Tag: White House
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ISIS movie trailer includes footage of White House [pics, video]
White House opens Obama/Biden lunch to still photographers
Don’t get too excited, but the White House has decided to allow still photographs of tomorrow’s weekly lunch between President Obama and Vice President Biden.
http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/420718397442121729This is a rare move by the White House, which has certainly been less than transparent. Could it have something to do with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ new book, which is particularly critical of Biden?
In his memoir, Gates reportedly describes Biden as “wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” Some shots of Obama and Biden together might shore up their image as united and actively engaged.
http://twitter.com/#!/MarcHoover1/status/420719380213665792Exactly.
http://twitter.com/#!/MarshallLocke/status/420720416768786432 http://twitter.com/#!/OKnox/status/420716626678272000 http://twitter.com/#!/OKnox/status/420730440538804224 http://twitter.com/#!/OKnox/status/420732455713140736What’s on the menu?
http://twitter.com/#!/AdamBlickstein/status/420718792264916992Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/01/07/white-house-opens-obamabiden-lunch-to-still-photographers/
Embarrassing White House ‘health care bracketology’ GIFs slam dunked
The White House, hoping that Obamacare can ride on the coattails of the NCAA basketball tournament, is featuring the GIF-heavy “16 sweetest reasons to #GetCoveredNow”:
http://twitter.com/#!/WhiteHouse/status/445598183901503488Among the 16 “competitors” in the Obamacare “tournament” is this:
http://twitter.com/#!/charliespiering/status/445611169668009984Yes, this is actually on the White House website as a reason to #GetCoveredNow:
Who hasn’t that happened to?
This has gone beyond embarrassment.
http://twitter.com/#!/BBaranowski/status/445610216789245952 http://twitter.com/#!/cheriebone/status/445612576613752832Another “health care bracketology” competitor is a “birth control is free” happy duck GIF:
The White House doesn’t say who actually gets stuck with the bill for that particular “freebie.”
http://twitter.com/#!/ranjoesta/status/445609042053197824 http://twitter.com/#!/JSpo_Naug/status/445612683610828801And those are just two of the 16 “competitors” in “health care bracketology.”
“Baffled” doesn’t even begin to describe the reactions:
http://twitter.com/#!/kesgardner/status/445616645277376512 http://twitter.com/#!/RBPundit/status/445608529320480768 http://twitter.com/#!/Holden114/status/445608780961968128"There's a girl twerking on the White House website.." "It's a sign" "A sign of what?" "I don't know."— S.M (@redsteeze) March 17, 2014
http://twitter.com/#!/CuffyMeh/status/445630916056989697 http://twitter.com/#!/schuellerj/status/445618582076944385It’s the kind of thing that makes us long for the more dignified Obamacare sales approach of “Between Two Ferns.”
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include additional tweets.
Planets spotted in alignment over the White House
CNN’s Jim Acosta took an interesting pic this morning of the Venus, Jupiter and Mars lined up over the White House. Check it out:
But what does it mean? A new press secretary, perhaps:
Or maybe it has something to do with Joe Biden’s future:
Hopefully it’s just that and nothing more ominous.
President, VP observe International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Is it a White House first? An evolved President Obama has issued a formal statement commemorating Saturday’s International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, or #IDAHOT.
Tomorrow, as we commemorate the 10th annual International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, we recommit ourselves to the fundamental belief that all people should be treated equally, that they should have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential, and that no one should face violence or discrimination — no matter who they are or whom they love.
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At a time when, tragically, we are seeing increased efforts to criminalize or oppress LGBT persons, we call on partners everywhere to join us in defending the equal rights of our LGBT brothers and sisters, and in ensuring they are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.
Vice President Joe Biden tweeted in observance himself, as did Valerie Jarrett.
http://twitter.com/#!/vj44/status/467422896739352576In a true show of international effort, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tweeted as well.
http://twitter.com/#!/UN/status/467077192057643009President Obama isn’t the only one to have evolved. The organizers of IDAHOT (formerly IDAHO) are considering updating their branding. “We are currently in our communications promoting May 17th as the ‘Global Day to Celebrate sexual and gender diversities,’ which we believe is the most inclusive formulation possible.”
maybe perhaps not a photoshop: WH indications advertise ‘selfie wall surface surface,’ ‘lactation room’ [photo]
Your eyes never deceive you. They’re real and undoubtedly they’re, undoubtedly, uh.
http://twitter.com/#!/lachlan/status/481059809064943616Hide your eyes.
http://twitter.com/#!/JDKolassa/status/481060865169301505 http://twitter.com/#!/richgalen/status/481060974594506753“Selfie wall” claims it-all.
Naturally, the narcissist-in-chief requires a whole selfie hallway.
Yep:
http://twitter.com/#!/texlovera/status/481061135639412737Read even more: http://twitchy.com/2014/06/23/not-a-photoshop-white-house-signs-promote-selfie-wall-lactation-room-photo/
Candidate ‘building colleagues to influence’ at White House
Arecent “prickly”interview with Bret Baier relocated into “full-meltdown” when theFox News anchorsuggested toRepublican possibility John Kasich that could their particular supporters “don’t get” exactly how he expectsto earnings the GOP nomination, especially after having marketed only their own residence dilemma of Ohio.
