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debtor to grace. husband+dadx3. ceo leading awesome teams at & @wearevalues . AΦA. author, tv commentator, angel investor. former Obama @whitehouse

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Joshua DuBois
3 years
Our vision with @GaugeResearch : -using advanced tech, bring community voices into new rooms -close the gap btwn leaders in culture & major brands -build better, more inclusive products, images, messages, services @TracyJan & @washingtonpost capture it
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Joshua DuBois
4 years
Vice President Biden just released a remarkable statement about his faith and values, in the face of Trump’s attacks today. Worth reading in full. This is how a leader faces a bully.
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. @realDonaldTrump John Lewis has faced down bullies, bigotry and tyrants his entire life and overcome them all. Don't mess with John Lewis.
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President Obama's scripture just now was 2 Corinthians 4:8-9. "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed."
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Shout out to all the parents making breakfast, turning on PBS Kids, singing songs, & keeping tiny people balanced and protected in the midst of all of this.
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@jelani9 all the white nuns in Sister Act
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6 years
Dear @Franklin_Graham : I was in the room at your father's home when your father prayed for President Obama, and then President Obama began to pray for your dad. It was just the 4 of us sitting there. I grieve that you've become so divisive. I pray you'll have a change of heart.
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Never in my lifetime have we had a @POTUS willing to take such a strong outspoken stand for the Christian faith like @realDonaldTrump . We need to get behind him with our prayers.
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4 years
Just imagine if Breonna Taylor was your daughter. Just imagine. My God.
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Joshua DuBois
3 years
@Jeopardy This is step 1. Step 2 is @levarburton becomes permanent host. Step 3 - which is guaranteed, @Jeopardy - is that interest in Jeopardy surges, new and diverse viewers tune in, and the show takes a bow for making the wisest possible move it could ever make. Mark my words!
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A black woman in an updo directing a black choir in "Stand By Me" after a black preacher gave a 3-point sermon complete with altar call might be the official end of the United Kingdom 😂. This is the real Brexit. #RoyalWedding
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Joshua DuBois
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Selma put Jones ahead. Somewhere Hosea Williams is smiling -- and Jimmie Lee Jackson just said, "Amen."
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9 years
You will not do this to our girls. This should disgust fathers, sons and brothers of all races and faiths. #McKinney http://t.co/5J5wKPZtVs
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Joshua DuBois
8 years
Have a number of non-Black friends asking what they can do after these recent killings. Here is one thought.
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Enough rhetorical questions. Here's the answer. Some people can imagine Otto Warmbier as their son, but they cant do the same for Tamir Rice
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4 years
Let’s honor them by making new history. Good history. The type of history that would make them proud.
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3 years
George Floyd’s life mattered. It mattered to this jury. It mattered to God. So much more work to do, but so grateful for this moment of justice. Praise God.
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. @realDonaldTrump John Lewis enters police van w/tape on his head, marking spot where he was beaten for marching.
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6 years
Keep kneeling.
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7 years
Christian leaders: if you were waiting for your signal to speak out strongly and show clear moral leadership against hate, this is it.
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6 years
I've had the opportunity to spend time with John Brennan. He is a kind and serious man. Distinguished intelligence career, husband, father of 3, grandfather. Furthest thing from a rabid partisan. His words carry moral authority--and his perspective should be taken seriously.
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When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. You may scapegoat Andy McCabe, but you will not destroy America...America will triumph over you.
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6 years
Alabama: surprise me, please.
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Joshua DuBois
7 years
What you're watching is America beginning to reckon with its original sin. It's disorienting. Disruptive. Inconvenient. But it's about time.
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Joshua DuBois
8 years
This was not a Democrat vs. Republican speech from @POTUS . It was democracy vs. demagoguery, decency vs. incivility, & courage vs. fear.
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Joshua DuBois
3 years
Ballet starts in 4 hours. But she’s in here at 6am, completely dressed, saying daddy let’s go 😴 🥱 😫
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Joshua DuBois
7 years
@mtracey @molly_knight Michael she's 78 years old. Reconsider this.
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Joshua DuBois
8 years
We can all be morally courageous today. We can mourn. We can extend love when it's tough. We can work for healing & change. It's on us.
