The President’s Day

President Barack Obama speaks at a press conference with Vice President Joe Biden in the Rose Garden. President Obama announced that Cuba and the United States would re-establish diplomatic ties, including an exchange of ambassadors and embassies

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Hello from Nashville! I'll be answering your questions on health care and the Affordable Care Act at 3:30pm ET. Tweet yours using #AskPOTUS.

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

Alright, let's do this. Ready to answer your health care questions. Keep 'em coming with #AskPOTUS. http://t.co/wK8RDF2H0i

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

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we need to encourage states to take advantage of medicaid expansion; could insure 4 mil more people in 22 states! twitter.com/TheRealDylanG/…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

not true - like last year, insurers request premium hikes, but must be approved; expect final increases to be less twitter.com/RaulieGonzo/st…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

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congratulations! hope you guys are getting sleep. nothing beats babies! twitter.com/nathan210/stat…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

now's time to encourage states that held off for political reasons to do the right thing; contact state officials! twitter.com/katrobison/sta…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

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EX-IM bank helps US companies export; that means good paying american jobs. optimistic that congress gets it done. twitter.com/SableSys/statu…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

have principles and issues you are passionate about, and act; worry more about doing something than being something. twitter.com/fieldemma47/st…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

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there's a hardship exemption; fine only applies to folks who can afford insurance but choose not to. twitter.com/christinalouck…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

respect the nyt, but not buying peas in guac. onions, garlic, hot peppers. classic. twitter.com/JGreenDC/statu…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

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Outkast and The Black Keys?!?! President Barack Obama is the greatest president of all time!

was listening to outkast/liberation and the black keys/lonely boy this morning. twitter.com/theonIyreasn/s…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

“@POTUS: was listening to outkast/liberation and the black keys/lonely boy this morning.” Can we use Air Force One for our upcoming gigs?

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The Black Keys (@theblackkeys) July 01, 2015

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pushing to make 2 yrs comm college free; permit refinancing on student loans; push colleges to keep tuition low twitter.com/ryann1232/stat…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

people lack info/turned off by political noise. w court case done, let's focus on getting people signed up. twitter.com/jayrocky_vs/st…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

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butler's a great player on o and d; let's sign him up long term. go bulls! twitter.com/Matt_Rodewald/…

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

Gotta go, but this was fun. Let's keep the health care conversation going - share how the #ACAWorks for you or your family.

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2015

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We feel you, good people. We feel you

@POTUS I can't ask this officially, but I wish you could stay our leader forever. We love you, sir.

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Fatty Wep (@ithinkmark) July 01, 2015

@POTUS i love you soooooooo much thank you

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Elisabeth (@elisabethjoffe) July 01, 2015

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President Barack Obama receives applause from Kelly Bryant as she introduces him to speak about the Affordable Care Act during a visit to Taylor Stratton Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryant is a breast cancer survivor who wrote Obama a letter to tell of her positive experience with the Affordable Care Act

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President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act. The president said he wants to refocus on improving health care quality, expanding access and rooting out waste now that the Supreme Court has upheld a key element of his health care law

President Barack Obama walks with Kelly Bryant after arriving at her home to take her to the event where he was to speak about the Affordable Care Act during a visit to Taylor Stratton Elementary School

A woman photographs an autograph left by President Barack Obama on a wall at Taylor Stratton Elementary School

Home Sweet Home

say hello to mark & denise

Can you pass on a great, big heartfelt “Thank you” to Pres Obama from me and my wife please? You see, it’s our daughters’ book he’s signing in that picture! She actually spoke up and asked if he could sign it, and he was nice enough to oblige :0)

We bought the book a year or two ago to inspire two young daughters of our own, and we quickly took it to her class when told he’d be visiting the school. Yes, we entertained the idea of him signing it, and thought “wouldn’t it be nice!”, but knew it was a long-shot. We especially never thought our little one would take the initiative like she did and ask him in front of everyone haha! So, anyway, we were thrilled and over the moon when everyone told us the news and especially how it came about with a little voice asking at the right time, in a big way.

Everyone was so thrilled as they talked about how gracious President Obama was, and we are still on cloud 9 ourselves after seeing pictures of him interacting with our daughter and her classmates/teachers! It’s an experience our family will never forget, and we plan to have those pictures in that signed book for a long time to come!

