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Joe Morton

4 years

Hope this inspires unity, from sea to shining sea : ) #WakeUpAmerica

Actor Joe Morton Releases New Song, ‘Wake Up America'

“The idea was to hopefully find something that can unite people, that could bring people together” Joe Morton told Derek Zagami in an interview on NECN.

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It worked out like I thought it would. #Election2020results #ElectionResults2020

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Despite my #Scandal calendar now being empty, and my Thursdays unfilled with Scandal Tweets, it’s moments like this that I’ll miss the most. I ❤️ @KerryWashington #ScandalFinale #ScandalFam #TGIT

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Can u imagine #PapaPope giving heartfelt advice2 #DonaldTrump ? Me neither. Let’s pretend... #InaugurationDay2017 #300Million @realDonaldTrump

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WhiteMen laugh at TheSpookWhoSitsByTheDoor. WhiteMen scoff at the idea that a BlackMan wields BlackPower that lets WhiteMen believe they're running things. WhiteMen remain Privileged&Complacent til’ BlackPower demands democracy instead of hypocrisy. #TheBookOfRowan #Scandal

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4 years

@Stellasbaby1 ... what was necessary.

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#Gladiators , I want to apologize for not live-tweeting on the last two episodes. I haven’t abandoned you, I’ve been directing ... Episode 716. #ScandalSeason7

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When that sad day comes And #Scandal is only on Netflix And reruns That little purple dinosaur Will be with me Feeding off the memory Of what used to be. #Scandal #TGIT

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Take heed @realDonaldTrump , you & your administration have galvanized women nationally & globally 2speak out vociferously. #WomensMarch

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6 years

Ultimately, freedom is a state of mind as well as a state of being. It’s #WhyTheCagedBirdSings . #TheBookOfRowan #TheFinalScandal

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6 years

Olivia&Fitz standing opposite one another with something between them, leaves open the question as to her future, especially as two brown, Obama-like girls, gaze at her portrait; hopefully inspired with what’s possible, that’s never been possible before. #TheFinalScandal

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10 years

Awoke thinking last night was a dream …. #GreatestHighEver #Emmys2014 http://t.co/hQx5BHk3so

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6 years

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! #ScandalFinale #TheFinalScandal

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6 years

Look who's on @TheEllenShow today! #ScandalFam #TheEllenShow #Scandal

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A historic figure of great esteem Who left a legacy of decency Gave us hope and a sense of care Is somewhere Celebrating His fifty-seventh year Happy Birthday Barack I wish there was a way We could have you back #ObamaDay

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6 years

I hated directing this scene 😂 #Olitz #Scandal #PeopleLikeMe @kerrywashington @tonygoldwyn

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And she doesn't need to explain herself. #OliviaPope #Scandal

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White hat white hat where you at You got grey down the middle And a target on your back Your Gladiators Were eradicated They were the dinner And the show You dropped your guard Now QPA Ain’t got no Q Ain’t got no P No mo’ #TheBookOfRowan #Scandal

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“It’s how we do” We root for black ‘Cause it matters Especially when lives Are in tatters The amplification Of fortification Black on Black Black to Black Black with Black Is most assuredly Where it’s at #TheBookOfRowan #Scandal

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6 years

This is me before our last table read. Really. #Scandal #ItsNowThenNever #Surreal

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6 years

Saying goodbye to my girl today. #ScandalFinale

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Now that I’ve said goodbye to my #ScandalFam , seven days feels like seven years… :-( continued on >

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10 years

Their Reaction vs My Reaction http://t.co/KWhd60JczO

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4 years

Tonight is truly our finale. However, #GodFriendedMe will always be a part of my heart. I hope it will remain with you too, long after we’re gone. I will miss all of you and all of us. But here we are on #TheMountain top. #CBS

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Olivia, like Oedipus, comes full circle and realizes she’s the reason for the disaster, that she is not the hero but the sinner who brought evil down on everyone … And like Oedipus, she has been the fixer, fixing what she helped break in the first place. #TheFinalScandal

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7 years

If she says "Coolio" one more time.... #Scandal

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Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. #MichaelCorleone #MamaPope vs #PapaPope #Scandal

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It has been said, and it’s true: we’re always surprised when a crisis occurs, and, yet, everything we’ve done has contributed to creating the crisis in the first place. #TheBookOfRowan #Scandal

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This is why I couldn't tweet #Scandal tonight. Playing a legend, supported by a Legend. #TurnMeLoose ThankYou #DickGregory #JohnLegend

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7 years

Never do food shopping while you’re hungry. Congruently, never do torture while you’re angry. #TheBookOfRowan #Scandal

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8 years

Today is #NewYearsDay . But #Gladiators everywhere know that the year actually begins January 19th. #ScandalSeason6

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6 years

The chemistry between these two women is sensational! Thank you @ViolaDavis and @KerryWashington . #Scandal #HowToGetAwayWithMurder #TGITcrossover

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6 years

My career has been jammed full of many amazing and soulful events. The top of that list is singing backup with #Aretha at the Grammys. #RESPECT I’ll say a little prayer you

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9 years

There is only one other person who plays players more perfectly than Olivia Pope; #PapaPope #LikeFatherLikeDaughter .