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Joshua DuBois
3 years
“Never confuse position with power! Pharaoh had a position - but Moses had the power. George Wallace had a position - but Rosa Parks had the power. The cross had a position - but Jesus had the power!” — @om3 My God! #BlackChurchPBS
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Joshua DuBois
6 years
Praise God. Not for a political victory. But for a level of basic decency, standards, & dignity restored. There's so much to be concerned about, cause for pessimism in this nation. But there's also hope on the horizon. Let's build on this, and rebuild. Praise God.
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Joshua DuBois
4 years
If your argument hinges on NOT counting votes...I mean, that's not a great argument.
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Joshua DuBois
4 years
SHOUTOUT TO REV. DR. JOSEPH ECHOLS LOWERY too y’all. So many in Georgia voted in his name. We miss you Doc...but look what you’ve done!
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3 years
It’s been an interesting morning.
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10 years
"Remember, Ray Rice was not cut because they saw that video. He is cut because you saw that video."
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Joshua DuBois
3 years
“Daddy who’s the best player ever in basketball?” “His name is Michael Jordan - you wanna see him?” I can’t believe this is finally happening. 3 hours of YouTube...starts now.
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Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, pastor of Third Baptist in San Francisco, called me on Monday and said VP Harris made sure he was able to attend the inauguration. He walked with MLK, and now he’ll see her walk across that stage. That matters.
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Joshua DuBois
8 years
We have same feeling in our stomachs that we had when Trayvon verdict came in. Sickening feeling that the country doesn't see our humanity.
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Joshua DuBois
2 years
From our little family to yours -- Merry Christmas, and a joyful, peaceful, happy New Year!
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Joshua DuBois
4 years
Just want y’all to know, my grandmother, Kathryn Russell in Nashville, TN (‘Katmother’) txted me saying she’s holding a prayer vigil every night during the GOP convention casting down powers and principalities. So another plus for Biden 😂🙌🏾.
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@EBJunkies Oh my gosh EB. Love you man, but any dude does what Serena does and you’d call her competitive, a fighter, etc.
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Joshua DuBois
6 years
Muslim friends: as a Christian I want you to know that many of us stand with you today. I'm sorry about our president, grieve with you for the state of our country, and we'll keep working together to make it better.
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Joshua DuBois
6 years
The lives of children are more important than unfettered access to AR-15s. The lives of children are more important than unfettered access to AR-15s. The lives of children are more important than unfettered access to AR-15s.
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What’s wild is, the same folks who gave Russell Moore, Beth Moore, Jen H, Kay Warren & others absolute h$! for standing up when they did-when it was not easy-now have these leaders to thank for whatever shred of white evangelical credibility & witness is left. Courage matters.
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Joshua DuBois
7 years
Imagine what Trump would have said about Muhammad Ali. Just imagine.
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Joshua DuBois
6 years
When it comes to @serenawilliams my wife does not play around. Wine is poured, house is quiet, and the baby is in a matching black tutu 😂😂. Let’s get it! #USOpen
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I hope y'all can laugh at this. My 74-year-old mother-in-law watching our...non-African American...friends do a line-dance in the streets in Philly. "Oh! They got their own little dance! And they kept it simple - that's good. Just one little dip & turn." 😂😂😂
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Joshua DuBois
6 years
I’m always curious how Christians who support this man feel about the example he’s setting for our kids.
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Donald J. Trump
6 years
Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!
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Debate may be nuts, but survivors of sexual violence, we see you & don't take this lightly. Your story isn't diminished by this foolishness.
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Joshua DuBois
7 years
Books will be written in 10, 20, years about the devastating effect of Trump-supporting evangelicals on American Christian witness.
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3 years
I want to read Mitt Romney's book, his reflections, about this time in history. From losing the biggest race of his life, to winning his Senate seat, to marching in BLM protests, and now basically the conscience of the Senate. This man has been on a journey.
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(You shoulda seen how long it took to land this shot.) Merry Christmas and warmest holiday wishes from our rambunctious little DuBois fam to yours!
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The work of a select few evangelicals to wrap the good name of Jesus around this moral disaster of a leader will go down in infamy. The Gospel will prevail - always -but damage has been done. Just an absolute mess.
