President Barack Obama waves as he walks off of Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House
Archive for October 12th, 2015
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.@POTUS interviewed renowned novelist Marilynne Robinson.
Check out our favorite quotes → go.wh.gov/V47mnV http://t.co/a0PBIFbDDH
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 12, 2025Democratic voters want the next president to continue Obama’s policies #DemDebate pewrsr.ch/1G9jr1E http://t.co/4wbCok1GQm
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Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 12, 2025****
You’re going to love the First Lady’s #DayOfTheGirl @Spotify playlist:
@AliciaKeys ✓
@Beyonce ✓
@AnnaKendrick47 ✓
go.wh.gov/FLOTUSplaylist
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) October 11, 2025Celebrate #InternationalDayOfTheGirl with a playlist of powerful women made by @FLOTUS herself, Michelle Obama 👧👩👸👵 spoti.fi/1P4O62P
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(@Spotify) October 11, 2025****
Bravo
Proud to push forward the progress of all Americans. #IndigenousPeoplesDay http://t.co/naco5fXAuH
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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) October 12, 2025More people are celebrating #IndigenousPeoplesDay, not that other holiday buff.ly/1jZlZFI http://t.co/3yNOSwkpB2
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The Root (@TheRoot) October 12, 2025****
11 Black kidpreneurs leading the next generation of business owners:
bit.ly/1j9nkZM #BlackExcellence http://t.co/2vUUdIiMVF
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Black Wall Street (@TheBlackWallSt) October 07, 2025MUST read and see video: Obama Takes on #climatechange: The Rolling Stone Interview rol.st/1L5ozFZ http://t.co/2uG9fUDZ8P
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meta (@metaquest) September 23, 2025****
Can't miss this! @POTUS talks books on Soundings from @nybooks. tw.itunes.com/6015B38tl http://t.co/sKT1Z1TnaR
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iTunes Podcasts (@iTunesPodcasts) October 12, 2025Robinson: “The basis of democracy is the willingness to assume well about other people.” j.mp/1hAoUmm http://t.co/zkzBsl8HYh
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NY Review of Books (@nybooks) October 12, 2025****
Folks have got to quit this insulting BS. People of Color are not your dress up dolls
why why why why why why why why why why we are not costumes why why why why why why why why why why why why why why http://t.co/KF5WjsqgCo
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mama africa (@thatgirlsalina) October 11, 2025Several U.S. cities will celebrate Indigenous People’s Day instead of Columbus Day today. nydn.us/1P9gP6F http://t.co/8UyFJTCCAF
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New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) October 12, 2025****
One chart that puts mass inarceration in historical context sp.lc/TiKbn http://t.co/gtqtMls9dD
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SPLC (@splcenter) October 12, 2025While Alabama closes DMVs after passing voter ID law, California adopts huge reform to register 6 million new voters thenation.com/article/what-a…
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 12, 2025****
#ACASignups Mitch McConnell gloats over successfully kicking 51,000 Kentuckians off their policies: ow.ly/TitP8 #ACA #Obamacare
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Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) October 12, 2025President Obama was playing golf at Torrey Pines, so we got a golf pro to analyze his golf game: nbcsandiego.com/news/sports/WA… #NBC7SportsWrap
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Derek Togerson (@DerekNBCSD) October 12, 2025****
Obama says U.S. knew Russian military planned to intervene in Syria before meeting with Putin nbcnews.to/1PoOf0h http://t.co/ozRO9Yo5xy
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NBC News (@NBCNews) October 12, 2025Could argue, given state of the economy, Congress & Dem coalition, that Obama could win a 3rd term more easily than he won his 2nd
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Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) October 12, 2025****
JUST IN: Obama: Biden one of ‘finest’ vice president in history hill.cm/ULYF2Y0 http://t.co/mDYu958YJh
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The Hill (@thehill) October 11, 2025Affected by delays and dysfunction, Benghazi committee members have started "Wine Wednesdays" and a gun club nyti.ms/1VOnKkI
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The New York Times (@nytimes) October 12, 2025****
Bipartisan group of Congressional Members signed a discharge petition to force a vote on Ex-Im in the house. #ICYMI ow.ly/2bvJwG
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TX Assn. of Business (@txbiz) October 12, 2025The white man in that photo. griotmag.com/en/white-man-i… http://t.co/DjBxWHsjZa
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(@Only4RM) October 10, 2025****
Gov. Brown signs bill banning concealed weapons from schools. @GovPressOffice
