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Today: Lilah Steadman, 3, embraces President Obama as her sister, Addison, 4, gazes up at the President while holding on to her mother, Emily, following a promotion ceremony for their father, Military Aide Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Steadman (Photo by Pete Souza)

Tweets Of The Day

2015:hey how's it going so far? 2016:uh good 15: 16: 15:you've got an armed mili- 16:we've got an armed militia in a wildlife building, yeah

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Kylie Brakeman (@sexypitabread) January 03, 2016

White Americans are the biggest terror threat in U.S., study finds nbcnews.to/1QQ0DJv http://t.co/iFt40G7X9V

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NBC News (@NBCNews) June 24, 2015

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2007: OBAMA'S COMIN' FER YER GUNS 2008: comin' 2009: almost 2010: any day 2011: seriously 2012: ok now 2013: i think.. 2014: nope 2015: well

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Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 08, 2016

Been waiting for Obama to take my guns for 7 years and all I got was a job, health insurance and marriage equality.

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This Is Progress

Another History Making Jobs Report. Thanks, President Obama

The economy added 292,000 jobs in December—a record-breaking 70 consecutive months of private-sector job growth.

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 08, 2016

RT the news: 2014-2015 marked the strongest two-year stretch of job growth since 1998-2000. go.wh.gov/DecJobs https://t.co/oA3B2r73T6

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 08, 2016

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The unemployment rate is at its lowest level since April 2008 → go.wh.gov/DecJobs https://t.co/KJreyc58iE

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 08, 2016

Over the past three months, payrolls growth has been an extraordinary +307k, +252k and +292k, averaging +284k. The economy is firing!

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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) January 08, 2016

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Wow. Job market ends year on strong note, adding 292k jobs, uptick in labor force participation.

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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) January 08, 2016

Best news: Earnings, the laggard of the recovery, showing some signs of acceleration. https://t.co/meHUI1wjYk

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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) January 08, 2016

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This is just a remarkably strong report. Good headline. Good revisions (+50k). Good underlying details. #jobsday

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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) January 08, 2016

More of the unemployed are finding work, and fewer are giving up looking. https://t.co/WcgQYpXk7q

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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) January 08, 2016

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Full-time employment is (at last) now clearly above its prerecession level. https://t.co/TrvpKNWyLb

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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) January 08, 2016

And your monthly reminder: Virtually all the employment growth in the recovery has been full-time. https://t.co/K7wdP9NqwJ

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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) January 08, 2016

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October jobs number revised up from 298k to 307k, November up from 211k to 252k

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Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) January 08, 2016

JUST IN: Payrolls in U.S. rise more than projected, jobless rate holds at 5% bloom.bg/1O8FQwA

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Bloomberg Business (@business) January 08, 2016

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You've probably heard the claim that all the jobs growth is part-time. It's nonsense. Part-time work is declining! https://t.co/ja4OhrHk1w

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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) January 08, 2016

Here's full-time jobs growth. It's steady, robust, and large. ALL the job growth has been in full-time jobs. https://t.co/Os8ZJdtEOd

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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) January 08, 2016

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If this jobs report doesn't make you happy, you hate America.

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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) January 08, 2016

I would like to say that I dream about jobs reports like this. But I don't dream *this* big.

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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) January 08, 2016

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THIS. Thank you, thank you, thank you, President Barack Obama!

Employment growth over the past 2 years: ▂▃▄▇▄▅▄▃▄▄█▇▃▅▁▃▅▄▄▂▂▆▅▆ Look at those big fat juicy bars at the end. They're lives being changed

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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) January 08, 2016

Where are we at? - Low unemployment - Rapid job gains - No inflationary pressures ...and so the boom goes on.

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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) January 08, 2016

“The Way Washington Changes Is When People Vote”

In case you missed it

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: President Barack Obama greets neighbors after visiting a model home at the Nueva Villas at Beverly, a single-family housing development owned by local nonprofit organization Chicanos Por La Causa Inc. in Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 8, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Today

2:05: The President participates in a conference call with grassroots supporters on guns