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Barack Obama
@BarackObama
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More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.
If the House passes this bill, it will increase costs and hurt
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Barack Obama
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14d
The Supreme Court upheld a critical part of the Affordable Care Act. A day later, it recognized a Constitutional right to marriage equality. And that same afternoon, a congregation in Charleston, still reeling from a horrifying act of racial violence but fortified by the
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama
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14d
Progress in this country is never guaranteed, either. But that week, it felt like the efforts of so many, across generations, was bending the arc of the moral universe a little more towards justice. I recently sat down with Garrison Hayes to talk about that day, and what it can
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama
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14d
It was a week that reasserted our freedoms. The freedom from fear that random illness or accident could cost us everything. The freedom to marry who we love. The freedom intrinsic to a people who, even when we lose our way, are never bound to the past – but rather great precisely
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama
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14d
Progress in this country never comes easy or quick. For every few hard-earned steps forward, we might stumble a couple steps back. But sometimes, the slow, steady effort of generations is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.
That's exactly what happened in a
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama
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21d
This Juneteenth, I’m inspired by the work of our @ObamaFoundation leaders and alumni. Read their reflections on this day, and the ways they are transforming their communities for the better.
https://www.obama.org/stories/ob…
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama
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21d
On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama
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25d
Thirteen years ago, my administration acted to protect young people who were American in every single way but one: on paper.
DACA was an example of how we can be a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws. And it’s an example worth remembering today, when families with similar
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama
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33d
Congratulations to @CocoGauff for an amazing championship at the French Open — the first American singles champion at @RolandGarros in a decade. You make us all proud.
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama
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38d
Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/h…
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