The President’s Day

@petesouza: President Obama greets an enthusiastic customer at Canter’s delicatessen in LA today

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President Obama is introduced by Katrice Mubiru at Los Angeles Trade Technical College

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You know how LA locals never get starstruck? Couldn’t pull it off today. “@LANow: @BarackObama at @cantersdeli pic.twitter.com/oL6po7r5Ad”

— canter’s deli (@cantersdeli) July 24, 2014

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POTUS gave @Cantersdeli cashier an extra $20 to pay for the meal of a homeless woman who comes in daily, co-owner Jacqueline Canter told me

— Eddie Gehman Kohan (@ObamaFoodorama) July 24, 2014

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People cheer and wave as President Obama leaves Canter’s Deli after a surprise appearance to meet with people who wrote him letters

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@petesouza: President Obama acknowledges the crowd after speaking at LA Trade-Technical College

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President Obama leaves Los Angeles en route to Washington

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See the full interview here

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Nerdy’s post from earlier today:

Income Inequality Is A Problem And President Obama Is Tackling It

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Zachary A. Goldfarb: Don’t Think Obama Has Reduced Inequality? These Numbers Prove That He Has.

Today, the average after-tax income of a member of the top 1 percent of earners is $1.12 million. The average after-tax income of someone in the bottom 20 percent is $13,300. That means the average person at the top takes home 84 times the income that the average person in the bottom takes home. Now, consider what it would be like if none of President Obama’s tax policy changes had happened: not the upper-income tax hikes negotiated at the beginning of last year, not the upper-income tax increases imposed by the Affordable Care Act, not the low-income tax credits enacted in the 2009 stimulus and later renewed.

In this alternative universe, the average member of the top 1 percent would take home $1.2 million, or 6.5 percent more in income, according to a new analysis. The average member of the bottom 20 percent would bring home $13,100, or 1.2 percent less in income. As a result, the average member of the 1 percent would take home 91 times what the average person in the bottom would bring home. If you’ve wondered whether Obama has made any headway at reducing income inequality, here’s evidence that he has. Based on tax policy alone, he has slightly increased the income of the poor and more significantly reduced the income of the rich.

More here

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Having a Ball

Ball: Float. In. Air. #JediMindMeld

Nonchalant after doing Jedi Mind Meld thing

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President Obama hosts a ceremony honoring players and coaches from the National Hockey League Stanley Cup-winning Los Angeles Kings and the Major League Soccer champions Los Angeles Galaxy in the East Room of the White House, March 26

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I don’t want to talk about football/soccer ever again after watching Ireland v Austria.

Okay, I do:

If Ireland had President Obama’s flippin’ ball control, I’d now be swigging champagne.

But …… 😦

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Back in a bit, I need to mend my broken heart.

Coming Up

‘Chasing the sun to LA’ (Tumblr)

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12:35 AM ET: President Obama Delivers remarks at a campaign event at Doolittle Park, Las Vegas

C-Span * CBS * CNN

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President Obama shares a moment with Jay Leno off set of the Tonight Show at NBC Studios, March 19, 2009 (Pete Souza)

Don’t forget, President Obama is on Jay Leno’s show tonight

Rise and Shine

The Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, October 7 (MSNBC/Reuters)

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Today:

PDT / ET

8:50 / 11:50: President Obama departs Los Angeles

9:45 / 12:45: Arrives Bakersfield, CA

10:35 / 1:35: Tours the Memorial Garden at Chávez National Monument, Keene

11:15 / 2:15: Announces the establishment of the César E. Chávez National Monument

12:35 / 3:35: Departs Bakersfield

1:40 / 4:40: Arrives San Francisco

4:0 / 7:0: Attends a campaign event at the InterContinental San Francisco (closed press)

7:15 / 10:15: Delivers remarks at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco (print pool coverage)

9:40 / 12:40: Delivers remarks at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (pooled for television)

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(Kevin Winter/Getty)

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

(Jay Clendenin, LA Times)

Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, Oct 7 (Kevin Winter/Getty)

Text of the President’s remarks at the Nokia Theater here – the video should be up on C-Span today

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Heads Up: President Obama in Los Angeles

6:0 PDT /  9:0 ET: President Obama delivers remarks at the Nokia Theater, LA

President Obama will be joined by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and actor George Clooney. Jon Bon Jovi, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry and Jennifer Hudson will perform at the event.

