Obama: It's too hot for a scarf, Joe.
Biden: IMMA DO THE SCARF WHIP
Obama: Please don't do the scarf whip.
Biden: http://t.co/abzA5z29PT
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Reverend Scott (@Reverend_Scott) June 24, 2025Biden: DID U SEE THAT SCARF WHIP
Obama: Ok, I admit that was cool, Joe.
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Reverend Scott (@Reverend_Scott) June 24, 2025Lmao it's like he started naming his book after things republicans love & then got hungry in the middle of it http://t.co/YW6OQbgvNS
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Nice Hippo (@NicestHippo) June 29, 2025
6:25 EDT: The President delivers remarks at a reception celebrating the signing into law of the African Growth and Opportunity Act; East Room
BREAKING: Obama administration is in final stages of drafting plan to close prison at Guantanamo Bay: White House spokesman
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Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 22, 2025CNN: Obama administration in 'final stages' of planning the Guantanamo Bay closing cnn.it/1MoBlPj
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Mia Shaw (@MiaShaw) July 22, 2025****
Dear White Progressives,
Black people don't HAVE to support Bernie or anyone. You don't own us & we don't owe you ANYTHING
#BernieSoBlack
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Joshua Jackson (@JoshuaKJackson) July 19, 2025@BernieSanders & Exactly how will an Independent for Vermont get this our Republican & Democratic Congress to pass such a bill?
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Donna NoShock (@NoShock) July 22, 2025****
@BernieSanders I don't call 16M now insured "modest." Do the math. And recall how difficult it was to pass ACA.
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meta (@metaquest) July 22, 2025@BernieSanders But Your Own State Couldn't Do It! Costs derail Vermont’s dream of a single-payer health plan bostonglobe.com/business/2015/…
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Donna NoShock (@NoShock) July 22, 2025****
Barney Frank: “White liberals get a psychic income for supporting Bernie Sanders, but they won’t suffer much if a Republican becomes Pres.”
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) July 22, 2025The BBC just began a documentary series (a real one, not the crap foisted upon us by History or Discovery) entitled “Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners.” Written and presented by historian David Olusoga, it details Britain’s abolition of slavery, and how much it cost the country.
A commission was empaneled to determine compensation. The compensation had a budget of £20 million. In today’s money, according to Measuring Worth, that amounts from almost £2 billion at the low end to almost £80 billion at the high end. (What’s a few billion among friends?)
Of course, here’s the thing: the outlay wasn’t to compensate the 800,000 slaves. It was to compensate the slave owners.
Continue reading ‘Profit and Loss - Why #BlackLivesMatter Matters’
On This Day - Pete Souza: “The President hugs Stephanie Davies, who helped her friend, Allie Young, left, stay alive after she was shot during the movie theater shootings in Aurora, Colo. The President visited patients and family members affected by the shootings at the University of Colorado Hospital. The President later told their story in a news conference.” July 22, 2025
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1:45: The President meets with small business owners to discuss reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank; Roosevelt Room
4:30: VP Biden Speaks on the Importance of Increasing the Minimum Wage, Los Angeles
6:25: The President delivers remarks at a reception celebrating the signing into law of the African Growth and Opportunity Act; East Room
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On This Day - Pete Souza: “It’s always fun to observe how the President interacts with little kids, in this case the very shy daughter of Sen. Jack Reed who had brought his family by for an Oval Office visit.” July 22, 2025
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MoooOOOooorning!
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