Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Deborah from Portsmouth, NH is saving $550/month on coverage —> go.wh.gov/hkP6CV #GetCovered
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 04, 2013It's time for Congress to work w/ @WhiteHouse to reduce inequality, build middle class, provide more ladders of opportunity. #ABetterBargain
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Governor Dan Malloy (@GovMalloyOffice) December 04, 2013****
“I know people call this law #Obamacare, and that’s ok, because I do care. I care about you.” —President Obama
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 04, 2013Obama to Congressional Republicans: "You owe it to the American people to tell us what you are for, not just what you’re against."
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 04, 2013****
Realize. Phil Griffen is holding on to Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Joe... but Axed Martin Bashir.
#msnbc #trash http://t.co/6zuOM3tAAW
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Ina (@InaMaziarcz) December 05, 2013Finding Phil Griffin's Spine #NewMSNBCshowName
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Jonathan Jewel (@JonathanJewel) December 05, 2013****
Libertarian Power Hour #NewMSNBCshowName
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(@aspirational12) December 05, 2013#ObamasTwelveDaysOfChristmas is brought to you by the people who couldn't catch Bin Laden, invaded the wrong country and tanked the economy.
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StockholmSyndrome (@TheTrolleyProb) December 04, 2013****
In policies from 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010 President Obama has consistently linked #healthcare reform to reducing #IncomeInequality. @awbewley
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(@sfpelosi) December 04, 2013@MSNBC: Where @MarkHalperin can call President Obama a "dick" and be welcomed with open arms but @BashirLive gets fired for speaking truth.
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Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) December 04, 2013****
Ashtyn Gardner fell over when she met Sunny, but all was good, she got a hug from the First Lady 🙂 http://t.co/JQ7iCXI2xW
TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) December 04, 2013
Home values rising.
401(k) savers smiling.
Medicaid expanding.
#ObamasTwelveDaysOfChristmas http://t.co/ATq9N59NrN
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The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 05, 2013****
50% of Americans experienced long lines in the last election, but good news--we'll fix that in 2014 by taking away the vote from minorities.
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Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 04, 2013I love how New Pope says Christ-like stuff straight from the gospels and Christians try to explain why he meant the opposite of what he said
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kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) December 04, 2013****
This week on 60 minutes: Did the turkey pardoned by President Obama have links to Al Qaeda?
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Steve Marmel (@Marmel) November 27, 2013Cops found more than 100 rounds of ammo belonging to Zimmerman.
You know.
In case he runs into more than 100 black kids with Skittles.
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Steve Marmel (@Marmel) November 26, 2013****
Sorry, Republicans not trusting Iran.
I've already watched you go to war over healthcare and try to kill the economy.
I trust you less.
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Steve Marmel (@Marmel) November 25, 2013People who brag about being politically incorrect tend to also be morally, ethically, factually, and grammatically incorrect.
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God (@TheTweetOfGod) December 04, 2013****
GE TOD….
Each of you has made a journey from the place of your birth to a position of great honor in this ceremony. There is no greater privilege for me than to be here with you today, celebrating your final day as visitors to this great country and your first moments as its newest citizens.
This morning, when you walked in those steps, you arrived here as Moroccans and Mexicans and Kuwaitis and Kirgiz, Argentinians and Albanians. As we look around the room, we see people of all ages and descriptions—people from countries as large as China, as small as Grenada, as near as Canada, as distant as Uzbekistan and Vietnam. If we were to recite each of your names—with their distinctive regional signatures—we would be traveling on a linguistic global odyssey.
And the miracle is that, because of the oath you have just taken, each of those names now belongs to an American. Each of your names is now an American name. As I walked into the courthouse this morning, I remember entering this very same Brooklyn courthouse myself as an Irish citizen, as the judge described, knowing that I would walk out as an American……
You got there before Amk? Wow!
