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Dec

#BlackLivesMatter: Another Tweet or Two

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I feel like crying for our country, for our people. How many more times must we go down this road? #ICantBreathe
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) December 04, 2025

Hugged my son and daughter tight tonight, told them their #BlackLivesMatter What else can a father do? Despair. http://t.co/YSv0PbvB3m
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TheObamaCAT (@TheObamaCat) December 05, 2025

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See, we've protested in every season. It was 100 degrees when we started. And now it's frigid. And we are still here. #Ferguson
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deray mckesson (@deray) December 05, 2025

'Separate, Unequal' by Mike Luckovich http://t.co/HJ7w3pvQOg
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) December 04, 2025

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If #CharlesBarkley wasn't good at sporting he could have been Mike Brown. That he doesn't get it, is a tragedy.
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BWD (@theonlyadult) December 05, 2025

Right on cue @MSNBC gives Libertarians a platform to deflect from racism in policing of Blacks, and make it about "government" @TheLastWord
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(@aspirational12) December 05, 2025

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Lucky to be #AliveWhileBlack http://t.co/7FFU3GKGLE
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) December 04, 2025

#ICantBreathe being projected onto building in Mt. Pleasant #DC @PoPville http://t.co/h5JW2XBKTD
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Craig Chester (@MiamiUrbanist) December 05, 2025

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dear so-called "good" cops: the police profession would be immeasurably STRENGTHENED by effective self-scrutiny.
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SheriffFruitfly (@sherifffruitfly) December 05, 2025

I kept on asking my young brothers to stay calm, to resist rage. I can no longer ask them to do that. #EricGarner http://t.co/hCE71CJ8Zj
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TheObamaCAT (@TheObamaCat) December 03, 2025

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Amidst All The Hate, Our Beautiful First Family

The Obama family w Interior Sec Sally Jewell sing along to Christmas songs at Natl Christmas Tree lighting tonight http://t.co/UTUv1CiwYn
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(@petesouza) December 05, 2025

Dec

Black Lives Must Matter

By Nerdy Wonka 79 Comments

Categories: Ferguson
Tags: #ICantBreathe, #MikeBrown, Boston, Eric Garner, ferguson, missouri, New York, Political And Funny Tweets, protests, racism, tweets

#EricGarner NYC Now http://t.co/HFjruxi5sy
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Negar Mortazavi (@NegarMortazavi) December 05, 2025

Police: Move! Crowd: Its a protest! #EricGarner NYC Now http://t.co/iWVEAURaso
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Negar Mortazavi (@NegarMortazavi) December 05, 2025

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#EricGarner's mother: It really warms my heart to see people are protesting in the name of my son, #EricGarner. @CNN http://t.co/WsHstJisVw
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(@OutFrontCNN) December 05, 2025

Metro bus driver co-signs to Black Lives Matters protestors (@LBPhoto1) http://t.co/PvLnwpB6Za
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Chris King (@chriskingstl) December 05, 2025

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Here is what Chambers St. looks light right now. #EricGarner http://t.co/2u3OeiVmOx
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Dan Rosenblum (@danrosenblum) December 05, 2025

"Hands up dont shoot" Crowd blocks West Side Highway #EricGarner NYC Now http://t.co/Rb9T6NaeC2
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Negar Mortazavi (@NegarMortazavi) December 05, 2025

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Boston is protesting and 93N is shutdown. #icantbreathe whoa http://t.co/g1L4dBQeCE
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Jake Cohen (@jfccohen) December 05, 2025

NOW: Police Close down Brooklyn Bridge in Lower Manhattan due to protesters. #EricGarner #ICantBreathe http://t.co/WId7XnMd75
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αηιs (@H0XH4) December 05, 2025

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Thank you, Black women. #ICantBreathe #EricGarner http://t.co/WSrz6WOzew
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Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) December 05, 2025

At least 2,500 ppl here in #Boston in front of the State House protesting. Chanting "I can't breathe" #EnoughIsEnough http://t.co/fTWI5Dx37d
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Unfriendly Blk Hot T (@Feministfists) December 05, 2025

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NYC: NYPD advising about 10,000 Protesters are heading towards the Brooklyn Bridge All lanes on complete shutdown.
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NY Scanner (@NYScanner) December 04, 2025

"The people united will never be defeated" crowd blocks West Side Highway #EricGarner NYC Now http://t.co/RK0zNYLKA7
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Negar Mortazavi (@NegarMortazavi) December 05, 2025

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...and the Westside Highway is closed in both directions #EricGarner http://t.co/fvNBaB2C58
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) December 05, 2025