Thank you for such a wonderful experience President Obama! We know our daughter will cherish the memory of it the rest of her life.

~ Mark and Denise Rodriguez

President Obama tours the Children’s Laboratory School at Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas, October 4

handwriting

President Barack Obama signs a hand as he greets people along a rope line at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 30, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

d’oh!

Foknewschannel: Twitter tells us little about @KatieS … she attended The White House Correspondents’ Dinner with a plan … Tomorrow’s goal: bring a copy of @barackobama‘s birth certificate and have the Donald autograph it.

Ms. Stanton added that Trump didn’t hear a word she said as she asked him to sign the President’s Birth Certificate. But, as ever, thinking with his hair, he did it:

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Thanks Edwina and Mrs JVD 😉

‘oopsie: fox unwittingly eviscerates reagan over obama easter egg’

Politicususa: On Fox and Friends, guest Laura Ingraham kicked off FNC’s Easter attack on Barack and Michelle Obama by suggesting that Obama is full of ego for handing out autographed commemorative Easter eggs as part of the White House Easter Egg Roll. Ingraham claimed that Laura Bush never did this….Only the Obamas would be so arrogant as to give away autographed Easter Eggs to the kids:

In fact, the tradition of handing out autographed Easter Eggs at the White House event began with…….Ronald Reagan (“Autographed eggs were hidden in the Egg hunt for kids to find during President Ronald Reagan’s reign. By affixing signatures to the commemorative egg, President George W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush became the first to do so”):

Corbis Images: Children play on the lawn of the White House during an Easter Egg Rolling Contest being sponsored by President Ronald Reagan. (April 4, 1983)

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Desperate wingnuts sure love embarrassing themselves, eh? 😆

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Fred reminded me of similar previous outrages:

‘Obama has no class – he puts his feet on the Oval Office desk! Can you EVER remember a Republican President doing that?!’

‘Obama has no class – he throws a ball around the Oval Office! Can you EVER remember a Republican President doing that?!’

‘Obama has no class – sometimes he doesn’t wear a jacket in the Oval Office! Can you EVER remember a Republican President doing that?!’

‘Obama has no class – he wore flip-flops in Hawaii! Next thing he’ll be wearing Crocs in the White House!”

‘You know, Obama is so classless it wouldn’t surprise me if he eats his meals off the sacred Oval desk!”

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signed (sealed, delivered)

A U.S. soldier shows off President Barack Obama’s signature on her hand at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

red in the face

Politico: After a day of campaigning with college students, small-business owners and high-rolling Democratic donors, President Obama stopped to charm some of the country’s smallest Americans.

Obama left a $30,400-a-plate fundraiser in a wealthy neighborhood in the San Francisco area on Thursday and walked across the street to greet a bunch of kids who were standing on the edge of the curb holding a sign that told the president how much they love him.

He bent down and shook their little hands, trying to make small talk. “I wish I was in my PJs,” he told one girl who was wearing hers.

“Thank you so much for the sign,” he said to the kids holding it up.

And then he leaned down and autographed it, prompting several thank-yous from the parents who were standing behind the children.

….as Obama continued down the line, a boy piped up. “Show him your picture,” he said loudly. It was enough to encourage another, shier boy to produce two drawings he’d made for Obama.

He handed them over to the president, who thanked him and held them out for inspection.

One drawing was of Obama as a stick-figure in a suit with a very red face. The other was of a building that looked like a castle, presumably of the White House.

“Now, I’m a little red-faced,” Obama said playfully as he examined the rendering of himself.

“This is after I’m talking to some of my Republican colleagues,” he concluded.

The president autographed the drawings, too, eliciting another round of thank-yous from the adults.

“You guys work hard; the least we can do is have a president who does, too,” Obama said before he was whisked off in the presidential motorcade

brought to book

President Barack Obama signs a book for Taylor Wilhite, while her mother, Amy, looks on following his remarks on the 90-day anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, in the East Room of the White House, June 22, 2010. Taylor has Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), a fast-growing cancer of the blood and bone marrow, and the President talked about her and her mother in his speech. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

sign up

President Barack Obama walks the U.S. Capitol halls and prepares to autograph a photograph after his first State of the Union address in Washington January 27, 2010.