The Obama Diary

Jun

Bali

Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: bali, Barack Obama, indonesia, Malia, maya, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, Sasha, vacation

The First Family touring the Balinese rice fields in Bali, Indonesia

Jun

Transparency

By Nerdy Wonka 116 Comments

Categories: All Videos
Tags: briefing, interview, Obama, obamacare, panel, Political And Funny Tweets, Press Briefing, press conference, Town Hall, TrumpCare, tweets, white house

Also interesting to watch today: Obama presser from June 23 2009, as he took 30 min of questions on his health plan. https://t.co/5SDHiFmTUa
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 24, 2017

Here’s Obama talking about the insurance market reforms that he wants to see — and why. https://t.co/5BMMbHbkbx
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 24, 2017

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EIGHT YEARS AGO TODAY: Obama does 90-minute forum on health care, takes questions from patients, doctors, reporters… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 24, 2017

Some of the questions that Obama got at the forum — which was televised in primetime — were pretty hard. https://t.co/DnRlnpV8U4
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 24, 2017

Jun

So. Much. Truth.

By Nerdy Wonka 107 Comments

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Tags: Obama, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets

Barack Obama. Everyday twitter.com/muwwakkilll/st…
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Crash Bandicoot (@ColinTheBaptist) June 17, 2017

We miss you & your dapper tan suit President @BarackObama. Every, single, day. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/2jMpEgKyqb
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Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) June 17, 2017

Jun

Behind The Lens: Pete Souza

By Nerdy Wonka 139 Comments

Categories: All Videos
Tags: interview, Obama, Ohio, Pete Souza, university, white house

Jun

Peak Dad

By Nerdy Wonka 174 Comments

Categories: All Videos
Tags: #ObamaFarewell, Barack Obama, Chicago, Farewell Address, Father's Day, illinois, Malia, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, Sasha, speech

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Jun

Chat Away

By Nerdy Wonka 156 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: Death Panel, GOP Obstruction, obamacare, Phone Numbers, Political And Funny Tweets, protests, TrumpCare, tweets

Keep on making your voices heard: Here, Here, and Here

Guy came up to us here at airport rally &said "Obamacare saved my life," lifted up his shirt and showed surgical scars from a triple bypass
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(@igorvolsky) June 22, 2017

@igorvolsky Obamacare saved my life as well. I have a 6 inch scar on lower abdomen from spinal surgery. B4 surgery… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Elizabeth '17Pride🌈 (@akabeth10) June 22, 2017

Jun

‘Bigger Than Politics’

By Nerdy Wonka 111 Comments

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Tags: #ACAWorks, facebook, GOP Obstruction, healthcare, medicaid, medicare, Obama, obamacare, Political And Funny Tweets, TrumpCare, tweets

Health care has always been about something bigger than politics: it's about the character of our country. facebook.com/barackobama/po…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 22, 2017

Jun

The Real Death Panel

By Nerdy Wonka 173 Comments

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Tags: Death Panel, disabled, GOP Obstruction, Health Insurance, insurance, medicaid, obamacare, Phone Numbers, Planned Parenthood, Political And Funny Tweets, poor, Tax Cut, TrumpCare, tweets

Fight Back With These Tools: Here, Here, and Here

Trumpcare: $800,000,000,000 taken from poor to give to rich. @realDonaldTrump now starts to kill Americans for money nytimes.com/2017/06/21/ups…
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Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 22, 2017

BREAKING: Senate Republicans unveil health care bill scuttling Obama law, cuts Medicaid, slashes taxes for wealthy.
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The Associated Press (@AP) June 22, 2017

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Wow. Older enrollees get screwed. They go from paying 6-9.5% of income to 8.3-16.2% of income. Above 350%: from 9.5… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) June 22, 2017

Medicaid covers: 64% of nursing home residents 60% of kids with disabilities 49% of births 20% of all Americans… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) June 22, 2017

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Under Trump's banner, knowing his hardcore 35% of the country will loudly scream their consent for anything he wants, the GOP is unleashed.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 22, 2017

They're grabbing every penny, every patch of land with oil under it, every benefit for the rich, and they'll let you know when they're done.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 22, 2017

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Trump's clown show is the cover; the disastrous distraction. But it's Ryan, McConnell &the billionaire Mercers, Kochs etc driving the train.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 22, 2017

Page 41. They revoke the essential health benefits requirement. https://t.co/1fxrRRrwyg
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Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) June 22, 2017

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This means insurance companies are no longer required to cover things like maternity care and emergency services. This will effect everyone.
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Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) June 22, 2017

Page 86. Decimating Medicaid. https://t.co/bRKuoMPCy5
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Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) June 22, 2017

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This cuts over $4 billion from the Prevention & Public Health Fund. That’s a cruel joke on those who need preventiv… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) June 22, 2017

It maims Obamacare, cuts off Planned Parenthood, and slashes Medicaid. All for a rich man’s tax cut. Read the bill. budget.senate.gov/bettercare
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) June 22, 2017

Jun

Get On Up

By Nerdy Wonka 107 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: #LetsMove, exercise, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets

Michelle Obama continues to get people moving by sharing her boot camp fitness routine ti.me/2sLJEB5
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(@TIME) June 20, 2017

Jun

Straight 🔥

By Nerdy Wonka 121 Comments

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Tags: #FlipThe6th, democrats, election, georgia, GOP Obstruction, Ossoff, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets

Interesting to see Dems & liberals speculating more $ or different positioning would have helped Ossoff, rather than "being a Republican."
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

Republicans vote for Republicans, particularly in Republican districts. Democrats can't turn those voters into Democrats, or convince them
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

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... of how terrible Republicans are, in Washington or in their own back yards. Republicans like Republicans. They only vote for Republicans.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

and they like Republican policies, including tax cuts for the rich and cutting Medicaid. They vote for that stuff because they want it.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

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John Ossoff ran quite a strong campaign. But short of actually BEING a Republican, there's nothing "more he could have done..."
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

Except for one thing: find more Democrats and get them to the polls. That's the magical elixir you're looking for, folks. Find. More. Dems.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

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Republican voters are not going to suddenly stop liking tax cuts and cutting anti-poverty programs & deporting people, or Donald Trump.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

They're going to keep liking those things and voting for them, and for Republicans, because ... well ... they're Republicans.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

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In conclusion: great job Ossoff. Strong race. You found lots more Dems, registered lots of Dems and got some indies to vote Democratic.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

Doing that was very helpful to the Georgia Democratic Party, and made the race competitive.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

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When really it shouldn't have been competitive. Because it's a district full of Republicans.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

One more note: you want to know how California went from a reliably red state to a solidly blue one? Demographics. latimes.com/projects/la-po…
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017

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#GA06 margins thru history: '02: R+59 '04: R unopposed '06: R+45 '08: R+37 '10: R unopposed '12: R+29 '14: R+33 '16: R+23 '17: R+<5 #resist
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Tim Kempf (@Timbo_16_Slice) June 21, 2017

Republicans in California didn't suddenly become more liberal (case in point: Stephen Miller is from the Bay area). The population changed.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 21, 2017