Posts Tagged ‘selfie
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Aug
15
Selfie Time
Taking a selfie with his sister Auma Obama at the Safaricom Indoor Arena. Photo by Pete Souza
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Feb
15
A Tweet Or Two
"Today, I will sign the Clay Hunt [Suicide Prevention for American Veterans] Act into law." —President Obama #HonoringVets
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 12, 2015"To anyone out there who’s hurting—it’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help. It’s a sign of strength." —President Obama #HonoringVets
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 12, 2015****
I don't break easily and I'm really broken after watching this: Suzanne Barakat talking about #ChapelHillShooting: youtu.be/2rVLYyfn8XY
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Hameed (@SheikhThingsUp) February 12, 2015Quote of the day comes from CJ Werleman on the media’s reaction to the Chapel Hill Shootings #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/xURgG9CXn4
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Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) February 12, 2015****
"I’m proud to welcome him back as our next Secretary of Defense." —Obama on Senate confirmation of Ash Carter http://t.co/qf4vhdj2wq
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 12, 2015Congrats to Philadelphia and Mayor Nutter for expanding paid sick leave.
Now it's time for Congress to #LeadOnLeave. http://t.co/TCbW90OVt2
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 12, 2015****
President Obama wants YOU to #GetCovered by February 15: HealthCare.gov
Watch → on.fb.me/1FD9xRd http://t.co/Ws1rTHRDC6
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 12, 2015"YOLO man!"
Find out why President Obama has a selfie stick—and #GetCovered by February 15: on.fb.me/1FD9xRd http://t.co/VqzhrcrA7I
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 12, 2015****
Things everybody does but doesn’t talk about, featuring President Obama bzfd.it/16Yt8ie http://t.co/6nYMfeKDXv
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(@BuzzFeed) February 12, 2015Can't dunk your cookie?
At least you can #GetCovered: HealthCare.gov on.fb.me/1FD9xRd #ThanksObama http://t.co/Wh82V4NR1t
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 12, 2015****
In Iowa, Biden says continuing Obama policies not a 3rd term: "I call it sticking with what worked." http://t.co/fuIMQJ3idX
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Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 12, 2015Biden also sees the explosion of money in politics as the greatest risk to the middle class. "Take money out of the equation," he urges.
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Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 12, 2015****
Surprise: Oil & gas industry gave $250,000 to each of 62 senators who voted for Keystone XL
ibtimes.com/keystone-xl-pi… http://t.co/iJXelm4z9V
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) February 12, 2015BREAKING: Mayor Nutter signs #phlsickdays bill into law, making Philadelphia the 17th city to pass #paidsickdays. http://t.co/YMhcohp7Mn
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Working America (@WorkingAmerica) February 12, 2015****
White House stands by boys on embattled Little League team: on.msnbc.com/1vGFMP2 (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP) http://t.co/Y0bHsMlmGu
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(@msnbc) February 12, 2015Guy who snitched on Jackie Robinson West?
Turns out his team used ineligible players too...
abc7chicago.com/sports/chicago… http://t.co/XmXONAzE0c
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) February 12, 2015****
Quite the speech on race and law enforcement by the FBI director today washingtonpost.com/world/national… http://t.co/bEXXb6sqR2
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 12, 2015"It’s ridiculous that I can’t tell you how many people have been shot by the police” FBI director to college student washingtonpost.com/world/national…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 12, 2015****
These are 3 of 4 teams that Little League has ever stripped of their titles. The 4th was a team from the Philippines. http://t.co/ecHkOP7qBG
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Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) February 12, 2015Gentrification Is the Real Scandal Surrounding Jackie Robinson West zite.to/1vGLaBL
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Zulu Yama Gumbo (@bromoore) February 12, 2015****
Pakistan is facing a major water crisis nyti.ms/1zyCYOJ http://t.co/dlhaB1GJJl
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The New York Times (@nytimes) February 12, 2015China offers to mediate in stalled efforts to engage the Afghan Taliban in peace negotiations yhoo.it/1DJBesg
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Yahoo News (@YahooNews) February 12, 2015****
Man visiting family from India left temporarily paralyzed after police encounter on.thegrio.com/1KOywnA
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theGrio.com (@theGrio) February 12, 2015FBI director speaks candidly about the problem of racial bias in law enforcement huff.to/1yroeAY http://t.co/BsbtixUnRY
