There’s never a dull moment with you, Conan. Thanks for the laughs!
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) March 18, 2019I had the great privilege of speaking to @MichelleObama about her amazing journey and new book, “Becoming.”… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) March 18, 2019Today my friend @ConanOBrien and I surprised some high school juniors from across Milwaukee who were meeting with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) March 14, 2019
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President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, about the economy and to promote a proposed Labor Department rule that would make more workers eligible for overtime
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"The last seven years...the last seven days...should remind us that there is nothing America cannot do." —@POTUS
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 02, 201512.8 million: That's how many jobs our businesses have added over 64 months of growth—the longest streak on record. http://t.co/esO8lCEJGK
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RT to spread the word: Our businesses added 223,000 jobs last month → go.wh.gov/JuneJobs #JobsReport http://t.co/VPmR2Rv2Rf
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 02, 2015"Health care is now affirmed as something everyone can get." —@POTUS #ACAWorks http://t.co/Jay8mxiLvN
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Selma. Now and Then. #Selma50 http://t.co/c1SDJaPDRp
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deray mckesson (@deray) March 08, 2015My skull fractured, I spent 3 days in Good Samaritan, the same hospital where Jimmie Lee Jackson had died #Selma50 http://t.co/W1lL4wepV6
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THIS photo of Obama and John Lewis in Selma yesterday. The long arc of 50 yrs ago bent toward his presidency. (WashP) http://t.co/3bbNkWNKpu
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Trymaine Lee (@trymainelee) March 08, 2015#Selma50, in 7 photos washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/… http://t.co/KU0FtwVC5H
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) March 08, 2015****
Breathtaking #Selma50 http://t.co/AJM654WNXV
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RICHELLE CAREY (@RichelleCarey) March 07, 2015Selma's children: The young marchers who could & did, 50 years ago. mashable.com/2015/03/07/sel… Photos via @theretronaut http://t.co/uOqwILNMQD
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Obama speaks out against voter ID laws as barrier to voting to.pbs.org/1DZ8AQy http://t.co/iw4HAxarBQ
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PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) March 08, 2015Colin Powell Has A Pretty Good Suggestion For Fixing Voter ID Laws huff.to/1KGDNkf via @HuffPostPol
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Donna NoShock (@NoShock) March 08, 2015****
Meet the #Selma freedom fighters who helped in the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: bet.us/1Mg2amq http://t.co/4vUwSk4CrE
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(@BET) March 06, 2015#Selma50 Years after publication, excerpts from the original stories #APWasThere apne.ws/1BLycn9
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AP Interactive (@AP_Interactive) March 05, 2015****
Mike Brown's family and friends have just emerged from Brown Chapel in Selma with their hands up, chanting. #Selma50 http://t.co/xm8MgqoZv2
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Trymaine Lee (@trymainelee) March 08, 2015The demonstrators in Selma were beaten but unbeatable. nydn.us/1aV9YfQ http://t.co/AUR3croFyE
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President Barack Obama stands with Helen Loring Ensign, 85, from Palm Desert, Calif., after awarding the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army First Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing for conspicuous gallantry during a ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at a ceremony to present the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for conspicuous gallantry in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. First Lieutenant Cushing received the Medal of Honor for his actions during combat operations in the vicinity of Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863
President Barack Obama stands with Helen Loring Ensign, 85, from Palm Desert, Calif., after awarding the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army First Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing for conspicuous gallantry during a ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. With them, from left to right, are Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., Army Secretary John McHugh and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald.
U.S. Army First Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing is pictured in a military academy graduation photograph dated 1861, obtained on October 28, 2014. President Barack Obama posthumously awarded the Civil War artillery officer the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. award for bravery, 151 years after Cushing was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.
President Barack Obama stands with Helen Loring Ensign, as the citation for her relative, U.S. Army First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing is read
Margaret Zerwekh of Delafield, Wis. raises her hand as she is acknowledged by President Barack Obama during a ceremony awarding the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army First Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing for conspicuous gallantry. President Obama acknowledged the work of Zerwekh, a 94-year-old amateur historian from Cushing’s hometown who painstakingly researched his story and lobbied Wisconsin’s congressional delegation for decades
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a special daytime workshop for high school students from military communities in the greater Washington area
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Willie Nelson, right, and fellow panelist, songwriter Ted Peterson, left, hip hop recording artist Common, second from right, listen as Army Sgt. Christiana Ball responds to a question
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President Barack Obama speaks to the media about Ebola after a conference call with USAID workers in West Africa before leaving the White House en route to Wisconsin. The president said the US can’t be seen as shying away from battle against Ebola. President Obama did not directly criticize quarantine policies for returning health care workers implemented in New York and New Jersey. But he says the response to Ebola needs to be sensible and “based on science,” while supporting health care workers going overseas to fight the disease.
