President Barack Obama participates a discussion on poverty at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Georgetown hosted the Catholic Evangelical Leadership Summit on fighting poverty in America
President Barack Obama participates in a discussion on poverty with (L-R) moderator E.J. Dionne, Jr., Robert Putman Professor at Harvard University, and Arthur Brooks President of the American Enterprise Institute
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“I am a black man who grew up without a father, and I know the costs that I paid for that." —Obama #PovertySummit snpy.tv/1HbU5No
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 12, 2025
“It would be powerful for our faith-based organizations to speak out on this.” —Obama on poverty #PovertySummit snpy.tv/1FbMNtm
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 12, 2025
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President Obama on the need to make common investments that expand opportunity for our kids. #PovertySummit snpy.tv/1Fc4Hwf
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 12, 2025
RT if you agree: It’s time to expand opportunity by investing in early childhood education. #PovertySummit http://t.co/jGFM67ogN5
Watch President Obama explain why climate change is a threat to public health → nbcnews.to/1IJaDf3 #ActOnClimate http://t.co/pETXvvrk7N
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 08, 2025
Obama will condemn the psychiatric practice aimed at “repairing” gay and transgender youth nyti.ms/1FjsKKM http://t.co/reCsJTQETD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 09, 2025
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President Barack Obama waves during his arrival on Air Force One, at Norman Manley International Airport in Palisadoes, Jamaica
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President @BarackObama arrived in Kingston, Jamaica, on first leg of journey to the Summit of the Americas in Panama. cnn.it/1GqDffP
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 09, 2025
#BREAKING US President Barack Obama lands in Jamaica, becoming the first sitting US president to set foot on the island since 1982
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) April 09, 2025
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President Barack Obama accompanied by Rep. Yvette D Clarke, D-NY, step from Air Force One
President Barack Obama is greeted by Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller
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Worth sharing: Here's how the #IranDeal would shut down Iran's pathway to a nuclear weapon → go.wh.gov/Iran-deal http://t.co/8aYQi2KEgq
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 08, 2025
BREAKING: Court declines to lift hold on Obama's immigration actions bit.ly/1GJdaHq http://t.co/jQ0FLu1yp1
— The Hill (@thehill) April 08, 2025
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Obama calls out GOP 2016ers who suggest undoing the #IranDeal: "It would be a foolish approach to take" cnn.it/1H4NR35
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 08, 2025
Great preview of Obama's #Jamaica stop from @AP's @jkuhnhenn - Energy, good will top agenda m.apnews.com/ap/db_268798/c…
— Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) April 08, 2025
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Officer who shot unarmed man #WalterScott in South Carolina has been fired, mayor says bbc.in/1H4YpyW http://t.co/CpEiFwvBu1
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) April 08, 2025
The most disturbing thing about this incident is the officer's casual disregard for the truth, going as far as to plant a taser on the body.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) April 07, 2025
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Black people must be wondering if there is any positive in calling the cops if they need help; it just might result in them getting killed by the same people sworn to protect and serve
The police officers statement vs the camera footage... 😕
#WalterScott http://t.co/StaF9GSFGW
— #OnTopicTalkShow (@MarvAbbey) April 08, 2025
Trained To Kill. America. #WalterScott http://t.co/pfDhSZ1iY5
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 08, 2025
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If a video hadn’t emerged, these lies would have been believed by some in the public that still 100% trusts cops. Walter Scott didn’t struggle with the cop for his taser. The cop planted it by his dead body after murdering him
This is how the fatal shooting of Walter Scott was reported before the release of the video: abcnews4.com/story/28725562… http://t.co/F33JWQZ8H6
President Barack Obama signs a Memorandum of Disapproval regarding a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of a rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation case procedures. The joint resolution passed by Congress is a rarely used oversight tool that allows legislators to block regulatory actions
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President Obama signs Memorandum of Disapproval, vetoing measure blocking NLRB rules on union elections. http://t.co/BuKbShDWEk
President Barack Obama announces more than $240 million in pledges to boost the study of STEM fields. This year’s White House Science Fair is focused on diversity.
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President Barack Obama laughs as Stephanie Bullock, 15, of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, far right, explains her team’s rocket design during the President’s tour of the White House Science Fair. With Bullock are Maria Haywood, 12, and Shimeeka Stanley, 14
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"Science is for all of us. And we want our classrooms and labs and workplaces and media to reflect that." —President Obama #WHScienceFair
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 23, 2025
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President Barack Obama poses with six-year-old Girl Scouts from Tulsa, Okla. during the White House Science Fair. The Girl Scouts, including, Emily Bergenroth, Alicia Cutter, Karissa Cheng, Addy O’Neal, and Emery Dodson, used Lego pieces and designed a battery-powered page turner to help people who are paralyzed or have arthritis
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Sahil Doshi, 14, of Pittsburgh shows his carbon-dioxide powered battery idea to President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama tries out a wheelchair with a design modification that makes wheelchair movements easier by Kaitlin Reed, 16, of Dover, Mass., next to Mohammed Sayed, 16, of Cambridge, Mass., who is originally from Afghanistan, and designed a 3D-printed modular arm. Obama will announce more than $240 million in pledges to boost the study of those fields, known as STEM. This year’s fair is focused on diversity.
