11:0: PBO attends the second G-20 plenary session
1:30: Attends the third G-20 plenary session
2:45: Attends a working lunch
5:20: Attends the closing ceremony of the G-20 Summit
5:45: Holds a bilateral meeting with President Hu of China
7:30: Holds a press conference
8:40: Departs Los Cabos, Mexico
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TPM: A majority of voters agreed with President Obama’s decision to halt deportation of young undocumented immigrants, according to a new Bloomberg Poll out Tuesday … 64 percent of likely voters agree with the new policy, while just 30 percent disagreed.
Along party lines, only Republicans disagreed the move, with 56 percent of likely GOP voters opposed to the policy. Close to 9 in 10 Democrats (86 percent) liked the move. A large majority of independents, 66 percent, backed the decision, while just 26 percent opposed it.
…. Yesterday, a Latino Decisions poll showed that enthusiasm for Obama among Latino voters jumped significantly after the announcement.
More here
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Eugene Robinson: Sí, se puede. Yes, it can be done.
President Obama showed last week that it’s possible to find a reasonable, humane solution for at least 800,000 young people who were illegally brought into this country as children. All you need is a moral compass and a heart.
Seems to me that Obama’s unilateral decision to let these non-citizens remain here without fear of deportation should have quieted critics who bray and whine about a supposed lack of bold presidential leadership. It didn’t, of course.
Where is Mitt Romney on all of this, you ask? Excellent question…..
…. It’s tiresome having to spend so much time trying to figure out what Romney really believes. If anything, I mean.
Full article here
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ThinkProgress: The 7 Major Issues Mitt Romney Won’t Take A Position On….
1. Romney won’t say whether he would undo Obama’s decision to end deportations of DREAM-eligible immigrants….
2. Romney won’t say whether he’d support the Paycheck Fairness Act…..
3. Romney won’t specify which tax loopholes he’d close….
4. Romney won’t say which federal agencies he’d eliminate….
5. Romney won’t say whether he supports the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
6. Romney won’t say whether he’d support full reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act….
7. Romney won’t say whether say whether he’d eliminate the “carried interest” tax break for private equity partners….
Full post here
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Love this from BuzzFeed – ‘Gingrich ditches the press, but no one wants his autograph at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s meeting in Washington, D.C.’
Look at that line!
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Morning everyone 😉
The Obama Diary 
Gm every1
Congrats on 1st Proud.
Congrats on 1st Proud. You are on a roll…
Proud, you’re on a roll!!!
Thanks so much this was highly needed!
Helllooooooo……GQ guy.
You talking to me? 🙂 Morning UT 😉
Morning all.
Good morning everyone and congrats Proud Former White House Intern on being #1
Thanks everyone!
Good morning all.
Good morning Chips and TOD friends.
Morning COS, morning everyone.
Our President is so very handsome. Um um!
That is the saddest elephant I have ever seen…..no, I’m not talking about the one in costume. 🙂
Morning Chips and everyone,…
Haha I see the Autralian PM not too far from the President……
🙂 Morning ChristiMTL!
Hey Chips 🙂
She never is. 🙂
From the pics I saw of her with the President….oh my, she has a major crush lol…it’s funny….I don’t blame her though.
I just saw this on twitter
MSNBC is taking a right turn, 5 a.m.-4 p.m. SE Cupp is joining as host @ 3 p.m.
I knew she was on the list but is it confirmed now?
Well, if they do, their ratings will sink like CNN……and probably lower. They are catering to the wrong audience.
However, we never turn on the TV until early evening…..don’t pollute our air with Cable talkers……..makes a lovely day!
I don’t get it
what audience are they targeting with her?…it’s not like the RWNJ will switch to MSNBC…..
The right wingers who may not have heard of Fox News.
what I saw was rotating hosts at 3pm. Steve Kornacki, Toure, SE Cupp among the hosts until they decide on a permanent one.
So in other words, they decided to replace the male Ratigan with a female Ratigan. I never watched him and I definitely won’t watch her.
