President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk from the Marine One helicopter to the White House as they return from the memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela to Washington, December 11
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MoooOOOooorning Early Birds
Obama turned Republicans against war. If you did that, you’d deserve the Nobel Peace Prize too.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) September 6, 2025
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If we had to rely on Congress to approve the hit on Bin Laden the Motherfucker would be on Dancing with the Stars next season.
— Nostradeptus (@adept2u) September 7, 2025
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Obama plans media blitz Monday as Syria vote looms http://t.co/urpzORLHhS
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) September 7, 2025
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#POTUS interviewers: ABC/Diane Sawyer, CBS/Scott Pelley, CNN/Wolf Blitzer, Fox/Chris Wallace, NBC/Brian Williams and PBS’s Gwen Ifill
— AAmom (@AVD911) September 7, 2025
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what an ego - unsubscribe page: “I agree with Alan Grayson, but I just get too many emails.”
— Judy Greenough (@judygreeno) September 7, 2025
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ICYMI, here’s Alan Grayson laughing at the idea of US trying to stop Syrian “atrocities”; http://t.co/POopByjAWm
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) September 7, 2025
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How many @dailykos wreck list diaries condemn @AlanGrayson for his islamophobia? 3? 4? Yea, didn’t think so. Hypocrites. @markos
— BWD (@theonlyadult) September 7, 2025
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I’m older enough to remember when emos had the same kind of love affair w/ Weiner that they now have w/ Grayson. They’re both lunatics.
— Smartypants (@Smartypants32) September 7, 2025
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Have a good long look, @MSNBC @Maddow @Lawrence @EdShow @chrislhayes An “alleged” Sarin gas attack looks like: http://t.co/w289N9NTz9
— Bill R (@cmpnwtr) September 7, 2025
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PBO at G20 press conference on talk w/ Putin: “Mr. Snowden didn’t come up.” Drop mic…LOL.
— Smartypants (@Smartypants32) September 6, 2025
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@DavidCornDC me
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) September 6, 2025
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THIS!!!!!!!!! THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/gzspWHGAeO
— Sherrie Hussein GG (@SherrieGG) September 6, 2025
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Many arguments agnst striking Syria rest on past failures, little notice that Obama CiC record is 1 of tight focus, successful intervention
— Bill Scher (@billscher) September 6, 2025
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@jonkarl the one who published made up emails from the GOP. Why do you still have a job?
— LiberalPhenom (@LiberalPhenom) September 6, 2025
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American press seem utterly incapable of separating what’s going on in Syria from how this impacts PBO. Huge disservice to the issue.
— meta (@metaquest) September 6, 2025
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Pundunces are writing their responses right now => Obama to give Syria speech Tuesday http://t.co/OyaFWM8aYV #p2 #blacknews
— PragmaticObotsUnite (@PragObots) September 6, 2025
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The GOP had an open & honest discussion about #Syria & concluded the only way to solve it is to repeal #ObamaCare and make oral sex illegal.
— John (@linnyitssn) September 6, 2025
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@larry_author .@DavidCornDC How about judging Obama on HIS own interventions and not Bush’s?
— GoBrooklyn (@GoBrooklyn) September 6, 2025
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I thought it was impressive when Obama turned Republicans against golf. But now he’s even turned them against war.
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) September 6, 2025
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Cross-posted on The People’s View.
America’s history is written in blood and sacrifice. We have two holidays—Memorial Day and Veterans Day—which commemorate the sacrifices made by our military. But, we have only two national martyrs whom we acknowledge with holidays: Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Both of our great martyrs died trying to expiate the sins of slavery and racism. Without their work, the America in which we live would be unrecognizable. In fact, there might very well be no America, as it would have split along the fissures caused by one of its two original sins, that of slavery.
Which is why it’s quite curious that Chris Hayes, on his show last night, brought up the memories of Dr. King and Rosa Parks when speaking of NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
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