Harry Paul, 18, of Port Washington, N.Y., shows President Barack Obama his “growing spine implant” that helps in the treatment of scoliosis
President Barack Obama deadpans a remark to reporters about how impressed he is by the work of Anvita Gupta, 17, from Scottsdale, Arizona, about developing a computer algorithm to assess drugs’ effectiveness in the fight against Ebola, Cancer, and Tuberculosis
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"Today, I can announce that we have achieved that goal." —Obama on providing 98% of Americans with access to high-speed wireless internet
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 23, 2025
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President Barack Obama looks at the invention of Sergio Corral and Isela Martinez from Phoenix, Arizona, leaders of the robotics program from Carl Hayden High School
Tiye Garrett-Mills, of Denver, Colorado, shows President Barack Obama her technique for scanning leaf structures
"No young person in America should miss out on the chance to excel in these fields just because they don’t have the resources." —Obama #STEM
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 23, 2025
"We’ve got to celebrate the winners of our science fairs as much as the winners of football or basketball" —President Obama #WHScienceFair
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 23, 2025
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Victor Cruz of the NFL’s New York Giants smiles as President Barack Obama mentions him in his remarks
President Barack Obama reacts while listening attentively to Nikhil Behari, 14, from Sewickley, Pennsylvania, who is designing a biometric security system for computers to help identify a user by their typing style
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"There’s always more to learn, to try, to imagine—and…it’s never too early, or too late, to create or discover something new." —Obama
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 23, 2025
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Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ acknowledges applause as U.S. President Barack Obama mentions him in his remarks
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President Barack Obama speaks with Kristian Sonsteby and Corine Peifer of Pennsylvania, about their invention of a power generator which stores energy created by the natural motion of a floating dock moving up and down with a lake’s natural currents
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"That’s why we love science: It’s more than a school subject, or the periodic table...it is an approach to the world." —Obama #WHScienceFair
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 23, 2025
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President Barack Obama speaks with Ruchi Pandya from San Jose, California, about her nanotechnology project to test biological samples
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President Barack Obama speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Md. SelectUSA, created in 2011, is the first-ever federal effort to bring job-creating investment to the United States, promoting the United States as the world’s premier business location, and providing easy access to federal-level programs and services related to business investment
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"After a decade of outsourcing, we’re starting to bring back good jobs to America." —President Obama #SelectUSA http://t.co/zU0goXMxlM
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 23, 2025
"We can work together on bipartisan…new trade deals...that aren’t just free, but fair" —Obama #SelectUSA #LeadOnTrade http://t.co/K2ot7Pp3l9
The President's launching a new effort to give every 4th-grader in America free access to public lands. #FindYourPark http://t.co/cpLVFYBTl6
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 19, 2025
Obama doesn't refer to Bin Laden, Awlaki, Gaddafi, Godane or Hakimullah Mehsud as "islamic terrorists."
You know what he can call them? Dead
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 19, 2025
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Day 19 of 28: @Lupita_Nyongo = Black is Beautiful. 1st Blk African to win an Oscar & 1st Blk ambassador of Lancôme http://t.co/PLC5A7AJpo
— #becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 19, 2025
Kids depict inspiring African American leaders for Black History Month, and all year round on.mash.to/19zRYHi http://t.co/yt7w1jjpFr
— Mashable (@mashable) February 19, 2025
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Psst…it’s revolutionary methods of plasma storage for transfusions:)
Dr. Charles Drew, is widely known for what life saving invention? #BlackHistoryMonth #BecauseOfThemWeCan http://t.co/Pl6Z2SIOCu
— White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 19, 2025
Day 17 of 28: Sadie T. M Alexander. 1st Nat'l Pres of DST, 1st AA woman in US w/Ph.D in Econ & 1st AA woman to PA bar http://t.co/IzgbWGGzhT
— #becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) February 17, 2025
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Psst…it’s the Little Rock Nine. Your education for today:)
Daisy Bates made a pathway for which group of young people to obtain a quality education in 1957? #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/M6TeRSvHxA
— White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 16, 2025
If you’re reading this you have Lewis Latimer to thank… Read about him here blackinventor.com/lewis-latimer/ #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/6ygsRyar8n
— White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 15, 2025
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If you like the electric guitar, you should thank Sister Rosetta Tharpe. on.mash.to/1FYhQXR #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/NUZfiUoCYQ
— Mashable (@mashable) February 19, 2025
Today we celebrate and salute "Tuskegee Airmen" 4 their successful mission in WWII.