No Krystal Ball? Sadly, the conservatives probably lobbied for Cupp!
Good morning, everyone. Looking forward to reading your comments today. This is the best place to visit.
Just left a comment on the Facebook page called I Will Vote For Obama in 2012, You are encouraged to write in and say why you are voting for Obama. It’s a great page,
; let’s you know that there are thousands of folk who see what we see and feel as we do. A nice place to visit if you have been infected with the Cenk, Huffington, Dylan,Mitchell….viruses. Good medicine.
Good morning, TOD. Hope everyone’s doing well this Tuesday.
I’ve now confirmed the person who keeps creating sock accounts on twitter to stalk and slander me is someone who either lurks here, or, I hope not, is a member here. The person has created three such accounts so far including @FourMoreFor44, and last night @LoveOhio1. Each time the pattern is the same: 1) the account is created late at night 2) the person picks people out of my timeline I’ve been having conversations with then repeatedly tweet them things like: “she’s a scam artist,” “she took thousands of dollars from Obama supporters/dog lovers” “ask her what she did with the money….”
If you are reading this right now, you are a pathetic lying sack of shit. Leave me the fuck alone and get a life.
I meant to include a 3rd part of the pattern: the troll ALWAYS deletes the sock accounts so s/he leaves no trail of this despicable behavior behind. Coward.
I’m sorry this is happening to you. Can’t conceive of how or why people harbor such hatred. Please blow it off and don’t let one person’s poison bring you down.
Oh I’m not, Jackie. Just wanted to let the troll know I’m on to its game. I won’t be acknowledging it again.
Thank you. 🙂
wow, I am sorry to hear that. I have been off twitter for about a week. I was spammed or whatever they call it. I got a tweet saying someone was spreading rumors about me. I deleted that person from my timeline and changed my password. Hang in the there.
Hachiko, the world is fill will evil folks too, the part that gets us through is we know their are kind decent heart people also. How anyone would make a joke out of someone going through a hard time is sick.
There’s no words……smh…..stay strong Hachiko
I let it get to me the last time. Not gonna allow that to happen any more. I’ve got enough to worry about already, Anniebella. Thanks for your support. 🙂
Good for you. Just know you have your TOD family who loves ya, your blood family who loves you, and Tucker who definately loves you. Keep you head held high and KNOW THIS TOO SHALL PASS, there will be brighter days ahead, just hold on. God Bless you, were praying for you and you and Tucker are in our thoughts everyday.
Thank you, Jojo. 🙂
Oh Hachikō, I read your comment here before about someone attacking you on Twitter but I didn’t realize it was happening this regularly, it’s disgusting. I can’t know for sure, of course, but I would be amazed if it was a regular here, they’re good people. I can only guess it was one or more lurker nutjobs, we have plenty of them as my pending/spam folder shows every day, and the comments they leave would make your eyes water. Scumbags, all of them. Stay strong Hachikō.
I wanted to thank you for the great job you do on this site. Internet bullies, cowards and trolls are really the bane of this new technology era.
Ah, thank you Daniel. They hardly bother me at all now, they used to but they’re so completely irrational and bigoted I just yawn – and take intense pleasure in clicking ‘spam’ on their comments. So, when they try to comment again they’re stuck in the trash with the people trying to sell us wonder drugs that will enlarge various body parts. If only the bigots could get drugs that would enlarge their brains 🙄
When I read the tweets last night, I immediately thought of your posts on the lurkers you have to put up with. Some of the sneaky ways they try to get their posts through. The troll reeked of that last night.
Good morning Hachiko, I must have the wrong email or Paypal for you, have asked Chips for clarification! I’ll be back! 🙂
Ok! Thank you! 🙂
whoa. has nothing to do with me despite the similar name. good luck
Whoa. Believe me when I say that I didn’t even know that we had a TODer with that handle.Wow. This person is more screwed up than I thought. Using other people’s handles to hide behind. Sick.
I am so sorry to hear of this, I had no idea anyone was stalking you marabout. WE here know better, so do not worry. Take care please.
