For a century, Planned Parenthood has made it possible for women to determine their own lives. Here's to another #100YearsStrong.
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President Obama (@POTUS) October 16, 2016Posts Tagged ‘abortion
06
Oct
16
Chat Away: The Debate Edition
"He's asking people to vote for somebody he cannot defend." - Kaine
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Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) October 05, 2016CNN POLL: Who better defended their running mate:
-Kaine: 58%
-Pence: 35%
#VPDebate
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Josh Dorner (@JoshDorner) October 05, 2016****
Officially decided to vote for Hillary today. #thatmexicanthing
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Omar G (@Omarg64) October 05, 2016When @GovPenceIN said #ThatMexicanThing that is Code for "it's irrelevant" " not important" " you don't matter" that's what racist do.
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Keisha (@remizmomma) October 05, 2016****
You know #thatmexicanthing is my dad working from picking onions to becoming a school administrator.
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Felisa Cardona (@felisacardona) October 05, 2016#ThatMexicanThing where undocumented immigrants pay more taxes than @realDonaldTrump does. #VPDebate
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Pili Tobar (@pilitobar87) October 05, 2016****
#ThatMexicanThing was my neighbor who works 100 hrs a week to send his kids to a decent private school. #VPDebate
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Andie Marie (@AndieMarie888) October 05, 2016****
Mike Pence de-funded Planned Parenthood in Indiana, ended clean needle programs, and signed the law that put Purvi Patel in jail.
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Ashley C. Ford (@iSmashFizzle) October 05, 2016****
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Indiana has become a repressive state for women and LGBT under the great stewardship of Mike Pence. rewire.news/legislative-tr… #VPDebate
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) October 05, 2016****
Pence’s “you whipped out that Mexican thing again” during the #VPDebate was a textbook display of casual racism. usat.ly/2dHOhRZ
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 05, 2016Don't let Mike Pence's #VPDebate performance fool you. Here are his views on women's rights, LGBTQ rights, & evolut… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…
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Mic (@mic) October 05, 2016****
Though Pence delivered a polished performance, @HeerJeet writes, he told a lot of lies. It’s on us to care. pocket.co/sMSxbL
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 05, 2016At the #VPDebate, Mike Pence tried really, really hard to deny pretty much everything Donald Trump has said and don… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…
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Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 05, 2016****
Trump adviser on debate after Pence passed up opportunities to defend him: "Pence won overall, but lost with Trump"
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John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 05, 2016Trump interrupted Clinton 51 times in the 1st debate, per @voxdotcom. twitter.com/realdonaldtrum…
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Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 05, 2016****
Kaine: Trump called women pigs
Pence: Nope
Kaine: He wants to use nukes
Pence: Nah
Kaine: He wants to deport millions
Pence: U wild son
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Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) October 05, 2016#ThatMexicanThing is where Trump's support among Hispanics drops even lower than his support among blacks.
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I, Hoebot. (@eclecticbrotha) October 05, 2016****
A message from my friend Heba, who works with the Syrian family that Pence tried to bar from Indiana last year https://t.co/aysRksIZbd
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Max J. Rosenthal (@maxjrosenthal) October 05, 2016Millions of Latino voters, showing up at the polls to reject blatant hate #ThatMexicanThing
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Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 05, 2016****
KAINE: Mr. Trump is a man
PENCE: Nonsense
KAINE: Who lives
PENCE: Everyone knows he's dead
KAINE: In New York
PENCE: Doesn't even exist
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Michael Schaub (@michaelschaub) October 05, 2016Eminem looks terrible https://t.co/DJCCCfA6TU
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Lindsay Goldwert (@lindsaygoldwert) October 04, 2016****
Oh gosh don't be too hard on Mike tomorrow, Mr. Trump. https://t.co/Cnqu7XknpL
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Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) October 05, 2016Mike Pence continually threatens to defend Trump's horrible comments, then immediately discusses an unrelated topic.
A profile in courage.
