This is Awesome!! An intern races to get a Supreme Court #DOMA decision to his network, for @PeteWilliamsNBC report. http://t.co/qf97W1Dyuq — The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) June 26, 2013
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Cheering on Air Force One when we heard #SCOTUS decision! Striking down #DOMA = victory for equal rights for all Americans.
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 26, 2013
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Beeeeeeautiful! RT @BarackObama RT if you believe everyone should be able to marry the person they love. #LoveIsLove pic.twitter.com/dvlQ6D0fCw — TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 26, 2013
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“You’re invited to the wedding:” here’s @BarackObama‘s call to the Prop 8 plaintiffs, as seen on MSNBC: http://t.co/TKNJiIk3rW — The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) June 26, 2013
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SOD Hagel says that DOD will “immediately” implement the end of #DOMA, & will grant same benefits to same-sex couples pic.twitter.com/dpNsuojmPS — The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) June 26, 2013
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It was good to join the many people in front of the Supreme Court today in support of #MarriageEquality pic.twitter.com/trMfAQPIH9 — John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 26, 2013
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Valerie Jarrett recognizes Brig. Gen. Tammy Smith & her wife Tracey Hepner during a speech at the Pentagon on June 25, 2013. 
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Today Was a Victory for Equality http://t.co/7snKzGRisk — The White House Blog (@blog44) June 26, 2013
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House Republicans charged the American taxpayer $2.3 million to lose the DOMA case http://t.co/t21LEWB66r #icymi — ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 27, 2013
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What’s the major theme of today’s Supreme Court decision, striking down the Defense of Marriage Act? (Hint: Dignity.) http://t.co/KGfTQYkVpv — Cass Sunstein (@CassSunstein) June 26, 2013
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President Obama called Edie Windsor—the plaintiff in the #DOMA case—from AF1 to congratulate her on today’s ruling 
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How Edith Windsor Learned She Won http://t.co/2OgS9GSp6Y “Hello, who am I talking to? Oh @BarackObama? I want 2 TY… pic.twitter.com/BH0lqQxhaL — The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) June 27, 2013
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Edie Windsor: “I had pretty much the same reaction as almost everyone in the room: We were all crying.” http://t.co/fKef5Ugfsu #DOMA — Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) June 26, 2013
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Here a police report from the Stonewall Inn confrontation, which began this week, New York City, 1969: pic.twitter.com/KVDDn2NrvH — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 27, 2013
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Here an image from the start of the Stonewall Uprising, New York City, which began this week in 1969: pic.twitter.com/BI9FiZQyD5 — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 27, 2013
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The scene outside Stonewall right now is an unparalleled joy.
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Wow, look at the crowd for Edith Windsor in NYC’s West Village this evening (Thank you @DaRiverZkind) #DOMA pic.twitter.com/bUwPtqtqSF — TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 26, 2013
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People celebrating in the Castro district
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Exclusive: John Roberts’ openly gay cousin is from California and will now be getting married http://t.co/cKkZQ1t5mV — Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 26, 2013
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19 pictures from the early struggle for LGBT rights. http://t.co/TfIiXkNneY pic.twitter.com/7i1aWmNXeY — Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) June 27, 2013
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Lyle breaks down the #DOMA and #PROP8 rulings http://t.co/ynVbPgtVk6 #SCOTUS #Teamlyle
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 26, 2013
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Clinton’s hypocrisy & callousness http://t.co/j1HOqw40tB “wasn’t just a fair-weather friend; was our enemy – & more lethal b/c he was a Dem”
— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) June 27, 2013
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via. TOD Champion Bobfr
From civil rights to dismantling Glass-Steagall, Mr Clinton did major harm to Americans, but, far and away, by being a ‘Democrat’ and fostering the DNC, he did much to ensure #GOP success. Period.
The founding of OFA will become to be seen as the re-birth of the Democratic Party and one of Barack Obama’s most important contributions to the resuscitation of our Democracy and Middle Class. It is for each of us to ensure that OFA flourishes and we trounce the #GOP in 2014, 2016 and beyond. A valid opposition party will emerge, that is a prerequisite for sustainable democracy. I suspect it will arise from the Democratic Party itself as the Party shifts further left of center in the decades ahead.
