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15

A Tweet Or Two

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GOP: The party of hate, racism, prejudice, bigotry, and xenophobia

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17
Sep
15

The President And First Lady’s Day

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President Barack Obama poses for a photograph with Oregon National Guardsman, from left, Alek Skarlatos Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, and Anthony Sadler, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, to honor them for heroically subduing a gunman on a passenger train in Paris last month. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

President Barack Obama with Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, and Anthony Sadler, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, to honor them for heroically subduing a gunman on a Paris-bound passenger train last month

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U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Spencer Stone (2nd R), Anthony Sadler (2nd L) and Alek Skarlatos (L), the three men who subdued a gunman on a Paris-bound train in August, at the Oval Office At the White House in Washington September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

CORRECTS TO PARIS-BOUND TRAIN - President Barack Obama speaks to Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, left, as he meets with Stone, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, to honor them for heroically subduing a gunman on a Paris-bound passenger train last month. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

President Barack Obama meets with, from left, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, and Anthony Sadler, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, to honor them for heroically subduing a gunman on a passenger train in Paris last month. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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First Lady Michelle Obama greets students at Howard Community College in Columbia, Md as part of her ‘Reach Higher’ initiative

First lady Michelle Obama speaks to students during her visit to a career and technical training program at Howard Community College as part of her 'Reach Higher' initiative, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, in Columbia, Md., Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) .

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First lady Michelle Obama speaks during a visit to a career and technical training program at Howard Community College as part of her 'Reach Higher' initiative, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, in Columbia, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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First lady Michelle Obama speaks to students during a visit to a career and technical training program at Howard Community College as part of her 'Reach Higher' initiative, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, in Columbia, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

First lady Michelle Obama speaks to students during her visit to a career and technical training program at Howard Community College, in Columbia, Md., Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to students during her visit to a career and technical training program at Howard Community College

17
Sep
15

How President Obama Turned A Great Recession Into A Growing Economy

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Jason Furman: 5 Indicators That Show We Turned A Depression-Like Shock into A Six-Year Expansion

Seven years ago, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, setting in motion the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Over the course of just a few months after taking office, President Obama worked to shore up the U.S. financial system, rescue the auto industry, and pass a Recovery Act and more than a dozen subsequent fiscal measures that provided vital support to families and businesses. Since the crisis, the President has taken continued steps-including Wall Street reform-to strengthen our economy and protect against future downturns.

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Our businesses have now created 13.1 million jobs over 66 straight months-the longest streak on record. The pace of job growth over the last three years has not been exceeded since 2000. The unemployment rate has fallen further and faster than economic forecasters predicted. Private domestic final purchases (a combination of the largest and most stable components of GDP) contracted as sharply at the start of the Great Recession as during the start of the Great Depression. But while economic output continued to contract for years into the 1930s, our economy returned to growth in 2009, as both personal consumption and business investment started to grow again.

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17
Sep
15

Heroes

By Chipsticks 114 Comments
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@dougmillsnyt: HEROES @POTUS meets with the three young Americans who responded heroically on the train in Paris last month.

17
Sep
15

Early Bird Rise and Shine

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On This Day: First Lady Michelle Obama visits with Camron Stevens in his room at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2014 (Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

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Today (all times Eastern)

11:0: The President meets with Secretary of State Kerry

11:45: Meets with the three men who prevented a terrorist attack on a train in France

2:30: Vice President Biden will join Mayor Duggan to announce major improvements to the Detroit Department of Transportation

2:45: The President meets with Senate Democratic Leader Reid and House Democratic Leader Pelosi

4:45: Holds a fundraiser for Senate Democrats; WashingtonVP Biden will speak on preventing sexual assault on college campuses at Ohio State University (haven’t got the time for this speech yet)

* VP Biden will speak on preventing sexual assault on college campuses at Ohio State University (haven’t got the time for this speech yet)

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On This Day

President Obama helps his niece, Savita, as she begins to walk towards the President’s personal aide Reggie Love in the Oval Office, Sept. 17, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

Pete Souza: “‘Don’t make rabbit ears’, the President said to a group of students before taking a photo with them. Which of course some of them couldn’t resist doing. I especially love the girl with her arm wrapped around the President’s arm. The students were from an elementary school at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.” Sept. 17, 2014

President Obama holds a baby during the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 17, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama visits with students in a classroom at Clarence Tinker Elementary School at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Sept. 17, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)

First Lady Michelle Obama joins children for a group photo during a visit to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2014 (Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

President Obama allows first grader Edwin Caleb to touch his hair during a classroom visit at Clarence Tinker Elementary School at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Sept. 17, 2014 (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

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