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“You see Joe’s heart in the way he consoles families, dealing with cancer, backstage after an event; when he meets kids fighting through a stutter of their own, he gives them his private phone number and keeps in touch with them long after. To know Joe Biden is to know love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully.

As one of his long-time colleagues in the Senate, who happened to be a Republican, once said, ‘If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you got a problem. He’s as good a man as God ever created.’” —President Obama awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to Vice President Joe Biden

BREAKING: Today, President Obama designated new national monuments that preserve critical chapters of our country’s history, from the vibrant history of the Reconstruction Era and its role in redefining freedom, to the important stories of the citizens who helped launch the civil rights movement in Birmingham, and the Freedom Riders whose bravery raised national awareness of segregation and violence: go.wh.gov/svwWua

One last dad joke.

Yes we can. Yes we did. Yes we can.

“I’m asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change—but in yours.” —President Obama

Don’t miss this: Live from Chicago at 9pm ET, President Obama delivers his Farewell Address to the American people. #ObamaFarewell

Thanks for eight great years. Tonight, President Obama returns home to say his grateful farewell to you—and you’ll be able to watch live right here on Tumblr.

“Having insurance coverage for our 24-year-old son meant he received treatment, for heroin addiction, which saved his life…Michael is now 4 years sober, and has just finished his first year at a community college in Minnesota on the dean’s list. He works full-time at a local hotel restaurant and is enrolled in MNSure, Minnesota’s Health Care (ObamaCare!) program. The business we were able to open, Georgetown Antiques and Artisans, because of having coverage outside of a former employer, is going strong after two and a half years and is collecting sales tax far beyond any insurance credits we received. The ACA still works.” —Russ and Linda Dickson from Texas on how the Affordable Care Act changed their lives. Here’s how the ACA continues to help people in all 50 states—and what’s at stake with the Republican proposal to repeal it: http://go.wh.gov/ACAworks