My sweet Sheri. Thank you. I don’t intend to waste my time on that individual any more, dear. Hope all is well. Hope you got some good news! 🙂
no news yet.. it will take time for bank to approve my offer, but hopefully not too long. I agree don’t waste any time on a hater.. we know who you are and we’re with you my dear.
Quick note before I begin my busy day. Was listening to Joe Madison on way home from Curves. He had Rep. Cleaver on. True, we usually are frustrated with him, but he made a good point and I want to share. He was the first AA may of Kansas City and was re-elected for second term. He said they knew that if he couldn’t be re-elected, the first term was all for naught…..that people would say, “Okay, we gave the AA a chance and he just couldn’t cut it…….that he FAILED…..” He says PO’s re-election carries same thing. He will be called the second Jimmy Carter, etc. (That’s already happening.) The way he and Joe put it: PO’s first election was euphoric; his re-election will be historic.
^This.
about time, cleaver. many of us were telling his office precisely that a few years ago when he was stoking all the division amongst president obama supporters. cleaver was one of the ones you’d often see disparaging PBO when barack was “compromising” and “selling out” “progressives. better late than never, cleaver. don’t forget it this time, please.
Hats off to Proud and Jackie. I got so absorbed in the articles and video clip, I forgot to sign in. Saw a tweet this morning that Rubio hasn’t been given vetting papers to fill out for Romney, so the speculation is that he’s not in the running. Guess he lost his luster when he could no longer pretend to be the Dream Act champion.
Good morning Jackie. I don’t think Rubio was ever in the running for VP. I honestly feel Romney wants a “white” guy that won’t grab his spot light. Just my opinion though.
I’ve enjoyed reading the Des Moines Register writeup of Mitt’s visit to Iowa yesterday (a special time for us all):
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120619/NEWS09/306190044/In-Iowa-Romney-challenges-Obama-on-economy?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage
My favorite bits:
Immigration: “He’s in talks about an alternative immigration proposal. Asked how closely he has been working with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida on an immigration reform plan, Romney said his policy chief is talking with Rubio’s staff.”
– Is Marco Rubio the only person out there with any knowledge of immigration? Our people are talking to his people – great.
Alternate energy: Romney also gave a nod to the wind energy industry. “You’ve got a fair amount of wind here. Look, I like wind and renewables, I do like all of those but I do like all of our energy resources,” – WTF? DUH.
My favorite quote was Valley Mitt: ““He said, ‘Here, you can steer,’ and I was like, you know, that’s nothing,” – I was LIKE?
THIS Romney was talking about wind energy??
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/06/13/498773/romney-begins-bus-tour-in-six-states-with-418000-green-jobs/
He likes wind!!! And trees and big lakes and little lakes and Davey Crockett and cars and mean practical jokes and fake laughing and ………
Don’t forget chicken and noodles ..
Morning! Don’t look now, but Rick Santorium inspired True Blood!!!
And finally: True Blood creator Alan Ball says that Rick Santorum inspired the hit HBO show, pushing him to explore what “would it be like to have a theocracy in America.”
Good morning everyone! Thought you might like a little harmonica improvising this morning! I try to wake up with a song in my head and love in my heart every day! Sometimes I succeed, other times not so much. Enjoy!
Great to see you here DDD. Saw your Father’s Day pics of the granddaughters. They are really growing fast.
Proving once again…that old age does not equal wisdom.
Wow, the NYT ran with that phony meme, too? Took up half the space above the fold. UGH.
The two amigos have actual power and responsibility unlike the three amigos, McCain, Lierberman, and Graham, who only run their mouths and take junkets.
WORD.
Bill that’s McCain problem, that black guy laughing in the picture beat his senile old ass and he is still mad. The Russia is in the G-20, so do President Obama suppose to keep his distant from Putin,( G.W. Bush ).
I meant to say G.W. Bush didn’t keep his distant from Putin and what did McCain have to say?
Please Tweet that!
