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Weekly Address: President Obama – America Can Do Anything

January 9, 2016 JanF 2

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President remarked […]

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President Obama Speaks on New Initiatives Aimed at Reducing Gun Violence #StopGunViolence UPDATED with Transcript

January 5, 2016 JanF 10

President Obama Delivers Remarks on Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer (Video of the live event includes remarks from a Newtown parent and the president arriving and leaving – event starts at 36:35 […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Making America Safer for Our Children

January 2, 2016 JanF 10

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President reflected […]

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President Obama: Selma “… one day’s commemoration, no matter how special, is not enough”

January 1, 2016 JanF 1

Official White House photographer Pete Souza posted his year-end retrospective on medium.com a few days ago (Behind the Lens: 2015 Year in Photographs). People were posting and Tweeting and blogging their favorites and there were […]

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Weekly Address: Merry Christmas from the President and First Lady

December 25, 2015 JanF 18

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President and […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Top 10 Things that Happened in 2015

December 19, 2015 JanF 12

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President celebrated […]

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President Obama’s Year End Press Conference – UPDATED with Transcript

December 18, 2015 JanF 20

On Friday, December 18th, President Obama will hold a press conference, billed as his year end press conference as the government “shuts down” for the winter holidays. It won’t be a literal shutdown because the […]

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President Obama: “That is what makes America great — not just the words on these founding documents, as precious and valuable as they are, but the progress that they’ve inspired.”

December 15, 2015 JanF 1

Speaking at the National Archives, President Obama addresses 31 newly sworn in citizens. What a remarkable journey all of you have made. And as of today, your story is forever woven into the larger story […]

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President Obama speaks on the historic Paris climate accord – UPDATED with Transcript

December 12, 2015 JanF 11

Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 5:30pm Eastern PRESIDENT OBAMA: The problem is not solved because of this accord. But make no mistake, the Paris agreement establishes the enduring framework the world needs to solve the […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Standing Strong in the Face of Terrorism

December 12, 2015 JanF 9

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President praised […]

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Holding Vigil for One of Our Founding “Meeses” – Denise Velez (Updated)

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July 13, 2026 8
Back in September 2008, a group of like minded people gathered at the Motley Moose to talk about politics and how they could promote politicians and political causes that would change people’s lives for the [...]

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Later this morning, we will mark the Summer Solstice. Astronomically, it looks like this: The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° [...]
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Spring Colors in the Pacific Northwest woods

May 15, 2026 6
I love the Pacific Northwest native flora this time of year as they emerge from our long dark winter. Since we can’t get out into the woods everyday, we have brought the woodlands colors home [...]
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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2026 2
At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on,  the light returns more [...]
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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

March 20, 2026 3
Today, March 20th, at 7:46am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]

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