Barack Obama at his last press briefing with reporters, 2017:
"I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I've enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics. You're supposed to ask me tough questions. You're not supposed to be complimentary, but you're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."
It’s still Twitter.
It’s still the Kennedy Center.
It’s still Lake Ontario.
It’s still the Department of Defense.
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
And Donald Trump is still a pedophile.
10 years ago tonight, Hillary Clinton made history as the first woman to be nominated for President of the United States.
RETWEET if you will always be with her!
1) Le sacan tarjeta roja al mejor jugador de la selección USA.
2) La Casa Blanca llama a la FIFA.
3) La FIFA retira la tarjeta roja y el jugador queda habilitado para el partido con Bélgica.
4) Trump saca un “tuit” agradeciendo a la FIFA por “hacer justicia”.
Gracias Trump y gracias FIFA por arruinar el principio de igualdad de competencia del Mundial de fútbol.
She died in 1995 at only 52 years old, never seeing her son become President of the United States of America. For years people only knew her as Barack Obamas mother. But she was much more than that. She was a scholar, a fighter for dignity and a woman who believed systems-not people-create poverty. Stanley Ann Dunham❤️Barack Obama is her son.
Dear Former President Barack Obama and Former First Lady Michelle Obama,
I’ve watched you and your children attacked with a ferocity and cruelty that defy any sense of decency and that certainly have no precedent.
I’ve watched your birthplace called into question, your personal faith ridiculed, your patriotism mocked, your gender contested, and your very humanity discounted.
I’ve watched you endure the incessant, bitter venom of those for whom the color of your skin was always going to be a problem.
And through all of it, I’ve watched you be the better humans, always going high despite their sickening depths.
In the face of a sustained, spitting, violent, raw-throated hatred, you’ve never responded in kind.
You never allowed yourselves to be defined by the bigotry of your critics, and you never dehumanized them or let them win by becoming them.
I wouldn’t be where I am today without the love and support that @MichelleObama has poured into me over the years. Her story — from her South Side roots to the White House and beyond — is a central part of the Obama Presidential Center.
@BarackObama Barack Obama carried the presidency with dignity, empathy, and actual respect for the troops instead of treating patriotism like a merchandising opportunity.
I miss having a president who understood service means sacrifice, not self promotion.