So much of my story—and Barack's—runs through the South Side of Chicago. We had so much fun going down memory lane with @People, sharing moments from the decades we've spent together, the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, and the work we still have left to do in our next chapter. We hope you'll check out the interview: https://t.co/N7HgrjrQRj
Reconstruction was a pivotal and turbulent chapter in our nation’s history – and its consequences are still being felt today. With @HGMedia's Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise, I hope folks can rediscover an essential part of our past and remember that even in moments of deep conflict and contradiction, persistence and perseverance remain powerful sources of hope.
Thank you White House Communications Director @StevenCheung for amplifying my remarks!
I see you didn’t answer the question I asked. Was trump the mystery patient who received the special experimental drug by Eli Lilly under the law designed for people with terminal illnesses?
Q: Why did you give a plea deal to a child sex predator? Do you have anything to say about that?
Paxton: (No response.)
Q: Should he be registered as a sex offender in Texas?
Paxton: (No response.)
Q: What do you have to say to the victim of Adam Hoffman?
Paxton: (No response.)
PETERS: Yes or no, if a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposed rule?
POSTMASTER GENERAL STEINER: No.
PETERS: So the proposed rule basically coerces states to hand over their absentee voter rolls or face the consequences of not being able to vote by mail
To be clear: Trump has no leverage here. If he doesn’t sign the housing bill within 10 days, it becomes law automatically. If, before then, he vetoes, Congress has the votes to override.
🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration https://t.co/WA59TUHa59
I still can't get over how one of our most admired presidents continues to make a difference in the community he calls home.
I know I'm not the only one who saw and felt the genuine love and respect shared between Barack and Michelle Obama during the opening of the Obama Presidential Center.
It was great catching up with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson on Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center. We spoke about the game we love, what it means to open the Center in Chicago, and why understanding our history is so important for navigating the world today. We had a lot of fun—check out our conversation on @allthesmokeprod: https://t.co/IPjhq5sfSi
Ta-Nehisi Coates: “The latent racism of the Republican Party was the kindling and Trump just lit the flame. But it’s always been there. There is a tendency to see Trump as this departure from what Republicans previously have been, but he’s not. What he’s done is taken the mask off. Trump is vulgar, that’s the difference”
BREAKING NYT:
Government documents raise new doubts about Trump's unsubstantiated claim that "vandals" sabotaged the Reflecting Pool.
There's no indication the peeling blue coating and algae blooms were caused intentionally — and the Trump admin knew that.
https://t.co/v1C77s4eQp
En el partido de esta noche entre Congo y Colombia en el Mundial, un hombre congoleño se quedó inmóvil durante los 90 minutos imitando el saludo del líder anticolonial congoleño, Patrice Lumumba.
Lumumba fue descuartizado y disuelto en ácido por EEUU y Bélgica en 1961 por conseguir la independencia del Congo ante el colonialismo y negarse a que los imperialistas siguieran saqueando los recursos de su pais.
Aunque los imperialistas disolvieron su cuerpo, no pudieron borrarlo de la historia, 65 años después, Lumumba sigue presente para millones de personas.
"In Albania, the situation has completely spiraled out of control.
The Albanian people are calling on all celebrities to speak out publicly about them. Amplify our voice to the world. We will not accept the occupation of our land by the United States and Israel."