October 2012
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secondhermione:
I was phonebanking at my local Obama office today, and one of the names on my call sheet was Harry James Potter. (I swear to God.)
He wasn’t home, but I like to think he was voting for Obama. After all, can you really see Harry Potter voting for Mitt Romney?
I mean, yeah, technically he’s British and fictional and he can’t vote in our elections, but I don’t think so.
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September 2012
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“In Emilia’s case, we finally found a hospital that could treat her. A month...”
– Charles C. Mann for 90 Days, 90 Reasons: “If Mitt Romney is elected, insurance companies will continue to discriminate against Americans with pre-existing conditions.”
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No, seriously: Register to vote
You only have a few hours left to register to vote on the actually perfect day to do it: National Voter Registration Day.
But here’s something awesome: We’ve embedded our registration form right here on our Tumblr so you can register to vote without leaving Tumblr.
Do it in less than five minutes and marvel that we live in the future.
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Dear Tumblr: This is our 1,000th post.
Hundreds of reader submissions and re-blogs and GIFs later, here we are, 1,000 posts in, 42 days out from the election, with early voting starting in Iowa in two days.
And here’s a reminder of why we’re all here:
To re-elect the guy who said this to Democratic members of Congress on March 20, 2010, the day before the final House vote on health care reform.
Sometimes I think about...
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Scenes from the Obama rally in Milwaukee
Adult to teenager: “What did I tell you?”
Teen: “That this would be cool.”
Adult: “And?”
Teen: “Yeah, yeah.”
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“Last week, without much fanfare, Members of the House of Representatives banged...”
– President Obama lays it down in this week’s weekly address. Watch the whole thing.
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“You’re the reason why an outstanding soldier won’t be kicked out of our military...”
– President Obama in Virginia today
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“There is no such thing as not voting; you either vote by voting, or you vote by...”
– David Foster Wallace
gottavote.com
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“Sixty-six years ago, in the dense, snow-covered forests of Western Europe,...”
– President Obama, signing the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The repeal went into effect a year ago today.
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“Eager to shoot down President Obama’s legislative agenda just weeks before the...”
– Today’s New York Times: “Veterans’ Jobs Bill Blocked in the Senate”
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