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John Dingell (@JohnDingell) October 05, 2016
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Laura Bassett: Obama Moves To Protect Planned Parenthood Funding, Permanently
The Obama administration has proposed a new rule that would prevent states from defunding Planned Parenthood or any other family planning provider for political reasons. The new rule which the Department of Health and Human Services proposed last week, says that states cannot withhold Title X federal family planning money from certain recipients for any reason other than the “provider’s ability to deliver services to program beneficiaries in an effective manner.” That means states can no longer vote to defund Planned Parenthood because some of its clinics offer abortion services.
“This will make a real difference in so many people’s lives,” said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood. “Thanks to the Obama administration, women will still be able to access the birth control they need to plan their families, and the cancer screenings they need to stay healthy.” The Title X program provides basic preventive health care and family planning services for 4 million low-income Americans. About 85 percent of patients who use Title X have incomes below $23,500. Planned Parenthood serves about a third of those patients, using the $70 million a year it receives in Title X grants to subsidize contraceptives and cancer and sexually transmitted infection screenings for people who can’t afford them.
More here
Every woman has a constitutional right to make her own reproductive choices. I'm pleased to see the Supreme Court reaffirm that fact today.
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President Obama (@POTUS) June 27, 2016Both the admitting privileges and ASC requirements were struck down. This is huge, guys.
HUGE. #StopTheSham #WholeWomansHealth
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 27, 2016BOOM. #WholeWomansHealth #StoptheSham
Fifth Circuit reversed. supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf…
who's up for breakfast whisky?
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 27, 2016****
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American women have the right to an abortion. #HB2 #StopTheSham https://t.co/3872KVP02p
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(@HuffPostWomen) June 27, 2016SCOTUS has struck down the Texas abortion clinic closure law. We 💜 abortion access! #KeepClinicsOpen #StopTheSham https://t.co/TWIa9pBfCZ
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(@reproaction) June 27, 2016****
YESSSSSS
THIS CLINIC STAYS OPEN #StopTheSham twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/sta…
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Jane Doe, MD (@DrJaneChi) June 27, 2016Honestly, we NEEEEEEEEED to replace Scalia with a liberal.
WE NEED TO.
That means we cannot let Trump win.
Dead-ass.
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 27, 2016****
THIS DECISION IS AMAZEBALLS. Get us a 5th justice and we can finally put Gonzales to bed
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Jessica Pieklo (@Hegemommy) June 27, 2016The Supreme Court AGREES - the burden is UNDUE! https://t.co/TRMxOGNzJg
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Whole Woman's Health (@WholeWomans) June 27, 2016****
Glen is here with Catholics for Choice #txabortion https://t.co/YvlYvJRL5o
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Ashley Gold (@ashleyrgold) June 27, 2016"Nah, son." - Justice Breyer to Texas, basically. #StoptheSham #WholeWomansHealth https://t.co/cpqK3lE15S
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 27, 2016****
This is a landmark decision -- the Texas decision will affect laws in other states. An identical law currently on hold in Mississippi.
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Tara Culp-Ressler (@Tara_CR) June 27, 2016The right to choose survives. The burden is undue. goo.gl/zeplKp
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Tara Culp-Ressler (@Tara_CR) June 27, 2016****
evergreen content. #StopTheSham https://t.co/7IL71ewG4J
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Sarah Baker (@bakerbk) June 27, 2016We won. We won. We won. #WholeWomansHealth #SCOTUS #StopTheSham https://t.co/XJpbK5rtnq
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Alana Eichner (@AlanaEichner) June 27, 201601
Dec
15
On being pro-life
I’m going to claim a mantle I never thought I would: I’m pro-life.
Of course, that means something far different from the mainstream definition.
You won’t see me picketing Planned Parenthood clinics yelling “murderer” at women going in to get their yearly pap smear.
Instead you will see me working to make contraception available freely, so that pregnancies are prevented in the first place, and women for the large part won’t have to make the agonizing choice to abort their fetus.
You won’t see me voting for politicians who work to gut programs aimed at children and families in the cause of “fiscal responsibility”, while they line the pockets of their wealthy backers. Bill Gates doesn’t need a handout; a mother struggling to feed and care for her children does. And it’s not a “handout”: it’s an investment in fostering a strong, healthy society, one in which all its members flourish, rather than just a privileged few.
27
Nov
15
Tweets Of The Day
Every time shit like this happens, john and I immediately make another donation to planned parenthood.