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Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) February 12, 2015****
Listen to one of the victims of the #ChapelHillShooting explain her love for America vox.com/2015/2/12/8026… http://t.co/mbNndvpuqn
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The Dream Defenders (@Dreamdefenders) February 12, 2015#MuslimLivesMatter but not for @CNN @NBCNews @CBSNews @ABC @FoxNews #ChapelHillShooting @al_tagreer http://t.co/TC5QDt50nq
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Carlos Latuff (@LatuffCartoons) February 11, 2015****
Here Are The Three Victims Of The #ChapelHillShooting buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren… http://t.co/Sz2ynVWbNg
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(@Lnonblonde) February 12, 2015I witnessed what I believe could be the largest Muslim funeral prayer in US Muslim history. #ChapelHillShooting
http://t.co/lYJTwJPREH
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Nihad Awad نهاد عوض (@NihadAwad) February 12, 2015****
Rand Paul thinks companies could benefit by launching their own currencies. bloomberg.com/politics/artic… http://t.co/2bElWF8QRN
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Joseph Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) February 12, 2015Boehner needs to follow own advice on DHS funding. wapo.st/1uKoeRg
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Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) February 12, 2015****
Paris votes to sue Fox News for erroneous "no-go zone" coverage bit.ly/1J380Jx
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 12, 2015Ruth Bader Ginsburg on marriage equality: "The rest of us recognized they are one of us" trib.al/LDgY4E2
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(@GuardianUS) February 12, 2015****
#ChapelHillShooting victim hoped 2raise $20,000 for #Syrian refugees.Since his death,project received almost $250,000 http://t.co/5rostMuvcK
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Asma (@LibyanBentBladi) February 12, 2015#ChapelHillShooting victim Deah Barakat fundraised for Syrian refugees & helped the homeless huff.to/1zOeaXL http://t.co/ty7hORhVaB
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HuffPost UK (@HuffPostUK) February 12, 2015****
California boy who beat leukemia urges near-universal measles jabs reut.rs/1FDwq6X
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Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) February 12, 2015One thing we are most certain of, the #measles vaccine is safe and very effective. Read more: 1.usa.gov/1J1ABPo http://t.co/XtuChrVqYu
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HHS.gov (@HHSGov) February 12, 2015****
BREAKING: Residents say an explosion kills many at a crowded market in Biu town in northeast Nigeria.
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The Associated Press (@AP) February 12, 2015After retrieving a laptop in a strike on a Qaeda leader, American & Afghan forces increased night raids on militants nyti.ms/1B2TjBX
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The New York Times (@nytimes) February 12, 2015****
See you soon, Philadelphia! #DNC16 http://t.co/xBeJhYMWFX
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The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) February 12, 2015Democrats are holding their 2016 convention in the city where they first rejected Jim Crow bit.ly/1yq4BJG http://t.co/rxhgY7LcDq
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Vox (@voxdotcom) February 12, 2015****
ICYMI: Officer Did Nothing for 4 Minutes After Fatally Shooting Akai Gurley: DA dnainfo.com/new-york/20150… http://t.co/G2TyA9vxSf
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Danielle Tcholakian (@danielleiat) February 12, 2015FBI Director James Comey dives into the debate over race and criminal justice cbsn.ws/1E4tnnb http://t.co/4zhDRPSaNX
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CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 12, 2015****
Australia's jaw dropped after its Prime Minister compared the job market to the holocaust read.bi/1J1ZeeM http://t.co/sX6x7J4FjI
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Business Insider (@businessinsider) February 12, 2015.@Madeleine Albright says Bibi might have enough on his plate without U.S. speech: ow.ly/IWw1h http://t.co/aoZByhOALb
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The Hill (@thehill) February 12, 2015****
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces ceasefire for eastern Ukraine to start on 15 February bbc.in/1E3shIz
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BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 12, 2015#Russia/#Ukraine peace deal includes ceasefire effective starting from on Sunday yhoo.it/1J0DvEb http://t.co/x1jbs68vBe
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Yahoo News (@YahooNews) February 12, 2015****
Egypt court orders release of Al Jazeera staff ahead of next hearing alj.am/1FC9u8h http://t.co/qGDnVxYArq
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Al Jazeera America (@ajam) February 12, 2015Myanmar marks unity day, but peace remains elusive bit.ly/1CiPLcz #AFP #video
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AFP TV [english] (@AFPTV_en) February 12, 2015****
