TheJonathan
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I'm the CEO of the Obama Foundation.
The Obama Presidential Center is an $850 million project in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago.
It will be the most expensive presidential center in American history.
We are building it with unpaid volunteers.
I need to explain what community engagement means.
Community engagement means the community provides the labor.
The volunteer program launched in March.
Seventy-five to one hundred "Community Ambassadors."
They lead tours. They organize events. They train other volunteers. They do not receive compensation.
My salary is $740,000.
The architects earned $60 million.
The general contractor earned over $200 million.
The Community Ambassadors gain experience in building community.
That is the phrase in the recruitment materials.
I approved the recruitment materials.
The median household income in the surrounding census tracts is $31,000.
The volunteers come from these tracts.
They commute to an $850 million building to work for free while the person who approved the volunteer program earns $740,000.
I am the person who approved the volunteer program.
We held a volunteer appreciation event.
The catering company was paid. The event planner was paid. The photographer was paid.
The volunteers were thanked. Thanked is not a form of compensation.
Thanked is what you receive when you are not receiving compensation.
That is community engagement.
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I don't care about 'dangerous rhetoric.’
The threat is dangerous muslims.
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Att’n South Carolinians with doubts about the Iran war: your U.S. Senator says explicitly “I’m not with you, I’m with Israel.”
𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒@Antunes1
US Senator Lindsey Graham: “I’m not with you, I’m with Israel, until my dying day.”
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JUST IN: Unbelievable footage of Iran attacking the largest US base in the Middle East
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Muslims don't belong in American society.
Pluralism is a lie.
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Ben Shapiro GOES AFTER Megyn Kelly: “First of all, the ugly suggestion that Mark Levin is somehow a traitor to the United States, that it’s Israel’s war and Mark Levin wanted it because it’s Israel’s war, or I want it or Lindsey Graham or Miriam Adelson, really disgusting stuff, from Megyn Kelly, but predictable at this point.”
“You know whose war this is? President Donald J. Trump’s war. He’s the president of the United States. He commands the United States military. She is such a coward. She is such an unbelievable coward. You don’t like President Trump? You don’t like what he’s saying? Just say his name, you coward, you unbelievable coward. Tucker and Megyn both, unbelievable cowardice. Say his name!”
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This is probably a better expression of fascist political economy in the modern era than any I’ve seen. Read the full quote.
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Anduril’s @PalmerLuckey on AI and defense: It’s not up to unelected Silicon Valley executives to decide US policy. “Don’t try to control policy by refusing to give the government the best tools.” “You’ll see a lot of companies saying, ‘Here’s where we draw the line. This is what policy should be. This is what we’re going to allow the government to do and not do.’” “That’s not the place of Silicon Valley companies. They shouldn’t be telling what their policy is.” “Build the technology, advocate for policy.” “The US government and military makes better decisions when they have better information.” “It’s not up to us.”
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BREAKING:
The Druzhba-1 station at Kaleikino, the key node of the Druzhba oil pipeline, was blown up by Ukraine
The oil pipeline accounts for 86% of Hungary's oil consumption
Almost 100% of Slovakia's oil consumption
As a response, Slovakia announced it will halt electricity supplies to Ukraine
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“Dad, how good was prime Terrell Owens?”
One of the best athletes we've ever seen 🐐
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who tf is out here keeping Dr. Pepper in business
Pop Base@PopBase
Dr. Pepper has surpassed Pepsi as the second biggest soda brand in the US — a spot Pepsi held since 1985. Coke remains #1.
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No powers held back, no escape. Who leaves the elevator alive?
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