June 2012
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Jun 1st
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“I was watching a television program before, with a kind of roving moderator who...”
– President Bartlet  (via penguinplayingpingpong) Sad reality of the day.
Jun 1st
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May 2012
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May 30th
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“Because I am sick and tired of working for candidates who make me think I should...”
– Bruno Gianelli, The West Wing. (via planetofthehats)
May 29th
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May 28th
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MEMORIAL DAY →
think-progress: …was started by freed slaves …began on May 1, 1865 in Charleston, SC …who gave 257 Union soldiers proper burial, and consecrated it with a parade of 10,000 people …was initially called Decoration Day
May 28th
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May 25th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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“If your main argument for how to grow the economy is “I knew how to make a...”
– Barack Obama, in response to a reporter’s question about his campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital record. Nailed it, sir. Nailed it.
May 22nd
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May 21st
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May 18th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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“Today is May 13th and today you graduate and the rules are about to change, and...”
– from Aaron Sorkin’s remarks  at Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement (via aninsufferableknowitall)
May 15th
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“[Theodore] Olson, a litigator more than an activist, quickly shifted tactics in...”
– Jeffrey Toobin has written a critically important article about the threat of the Supreme Court’s recent far-rightward swing.
May 15th
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Charlie: It's a pleasure to meet you, ma'am, I'm Charlie Young.
Zoey: Hi.
Josh: OK. Hang on a second. Let's take it back a moment, and give it another chance. This is a girl, Charlie. You don't have to call her ma'am.
Charlie: I-I beg your pardon, did I call you-
Zoey: Zoey.
Charlie: I should call you Zoey?
Zoey: If I can call you Charlie.
Charlie: Yes.
Entire West Wing Fandom: YUS.
May 15th
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May 13th
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May 13th
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Four for you, GL. Four for you.  →
May 12th
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“Obama told the crowd that his famed “Hope” poster from the 2008...”
– President Obama poking fun at George Clooney during their Thursday night fundraiser at Clooney’s house. I love that our president acknowledges the ungodly beauty of The Clooney.
May 11th
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May 11th
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May 10th
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May 7th
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May 7th
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May 6th
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I LOVED this scene SO MUCH. God, Coulson cracked...
Agent Coulson: hey, I just met you
Agent Coulson: and this is crazy
Steve Rogers:
Agent Coulson: but I watched you sleeping
Agent Coulson: so sign these maybe
Steve Rogers:
May 5th
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“The private sector grew faster in the first three years of the Obama...”
– The New York Times explains that private sector growth is not the source of sluggish job gains in the U.S. The problem is in the public sector: government jobs have been cut at local, state, and federal levels. So the next time you hear the phrase “big government,” know two things: (1)...
May 5th
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May 3rd
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May 3rd
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May 2nd
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May 2nd
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The West Wing Season 2, Episode 8: Shibboleth
ways-to-forget: Sam Seaborn: Well over three and half centuries ago, strengthened by faith and bound by a common desire for liberty, a small band of pilgrims sought out a place in the New World where they could worship according to their own beliefs - and solve crimes.  Toby Ziegler: Sam…  Sam Seaborn: It’d be good.  Toby Ziegler: Read the thing.  Sam Seaborn: By day they churn butter and...
May 2nd
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May 2nd
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May 1st
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May 1st
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“My only condition is that there be Muppets involved, and that is non-negotiable.”
– Hillary Clinton, responding to Jason Segel’s request to make a movie with him. (via officialssay)
May 1st
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May 1st
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April 2012
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Apr 30th
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Evidence real life is like The West Wing, part 3
tea-and-mango-juice: Barack Obama slow jamming the news?  Basically CJ doing the jackal.  Image Source (thedoctorinthewhitehouse) STOP. I can’t. Just marry me already, The West Wing.
Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 28th
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“No Washington-based series has had longer cultural coattails than Aaron Sorkin’s...”
– From Why President Obama is hell on Hollywood, a story about the intersection of Hollywood and Washington, by Politico’s Glenn Thrush.
Apr 28th
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“Clinton — who earlier praised Amy Poehler saying, “You do me better than me” —...”
– The Secretary of State “praised Amy Poehler saying, ‘You do me better than me.’” Can I just say how much I adore her for being a P&R fan?
Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Fast facts: Teens and and the internet/technology
pewinternet: As of July 2011: Fully 95% of all teens ages 12-17 are online. 77% of teens have a cell phone. 23% of teens have a smartphone; 54% have a regular cell phone (or are not sure what kind of phone they have), and another 23% of teens do not have a cell phone at all. 74% own a desktop or laptop computer. Texting dominates teens’ general communication choices. Overall, 75% of all...
Apr 27th
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Apr 25th
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