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Joshua DuBois
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It is absolutely wild that Dylann Roof and Jeremy Christian were apprehended alive but Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Phil Castile, and so many others who came into contact with police are dead. #DIVIDEDSTATES
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Joshua DuBois
4 years
Trump wants us to be panic. To turn on each other. To question everything. We won’t do that, though. We’ll keep calm. We’ll respect the rule of law. We will honor our imperfect but sacred democracy. We’ll count every vote, and respect the results after every vote is counted.
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Evangelicals got: -Gorsuch -weak religious liberty EO Evangelicals lost: -global human rights -moral credibility -democracy TERRIBLE deal.
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Joshua DuBois
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Just have Trevor Noah host everything from now on. #GRAMMYs
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Joshua DuBois
4 years
Rest well, old friend. Dr. King called you “the greatest preacher to ever live.” In Selma ‘07, Barack picked you out of a crowd in Brown Chapel before anyone knew you were there. You shaped history with fervor & sweet spirit. And you were just so very kind. We love you. #CTVIVIAN
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-Today August (6) asks me to go fishing before sunset. On the way home he calmly says “dad I saw the zebras” -Something tells me he actually thinks he saw them. So I do a U on Croom Road, pull into some guy’s driveway and…BAM. WILD MARYLAND ZEBRAS 🤣 🦓 🦓 @fox5dc @Robert7News
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Joshua DuBois
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Sunday evening story. You can’t make this up. -There are wild zebras on the loose in Maryland (Google it, crazy) -For fun my wife dressed the kids up & took them “zebra hunting” Saturday. No dice, no zebras….
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7 years
Hey. Not crying wolf here. Christians -- this is legitimately terrible. Will set racial justice back decades. Don't ignore this.
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Ryan J. Reilly
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Jeff Sessions orders federal prosecutors to pursue harsher sentences whenever possible
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Joshua DuBois
4 years
Powerful point by President Obama - that day on the bridge, the troopers actually thought they won! There are temporary forces claiming victory in our lives even now...when true victory is around the corner.
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Yesterday, President @BarackObama organized a call with faith leaders - many of whom have been friends and walked with him for a while. He wanted to encourage them during Holy Week and talk about COVID19 & the church. Here are some excerpts:
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Joshua DuBois
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Say a quiet prayer. Take a deep breath, then another. Let a wide smile stretch across your face. Gonna be a great day.
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Joshua DuBois
7 years
I'll be tweeting along with "The #44thPresident In His Own Words" this Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. Proud to exec produce this project. Join me!
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Introducing our daughter (!!) Adelaide DuBois, Alaide for short. 11/15/2017, 6 pounds, 12 ounces, 18.5 inches. Mom is doing great. Dad can't even. God is extravagantly good.
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My wife is signing into Twitter for the first time in like 3 years just so she can like Lebron's tweet 😂😂😂😂
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Joshua DuBois
6 years
Christians: Pray for Trump. Pray that he feels convicted of the sins of racism, sexism, vulgarity, greed. Pray that his supporters see their error, stand up to him & turn away. Pray that basic dignity is returned to the Oval Office. Christians: Pray for Trump. And vote him out.
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Joshua DuBois
7 years
Trigger warning. This is a murder, pure and simple. A state-sanctioned murder. Our system is broken. Our system is guilty.
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Joshua DuBois
4 years
FWIW, @lecrae is a humble, justice-seeking, creative, compassionate dude. Folks should tweet like the shoe was on the other foot. We'll all be accountable for how we treat others. Back to work.
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Joshua DuBois
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The answer is yes. I kiss my son, hug him, hold him tight. Tons of tender moments with my little dude. He’s gonna grow up secure, strong, brave, and he’ll always know that he’s loved. So, yes. Keep holding them tight @JoeBiden .
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John Cardillo
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Does this look like an appropriate father/son interaction to you?
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Joshua DuBois
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Hey family: meet Auden! We are thrilled beyond words that Abraham Antoni Auden DuBois was born Tuesday morning, May 5th, at 8:26am. He is 6 pounds, 11 ounces, 21 inches long. Mom is healthy, exhausted, but doing well. We are overjoyed and so grateful to God.
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Joshua DuBois
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Hillary quotes Galatians 6:9: "Let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap a harvest if we do not lose heart."