Just realized it, VC! I must have caught him in the midst of colluding…. slid in while he was determining his game plan 🙂
Good for you! Be aware though that he’s now going to be on his guard – I’m leaving you to take care of each other. It’s time I give my eyes, my back and my heart a break.
He’s probably still a bit groggy from too much sleep.
bah ha ha ha ha 😀
Yay for LP, and thanks for posting this from Samantha Power!
“They covered every single topic in the U.S.-China relationship,” said one senior administration official. On the ADIZ, Biden “indicated that we don’t recognize the zone, that we have deep concerns.” He also told Xi that the United States is “looking to China to take steps to reduce tensions.”
A senior administration official also shared that “President Xi was equally clear in laying out their view of the zone and of territorials disputes in the region,” adding that “Ultimately, President Xi took on board what the vice president said. It’s up to China, and we’ll see how things will unfold in the coming days and weeks.”
In the past, America’s role as a guarantor of security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region may have created a moral hazard problem wherein nationalist leaders could shake their fists at each other over deep historical grievances without fearing the outbreak of war. As he travels through Asia, Biden appears to be subtly breaking with that state of affairs, pushing countries in the region to not free ride on American security but rather collectively develop a more stable and resilient infrastructure to handle crises. The goal, it seems, is to not only manage conflict but also build a future of what Biden called “limitless benefits.”
GE, I’m home!
Congrats LP on first!
Welcome home, darlin’.
Tee hee, thanks J`OB
In a statement, Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yushchenko expressed “solidarity” with peaceful rallies. Thousands of protesters remain camped in Kiev’s Independence Square, and are continuing to block the main government’s building.
They are angry at the government’s last-minute decision not to sign an association deal with the EU. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Wednesday visited protesters on Independence Square, saying that “the gates of the European Union are still open”. Meanwhile, Russia – which wants Kiev to join the Moscow-led Customs Union – has urged the West not to interfere in Ukraine.
Can’t help themselves – they would NEVER have covered the event if someone hadn’t fallen over Sunny. No wonder we need Pete Souza
He is truly a sleaze – ugh
ahh – Tapper I meant for that last sentence – but you would have known that – sigh – I wrote that all wrong!
Cannot believe that Jake “the Snake” Tapper still has his anchor job at CNN.
He has the most nasal, whining voice, not anchorman material at all.
Really not personable and he should have mentioned the President’s speech.
I flipped on Chuck Todd for a moment this morning, and you could knocked me over with a feather because he was talking about income inequality in the US, and how it is a reality and an important topic for next year’s elections. This lasted about 30 seconds until he brought his really annoying guests on — who didn’t acknowledge today’s speech by our President (this was at about 9:15 am EST) just yakked about how much trouble Dems will be in next year. Really hate the MSM, especially Chuck Todd.
Remember that they also yaked about how PBO could not win in 2012 🙂
Yes, MSM and nearly all pundits are completely worthless.
Ex ShinBet head Diskin: Ramifications of Palestinian conflict more dangerous than nuclear Iran
http://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-shin-bet-chief-iranian-threat-dwarfed-by-danger-of-failed-peace-talks/
“The United States has developed a plan for security arrangements in the West Bank following the establishment of a Palestinian state. Retired U.S. Gen. John Allen, who developed the security concept, will present it during a meeting in Jerusalem on Thursday between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, according to informed sources.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/republicans-meet-about-obama-impeachment-120413
Be advised. The United States House of Representatives — one-half of the national legislature, which is one third-of the national government, if you’re keeping score in civics class — exists now solely to gin up enthusiasm in, and to raise money from, the increasingly demented political base of the Republican party. It is a campaign mechanism, not a governing institution. If it were a governing institution, it would have actual leaders who would tell the more demented members of firm to knock this pointless shit off and get on with the business of proposing policy alternatives as part of the business of running the country.
Yeah, right.
There is no leadership in the House. John Boehner’s off somewhere in a pith helmet, carrying a flashlight and a map, and looking for the spot where they buried the mason jar containing his balls back in 2010.
