Archive for February 10th, 2014

10
Feb
14

President Obama and President Hollande Visit Monticello

By Chipsticks 96 Comments
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Feb
14

A Tweet or Two

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Tweet of the Day:

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10
Feb
14

In honor of M. Hollande (because you knew I’d post this)

By Liberal Librarian 135 Comments
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Chat on, and Bienvenue, M. le President!

10
Feb
14

Bienvenue

By Chipsticks 148 Comments
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4:30: President Obama and President Hollande tour Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

5:15: President Obama and President Hollande deliver remarks

Links?? Try CBS?

10
Feb
14

Coming Up

By Chipsticks 152 Comments
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Monticello

Coming Up (all times Eastern):

2:50: The President departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews

3:15: The President and President Hollande depart Joint Base Andrews

3:55: Arrive Charlottesville Airport

4:30: Tour Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

5:15: The President and President Hollande deliver remarks

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Chat on!

10
Feb
14

Rise and Shine

By Chipsticks 128 Comments
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Senator Barack Obama announces his bid for the Presidency, Springfield, Feb 10, 2007 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Today (all times Eastern):

1:30: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney

2:50: The President departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews

3:15: The President and President Hollande depart Joint Base Andrews

3:55: Arrive Charlottesville Airport

4:30: Tour Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

5:15: The President and President Hollande deliver remarks

6:05: Depart Charlottesville

6:55: Arrive Joint Base Andrews

7:20: The President arrives the White House

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Tuesday: The President and First Lady will officially welcome President Hollande with an arrival ceremony, after which the Presidents will have a bilateral meeting and press conference. That evening, the President and First Lady will host a State Dinner for President Hollande.

Wednesday: The President will attend meetings at the White House.

Thursday: The President will attend meetings at the White House.

Friday: The President will deliver remarks at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Cambridge, Maryland. Following the conference the President will depart for Rancho Mirage, California, for a meeting with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan at Sunnylands, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Estate.

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Seven Years Ago Today:

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Text of the speech here

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NYT: Obama Formally Enters Presidential Race

Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, standing before the Old State Capitol where Abraham Lincoln began his political career, announced his candidacy for the White House on Saturday by presenting himself as an agent of generational change who could transform a government hobbled by cynicism, petty corruption and “a smallness of our politics.”

…. It was the latest step in a journey rich with historic possibilities and symbolism. Thousands of people packed the town square to witness it, shivering in the single-digit frostiness until Mr. Obama appeared, trailed by his wife, Michelle, and two young daughters….

…. The formal entry to the race framed a challenge that would seem daunting to even the most talented politician: whether Mr. Obama, with all his strengths and limitations, can win in a field dominated by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who brings years of experience in presidential politics, a command of policy and political history, and an extraordinarily battle-tested network of fund-raisers and advisers.

…. “If a campaign is premised on personality, then no, I don’t think you can stay fresh for a year,” he said. “But if the campaign is built from the ground up and there is a sense of ownership among people who want to see significant change, then absolutely. It can build and grow.”

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February 10, 2007: On board a plane flying to Iowa after Barack Obama announced his bid for the Presidency in Springfield.

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Washington Monthly: The ACA makes it possible for workers to quit jobs they hate. This is awesome.

There’s a very interesting story in today’s Washington Post about workers who are now able to quit their jobs because of Obamacare. For example, here’s the story of a woman named Polly Lower:

It happened in September, when her boss abruptly changed her job description. She went from doing payroll, which she liked, to working on her boss’s schedule, which she loathed. At another time, she might have had to grit her teeth and accept the new position because she needed the health benefits.

But with the health-care law soon to take effect, she simply resigned — and hasn’t looked back.

“It was wonderful. It was very freeing,” said Lower, 56, of Bourbon, Ind., who is now babysitting her 5-year-old granddaughter full time. With the help of federal subsidies that kicked in Jan. 1, she is paying less than $500 a month for health coverage for herself and her husband.

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TPM: Job Lock

The affordable care act is going to allow me to finally start my own law firm. For 15 years, I’ve been working at big and mid-size law firms for a lot of reasons, but one of the biggest was the benefits. My husband is 17 years older than me and has a pre-existing condition. I have been reluctant to start my own firm – be a “job creator”, because I would have had to enter the private insurance market and probably pay a fortune for coverage – if I was able to even get coverage for my husband.

