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Apr

Making An Enormous Difference

Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: activism, Activists, Barack Obama, florida, gun control, Gun Safety, Gun Violence, high school, letter, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Michelle, Michelle Obama, nra, Obama, Parkland, Political And Funny Tweets, President, students, tweets

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the letter @BarackObama and @MichelleObama wrote to the #ParklandShooting survivors. In it, the f… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Mic (@mic) March 21, 2018

Mar

Glorious Indeed

By Nerdy Wonka 126 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: Activists, Community Organizing, gun control, Gun Safety, legacy, Obama, Parkland, Political And Funny Tweets, students, tweets

These kids are the real legacy of @BarackObama. They are political, passionate and brilliant. They believe in our l… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Ken Olin (@kenolin1) February 19, 2018

Goodnight everybody. Here’s my older brother Julian and I at an awesome @BarackObama rally when I was 7 or 8. We… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Cameron Kasky (@cameron_kasky) February 27, 2018

Mar

Chat Away

By Nerdy Wonka 153 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: chat, florida, gun control, Gun Safety, nra, Parkland, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets

Why not just ban guns and when people are upset about it, just send them thoughts and prayers?
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Erica Buist (@ericabuist) November 05, 2017

If "thoughts and prayers" are good enough for people who've lost their families then it's good enough for people who've lost their guns.
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Erica Buist (@ericabuist) November 05, 2017

Feb

Every Step Of The Way

By Nerdy Wonka 155 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: #March4OurLives, #NeverAgain, Activists, florida, gun control, Gun Safety, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Parkland, Political And Funny Tweets, protests, students, tweets

I’m in total awe of the extraordinary students in Florida. Like every movement for progress in our history, gun ref… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) February 22, 2018

Young people have helped lead all our great movements. How inspiring to see it again in so many smart, fearless stu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 22, 2018

Feb

#NeverAgain

By Nerdy Wonka 118 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: #NeverAgain, Activists, Congress, Everytown, florida, gun control, Gun Safety, Moms Demand, nyt, Parkland, Phone Numbers, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets

Here’s the 2 page, $230,000 Everytown ad running in the New York Times tomorrow, listing phone numbers of members o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) February 21, 2018

Feb

“We Call BS”

By Nerdy Wonka 151 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: Activists, Emma, florida, Gonzalez, gun control, Gun Safety, high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, nra, Parkland, Political And Funny Tweets, protests, students, tweets

Watch this savage speech by Emma Gonzalez today in Fort Lauderdale. She pulled no punches and took no prisoners.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 17, 2018

We all need to be as angry as Emma Gonzalez. cnn.it/2CslKf9
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 17, 2018

Nov

Fealty To The NRA

By Nerdy Wonka 151 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: GOP Obstruction, gun control, Gun Safety, Gun Violence, nra, Political And Funny Tweets, Sutherland Springs, texas, tweets

Whoa, this statement from @ChrisMurphyCT on the Sutherland Springs, Texas shooting is extremely powerful. Wow. https://t.co/4qyP3sH9co
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Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) November 05, 2017

27 dead, 24 injured in a town with a population of 683. 4% of Sutherland Springs' population was just wiped out by… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Holly O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) November 05, 2017

What's the going rate for a "thought" and a "prayer?" The top 20 recipients of gun lobby money are all REPUBLICANS. https://t.co/88EK0xhser
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Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) November 05, 2017

Nov

Wisdom

By Nerdy Wonka 109 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: Congress, GOP Obstruction, gun control, Gun Safety, Gun Violence, nra, Obama, Political And Funny Tweets, Sutherland Springs, texas, tweets

We grieve with all the families in Sutherland Springs harmed by this act of hatred, and we’ll stand with the survivors as they recover...
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 06, 2017

May God also grant all of us the wisdom to ask what concrete steps we can take to reduce the violence and weaponry in our midst.
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 06, 2017

Oct

No Excuse For Inaction

By Nerdy Wonka 162 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Joe 'Big Deal' Biden
Tags: Biden, gun control, Gun Safety, Joe Biden, Las Vegas, nevada, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets, vp

Appalled by the senseless loss of life in Las Vegas. Jill and I hold all those affected and grieving in our hearts.
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Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 02, 2017

How long do we let gun violence tear families apart? Enough. Congress & the WH should act now to save lives. There's no excuse for inaction.
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Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 02, 2017

Aug

A True Comforter-In-Chief

By Nerdy Wonka 143 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: #DoItForGabby, 9/11, arizona, Arkansas, aurora, Baton Rouge, coal, colorado, Congress, Connecticut, cops, gabby, Giffords, gun control, Gun Safety, Gun Violence, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, joplin, Kelly, louisiana, Mark, missouri, moore, Navy Yard, New Jersey, newtown, Obama, oklahoma, Political And Funny Tweets, San Bernardino, Sandy Hook, tornado, tucson, tweets, victims, Vilonia, washington, West Virginia

Barack Obama with a victim of Hurricane Sandy. https://t.co/R4AUr7INMM
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 30, 2017

Barack Obama with a victim of tornado in Joplin, Missouri. https://t.co/oU3zt3rjxi
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 30, 2017

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Barack Obama with a victim of tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. https://t.co/yxTCNgGpwl
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 30, 2017

Barack Obama with a victim of Hiroshima. https://t.co/jChuRqnd7i
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 30, 2017

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Barack Obama with a victim of Aurora shooting. https://t.co/KnSOb0nNfo
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 30, 2017

Barack Obama with relative of victim of the Washington Navy Yard shooting. https://t.co/0KQ1EVE2ne
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 30, 2017

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Barack Obama with relatives of Emilie Parker, who was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School. https://t.co/Smx7fgEGza
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 30, 2017

Barack Obama with Mark Kelly, husband of Gabby Giffords. https://t.co/JfclNZVH2F
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 30, 2017

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Barack Obama with a family member of a coal miner who died in the Upper Branch Mine explosion in West Virginia. https://t.co/bQ6O4PblV7
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 30, 2017

Barack Obama meets with families of victims of the San Bernardino shooting. https://t.co/JfohD8PK2s
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 30, 2017

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