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4 years

We went through 6 episodes at the end of season 2, and I was the only one, among the cast, who knew that I'd be revealed as Olivia’s dad. Kerry would come up to me and say, “I hope we have scenes together.” To which I would reply, “Yeah, me too.” Best secret I ever had to keep.😊

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Never forget Olivia’s Luke Skywalker moment w/ @JOEtheMORTON #MayThe4thBeWithYou

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5 years

. @guillermodiazyo , who once darkened our screens as the brooding #Huck in #Scandal , is about to brighten our screens in a new comedy #UnitedWeFall . Looking forward to it @UnitedWeFallABC . Congrats G!

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‘United We Fall’: Guillermo Diaz Joins Cast Of ABC Comedy Series

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6 years

Talk about an empty nest … #TheFinalScandal

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7 years

Shhhhh..... #EnoughSaid #MLK (Painting by Haitian artist Watson Mere)

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Look who showed up tonight! #KerryWashington #TurnMeLoose #LoveMyTVDaughter #OliviaPope #Scandal

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6 years

Dear @BritneySpears , Sorry. They all love you. But I’m a jazz and blues kinda guy. That’s #MyPrerogative Don’t #HoldItAgainstMe Sincerely, Joe P.S. If you don't watch @TheEllenShow , nevermind #Scandal

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Shonda's Angels!

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We're BACK!!! #scandalsisters #S7 #scandal

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People believe in prayer as long as God doesn’t talk back. Maybe it’s the same with angels. We only believe in them as characters in the bible, not real life. Yet many believe in spirits. How can you believe in spirits and not angels? #GodFriendedMe

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All stories must end. But when the villains transform and sacrifice for what is good, what is right, the story is that much more satisfying. #TheBookOfRowan #Scandal #ShondaRhimes

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I stole all courtesy from heaven And dressed myself in such humility That I could pluck allegiance from men’s heart #HenryIV #SCLA

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6 years

The sweetest part of my day was a cup of Ellen ... and a spoonful of Christine. Thanks @TheEllenShow for a great day ... and @LietzeeNut for a great night! 😉

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5 years

Listen folks, there's a chance #WhiskeyCavalier might get picked up, after all. If you like the show, watch the finale tonight and tell @ABCNetwork how much. #SaveWhiskeyCavalier

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6 years

Anyone else missing #Scandal Thursdays? Well, we’re bouncing back! On @bouncetv Mon-Fri 8/7c

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7 years

Bombing Syria has real consequences. Syrian lives have been pre-empted for years. #Scandal being pre-empted is inconsequential.

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If you think the opening was explosive. Wait. Your head is going to be doing much the same thing by the end of this episode. Mine was. #Scandal

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#OliviaPope ’s burden is not #B613 , it’s Olivia Pope. Olivia is not in #Command of Olivia, power is. Funny how the same medicine tastes differently in different mouths. #Scandal #AbsolutePower

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“DAD!?” … and the audience went crazy! #ScandalWatchParty

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Weakness puts you in #TheBox . And the greater the weakness the tighter #TheBox . #Scandal #TheBookOfRowan

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6 years

Look who’s directing #Scandal tonight! #TGIT

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6 years

The story does not end here … it begins here. #Scandal

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Seven bullets Seven memories Seven shots fired Seven lives Seven loves Seven souls Inspired #Scandal

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"I said covert not overt." #BerniesMittens #Scandal

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I miss Pope'ing. #TBT #Scandal

Best of Papa Pope Mashup - Scandal

Olivia Pope's father, known as Papa Pope, has had some pretty memorable quotes and scenes on Scandal. Watch this EPIC mashup of all his great moments from th...

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#JakeBallard is not a starving dog, despite his hunger for love; he is a mad dog who doesn’t think he deserves love and is out to prove his self-fulfilling prophesy. #TheBookOfRowan #Scandal

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I love that Sally is still wearing her murdered husband’s wedding ring and talking about truth&justice. @ScandalABC

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6 years

What could be more perfect than #Olivia and her father arguing about how to fix the Republic with the Washington Monument standing between them? #TheFinalScandal @TomVerica

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7 years

Little Robin can’t take her eyes off Rowan. If she never sees him again, she will always have a warm spot in heart for black men, with soothing voices, and never completely understand why. #Scandal

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10 years

#TeamRowan Who's with me? #Scandal

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6 years

Belief in God is defined by faith in the unprovable. Disbelief (in God) is faith in the tangible, what can be seen and/or proved. #GodFriendedMe is about the unseeable, unprovable human spirit … that defines us all. Tonight on #CBS at 8:30/7:30c.