#EricGarner NYC Now http://t.co/1hj2MKQQau
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Negar Mortazavi (@NegarMortazavi) December 05, 2025

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Loud chants: "New York is Ferguson and Ferguson is New York!"
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) December 05, 2025

I love the people of my city! #EricGarner #ThisStopsToday http://t.co/SiYcRAt539
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) December 05, 2025

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#BrooklynBridge #EricGarner #WeCantBreath photo: Ace Zaken @PIX11News http://t.co/woFDo7Fz1N
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Ashley Alese Edwards (@AshleyAlese) December 05, 2025

What do we want? Justice!!! When do we want it? NOW!! http://t.co/eATXtP7PIV
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) December 04, 2025

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Photo shared by @CBSEveningNews shows protesters gathered in NYC's Foley Square, near City Hall. #EricGarner http://t.co/RuCKSHfy8i
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BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) December 04, 2025

Students participate in a die-in at the @Columbia tree-lighting ceremony right now #EricGarner #ICantBreathe http://t.co/mmD3oQFJxL
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Casey Tolan (@caseytolan) December 04, 2025

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Protester shut down the intersection of State and Madison in #Chicago Thursday night #ICantBreathe http://t.co/eSiuzqCLBf
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Alex Wroblewski (@alexwroblewski) December 05, 2025

Protesters on Lake Shore Drive in #Chicago #icantbreathe vine.co/v/OvFIL2gt1vT
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Alex Wroblewski (@alexwroblewski) December 05, 2025

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Protesters shut down then intersection of Michigan and Randolph in #chicago #icantbreathe vine.co/v/OvFnwPiZMdQ
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Alex Wroblewski (@alexwroblewski) December 05, 2025

Traffic on Broadway came to a halt tonight. The ppl of NYC have had enough of this justice system #ICantBreathe http://t.co/crdm8T96Jm
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Max Rovo (@max_rovo) December 05, 2025

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Protest For Eric Garner In Boston #ICantBreathe @laynemorgan http://t.co/ktWYgCCNHd
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(@Lnonblonde) December 05, 2025

Highfives for protestors from woman stopped in traffic on west side highway #blacklivesmatter #shutitdown http://t.co/NCILtBzDuW
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newyorkist (@Newyorkist) December 05, 2025

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.@MassStatePolice stand face to face with protestors at entrance to I-93 in #Boston @NECN http://t.co/f9j3uiQhOZ
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Alysha Palumbo (@AlyshaNECN) December 05, 2025

Massive blockade on Michigan Ave #Chicago #Ericgarner http://t.co/hAs2CLdOSB
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Danielle (@daneyvilla) December 05, 2025

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EASILY several hundred students & faculty outside of board of trustees meeting #WUSTL #ThisStopsToday http://t.co/6qizIXfD5k
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Jack. Attack. (@jaykayG) December 04, 2025

At Foley Sq protest - one of these grannies was a freedom rider, the other marched in Selma http://t.co/YCKEjN7WOU
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Jacob Siegel (@Jacob__Siegel) December 04, 2025

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PENN STATION LOCKED DOWN. DIE IN. #BALDIMORE #BLACKLIVEMATTER #BMOREBLOC http://t.co/3iOduf6gyn
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Arcas (@KeemGriffey) December 05, 2025

Hundreds still in the streets, eastbound Harrison to Loop #EricGarner #Chicago #BlackLivesMatter http://t.co/s6QWFvBTB6
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Minku (@MinkuMedia) December 05, 2025

Dec

This Is What Two Americas Looks Like

By Nerdy Wonka 100 Comments

Categories: Ferguson
Tags: #CrimingWhileWhite, #ICantBreathe, eric, Eric Garner, ferguson, Garner, missouri, New York, Political And Funny Tweets, racism, tweets

The America for Black people

This was #EricGarner and his life mattered. This was #EricGarner and his death matters. http://t.co/xy4qzefBAo
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Dwayne David Paul (@DwayneDavidPaul) December 03, 2025

It's easy to read #EricGarner's final words and feel like he's speaking for thousands http://t.co/L6EeCCVbs1
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Brooke Jarvis (@brookejarvis) December 04, 2025

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What Is It Going to Take to Indict When Police Kill an Unarmed Black Man? bit.ly/1ygz95C #ICantBreathe http://t.co/BAjkMTGl4F
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The Root (@TheRoot) December 03, 2025

I don't hate cops. But they have too much leeway when it comes to deciding if I live or die to feel comfortable around them #ICantBreathe
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(@GrooveSDC) December 03, 2025