He has balls? He ever had balls?
Thannnnnnnnnnk yooooooooou UT!!!!!
Yooooooooooooooou’re weeeeeeeelcome!
Losing to Everton???
/smh
Thanks Jer! Here’s a link to the same situation but a little more on how cute-precious it was and how FLOTUS (AS ALWAYS) handled it perfectly.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/sunny-obama-_n_4386197.html
Thank you magapie – muchhhhhhhhh better without the snark commentary – that little lass can say puppee just like my grand babe – and FLOTUS is just the right person to hug it better 🙂
Sunny was so apologetic. 🙂
The little cutie actually backed up from Sunny and tripped on the kids “walker” standing next to her. Sunny did not “attack” her.
This is so much better Magapie. Thank you.
magapie – thanks for finding this version, because I was watching it and that’s how it went.
Weak-kneed D’s trying to undermine President Obama, in return for AIPAC support and campaign contributions. Pathetic!
“The Obama team has won the first round on the six-month agreement with Iran by a knockout. The phony, misleading, and dishonest arguments against the pact just didn’t hold up to the reality of the text. As night follows day, the mob of opponents didn’t consider surrender, not for a second. Instead, they trained their media howitzers on the future, the next and more permanent agreement, you know, the one that has yet to be negotiated.
The Saudis lost most gracefully. They simply said this step has been taken and they’ll see about the next one. The Israelis lost most tendentiously. Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu called the interim arrangement “a historic mistake.” His minions went further to say that, in retaliation, Israel might well just trash the ongoing private negotiations with the Palestinians, probably the last chance for a treaty in Obama’s tenure…….”
That picture of Menendez as chair of the foreign relations committee, illustrates one reason POTUS did not appoint Sen. Kerry as SOS during his first term. He knew he needed Kerry as chair, because he was aiming for the START Treaty, and he needed Kerry’s reputation and strength to get it done.
Another reason was he needed to defang Hillary, and giving her the SOS did that, so he did not have to deal with her in the Senate. He always thinks long term.
“He got this” 🙂 I think this is the reason why they can’t stand President Obama, he is so much smarter than they will ever be.
I know there’s nothing but animus against MSNBC tonight, but fellow boomers will really appreciate the first 3 minutes of this segment from @maddow last night.
She shows clips of RFK meeting with Cesar Chavez in 1968 (alas, RFK’s final year) when Chavez was on a hunger strike.
RFK’s main concern was Chavez’ health; he sent a telegram urging Chavez to “pass-the-torch” to another protester to carry on the cause.
Then she shows POTUS and FLOTUS at the CIR fasters’ tent last Friday, and said the POTUS offered the same advice to the activist leader Medina.
Someone here (Hopefruit2?) mentioned that PBO is the only activist President this nation has had. I firmly believe that RFK would have been one, had he not been murdered in Jun 1968. I was such a fervent fan of his then, as were many on this blog. People who didn’t live through 1968 have no idea what an absolutely insane year it was. I think California would have propelled RFK to win the Dem nomination (with no riots outside the Dem Chicago convention) and that he would have beaten Nixon. Pure speculation, of course, but I think he would have been an activist President at a time that it was “cool” to be a young activist.
At about the 2:30 mark of the video, Joe Kennedy III (D-MA, son of Joe Kennedy II, grandson of RFK) accepts the passing of the fasting “torch” as he prepares to fast for 24 hours.
Thank you for bringing us that!
Yes.
1968: oh my … my senior year in high school, my male classmates being drafted … the Vietnam War, RFK : I followed his campaign with all the heart and soul that was in me; the night of his death my mother forbade me to watch tv, or read newspapers, for one week following: she knew I could not handle it emotionally. I obeyed her. Today, I thank her. 1968. Music … music and the comedians kept us sane.
Saying ‘Gunnite’ so i can go read myself to sleep.