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christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 27, 2015Donate to planned parenthood today: secure.ppaction.org/site/Donation2…
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christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 27, 2015****
I also recommend donating to independent abortion clinics, who face the same terror threats as Planned Parenthoods: abortioncarenetwork.org/donation/
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Steph Herold (@StephHerold) November 27, 2015We will never back away from providing care in a safe, supportive environment that millions of people rely on and trust.
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Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) November 27, 2015****
So, he's alive. . . after ACTUALLY shooting at police officers.
Funny to ya girl. twitter.com/Reuters/status…
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Cocky McSwagsalot (@MoreAndAgain) November 28, 2015****
So police didn't feel their lives were in jeopardy enough to kill this #PlannedParenthood terrorist who was actually shooting at them? Hmm.
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Karen Hunter (@karenhunter) November 28, 2015Shooter should face justice but man it's like a punch in the gut to think about black lives lost for crimes like:
loose cigarettes
walking
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Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) November 28, 2015
Pope Francis gave an address to a joint session of Congress today. I hope to have an essay on the broader themes of his speech for tomorrow, but today I want to focus on one aspect which seems to have tarnished his halo with leftists who have pinned their hopes on him and are now disappointed, just as they did with President Obama.
Here is the offending passage:
The Golden Rule also reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development.
That’s it. That was his only glancing reference to abortion. And he didn’t even use the word abortion.
But look at what he said: human life must be protected at every stage of its development.
As I’ve written before, I was raised Catholic. And although I can’t in good conscience call myself a believer any longer, that upbringing undergirds who I am. I can no more dispense with it than I can dispense with all the skeins of life which have made me who I am.
I’ve always been a liberal. And as early as I can remember, I’ve always disagreed with the Church’s position on abortion and birth control. Many times, I’ve disagreed vehemently with the Church, wanting finally to cast aside that part of me.
But as I’ve grown older, I have, I hope, grown wiser. What used to be black and white in my youth has become a symphony of grays. I still disagree with the Church on abortion and birth control. But I can respect its stance, at least on abortion.
How can I do this? Because unlike many of the evangelical Religious Right, the Catholic position on life is a total one. Again, turn to Pope Francis’ words: life must be protected at every stage of development.
11
Jun
15
A Tweet Or Two
Obama taking steps to fund affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods: hill.cm/YaHMsGv http://t.co/kKEevs5ule
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The Hill (@thehill) June 11, 2015Home equity rises to highest level in nearly 10 yrs. Recovering all decimated by the Bush Repub housing bubble & collapse #obamasfault
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Steve Weinstein (@steveweinstein) June 11, 2015****
Surprise! @FLOTUS is guest-editing our July/August #MoreImpact issue. Here’s a sneak peek: more.com/michelleobama http://t.co/GkK1CvyskY
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MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) June 11, 2015Our beloved First Lady is guest editor of July-Aug issue of More magazine & she's remarkable. more.com http://t.co/edKUfGJbMy
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meta (@metaquest) June 11, 2015****
Michelle Obama: First lady and magazine editor @RebeccaRKaplan cbsn.ws/1I3OyGn http://t.co/Do2t19IFsm
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CBS News Politics (@CBSPolitics) June 11, 2015WILL be buying the First Lady's issue of More Magazine!
"Mrs. Obama — who has been on More’s cover twice... fb.me/7dIVRIc0Z
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(@afrobella) June 11, 2015****
Kentucky Governor Raises Minimum Wage With Executive Order nyti.ms/1KRQdlo
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NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) June 09, 2015Republican senator criticizes Obamacare on the grounds that Obamacare subsidies are awesome vox.com/2015/6/8/87483… via @sarahkliff
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Eric Schultz (@Schultz44) June 08, 2015****
Poor child. The consequences of horrific police brutality
Girl officer forced to the ground in pool party video is having a hard time eating & sleeping, her attorney said: wapo.st/1GbIIEN
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Elahe Izadi (@ElaheIzadi) June 10, 2015@ElaheIzadi her body is still in fight-or-flight. you don't eat or sleep in that state. poor thing. PTSD seems inevitable here. so sad.