There the senile old I’m still mad cause Barack Obama beat me fool John McCain go again. If this is our leadership, no wonder the country is in the shape it is in. Why aren’t McCain and his buddies doing something to help this country and the people who need help, instead of tweeting.
I don’t get what he’s implying.
me neither. plus, this from the guy who was having a personal dinner with qadaffi in libya a year before he started massacaring he own people again? can’t even call mcain a has-been, since he’s never-been. what a petty, small man he is in so many ways.
Eugene Robinson,
Willard Romney won’t say because his puppeteers has not given the nod. He think that he can string the American people along with his nonsense. Romney is a dumb azz with no class and very lacking in character. Having money did not improve his intelligence. The simple things in life he suppose to be so clueless about. It just tells me his brain cells did not expand. Being ignorant is a not good choice. Just a big old dummy dunce, very lacking in common courtesy and good manners.
On the flip side all of this evasiveness and thinking that he does not have to answer questions is all a game. The old rule book might have worked for him four years ago but our President has been teaching the American people every step of the process. If we listen carefully, watch diligently, work expeditiously and smarter we will be victorious. Our President is leading by example and FORWARD,
I read this headline this morning: ‘Marco Rubio says he would come to the U.S. illegally if he had to’ http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/marco-rubio-us-illegally/story?id=16601077#.T-CHao5j7zJ
then I saw this tweet from @jonkarl “GOP sources tell me Marco Rubio is not being vetted by Romney’s VP search team. Details on GMA and here — http://abcn.ws/N3uTdu” and I couldn’t stop laughing. There goes Mittens’ great brown hope!
I watched MJ this morning for 5 minutes….it was the end of the interview with whatsisname….he had a book about the Tparty, teaevangelists or something…I’ve seen his face many times……well anyway they are taking their country back *yawn*….and than there was another guest talking about Marco Rubio….so (I’m so bad with names) the regular on the panel, lets call him Baldy….he never say anything intelligent anyway was actually comparing Marco Rubio with President Obama when he was a senator, the great speech Senator Obama gave at the 2004 convention and apparently Marco Rubio gave a great speech, well something similar, to who I don’t know. Its insulting that he would even compare the 2 of them……Marco Rubio is not and will never be in the same league as President Obama. Never.
Why didn’t Rubio run for President ?
Comparing Rubio to the President? Ha! Poor thing. The GOP has NO ONE, NOT ONE SINGLE SOLITARY PERSON, who could walk in Barack Obama’s shoes. Let them keep dreaming. Eh.
Why do Liberal & Democratic leaning shows insist on giving the GOP a venue to rattle off their talking points? It’s not like the GOP has no where to go, they own almost all the damn media.
I think your second sentence answers your first.
They are even on shows they don’t own, this is too much.
I’m very, very cynical about the media. The GOP owns the airwaves and most print. So what we are getting is psy ops propaganda 24/7. The evidence is everywhere. It starts very early each morning with the dominant themes of the day being decided by extreme right wingers Drudge, Politico and Morning Joe. The rest of the day is every outlet falling in line and Dems playing defense.
Thanks Meta. I’ve been trying to tell people this since 2007. It’s real easy to figure out, anyone can do it. Wake up at 3:00 am and quickly peruse EVERY cable news outlet and the networks. You’ll hear the same talking points from EACH one of them! Then the rest of the day is a re-hash of those talking points. It’s effing insidious!
I don’t know who decide who will be on……..
Perfectly and succinctly stated.
Edited to fit a tweet:
Housing Permits up sharply in May!
Also, FED meeting today, many expect some monetary policy.
Yes, probably an extension of easing to the Banks… Also, Maybe their fortunes don’t trickle down, but if the Banks do Bad, that is when it trickles down, as we saw in 08.
All eyes on FED!
Another positive housing story
Americans Sees Biggest Home Equity Jump In 60 Years: Mortgages
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/06/americans-sees-biggest-home-equity-jump.html
Thanks WIW; I love the great, positive information that you always bring that gives a true snapshot of what is going on in the country. I also appreciate the up tone of all of your comments.
