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Obama: once out of office, I’m gonna stop being polite and start getting real

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has a great new interview with President Obama in Vanity Fair. In the wide-ranging interview, they discuss Abraham Lincoln, Obama’s biggest regrets from his time in office, and how a visit to the pyramids reminded Obama that cable news doesn’t really matter.

But perhaps the most intriguing bit was when, in a brief discussion of Obama’s plans for his post-presidency, Obama hinted that he planned to start speaking out more like an activist than a president.

There are “things,” he told Goodwin, “that in some ways I suspect I’m able to do better out of this office.” He elaborated that because of the “institutional constraints” of the presidency, “there are things I cannot say.”

He went on to essentially say he wanted to use his post-presidential bully pulpit more like an activist than a venerable elder statesman. “There are institutional obligations I have to carry out that are important for a president of the United States to carry out, but may not always align with what I think would move the ball down the field on the issues that I care most deeply about,” he said.

And while vague, this is an intriguing hint that Obama is thinking about being a very different ex-president than we’ve been used to.

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#Obama…With our blessings….Go…Kick….Some…Ass

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The spookymon evolution line.

#pokemon

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This is super important

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I told you people newer anime just doesn’t hold up to the classics

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Do you have an opinion on (for lack of a better word) "guilty pleasures", i.e. things that people like to spend time doing even though it is beneficial in no way? For example: watching a particularly embarrassing reality show, and knowing it's garbage and that you could be doing something productive and you shouldn't even care about these people but you still watch it.

I’m a successful 36 year old man with 50 employees and I am so stressed about who’s going home this week on Drag Race. To anyone is making you feel bad about that…

Reality shows are compelling, interestingly crafted, narratives. If you feel worse about the world after watching one, then that’s no good, but my guess is you don’t. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying them. Yeah, sure, there should be a balance in your life, but I find that enjoying things by myself and with others is one of my chief joys. Being ashamed of enjoying the things you enjoy will make your life worse. Go after it, get excited about it, love that thing!

#important

My friend sent me this castlevania screenshot because he knows what I’m into

#undertail #skeleton porn #ectodick #FEARSOME BEAM WEAPON

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im rotting its fine

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im rotting its fine

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via ianbremmer

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This cannot get any worse…

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This got out of control.

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summer afternoon

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Hey, in case you missed the Steam Sale, UNDERTALE is once again 30% off on STEAM until Monday! Now’s a good chance to buy it for your friends or something.

#undertale

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Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)

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The only thing I can think of about the new Pokemon starters is how they’re so Kuroo and Bokuto.

(Give me the Pokemon AU)

#haikyuu #pokemon

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i know i’ve made a post exactly like this before but that trope of a vampire or faerie or anything “other” watching a human from afar and “choosing” them is STILL so wild and uncomfortable to me bc if you watch someone from afar like that you’re gonna form such a romantic image of them in your head that’s actually barely what they’re like 90% of the time but now what the hell are you gonna do you just turned them into a vampire/brought them over to the faerie realm for eternity you’re STUCK with them and THEY’RE stuck with your impulsive naive romantic ass like

if a vampire watched me from afar they’re gonna catch me smelling wild flowers, talking to crows, and walking barefoot through creeks but they never see me inside and now they’re stuck, listening to me complain about the Naruto epilogue again. Again. They’re so tired. “Molly Anne,” they say. “Molly Anne please. It’s been two-hundred years.” I keep going. The betrayal still feels fresh.