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TPM: Actual Lives

On the issue of disincentives to work, “job lock” and Obamacare, TPM Reader EH has a story about how this actually plays out in real peoples’ lives …

This whole idea that the ACA now creates a disincentive to work makes me physically angry. I’ve been arguing with conservatives since its passage that this was a feature of the law – not a bug. My wife has a genetic disease, Cystic Fibrosis, and until the ACA my career and job options were completely limited by where I could obtain the best group health care coverage.

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Steve Benen: Refusing to take ‘yes’ for an answer

Initially, congressional Republicans told Democrats, “We won’t consider immigration reform unless President Obama starts taking enforcement seriously.” The White House agreed and deportations reached a record high.

Soon after, congressional Republicans added, “We won’t consider immigration reform unless there’s a bipartisan bill.” Congressional Democrats agreed and a bipartisan compromise agreement took shape and passed the Senate.

Congressional Republicans then said, “We won’t consider immigration reform unless we can break up the legislation into chunks and approve the provisions piecemeal.” Democrats again agreed.

Finally, congressional Republicans concluded, “We can’t consider immigration reform because we perceive President Obama as an out-of-control radical who ignores federal laws.” Yesterday, Democrats signaled a willingness to accommodate this concern, too.

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ThinkProgress: 15 Photos From The Massive Progressive Protest You Didn’t Hear About This Weekend

Somewhere between 80 to 100,000 people from 32 states turned out to protest four years of drastic state Republican initiatives in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday.

The “Moral March on Raleigh,” organized by Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ), marched from Shaw University to the state capitol to push back against the “immoral and unconstitutional policies” of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory during the 2013 NC General Assembly session. Since North Carolina Republicans took over both legislative chambers in 2010, legislators have eliminated a host of programs and raised taxes on the bottom 80 percent, repealed a tax credit for 900,000 working families, enforced voter suppression efforts, blocked Medicaid coverage, cut pre-Kindergarten funding, cut federal unemployment benefits, and gave itself the authority to intervene in abortion lawsuits.

Activists have gathered at weekly protests, called ‘Moral Mondays,’ in North Carolina since 2013 as a way to give voice to individuals whose rights were under attack by the Republican-controlled legislature.

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ThinkProgress: The Complete Guide To Everything That’s Happened Since The Massive Chemical Spill In West Virginia

It’s been one month since a leak was discovered at a chemical storage facility operated by Freedom Industries on January 9, spilling an estimated 10,000 gallons of crude MCHM — a chemical mixture used in the coal production process — into the Elk River and the water supply for 300,000 West Virginians.

Despite assurances from federal and state officials that the water is safe, residents and experts remain concerned as the black licorice smell characteristic of crude MCHM is still being detected in homes and schools.

“The scariest part is that we really just don’t know what’s going to happen,” 21-year-old Charleston resident Kellie Raines told ThinkProgress. “All of us are using the water now and we’re okay now but in 30 years — I’m young, I don’t want to in 30 years realize that I have cancer because of this water.”

Here is a look at the major events that have shaped this ongoing crisis….

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On This Day:

Bo plays in the snow during a blizzard on the south grounds of the White House, Feb. 10, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama looks out over the snow covered Rose Garden from the Oval Office, Feb. 10, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama edits his remarks before addressing an audience at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich., Feb. 10, 2011. Pictured from left are: NSC Executive Secretary Nate Tibbits, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, and Presidential Speechwriter Cody Keenan (Photo by Pete Souza)

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First Lady Michelle Obama strikes the Heisman pose while greeting Dallas Cowboys football players, from left, Miles Austin, DeMarcus Ware, and Felix Jones at the Kleberg Rylie Recreation Center in Dallas, Texas, Feb. 10, 2012. The players joined Mrs. Obama and chefs from past seasons of “Top Chef” for the “Schools and Chefs Working Together” cooking competition to help promote the “Let’s Move!” initiative (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

President Obama and Vice President Biden talk with former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, after the President signed H.R. 3801, the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012, in the Oval Office, Feb. 10, 2012. The bill was the last piece of legislation that Giffords sponsored and voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!

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Feb
14

Early Bird Chat

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Seven Years Ago Today: On board a plane flying to Iowa after Senator Barack Obama announced his bid for the Presidency in Springfield

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