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Today (all times Eastern):
2:45: The President participates in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony, a traditional ceremony that marks the formal beginning of an Ambassador’s service in Washington
3:30: The President and Vice President meet with Secretary of Defense Hagel
* The President conducts an interview with Jose Diaz-Balart of Telemundo to discuss his plan for a Better Bargain for the Middle Class and the need for immigration reform
Excerpts of the interview will be broadcast on “Noticiero Telemundo” today at 6:30pm/5:30 central. The interview will also air in its entirety on “Enfoque con José Díaz-Balart” on Sunday, September 22 at 12pm/11am central, and will be available on Telemundo.com and on the Facebook page of “Noticiero Telemundo.”
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ThinkProgress: How Gun Laws Factor Into The Navy Yard Shooting
…. details are leaking out about Alexis and they point to a disturbing history of gun violence …. Under federal law, it’s very likely that he was still able to legally posses a firearm. Permanent bans on gun ownership are only handed out to very specific groups of people including felons, domestic abusers, and the seriously mentally ill …. in nearly half of states, officials are still able to give a handgun permit to someone with a history like Alexis’s.
If reports from the scene are right, however, Alexis’s gun possession Monday was illegal no matter his gun history. News outlets indicate that Alexis had as many as three weapons, including a semi-automatic AR15. The AR15 is banned in DC.
…. One of the gun regulations President Obama proposed earlier this year would outlaw the sale of AR15s and other military-grade weapons.
Full post here
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These funerals are brought to you by all the politicians who are praying today and accepting NRA money tomorrow. #NavyYardShooting
— John (@linnyitssn) September 16, 2013
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Bob Cesca: Another Gun Massacre and Another Powerful Reason for Stronger Gun Control Laws
At approximately 8 a.m. eastern time on Monday, a man named Aaron Alexis, a former reservist with the U.S. Navy, entered the Naval Sea Systems Command office building at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. and opened fire, killing 12 people and wounding 10 others. The gunman used a shotgun, a handgun and an AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle to rain bullets into a crowd of people before eventually being shot and killed by police.
At 2:15 p.m., six hours after the massacre, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) tweeted the following sentiment to his followers: “Remember to keep praying for those affected by both the Navy Yard shootings and the Colorado floods.”
A noble gesture — that is if you ignore the irony that the congressman is a vocal climate crisis denier, as well as one of the NRA’s most valuable allies inside the House of Representatives with a creepy obsession with AR-15 assault rifles, say nothing of being one of the only internet trolls serving as a member of Congress.
More here
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What happens next: #NRA sez Obama’s coming for your guns. Ppl believe & buy guns. Gun manufacturers make $ after another massacre. Repeat.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 17, 2013
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Charles Pierce: Ignorance Is Bliss
This seems like a particularly good day to be ignoring the work of academics, doesn’t it?
Conclusions. We observed a robust correlation between higher levels of gun ownership and higher firearm homicide rates. Although we could not determine causation, we found that states with higher rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths from firearm-related homicides.
…. The results of the study may seem little more than an exercise in confirming the obvious, but that’s an exercise the country needs. It needs to have the obvious – guns kill people, health-insurance helps keep them alive, large banks are all thieves, economic oligarchy is incompatible with political democracy, Fk The Deficit….
Full post here
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There’s been a lot in the news from the #NavyYardShooting to flooding & if you or ur kids need help, pls take a look: http://t.co/azVP5GrUOc
— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) September 17, 2013
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Steve Benen: When will enough be enough?’
After two Democratic state senators were defeated in Colorado recall elections last week, there was some speculation that proponents of gun-safety would begin to retreat, backing away from efforts to reduce gun violence.
After a dozen people were gunned down yesterday at the Navy Yard in D.C., there was ample evidence to the contrary.
President Obama briefly addressed the issue at the start of his speech on the economy, arguing that policymakers must “do everything that we can to try to prevent” these mass shootings. Like-minded lawmakers followed suit.
More here
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.@NBC Your employee @chucktodd positively identified the DC Navy Yard shooter incorrectly, libeling a serving Navy officer.
