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Oct

Florida/North Carolina

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Tags: #ActOnClimate, Barack, Barack Obama, Climate Change, florida, flotus, hurricane, Hurricanes, Michelle, Michelle Obama, North Carolina, Obama, President, storms, tornadoes, tweets

Michelle and I are thinking about everyone in Florida, North Carolina, and across the Southeast whose lives have been upended by storms over the last couple of weeks. We’re grateful to the first responders and FEMA professionals who have put themselves in harm’s way to help. If… pic.twitter.com/zZAe7I7uPh
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 10, 2024

Feb

Trayvon Martin: 10 Years

By Nerdy Wonka 108 Comments

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Tags: Barack, Barack Obama, Black History, Black History Month, death, florida, martin, murder, Obama, President, racism, trayvon, Trayvon Martin, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

It’s hard to believe it's been 10 years since Trayvon Martin was killed. Leading up to this anniversary, I reflected on what his death meant to me as president, as a Black parent, and as a Black man—as well as what it meant for our country. pic.twitter.com/Ywt22dOGup
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2022

Oct

Freedom To Vote

By Nerdy Wonka 109 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: Congress, florida, Freedom To Vote Act, government, Incarceration, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, Poll Tax, senate, Senator, senators, tweets, Voter Suppression, voting, Voting Rights

A couple years ago, the Florida state government rolled back a measure that would have given many formerly incarcerated Floridians their right to vote. Now, they can only cast a ballot if they pay off their incarceration debt. It's essentially a poll tax. https://t.co/nLFOhrhtEz
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) October 13, 2021

That’s why I’m asking all of you to call your Senators today and tell them to pass the Freedom to Vote Act. It’s a bill that will help fight voter suppression like this—and strengthen our democracy for all of us. https://t.co/iRPMqCGiqM
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) October 13, 2021

Nov

Breaking The Barrier

By Nerdy Wonka 109 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: baseball, First Lady, florida, history, Kim, miami, Miami Marlins, Michelle Obama, mlb, Obama, sports, tweets

So excited to see Kim Ng named the first woman and first Asian-American General Manager in the MLB. I grew up loving the Cubs, but I’ll be cheering you on!https://t.co/Nl9YNryOn6
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) November 13, 2020

Oct

President Obama In Miami

By Nerdy Wonka 139 Comments

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Tags: 2020 Election, Barack Obama, Biden, campaign, campaigning, florida, Harris, miami, President, tweets, vote

Hello, Florida! It's #VoteEarlyDay and we’re just 10 days away from this election. I want to see you make a plan today for how you’re going to get involved and vote. Let’s get to work. https://t.co/lq3jqYjrOX
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 24, 2020

Sep

Magnifying Who You Are

By Nerdy Wonka 128 Comments

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Tags: 2008 Elections, 2012 Election, 2016 Elections, Barack Obama, Clinton, democracy, elections, florida, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, jacksonville, Obama, President, romney, trump, voting

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May

Candor, Wisdom, And Laughter

By Nerdy Wonka 149 Comments

Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Michelle Obama
Tags: #IAmBecoming, Arena, atlanta, becoming, book, Book Tour, college, florida, gayle, Gayle King, interview, King, Michelle, Michelle Obama, morehouse, Obama, Political And Funny Tweets, speech, spelman, State Farm, tour, tweets

Today I joined students @SpelmanCollege, @CAU, and @Morehouse to talk about the importance of celebrating our stories. By embracing our whole truth, we don’t just understand ourselves better, we open ourselves to a better understanding of everyone else’s stories too. #IAmBecoming pic.twitter.com/2vhABDbeo5
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 11, 2019

We’re honored to have @MichelleObama on campus to discuss “Becoming” with our “Black Women: Developing Public Leadership Skills” class, led by political science professor Dr. Marilyn Davis. The class studied the autobiography as a part of the course curriculum. #IAmBecoming pic.twitter.com/Nwu4AJAENt
— Spelman College (@SpelmanCollege) May 11, 2019

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Did last of my interviews w/ @MichelleObama for her #IAmBecoming book tour & it sure was fun. So much candor, wisdom & laughter. As she rounds the corner to the end of the tour, a round of applause for her vision to make her book come alive for readers around the world pic.twitter.com/i48fL3miA6
— Michele Norris (@michele_norris) May 11, 2019

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Feb

Refusing To Settle

By Nerdy Wonka 157 Comments

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Tags: #StopGunViolence, Activists, Barack Obama, davis, florida, Gun Safety, Gun Violence, Jordan, Jordan Davis, Lucy, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Mcbath, Obama, Parkland, Political And Funny Tweets, President, students, tweets

In the year since their friends were killed, the students of Parkland refused to settle for the way things are and marched, organized, and pushed for the way things should be - helping pass meaningful new gun violence laws in states across the country. I'm proud of all of them.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 14, 2019

Today would have been Jordan’s 24th birthday.

I am honoring my son’s life by working for common sense solutions to end gun violence and save as many lives as possible.

Happy birthday, Jordan.#EndGunViolence pic.twitter.com/vBkhIahYKm
— Rep. Lucy McBath (@RepLucyMcBath) February 16, 2019

Oct

Vote.Vote.Vote.Vote.

By Nerdy Wonka 145 Comments

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Tags: 2018 Elections, Beto, early voting, florida, Gillum, midterms, Political And Funny Tweets, texas, tweets, voting

Whoa. This is the line for early voting in #Houston. Literally people camped out last night so they could be among the first to vote. “This is one of the most important elections of our lifetimes,” Cody Pogue tells me pic.twitter.com/swtTEmcjcZ
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) October 22, 2018

Shoutout to everyone in Miami-Dade County who camped out overnight to be the FIRST ones in line for early voting today! This is how we #BringItHome!! pic.twitter.com/4HN2Z19SAI
— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) October 22, 2018

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Voters camped out last night to be the first to vote early today. Photo taken at 1:00 a.m. at Shenandoah Park. @MiamiHerald pic.twitter.com/FHx1bgDed9
— Maya Kaufman (@mayakauf) October 22, 2018

Is this a @BetoORourke rally? Nope - it’s a massive crowd of Texans in Montgomery County waiting in line to vote early. #VoteWithBeto

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— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 22, 2018

Oct

A Voting Rockstar

By Nerdy Wonka 145 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: #WhenWeAllVote, 2018 Elections, florida, miami, Michelle, Michelle Obama, midterms, Obama, Political And Funny Tweets, tweets, voting, When We All Vote

Michelle Obama walked on stage to a rock star's welcome in the final stop of her "When We All Vote" campaign “ a nonpartisan effort to encourage voting in this year's midterm election. https://t.co/OQj4sr99v9 pic.twitter.com/7532n07hi9
— ABC News (@ABC) September 29, 2018