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Political Theater, Episode 331

President Joe Biden arrives at the Oval Office of the White House on January 23, 2023. — President Joe Biden arrives at the Oval Office of the White House on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

By Jason Dick

Posted July 11, 2024 at 2:37pm

Want a look at George W. Bush’s comments at the 2007 White House Correspondents’ dinner? Or what coffee shop President Joe Biden visited last weekend in Harrisburg? Or the White House briefing room seating chart from 2015? There are ways to find all of this on your own. Or there is Factba.se, the longtime go-to for all White House transcripts, calendars, releases, etc., whose database goes back decades. Factba.se founder Bill Frischling hangs out and talks about just the facts.

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