— Ian (@iboudreau) September 17, 2013
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Mediaite: In Todd We Trust? Tweet, Don’t Verify New Trend in Reporter Race to First
If the Boston bombings taught us anything about the state of media in 2013, it’s that some reporters—like quarterbacks—have trouble dealing with pressure.
…. two days after the bombings and with suspects still on the loose, four major media entities (AP, Boston Globe, CNN and Fox News) all got the name of one potential suspect wrong….
… it’s no surprise that following the shooting at a Washington Naval Yard CBS and NBC took their turn in reporting the name of the wrong suspect in an effort to beat the clock…
More here
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ThinkProgress: Under Obamacare, Millions Of Americans Will Pay Less Than $100 Per Month For Health Insurance
About 6.4 million Americans will be able to purchase insurance for less than $100 each month on Obamacare’s new state-level marketplaces, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services. That’s because those people will be eligible for federal subsidies that will reduce the price of purchasing a plan under the health reform law.
The Obama administration calculated the expected premiums for people buying “silver” plans, which are the second-cheapest option on the new insurance marketplaces. Even though not every marketplace has announced its premium rates yet, researchers were still able to estimate those payments based on the health law’s rule for determining subsidies.
More here
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Share the good news: 6.8M consumers saved $1.2B on health insurance premiums last year thanks to #Obamacare. http://t.co/4Er7fZGrsP
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 17, 2013
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CNBC: Priced to sell: Sweet Obamacare deals for young
Health insurance for most young adults on New York and California’s Obamacare health exchanges will cost dramatically less than what twentysomethings have said they’d be willing to spend on insurance, a new analysis finds.
The attractive prices could significantly boost enrollment in those states’ exchanges and help keep premiums low for people of all ages, said Christina LaMontagne, vice president of price-comparison site NerdWallet, which did the analysis.
More here
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Jonathan Cohn: …. the biggest news on Monday wasn’t about Obamacare’s poll numbers. It was about Obamacare’s reach. And there the news was much clearly better. In Michigan, Republican Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill that will expand the state’s Medicaid program, as Obamacare envisions. The signing was the culmination of a long, difficult effort by Synder and a bipartisan, statewide-coalition to overcome Tea Party resistance….
…. Greg Sargent got Pew to give him a breakdown of exactly which voters oppose the law so much they want officials to make it fail: Sure enough, it’s Tea Party Republicans. As Greg notes, this voting bloc is highly influential within Republican Party politics, particularly as primary voters: That goes a long way to explaining why congressional Republicans are threatening to shut down the government or allow default if Obama won’t agree to delay or defund the law.
But support for such extreme positions doesn’t extend much outside this group. Meanwhile, it turns out that many people opposed to (or at least ambivalent about) the law simply don’t know much about it….
Full post here
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POLL: After Syria, majorities say Obama is strong leader & sticks to his principles: http://t.co/9cSl52HS0u cc: pundits
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 17, 2013
Pew: 67% approve of Obama’s pursuit of diplomacy; plurality say that showed *leadership*: http://t.co/wDufpwZPaE cc: punditry
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 16, 2013
Re Pew poll, *every* pundit who told you “changing mind” would be political negative was wrong. Got that? WRONG.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 16, 2013
Very little twitter traffic about new poll showing entire punditry blew it on how public really views presidential “leadership.”
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 16, 2013
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AP: US to help Syrian forces fight chemical weapons
President Barack Obama on Monday cleared the way for the U.S. to send chemical weapons-related assistance to the Syrian opposition, as well as international organizations working inside the war-torn Middle Eastern country.
…. The White House said the non-lethal assistance could fall into three categories:
– Chemical weapons-related “personal protective” equipment to international organizations working in Syria, including the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
– Medical assistance to strengthen local Syrian health care providers’ ability to prepare for and respond to the use of chemical weapons
– Defensive chemical weapons training and protective equipment to vetted members of the Syrian opposition to protect against the use of deadly gases..