Meet Lewis Latimer, the African American who enlightened Thomas Edison, by @brentinmock buff.ly/1zx27tb http://t.co/lnkHQo6jnl
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(@grist) February 12, 2015Ursula Burns, CEO @XeroxCorp, first African American woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company. #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2015 http://t.co/AXNsKWHft8
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Black History Heroes (@HistoryHeroes) February 11, 2015****
this is still very relevant #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/0tYwu2SkqC
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anna (@AnnaLovato) February 12, 2015Photo: Right in front of me in “Liberal” Southern, Cali. SMH. To think, this dude gets to drive around,... tmblr.co/Z6-j2x1d8ZOnW
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Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) February 11, 2015****
Here’s Brian Williams moderating a Democratic primary debate: mediamatters.org/research/2007/… http://t.co/DNWnGv4AKW
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Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) February 11, 2015An $850M #solar deal. The dirty stuff is dying, the clean stuff is booming. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) February 11, 2015****
A picture is worth a thousand words #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/rhTosQLu8S
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Rami Ak (@Rami__Ak) February 12, 2015Demo held in Gaza over Muslim students' murder in US bit.ly/1At2hHz via @PressTV #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/rH5hDwmUA6
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Joe Catron (@jncatron) February 12, 201528
May
14
Picture Of The Day
Hunter Schwarz: Joe Biden taking a selfie with a bunch of cyclists at the Naval Observatory.
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Apr
14
A Tweet Or Two
Coolest. Social. Media. Moment. EVER!!!!
Pals. http://t.co/yt5MjtLYPi
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 17, 2014The VP just joined @Instagram → instagram.com/vp
Follow along for the latest—and the occasional aviators pic. http://t.co/ZcW6SR5uuh
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Office of VP Biden (@VP) April 16, 2014****
1 year ago today, the Senate introduced & later passed #ImmigrationReform.
The House has yet to act: go.wh.gov/p17JnH #CostOfInaction
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 16, 2014The @VP? ✔
Aviators? ✔
On @Instagram? ✔
You're gonna want to follow along →
instagram.com/vp, http://t.co/4yFJoMYEwI
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 16, 2014****
#ACASignups Gallup Poll buries the lede: Uninsured down to 12.9% in first half of April!! acasignups.net/14/04/16/gallu… #ACA #Obamacare @galluppoll
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Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) April 16, 2014I repeat myself, but any argument GOP makes to Latino voters that Obama killed reform means trying to blame someone 70% of them voted for
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Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) April 16, 2014****
GOP: We can't do immigration reform because we lost the 2012 election, which we lost because we oppose immigration reform.
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(@LOLGOP) April 16, 2014#ACASignups Texas (yes, Texas!): Nearly 178K QHPs in Houston alone thru 4/05: acasignups.net/14/04/16/texas… #ACA #Obamacare @GovernorPerry
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Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) April 16, 2014****
27,000 Americans will die in 2014 because of a preventable pre-existing condition: Their state elected a GOP Governor nationalmemo.com/report-27000-w…
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The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) April 16, 2014The fun part of doing my taxes was writing off Cliven Bundy and his cows as dependents.
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(@LOLGOP) April 16, 2014****
US greenhouse gas emissions in 2012 lowest since 1994 1.usa.gov/1nb7i0U #notatypo #obamasfault
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Bill Scher (@billscher) April 16, 2014I get it. The GOP is against amnesty, unless it's for Cliven Bundy.
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(@LOLGOP) April 16, 2014****
“@billscher: US greenhouse gas emissions in 2012 lowest since 1994 1.usa.gov/1nb7i0U #notatypo #obamasfault”/Tnx, #stimulus!
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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) April 16, 2014BREAKING: Law firm Chris Christie picked to clear Chris Christie has cleared itself of donating $10,000 to a campaign led by Chris Christie.
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(@LOLGOP) April 16, 2014****
Rand Paul: "When is the last time we created millions of jobs? It was under Reagan." Um, no on.msnbc.com/1h45AGw http://t.co/6DxjwOIuYh
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Steve Benen (@stevebenen) April 16, 2014Apparently, the government's failure to deport every undocumented immigrant justifies armed resistance against grazing fees.