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Cynthia Rose (@PurpleMonarch79) June 11, 2015****
Vile, disgusting, racist scumbag
This is #KarenFitzgibbons. She is an Elementary School Teacher. And she wants to bring back Segregation. #McKinney http://t.co/ZixAZ7N2c9
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D (@Delo_Taylor) June 11, 2015This is one of the public school to prison pipeline train conductors http://t.co/6Dd6mfvENs
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No Relation (@TheCosby) June 11, 2015****
Teacher deleted post regarding #McKinneyPolice in which she said she "was almost to the point of wanting" segregation http://t.co/uAHqYPaWi1
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Adam Young (@AYoungReporter) June 11, 2015The thought of this vile person teaching impressionable, innocent 4th graders makes me nauseous. #KarenFitzgibbons twitter.com/ShaunKing/stat…
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(@Only4RM) June 11, 2015****
I'm sure #KarenFitzgibbons can find a teaching job where her opinions will fit in at a school in 1859.
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(@JRehling) June 11, 2015Twitter & Facebook: Nicely weeding out racists, homophobes, and any other general, horrible people. Thank You. #KarenFitzgibbons
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Jennifer Spiecker (@jen_spiecker) June 11, 2015****
How many black students have been singled out in #KarenFitzgibbons classroom and now have discipline records because of her beliefs?
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Krissy (@__Krisssyy) June 11, 2015Teachers like #KarenFitzgibbons is why black children suffer in the education system. I can't imagine how she treats her black students.
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はるか (@melaninbarbie) June 11, 2015****
The racist been fired. Life comes at you fast
BREAKING: #KarenFitzgibbons, the teacher who defended #McKinney police with these words, has been fired. http://t.co/wk7hnxEUkY
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TRiLL CLiNTON (@iMadeSmartCool) June 11, 2015#KarenFitzgibbons got fired. Segregate that. http://t.co/uIKAmFhEd5
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Dominator (@DuckFom) June 11, 2015****
Why is it so hard for families of color to get justice when a loved one is murdered? Must read by @edwin_d_rios: motherjones.com/politics/2015/…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 09, 2015One of most corrosive things to relationship between minorities and police: unsolved murder motherjones.com/politics/2015/… http://t.co/9PKV9TjcBl
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 09, 2015****
Only 9 Days in 2015 When The Police Haven't Killed Someone. America. http://t.co/yhTU4tcPxc
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 11, 2015Police investigating photo of officers “laughing after a Muslim mother’s hijab was ripped off” bzfd.it/1IJQZUe http://t.co/Ybpsaa7x9Q
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(@BuzzFeed) June 11, 2015****
Damn. Of course, when police brutality of minorities in England is taken into account, British and American cops have a lot to answer for
American police fatally shoot 2 ppl a day
British police have fatally shot 2 ppl in 3 years wapo.st/1IwMqcX http://t.co/Gn2zj86zHS
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 11, 2015One reason: fewer guns in hands of cops and fewer guns in hands of citizens wapo.st/1IwMqcX http://t.co/6MC6gT9Q9f
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 11, 2015****
"A boy was accused of taking a backpack. The courts took t̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶e̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ his life."
