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Global citizen, humanitarian, poet, writer, photographer, lover of science, philosophy, intelligent religious teaching of all faiths and a devotee of literature

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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 16h
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Zombie Zombies
ALT: Zombie Zombies
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 23h
Heatwaves killed over 8,000 people in France this year. Here are some of their stories
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Heatwaves killed over 8,000 people in France this year. Here are some of their stories
The French health authorities reported that 8,124 deaths were related to the extreme heatwaves between late May and late August in France. Le Monde spoke to the friends and families of 11 of the victims to find out about the lives behind those numbers.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21h
I'm not running to bow to a corporation. I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it. I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way. I'm running to fight for you.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16h
Last week, I was invited into the homes of Jewish New Yorkers across the city to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot.
Mayor Mamdani stands in a sukkah with Brad Landwr under warm lights and strings of pomegranates. Mayor Mamdani and Asm Claire Valdez and Sen Jabari Brisport join New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani visits New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani sits in a sukkah with New Yorkers.
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 21h
An election chief lost. Then he padlocked the ballots and called the FBI. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... “Shasta County offers a glimpse of what happens when distrust in elections takes root in a community.” The craziest county in California seems worse than ever.🤪🗳️ #TrumpEffect
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An election chief lost. Then he padlocked the ballots and called the FBI.
Shasta County, California, where election doubts run so deep that some don’t trust results even when their choice prevails, offers a glimpse of what happens when distrust in voting systems takes root.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is sad news. Simon was a big help with this story that showed Howard Lutnick apparently lied about his business entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein—a story that deserves more attention. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026
When the Trump administration started dismantling a $368 million ocean monitoring system earlier this year, scientists, fishermen and Congress fought back. On Saturday, a 238-foot ship set sail to reinstall the first batch of monitors in the waters of the Pacific.
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After Outcry, Monitors the Trump Administration Tried to Scrap Return to Sea
Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers and the fishing industry is being restored.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 22h
Just the coolest guy with a beer at a concert. Thank you Jack Smith 🙏🏽🏆
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 22h
Every American needs to read this… www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... “Well, we wouldn’t have had to take care of Pierre. Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do,” Jack said. “We did not do right by him.” #immigration #HumanRights #TrumpEffect
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
California's leading GOP newspaper excoriates Steve Hilton, citing his ads using sexualized young women. This is slutty, smutty and stupid says the Orange County Register. www.ocregister.com/2026/10/02/s...
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Steve Hilton’s anti-Becerra attack site collapses under a lazy lie
No wonder California is a one-party state.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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meta @metatheory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent to include every single person involved in this sordid chain.
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies..Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u... Meanwhile people are dying, losing homes and jobs in Ukraine.
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Marco Rubio's former BFF just got 10 years in jail for trying to broke a deal between Trump and the regime in Venezuela. Which is, of course, now the official policy of the United States. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/d...
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Former Florida congressman David Rivera sentenced to 10 years in Venezuela lobbying case
Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera was convicted on federal charges stemming from a secret lobbying campaign tied to the Venezuelan government.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 02/10/2026
Paweł Pawlikowski has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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How Paweł Pawlikowski Learned to Film Europe’s Fractures
The Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 02/10/2026
She’s the last member of her family who held T.P.S. status. This meant that if ICE came to their home tomorrow, everybody would stay but her. www.newyorker.com/news/our-loc...
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The Quiet Unravelling of a Haitian Life in America
Emmanuella was the only one in her family on Temporary Protected Status. Now that it’s gone, she’s leaving her job without a word, desperately dating to find a husband, and beginning to go underground.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Orangutan Land Trust @orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pictures of the month: September www.reuters.com/pictures/pic...
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An orangutan rescued from an area affected by wildfires in Ketapang
A drone view of an orangutan hanging on a tree inside a High Conservation Value (HCV) concession area of a palm-oil plantation affected by wildfires, before being rescued in Laman Satong village, Keta...
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article... What kind of people are we becoming with Trump at the helm? Now we’re torturing death row inmates who aren’t a threat and serving their sentence? Horrible. #justice #DeathPenalty #ethics #HumanRights
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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after attempted execution, lawyer says
Her lawyer says Pike is being "provided life-saving measures" after two syringes of pentobarbital.
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u... So disturbing: “Anthropic’s leaders were talking about Claude as if it were not mere software. “They’re relating to it like a conscious being,” realized Rabbi Navon, a former computer engineer..
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“A kind of overwhelming weariness and even sadness is increasingly the default state of what, in living memory, were optimistic, get-up-and-go-ish fellow Americans.”
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Supreme Court lets Trump resume third-country deportations - www.reuters.com/world/suprem... So basically SCOTUS supports human trafficking. Horrible abuse of human rights.
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Supreme Court lets Trump resume third-country deportations
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to ​show the harms they may fac...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2026
In April 2024, Joe Biden and the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack, Brett McGurk writes. In an excerpt from his new book, McGurk details the tense scene inside the White House: theatln.tc/B2snuDWn
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Trump’s rush to deport as many immigrants as possible is creating a new family-separation crisis. Whereas his first administration took children from their parents at the border to deter illegal crossings, the second is separating families living in the United States as part of a purge.”
