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The People’s View
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- Ignore the bait: Why it’s the right strategy for Democrats to focus SCOTUS fight on health care
- BIG: Judge halts Trump administration attempt to shortcut the census
- Trump doesn't want peaceful transition of power. Legally, it doesn’t matter.
- Fauci goes off on Rand Paul
- Rule 44: Why Obamacare is not lost even in a deadlocked Supreme Court, but only if Biden wins
- Time to suit up. This is war.
- BREAKING: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed
- Bothsidesism comes to fact-checking: CNN's “fact-check” calling Biden ad 'misleading' proves the opposite
- Pardon me: How Donald Trump's stooges conspired with Julian Assange to exonerate Russia and undermine US Intlligence
Smartypants
- Durham to Right Wingers: "Blame Hillary"
- That Time When Refusing to Negotiate With Hostage-Takers Worked
- The Other Christian Nationalists: Leonard Leo and Opus Dei
- Hawley Demonstrates That He's an Ignorant Liar
- DeSantis Board Votes to Counter-Sue Disney Over Something...Anything
- Hunter Biden's Laptop Is a Total Nothingburger
- What DeSantis Couldn't Say in Response to Disney's Lawsuit
- Disney Skewers DeSantis With His Own Words
- Populism Without Civil Rights Is Fascism
- Glenn Greenwald gets triggered by smart competent women like Rep. Stacey Plaskett
Steve Benen
- Biden has once again defied expectations from haters and his own party: Joe
- Alex Newell discusses the cathartic performances in 'Shucked'
- 'We have a major crisis': Mayor calls for federal funding for mental health
- 'Why not you?': Bestselling author offers her advice to dreamers
- Doris Kearns Goodwin: I think this is a moment to celebrate in Washington
- 'A blowout number': U.S. employers added 339,000 jobs in May
- Marc Morial feels like he's 'just starting' after 20 years leading National Urban League
- 'Winner': DeSantis responds to questions about pronouncing his last name
- DeSantis ramps up his attacks against Trump
- Steve Rattner: The White House deserves a victory lap on the debt deal
The Obama Diary 
Wait, Congress actually did something worthwhile?
Iknorite?
DuuuUUUUuuuUUUuuuudddeeeeeEEEeeeeeeTtttTttttTTtee!!! You go girl!
A thousand thanks, Your Highness! 😀
Crrrrrrrying – someone actually uploaded those four seconds to YouTube?!
Well, I LOVE them, Goddess!!
😀 ❤ 😀
First! Congrats, D!
Thanks J! 🙂
CONGRATULATIONS ON 1st Dudette – you own the “GOLD” and you’re #1!!!
Keep posting those EXCELLENT tweets; learning never ceases, no matter one’s age. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Have an AWESOME and GORGEOUS Friday evening – ENJOY!!!
Thanks Cindy! 🙂
Congrats on #1, Dudette!
Loved the tweet that included JRR Tolkien’s handwritten letter to Miss Honeybourne.
WTG!
Hi Arapaho! Thank you! Glad you liked it! 🙂
yes
For you Sir! 🙂
And I thanked you on the previous thread for turning me on to this account. Just followed them.
Cool! I just ❤ 'em!
There have been so many cool links and tweets, like this one, that I have seen this week and wanted to follow or respond to and my hands have been tied! That’s been my biggest disappointment this week. I know it would take too much time to go back and gather some of them when I’m freed again, since TODvillage is always on the move. Hopefully some of them will cross my path again next week.
Aw that’s so sad vc!
Bet this’ll cheer you up! 😉
Thanks! I bet this one is never far from your fingertips when you are online. 🙂
Never far at all. 🙂
😀
Well, whadduyaknow? 🙂
Nice quick stepping there, D-ette, and some fine looking legs up on that there podium! 😀
Aw shucks vc! 😀
[flashing a coy grin and twirlin’ the end of my left pigtail]
Wow, you have two pigtails – a left and a right! Aw man! 😉 😉 {{{D-ette}}}
Just 4 pretend!
[see above video]
😀 😀 😀
Rats, why’d you destroy my beautiful mental image? I had this vision of two curly pigtails hanging to the back, every strand in place, a nice little girly-girl dress, and dancing legs moving gracefully on the podium. Spoilsport! 😉
LOL!
Pippylongstocking, I am most certainly not! 😀
😛
OK MSM, HOW ABOUT THESE OPTICS ……
PRESIDENT OBAMA meeting with Presidents Molina of Guatemala, Hernandez of Honduras & Ceren of El Salvador at the White House today and educating the public and the media about the current status and what to expect going forward.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/25/fact-sheet-visit-president-perez-molina-guatemala-president-hernandez-ho
vs
DO NOTHING REPUBLICAN CONGRESS whining and complaining about border security and the influx of unaccompanied children while playing brinksmanship with the immigration supplemental. The burning question of the day is will they go on their 5 WEEK AUGUST vacation without giving President Obama the resources he requested to address the problem. Tick Tock Tick Tock …….
Exactly, Ladyhawke!