Little doubt that the gravest threat to our democracy and humanity will be issues spawned by the now likely irreversible effects of failure to control CO2 levels. A vibrant OFA-led Democratic Party is truly our only hope in facing that threat.
#TrustBarack
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It’s not everyday that MSNBC has live coverage of a wedding… but it did tonight: http://t.co/rnnajlweYM
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 29, 2013
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The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today (June 28th,3013) abruptly lifted its injunction that barred same-sex marriages while Proposition 8 finished its course through the legal system. Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, who were plaintiffs in the lawsuit to invalidate the voter-approved initiative, were married starting at 4:45 p.m. at San Francisco City Hall. Soon after, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa married Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, the other plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Proposition 8, in a ceremony at Los Angeles City Hall.
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With the President’s Africa trip coming in the midst of the SCOTUS decision, I thought a refresher of that historic day was in order….
The Obama Diary 
Orale homeboys and homegirls!
GE LL, Gimlet’s being poured tonight?
No, not tonight. Right now deciding what to get for dinner, as I don’t want to cook. I’m leaning towards Boston Market, with El Pollo Loco a close second.
Not moi LL!!!!!!!!!
http://media2.picsearch.com/is?ISatI3v-WvFTGy9x0cQdgyhKH6obupneL-6UPEbY2C8
Hah! 😆
I used to love Boston Market, but they changed their menu…..me being vegetarian not many options now….. love their cornbread though!
Yeah, BM is definitely for carnivores. But it’s on my way home, so I think that’ll be my stop.
Go to Trader Joes and get the Turkey Dinner and the Grilled Asparagus or the Broccolii Calliflower. The Turkey is sooooo tender and the gravey juices is very good.
hi
Reposting from the end of last thread:
Infuriately enough, the Pentagon has absolved Booz-Allen of any culpability in hiring the treasonous #Snowden (after GG’s manipulations) and will (no doubt) continue to offer them (very) lucrative government contracts:
B.S.
isn’t usaf the hotbed of fundie mofos?
Reposting my reply from the last thread
A young guy gives up the rest of his life so media pundits like gg can attack the black man in the white house – and the company that gave the information to said guy and GG will be rewarded for their stupid.
They probably know a lot of sensitive secrets, and there are probably 100 Snowden’s embedded there. Remember, this privatization of national security has been going on for decades. It’s naive to think that years of bad behavior can be overturned overnight – especially since many civil servants and other government workers can’t be replaced. There are limits.
Thank you, LP, that was a nice round-up, history, and refresher of a good day for all Americans. You always approach your subject through many different lenses.
My pleasure maryl…..YW
Well done LP!
TY Dudette! Did you get that link for the free 30 day Netflix I sent you? Sign up and cancel around 28/29th day and they will give another free month.
I saw a map yesterday….showing the countries in the world that exceed a certain Mwattage….US joined yesterday w/ these new expansions.
I really wish these kind of incentives were in place during Jerry Brown’s first stint as Governor (“Spaceship Earth”) in the 1970s.
The costs for solar panels would have been driven down, incentives for storing energy would have been there to fuel development.
I am so glad that Californians had the good sense to elect him now, when he is really making a difference!
Youtube link provided…
ATTN SecDef Hagel fans (count me in as a fan):
MUST READ: “To understand the depth of the damage that the Supreme Court’s June 25 decision, Shelby County v. Holder, has inflicted on the voting rights of African-Americans, you have to measure it against the backdrop of the takeover of state legislatures, primarily in the South, by the Republican Party……… Since the enactment of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the number of blacks elected to Southern state legislatures has grown from fewer than five to 313, all but a handful as Democrats. While blacks rose in the once dominant Democratic Party, Southern whites defected. Now, in the former Confederacy, Republicans have gained control of all 11 state legislatures.”
Repost
Sooo, did harry do the nuke option or not ?
not yet
He did get cloture on some nominations that had been held up.
Tuesday deadline…..filed cloture on all nominee’s today…. Side note, as you would say Wimmin cause of all our problems!
why tuesday ?
Also. Too. why wimmin ?