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When a cop murders a black man on video and isn't even asked to defend himself in a court of law the racists have won #ICantBreathe
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R. Paine (@ArrghPaine) December 04, 2025

Why is the "law" above the LAW? If I choked a man to death I'd be getting a needle in my arm. #ICantBreathe http://t.co/nMiU1gcipG
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Benjamin O'Keefe (@benjaminokeefe) December 03, 2025

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HERES A THOUGHT how about we all get a little bit uncomfortable and call these deaths what they are: lynchings. #EricGarner #ICantBreathe
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hazel from degrassi (@ngvhi) December 03, 2025

Unarmed individual. Chokehold banned. Video Evidence. Ruled homicide. Doesnt matter #Ericgarner #icantbreathe http://t.co/ih4fmGvXkv
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Afzal Syed (@afzalusyed) December 04, 2025

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Black Americans 13% of US population 31% of victims killed by police during arrest http://t.co/mJp2IHGyop
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Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) December 04, 2025

At least 70 police departments arrest blacks at 10 times the rate of non-blacks usatoday.com/story/news/nat… @EdAsante77 http://t.co/eBjuFDqejI
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Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) December 04, 2025

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NYPD 1964 NYPD 2014 Nothing changed! http://t.co/EB9lJ5ZON7
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Janice G Washington (@JaniceGW) December 04, 2025

Whattttt? Come again? #EricGarner #CrimingWhileWhite #NYPD #BlackLivesMatter #ICantBreathe http://t.co/g8f3SG0XGx
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Kristie Lowe (@kristieLowe_) December 04, 2025

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The guy who FILMED Eric Garner being choked to death was indicted by the grand jury goo.gl/pXkxPU
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Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 03, 2025

#ICantBreathe
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kerry washington (@kerrywashington) December 04, 2025

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Continue reading ‘This Is What Two Americas Looks Like’

Dec

The 2014 National Christmas Tree Lighting

By Chipsticks 76 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama

5:0: The First Family attends the National Christmas Tree Lighting, the President delivers remarks

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The First Lady with Mo’ne Davis

Dec

President & First Lady at Summit on College Opportunity

By Chipsticks 98 Comments

Categories: All Photos

11:50 EDT: The President delivers remarks at the Summit on College Opportunity

Dec

Rise and Shine

By Chipsticks 82 Comments

Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Michelle Obama

On This Day: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Kennedy Center honoree Meryl Streep in the Blue Room of the White House, Dec. 4, 2011 (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

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Today (all times Eastern)

The President, Vice President and First Lady host the second College Opportunity Day of Action

9:0: Opening Remarks: Cecilia Muñoz, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and Secretary Arne Duncan, U.S. Department of Education

9:15: Panel Discussions: Moderated by Cecilia Muñoz and Secretary Julian Castro, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

11:50: President Obama Delivers Remarks

12:45: White House Press Briefing

5:0: The First Family attends the National Christmas Tree Lighting

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President Barack Obama meets with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Neil Eggleston, Counsel to the President, Communications Director Jennifer Palmeiri and Press Secretary Josh Earnest in the Oval Office to discuss the decision by a Staten Island grand jury not to indict police officers who had interacted with Eric Garner during an arrest last summer that resulted in Garner’s death. The President later made a statement about the decision at the top of his remarks at the Tribal Nations Conference, Dec. 3, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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On This Day

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Edith Childs, from Greenwood, S.C., in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, during a holiday party, Dec. 4, 2009. Childs coined the campaign slogan “fired up, ready to go.” (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

President Obama greets patrons during a lunch with small business owners and Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski at Hamilton Family Restaurant in Allentown, Pa., Dec. 4, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama reaches out to greet members of the audience following remarks at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, Pa., Dec. 4, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama embraces House Speaker Nancy Pelosi following their meeting in the Oval Office, Dec. 4, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama takes a picture of guests Marilyn Arleen Nelson and Glen D. Nelson during the Kennedy Center Honors reception in the Blue Room of the White House, Dec. 4, 2011 (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

First Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama arrive for a Kennedy Center Honors reception in the East Room of the White House on December 4, 2025

President Obama makes remarks at a reception for the recipients of the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011

At the Kennedy Center Honors event, December 4, 2025

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk down the Grand Staircase before delivering remarks at a holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Dec. 4, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Morning everyone.

Dec

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By Chipsticks 75 Comments

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On This Day: The President and First Lady arrive for the Kennedy Center Honors reception at the White House, Dec 4, 2025

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