Loved this:
Love it too Chips, it’s perfect. All I can say is more of this please. And I wouldn’t mind seeing some Democrats on the tv machine making the same point over and over and over again until it breaks through the media firewall.
MARK MY WORDS…THIS PRESIDENT IS DOING MORE FOR THE SAFETY OF THESE CHILDREN THAN THE PRESIDENTS OF THEIR OWN COUNTRIES…IF THEIR STRUCTURE WEREN’T CORRUPTS…THE MASSIVE EXODUS WOULD NOT HAVE GONE THIS FAR FROM ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES…FOLLOW THE MONEY!….MONEY MAKES U-TURNS…
Totally thought I was going to be first. Guess I should have posted a comment before watching the whole West Wing Week!!
Economic Patriotism–yes please! The Republicans could certainly stand to learn what that means.
And the ducks at the end MomSense!!!!
Those ducklings were an inspiration. Did you notice that they stopped when momma stopped? None had to be called back into formation, or told not to touch or wander off. I could use that kind of a following. 😀
😆 I am now showing Dan the video, just so he gets a glimpse of obedient furry things.
No! Noo! Tell me you haven’t started that yet!
oops!
There goes the nice, orderly walk-with-mama. Sigh.
From rabble rouser to duckling rouser – have you no shame, woman?
You quack me up.
😀 I do not have GGail’s skill with puns, though I *can* appreciate them.
Never mind the ducks, any Canadian Goose puns?
Is that a no?
lips sealed
I just thought your ‘puter had malfunctioned again, phew.
Sssh. We don’t want to scare the clunker that has been dancing merrily along 😉 I’m SUPPOSED to be getting the ‘real’ one back tomorrow. If you see me on twitter tomorrow you’ll know all is well for the time being.
You better hold onto your laptop or computer Chips…..I can see Danni-sticks wanting to jump into the screen and chase him some little duckies.
🙂 He’s almost done that a few times chasing the cursor, JoJo – his eyesight is spookily sharp!
I think they were mesmerized by their own reflection in that brass plate at the bottom of the door. The Mom duck had to go back and get them!
Now Meta, you would have been mesmerized too on an adventure to the WH! Admit it, and they did come as soon as Mama Duck signaled. She didn’t even have to clear her throat or give them ‘the look’ which was my mother’s favourite ‘watch it’ signal when she and the kiddies were out. 🙂 😉
They are just the cutest things EVAH.
That they are! And so disciplined!
From the end of the last thread.
YES AND ISRAEL AND HAMAS LOOK ALOT LIKE THE VIETNAM WAR…THOSE TUNNELS ARE A HUGE CHALLENGE AND SO SOPHISTICATED…IT’S A ‘FILL IN THE BLANK!’
Nothing changes and everything remains the same.
I think this is my second Obamacare tweet (the first was on Oct 1, 2013 when a customer at 7-11 boom loudly so everyone in the store could hear: It’s a great day, Obamacare starts today!):
Ms. Dudette, you have and always will be #1 to me.
This being first solidified it just right.
I cannot stop watching Rev. William Barber.
I have been on FB and Tweeter since this morning.
After visiting the Grand Canyon,I will be making a visit to N.C. for Moral Monday.
This had stirred up “higher grounds” in me.
Congratulations for #1!
Thanks so much LDS!
Funny you should mention Rev. Barber! I think I’m due for another viewing of that amazing speech! 😎
Don’t mind if I join you, my friend.
Historically, he is spot on!
The game GOP has been running is running out.
Reminds me of the song ” Hunter Captured by the Game.”
By Mary Wells,I believe.
Wow that song goes way back. Didn’t recognize that title at first, but as soon as the music started I remembered it.
🙂
Years ago then-Senator Barack Obama acknowledged this problem. He didn’t have a simple solution though.
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.
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-american-freak-out.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FlpjFg+%28Smartypants%29
it is hard to know what is fact….tuning into TOD to learn the latest about the negotiations
what does this mean….what happens at the end of the 12 hour truce…
is Israel withdrawing from Palestinian territory??
No one knows, pf58. Will depend on if the negotiations yield a continuation of the ceasefire or not.
ok…need to chill,,,my spirit is so tight
I hope it’s enough time to get help to the people who are wounded and those who are trapped in rubble.
search and recovery
Well at least that’s something…
Last week’s procession was just heartbreaking. So much grief, so much pain.
May the families who are mourning be comforted during this time of bereavement.
PBO KNOWS HE IS THE ONLY ONE IN THIS LINE-UP OF SUITS WHO HONESTLY CARES ABOUT THIS SITUATION……………
So Russia’s done with him?
we shall see
They initially said they wouldn’t take him in – Putin can still use him for propaganda purposes – with the help of gg.
Put him on an Malaysia airline to where ever he wants to go……
I believe he applied for an extension, and that it had been approved several weeks ago, based on some reports I had read on Twitter. But my memory is quite vague not only on the details, but on the source of the info, and so I may be completely wrong about this.
Have an eerie feeling that sooner, rather than later, Mr. Snowden will mysteriously disappear; remains found on American soil with no explanation of how they got here.
hope he has to stay there
😀 😀
As Time Passes . . .
