A Tweet Or Two

More fallout from WI voter ID ruling - Tens of Thousands of WI Students Face New Voting Hurdles shar.es/1arPpS @brendan_fischer

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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) September 19, 2014

@DavidOAtkins The not-so-soft racism of Tom Cotton washingtonmonthly.com/political-anim… via @washmonthly

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D. R. Tucker (@DRTucker) September 20, 2014

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Republicans are denying 1 million Texans health insurance that Texas will have to pay for anyway. That's a commitment to hating poor people.

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  (@LOLGOP) September 20, 2014

John Boehner Is Sick of Unemployed People That Would 'Rather Just Sit Around' lgf.bz/1BVvhpR

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Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 20, 2014

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Best Wendy line from #RGVDebate: edu cuts "not liberal, that's not conservative, that's just dumb." WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=NGp0-1…

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Quincey Smith (@quincey_smith) September 20, 2014

Texas Woman Denied Driver’s License Over Same-Sex Marriage -- But a DMV worker's religious freedom was protected! texasobserver.org/same-sex-marri…

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  (@LOLGOP) September 20, 2014

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Roger Goodell should just say it violates his sincerely held religious beliefs to do anything about criminals in his organization. Done.

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Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) September 20, 2014

Don't be surprised if the GOP runs another Bush. They'd run someone named Enron, Halliburton or Blackwater if they could find him.

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  (@LOLGOP) September 20, 2014

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Fuck the Wall Street Journal. http://t.co/D8Ta1I49cu

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Elon Green (@elongreen) September 20, 2014

George P. Bush running for office is a good reminder is the only thing that trickles down is the quality of the GOP's George Bushes.

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  (@LOLGOP) September 20, 2014

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UPDATE: Alabama Gov. Bentley's office says he was taken out of context. No, that doesn't wash. ow.ly/BHtQx http://t.co/kop1ZY5CxP

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Doktor Zoom (@DoktorZoom) September 20, 2014

Nation wonders when Bill Maher will shut his pie-hole. | Bill Maher Wonders If ‘Kid Beating’ Is A Black Thing po.st/I8kXav

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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) September 20, 2014

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Wendell Pierce for the WIN!

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Remember @ChuckTodd said President Obama was receiving very little international support in fight against ISIL? Um… pic.twitter.com/LtabwBjMCU

— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 20, 2014

This essay by @CharlesMBlow sent a chill down my spine. Gut wrenching, moving, eloquent, powerful, beautiful. http://t.co/psByF8zfiD

— Delna (@delna_24) September 20, 2014

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Pres. Obama listens thru a door as Lilly Jay talked about being sexually assaulted before intro of VP Biden #ItsOnUs http://t.co/gSAlKKnQnY

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  (@petesouza) September 20, 2014

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"Tonight on Hannity: Is President Barack Hussein Obama responsible for this heat wave? Michelle Malkin joins me to explain why he is."

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kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) September 16, 2014

Three years ago today repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" took effect and as predicted now our military is one big gay street party.

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  (@pourmecoffee) September 20, 2014

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IPhone 5s getting the talk today. "Look Siri 5, you know it hasn't been the same lately. We've both felt it. It's not you, it's me."

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  (@pourmecoffee) September 20, 2014

Scotland having quiet brunch with the UK, looking around at the other, more passionate unions and convincing itself it can make this work.

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  (@pourmecoffee) September 20, 2014

Preach!

This is what the GOP wants to shutdown the gov’t for: pic.twitter.com/6qihNumFbq

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 18, 2013

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GOP have decided to extort the President of the United States with the threat of shutting down the government unless Obamacare is defunded

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 18, 2013

Anyone trying to destroy the gov’t by shutting it down does not have the best interest of the United States at heart. This is thuggery.

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 18, 2013

In 2 weeks, Health Care exchanges open. Uninsured can now buy inexpensive healthcare coverage because of free market competition. Obamacare

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 18, 2013

Obamacare was an idea by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative “think tank”. Now conservatives want to disown it because Obama started it

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 18, 2013

Best definition I heard all day:”Black-tracking” – Changing your long-held position because President Obama agrees with you.

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 18, 2013

The Day in Images

First Lady Michelle Obama hugs Naomi Bouie, 5, during her visit to Sterling Farms Grocery Store in Marrero, La

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@BarackObama A Louisville salute for the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball champion @UofLCardinals

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Bunk!!!!!!!

First Lady Michelle Obama talks with Wendell Pierce at Sterling Farms grocery store in Marrero. She visited the grocery story to continue highlighting a theme of healthy food access after she addressed the 2013 National Council of La Raza Conference at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Pierce serves on the board of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and opened the grocery store to expand the healthy, affordable options available in a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Katrina.

See video here

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….. a hug from Beasts of the Southern Wild actor Dwight Henry at Sterling Farms grocery store

…. Naomi Bouie, a 5-year-old Uptown resident wearing her blue Princess Jasmine costume modeled after the character from the animated movie Aladdin, gave Obama a prolonged hug as she continued greeting other shoppers.

Naomi’s mother and grandmother said afterward that they told her about Obama’s health and fitness campaign, which is called, Let’s Move!, and that the girl dutifully told the first lady that she loves broccoli….

More here

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….. embracing NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía

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Text of the First Lady’s remarks to the National Council of La Raza here

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….. greeting the crowd at the 2013 National Council of La Raza Conference

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state dinner

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Dinner guests:

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and her son Ned

Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory

Attorney General Eric Holder and his wife Sharon Malone

Warren Buffett and his wife Astrid

Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry, a medal of honor recipient, and his wife Ashley Petry

Sen. John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry

Sen. Charles Schumer and Iris Weinshall

Gwen Ifill and Wendell Pierce

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and his wife Katie

U.S. Congressman John Dingell and his wife Deborah

Andrew Sullivan and Aaron Tone

Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, and Shelby Bryan

Jay Carney and Claire Shipman, Senior National Correspondent for ABC

Hugh Bonneville and LuLu Williams

Golfer Rory McIlroy and guest Conor Ridge

Harvey Weinstein and Georgina Chapman

Idris Elba

George …. you know

Vice President Joe Biden with his wife Jill Biden and British Foreign Secretary William Hague