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I love, love, love this clip of historian Allan Lichtman as he offers us a much-needed lesson in history and politics. Let’s hope certain pundits and operatives internalize his message and realize that giving up on Biden and his incumbency is so foolish. pic.twitter.com/iNabsPelTy — TrumpsTaxes (@TrumpsTaxes) June 30, 2024

Biden, in Valley Forge speech, hits Trump hard as threat to democracy https://t.co/FAd7te83SU — Gregg Chadwick 🇺🇦 🟧 (@greggchadwick) January 5, 2024 FULL SPEECH: President Joe Biden delivers his most powerful speech yet in defense of American democracy and calls out Trump's threats to the nation on the eve of the 3rd anniversary of the January 6 attack. Everyone should watch the speech till the end and share it far and wide. pic.twitter.com/iffBKkSYAE — MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) January 5, 2024

TODAY Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden host Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for the unveiling of their official White House portraits. VP Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff also attend. 1:30pm Eastern, 10:30am Pacific.   Here is Aaron Shikler's famous (1969) portrait of JFK, commissioned by Jackie. Poignantly it is reported that six years after his assassination, she found it painful to look at direct images of his face. Note that by her request, he is looking down and away from the viewer. pic.twitter.com/4cukayTuNh — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 7, 2022 One of best White House portraits -- Theodore Roosevelt, 1903 -- by one of most commanding artists of the time, John Singer Sargent, based on brief sittings by the President. Predictably TR loved his heroic portrayal. pic.twitter.com/CDvGGyG43D — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) September 7, 2022 The official White House portrait of President Barack Obama, by Robert McCurdy...

President Biden's speech in Warsaw on Russia's invasion of Ukraine: ( Full transcript)  "Be not afraid." These were the first words that the first public address of the first Polish pope after his election in October of 1978, they were the words who would come to define Pope John Paul II. Words that would change the world. John Paul brought the message here to Warsaw in his first trip back home as pope in June of 1979. It was a message about the power, the power of faith, the power of resilience, the power of the people. In the face of a cruel and brutal system of government, it was a message that helped end the Soviet repression in the central land in Eastern Europe 30 years ago. It was a message that we'll overcome the cruelty and brutality of this unjust war. When Pope John Paul brought that message in 1979, the Soviet Union ruled with an iron fist behind an Iron Curtain. Then a year later, the solidarity movement took hold in Poland. While I know he couldn...

Real presidents lead. Reality TV presidents don’t. pic.twitter.com/2lMwnRXLcG — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 7, 2020