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USA Today: Netanyahu to meet Obama on Iran
With Syria’s chemical weapons now the subject of negotiations, attention is shifting back to questions about Iran’s nuclear program.
Officials in Israel say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Obama in Washington on Sept. 30, with Iran at the top of the agenda.
More here
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And again, @ezraklein leaves no room for the possibility that Obama knew what he was doing with Syria.
— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) September 16, 2013
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Spandan (The People’s View): Obama on GOP’s Economic Hostage Taking: Don’t Even Think About It
The president spoke [yesterday] on the economy and the upcoming budget battles in Congress. Marking the fifth anniversary of the economic crash of 2008, President Obama spoke of the hard work he and his administration has done to pull the economy back from the brink of another Great Depression – from a rescue of the financial sector to the revival of the American auto industry, restoring confidence in the banking system and creating nearly 7.5 million jobs in the last three-and-a-half years. But he commanded the stage with a serious, “you’re pissing me off” look on his face and one clear, unequivocal message: The President does not negotiate with economic terrorists.
More here
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When did Obama nominate him? Explain it to me like I’m 3. RT @ezraklein: How the Summers nomination fell apart http://t.co/WXHiI7tJy5
— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) September 16, 2013
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Jonathan Weisman: Amid Revolt Over Fiscal ‘Gimmicks,’ Options Dwindle for G.O.P.
First came the “supercommittee,” tasked in 2011 with finding a bipartisan deficit reduction plan but doomed to fail. Then came the “McConnell plan,” a way for Congress to raise the government’s debt limit without actually voting to do so. And in January there was “no budget, no pay,” a measure coupled with the last debt ceiling increase to deny paychecks to lawmakers if they did not pass a budget…..
For three years, Congressional leaders have relied on tactical maneuvers, sleights of hand and sheer gimmickry to move the nation from one fiscal crisis to the next — with little strategy to deal with the actual problems at hand….
President Obama joined the fray Monday, castigating Republicans for the latest budget crisis but “hoping that a light bulb goes off.”
Full article here
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Jonathan Chait: Obama, Republicans, and the Crisis of Legitimacy
…. Since taking control of the House of Representatives in 2011, a coterie of Republicans has challenged this informal approach. Their belief is that the absence of cooperation should lead not to stalemate but to the president bending to their will. That assumption implies a delegitimization of the presidency that Obama has come to understand, belatedly, that he can’t accept.
The Republican Establishment is trying to coax the crisis-mongers out of their fervor. Today The Wall Street Journal editorial page assails Republicans who insist on shutting down the government unless President Obama agrees to destroy his own health-care reform, a fantastical demand. “Kamikaze missions rarely turn out well, least of all for the pilots,” the Journal warns.
…. Establishment Republicans are trying to talk their base out of extreme measures without addressing their deeper belief that House Republicans are entitled to extract concessions from the president, via threat, without compromising at all.
Full post here
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Daily Beast: Banks Really Are Different Five Years After the Financial Crisis
Still think our dysfunctional financial system hasn’t changed a bit since the day of the cataclysm five years ago? On debt, consolidation, and consumers, Daniel Gross explains why you’re wrong.
See here
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Steve Benen: Crusade against Texas clinics based on bogus claims
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and his Republican allies in the state legislature launched an aggressive legislative campaign against reproductive rights over the summer, including measures intended to close the vast majority of clinics where reproductive services are provided.
Proponents of the policies said the measures were necessary in order to protect public safety. Becca Aaronson reports in the Texas Tribune this week that the arguments are plainly contradicted by the facts…..
More here
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On This Day:
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama console Paul and Janet Monti, parents of Army Sgt. 1st. Class Jared C. Monti in the Blue Room following a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 17, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
A young boy listens to President Barack Obama as he delivers remarks at a rally on health insurance reform at the Comcast Center, University of Maryland in College Park, Md., on Sept. 17, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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(A Late) MooooOOOOoooorning!
The Obama Diary 
Hello.
Congrats Africa.
Hey Japa. 🙂 🙂
Mooooooorning super speedy Africa, moooooorning everyone.
🙂 🙂 Morning Chips!!