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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) April 15, 2014****
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Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) April 16, 2014
Republicans hate the idea of Obamacare working much more than they hate the idea of Obamacare failing.
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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) April 10, 2014****
This is literally a news article about how people making $450,000 a year are terribly downtrodden in America bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-1…
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(@joshuafoust) April 16, 2014What did you say his last name was? RT @ezraklein This is why you need to take Jeb Bush seriously for 2016: vox.com/2014/4/7/55903… …
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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) April 07, 2014****
It reminds me of this wonderful WSJ graphic about how bad off rich people are under Obama http://t.co/s5vnrnVbrF
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(@joshuafoust) April 16, 2014Everything House Rs say about immigration is designed to obscure a basic fact: They will not offer *their own* solution.
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Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 16, 2014****
Together the Kochs are worth over $100 billion, which is still apparently not enough for them to be okay with you ever retiring.
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(@LOLGOP) April 17, 2014Reminder on @EricCantor's immigration statement: House Rs are refusing to vote on *their own* proposals, not just on Sen bill.
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Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 16, 2014****
Juliet Lynch died, shot by a 5yo at a bday party. See her smiling face on my twitter page. Then tell me, who needs a gun at a child's bday?
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Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) April 16, 2014George Zimmerman has a gun and a kid with cancer can see a doctor. America is worried about the latter.
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John (@linnyitssn) April 16, 2014****
Louisiana to make the Bible the official state book, but don't worry, the translation they used cuts out all that "helping the poor" crap.
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Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) April 16, 2014Some day they will ask us what Twitter was. And we will deny everything.
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Nein. (@NeinQuarterly) April 16, 201412
Dec
13
Rise and Shine
On This Day: A Christmas tree frames President Obama as he talks on the phone in the Oval Office, Dec. 12, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Today (all times Eastern):
12:45: Jay Carney briefs the press
7:15: VP Biden delivers remarks at U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Annual Tribute Dinner
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@WhiteHouse: Holiday lights in the Rose Garden
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Steve Benen: Obamacare enrollment soars in November
About a month ago, the Obama administration released its enrollment totals for the Affordable Care Act, offering data that covered just the first month of the open-enrollment period. Given the systemic problems with healthcare.gov, the figures were expected to fall far short of projections, and they did – 106,185 consumers signed up for health insurance through an exchange in October, and only about a quarter of that total signed up by way of the federal marketplace.
The totals were vastly improved in November …. Note that the enrollment totals do not include 1.9 million Americans who have not yet selected a plan, but who’ve gone through the eligibility process. Also note, these totals include the period before the darn website got fixed.
….Whether the right wants to admit it or not, I can think of about 1.2 million reasons – and growing – why the Affordable Care Act isn’t going away.
Full post here
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FACT: The demand for health insurance in the new marketplace is still growing. pic.twitter.com/vdWt243tS1
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 11, 2013
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but….selfie! RT @JuddLegum BREAKING: Embattled HealthCare website sees dramatic enrollment surge in November http://t.co/3Qzx0Bl6Nc
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 11, 2013
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Obamacare enrollments have risen to 1.2 million and surge suggests we are making up for lost time in October. But those are just facts.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) December 11, 2013
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Jim Stuart’s New Blog: Deep Currents, Surface Storms – Healthcare (2) http://t.co/REm7pUNKUn
— Jim Stuart (@jstuart902) December 11, 2013
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Brian Beutler: How to tell which Republicans care about their constituents’ health
A new moral dilemma: Now that Healthcare.gov is working, some Republicans have a moral quandary to consider
…. Healthcare.gov is now working well enough to sign up tens of thousands of people a day. The improvement is both anecdotal and rooted in data. The administration, its allies, and insurance companies are now stepping up enrollment campaigns that were put on ice in October and November. Thousands of people whose insurers canceled their coverage, or who got stuck on Healthcare.gov last month, are now relieved to find reasonable options available on the federal exchange ahead of the Dec. 23 deadline to sign up for coverage that begins Jan. 1.
…. But if the big story is the turning tide of Healthcare.gov, the corollary is that committee Democrats don’t have to sit around playing defense against GOP attacks. They can attempt to reorient the debate around Republican efforts to discourage enrollment — particularly now that their constituents can, for the most part, actually access the law’s benefits.