newyorker.com/magazine/2014/…
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Jamiles Lartey (@JamilesLartey) June 08, 2015Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kalief Browder's suffering: "It was done by our servants, and it was done in our name." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) June 08, 2015****
The abject horror and tragedy of #KaliefBrowder death has to be communicated constantly. latimes.com/nation/la-na-n… http://t.co/jij3nJvTsF
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Stacey E. Singleton (@staceyNYCDC) June 08, 2015The cop who killed Kimani Gray, received a Cop of the Year award after the young boy's death. #MckinneyPolice http://t.co/exszlzYdQe
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zellie (@zellieimani) June 07, 2015****
10
Jun
15
A Tweet Or Two
Our deepest gratitude for everyone's kindness & compassion. Your love & admiration for Beau has touched us beyond measure. -The Biden Family
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Vice President Biden (@VP) June 08, 2015Michelle Obama delivers emotional commencement address at Chicago high school
huff.to/1QosVKN http://t.co/7ACXcUMamu
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HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) June 10, 2015****
JUST IN: Pres. Obama authorizes deployment of up to 450 more U.S. military personnel to fight ISIS in Iraq http://t.co/8D3MBSIAaA
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CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 10, 2015Americans have written 20,000 letters to @POTUS thanking him for the ACA since mid-2013 → go.wh.gov/ACA-History
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Keith Maley (@Maley44) June 09, 2015****
Since 2013, we've seen the largest decline in America's uninsured rate in decades → go.wh.gov/ACA-History #ACAWorks http://t.co/DHFZ9yDkic
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 10, 2015Most disingenuous thing ever: Taking Obamacare away from people proves Obamcare is bad for people http://t.co/PcUtxAaexP
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Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) June 08, 2015****
Thank you, President Obama for being a leader on important issues
Chipotle says it will offer paid vacation and sick pay to all employees, including part-time: abcn.ws/1Qj7UkF http://t.co/j3nLtxQuoY
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ABC News (@ABC) June 08, 2015Breaking News: E.P.A. Says It Will Set Rules for Airplane Emissions
nyti.ms/1HrKqUL
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The New York Times (@nytimes) June 10, 2015****
20 metro DEM areas with most jobs from exports. Pass #TPA and #TAA and join 21st C global trade @HouseDemocrats http://t.co/Mfpu5mmPGw
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meta (@metaquest) June 10, 2015Michelle Obama (@FLOTUS) to slain student Hadiya Pendleton's classmates: "They don’t believe you are real" bloom.bg/1MI9oPR
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Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) June 10, 2015****
Not surprising. Impotent white tears. *rolls eyes*
Sources on the ground say McKinney police dept is getting angry, n-word filled phone calls for not "standing up for" Eric Casebolt.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 10, 2015Meanwhile a Houston iHeartradio host, Michael Berry, called the black pool party kids "jungle animals" - msnbc.com/msnbc/conserva… #McKinney
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 10, 2015****
Farai Chideya (@farai) draws eerie comparisons of the deaths of Ota Benga & Kalief Browder. farai.com/kill-yourself-… http://t.co/ElW9Z7skYD
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Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 09, 2015Texas inmate who spent more than a decade on death row freed: cbsn.ws/1IBXB73 http://t.co/itknkqc7YI
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CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 09, 2015****
“Administrative leave” is code for, let’s wait until it all dies down
one of the women who started the fight at #McKinney has been put on"admin leave" from employer crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/teen-w… http://t.co/4HJefQ47MM
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maryteatowel (@maryteatowel) June 10, 2015No coincidence that the racist White lady cited section 8 housing in a town that was sued over racist housing discrimination. #McKinney
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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 08, 2015****
.@bankofamerica Is this your employee Tracey Carver-Allbritton attacking a child & using racial slurs?#McKinneyPolice http://t.co/VUTNFBJ1XU
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(@DallasforChange) June 08, 2015Tracey Carver-Allbritton, woman who assaulted the teenagers & used racial slurs. Works at @bankofamerica. #McKinney http://t.co/OZLzJU6x5M
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Kiaira (@BlvckConscious) June 08, 2015****
McKinney, Texas City At Center Of Pool Party Video Controversy, Was Sued Over Housing Discrimination ibtimes.com/mckinney-north… h/t @htowngenie
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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 08, 2015According to Fox News, what Josh Duggar did was bad, but not quite as egregious as black kids having a pool party in Texas.
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Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) June 09, 2015****
But of course; harm Black children, get to wiggle out of the hands of justice and keep your pension
Police says criminal investigation into Eric Casebolt's action will take time; resignation means internal investigation over @ZahidArabFox4
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(@NewsBreaker) June 09, 2015#McKinneyPD Chief confirms Casebolt will keep his pension and benefits. He also says there were complaints in his file, but no details.
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Mireya CBS11 (@cbsmireya) June 09, 2015****
Bravo, Kyemah!
This is for always being labeled as, "ugly" or "angry". Thank God, stereotypes are just opinions. - Kyemah McEntyre✊🏾 http://t.co/UXTLyVSF9f
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KYEMAH MCENTYRE (@KyeTheCreator) June 07, 2015This girl’s gorgeous handmade prom dress just broke the internet bzfd.it/1MlsgDr http://t.co/3KzGbAypaE
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(@BuzzFeed) June 09, 2015****
