A Special 4th

Happy Fourth of July, everybody! This is always a great day in the Obama family: a chance to celebrate America—and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 04, 2019

Malia Obama turns 21 today!! Happy birthday to our forever first daughter! 🎂 https://t.co/yHWN9dllc9

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ESSENCE (@Essence) July 04, 2019

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An Independence Day favorite from our archives. Happy Fourth of July! https://t.co/OVotIqA2CA

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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) July 04, 2019

Happy birthday Malia Obama! https://t.co/mZsOiOeP3x

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Affinity Magazine (@TheAffinityMag) July 04, 2019

The 4th

This is my form of patriotism: https://t.co/w1bRopSSPC

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Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) July 04, 2017

Before you celebrate the Fourth, I do think it is important to read Frederick Douglass' July 4th oration.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

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Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) July 04, 2017

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I try not to forget that we also live in a country where a black president delivered this speech across from Indepe… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) July 04, 2017

The ghost of Frederick Douglass came down & said enjoying your ribs today isn't mutually exclusive from critiquing America. You can do both.

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Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) July 04, 2017

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It shouldn't have to be said at this point but critiquing this country doesn't prevent one frm loving it. It's how you know the love is real

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Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) July 04, 2017

Fourth of July, 2009. https://t.co/1zgK3hB1B7

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Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) July 04, 2017

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July 4 = obama and kids https://t.co/KXrh6nGwGV

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Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) July 04, 2017

July 4, 2011 🇺🇸 https://t.co/Lhwv1Z3MnS

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shauna (@goldengateblond) July 04, 2017

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama always had a picnic for military families every year on July 4th. https://t.co/nlH7D7Yd4F

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meta (@metaquest) July 04, 2017

Happy Independence Day! https://t.co/Swft0ooCzD

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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) July 04, 2017

Early Bird Chat

Pete Souza

Early Bird Chat

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All Times Eastern

11:45AM: President Obama receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

1:05PM: President Obama departs the White House for Joint Base Andrews

1:20PM: President Obama and Hillary Clinton depart for Charlotte, North Carolina

2:25PM: President Obama arrives in Charlotte, North Carolina

3:15PM: President Obama campaigns with Hillary Clinton at the Charlotte Convention Center

5:05PM: President Obama departs Charlotte, North Carolina,

6:30PM: President Obama arrives at the White House

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President Barack Obama sings “Happy Birthday” to his daughter Malia Obama at the Fourth of July White House celebration. Maila Obama celebrated her 18th birthday during the party, which featured guests including singers Janelle Monae and Kendrick Lamar

 

The White House’s 4th Of July Celebration

President Barack Obama sings Happy Birthday to First Daughter Malia Obama during a Fourth of July celebration

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President Barack Obama with artists Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Monáe

Happy 4th From President Obama!

Happy Fourth of July, everybody! And to our brave men and women in uniform: On this day and every day, we thank you.

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President Obama (@POTUS) July 04, 2016

Kids ♥ The Obamas

First Lady Michelle Obama hugs a child during a Drink Up event on the South Lawn of the White House, July 22, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

President Barack Obama talks with a little girl at the Charcoal Pit restaurant in Wilmington, Del., July 17, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama holds the baby daughter of former staff members Darienne Page Rakestraw and London Rakestraw in the Ground Floor Corridor of the White House, July 1, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets a young girl after he delivered remarks on the economy at Cheesman Park in Denver, Colo., July 9, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama talks with a young girl as he and the First Lady greeted military personnel and their families during the Fourth of July celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, July 4, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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New behind-the-scenes photos from July, now posted on Flickr: bit.ly/1nNCmAs

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President Barack Obama talks with three-year-old Holden Fossum and his sisters Ayla, 8, and Alexandria, 4, during a greet with wounded warriors and their families in the East Room of the White House, July 14, 2014. Holden, Ayla, and Alexandria are the children of Staff Sergeant Brendan Fossum and wife Dana of Woodbine, Md. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets a young boy on the street in Denver, Colo., July 8, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets Make-A-Wish recipient Mariah Rivera, age 10, and her family in the Oval Office, July 29, 2014. Rivera brought the President a birthday card she made for him. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets Emmitt and Pat Smith and family, and Team 22 on the Rose Garden steps of the White House, July 29, 2104. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets the family of departing staff member Archana Snyder, Council of Economic Advisers, in the Outer Oval Office, July 3, 2014.