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Analysts predict surge in health care enrollment http://t.co/7eGQZ08foR via @USATODAY
— BWD (@theonlyadult) December 12, 2013
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#Obamacare: The Number Of Women Who Aren’t Charged Co-Pays For Birth Control Has Jumped 25%. http://t.co/VR4CLblSBn pic.twitter.com/n2HYhPZ8eN
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) December 12, 2013
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Since October, 1.2 million have gained Obamacare coverage “Not a good idea to bet against the American people ” CF http://t.co/zbYm5i0NGm
— Chaka Fattah (@chakafattah) December 11, 2013
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Please read this: Special Investigation: How Insurers Are Hiding Obamacare Benefits From Customers http://t.co/jLCgbzoFWb
— Dr. Vicki Hayes (@WonderfulwomanK) December 12, 2013
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David Ignatius: Obama’s relentlessly pragmatic diplomacy
This has been a year when America re-embraced diplomacy after a frustrating decade of war, displaying a relentlessly pragmatic approach that recalls the days of such deal-making secretaries of state as Henry Kissinger and James A. Baker III.
The secret diplomatic machinations have been dizzying, and sometimes disorienting. President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have opened doors and created opportunities for settling intractable conflicts…..
The Iran nuclear agreement was the most striking example of the willingness to engage former adversaries…..
Israelis I talked to afterward were impressed (if not always convinced) by the dry, precise clarity of Obama’s argument for testing the Iranians
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The People’s View: As Usual, Liberals Attacking Budget Deal Miss the Long Game
Yesterday, Paul Ryan and Patty Murray announced a budget deal that eases up on the dumb sequestration, meets the House and Senate budget numbers in the middle, raises minimal revenue and avoids another government shutdown. And right on cue, ideologues on the Right and Left have begun to pounce at any hint of compromise.
John Boehner is taking flack from – and lashing out at – the right wing of activists who are incensed at the fact that House Republicans would strike any deal at all that could win President Obama’s blessing, even a qualified one. Groups like Heritage Action and Americans for Prosperity (hmm… they seem to have a funding source in common) are lobbying Republicans to scuttle the deal, crying foul at the GOP’s agreement of $45 billion in higher spending than their previous position.
But if the Right wing fanatics are good at whipping up the Republican party into a frenzy, our own ideologues have also been honing their skills of whining and short-sightedness. Yesterday, it started with Ezra Klein….
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ThinkProgress: What You Need To Know About The Budget Deal
Late Tuesday night, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that they had come to an agreement on a budget deal, ending negotiations begun as part of the agreement to re-open the government in October. The deal still has to be passed by the House and Senate and then implemented by appropriations committees by January 15. Here’s what you need to know about what’s in the Murray-Ryan agreement….
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USA Today: Obama to hold moment of silence for Newtown victims
President Obama will lead a moment of silence Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The president and first lady Michelle Obama will honor the lives of the 26 people — including 20 children — who died in the attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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TPM: Biden Says His Ancestors ‘Didn’t All Come Here Legally’
Before you decry “illegal immigrants,” Joe Biden thinks you ought to check your own familial history. That’s what the vice president said Wednesday during an online forum in response to a questioner who claimed her family immigrated to the United States legally from Ireland in the 19th century.
“My great-great grandparents came escaping the famine and they didn’t all come here legally,” Biden said, as quoted by Politico. “They didn’t all come legally. And the existence of the system isn’t all truncated like it is now. I’d check your ancestry to make sure that they did come legally if that’s a concern to you.”
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This might just be the greatest toon in the history of tooniness:
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Thanks to the penetrating coverage of the Mandela memorial, I learned what a “Selfie” is. Where have I been?
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) December 11, 2013
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Exclusive – TIME Magazine “Grifter of the Year” Glenn Greenwald. December 23, 2013 pic.twitter.com/ZnVyLnqXZy
— Ｇｕｓ (@Gus_802) December 12, 2013
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On This Day:
President Obama smiles while talking with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the phone in the Oval Office, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
The First Family at “Christmas in Washington” at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama and Bo, the Obama family dog, greet audience members at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2011.
President Obama walks along the Colonnade of the White House, Dec. 12, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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MoooOOOooorning!
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