Good morning everyone.
Excellent R&S to the rescue, despite my nagging headache.
Hope you feel better soon, and congrats on #1 🙂
Thanks, Hope. I am going to hug my pillows here in a few minutes. 🙂 🙂
Good morning all TODbots! It is beautiful fall morning here in Montana. I sat out on my deck and had a wonderful meditation. Now it is time to face the day. All this gun news is so sicking and all my friends in Colorado. I am so thankful we have the President we do. Now we have to get rid of the GOP Taliban. #Forward.
Obama on GOP’s Economic Hostage Taking: Don’t Even Think About It
By Spandan
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You know what’s gotta hurt more? This: the president reiterating his already crystal clear stand that he will not be part of the temper tantrum thrown by the fringe Right.
But in case there’s any confusion, I will not negotiate over whether or not America keeps its word and meets its obligations. I will not negotiate over the full faith and credit of the United States. This country has worked too hard for too long to dig out of a crisis just to see their elected representatives here in Washington purposely cause another crisis.
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http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2013/09/obama-to-republicans-i-will-not.html
The media has now determined that they will only continuing calling these events
” Mass Shootings ” when the death toll is 10 or more ?
This country is sick,.
This gives me the creeps.
It’s been a looooong time since I read 1984 (when that year was still in the future, LOL), but the Orwellian meld of corporate-media is chilling.
Orwell was rightly concerned with government control of individuals by means of propaganda. And that was a legitimate worry for Soviet citizens.
But instead of government propapanda, Americans are being force-fed corporate propaganda by our MSM.
This is an insidious turn of events. Government sprawling overreach is a dangerous thing, but public benefits (schools, parks, libraries, public spaces, etc.) are part of a democratic society.
Americans need to wake up to the fact that we’re being brainwashed by corporate interest, driven by a shameless media.
Dudette posted Eric Boehlert’s LOL tweet that linked to one of the most dimwitted headlines I’ve seen yet:
Obama Says He’s Not Worried About Style Points. He Should Be.
More focus on tone, timing and discipline might stop Obama from becoming Carter or Bush.
Uhhh, earth to MSM:
Last week:
This week:
DC echo-chamber is also assiduously ignoring the thawing of tensions between the US and Iran.
Their heads will explode if we “take America back” to pre-1979 Iran. Win-win for everyone!
Really like your reference to “1984” and how instead of government run propaganda we have corporate sponsored propaganda. Very true. Thankfully more and more people are tuning out the MSM and the propaganda’s effectiveness is getting weaker and weaker.
Great Rise and Shine and great news about ObamaCare.
Good Morning TOD!
The M Street Corridor is rather somber this morning. They are trying to get back to “normal” but it will take a while. The media vultures are out in full force again today. They have practically taken over our parking lot. We all decided yesterday before we left that we would not let them take advantage of our stress and concern. So this morning when they were running up to us sticking those damn mics in our faces to get their “human interests” stories everyone of us refused to be interviewed. I couldn’t be prouder of my fellow co-workers.
Have a great day everyone!!!
Well done Donna!
Have a great day.
Excellent. Walk on by the piranhas.
Donna, you’re terrific, and we hope the media frenzy dies down quickly. They should be sticking their damn microphones in the faces of Congressman opposed to sensible guns laws and demand to know why they are so anti-life!
Bravo, Donna. Treat them like the bottom suckers they are. They are totally devoid of empathy for any of the trauma the Navy Yard staff is going through. It’s all about sensationalism.
Great R/S!!!! Thanks, Chips:)
A pleasure, thank you DF!
With events happening on the foreign front that are beyond the DC echo-chamber’s grasp, they are ignoring facts (a clear majority agree with the President) to trumpet how everything that happens is “Obama’s fault.” (See my post upthread.)
It seems to me that they won’t be able to cling to this narrative for much longer without being completely ignored as irrelevant.
Twitter is doing its part in isolating the media:
“Twitter now lets the verified elite filter out regular users”
Good Morning TODers.