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The N'word as Sculpture (cc: @rolandsmartin @herky74 ) http://t.co/UxbHgodJFm

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Oh, I see, “Hope” mean phone sex. Oh, these kids today. #Olitz #ick

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Helen was the daughter of a God. Olivia is the daughter to the closest thing, Command. Her ancestry will guide her. #SaveOlivia

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Tomorrow we're all gonna be a hot mess! #Scandal

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9 years

I hate to admit it, but I love the Papa Pope impressions.

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6 years

The good guys win! The good guy is dead. Long live the good guys! #TheFinalScandal

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100 is one of those special numbers, because all of you are one of those special audiences; you're the reason we got to 100. TY #Scandal

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10 years

Where's your daddy now? @kerrywashington #Scandal #TGIT

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7 years

Giving up on your dream, sacrificing love for the possibility of power, is politics at its worst, and #Scandal at its best. #TheBookOfRowan

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8 years

If fear is your platform, you're a terrorist terrorizing your own people. #RNCinCLE #RNC2016

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6 years

Love the opening … and how Olivia’s handwriting is almost identical to that of Annalise. No matter what the devil, the signature’s the same. #Scandal #HowToGetAwayWithMurder #TGITCrossover

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There are many things scarier than death... #PapaPope coming 'round to pound your ass for hurting his daughter. #Scandal

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... unless you're Papa Pope. #Scandal

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What's done in the dark; ALWAYS comes to the light! #godfriendedme

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I love that Olivia has a photo of her and Eli next to the sofa in her living room. Anyone else notice? #Family #Scandal

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“I am real power” so saith #Command , quietly … power ebbing and flowing through his veins, rumbling in his stomach, deeply rooted in his bones. #YouCantTakeCommand #TheBookOfRowan #Scandal

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Anybody can buy any gun, anywhere, for any reason! Almost as easy as buying white-out, or vanishing creme … Insane!!! #Scandal

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6 years

“Brother,” where art thou ... on #Jeopardy ! 😁

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6 years

On June 19, 1865 the abolition of slavery was announced officially in Texas and the confederacy, generally, two years after the #EmancipationProclamation . So, #LiftEveryVoiceAndSing #SwingLowSweetChariot & celebrate #Juneteenth .

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Even in this alternate reality, Quinn loves torturing men; love it! #Scandal

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She can't fix this. Sounds like a cry for daddy to me. #Scandal #TheBookOfRowan

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9 years

How much blood shed by young black men must spill down the streets b4 we realize we are standing on the shores of a sea on fire?

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6 years

I rather hug you. xo

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Pinch me. #SMILF

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8 years

. @TonyGoldwyn Happy Birthday, Boy! I think I got you the perfect gift ;-)

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3 years

#OurKindOfPeople frames old world black generational wealth around young new world black privilege. Infused w/all of the steamy drama&cliff-hanger intrigue that goes w/money, power&hormones, you will hopefully become one of Our Kind Of People. @OurKindFOX Sept. 21, 9/8 central

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Never send a #Rosen to do a #Ballard ’s job. #Scandal @JoshMalina @scottkfoley

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5 years

Thank you all for continuing to show up Without you, there’s no us. So, I hope we here, Will see you there, Next season. #GodFriendedMe #CBS

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6 years

It gets harder and harder to know who to trust when it's more and more difficult to know to which family you belong. #TheBookOfRowan #Scandal

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#Huck is such a beloved character because he’s played by the lovable @guillermodiazyo . Bravo!!!! #Scandal

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If regret is a sign of weakness, there is no room for grief. #TheBookOfRowan #Scandal

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3 years

If they write them, I'll give them. #OurKindOfPeople

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One thing about @JOEtheMORTON , he’s going to give us a monologue 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #OurKindOfPeople

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If someone offers you $300M, out of the blue, and tells you to seek the presidency, RUUUUUUNNNNN! #Scandal

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4 years

IF the economy is so good, WHY are so many Americans working two and three jobs? IF America is so wealthy, WHY are so many Americans having a hard time paying for healthcare? IF money is pouring into the country, WHY do so many Americans feel like they’re drowning in debt?

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Jesus had Judas. Lincoln had Booth. Gladiators have “A Traitor Among Us.” #Scandal #TGIT

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7 years

#Abby is definitely a force, but @darbysofficial who plays her, is an even greater force. Brava! #Scandal

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4 years

All accolades to our camera crew, DPs, ADs, grips and electrics, and staff who seldom get props for all they do. Standing O for make up and hair, wardrobe, and our writers. Hope to see you all again when some other deity friends us. #GodFriendedMe

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6 years

@kerrywashington @AmericanSonPlay You might not be able to believe ... but I can't wait!

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6 years

Trump is concerned about brown crime in white America, what about white American crime: child killing mass murderers, hate criminals, and white collar thieves? Twisting #Justice and #Immigration into a false narrative, is not America, it’s tyranny.

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Every Sunday I get excited to see the trials and tribulations of the latest friend suggestion on #GodFriendedMe , but this Sunday I’m even more excited because it’s an episode I directed. Hope you watch. Hope you enjoy. It’s bellissimo! #ScenesFromAnItalianRestaurant

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