“Fired up. Ready to go!” Edith Childs understands the power of a single voice, and she used those words to light up a room during my campaign stop in Greenwood, SC back in 2007.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 2, 2023
I recently caught up with Edith, who just retired after 24 years in public service. Take a look: pic.twitter.com/IhW6pqnAQR
Posts Tagged ‘South Carolina
04
Apr
18
The President Sang Amazing Grace
Watch the new video for "The President Sang Amazing Grace" created & animated by Jeff Scher. theatlantic.com/video/index/55…
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Joan Baez (@joancbaez) March 27, 2018****
15
Jul
16
The President’s Thinking Hours
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Michael D. Shear: Obama After Dark: The Precious Hours Alone
“Are you up?” The emails arrive late, often after 1 a.m., tapped out on a secure BlackBerry from an email address known only to a few. The weary recipients know that once again, the boss has not yet gone to bed. The late-night interruptions from President Obama might be sharply worded questions about memos he has read. Sometimes they are taunts because the recipient’s sports team just lost. Last month it was a 12:30 a.m. email to Benjamin J. Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser, and Denis R. McDonough, the White House chief of staff, telling them he had finished reworking a speechwriter’s draft of presidential remarks for later that morning. Mr. Obama had spent three hours scrawling in longhand on a yellow legal pad an angry condemnation of Donald J. Trump’s response to the attack in Orlando, Fla., and told his aides they could pick up his rewrite at the White House usher’s office when they came in for work. Mr. Obama calls himself a “night guy,” and as president, he has come to consider the long, solitary hours after dark as essential as his time in the Oval Office.
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He works on speeches. He reads the stack of briefing papers delivered at 8 p.m. by the National Security Council staff secretary. He reads 10 letters from Americans chosen each day by his staff. “He is thoroughly predictable in having gone through every piece of paper that he gets,” said Tom Donilon, Mr. Obama’s national security adviser from 2010 to 2013. “You’ll come in in the morning, it will be there: questions, notes, decisions.” One night last June, Cody Keenan, the president’s chief speechwriter, had just returned home from work at 9 p.m. and ordered pizza when he heard from the president: “Can you come back tonight?” Mr. Keenan met the president in the usher’s office on the first floor of the residence, where the two worked until nearly 11 p.m. on the president’s eulogy for nine African-Americans fatally shot during Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. Three months earlier, Mr. Keenan had had to return to the White House when the president summoned him — at midnight — to go over changes to a speech Mr. Obama was to deliver in Selma, Ala., on the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” when protesters were brutally beaten by the police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. “There’s something about the night,” Mr. Keenan said, reflecting on his boss’s use of the time. “It’s smaller. It lets you think.”
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30
Oct
15
A Tweet Or Two
Man hears Obama's speech on addiction, turns in a cooler full of drugs and enters rehab bit.ly/1P0jqA6 https://t.co/IBYUXBIIKf
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Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 29, 2015Thanks, Obama! The Deficit Just Fell Below 50-Year Average — The People's View thepeoplesview.net/main/2015/10/2…
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Pretty Foot (@PrettyFootWoman) October 29, 2015****
.@PressSec explains the @WhiteHouse's rationale on sending troops to Syria cnn.it/1WlIl5n cnn.it/1GBDXsi
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CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 30, 2015.@PressSec: U.S. forces will be an "important force multiplier" in Syria cnn.it/1WlIl5n cnn.it/1GBC2nj
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CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 30, 2015****
BREAKING: US official: Obama authorizes 'fewer than 50' US special forces to deploy to northern Syria.
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The Associated Press (@AP) October 30, 2015U.S. to send small number of U.S. special operations forces to Syria, according to @NBCNews nbcnews.to/1WnZAOe https://t.co/IJU7wORpfE
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 30, 2015****
BREAKING: Kerry: Nations direct UN to bring Syrian govt, opposition together for new political process.
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The Associated Press (@AP) October 30, 2015BREAKING: Palestinians tell Intl Criminal Court about what they call Israeli "crimes" in recent violence.
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The Associated Press (@AP) October 30, 2015****
Hair-on-Fire Left Gets it Wrong Again: Budget Deal Helps Medicare, Disability Beneficiaries thepeoplesview.net/main/2015/10/2…
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Spandan @ TPV (@thepeoplesview) October 27, 2015Another big victory for @POTUS twitter.com/politico/statu…
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Spandan @ TPV (@thepeoplesview) October 27, 2015****
Your video stop by our photographer, Jeremiah. This is what hwy183 looks like. Avoid 71 and 183. #atxweather https://t.co/jL5S0nISkH
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Tania Ortega (@TaniaonFox7) October 30, 2015My apartment complex off 35 in San Marcos @mySA @KENS5 @News4SA https://t.co/f22tpQXDhX
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Aaron M. Orozco (@Big_Ohhhhh) October 30, 2015****
Barton Springs & South First Flooding 🎥 @jasonmneff https://t.co/QFzmoshaqN
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365 Things Austin (@365ThingsAustin) October 30, 2015#OnionCreek #Driftwood @TWCNewsAustin @KXAN_Weather https://t.co/o2zadIbKW2
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Jewhadi™ (@JewhadiTM) October 30, 2015****
#AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh. https://t.co/D1P4VNp1xb
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deray mckesson (@deray) October 29, 2015Well, thank goodness there's no more racism... Or this might seem racist. twitter.com/mypwi/status/6…
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Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) October 29, 2015****
Judge Orders Jindal to Reinstate Planned Parenthood Funding bit.ly/1RizB9E https://t.co/pz4ICuwdAH
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(@Mediaite) October 30, 2015A federal jury finds that Cox illegally forced customers into renting its set-top box: washingtonpost.com/news/the-switc… https://t.co/VHREEta1eF
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Brian Fung (@b_fung) October 30, 2015****
U.N. to world leaders: Your climate pledges are not enough hill.cm/2oayQMB https://t.co/T4H9TDOOw2
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The Hill (@thehill) October 30, 2015GOP suspends partnership with NBC News for February debate after criticized CNBC debate: apne.ws/1XF2PTV
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The Associated Press (@AP) October 30, 2015****
Eric Holder on FBI director’s Ferguson effect comments: "You can't base policy on anecdotal evidence.” huff.to/1jShtJg
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Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) October 28, 2015FBI dir James B. Comey met President Obama in the Oval Office today to talk about recent comments nytimes.com/2015/10/30/us/…
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Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) October 30, 2015****
HBCU alumni are thriving more than black grads of other schools, study shows huff.to/1MZoX3R
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HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) October 30, 2015This black American wants refugee status in Canada because of police brutality: bit.ly/1WofXdO https://t.co/LSAfhiQWrU
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VICE News (@vicenews) October 30, 2015****
Serena Williams has a message for those behind the #BlackLivesMatter movement: Keep it up. sportingnews.com/sport-news/465… https://t.co/bZz1b7n9W1
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Sporting News (@sportingnews) October 30, 2015Lonnae O’Neal: Unclear on excessive force? Just imagine it’s a white girl wapo.st/1GJXRky
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Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 28, 2015****
BREAKING Guantanamo frees long-cleared Mauritanian captive. Prison census now 113. Try this link: hrld.us/1LZrb3r
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Carol Rosenberg (@carolrosenberg) October 29, 2015Story so far: Captive Shaker Aamer gone from Guantánamo. hrld.us/1Wnl91r @MiamiHerald https://t.co/zigMPwj9Tw
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Carol Rosenberg (@carolrosenberg) October 30, 2015****
Teen girl in classrm thrown around like rag doll.Every1 on TV saying“we can’t see what she did b4 video”Who gives a flying Fk‼️She’s a CHILD
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Cher (@cher) October 27, 2015Nothing against JEB personally ( except 99.9 % of his policies )BUT HIS SHIP HAS SAILED‼️TOO MUCH OF A DOWNER‼️
C’MON,️POTUS CANT B A WHINER
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Cher (@cher) October 26, 2015****
No, mental illness is not the main cause of mass shootings in America bit.ly/1k7SLEl https://t.co/j1wkDncU9e
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Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 30, 2015A German rapper who'd joined ISIS was killed in a U.S. air strike, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to me buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/ger…
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Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) October 30, 2015****
5.85 million Americans can't vote because of felon disenfranchisement laws, including 2.2 million African-Americans https://t.co/wVvtOrDgTI
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 27, 2015Criminal Justice Reform Will Fall Short If We Fail to Invest in Civil Legal Aid sp.lc/TUpAy https://t.co/ttXo5kygIP
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SPLC (@splcenter) October 27, 2015****
Here’s how the school-to-prison pipeline begins #AssaultAtSpringValley SC has a “Disturbing Schools” statute https://t.co/6z51t40VHw
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SPLC (@splcenter) October 27, 2015Why was a cop in that classroom? A look at the bigger picture: latimes.com/nation/la-na-p…
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Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) October 28, 2015****
That deputy didn't just randomly appear in that classroom. Policymakers and administrators put him there. latimes.com/nation/la-na-p…
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Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) October 28, 2015****
Obama tells police we must "stick with facts" on criminal justice: huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-po…
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Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) October 27, 2015****
Some hot dogs and sausages contain human DNA, report says: abcn.ws/1GHkfLe https://t.co/0DAXVudPT8
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ABC News (@ABC) October 28, 2015Hospitals to pay $250 million for cardiac device coverage violations: DOJ reut.rs/1jWUU6f
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Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) October 30, 2015****
*SNORT*
"Ma, can I have some money for school?"
