A Very Decent Man

What Obama is like when there aren't any cameras, according to a former Secret Service Special Agent indy100.com/article/barack…

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The Independent (@Independent) June 15, 2018

A Joyous Day

TODAY IN HISTORY: On this day in 2008, Barack Obama told crowds that "change has come to America" after the U.S. el… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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ABC News (@ABC) November 04, 2019

Magnifying Who You Are

November 3rd, 2016 https://t.co/ncU2WNyf4v

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Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) September 07, 2019

A Historic Night

Ten years ago today, @BarackObama held his mother-in-law’s hand as it was announced he’d become the next President… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) November 04, 2018

A Favorite Memory

One of my favorite memories. Sharing this moment with my family and my mom is something I’ll never forget. twitter.com/ObamaFoundatio…

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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) September 17, 2018

Ten years ago, @BarackObama held his mother-in-law’s hand as news broke that he’d won the election. As part of our… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) September 17, 2018

Your Victory

9 years ago today, Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the United States. https://t.co/KQ0VCcKPxc

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NBC News (@NBCNews) November 05, 2017

November 4th

The Boss In Chief

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Alyssa Mastromonaco: What I Learned From 10 Years Working With Barack Obama

After I became then-Illinois Senator Barack Obama’s adviser/ director of scheduling in late 2004, [chief of staff ] Pete Rouse became my spiritual guide and mentor. Pete had worked on Capitol Hill for about 40 years, many of those as chief of staff to Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, and was known as the “101st senator” and “mayor of Capitol Hill.” There is no one more thoughtful in the way he gives advice. He returns every e-mail, makes every connection, and does it all while being a wheeler and dealer. When we got to the Senate, Possum drafted one of his famous “strategic plans”—lengthy, painfully thorough memos about how to get something done.

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What I Learned from 10 Years Working with Barack Obama marieclaire.com/politics/a2602… via @MarieClaire

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In this case, it was the strategic plan for Senator Obama’s first year, and it could be summed up as “workhorse, not show horse.” It included lots of time with constituents and in Illinois, and less time with D.C. insiders and celebrities. Obama was quite fine with that. Every decision we made had to stand up to the workhorse vs. show horse test. Obama had a political action committee called the Hope Fund that was right down the street from the Hart Senate Office Building. The Hope Fund ran initiatives for getting young adults from diverse backgrounds into community organizing and politics; it also managed Obama’s political engagements

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yay! #mypresident google.com/amp/people.com…

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Alyssa Mastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) March 16, 2017

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Her Relationship With President Obama

Happy President’s Day!