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Joshua DuBois
6 years
The loss of @tvonetv #NewsOneNow creates a massive gap in Black media and media more generally. @rolandsmartin is covering topics that would otherwise never receive TV coverage, every day. I hope TVOne will reconsider. Regardless, I know Ro will continue shaping culture. Salute.
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Joshua DuBois
6 years
Donald Trump strongly implied that a sitting US senator would give sexual favors for campaign contributions. He is a moral disaster, of generational proportions. Wish that was an overstatement - it's not. He's erasing basic lines of decency. Debasing the office nearly every day.
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"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars." I oppose this president. But I don't want anyone to be sick. I don't want anyone to die. Trying to be careful about de-humanizing him in the same way that he dehumanized others.
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My 5-year-old had her teacher come out to pickup carrying a Chobani Flip yogurt saying she doesn’t like them and doesn’t want them in her lunch box anymore. Apparently I missed the message the first time so she had to escalate things. 🤦🏾‍♂️
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Thursday key: go fishing in your pajamas. Back home before mom wakes up. 🎣
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I want young black men to know: there is nothing wrong with you. You are worthy of protection. Of care. Of love and of life.
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Praying tonight: that even as Vanessa’s world might seem to crumble around her, her feet would reach down and perceive some sort of foundation. A bedrock of God’s love, and the love of family, friends, and millions mourning with her.
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If you aren't watching Anastasia Somoza talk about people with disabilities at #DemsInPhilly -- may want to turn it on now. Phenomenal.
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Every time Trump says "The African Americans" Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer exchange side-eyes in heaven #debate
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3 years
You can agree or disagree on the details of each underlying policy - but this is a detailed, thoughtful, respectful, informed presentation by the President of the United States.
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My very own GRANDMOTHER is talking trash in spades. Is this what Thanksgiving has come to??
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The President has just fired the only independent figure investigating his potential collusion with a foreign power. Senators: Step. Up.
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Speech is high energy, well-paced, raw. This man is good. #DemConvention
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Joshua DuBois
6 years
For a lot of people, it really does boil down to: are you more concerned with your right to purchase a new AR-15 in the future, or the potential for more children to die if that same weapon is purchased by a mass shooter? It is a stark moral and practical question.
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Tryin to be as completely and totally unbothered as Adelaide DuBois at all times, but especially when she’s closing her eyes twirling in the pool 😭😭
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"This is not 1950...suburbs are by-and-large integrated...all these racist dog-whistles don't work anymore." WOW.
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4 years
VP @JoeBiden quotes Kierkegaard: “Faith sees best in the dark.” The country is in need of some vision right now; a fitting clip. #DemConvention
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Joshua DuBois
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Anybody else put stuffed elephants on top of your sleeping baby’s butt so he thinks it’s your hand still patting him allowing you to sneak out of the room? Just me?
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My bracket looks like Trump appointed it
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My son just told me that Jesus didn’t make people take naps. #SendHelp
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What love looks like in practice.
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The Associated Press
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BREAKING: Black men arrested at Starbucks settle with Philadelphia for $1 each and a city pledge of $200K for young entrepreneurs.
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Good morning! What happens in politics impacts you, but does not define you. What defines you: you were created with a purpose, fearfully and wonderfully made, you are deeply loved by God & others, and you have hope and a future. Just a quick reminder as things get going today 👊🏾
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pardon me, came home to a 5-month-old in bright yellow headwrap and I'm basically immobilized for the rest of the night.
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The man held the country hostage for over a month, costing millions of American families (when you count feds + contractors + others impacted down the line) their savings, credit and overall wellness/peace. For a political stunt that achieved absolutely nothing. Y'all...just, wow
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Joshua DuBois
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We will not despair. We will find a way. And when we do, we’ll think of you.
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John Lewis
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Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. We will find a way to make a way out of no way. #goodtrouble
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Joe is really upset, as he should be. These children are in fact alone. This is a remarkable moment. My God. #Debates2020
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Joshua DuBois
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Happy 56th to the main man. Through it all, smiling. #ObamaDay
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@albertmohler You have zero standing to say this Dr Mohler. You literally endorsed him two months ago. Your son in law works for him. I say this with respect: the correct response is to repent.
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