Zaevion Dobson died saving three friends from getting shot. He was a hero at 15. What's our excuse for not acting? wpo.st/05Vy0
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President Obama (@POTUS) December 20, 2025
Posts Tagged ‘Tennessee
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WATE: Tennessee Has Lowest Number Of Uninsured In Decade
A new report says the number of uninsured people in Tennessee has continued to drop. According to a report by the University of Tennessee Center for Business and Economic Research Tennessee has hit a 10-year low, with the number of uninsured dropping to 6.6 percent.
Dr. LeAnn Luana, who co-authored the report, says the downward trend began in 2013, coinciding with the availability of the health insurance marketplace established as part of the Affordable Care Act. The number of uninsured children also saw a drop by more than half since 2013. According to the study, 98.5 percent of children are currently uninsured.
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Tennessee has lowest number of uninsured in decade - wate.com/2015/10/16/ten…
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(@symmetry11) October 16, 202516
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15
The President’s Day
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President Barack Obama speaks from the Oval Office on the shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, vowing to conduct a prompt and thorough probe of the shooting
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President Barack Obama speaks after touring the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Oklahoma. President Obama is the first sitting US President to visit a federal prison, in a push to reform one of the most expensive and crowded prison systems in the world
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As part of a weeklong focus on inequities in the criminal justice system, President Barack Obama will meet separately Thursday with law enforcement officials and nonviolent drug offenders who are paying their debt to society at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison for male offenders near Oklahoma City
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Today, @POTUS became the first sitting President to visit a federal prison → go.wh.gov/ViceElReno http://t.co/eQRqxusZoh
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 16, 2025.@VICE joined President Obama on the first presidential visit to a US federal prison: news.vice.com/article/presid… http://t.co/L87O7usEyJ
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VICE News (@vicenews) July 16, 2025****
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Pres Obama tours the Residential Drug Abuse Prevention Unit at El Reno federal prison in Oklahoma http://t.co/Z26JQU1BPU
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(@petesouza) July 16, 2025Another view from El Reno federal prison today. http://t.co/LWZvynnIis
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Jul
15
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, 2025Alright, 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, 2025****
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, 2025not 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, 2025****
congratulations! hope you guys are getting sleep. nothing beats babies! twitter.com/nathan210/stat…
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President Obama (@POTUS) July 01, 2025now'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, 2025****
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, 2025have 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, 2025****
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, 2025respect 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, 2025****
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, 2025“@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, 2025****
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, 2025people 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, 2025****
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, 2025Gotta 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, 2025****
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, 2025@POTUS i love you soooooooo much thank you
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Elisabeth (@elisabethjoffe) July 01, 2025****
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
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15
The President’s Day
A Warm Tennessee Welcome: Supporters wait for President’s arrival today along Hardin Valley
‘Yellow Dog Democrat… Who Loves Obama Biden …. Thank You For Your Service To The USA! Love You!’
Enthusiasm Gap: The Line outside Knoxville auditorium this morning where the President was due to speak
(all by Knoxvillephoto)
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Spring in Step: Leaving the White House this morning
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Leaving Andrews
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Clinton is ready for the president! @wbir #10PresPics #ObamaInTN http://t.co/deGFjavruh
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Heidi Wigdahl (@HeidiWBIR) January 09, 2025**** 
@nedrapickler: Nice hometown welcome for Obama in Clinton, TN. Miles of folks lining the motorcade route waving hands & flags
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Yes...Yes.....and HECK YES!
Vice President (@VP) Joe Biden is everyone's spirit animal.
(h/t @TNLocavore) http://t.co/eFMUAPpH7K
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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) January 09, 2025
@JacobWBIR: People waiting near the air base excited for POTUS to pass by
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14
The President’s Day
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President Barack Obama speaks at an event for the Senior Executive Service at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. The Senior Executive Service (SES) is composed of the senior leadership of the Federal workforce
President Barack Obama takes a question about immigration reform during a visit to Casa Azafran in Nashville, Tennessee. Casa Azafran, located in Nashville’s most international and socially diverse district, is a community center and home to a number of immigrant-related nonprofits
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Father Breen tells President he and others are proud of his actions.#ObamaInNashville
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NewsChannel 5 (@NC5) December 09, 2025“People who are here, let’s give them a shot, let’s get them out of the shadows.” —President Obama #ImmigrationAction http://t.co/D1xf6ZMamd
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 09, 2025****
The President is greeted by Lilia & Carlos Yepez at their restaurant in Nashville after he spoke on immigration reform.
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14
Chat Away
@si_vault: This week’s SI cover features Little League sensation Mo’ne Davis
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A little bit of joy in the middle of all this madness - what a gorgeous photo (thank you Lamh!)
Chat on.
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13
Chattanooga
President Obama hugs Amazon employee Lydia Flanders who introduced the president before he makes a speech about the economy and jobs at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Text of the President’s remarks here
Back with a ‘This and That’ in a bit
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Jul
13
When Makenna met the President
President Obama smiles with Makenna Hurd of Mascot, Tennessee, and Noah Koch of Waterville, Maine, during the second annual ‘Kids’ State Dinner’, in the East Room of the White House July 9
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More photos and videos from the Kids’ State Dinner in this post
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@petesouza Stylish kid reporters interview Pres Obama at Kids State Dinner. Note photog who will have my job one day
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11
dorothy cooper
AP: Volkswagen opened a plant in Tennessee last month with 2,000 workers. Honda is hiring 1,000 in Indiana to meet demand for its best-selling Civic. General Motors is looking for 2,500 in Detroit to build the Chevy Volt.
Two years after the end of the Great Recession, the auto industry is hiring again - and much faster than the rest of the economy … The hiring spree is even more remarkable because memories of the U.S. auto industry’s near-death experience are fresh. In 2009, General Motors and Chrysler both got government bailouts and entered bankruptcy, and auto sales hit a 30-year low.
In June of that year, about 623,000 people were employed by the auto industry in the United States, the fewest since the early 1980s. Now the figure is almost 700,000, a 12 percent increase.
Sales are back up, too, and automakers are hiring by the thousands to meet increased demand.
…Besides hiring 2,000 people itself, Volkswagen figures the plant, where it will make its new Passat, will create 9,000 spin-off jobs in the region, including 500 at auto-supplier plants that are springing up nearby.
…. The auto gains have been widespread, with the Midwest the biggest beneficiary. In Ohio alone, auto manufacturing jobs have risen 31 percent the past two years, while parts makers in Michigan have added nearly 20,000 jobs …. Parts jobs are also up 15 percent in Alabama and in Kentucky…
… GM, Ford and Chrysler are all making money for the first time since the mid-2000s and adding workers to build popular models like the revamped Ford Explorer….
…Auto companies are racing to hire white-collar workers, too. Monster.com has more than 100 postings for auto engineers, including a handful for Hyundai and Subaru. Electric batteries, touch-screen dashboards and other technology are becoming more common, so automakers need engineers with expertise.
…”I really do believe that we are seeing a renaissance in the American automobile industry,” says James Brock, a professor of economics at Miami University.
Full article here - Thank you Suzanne
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