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Apr

Disinformation

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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

Aug

“We Are Scared As Black People In America”

By Nerdy Wonka 121 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, #JacobBlake, cops, james, LeBron, LeBron James, murder, nba, police brutality, politics, racism, sports, White Privilege, White Supremacy

"We are scared as Black people in America." LeBron James calls for justice following the police shooting of Jacob… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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(@CNN) August 25, 2020

Jun

Stonewall Day

By Nerdy Wonka 174 Comments

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Tags: #PrideMonth, anniversary, Barack Obama, bayard, celebration, lgbt, LGBTQIA, Marriage Equality, Marsha, Marsha P. Johnson, Obama, politics, President, pride, Pride Month, progress, protest, rustin, SCOTUS, Stonewall, Stonewall Day, Supreme Court, youtube

Jun

A Word From Martin Luther King Jr

By Nerdy Wonka 161 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, Arbery, birmingham, Black History, Breonna, civil rights, cops, Floyd, george, Harriot, jail, letter, Martin Luther King Jr., michael, mlk, MLK Jr., police brutality, politics, protests, racism, racists, speech, statement, taylor, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Here is a gift to white people who insist they know what Martin Luther King Jr. would have said. A thread
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(@michaelharriot) June 01, 2020

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(@michaelharriot) June 01, 2020

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May

Property Is Not More Valuable Than Black Lives

By Nerdy Wonka 312 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, activism, Activists, Ahmaud, Arbery, Breonna, civil rights, death, Do The Right Thing, Fannie Lou Hamer, Floyd, george, lee, minneapolis, minnesota, movie, murder, politics, protester, Protesters, Protesting, protestor, protestors, protests, racism, Radio Raheem, spike, Spike Lee, taylor, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Spike Lee said that when Do The Right Thing came out, a lot of critics thought it irresponsible to show Mookie thro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Lysol In E Flat (@GeeDee215) May 28, 2020

Spike often notes that it's exclusively white people who ask him if Mookie did the right thing by throwing the tras… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Wesley (@WesleyLowery) May 28, 2020

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(Spoiler: the message of the movie was that in the face of oppressive state violence and persistent structural and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Wesley (@WesleyLowery) May 28, 2020

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Kamesha ‘Corprate Thuggin’ Williams (@raynebowmom) 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 Bla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The Funky Educator (@MrKinetik) May 28, 2020

They. Know. What. They've. Done. To. Us. twitter.com/mrkinetik/stat…
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king crissle (@crissles) May 29, 2020

Apr

Town Hall Europe

By Nerdy Wonka 100 Comments

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Tags: activism, Barack Obama, berlin, Community Organizing, europe, Germany, leadership, Obama, Obama Foundation, politics, President, Town Hall

Jun

Truth Is Truth Is Truth

By Nerdy Wonka 157 Comments

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Tags: Political And Funny Tweets, politics, tweets

to say "I'm not political" is a privilege revealing you haven't had your very existence politicised for you
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Natalie Wee (@natweewriter) June 20, 2018

Apr

Wise Words From Our FLOTUS

By Nerdy Wonka 150 Comments

Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Michelle Obama
Tags: 2018 Elections, Barack Obama, Black History, Boston, citizenship, Martin Luther King Jr., Massachusetts, Michelle, Michelle Obama, midterms, Political And Funny Tweets, politics, speech, trump, tweets, voting, Voting Rights Act

Michelle Obama on women in politics: "People should be less disheartened by the fact that me and Oprah don't want t… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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David Mack (@davidmackau) April 06, 2018

Michelle Obama is the reassuring voice we all need right now https://t.co/NJIR8ArT9H
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NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 07, 2018

Nov

Book Worms

By Chipsticks 59 Comments

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Tags: and, Barack, books, business, chuck, list, Malia, Obama, photos, politics, President, prose, Sasha, saturday, small, todd, video

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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The President & Malia spot Chuck Todd's comic "Looking looooonely" 🙂 youtube.com/watch?v=cOXmVD…
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) November 29, 2014

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