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President Barack Obama shakes hands after arriving at Gen. Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee
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Democratic challenger for Wisconsin Governor Mary Burke is greeted by President Obama at a campaign rally at North Division High School
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President Barack Obama with Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke during a rally at the North Division High School
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Mary Burke (@Burke4WI) October 29, 2014HUGE turnout for @BarackObama in Milwaukee! #ObamaWI http://t.co/nx69j7k5af
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That face when a heckler thinks it’s the President who’s blocking immigration reform. pic.twitter.com/kb3UYOgxcV
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) October 29, 2014
President Barack Obama and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke in the overflow room
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Laborfest 2014 at Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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"I didn’t run for President to double down on top-down economics...I bet on America's workers." —Obama #OpportunityForAll #HappyLaborDay
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 01, 2014"America is stronger because of the decisions we made to rescue our economy & rebuild it on a new foundation." —Obama http://t.co/eDT3cK9dUN
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"I’m asking you to believe in you, because even when our politics just ain’t right, there’s a whole lot that’s right with America.” —Obama
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 01, 2014"America is the autoworker who thought she’d never make another car again, and now she can’t make them fast enough." —Obama #MadeInAmerica
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White House Live (@WHLive) September 01, 2014"There are families with health insurance who didn’t have it before. There are students in college who couldn’t afford it before." —Obama
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"Today is a day that belongs to you—the working men & women who make America the greatest country on Earth." —President Obama #HappyLaborDay
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 01, 2014"The 40-hour workweek, overtime pay, a minimum wage, weekends like this one—all that didn’t happen by accident." —Obama #RaiseTheWage
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@petesouza: Pres Obama aboard Marine One today w Valerie Jarrett, Anita Breckenridge and Jennifer Friedman
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U.S. Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) cheers as President Barack Obama delivers remarks
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President Obama hugs Chris Harris, Vice President of United Steel Workers Local 2-209, after being introduced at Laborfest 2014
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A labor chart on Labor Day: Since economy hit bottom in Feb 2010, U.S. has gained 9.2 million jobs. http://t.co/7sVinV1miP
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Pete Souza: President Obama at the Milwaukee Laborfest today
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President Barack Obama walks past a saluting Marine on the South Lawn as he returns to the White House
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10:55: President Obama meets with Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand
1:0 Josh Earnest briefs the press
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… On Monday, June 23, the President and Mrs. Obama will host a Working Families summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss the need for affordable childcare and paid family leave, raising minimum wage, and achieving equal pay for all. In an interview conducted by Parade, the Obamas opened up about their personal connection to these issues and what they hope to accomplish during their remaining time in the White House.
President Barack Obama and wife Michelle have never been your typical working stiffs. With four Ivy League degrees between them, they’ve enjoyed high incomes and strong job security. But before and during college, they each worked minimum-wage jobs. And there was a time when they felt the same kind of financial aches and marriage strains that today’s dual-income families know all too well. As a young married couple in Chicago, they were mired in student debt, juggling multiple jobs and two kids, and bickering over who did what housework. “I wouldn’t fold,” remembers the president. “I didn’t separate, and Michelle’s point was, that’s not laundry.”
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President says we “need to ask hard questions before we take military action abroad…” Unlike the belligerent ignorance of previous admin.
— Martin Bashir (@MartinBashir) June 19, 2014
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The Obama administration announced that it would direct the Department of Labor to begin issuing regulations to extend the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to same-sex couples, according to a White House official.
After the Supreme Court’s struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act last year, Attorney General Eric Holder and other members of the administration began to reviewing relevant statutes and laws to extend federal benefits to same-sex couples. The administration said that its extension of FMLA is simply part of that process. The new regulations will clarify that an employee is eligible to take leave to care for a same-sex spouse in the instance of an illness, regardless of whether that employee lives in a state where same-sex marriage is legal.
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McCain & Graham: Obama should fire NatSec team and bring in Petraeus. Petraeus: I agree with POTUS. McCain & Graham: Look! Squirrel!
— Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) June 20, 2014
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…. it’s important to understand that the Veterans Affairs scandal, while real, is being hyped out of proportion by people whose real goal is to block reform of the larger system.
…. A scandal is a scandal, and wrongdoing must be punished. But beware of people trying to use the veterans’ care scandal to derail health reform.