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... “The NSO has never sounded better, and in a decent world, it would be enjoying an unprecedented period of stability and refinement, with a transformational music director who is beginning his 10th season. Donald Trump blew that all up..”
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Column | Trump displaced the NSO. On opening night, it offered a stirring response.
The Kennedy Center’s orchestra begins its season in the first of a series of new venues.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/09/2026
They were a pair — a pig named Charlie Bacon and a dog named Rip. Their real-life adventure would end in elation and sorrow, as a community’s efforts to save them both would fall tragically short.
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A pig named Charlie and a dog named Rip escaped together. Only one made it home.
A video shared on social media shows police officers trying to catch the pig. The story behind it is one of friendship and loss.
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“A crusade against empathy is sweeping through the right. In sometimes apocalyptic terms, prominent conservatives are denouncing that feeble human capacity to understand the feelings of others.” The toxic beliefs coming from the right will undo our country, empathy equals humanity.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/09/2026
Annie Dillard’s work suggests that to be deeply in nature is to be in some way separated from other humans, Talya Zax writes in The Atlantic’s Books Briefing.
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What Annie Dillard Left Out
Dillard understood that even in suburban landscapes, nature could be transcendent—but human relationships are largely absent from her writing.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 26/09/2026
E. Jean Carroll: The tenacious woman who brought down Trump
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E. Jean Carroll: The tenacious woman who brought down Trump
The writer and journalist filed two civil lawsuits against the former US president for sexual assault and defamation. In 'Not My Type,' she recounts the behind-the-scenes battle that she ultimately won.
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meta @metatheory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What we really need are guardrails for every single one of these people.
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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
9/26/2026- SCOTUS www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/se...
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Sam Hill @samahill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A new anthology from @bicyclecomics.bsky.social collects resignation letters penned by fed employees in 2025. I chatted with the book's editor and a former Crater Lake National Park superintendent about sharing quitting stories and the chaos of Trump's second term. www.sfgate.com/national-par...
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'Chronic stress': Federal workers who quit under Trump tell all
A new anthology captures federal resignation letters from 2025.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.  May peace be our future.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE shot Wilber Perez in the back. Now, Wilber can’t move the left side of his body. How does paralyzing a DoorDash driver make anyone more safe?
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Makings of a Prewar World President Trump’s speech to the United Nations clarifies the vision he shares with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. www.theatlantic.com/internationa... Do we want a President who shares a vision with Putin and XI???😳🚨😬 #authoritarianism
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The Makings of a Prewar World
President Trump’s speech to the United Nations clarifies the vision he shares with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23/09/2026
Robert P. Baird remembers Annie Dillard, who died last week, at 81, and who took as her subject the whole world, in its confounding cruelty and sublime wonder. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Sljhqr
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Annie Dillard’s Subject Was the Whole World
“It is simple enough, and true enough, to say that Annie was unlike anyone I’d ever met, then or since.” Robert Baird remembers Annie Dillard, who died last week, at 81.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23/09/2026
In this documentary, Israeli military and intelligence sources reveal systems, policies, and practices that have resulted in high numbers of civilian deaths and widespread destruction. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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“NAZA” Puts Israel Face to Face with the War in Gaza
In this documentary, Israeli military and intelligence sources reveal systems, policies, and practices that have resulted in high numbers of civilian deaths and widespread destruction.
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“People will experience more lethal heat domes hovering over cities that were once known for their mildness; more floods that wash away homes; more wildfires that orange the sky and fill it with lung-damaging smoke. More people are going to want someone to pay.”
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“The real issues are domestic. “Think whether we will know how to live with each other.””
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the dumbest thing in the world. The fraud is that people are paying for insurance and they’re… healthy?
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21/09/2026
One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In Barbara Kingsolver’s new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do
One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In Barbara Kingsolver’s new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21/09/2026
Nearly a year after the ceasefire in Gaza, the analyst Jaser Abu Mousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today
Nearly a year after the ceasefire in Gaza, the analyst Jaser AbuMousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family.
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vikkim11.bsky.social @vikkim11.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“But immigration attorneys said the administration’s policy is a loophole to send migrants to third countries that, in turn, forcibly expel them to the dangerous homelands they fled — a process known as “refoulement” that violates international refugee treaties.” #HumanRights #TrumpEffect
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21/09/2026
Arsalan Saleh Fard is among the 299 migrants whom the U.S. deported to Panama just weeks after President Trump was inaugurated in January 2025. Like Saleh Fard, none of them had any prior connection to the small country in Central America.
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The U.S. sent an Iranian Christian to Panama. It had no plan for what came next.
One man’s 18 months in the limbo of Trump’s third-country deportations.
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Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Here’s a link to a new interview with Obama at Colgate. He talks about AI from min 22-40. Great explanations and ideas about what should be done and why. Reminds us of how much of a difference a thoughtful, intelligent, POTUS focused on humanity’s best interest would make. youtu.be/mgfO4nnPL3Y?...
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A Conversation with Barack Obama
YouTube video by Colgate University
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