The Obama Diary

President Barack Obama meets with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates, in the Oval Office of the White House

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President Obama is headed to @EvergladesNPS on #EarthDay to discuss the need to #ActOnClimate: go.wh.gov/S984Qb http://t.co/sNfDvBi9WM

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 20, 2025

"This is the only planet we’ve got." —Obama on why it's time to #ActOnClimate: pbpo.st/1P4UOmX #EarthDay http://t.co/g9009kn956

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 20, 2025

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"Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008." —Obama: go.wh.gov/Pk4j7N http://t.co/xyhhAIhqXr

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 20, 2025

Readout of President Obama's meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the #UnitedArabEmirates wh.gov/iBWlt

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WH National Security (@NSCPress) April 20, 2025

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First Lady Michelle Obama smiles as she is introduced by Dylan Tete, an Iraq War veteran and executive director of Bastion Community of Resilience, at an event honoring efforts to help homeless veterans in New Orleans. First Lady Michelle Obama and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu spoke Monday to leaders from government, industry and the non-profit sector. The topic was the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness, which Obama started last June. She said the city has moved more than 260 veterans into housing since the initiative began

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Worth a read: The First Lady and @DrBiden on preventing and ending veteran homelessness in America: bit.ly/1HMgLoJ

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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) April 20, 2025

The First Lady's celebrating New Orleans ending vet homelessness! Got Qs? Ask with #HonoringVets by 2:30pm ET on Tues http://t.co/vsJSYdlpUB

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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) April 20, 2025

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Teen who lost home in Hurricane Sandy has been accepted to 7 Ivy League schools: abcn.ws/1bcOkU9 http://t.co/gDt2x9lZRn

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ABC News (@ABC) April 20, 2025

A 1782 use of "African-American" is found, pushing the known origin of the term back 53 years nyti.ms/1G115cS http://t.co/Z1ovTquIt9

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The New York Times (@nytimes) April 20, 2025

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#FreddieGray dies after cops severed 80 percent of his spine. 3chicspolitico.com/2015/04/19/fre…. http://t.co/J4jUh9h8xL

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  (@3ChicsPolitico) April 20, 2025

Freddie Gray dies a week after possible arrest-related spinal injury, attorney says: abcn.ws/1D7RSyp http://t.co/rhfq0RfJj9

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ABC News (@ABC) April 20, 2025

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This is the timeline re: #FreddieGray released by the Baltimore Police Department. http://t.co/FiFoE3ZyIC

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deray mckesson (@deray) April 19, 2025

Incredible work today by many organizers that led to the passage of the STL City Police Civilian Oversight Board!

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deray mckesson (@deray) April 20, 2025

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This is horrific. Black people are being targeted left, right, and sideways. Get arrested for walking, get arrested for driving, get arrested for riding a bicycle. This country is waging a war everyday against Black people. It’s too much

“Of the 10,000 bicycle tickets issued by Tampa police in the past dozen years, the newspaper found that black cyclists received 79 percent of those citations, despite making up less than a quarter of the city’s population.”

In Florida, police are waging a war on black bicycle riders, investigators say washingtonpost.com/news/morning-m… http://t.co/tpTp91iseE

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deray mckesson (@deray) April 18, 2025

When deployed to Ferguson in November, the MO National Guard referred to protesters as "enemy forces" cnn.com/2015/04/17/pol…

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 17, 2025

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