The Obama Diary

I do not condone the killing of the two NYPD officers today. I do not condone the killing of unarmed black people. I do not condone killing.

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deray mckesson (@deray) December 20, 2025

No, those NYPD cops didn't deserve to die. Neither did Eric Garner or Tamir Rice. It's 100% possible to have this view.

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War On Xmas Zandar (@ZandarVTS) December 20, 2025

(Love this …. apart from five or nine faces that left me asking: WTF?!?!)

Reminder!

It’s time to get to work on your most memorable moments from 2014.

Methinks yesterday’s presser might just prove to be a popular choice :-)

Some people chose five memories last year, others 10, any number is compleeeeeetely fine.

It can be light-hearted, serious, a bit of both, whatever you like. Choose your favorite moment/speech/photo/video, anything at all, or more sombre memories - and there were plenty of them.

Here’s an example from last year, from Exceptional Eric Wolfson.

You can email me at [email protected] when you’re done, and don’t worry about photos/videos, if you need them included in your post I can find them for you - just give me an idea of what you need.

Right then, get typing!

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Whaddya mean I’m having (another) lazy day? :shock:

Arriving in Hawaii

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MoooOOOooorning everyone, Happy Saturday!