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[Video] The Second Inauguration of President Barack Obama

Although he was actually technically already inaugurated after re-affirming the oath of office in a privatve swearing-in ceremony at the White House yesterday. Now please, do good, Mr. President!

[via Whitehouse.gov]

[News] Jordan Davis: the next Trayvon Martin?

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Another Trayvon Martin?In Florida last week, a gun enthusiast killed an unarmed teenager for playing his music too loud….” [Salon]

Here we go again. We haven’t even settled the Trayvon Martin case and another maniac is invoking FL’s asinine ‘Stand Your Ground’ law under very, very dubious circumstances. I am truly getting tired of asking, “When does this end?” Absolute.f-cking.travesty. Michael Dunn is out of his mind and deserves to be jailed for a long, long time. The fact that whether that will happen is in serious question is almost the saddest thing of all. Jordan Davis, R.I.P.

[Video] Upworthy: DEA Agent Was Told Not To Enforce Drug Laws In White Areas.

Don’t believe there’s a racial element to the War on Drugs? As a former U.S. marshal and special agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency, Matthew F. Fog witnessed the astonishing inequity of the War on Drugs firsthand. This is his story.

[via Upworthy]

Obama and the Road Ahead: The Rolling Stone Interview

In an Oval Office conversation with a leading historian, the president discusses what he would do with a second term – and his opponent’s embrace of ‘the most extreme positions in the Republican Party’

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Barack Obama in Ohio Yesterday Boss’n Up, Literally with Bruce Springsteen & Jay-Z

[via @BarackObama]

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