More – Doreen Cronin

I Spy Sticker Book and Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo

Nuts to You – Lynn Rae Perkins

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (Junie B. Jones Series #1) – Barbara Park

Brown Girl Dreaming – Jacqueline Woodson

Redwall (Redwall Series #1) – Brian Jacques

Mossflower (Redwall Series #2) – Brian Jacques

Mattimeo – Brian Jacques (Redwall Series #3)

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms – Katherine Rundell

The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Richard Flanagan

The Laughing Monsters – Denis Johnson

All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr

Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

Nora Webster – Colm Toibin

Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China – Evan Osnos

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