A group of 40 year-old buddies discuss where they should meet for dinner.
Finally it is agreed upon that they should meet at the Gasthof zum Lowen restaurant because the waitress’s there have low cut blouses and nice breasts.
10 years later, at 50 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally it is agreed upon that they should meet at the Gasthof zum Lowen because the food there is very good and the wine selection is good also.
10 years later at 60 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally it is agreed upon that they should meet at the Gasthof zum Lowen because they can eat there in peace and quiet and the restaurant is smoke free.
10 years later, at 70 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally it is agreed upon that they should meet at the Gasthof zum Lowen because the restaurant is wheel chair accessible and they even have an elevator.
10 years later, at 80 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally it is agreed upon that they should meet at the Gasthof zum Lowen because that would be a great idea because they have never been there before.
http://www.cowries.info/funstuff/language/senior.html
LOL, vc.
😀
Good evening Tnmtngirl,
Just wanted to say congratulations on your “M” test. In catching up on the news, I read your statement that everything went well, and that the test results were all good.
With so much bad news, it’s good to celebrate the good news.
Have a WONDERFUL Friday evening – ENJOY!!
Thanks, Cindy. Yes, great news. When I get the call, I hang up and say “Thank you, God.” So grateful.
You have a blessed evening as well.
LOL!
Pretty soon Chips will be a member of a group walking through this very decade by decade scenario! She hits forty soon, doesn’t she?
Congrats Sweet Dudette on your Au ⭐
Hi Nena! Thanks! 🙂
Love it.
Okay, Chips and TOD, here I go. Do pardon me for any mess up on this WH presser Video.
7-25-14 WH presser with Josh “The Voice” Earnest
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🙂
Awww, there’s my cutie pie Josh. Thanks for posting Nena.
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Wooooooot, Nena!!
Imagine THIS!
Looks like paranoia is setting in. He is looking like a Mad Dog.
Before you know it, he will employ full time astrologers, soothsayers, bag-of-bones.
He will be attacking Snowden and others real soon.
Never change GOP, never change……..
In an intensely awkward congressional hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, freshman Rep. Curt Clawson misidentified two senior U.S. government officials as representatives of the Indian government. The two officials, Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar, are Americans who hold senior positions at the State Department and Commerce Department, respectively. Although both Biswal and Kumar were introduced as U.S. officials by the chairman of the Asia and Pacific subcommittee, Clawson repeatedly asked them questions about “your country” and “your government,” in reference to the state of India.
“I’m familiar with your country; I love your country,” the Florida Republican said. “Anything I can do to make the relationship with India better, I’m willing and enthusiastic about doing so.” Apparently confused by their Indian surnames and skin color, Clawson also asked if “their” government could loosen restrictions on U.S. capital investments in India. “Just as your capital is welcome here to produce good-paying jobs in the U.S., I’d like our capital to be welcome there,” he said. “I ask cooperation and commitment and priority from your government in so doing. Can I have that?”
The question prompted a lengthy pause and looks of confusion from State Department and congressional staff attending the hearing. “I think your question is to the Indian government,” Biswal said. “We certainly share your sentiment, and we certainly will advocate that on behalf of the U.S.”
…”During the hearing, he repeatedly touted his deep knowledge of the Indian subcontinent and his favorite Bollywood movies”….continued
I read that on Mediaite and thought, how fatuously clueless was this Rep? The hearing had nothing to do with India. The man is ignorant and a bigot.
But rather, about USA’s relation to/with India. That means, the experts are American Gov’t Officials before this Committee.
What an embarrassment!
When I was growing up they had us thinking to go to Congress we sent the cream of the crop. Nowadays the GOP sends in the fungus that grows under the barrel.
There now a review. That is good.
Finally got a chance to read Pema Levy’s Newsweek article on the changing (changed?) demographics in the South. If you haven’t yet, go here: http://www.newsweek.com/2014/07/18/republican-hold-south-may-collapse-257551.html
All I have to say is: FIRED UP? READY TO GO!
Now AP tells Us……
AP has to be the worst at reporting the news about Israel.
Hmm?
Perhaps, not as bad as some might think?
😀
Nancy Pelosi Rips the Shameful GOP House For Adding Extra Days To Their Vacation
Pelosi said, “Well, I think my constituents, but broader to the public, should know that we are engaged in a drive-by Congress. We are hardly ever here, and when we are, we are engaged in process, not progress.”
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/07/25/nancy-pelosi-calls-shameful-gop-house-we-engaged-drive-by-congress.html
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the media to question the optics of the GOP adding extra days to their vacation.
Ladyhawke, let POTUS add more days to his vacation and see what the media have to say.
Another picture of the baby girl from Gaza whose mother was killed before her delivery..
Israeli government should be so proud of themselves. Protecting them selves against women and children.
One can only hope that there is a shining star that will continually watch over her, and give her a bright future, in the midst of all the darkness that surrounds her a tiny life.
Unfortunately, no survivors.
Nerdy’s new post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/07/25/humor-is-140-characters/