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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In September 2023, President Joe Biden became the first sitting president to walk a strike picket line, joining United Auto Workers (UAW) members at a General Motors facility in Belleville, Michigan. Subscribe to receive history like this to your inbox: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Welcoming Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House in 2006, President George W. Bush noted China’s economic success, adding, “China can be even more successful when the Chinese people have the freedom to assemble, to speak freely, and to worship.”

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🗃️ In 2012, Vice President Joe Biden quoted Theodore Roosevelt, saying, “I promise you, the president has a big stick.” Subscribe on Substack to receive daily news and history like this straight to your inbox: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

1/ On September 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy spoke at Rice University, declaring, “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

During their time in office, the Obamas would commemorate the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, by leading the White House staff in a moment of silence on the South Lawn for those who died.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🗃️ Delaware Senator Joe Biden was interviewed live on ABC following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Asked about the response to come, Biden said America must do so “without changing our character as a nation.”

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Former President Biden, his wife Jill, and former President Bush today at Ground Zero on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Former President Joe Biden attended St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City this evening for a special Mass honoring those who died on September 11, 2001.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.” — Jimmy Carter ────────────── Subscribe on Substack for free to receive daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on this day in 2014. The moment was captured by a remote camera set up on the mantel above the fireplace as Obama reviewed briefing materials. Subscribe on Substack to receive daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

On August 28, 2014, President Barack Obama wore a tan suit to a White House press briefing, a deviation from his usual dark navy blue or charcoal grey suits. Subscribe on Substack to receive daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hosting country music stars at the White House in October 1979, President Jimmy Carter greeted Dolly Parton by saying, “You're the one I've been waiting for!” Subscribe on Substack to receive daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In August 2012, President Barack Obama hosted eight-year-old Make-A-Wish child Janiya Penny and her family in the Oval Office. Subscribe on Substack to receive daily history like this: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

President Bill Clinton, born on this day in 1946, presided over the first federal budget surpluses in nearly thirty years, from 1998 to 2001. Subscribe for daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

On August 10, 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, making her the second woman to serve on the high court. ────────────── Subscribe for free for daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

President Joe Biden seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office in August 2023. ────────── Subscribe for free for daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

On August 5, 2009, White House photographer Pete Souza captured a candid moment of Sasha Obama sneaking up on her father as he was seated behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. ─────────── Subscribe to receive daily snapshots from the Obama presidency: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

President Barack Obama signs the Budget Control Act in the Oval Office on this day in 2011. ───────── Subscribe for free for daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

“God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.” — Jimmy Carter ─────────── Subscribe for free for daily impactful quotes: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The Oval Office on this day in 2014. ───────────── Subscribe for daily snapshots from the Obama presidency: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

President Harry Truman, the only president in the 20th century to not hold a college degree, was a voracious reader, once saying, “Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.” ────────── Subscribe for free for daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela ────────────── Subscribe for daily historical quotes: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Oval Office on this day in 2012. ───────────── Subscribe for snapshots from the Obama presidency: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

On July 17, 2009, Walter Cronkite died at the age of 92. Known as the “most trusted man in America,” Cronkite served as anchorman of the CBS Evening News for 19 years. Subscribe for daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

On July 16, 2013, President Barack Obama met with Make-A-Wish child Suhail Zaveri, 14, in the Oval Office. Subscribe for more daily history: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

On July 13, 1973, White House aide Alexander Butterfield informed the Senate Watergate Committee that he was aware of a recording device in the Oval Office, a remark that would ultimately lead to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

In a new interview, Mitt Romney said he would not be a candidate for president again, adding, “I basically think people who are 80 and above really should not be running the world.”

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“A republic, if you can keep it.” Benjamin Franklin reportedly said these now-famous words when a woman asked him, as he emerged from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, whether the Framers had given the new country a monarchy or a republic.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, banning discrimination and segregation in public accommodations. In remarks at the White House that day, Johnson said, “Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.”

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

🗃️ Today, Mel Brooks turns 100. In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded the legendary filmmaker and comedian the National Medal of Arts, where Brooks pretended to pull down the President’s pants. ───────────── Subscribe for daily presidential history: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The Oval Office on this day in 2012. ────────────── Subscribe for more snapshots from the Obama presidency: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

In June 2015, the White House was illuminated in rainbow colors to celebrate the Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. ───────────── Subscribe for more daily history: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The Oval Office on this day in 2012. ────────────── Subscribe for more snapshots from the Obama presidency: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

On the eve of the 1960 presidential election, Senator John F. Kennedy said, “I want the United States to have the best educated citizens in the world. That's the way we maintain democracy; that's the way we keep our freedom.” ─── Subscribe for daily history: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

“In the end, that’s what being a parent is all about – those precious moments with our children that fill us with pride and excitement for their future.” — President Barack Obama ────────────── Subscribe for daily presidential history: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

In June 2021, President Biden signed a bill into law establishing Juneteenth as a national holiday, saying, “Great nations don't ignore their most painful moments.” ───────────── Subscribe for daily presidential history: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Former Presidents Biden, Bush, and Clinton are in attendance at the dedication ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago today. ───────────── Subscribe for daily presidential history: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

On June 16, 2016, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visited Orlando, Florida, to console the families of the 49 victims killed at the Pulse nightclub just days after the deadly shooting there. At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The Obama Presidential Center, which opens this week, has unveiled the first commissioned portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama. ────────────── Subscribe for daily presidential history: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Speaking on the importance of journalism, Walter Cronkite once said, “Our job is only to hold up the mirror, to tell and show the public what has happened.” ───────────── Subscribe for daily historical snapshots: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

In June 2008, Tim Russert, the longtime host of NBC’s Meet the Press, died at the age of 58 after suffering a heart attack while preparing for a broadcast.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

At the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kennedy Center in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson said, “This center will brighten the life of Washington, but it is not, as I have said, just a Washington project. It is a national project and a national possession.”

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

On June 13, 1967, President Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Two months later, the Senate confirmed the nomination in a 69 to 11 vote, making Marshall the first African American to serve on the high court.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

On June 11, 2012, President Barack Obama hosted actress Betty White in the Oval Office. Months before, Obama had filmed a video for White’s 90th birthday, joking that he did not believe how old she was and that she would have to show her birth certificate to prove it.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

“Our problems are man-made; therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.” — President John F. Kennedy, American University, June 10, 1963

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

On June 8, 2011, White House photographer Pete Souza captured a photo of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office before their weekly lunch.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the largest-ever seaborne invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of their effort to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation.

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

“Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.” — Walter Cronkite ────────────── Subscribe for free for more daily history: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

During his last days in office, President Barack Obama said that the sight of his children playing on the swing set just outside of the Oval Office “made the presidency a little bit sweeter.” ─────────────── Subscribe for free for more daily history: everythingbriefing.substack.com/subscribe

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

In June 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed 32 solar panels on the roof of the White House.

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