"Bring me my purse" https://t.co/3eC3rFhlSP
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Drew (@RJJ954) October 28, 2015Oh, I get it now. 'Artisan' is the word you use when a middle-class person makes something a working-class person used to make...
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Adam Liaw (@adamliaw) September 29, 201526
Oct
15
#AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
Being Black in America….
Deputy Ben Fields: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh. heavy.com/news/2015/10/b…
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deray mckesson (@deray) October 26, 2015Let's be clear... NOBODY would be asking what that little girl did to deserve a police assault if she were white.
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Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) October 26, 2015****
#AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh illustrates the kind of police brutality & power trip no civil society should tolerate. https://t.co/GEaXPhmvCh
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RiLEY (@iMadeSmartCool) October 26, 2015****
How long will it take for Officer Fields to say that he "feared for his life," which caused him to assault her? #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
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deray mckesson (@deray) October 26, 2015The full video of the Spring Valley High School Police Officer brutally assaulting a peaceful student. https://t.co/oHIS8GrtSS
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Shaun King (@ShaunKing) October 26, 2015****
That video shows normal policing in that school. No one looks surprised likely Bc this ain't the 1st they've see it twitter.com/theangryfangir…
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Afro State of Mind (@AfroStateOfMind) October 26, 2015That video is the latest of disturbingly violent altercations involving school cops. #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh motherjones.com/mojo/2015/10/v…
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Jaeah J. Lee (@jaeahjlee) October 26, 2015****
To many white people, it's unfathomable that police would anything bad or excessive to somebody without reason based on OUR experiences.
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RiLEY (@iMadeSmartCool) October 27, 2015****
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#AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
He's been getting away with it for years - from 2005:
heavy.com/news/2015/10/b… https://t.co/kZGXMiKCt9
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) October 27, 2015"The video then shows the student resisting."
Sitting. The video shows the student sitting.
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Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) October 27, 2015****
I was thrown out of my junior year algebra class several times a week for insubordination. Never assaulted.
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(@pnkrokhockeymom) October 26, 2015Also hi, can we talk about the administrator & teacher who watched this happen & didn't try to stop it? Cops aren't the only problem.
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Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) October 26, 2015****
It's not enough to get the cops out of schools. We also have to change this mindset that kids who disobey should be criminalized
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Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) October 26, 2015Walking home carrying skittles &tea.
Hands Up n the air.
Playing n a park.
Sleeping in gmas arms.
Sitting in a desk.
still brutalized...
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(@FierceFemtivist) October 26, 2015****
The school has $ for a resource officer, do they have trained counselors to deal w/ the aftermath for these kids? #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
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April (@ReignOfApril) October 26, 2015Among the awful things about the Spring Valley video is the other kids just sit there because they know what can happen if they try to help.
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laura olin (@lauraolin) October 26, 2015****
#AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh we shouldn't have to imagine back girls white to imagine them safe
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Imperator Amazonia (@Blackamazon) October 27, 2015Screw that 'we haven't heard the whole story' crap. Unless she had a cruise missile on her, I've seen enough. #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
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John (@linnyitssn) October 27, 2015An amazing conversation with Valerie Jarrett on what has transpired in America over the last two weeks through the eyes of President Obama
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~10:45 Valerie Jarrett‘s response “why is it all on him?”
27
Jun
15
Tweets Of The Week
Please keep an eye on your local homophobic racists. Make sure they're ok. This week has been rough for them.
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Zindzman (@MissZindzi) June 26, 2015One down... #GayAgenda #EvilLaugh http://t.co/TtFeC3wpVI
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✨ Edward Leto ✨ (@DarthShada) June 27, 2015****
"amazing grace" is the first single from obama's next album http://t.co/9BJEyjoSbO
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Jazmine Hughes (@jazzedloon) June 26, 2015Dang, universal healthcare AND gay marriage in America by 2015 http://t.co/tVou0FXMDM
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Ryan Broderick (@broderick) June 26, 2015****
I'm feeling pretty inspired by @BreeNewsome today. #freeBree http://t.co/JoTjKYzZes
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Eric Orr (@subtle_squid) June 27, 2015Oh my god, wait http://t.co/nqZGfJGY0P
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Sarah N. Emerson (@SarahNEmerson) June 27, 2015****
When I checked Twitter this morning #LoveWins http://t.co/RYsPJKx1F2
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George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 26, 2015Love won yesterday and we couldn't be prouder. instagram.com/p/4aIBaxFwZm/ #LoveWins http://t.co/bcRJBZS7Pi
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Vice President Biden (@VP) June 27, 2015
The Obama Diary 
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