C-Span * CBS 1 * CBS 2 * CNN

(C-Span and CBS now streaming)

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9:15: President Obama delivers remarks at the Ritz-Carlton, LA (print pool coverage)

I’m assuming ‘print pool coverage’ means no live coverage??

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Monday:

PDT

8:50: President Obama departs Los Angeles

9:45: Arrives Bakersfield, CA

10:35: Tours the Memorial Garden at Chávez National Monument, Keene

11:15: Announces the establishment of the César E. Chávez National Monument

12:35: Departs Bakersfield

1:40: Arrives San Francisco

4:0: Attends a campaign event at the InterContinental San Francisco (closed press)

7:15: Delivers remarks at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco (print pool coverage)

9:40: Delivers remarks at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (pooled for television)

Coming Up

PDT

2:0: President Obama attends a campaign event at a private residence, Los Angeles (closed press)

6:05: Delivers remarks at the Nokia Theater, LA (pooled for television)

9:15: Delivers remarks at the Ritz-Carlton, LA (print pool coverage)

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(Pete Souza)

C-Span: President Obama will speak at three campaign fundraising events tonight in Los Angeles with President Clinton as well as George Clooney.

First, the President will join President Clinton at an event at a private residence, where they will both deliver remarks.

Later, President Obama will deliver remarks at the “30 Days to Victory Concert,” a fundraiser at the Nokia Theatre where he will be joined by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and actor George Clooney. Jon Bon Jovi, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry and Jennifer Hudson will perform.

Following the concert, the President will deliver remarks at a fundraising dinner at WP24 by Wolfgang Puck.

Heading West

PDT

1:20: President Obama arrives Los Angeles

2:0: Attends a campaign event at a private residence (closed press)

6:05: Delivers remarks at the Nokia Theater, Los Angeles (pooled for television)

9:15: Delivers remarks at the Ritz-Carlton, LA (print pool coverage)

President Barack departs the White House, October 7 (UPI/Olivier Douliery)

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The Week Ahead

(Pete Souza)

Sunday:

EDT

11:0: The President departs the White House

PDT

1:20: Arrives Los Angeles

2:0: Attends a campaign event at a private residence (closed press)

6:05: Delivers remarks at the Nokia Theater, Los Angeles (pooled for television)

9:15: Delivers remarks at the Ritz-Carlton, LA (print pool coverage)

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Monday:

PDT

8:50: Departs Los Angeles

9:45: Arrives Bakersfield, CA

10:35: Tours the Memorial Garden at Chávez National Monument, Keene

11:15: Announces the establishment of the César E. Chávez National Monument

12:35: Departs Bakersfield

1:40: Arrives San Francisco

4:0: Attends a campaign event at the InterContinental San Francisco (closed press)

7:15: Delivers remarks at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco (print pool coverage)

9:40: Delivers remarks at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (pooled for television)

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Tuesday: Travels from San Francisco to Columbus, Ohio for a campaign event. Returns to Washington, DC in the evening

Wednesday: Attends meetings at the White House

Thursday: Travels to Miami for a campaign event. Returns to Washington, DC in the evening

Friday: Attends meetings at the White House

A Warm Minnetonka Welcome!

A group of protesters display placards as Mitt Romney’s motorcade arrives in Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota, on August 23

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Tampa billboard:

Wonkette – thank you Isonprize!

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Balloon Juice (Thanks amk)

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Angel Garcia Palacios holds his U.S. citizenship certificate as he gets his picture taken standing next to a cardboard cut out of President Barack Obama in a voter registration booth sponsored by the Democratic party after a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center on August 23

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Chat away …. hopefully not in italics 😕

Iowa, August 13

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Tuesday:

10:15: VP Biden delivers remarks at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Va.

12:25: President Obama delivers remarks at the Nelson Pioneer Farm & Museum in Oskaloosa, Iowa

4:30: VP Biden delivers remarks at Spiller Elementary School, Wytheville, Va.

5:00: President Obama delivers remarks at B.R. Miller Middle School in Marshalltown, Iowa

8:45: President Obama delivers remarks at the Waterloo Center for the Arts in Waterloo, Iowa

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Oh heck, I love PBO supporters:

Supporters of President Obama demonstrate across from the site of the “Romney Plan for a Stronger Middle Class” bus tour, at El Palacio De Los Jugos, Miami, Florida on August 13

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President Obama shares a beer with Mike Cunningham at a beer stand at the Iowa State Fair, August 13

President Obama and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack greet people as they visit the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines

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Iowa, August 13

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President Barack Obama gets a hug from Joy Dannelly as he visits the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, August 13