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Kid who touched #Potus hair is named Jacob Philadelphia. City of Brotherly Love was site of candidate Obama's race speech. #serendipity about 16 hours ago via HootSuite
V. interesting: Swing Voters and Elastic States: nyti.ms/Jytdw7 about 17 hours ago via Tweet Button
Jonathan McIntosh of RebelliousPixels.com also showing this Moyers supercut of #conservative Romney at CPAC: ow.ly/b8iTP about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
#FEAR -- someone showing this classic supercut of 2004 elex fearmongering. Laugh, or cry: ow.ly/b8iKt about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
@surfinbrotha Thanks! Hope you and yours are well.... I'm back in the Bay in late June. WIll ping you. about 21 hours ago via HootSuite in reply to surfinbrotha
@rebekahmonson I covered Katrina and can't imagine the news desert that will exist if anything big happens again in NOLA. (It will.) about 21 hours ago via HootSuite in reply to RebekahMonson
Heartbreaking. 3x/wk RT @rebekahmonson: Did you hear about the Times-Pic in NOLA? I used to dream of working there. ht.ly/b8gw7 about 21 hours ago via HootSuite
!! MT @rebekahmonson: In my home state AL, Mobile, H'ville and B'ham newspapers cut production to 3x a week. ht.ly/b8gcL about 21 hours ago via HootSuite
Need a quick rough idea for a budget of how much good video editing in NY would be per hour. Thoughts? about 21 hours ago via HootSuite
Old school video tech. twitpic.com/9or6iv about 23 hours ago via Twitpic
Baz Luhrmann take on Great Gatsby set to Kanye/Jay Z in official trailer: youtu.be/OULhlaX6JY4 2:40 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
Congrats to Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson on book-from -doc deal for PROMISES KEPT, re: black boys & ed. (w/ Hilary Beard) 8:46 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
MT @westwingreport: White House all over MarketWatch showing federal spending under Obama has grown more slowly than any Pres. since Ike 8:08 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
Good morning from Japantown, SF twitpic.com/9od0kn 7:14 AM May 23rd via Twitpic
Zimbabwe from the perspective of a photojournalist arrested, freed, and banned. ow.ly/b3HId 10:05 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
Election 2012: Romney, Obama, and Identity. From my blog, on race, religion, rabble-rousing. ow.ly/b2Ctg 8:30 PM May 21st via HootSuite
@drgoddess @_isleofCapri @SophiaRedefined Still anticipate blacks strongly for Dems. theroot.com/views/beyond-f… 7:54 PM May 21st via web in reply to drgoddess
Cheers to pals Pam and Judd for surviving (& falling in love b/c of) The Real World... Article on 20th anniv of series. ow.ly/b3NOK 7:18 PM May 21st via HootSuite
The AP's Beth Fouhy on Corey Booker, surrogates, and slips of the tongue (or seemingly so). ow.ly/b3KUd 6:11 PM May 21st via HootSuite
Election 2012: Romney, Obama, and Identity. From my blog, on race, religion, rabble-rousing. ow.ly/b2Cpr 1:25 PM May 21st via HootSuite

Name Farai Chideya
Location NYC and points N/S/E/W
Web http://www.faraic...
Bio Journalist, political analyst, author of four books including The Color of Our Future and the novel Kiss the Sky.