nbcbay.com/ABeiP0S http://t.co/d8MaLh90RG
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NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) October 11, 2025Gov. Brown signs bill barring schools from using 'Redskins' as school name or mascot: on.nbc7.com/xyF06hF
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#NBC7 San Diego (@nbcsandiego) October 11, 2025****
My latest for @MSNBC: attorney for Tamir Rice's father blasts reports justifying 12-year-old's killing by police: msnbc.com/msnbc/attorney…
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 11, 2025Must read: For AL’s Poor, Budget Cuts Trickle Down, Limiting Access to Driver’s Licenses sp.lc/TfsHH http://t.co/hHSm5E9jyW
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SPLC (@splcenter) October 10, 2025****
Oregon Victim's Husband Eric Dietz Reveals His Emotional Meeting With Obama people.com/article/eric-d… via @People
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Alycee (@jazziz2) October 11, 2025President Obama uses bully pulpit to push economy that works For workers thkpr.gs/3711145 http://t.co/YM9QJfWrtH
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) October 10, 2025****
WATCH: Unarmed black woman beaten & tackled by Florida cops for filming arrest of her husband ow.ly/Tfnk5 http://t.co/jO1P80JoDn
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Raw Story (@RawStory) October 10, 2025Look, when all you've ever seen is yourself in books and movies, you're disqualified from deciding whether seeing yourself matters.
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Daniel José Older (@djolder) October 11, 2025****
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Since the Sandy Hook tragedy, there has been nearly one school shooting a week in the U.S. lat.ms/1LVFudb http://t.co/hBpq4qyWPm
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Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 10, 2025California adopts tough rules for antibiotic use in farm animals reut.rs/1ZprQ7r CALeadsTheNation
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David Simas (@Simas44) October 11, 2025****
With 94 year old civil rights activist Rosanell Eaton, who had to pass literacy test to register to vote in 1942 http://t.co/o598ySYpD9
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 09, 202550 yrs later, city of Natchez apologizes for sending hundreds of innocent Blacks to state pen buff.ly/1OpS8Bq http://t.co/RDpTvvU5UV
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The Root (@TheRoot) October 09, 2025****
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Chat Away
In a 60 Minutes interview Obama was asked if he could win a third term and he said "Yes" and Fox News headquarters spontaneously combusted.
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Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 12, 202512
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ObamaCare + Women = Progress
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Guttmacher Institute: Fewer U.S. Women Of Reproductive Age Were Uninsured In 2014
The percentage of women of reproductive age who were uninsured dropped sharply between 2013 and 2014, the first full year of implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The decrease among women aged 15–44, calculated by the Guttmacher Institute, mirrors broader national trends reported by the U.S. Census Bureau. This includes steeper drops in the uninsured rate in states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA compared with the rates in those states that did not. The proportion of reproductive-age women without health insurance declined by more than one-fifth between 2013 and 2014, from 17.9% to 13.9%. The change appears to have been driven primarily by gains in Medicaid coverage (from 17.2% to 20.2%). There was a small increase in the proportion of women with private health insurance, from 60.9% to 62.1%.
Gains in insurance coverage among reproductive-age women who live below the poverty line were substantial as well. The uninsured rate dropped by one-fifth, from 32.1% in 2013 to 25.6% in 2014. The gains in the proportion of women aged 15–44 who have insurance coverage has significant implications for access to health care in general, and to sexual and reproductive health care in particular. Medicaid has long offered a very robust package of sexual and reproductive health care services, including family planning services and supplies without out-of-pocket costs for enrollees. And the ACA has spurred significant improvements in private plans’ coverage; most notably, the contraceptive coverage guarantee ensures that privately insured women can access the full range of 18 Food and Drug Administration–approved contraceptive methods for women without out-of-pocket costs.
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HUGE progress for women in first full year of ACA. bit.ly/1janksP #ThanksObamacare http://t.co/ql6WOik447
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Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) September 23, 202512
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