/waving/ Ta-taw, TODobots!
nite VC!
The speech on inequality that President Obama delivered just now will mostly pass unnoticed by the political world, with Republicans dismissing it as “class warfare” and an effort to distract from Obamacare, and pundits describing it more judiciously as an effort to “pivot” away from the law.
But experts who see inequality as one of the most urgent moral, political and economic long term challenges facing the country will see it as one of the most important speeches of the Obama presidency – more ambitious than his similar 2011 speech in Kansas.
“This is a major speech on a topic that American presidents normally stay away from,” Tim Smeeding, an expert on inequality at the University of Wisconsin, tells me, adding that it compares in some ways to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s addresses. “The fact that a sitting president faced with a crowded agenda had the courage to discuss this overarching problem is historic.”
It’s only a matter of time until she’s in D.C., I’m thinking …
Tick tock!
Go Gunners.
Tahnks J’OB! That Pete Souza is an artistic genius.
*Thanks*
He is. And he loves not only his job but the prime subject of his art!
Would be nice if this got some attention:
RT’d and Faved!
For next week’s heavy, somber, heartbreaking anniversary..
And just a reminder to those in the Philly area, there’s an activist gun safety group in your midst:
ThANK YOU FOR THIS
USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the connector’s plug is to be reversible.
It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no longer have to worry which way round the part is facing when plugging it into a device.
The specification is due to be completed by mid-2014, and the first product on the market by 2016.
It will neuter one of the advantages Apple’s proprietary lightning cable currently has over the USB system.
The first USB cable were released in the mid-1990s and, until now, could only be plugged into a computer or other device one way round to ensure a data connection.
The Promoter Group, which agrees the design of the standard, is currently made up of representatives from Intel, HP, Microsoft, Renesas Electronics, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25222101
I hope all of you get the chance to read the interview with FLOTUS in the new Journal. When asked what she wanted her legacy to be about the White House, she said “inclusion.” She has worked for this since 2009.
This goes along with her husband’s speech today on income inequality. They both are working to change minds and attitudes in the country, and this is driving the self-appointed “elite” of D.C. crazy.
Today’s example, bringing children of vets for the FIRST viewing of the Christmas decorations, is not the traditional way. It has become Michelle’s tradition, a rich, warm, inclusive tradition. But before, the FIRST viewing was for the D.C. media and political elite.
Of course they will be invited for receptions this season, but they were not FIRST. It is hard for us normal humans to understand the earthquake this is within the Beltway, and the talking heads resent it.
President Obama is also trying to slowly turn the humongous ship of state around, and this is also resented, and he is hated for it.
They are both being effective, and change IS taking place, and one reason I know it, is because of the yelling and pain and lashing out. If everything were status quo, the talkers would be calm, but they are greatly disturbed, because they see their prerogatives slipping away.
Yup. Change is coming to DC and gop and their media shills don’t like it a bit.
DF asked that someone tweet this out this morning:
More from @IanBremmer (several days old, just stumbled across him today):
“You owe it to the American people to tell us what you are for, not what you are against.”
Enough said. Slap the podium. The last will be first.
Love my President and First Lady.
Good night.
This is a bitter pill, but we WILL NOT let anybody rewrite history:
#ClickOFF @MSNBC
Will ask them again, tomorrow & the day after & the day after ….
Yes We Can
With President Obama & Pope Francis tag teaming the plutocrats you can be sure it’s going to get way more vicious than anything you’ve witnessed, to date.
We are now at war with the monied few who value their treasures more than anything. The day was going to come – on a global scale rather than the regional scale that has characterized this age old conflict.
The outcome depends on what EACH of us DOES.
#FiredUp …. #ReadyToGo … ain’t just a campaign slogan any longer …
bbl … time to prepare some dinner ….
I wonder if Chris Matthews who’s always yelling about American exceptionalism, heard what the President said about upward mobility? He named three of our allies, Canada, France and Germany where upward mobility is easier now than here. Sadly, I can believe that.