They all went home today…..filed cloture on all nom’s. Big meeting of all 100 senators Monday. If they don’t allow vote on Labor,EPA,CFPB,NLRB (7 total) w/o filibuster…. then Tuesday they go NUKE…
Danke. So, who will fold first, reed or mcturtle?
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/6316985088/h0778BB4C/
[Sigh!] This grows tiresome. Just freaking do it already! :eyeroll:
That is truly amazing! It looks like a painting.
Great news for POTUS!!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/11/honey-boo-boo-dc_n_3581839.html?utm_hp_ref=dc
If President Obama looked out the window today, he might redneckognize a few of the tourists standing on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Alana Thompson (a.k.a. Honey Boo Boo) and family spent time in downtown D.C. Thursday, posting two photos to Facebook, including one of TV’s most famous child reality star showing off her pageant grin
Not laughing, really…..”redneckognize”!!!!!
“So, this guy who made a stink-pile of money in the car alarm business, and had some youthful trouble with the law over auto-related liberties, gets the break he’s been waiting for after Republicans win control of the House in 2010….. He’s got plans, lots of plans. He’s going to stage television-ready hearings and investigations of the White House. He will bring Barack Obama to his knees. “I want seven hearings a week, times 40 weeks,” he says. Don’t worry about substance, he says of one subject field, “it’ll be good theater.”
POS!!!!
This IS funny—-and, I agree, ironic—–Romney big in Kenya, of all places
Photoshopped!
I would not wear that crap if I were naked, starving, hungry and cold…..
Bill Clinton’s gift to the GOP and the American people.
teen aussie player breaks all kindsa cricketing records on his debut.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23275189
First time I recall seeing a cow photobomb 🙂
Brilliant! 🙂
So chips, are all ireesh this pasty?
Yep! All past the age of reproduction!
What the hell is wrong with people? What kind of person is entertained by this?
[Important Note: The author of this tweet admits in a later tweet that in his frustration he omitted the word “some” from the original]
I wonder if they would think it funny of ….Ron Goldberging or Nicole Simpsoning? This is exactly what LL’s Post was about the insensitivity of our of the people in the world especially Americans who can not relate to the pain of others especially minorities due to our media.
So hard to believe that people find this amusing.
Those of us whose male cohorts had to register for the draft on their 18th birthday didn’t take death as a laughing matter (Vietnam War era).
We drove our parents crazy, but hey, we were for love, not war (and most certainly not for death; just about everyone knew someone who was in Vietnam at the time).
Mandatory national service sounds better and better (POTUS is a big supporter) now; our young people barely move these days, and getting them out in the fresh air would be a benefit to everyone.
One final repost from previous thread:
“The bill sponsored by Warren along Senators John McCain, an Arizona Republican, Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, and Angus King, a Maine independent, would separate traditional banks that offer checking and savings accounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. from “riskier financial institutions.” The latter category includes companies involved in investment banking, insurance, swaps dealing, hedge funds and private equity, according to the lawmakers’ statement.”
The hubris of the WJC administration thinking that history didn’t matter (i.e., The Great Depression) is still galling to me.
Also, love that this bill is sponsored from coast-to-coast (Maria Cantwell, Washington state and Angus King, Maine).
I think this is the one bill that would really make a difference between now and 2014 elections (any bills passed by our reprehensible House will be garbage–not much chance of that happening, though).
Lazy P.O.S.’s
LP! You always do such a great job! lotso lotso stuff!! thanks! 🙂
TY a4! I have had this post done for a while, but didn’t have the right time to fit it in…..nothing on President Obama’s public schedule tomorrow…so I figured this evening would suffice.
Every Rand Paul supporter needs to wear a T-Shirt with this emblazoned on it.
Because you’re all waiting with bated breath, my dinner choice for tonight.
Boston Market turkey with gravy
A spinach and tomato salad I made at home, with lovely red wine vinaigrette dressing
And a nice glass of red wine
I don’t know if I should be relieved or scared…..I want today factored in b/c my TL is bananas right now re #sharknado
McCrory says he talked to NC capitol protesters, who cuss him out
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/07/11/4159741/mccrory-ive-talked-with-nc-capitol.html
Night Owls. It’s music time.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/11/night-owls-love-is-complicated/