Thank you! Tweeting your links now…..
VA’s Business Conference and Hiring Fair: Putting Vets Back to Work
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/06/vas-business-conference-and-hiring-fair.html
If you know someone who is receiving SNAPS share this story
Farmers markets getting money to take food stamps
http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/06/farmers-markets-getting-money-to-take.html
Oh my. Excruciating. He should just shut up unless something is written down for him. I have never seen a politican at this level so unable to make small talk or comment off the cuff. He is just embarrassingly awkward. He doesn’t know what to say. I remember early on reporters were surprised when he would say “Congratulations” to everyone he shook hands with——-for no reason—–just didn’t know what else to say. Geez.
The last thing I want Romney to do is stop talking.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! Did he seriously say that?!!
Wawa’s part 2
I need to look for my kids decoder ring to figure out that one.
Yikes !
lol
Could he be any more of an awkward idiot? His pranks are all starting to make sense. He only knows how to trick and humiliate and condescend. We need to start handing out barf bags. Chips, please place an order, stat.
Beat you to it Meta, ordered them yesterday – after reading all that Mitt stuff I knew we’d need them. They’re on their way.
Knew I could count on you!! Mittens Barf Bags R Us.
It will never happen…..he’s getting away with it because the corrupt media let him get away with it……
Good Morning TOD Family!
They’re working on our internet service @ work this morning. I’m surprised I could get on.
“You have a lot of chicken in Frankenmuth. Chicken and, you know, noodles. Good German food.”—
Am I hung-over???
Friday Ratings: Sharpton Beats All MSNBC And CNN Primetime Shows In Demo
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/friday-ratings-erin-burnett-in-third-place-at-7pm-in-demo-and-total-viewers/
Yeaaaa for Rev. Al……..
WOW!!
Romney to attend the blahs convention (NAACP) in Houston…
The hypocrisy
They will treat Mitt with respect, but no one will be fool by him. Mitt doesn’t get it, it’s not about him showing up, it’s about his policies and what he stands for.
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/06/19/what-6/
So Tweety is talking about our FLOTUS double dutching. Now who is middle America, middle class, double dutcthing or dancing horses?
Bob posted this site last night. You must see the photos of PBO and Putin that the MSM DON”T show…go half way down the page.I think I clicked to “load more comments” before I found them…then click on the photos to embiggin. SERIOUSLY. PBO is ALPHA here!! His face and mannerisms are definately saying there is a new boss in town, and YOU (Putin) are NOT it! One of the people there last night explained PBO’S body language…and described Putin as timid and weak…and PBO as Alpha, strong and assured. I was taken by these.Also, someone pointed to the “boo boo” that Putin had on his pinkie finger, of the hand being shaken….and the squeeze put on by PBO and the look on his face….priceless. This man is the leader of the world.Hands down. I don’t know how to get those pics over here….but here’s the site
http://gofreesyria.blogspot.com/2012/03/tired-of-western-influenced-media-tired.html#comment-561584800
Yes they are great. I liked the vise gripped one as well.
Anyone who doesn’t see that and believe it desertflower, has their head stuck up where the sun don’t shine! I thought the same thing when I looked at pictures on daylife. It’s funny, because GWB swaggered and SO wanted to be the alpha male, but he never was. Angela Merkel was. Now…..she’s taking directives from PBO!!!
good morning everyone! good morning miss fired up chips 🙂 how come you cropped the G20 pic? the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is missing 😦
Morning Me4O, I didn’t crop the pic, that’s the way it was at Daylife. The wider shot photos were poor quality, so I picked this one. How are you doing?
Owh..i see. I’m doing good, thank you love! trying to visit my favorite “tod” as much as possible in between, especially when my boss isn’t around 😛 to cool my blood down. that ugly daily caller’s chipmunk and his boy tie boss made my blood boiled up my head still. anyway, i thank you for your hard-work chips! i love you, and our TOD family! xo