Great R & S, Ms. Chips
I read about the verified users the other day. Anyone you see with a “blue” check next to their name is a “verified” user. These people are the so-called elite. TV personalities, politicians and entertainers. 50,000 is a drop in a bucket compared to the millions on Tweeter. So Twitter has set of system where the rich “meet and greet”. The rest of us are just peons.
Exactly.
I’ve unfollowed almost all of the elite (there are a few, like @nycjim, who actually read and respond to (newsworthy, funny, corrections) from us peons, but to heck with the rest of them.
They created their bublle, they can remain isolated in it.
Meanwhile, #discover Twitter feature is great (you see favorited and RT’d tweets from people you follow, especially those that get RT’d at TOD) as is OFA’s twitter team.
Grassroots, baby. The media is beyond worthless and should be paid accordingly.
I ♥ Jon Favreau.
Me too UT. Jon Unleashed is awesomesauce!!!!
Eric Boehlert @EricBoehlert 12h
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Pew: 67% (!!) support Obama on Syria. so the @politico headline for story? Poll: Syria Won’t Give up Weapons http://politi.co/16eN4aa #classic
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Ummm.
Scary.
And you know the West is a prime area for uranium mining (in the Lake Powell area there’s a sign about having “uranium on the cranium” LOL.
Terrified me, that’s for sure. But by all means, let’s concentrate on PBO’s ‘optics’ or his golf partners or other useless blather.
I am loving the ObamaCare roll out.
Moooorning again, added a few bits and pieces to R&S – thank you UT!
Mornin’! So glad you’re still adding. I was so late to “rise and shine” that it’s almost time for “nap and drool.” Although that wasn’t a pretty picture, so I’ll take back the drool part. Who drools during a nap? Not I! Move along; nothing to see here.
‘Nap and drool’?
Jacqueline, I see you in a WHOLE new light now!!
Never mind, little missy. And if I had one of those northbound arrow graphics, I’d use it in this reply with a “BANNED” notice right back atcha … which still makes me laugh every time I see ya use it! #CheapDate
Napper and Drooler
At least I wasn’t BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Too funny. Carry on. I love your wicked ways.)
Banned.
Anytime Chiparoo. Anytime. 😀
p.s. The picture of the white house? Wow…wow…wow…I still get choked up when I think of Pres. Obama, FLOTUS and the rest of the family occupying that building built with blood, sweat, and tears by people who looked like them.
Thanks for the picture Chips.
It really hit me too UT, it’s such a stark reminder that even though it’s the family’s home, it’s the people’s home too, especially at times like this.
Just seeing that light on in the residence stirs my soul!!
There sits a building, painted white
It glimmers in the bright sunlight
Built by strong, dark hands, without a choice
Built to house a leader, so we’d all have a voice
There sits a building, painted white
It shimmers in the soft twilight
Shadowing strong, dark hands taking their rest
Ghosts of our democracy, who gave it their best
There sits a building, painted white
It dims its lights, overnight
Built by slaves, who also served inside
Where none thought they should ever reside
There sits a building, painted white
We tip our hats to it, day and night
Built by slaves, who’d hang their heads to pray
A man with strong, dark hands would live there someday
There sits a building, painted white
I dare to say it is still quite the sight
For a still young country, yet to fully repent
But now shining light on why their knees were bent
This is beautiful Jacqueline!
I wrote it because of your comment! It’s for you and all the young people in our country who are carrying the torch for the rest of us. As my own mother used to say (which seemed too simplistic and meant nothing when I was younger), “You’ve got to keep going.”
I love Angry Black Lady’s response to Ezra Klein’s BS about Larry Summers. Now I see that Time Wise is following-up Klein’s garbage with some crap about “liberal-populist coalition” including “women’s groups” being responsible for Summers’ withdrawal.
Well excuse me, with all the serious problems we have going on, including the GOP’s waging prolonged assault on women’s rights, blocking PBO’s jobs/infrastructure bill, blocking sensible gun control laws and just about every other “Good” sensible legislation that 90% of the American people support, these same damn “coalitions” can’t get the GOP to budge on these “populist” agendas, yet they can topple Summers’ nomination and prevent PBO from nominating who the hell he wants for the FED? With all due respect, Mr. Wise. I believe otherwise. So spare us all, please.
Hi HF2,
Didn’t notice until late yesterday that you posted my tweet with photo from the website banned from TOD that accompanied the poll of Americans who agreed with the President’s speech a week ago today (also posted upthread here).
Apparently people pay attention when HF2 posts and tweets (an amazing 99 RT’s).
Thank you!
Thanks Arapaho…As much as I appreciate your recognition and would LOVE to take the credit, this is not really of my doing. I wasn’t the one who tweeted it in the first place (you were), and I’m not the one pictured in the tweet (PBO is) !!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
So long as Chuck Todd continues to carry water for the GOP and spew GOP talking points, his job will be safe.
Sadly, true.
Although “nice”, I am ready for something beyond a moment of silence and thoughts and prayers in response to all the deaths due to gun violence. I know a huge majority of the country agrees.
I am so with you, dotster, and I am “nice,” too.
But I thought Congress did what the people wanted. After all, Repubs were willing to not give PBO authorization against Syria because the public had spoken.
But 90% want background checks and some movement on common sense gun reform.
How does that compute? I’m so confused, dotster.
LOLzzzzzzz
Sweet ❗
😆 🙄 😆 😯
Seriously!!
MSNBC circling the drain!!
This is excellent news! Ms. Karma has started making some visits, I see.
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice!
GM TOD
Over at TPM on WSJ editorial telling their House TBGOPers to give it up on the ACA.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/wall-street-journal-to-obamacare-defunders-give-it?ref=fpblg
The conservative editorial page of The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday called on Republican “backbenchers” in the House of Representatives to abandon their pipe dream of defunding or delaying Obamacare.
While it seems obvious that President Barack Obama will not sign a continuing resolution that guts his signature legislative achievement, leaders of the defunding movement like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint have assured their supporters that they aren’t chasing a quixotic goal. That pursuit is raising the risk of a government shutdown, and the Journal made a point to emphasize the dim likelihood that Obama would ever sign such a bill.
This is evidence that the Wall Street folks are tired of the Tea Party and their bullshit. When the rich folks talk, the GOP listens. This is why I have never waivered in my belief that the GOP will “blink” when it comes to defaulting on the gov’t debt. THe Tea Party will continue to fundraise off of their madness, but it will be alot of noise signifiying nothing. GOP leadership also knows that a gov’t shutdown will hand the House over to the dems in 2016. Please proceed GOP.
Phil Griffin’s really the one who needs to go. In the meantime:
Poor little Chuck is upset about all the “trolls” in his timeline – he doesn’t like the truth. Then a fool blunders in and tells Todd not to worry – he has such a stressful job.
What’s with the media and stress – how about the President, the law enforcement folks, the hospital people, the workers who faced the gunman – THEY all have stress – not little Chuck.
Craig Melvin blatantly lied about an interview he did with one of the employees yesterday . During the interview he asked if people were screaming after the shots were fired and the man told him NO…he did not hear anyone yelling or screaming.
Then ( I think on Martin’s show ) when he was asked he said that the man told him they were screaming.
The narratives are all made up in their heads. Amazing.
Hmmm? But the Optics? The Tone? The Brain Drain? The Lame Duck Syndrome? The Dems running scared? But, but, but, the Narrative as the DC/NY Gospel Pundits prophecies? But, Annie Lowrey Ezra Klein, etc?
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO Big hugs all around. Back to lurking, praying and covering PBO with Light.
https://twitter.com/aspirational12/status/379990420773560320
Does it look like someone is standing there next to the flag pole in the first picture ?
Yes, there are always marksman on the roof.
Bahahahahahahahahaha……
Just one more. These people have lost their ever loving minds.
This article is wrong on everything. I remember Margaret before she was at Bloomberg, when she was one of Keith O’s regular guests. I thought then she had a brain. Oh well.
Her brain tells her who signs her paycheck, and that person/corporation instructed her to peddle anti-PBO diatribes, truth be damned. This is why I put very little stock in what pundits or other media personalities have to say. They are all bought and paid for propagandists.
She looks like a little mouse to me
Just tweeted BWD about her, Africa – her greatest ever line:
“Obama may look back on first 2 wks of 2008 as time when he lost nomination to Clinton”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&refer=columnist_carlson&sid=a86pY4CBoF0U
🙂
Ha. Thanks, Chips. Now, I am off to have a convo with Ms. Carlson.
Does anyone know what time the telemundo interview airs? If I can arrange my day I’d like to watch it.
Just found this Vicki:
Excerpts of the interview, to be conducted by news anchor José Díaz-Balart, will be broadcast on “Noticiero Telemundo” on Tuesday, September 17 at 6:30pm/5:30 central. The interview, expected to focus on Immigration Reform, the Affordable Care Act, the latest on the Syrian crisis and other subjects of interest to the Hispanic community, will also air in its entirety on “Enfoque con José Díaz-Balart” on Sunday, September 22 at 12pm/11am central, and will be available on Telemundo.com and on the Facebook page of “Noticiero Telemundo.”
Thank you., Chips. I’ll be tuning in tonight! And I put it on my Sunday calendar
You’re welcome Vicki!
Good Morning Chips and TOD family. Thanks so much Chips for all of the beautiful work you do for us here. ((((Loving hugs for you)))))). I am always grateful for this space.
Prayers and meditation time spent for wisdom and protection for our wonderful president. May grace, courage, compassion, and continued focus steady his steps today.
If some of the greatest teachers in the world gave all of us an assignment today; I would hope it would be to gather all of the goodness of this president’s actions and wrap them in a lovely box and place that box on the lowest shelf of your bookcase so when others start throwing their ugly arrows at him, you will carefully un wrap your box and throw gracefully from your ‘goodness box’ and cancel out the ugly arrows. Cancelling out all of the old tiredness of bashing this president has to start with those who have his back and support him most.
Have a lovely day, everyone in my TOD family and the families of our nation. Pray for the families who lost a dear one yesterday. And pray for a Mighty change in the hearts and souls of the men and women in Congress. A change has to happen for the better in that body of people.
Be kind to your space, be gentle on your souls, and be loving to your love ones. Grace your steps with honor and trust today. Those two companions will always be ready to accompany you on this journey. Stop by and pick up some ingredients to go along with your honor and trust today. ((((( Love my TOD family.)))))) ((((((Pray for our President and VP)))))))))HZ
Good riddance Morning Joke!
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/world/middleeast/leaders-of-united-states-and-iran-exchange-letters.html?_r=0
President Hassan Rouhani had exchanged letters with President Obama, in what may be a further signal that the Iranian leader’s victory in June elections has created a chance for intensified diplomacy.
Chipsticks, I sent you an email.
Thanks GGail, in the middle of some work at the moment but will get to it a bit later.
G’nite all – thank you for the oasis of calm Ms Chips and UT and all the other tyrants out there
Night 99ts, and thank you – sleep well, see ya later!
The epitome of strength.
Embracing a “messy” foreign policy
By Smartypants
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If liberals really wanted a President who would reform our foreign policy and walk back our addiction to hegemony, short of engendering global chaos, this is what its going to look like. That the neocons are worried about this kind of process indicating a “weakness” in foreign policy should tell us something. If we are going to actually work in partnership with the rest of the world rather than assume dominance, things are going to get messy. Then-Senator Barack Obama warned us about that way back in 2005.
The bottom line is that our job is harder than the conservatives’ job. After all, it’s easy to articulate a belligerent foreign policy based solely on unilateral military action, a policy that sounds tough and acts dumb; it’s harder to craft a foreign policy that’s tough and smart…But that’s our job.
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http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/09/embracing-messy-foreign-policy.html
Chat away:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/09/17/hypocritical-and-mean-spirited/
This has more relevance to the conversations we need to have in this society than you would think:
Oh, that is effing beautiful. Thanks, Dudette.
Totally agree!