Douglass Redux: What, to Women, is the 4th of July?

Douglass Redux: What, to Women, is the 4th of July?

 

by @zizii2

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On that sweltering July 5th 1852, exactly 162 years ago today, Frederick Douglass delivered his famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”, a speech uncensored in its brutal rebuke of the hypocrisy of America celebrating independence, while its black population remained shackled in slavery. I wonder what he would say today if he were here in our time. No doubt the brutality of slavery in his time can never be compared to anything going on today.

Yet in view of the determined aggression of America’s conservative forces in our time, to derail every single gain made in the last century to advance Democracy and make this country “a more perfect union,” one wonders what he’d say. In the lifework of Frederick Douglass in which he combined his abolitionist cause with the fight for Women’s Rights, he always saw the struggles of enslaved African Americans as intertwined with the struggles of ALL disenfranchised Americans.

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The Obamas Celebrate Fourth Of July!

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host an Independence Day celebration on the South Lawn at the White House

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Yahoo: Obama Lauds Service Members At July Fourth Picnic

President Barack Obama says the extraordinary sacrifices by U.S. service members are keeping America safe and free. And he says there’s no other group of people that he and first lady Michelle Obama would rather spend time with on the Fourth of July than America’s men and women in uniform.

Obama addressed a crowd of hundreds of military families gathered Friday on the White House South Lawn for an all-American barbecue and concert sponsored by the USO. Music will be provided by the rapper Pitbull. The families will also get to see the fireworks on the National Mall.

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A general view of the Independence Day celebration for military families on the South Lawn hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House

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America. 🇺🇸 #Happy4thOfJuly pic.twitter.com/mI6B6pZrOH

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 04, 2014

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The President’s Own Marine Band plays as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet military families

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"On behalf of our entire country, Michelle and I simply want to say thank you." —President Obama to military families

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White House Live (@WHLive) July 04, 2014

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"We salute our military families—the spouses who put their careers on hold for their loved ones." —President Obama

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 04, 2014

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Happy Birthday, America And Thank You President Obama!

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Spandan Chakrabarti: Not Just A Bull Market, Obama Recovery Points To A Strong Bull Economy

After employment data for June showed Barack Obama besting Bill Clinton’s record on sustained private sector job creation and June’s employment numbers crushing estimates, the DOW rallied to a historical high of over 17,000. To put it in perspective, the day Barack Obama took office in the midst of the greatest recession in (most of) living memory, the DOW lost over 330 points and closed at 7,949. the DOW wasn’t the only stock index to more than double its value over Obama’s presidency. In fact, all three stock indexes economists observe did. The NASDAQ more than tripled its value, going from 1,441 to 4486, and the S&P 500 closed at 1985 on Thursday, nearly 2.5 times its value at closing on January 20, 2009.

Our businesses have added: 9.7 million jobs over 52 months ✔ More than 1.4 million this year ✔ 262,000 in June ✔ → http://t.co/yqb4kdD2fF

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 03, 2014

Consider a quick summary of yesterday’s jobs report: The economy has now gained private sector jobs for 52 months in a row, the longest ever on record, besting even Bill Clinton’s previous record of 51 months of sustained private sector job growth. In those 52 months, the economy has added 9.7 million private sector jobs. Adding 288,000 jobs, June not only blew past estimates, it marked 5 consecutive months of over-200,000 job additions for the first time since 1999. In the past year, the stubbornly high long-term unemployment rate has finally begun to drop. The last 12 months saw a 1.4 percentage point drop in unemployment, with fully half of that coming from the previously long-term unemployed finding work. The truth – and I know I keep repeating it – is that if any white president had accomplished Obama’s record on the stock market alone, let alone the rest of the recovery, they would be well on their way to be canonized as a bona fide American saint.

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