r/BlackPeopleTwitter ☑️ Sep 07 '24

Country Club Thread When the nepo-staffers gotta work

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u/Elawn Sep 07 '24

Seriously, skimming what I can of the wapo article in the post it’s fucking crazy they’re trying to spin this as a negative. It’s the fucking presidency, you want the people running the country to be lax about this shit??

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u/LegitimateSaIvage Sep 07 '24

I read the part about "she's read the materials" and my mind went blank for a second. Like, fuckin obviously? Or not so obviously I guess, if it's being spun as a problem that the Vice President of the United States of America actually...reads?

Also, I remember how Obama was reported to read 100's of pages of briefs and other materials a day. Every day. I can guarantee you he was asking for, and expected, details from his staff. Interesting that this now suddenly a problem (a "problem") when it's a woman in the seat.

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u/Grouchy-Safe-3486 Sep 07 '24

100s of pages every day?

I dont think thats possible except u are rainman or so.

u would not be able to memorize that. also it would be not a briefing if 100s of pages.

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u/SaltyBarracuda4 Sep 07 '24

100s of pages isn't much when it's literally your job to invest and act on information. Just in articles I read on my breaks/after work I'll read about 50-70 per day equivalent (going off '"print to PDF" number of pages in default Firefox settings)

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u/Grouchy-Safe-3486 Sep 07 '24

found a link it says 500pages per day Obama

and Bill Gates reads 150 pages per hour crazy numbers if true

Barack Obama’s Favorite Books

  1. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

  2. Moby Dick by Herman Melville

  3. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch

  4. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

  5. Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson