Visitors on the 2009 Fall Garden Tour pass by the Oval Office as President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Oct. 17, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Barack Obama meets with, from left, U.S. Trade Representatvie Ron Kirk, former President George H. W. Bush, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, prior to the Points of Light forum at Texas A&M University, in College Station, Texas, Oct. 16, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Barack Obama meets with former President George H. W. Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates prior to the Points of Light forum at Texas A&M University, in College Station, Texas, Oct. 16, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Barack Obama walks with Chief of Staff Jack Lew on the Kingsmill Resort grounds during a break from debate prep in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 14, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Barack Obama is interviewed by Jon Stewart during a taping of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” at the Comedy Central Studios in New York, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Barack Obama greets a child on the Kingsmill Resort grounds during a break from debate prep in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 14, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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The Obama Diary 
Great pics, UT!!!
Congrats Bob on #1 🙂
Great tweet!
Thanks Bob! Congrats on first.
Good afternoon.
Hey you winners, Bobfr and Ceb! The news is definitely improving!
Hi Judith, Ceb, hf!!
#TrustBarack
Hey, hey, Congratulations to 2, yes….Two Gold medalists 😉
Doc Bobfr and Ceb 🙂
TOD! TOD! TOD! Hooray!
Hi Nena 🙂
The Leaping 😉 Flying Red Hair Youngster. I love that Picture.
Today is Oct 20. 2013.
POTUS was sworn in on Jan 20 and 21 of 2013.
4.9yrs now as POTUS 🙂
Hallelujah! 🙂
Some more of the ‘both sides’ bs………What’s he want? A peace prize! Give him a box of Cracker Jacks. 😦
The republican party is the one that has become less diverse. The party doesn’t have any moderates or liberal republicans like it did in the past. The democratic party on the other hand still has moderates and conservative democrats.
I didn’t think it was possible to loather upChuck more.
My response is pretty lame, really wanted to say that Koch brothers promote a plutocracy at the expense of those most in need a
Hate HuffPo, and admit I didn’t click on the article, but this is the kind of thing I was getting at.
Methinks upChuck has bought into the myth that emoprogs are part of the left. Emoprogs enjoy the sound of their own voices making demands of the “uppity” President. They are anarchists as much as the libertarians they revere. But they’re not part of the Obama coalition that will do the work needed to win 2014, forward in 2016.
DF posted this link without comment on R&S (she’s no doubt out the door now, tutoring her hundreds of math students).
This is a national survery conducted by Democracy Corps and Women’s Voices Women’s Vote Action Fund, so it doesn’t highlight that endangered segment of the national population, white males (although you’d never know they are endangered judging by the national media).
And to underscore the women in power theme:
More on financial fraud later.
Will the Senate block her too?
Good Sunday Morning and Congratulations on the newest member of the TOD family….DannyBoy! I just love the pictures of little Danny chasing leaves and playing with the “toy” bed his mama-Chips gave him to play with…hahahaha….he probably thought it was an oversized slipper. I loved all the puppy poems and rules….so cute. Although I am a cat-owning-TOD’er I love ALL animals. Cats are so independent and I think I am too lazy to own a dog. I will probably adopt an older dog or rescue one when I retire and have more time…if my cats allow it. 🙂
Unfortunately, M Hiltzik, business blogger at LATimes, linked to bad URL in this tweet.
But I think he corrected it here:
“But the most significant thing about JPMorgan’s deal with the Department of Justice may be what it doesn’t do. It doesn’t resolve the ongoing federal criminal investigations of the bank’s conduct in the residential mortgage securities business during the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. That investigation is being handled by federal prosecutors in Sacramento.”
Really liked BobFR’s comment last night re: JPMorgan fraud and women in power (see above re: US and Israel central bank chairwomen):
“It’s up to us, theo. If, for instance, our next President is Elizabeth Warren, we’d move way forward on these issues, rather than in reverse.
Young leaders like the Castro twins of Texas, Wendy Davis, AG Grimes of Kentucky …… a very long list … are not owned and are on the move.
The more women we get into the Senate & House the better.
We make the Country what we want it to be. That is the lesson plan President Obama has been teaching since his community organizing efforts.
If we match the zeal of the #teabaggers but remain focused on bending the arc of justice in a more inclusive, equitable and empowering direction we can achieve anything.
Yes We Can”
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/10/19/a-trip-down-memory-lane/#comment-862338
Thank you Arapaho!!
So pleased that the DoJ is still pursuing potential criminal charges against JP Morgan!!
#FORWARD
TODville, just a heads up about a new WP glitch. Maybe it’s just happening to me but I thought I’d let everyone know.
It all started happening a couple of days ago. Whenever I RT a tweet from this page, instead of opening up the link and letting me hit the RT button myself, it now automatically opens the link AND RTs the tweet in one nanosecond.
At the same time I noticed this, I also noticed that it automatically FOLLOWS those I’m RTing from this page. This happened to me with about 10 follows I didn’t actually follow myself, with a couple I definitely do not want to follow.
SO, be careful when you RT from this page and check to see if it does the same thing to you. In a couple of instances,
Thanks Meta, I did notice the automatic retweets, which sometimes throws me off, because I’m ‘refused’ the right to reconsider my retweet decision ;), but I didn’t notice the follow problem. I actually thought the immediate retweet was a new feature as opposed to a glitch. Will keep my eyes open now.
I know exactly what you mean about wanting an extra second to think through the decision to RT!
Thank you for the heads-up, meta.
I have not encountered that issue, but will watch for it, for sure!!
Hope I’m the only one!!
Easiest way to check is to RT someone here you know you’re not following and then just check your following page to see if they show up.
Oh, I had checked meta and am not having the same experience you and VC are reporting. Will definitely keep watch to see if it starts happening.
I use the RT feature from TOD a lot, and have not noticed this problem.
For whatever reason, Word Press won’t let me sign in. I always get an “WP unavailable” screen, so I only comment using my Twitter ID.
If you click the time/date timestamp from tweet above……. 10:49 AM – 20 Oct 2013 …….. it will open the tweet & give you the option of RTing
Hope that helps…… it won’t auto follow.
Yes, thanks LP.
What a bunch of malarkey. This excerpt from Peter Baker book is full of hash, if you ask me.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/read-an-excerpt-of-peter-bakers-new-book-days-of-fire/
I’ve just spent two hours getting my digital subscription (of my regular subscription) of Smithsonian Magazine to work!! I’m a prof – but my degrees don’t help me here. So if anyone gives me any crap about signing up for Obamacare…….. *-@*!!
🙂
Heh!
Funny!
I read it’s one of the worst openings ever. I think there is only one other movie that did as bad at the box office. They couldn’t pay me to see it.
When I first saw the ads for the movie I thought..”WTF”?
A movie about Assange? Wikileaks? You gotta be
kidding me.
Yeah, I’m seriously gonna spend $10 and 2 hours of
my time watching a movie about a creep who should
be in prison right now.
Maybe they’ll get patronage from the Daily Kos crowd.
You nailed it.
That was my sentiment. I guess the box office ratings show that there are just not enough emoprogs to make it a hit, nor enough to make more than a dent in elections. That might make them sad, but remember a sad emoprog is a happy emoprog, so all’s good
Know absolutely nothing about Whitey Bulger or The Sopranos (except that there was a entire mythology surrounding Whitey in the northeast, and that The Sopranos was not on basic cable), but for mafia aficionados:
lovely!!!
This is the sweetest story today.
Awww.
So happy for Pete, he seems like a nice guy.
And Patti will need to have the patience of a Sainte until 2017!
Thanks for posting, Africa!
Congratulation to Pete and Patti
WAIT A MINUTE! I thought I was going to marry Pete Souza!!!
You missed your own wedding! 🙂 🙂
I haz a sad……..
(((((meta)))) LOL.. 🙂
The Republicans got in the way. I’m furious.
Indeed. the Republicans and Chuck Todd!
GRRRRRR
you know who to blame for this – due to the GOPshutdown, the furloughed employees in the White House mail room did not send out Mr. Souza’s marriage proposal to you
Shoot!
this is great! I have not heard about this wedding of Mr. Pete Souza and now-wife anywhere
But, but, but, when will Patti see her husband?
How wonderful! congratulations Pete and Patti.
Nice! Happy for Pete!
Wow……Pete Souza Got married? So sweet.
That was great of the POTUS and Family to have hosted this fine photographer …..Yeah 😉
Congratulations to Pete Souza and Patti on their wedding yesterday. I can’t wait to see pictures.
he is on fire!
MESSAGE DELIVERY;
WOOOOT!!
Work begins on California bullet train, locals angry
FRESNO — Trucks loaded with tomatoes, milk and almonds clog the two main highways that bisect California’s farm heartland, carrying goods to millions along the Pacific Coast and beyond. This dusty stretch of land is the starting point for one of the nation’s most expensive public infrastructure projects: a $68 billion high-speed rail system that would span the state, linking the people of America’s salad bowl to more jobs, opportunity and buyers.
Five years ago, California voters overwhelmingly approved the idea of bringing a bullet train to the nation’s most populous state. It would be America’s first high-speed rail system, sold to the public as a way to improve access to good-paying jobs, cut pollution from smog-filled roadways and reduce time wasted sitting in traffic while providing an alternative to high fuel prices.
Now, engineering work has finally begun on the first 30-mile segment of track here in Fresno, a city of a half-million people with soaring unemployment and a withering downtown core littered with abandoned factories and shuttered stores.
http://www.mercurynews.com/california-high-speed-rail/ci_24349292/work-begins-california-bullet-train-locals-angry
“Appeals to rational thought, facts or evidence gain no traction in brains conditioned to think that reality itself is a threat.”
“Send the bill to the evangelicals. Without their fiction the tea party would not have found so many dupes. It takes a lifetime of bible studies to destroy a human brain as completely as is necessary to make an otherwise intelligent person trust a flake as obviously perverse as Ted Cruz.”
Hadn’t seen this one before ….
…. really like it 🙂
RT’d for sure!!
I retweeted that too, Meta, then went to check my ‘FOLLOWING’ and sure enough, I was now following Pragmatic Primate. Since that was not my considered intent, I unfollowed.
Oh, noes.
Karma Can deliver quite a Punch.
😆 🙄 😆 🙄 😆
Please RT!!
In contrast to the flimsy failure Wikileaks film, 12 Years a Slave has done very well in limited release.
Snicker…
I think several others have asked this question…..but how do I get to read Steve Benen’s excellent posts? When I go to Steve Benen on the Blog Roll, which I’ve done for months, an MSNBC site comes up with no info or postings on it, then when I go to that top heading, I just get MSNBC programs with links to videos. I want what Steve Benen writes……please someone tell me how!!!!!
Carolyn, they’ve made a mess of the site. If you go to this link you will find his blog posts but they are not current:
http://steve-benen.people.msnbc.com/?filterBy=posts
Same for this site:
http://steve-benen.newsvine.com/
Hopefully they’ll fix it soon.
All rather Ironic given Chuckie Todd’s and other MSNBC NEWSTAINERS bashing Healthcare.gov glitches.
Thanks! But, as we know, irony completely escapes the Chuckie and other newstainers!
It looks like they are revamping/have revamped the site. The look is quite new to me. Maybe msnbc are having the dreaded ‘glitches’? 😉
Phil Griffin and the head honchos are so proud of their new revamped site. I think it looks like a big mess, like a kindergarten effort.
I’ve been able to get to it from http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show .
There doesn’t appear to be a direct link to Steve Benen’s posts, if you scroll down on this page you will see his posts (along with others).
Thanks swblue…..I used this link and could navigate it to get to Steve’s posts. The other links lead to that awful MSNBC site which is totally bizarro. Is this remake Richard Wolffe’s baby? If so, he’d better not open his mouth about any other web site. This is terrible. I have college freshmen who can design better than that!!!
You’re Welcome Carolyn.
I agree that this new site is not as easy to navigate as the previous site. I hope they’re not calling this an UPGRADE!!!
I think if you google the maddow blog site comes up. That’s the current site but it’s still a mess.
So while nbc is savaging ACA website, they cannot get a few simple links to work.
For WEEKS.
MSNBC.com did relaunch as a separate site from nbc.com on Tuesday, I think.
Saw positive comments about it via Twitter and on TOD, but I don’t like it.
I was hoping they would keep the previous format with the shows listed across the top; when you clicked on @Maddow and Hardball, you got a reverse choronological listing of her video segments. So, if you’re looking for something that happened last Tuesday, you could easily find that show. The other shows didn’t have that feature (at least the ones that I checked on), so it was sometimes more difficult to find an @Lawrence segment.
Don’t like the MSNBC site at all. I know Richard Wolffe is a fav here, but not sure what he’s been busy doing these last many months.
I don’t like how they’ve structured the videos – and they take twice as long to load for me than they ever did before – I’ve about given up on them until they sort it out – and Chuckie dares to complain about the health care site.
Hi Carolyn,
From maddowblog, if you click on his name on one of his posts, once you are at his page, scroll down a bit to activity – there’s an option for Posts. If you click on that, I hope that’s what you’re looking for. Here you go, if you want to bookmark it for easy access:
http://steve-benen.people.msnbc.com/?filterBy=posts
Booman has had some great posts about the GOP falling apart. This one today is interesting.
The lobbying industry, which has been laying in near-dormancy ever since sequestration kicked in, is getting ready to fight for money in the upcoming budget negotiations. Ironically, this means that Washington DC is kind of, sort of, working again. It also means that the Republicans are in for a world of pain. Because they refuse to lift spending above sequestration levels or tolerate any new revenue, that means that they are going to piss off every single lobbying organization in the country…..
…. don’t see how the Republicans can oppose immigration reform and stand by and allow the kind of cuts to defense, agriculture, entitlements, and transportation that they are contemplating and retain the loyalty of the armed services, the farmers, the elderly, and the Chamber of Commerce. I don’t know how the voters will react, but the lobbyists will turn to the Democrats….
The hearings on the ACA Health Insurance Marketplace rollout should be fascinating. The Republican Party has voted over 42 times to repeal Obamacare, they think it is destroying the country, and they purposely shutdown the government because their demands to defund the ACA failed. And now they are very concerned about the glitches in the rollout. Time to make the popcorn.
waiting to see how the media will handle this contradiction
wondering which photographer got the honors to document Mr. Pete Souza’s wedding Ms. Patti Lease – probably someone from his team of White House photographers.
I do not know if it is appropriate to send him a congratulations message using his official WH account – I just did it
Whoever the photographer is, glad it won’t be Ezra Klein!
Maybe Chuck Kennedy?
that was my thought. since they are on the same team, they probably think the world of each other
UT would you mind posting my ACA thread when this one gets busy? I’m assuming Chips is pre-occupied 🙂 TY!
You’re telling people to skip the subsidy eligibility. That sounds like very weird advice. If they skip it, how will they know what subsidies they are eligible for so that their health plan option is accurate. I don’t want to post blurry advice for TODers and lurkers and have them sign up for ACA in a way that is disadvantageous to them.
So, can you please explain that section of your post?
NP, not trying to imply that….. was just suggesting that was an option on online enrolling to get to the premium quotes faster. You can always update you info once creating an account. My situation was I have until Nov.6 to determine whether to keep my current coverage.
OK, clarified that. Add anything to it if you like, or remove my recounting if you think it still does not suffice. TY
Why is everyone all of a sudden having glitches, sign on, twitter, computer etc problems??? Is it a coincidence or are the kochstainers and their ilk trying to mess with healthcare.gov, tod twitter followers and other Obama supporters. In the world of right wing weird nothing is too farfetched. Someone needs to look into this.
wondered whether hackers paid by the rightwing hate machine were not playing a part in undermining the websites
US Women Soccer team beat Australia 4-1.
AP said.
This is Okay with me and it brings a warm smile to my face 😉
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/20/just_secede_already_the_obstructionists_arent_going_anywhere_maybe_we_should/
One of the advantages in being out of the country during the government shutdown—until this week I’d been riding out the fiasco working in Asia—is not being exposed to the petty, day-to-day indignities it spawns.
There’s no finding out what new outrage the three Chrises (Cillizza, Hayes, Matthews) have dug up. No trawling the Foxbaugh universe to see if there’s any reasonable discourse coming out of Camp Sabotage.
On the other hand, with distance comes clarity, and viewing America’s political decay through the lens of the international world comes with its own problems—not least of which is that it brings the depressing truth about this country’s social and political dysfunction into frightening focus.
New post by LP.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/10/20/options-for-enrolling-and-questions-regarding-the-aca/