#ClickOFF @MSNBC (and all other #NEWSTAINMENT sites)
Yes YOU MUST
Fiinally. BBC FP’s PBO speech
Obama calls for action on ‘profoundly unequal’ economy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25227501
I read the entire report by these so-called brainiacs and in a word it is a nicely worded compilation of bullshit. In the final analysis it comes down to pluses and minuses…revenue and expenditures…and how each party influenced, cut or expanded them. It’s a little silly to suggest that consumer confidence has no impact if the unemployment rate is 10%. When it comes to the economy…Democrats win that contest hands down!
It’s been a while since I updated this little report, but it still makes the case.
http://thepoliticalpragmatic.blogspot.com/2013/05/democrats-v-republicans-update.html
Reagan is the Republicans greatest myth.
4 Dec 2013 – the day President Barack Obama delivered his ‘Emancipation Proclamation’ on behalf of the majority of Americans suffering the ravages of the boundlessly avaricious #USPlutocrats ….
…. make no mistake, we are just as much at war over the value, principles and promise of America as our ancestors faced between 1861-1865.
For TODers, we all knew that when President Obama was elected on 6 Nov 2008, that the task of truly ending the Civil War and forging a sustainable 3rd Reconstruction was at hand and that it was not going to be easy.
It hasn’t been. But, we re-elected him on 4 Nov 2012 and we have absolutely no intention of stopping until the American Promise is real for EVERY SINGLE PERSON.
Yes WE MUST
Inclusion is the underlying goal and always has been since the day we started working for hope and change. If it were something a small group of people could have done it would have happened. It takes many many people working tirelessly for change to turn this ship of state into the direction of honor and compassion and truth.
It’s now ‘tomorrow’ EST, and as promised ….
… be unrelenting in holding these folk accountable.
The most relevant and powerful message to the advertisers, i.e., the folk who pay these networks and their employees’ salaries is #CLICKOFF …. that’s OUR POWER. Maximize it.
Yes WE Can
…. time for some rest …. take care dear TODers ….
#TrustBarack
Yes We Can
aloha chips and tods
our local news has an expanded article, with video, about the first family’s anticipated holiday visit to hawaii:
‘ The White House hasn’t officially announced their plans yet, but Hawaii News Now has learned the Obama’s will vacation here over the holidays. This will be the First Family’s sixth Christmas in Hawaii since he was elected president, and keeping with tradition they are expected to spend it in Kailua. ‘
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/24129034/obama-planning-annual-hawaiian-holiday
Good Early Morning Amk and all the other early birds.
Visitors to the National Air and Space Museum (which is where I met many of our TOD family earlier this year) got an early Christmas present Tuesday. The US Air Force band surprised visitors was a flash mob performance.
It’s on a playlist so you will have to stop the video when the performance is done.
Have a great O’Day Everyone!!
Awesome! Thanks D!
https://twitter.com/denniswortham/status/408014296107347968
Shrugs shoulders… Meh!
😎 😀
Obama critiques news media during summit
President Obama has spent part of the Summit of the Americas critiquing media coverage of issues involving the United States and Latin America.
Obama also chided a prominent member of the media: Chris Matthews, the MSNBC talk show host who posed questions during a panel discussion.
At one point, Matthews asked about the “demand” by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff that they want to be equals with the United States — “you want to learn everything we know, and then take it back and shove it at us, right?”
Obama replied, “Chris, I’m not sure you’re characterizing what President Rousseff said.”
Turning to Rousseff, Obama said: “This is what happens when you get some of our U.S. political commentators moderating a panel. ..
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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/04/obama-critiques-media-during-summit/1#.UqByASdgKXU
I remember watching that live…..Chris was embarrassing
I am nervous about today…….
Have a great day everybody! 🙂
Mooooorning Early Birds!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/05/early-bird-chat-94/