Never lost a bomber to enemy
#BHM http://t.co/YWHqXgyfkf
— Kasai™ (@Kahsai) February 19, 2025
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Yay, Austin!
This same sex couple just got legally married in Austin via court order. http://t.co/HBdb3zTq4k
— Chuck Lindell (@chucklindell) February 19, 2025
As the proud grandpa of a transgender grandchild, I hope she can feel safe at school without fear of being bullied. http://t.co/NDIfOdW9sk
— Rep. Mike Honda (@RepMikeHonda) February 18, 2025
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Can you pass the #BoehnerTest? Who is our Commander in Chief - Obama or Netanyahu?
niacouncil.org/niac-runs-full…
@johncusack http://t.co/o8aoKjBDKb
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) February 19, 2025
Jeb and Bibi teaming up on Twitter http://t.co/PFKQEbF10p
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) February 19, 2025
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And now, the state's first legal gay marriage is registered. http://t.co/p8xF0ZEvri
— Chuck Lindell (@chucklindell) February 19, 2025
Suzanne Bryant and Sarah Goodfriend, partners of 30 years, got married this morning. texasobserver.org/austin-couple-… http://t.co/GVFXVl9u5u
— The Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) February 19, 2025
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President Obama this morning: "The notion that the West is at war with Islam is an ugly lie." nyti.ms/1G863GH http://t.co/yHp4ZPT83B
— NYT Photo (@nytimesphoto) February 19, 2025
MORE: US Embassy: Turkey, US sign deal to train, arm Syrian rebels: apne.ws/1G8FbGi
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 19, 2025
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After stops in Iowa and South Carolina, Biden is heading to New Hampshire: ow.ly/Jl4xK http://t.co/dDlFsQIdE7
— The Hill (@thehill) February 19, 2025
"Dear Rudy, at the height of US/Russian tensions, you were the one who declared Vladimir Putin a great leader" goo.gl/aWXctQ
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 19, 2025
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Something you don't see every day - deep red state (Nebraska) kills voter ID bill msnbc.com/msnbc/voter-id… via @zackroth
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 19, 2025
LBJ’s condolence letter to Coretta Scott King to be auctioned buff.ly/1FuQDi0 http://t.co/weBd8cIocW
— The Root (@TheRoot) February 19, 2025
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Rudy Giuliani's big accomplishment on 9/11 was being the only elected executive not in a bunker. Because his bunker/fuck shack was on fire.
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 19, 2025
And why was it on fire? Because he put NYC's Emergency Command Center inside the only building in New York terrorists had attacked before.
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 19, 2025
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NYPD and others all opposed decision to put NYC's ECC in the WTC. Rudy did anyway, and used it as a place to meet his girlfriend on the DL.
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 19, 2025
Think I'm making this up? Here ya go! villagevoice.com/2007-07-31/new… nytimes.com/2008/01/26/us/…
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) February 19, 2025
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Obama picks the State Department's Jen Psaki to lead White House communications bit.ly/1CNk499
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 19, 2025
Honored to be rejoining the team @WhiteHouse in April, exciting two years for @BarackObama ahead. Wil miss incredible colleagues @StateDept
— Jen Psaki (@statedeptspox) February 19, 2025
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Walmart Gives 500,000 Employees A Pay Raise n.pr/1CNxKmR
— NPR News (@nprnews) February 19, 2025
First @Aetna now @Walmart boosting employee wages. Good first starts & models for others. nbcnews.to/1DEC0Xa http://t.co/atMzjEpU4b
— Areva Martin, Esq. (@ArevaMartin) February 19, 2025
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UCLA Health System says 100 patients possibly exposed to potentially deadly "superbug": reut.rs/1CNrU5b http://t.co/QPxr5tl8c6
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) February 19, 2025
Texas Ebola quarantine success depended on help with daily needs: CDC reut.rs/1E9H0DK
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) February 19, 2025
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What signal does it send the more hateful and violent elements of society when a public figure says our President doesn't love America? Sick
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 19, 2025
Malcolm X on the media. http://t.co/7YTuTTqjef
— (@3ChicsPolitico) February 19, 2025
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Not sure the Kochs have thought through this plan to beat Dems with a major economic stimulus msnbc.com/msnbc/democrat… http://t.co/g6lPOwiu6a
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) February 19, 2025
Man behind soldier beheading plot was caught carrying this knife, a hammer & an Islamic flag bbc.in/1AWWYQU http://t.co/SE45myPcuZ
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 19, 2025
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MORE: Applications for US unemployment benefits fall to 283,000, latest sign of improving job market: apne.ws/1A990pq
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 19, 2025
The Growing Effort To Protect LGBT People From Discrimination Under The Civil Rights Act Of 1964: bzfd.it/19zDAPp
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) February 19, 2025
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Great show!
