Must-reads

Racism on the Left: @Salon Columnist Equates Trayvon with a Terrorist, Obama with a Vigilante http://t.co/vjqmfDDYAK pic.twitter.com/pOpauCmkDC

— The People’s View (@thepeoplesview) July 15, 2013

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Peak Sirota http://t.co/sz4OUAk4f3

— Jordan Ashby (@JM_Ashby) July 15, 2013

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Gee, here’s a surprise — David Sirota is a giant douche. http://t.co/6cD8C7h7Uc

— Chez Pazienza (@chezpazienza) July 15, 2013

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The justice system failed Trayvon Martin the night he died by considering black boys expendable: http://t.co/LVyQThXr8g

— Eugene Robinson (@Eugene_Robinson) July 15, 2013

 

A Must-Read or Two

15 charts that will restore your faith in the American economy http://t.co/gJ8FaG7coQ via @qz

— allanbrauer (@allanbrauer) July 5, 2013

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New post on Stonekettle Station: http://t.co/XZjoMI7glV – An Open Letter To The Idiot Nation

— Jim Wright (@Stonekettle) July 5, 2013

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A Crash Course in the #NSA Programs and the #Fourth Amendment http://t.co/oVqBaILsfU #UnderstandtheFourth before you #RestoretheFourth

— The People’s View (@thepeoplesview) July 5, 2013

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This analysis is pretty right on for the white privileged set => Generation Snowden, Part I http://t.co/wrhPqNTO9q

— Smartypants (@Smartypants32) July 5, 2013

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Shorter @WikiLeaks: Govts should have no secrets except asylum requests from fugitives #Snowden #goodforthegoose #NSA http://t.co/S92x5DUzos

— The People’s View (@thepeoplesview) July 5, 2013

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GOP made a series of allegations in the IRS “scandal.” They’ve all been discredited http://t.co/SxSpKFId3V Some accountability would be nice

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) July 5, 2013

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The Wall Street Journal Celebrates Human Freedom http://t.co/3LPdp4abRg

— Charles P. Pierce (@ESQPolitics) July 5, 2013

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#standwithwendy If my Vagina shot bullets, could I conceal it from Rick Perry and John Kasich? http://t.co/4YZxm0h7in

— Helen Philpot (@HelenPhilpot) July 2, 2013

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Scott Walker quietly signed a bill requiring ultrasounds for all women seeking abortions in Wisconsin: http://t.co/4vgembVhGX

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 5, 2013

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CNBC Host LOSES It: Climate science is a ‘bona fide cult’ http://t.co/Q3VqY7kM2o”

— SportsGirl101 (@Arianna8927) July 5, 2013

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WHAT?: Missouri Attorney General calls for revival of gas chambers http://t.co/M0HPf8ZkvJ

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 5, 2013

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A Progressive Manifesto: This is How We Win: http://t.co/DabtLpmoMF

— Milt Shook (@MiltShook) July 5, 2013

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egging them on!

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama read a book titled “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” to children during the annual Easter Egg Roll

President Obama participates in a ‘Let’s Move’ basketball clinic with members of the NBA, WNBA and the Harlem Globetrotters

President Obama shakes hans with retired NBA player Darryl Dawkins

First Lady Michelle Obama flips a crepe at a cooking station as Al Roker, Kelly Ripa and Chefs Jacques Pepin look on

two first ladies & one cat in the hat

First lady Michelle Obama reads “The Cat in the Hat” with Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala and schoolchildren at the Oyster-Adams Bilingual Elementary School in Washington, DC on March 3

 

story time

First Lady Michelle Obama reads the Dr. Seuss book ‘Green Eggs and Ham’, alongside Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, to elementary school students during a kickoff event for the National Education Association (NEA) Read Across America Day, at the Library of Congress in Washington, March 2

story teller

Transcript of the President’s conversation with the kids here

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President Barack Obama poses with 2nd graders at Long Branch Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia on December 17, 2010. Obama reads book, including his new book “Of Thee I Sing,” to approximately 90 children

light reading

White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, left, reads a book on lithium-ion batteries, while riding in the support vehicle from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to the White House, April 2, 2010. Jeffrey Kueter, a White House physician, is seated at right.

Horton Hatches the Egg!

green eggs and ham!

President Barack Obama reads “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss as he hosts the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 5, 2010, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

visiting professor

President Obama reads from The Polar Express and talks about the meaning of Christmas as he delivers cookies to a Boys and Girls Club in Washington, DC. December 21, 2009. (Public Domain)