Kasich isn’t the only real long-shotrunning for company this season who’s declining to stop it doesn’t matter what the options. DeRay Mckesson, the most used #BlackLivesMatter protester andfounder of venture Zero and its own offshoot, thePolice Using energy endeavor, this weekendexplained exactly why he’s however among above 15 leads simply who should grow to be the from then on gran of Baltimore, although he’s polling below one per cent.
@deray in relation to future of protest and #BlackLivesMatter task https://t.co/g4dVI5VC9g #NewsOneNow @cornellbelcher @DaVocalMinority
— Lauren Victoria (@LVBurke) April 4, 2016
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NBC Information says that Mckesson informed a gathering of existing and past black-colored reporters, “A substantial men and women ask myself towards poll.I’m low in the poll. The poll came thirty day period into my candidacy. Seventy-five per cent associated with the was seriously age 50 and above looked after have-been 100 % landlines, that’ll be perhaps not my demographic in almost any capability.”
Which describes their particular dismissal concerning poll numbers, even so the explanation was Mckesson talking to reporters in Washington? Final we inspected with the specialist map-makers at Vox, Baltimore have reached Maryland. Mckesson was in fact an invited buyer ofreporter Richard Prince, simply which organized the meeting, nonetheless it seriously had beenn’t Mckesson’s preliminary visit to D.C., as he’s become an average on White family.
As Twitchy features actually reported, the media’s preferred #BlackLivesMatter protester becoming an individual in to the White residence many years before that task formerly startedand likely understands his or her indicates across place more complex than Kasich formerly will.
Venture Zero ended up being built to place rigid limits on authorities utilizing power and need officials toundergo needed implicit racial bias testingbefore getting implemented. For moment, Baltimore only a year ago hadthe greatest per capita murder cost once you consider the citys record, logging342 homicides in 2015.
Despite his / her sub-basement poll numbers, Mckesson additionally caused its into Newsweek yesterday, although a protracted profile with this mayoral possibility not as quickly as mentions his / her contacts towards White residence or seminars with President Obama or Valerie Jarrett.
.@deray Mckesson on understanding, security, and exactly why theres much more with their advertising for Baltimore gran https://t.co/Fjx7c2K8sm
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 4, 2016
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Past GOP possibility Marco Rubio took countless heat for lacking a votein D.C.;Mckesson, but is working with analysis for investing commitment honestly truth be told there.
@jer_collins WH yesterday, l . a . these days. It’s not only insulting to Baltimoreans, it's bad method. Got in belated, not right here?
— David Pontious (@DavidPontious) March 31, 2016
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@DavidPontious Individually I Truly Do Believe you. I'm confused regarding the entire thing myself.
— noname chomsky (@jer_collins) March 31, 2016
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We do not ever looked over arriving at the White residence as insulting to Baltimoreans. Or making interactions to take care of. https://t.co/S375r7EfyQ
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 4, 2016
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So, we can't it is in addition crucial to a gathering during White family while I'm used by gran? Could it be standard for a number of leads? https://t.co/1PMKLRda8P
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 4, 2016
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Read even more: http://twitchy.com/2016/04/04/candidate-with-terrible-poll-numbers-but-easy-white-house-access-building-relationships-to-leverage/
WH fence jumper saga ‘gets even worse’; Can we count on these guys to help? [pics]
The plot thickens:
Are you shitting me? https://t.co/d3ePxr25LR
— RB (@RBPundit) September 30, 2014
The Secret Service fencejumper scandal somehow gets even worse http://t.co/l4VFMVz00j
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) September 30, 2014
From WaPo:
The man who jumped over the White House fence and sprinted through the main floor of the mansion could have gotten even farther had it not been for an off-duty Secret Service agent who was coincidentally in the house and leaving for the night.
The agent who finally tackled Omar Gonzalez had been serving on the security detail for President Obama’s daughters and had just seen the family depart via helicopter minutes earlier. He happened to be walking through the house when chaos broke out and the intruder dashed through the main foyer, according to two people familiar with the incident.
Multiple layers of security fail at the most famous residence in the country?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 30, 2014
Agents didn’t fire because they assumed he was unarmed? Assumed he wasn’t wearing explosives, too?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 30, 2014
Who’s in charge here?
So the White House is basically being protected by Campus Security.
— Alex Soti (@Ajsoti) September 30, 2014
Surely we can do better than that!
@lachlan I can't wait for Paul Blart foiled fencejumper's plan.
— Alex Soti (@Ajsoti) September 30, 2014
EXCLUSIVE PHOTO of the Secret Service officer who foiled the White House fence-jumper pic.twitter.com/DI20SjXZdP
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) September 30, 2014
Unnamed off-duty Secret Service agent: "I'm not even supposed to be here today." pic.twitter.com/Wkcnj1YzdT
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 30, 2014
Thank goodness that guy was around. Still, we’d feel much better if the White House called in the big guns:
U.S. Secret Service responds to recent mistakes with reassuring new hire: pic.twitter.com/fHoaVZh2vH
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 30, 2014
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