6 ways ‘Jane the Virgin’ is destroying Latino stereotypes bit.ly/1LeCbv4 http://t.co/MblLj94C0Q
— Mic (@micnews) February 19, 2025
For the 1st Time, the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards Will Be Broadcast on TV - on OWN blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/f… http://t.co/r4lQjwzxBB
— Shadow And Act (@shadowandact) February 19, 2025
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Just so everyone understands, Giuliani called Obama un-American at Walker fundraiser; Walker still refuses to denounce the hate speech.
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 19, 2025
Walker on @SquawkCNBC re: Rudy: "The mayor can speak for himself. I'm not going to comment on whether -- what the president thinks or not"
— Carrie Dann (@CarrieNBCNews) February 19, 2025
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Still surprised that Bin Laden's writings didn't move us from tired debate about CT language to one about CT policy: http://t.co/OB0thgFESg
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) February 19, 2025
Tens of thousands of people march in Argentina, demanding answers in the mysterious death of a prosecutor. aje.io/ftrr
— AJE News (@AJENews) February 19, 2025
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This Chicago cop became a torturer at Guantanamo Bay. Here's what he was doing in police interrogation rooms first. theguardian.com/us-news/2015/f…
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) February 18, 2025
The food stamp capital of the country is Owsley County, KY. It's 99.22% white & 95% GOP. politicalblindspot.com/the-food-stamp… @cenkuygur @davekoller
— Steven Oh (@stevenoh88) February 15, 2025
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Our education continues:)
Carnival is originally a French tradition and it was brought to the Caribbean by colonisers
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
The word carnival originally means something along the lines of "no meat" and the carnival season is always before lent
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
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The enslaved Africans and Tainos/Kalinago were banned from taking part in carnival celebrations
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
They then too what they saw the Europeans doing and fused it with their own native traditions.
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
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The headdresses and "Red Indian" costumes in the West Indies are a tribute to the Kalinago and Taino people who first inhabited the region.
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
A lot of the time they're forgotten about and glossed over (they're still here) and we honour their history through carnival
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
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The "Jab Jab" costume originates from the story of a slave who died after drowning in a sugar vat http://t.co/ZKsDYfEVq6
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
"jab/ djab" is Creole French for devil. The Jab wears horns, chains and is covered in tar, engine oil or black paint. http://t.co/VhcbA6lp5s
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
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Jab Jab can be seen as a reappropriation of slave imagery. His chains and tar covered skin are used to mock the white enslavers.
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
"Moko Jumbie", the stilt walker. 'Jumbie' is a Caribbean word meaning ghost that originates from The Congo region http://t.co/ZbciRTM6fk
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
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The "Shortknee" costume. It has been linked back to West African masquerade and Nigerian Egungun festivals. http://t.co/8DRgua3kf8
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
Finally, one of the best things about Carnival is body acceptance! People of every size enjoy it, and get involved! http://t.co/u0nd0DDwlq
— Congolese Waistline (@denzelwynter) February 18, 2025
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Truth in humor
Obama loves America because there's no other reason any human being would ever be willing to put up with this much bullshit.
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) February 19, 2025
After I shoveled my Republican neighbor's driveway, he said "U can do or say no wrong in my eyes!" I said, "Really? Ok, fuck Ronald Reagan."
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at a reception hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee on India’s Republic Day at the presidential palace
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wave as they pose with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi smile as they talk during a reception in the Mughal Gardens of the Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace in New Delhi, India
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet guests
President Barack Obama speaks during the India-U.S business summit in New Delhi. President Obama urged business leaders to find ways to seize the “untapped potential” that could unleash greater trade between the U.S. and India
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Honeywell CEO Dave Cote and Prime Minister Narendra Modi laugh at a remark by President Barack Obama during a CEO Roundtable and Forum at the India-U.S. Business Summit
President Barack Obama speaks during the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting at the Yanqi Lake International Convention Center in Beijing. Asia-Pacific and world leaders gathered for the annual summit, with free trade at the top of the agenda as they sought to narrow differences on how to open commerce across the vast region.
President Barack Obama shakes hands with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, third left, as China’s State Councilor Yang Jiechi, second right, stands by during a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping
President Barack Obama talks to Vladimir Putin during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Beijing
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Zients, @PennyPritzker in OpEd explain why visa reforms - secured by POTUS on Asia trip - are big deal for US economy tinyurl.com/mdtrxuy
— Eric Schultz (@Schultz44) November 11, 2025
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President Barack Obama readies his shovel as he takes part in a tree planting at the International Convention Center at Yanqi Lake during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit
President Barack Obama talks with Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet after taking part in a tree planting at the International Convention Center at Yanqi Lake
President Barack Obama walks with China’s President Xi Jinping, at the Zongnanhai leaders compound ahead of a dinner
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