The President’s Day In Alaska

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9:50 EDT: President Obama Delivers Remarks at the Kotzebue School, Alaska

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Obama stops by middle school to dance with the young students: cnn.it/1JNqz3b http://t.co/TrY9MgzzNX

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The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) September 02, 2015

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WATCH: @POTUS joins native dance with students from Dillingham Middle School in Dillingham, AK: amp.twimg.com/v/14fced5a-95a…

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ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 02, 2015

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President Obama performs a traditional Yup’ik dance at a school in Dillingham, Alaska

@CourtenayElaine

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Doug Mills

President Obama reacts as a fish he is holding releases milt, the sperm-containing fluid of a male fish, while visiting with Commercial and Subsistence Fisher Kim Williams on Kanakanak Beach

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“He was happy to see me” 😆

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President Obama: “Glad this was the only Bear I met in the park.”

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Hmmmmmm ….. pie

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Free as a bird

A Tweet or Two

Watch @POTUS go behind the camera in Alaska to talk about the impacts of climate change: go.wh.gov/Alaska amp.twimg.com/v/ac968ba5-c57…

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 02, 2015

.@POTUS takes you to the edge of a glacier in his latest Alaska travelogue: go.wh.gov/Day2InAlaska #ActOnClimate http://t.co/UBBr4ZEGdo

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 02, 2015

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US President #Obama has secured enough support in US Senate to ensure Iran nuclear deal will go into effect bbc.in/1UmUMx1

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BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 02, 2015

The #IranDeal is the best available option to block Iran from a bomb. It is in our national security interests. twitter.com/nytimes/status…

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Vice President Biden (@VP) September 02, 2015

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Good

Prosecution scores two big wins in Freddie Gray case huff.to/1NNAdph http://t.co/P84Gni2qVj

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HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) September 02, 2015

US judge refuses to drop charges against 6 Baltimore police officers in death of Freddie Gray bbc.in/1NaueLh http://t.co/ePjga8zKFp

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BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 02, 2015

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From my friend @Sophfronia's Facebook Page. Worth sharing. Tell your brother we feel his pain and we are sorry. Xo http://t.co/C000zXMEwB

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Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) September 01, 2015

when the Black Panthers exercised their 2nd Amend rights & showed up strapped to Courthouses n such Reagan mad swift gun control moves

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MichaelaAngela Davis (@MichaelaAngelaD) September 02, 2015

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The #IranDeal will "reassure the world that even the hardest problems can be addressed successfully by diplomatic means" —Sec. @JohnKerry

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The Iran Deal (@TheIranDeal) September 02, 2015

Now that Obama reversed the economic collapse, passed Obamacare, killed bin Laden & got the #IranDeal I wonder what the next failure will be

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David Corn (@DavidCornDC) September 02, 2015

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Shonda Rhimes domination of TV is WONDERFUL because it looks like the America of 2015

EXCLUSIVE: @ShondaRhimes poses with cast of @ScandalABC, @GreysABC, and @HowtoGetAwayABC: trib.al/KAMUqNk http://t.co/oYhp9VySSe

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Essence Magazine (@essencemag) September 02, 2015

From where I sat... @EW @essencemag @people #TGIT photo shoot. 😎 http://t.co/dyHMU6ER4v

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Darby Stanchfield (@darbysofficial) September 02, 2015

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Entertained to Death

I will not hide it: I’m something of a pop culture maven. Not, perhaps, through active participation. But being at all aware in this culture it does tend to seep into you, if only through osmosis. And as a librarian, I make a concerted effort to keep abreast of things high and low, so that I can converse with and serve my patrons.

I’m certainly not one of those scolds who thinks pop culture has no place in the world. Most of us have grown up enmeshed in it, and have, for the most part, come out no worse for wear. I enjoy my sports, and I enjoy my movie spectacles.

However, we have entered a period of convergence, where the juggernaut which is popular culture collides with and circles around a concerted 50 year effort to make the electorate uninformed, apathetic, and downright hostile to its prime duty, which is to pay attention, educate itself, and govern itself.

#IranDeal: Veto Proof!

Sen Barbara Mikulski D-MD announces support for Iran nuclear deal; now veto proof in the US Senate

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Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) September 02, 2015

Democrat Mikulski is 34th senator to support Iran nuke deal, ensuring landmark Obama victory: apne.ws/1JNhdQF

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AP Politics (@AP_Politics) September 02, 2015

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JUST IN: Obama has enough U.S. Senate support to uphold the Iran nuclear deal bloom.bg/1JM6nPd

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Bloomberg Business (@business) September 02, 2015

Congress fails to block Iran deal, delivering Obama victory against intense lobbying effort thkpr.gs/3697874 http://t.co/nfTT5xaOtB

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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) September 02, 2015

Early Bird Rise and Shine

President Obama looks at Bear Glacier, which has receded 1.8 miles in approximately 100 years, while on a boat tour to see the effects of global warming in Resurrection Cove, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, in Seward, Alaska

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Today (Alaska Daylight Time)

10:45: The President departs Anchorage, Alaska

11:55: Arrives Dillingham, Alaska

12:15: Meets with local fishermen and families; Kanakanak Beach, Dillingham

1:35: Attends a cultural performance; Dillingham Middle School

2:45: Departs Dillingham

5:05: Arrives Kotzbue, Alaska

5:50: Delivers remarks; Kotzebue School

8:0: Gets a tour of the Kotzebue Shore Avenue Project

8:30: Departs Kotzebue

10:05: Arrives Anchorage

10:30: Departs Anchorage en route Washington

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On This Day: President Obama in Boulder, September 2, 2012 (Photograph by Scout Tufankjian)

President Obama in Boulder, September 2, 2012 (Photograph by Scout Tufankjian)