Barack Obama
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I’ve had a complicated relationship with the 44th Commander in Chief. For starters, I helped get him elected. I served on the New Media Team as a volunteer for his first presidential campaign in 2008. I got to work with some incredible people: Chris Hughes, Arun Chaudhary, Dan Siroker, Michael Slaby, Gray Brooks, and many more, all of whom went…
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The president starts spying on American citizens. Then he starts indefinitely detaining them. Then he starts exiling them. Then he starts executing them. All without due process. All without a speedy trial or a trial by jury, some without any evidence whatsoever. And all while people in the same party as the president defend his…
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Barack Obama won. I won’t be enthusiastic, but I won’t be hateful, either. He was a better candidate with a better argument. The voters chose. Mitt Romney was an awful alternative. And, truth be told, I didn’t vote for either one. Quite clearly, my cynicism has evolved greatly since 2008. Where do we go from…
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at bus station in johannesburg, so much has happened i cant really explain. this is a very different place we are the most popular people in johannesburg because we’re the only non-South Africans here and we live next door to barack obama. everybody loves us. its very weird going to the white mall and the…
brian mayer 