And here’s the thing: Health reform is working. Too many Americans still lack good insurance, and hence lack access to health care and protection from high medical costs — but not as many as last year, and next year should be better still. Health costs are still far too high, but their growth has slowed dramatically. We’re moving in the right direction, and we shouldn’t let the zombies get in our way.
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Obama said y’all cling to your guns and religion and lookit y’all just a’ clingin’ to them guns and religion.
— Trill, Baby, Trill (@eclecticbrotha) June 19, 2014
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Ukraine announced Friday that it has regained full control of its border with Russia, which the government has set as an important precondition for a unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the east.
The sealing off of the border, which could not be independently verified, would be significant because it would rob the rebels of an important supply route for new fighters and weapons.
The announcement that troops had recaptured the border area near the village of Izvaryne in the Luhansk region comes as President Petro Poroshenko is set to unveil the details of his 14-point peace plan.
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For years black academics criticized the Obama administration for not targeting programs to the African American community. Obamacare didn’t count – even though it has disproportionately affected people of color. All of his talk about income inequality didn’t matter, neither did his proposal for universal pre-K. What they wanted to see were initiatives that directly (and only) affected African Americans.
Then along came the announcement about President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” program targeting boys of color. It didn’t take long for many of the same critics to go after that one because it didn’t include girls. As I see it, this is what most efforts to target a specific community will eventually face…the “what about me?” syndrome.
That’s not to say that its wrong to initiate and promote targeted programs. Sometimes they’re needed. Its more about the fact that when they are proposed, we need to remember WHY they’re targeted and – by definition – will exclude.
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“George Bush fucked up SO bad, he made it hard for a white man to run for President.” –@chrisrock #dying #crying
— Abeer Syedah (@HaveYouHadAbeer) June 20, 2014
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New federal court documents released Thursday reveal that Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) is the subject of a “Joe Doe” investigation. Prosecutors allege Walker was part of a “criminal scheme” to circumvent state election laws. While the courts are still mulling a motion by the dark money outside groups at the center of the allegations to stop the investigation, the facts of the case are yet another demonstration of the folly of the Supreme Court’s assumptions in the infamous Citizens United ruling.
The documents show that prosecutors believe illegal coordination occurred in the 2011 and 2012 Wisconsin Senate and Gubernatorial recall elections and that groups like the Wisconsin Club for Growth worked with Scott Walker’s campaign arm (“Friends of Scott Walker”) to arrange undisclosed spending by an array of pro-Walker tax-exempt organizations. They note that several individuals were working both for Friends of Scott Walker and Wisconsin Club for Growth at the time, and that Walker himself boasted of the coordination in an email to Karl Rove.
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#bushblaming. pic.twitter.com/JKjVOwc7cD
— amk4obama (@amk4obama) June 20, 2014
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Indictments against four cronies are near certain, sources say. Only question is if David Samson, Christie’s longtime mentor, will flip.
“It’s over, it’s done, and I’m moving on.” – Chris Christie, reassuring potential donors in Utah on June 14th
Back on planet Reality, meanwhile, Paul Fishman, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, wades through the sewage of Christie’s stewardship. Two sources with intimate knowledge of the case say Fishman’s pace is quickening – he has empaneled a second grand jury, and the U.S. Justice Department has sent assistant prosecutors and FBI agents to work the case.
“What’s taking the most time,” according to one source, “is separating what’s viable from all the bad stuff they’re finding that may not be viable.”
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#ThrowbackThursday ‘When we grow up, we’re gonna do awesome things – and live in a Big White House’ pic.twitter.com/FuQZ3QS0M2
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 20, 2014
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In an exclusive interview, the MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell reveals how he survived a head-on car crash, and why afterwards he cut himself off from the negative litany of the news cycle.
“What a stupid way to die,” Lawrence O’Donnell thought to himself.
A split-second earlier, the host of MSNBC’s 10 p.m. program, The Last Word, had been gazing down at a map on his iPhone, following the progress of his taxi, a Chevy van, as he and his older brother Michael rode to dinner on the resort island of Tortola. It was around 7:45 p.m., Saturday, April 12, the start of what promised to be a lovely vacation in the British Virgin Islands with his big brother, a Boston lawyer.
The vacation didn’t happen. Instead, O’Donnell, 62, underwent a life-altering crucible that he’s still trying to make sense of, while figuring out how to explain it to viewers when he returns to his show on Monday night after two-and-a-half months off the air.
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Pueblo, June 20, 2012
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MoooOOOooorning!
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