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Early Bird Chat

By Chipsticks 64 Comments
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On This Day: President Barack Obama greets Karen Dunn, former Special Assistant and Associate Counsel to the President, and her son in the Oval Office, April 22, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!

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  1. 1 Allison
    April 22, 2015 at 8:09 am

    GM Chips and TOD!! Have a great day!

  2. 8 jackiegrumbacher
    April 22, 2015 at 8:44 am

    Morning all. It would be wonderful to think that anyone actually listened to our President as he discussed TPP yesterday, but I fear that most people just put their fingers in their ears and yell, “nah, nah, nah,” whenever this topic comes up. They’ve made up their minds and that’s the same thing as saying that their notions are set in concrete. Fortunately, my decision to stay away from Democratic meetings this week has helped to calm my nerves. Sometimes I just can’t take the bleating anymore.

    • 9 57andfemale
      April 22, 2015 at 9:39 am

      Progressive media is driving me crazy on this. No one knows what is in this still-negotiating agreement, yet they ALL know and they ALL know it is BAD!

      We can disagree with PBO, but when he says it is the most progressive trade agreement in recent history, I choose to believe him.

  3. 10 almablanca
    April 22, 2015 at 8:54 am

    Good morning TOD folks!

  4. 11 desertflower
    April 22, 2015 at 8:54 am

    Morning, all!

  6. 14 GGail
    April 22, 2015 at 9:05 am

    Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.

  8. 37 globalcitizenlinda
    April 22, 2015 at 9:09 am

    Good Morning Ms Chips! Good Morning TOD!

  9. 38 rikyrah
    April 22, 2015 at 9:10 am

    Good Morning, Everyone 🙂

  10. 39 rikyrah
    April 22, 2015 at 9:10 am

    Luvvie’s written about the Dyson/West Beef

    as only Luvvie can….LOL

    …………………………

    Love and Hip Hop Academia: The Michael Eric Dyson Takedown of Cornel West

    CHILEEEEEEE… listen. You know I love me a good read and wig snatch. Well it was served up on a platter last night when The New Republic released an essay, penned by Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. It was title “The Ghost ofCornel West“ and it was a 10,000 word epic takedown of the Afro’ed Intellectual that many respect and some revere. It is the talk of social media right now because so much tea was spilled.

    Let the record show that I am neither Team Dyson nor Team West. I am Jon Snow (I know nothing) to the intricacies of Black Academia. I am not in that space so I am going off what I read here and the little I’ve known before.

    What are my thoughts on the whole thing? I’m glad you didn’t ask, because I have questions.

    * What made Michael Eric Dyson write this piece right now?

    Again, I know I am not on their jock to know what both are up to enough but what made Dyson drop this ETHER at this moment? I know that West has come for him hard in the past so it ain’t crazy out of the blue but I’m trying to figure out what made him do it right now.

    http://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/2015/04/michael-eric-dyson-cornel-west.html

  11. 41 rikyrah
    April 22, 2015 at 9:15 am

    Good catch by Zandar

    …………..

    Monday, April 20, 2015

    Reminder: The Voting Rights Act Is Still Dead

    Posted byZandar

    The NY Times editorial board rips into Chief Justice John Roberts over the 2013 decision that destroyed the Voting Rights Act’s “preclearance” formula because the racism of voter suppression simply didn’t exist anymore. The truth is far more insidious.

    A comprehensive new study by a historian of the Voting Rights Act provides a fresh trove of empirical evidence to refute that assertion. The study by J. Morgan Kousser, a professor of history and social science at the California Institute of Technology, examines more than 4,100 voting-rights cases, Justice Department inquiries, settlements and changes to laws in response to the threat of lawsuits around the country where the final result favored minority voters.

    It found that from 1957 until 2013, more than 90 percent of these legal “events” occurred in jurisdictions that were required to preclear their voting changes. The study also provides evidence that the number of successful voting-rights suits has gone down in recent years, not because there is less discrimination, but because several Supreme Court decisions have made them harder to win.

    http://zandarvts.blogspot.com/2015/04/reminder-voting-rights-act-is-still-dead.html

  12. 42 rikyrah
    April 22, 2015 at 9:24 am

    Nobody who remotely has been following Hillary believes that anything she says on this is genuine. And, that’s the problem, and why she’s a pitiful candidate.

    …………………………………………………..

    Is Hillary a populist of convenience?

    By Greg Sargent April 21 at 3:53 PM

    Is Hillary Clinton’s embrace of populist and/or progressive rhetoric and policy positions consistent with her long-held convictions? Or is she only doing it belatedly, to shore up her support on the left, and to keep pace with the passions unleashed among Democrats by the rise of Elizabeth Warren and other factors?

    The question gained some steam last week when Clinton shifted her stances on two key issues. She came out for a Constitutional right to gay marriage, when previously she’d said it should be left to the states, and embraced drivers’ licenses for undocumented immigrants, a position she’d previously opposed.

    And today the New York Times reports that Clinton allies are miffed at folks who say her populist rhetoric is merely an effort to get out ahead of Warren-ism. Someone in Clintonworld produced a dossier showing she has long argued that the wealthy are benefiting disproportionately from an economy rigged for the top, at the expense of middle and working class Americans. The Times notes that Clinton advisers argue that she is “a populist fighter who for decades has been an advocate for families and children; only now have the party and primary voters caught up.”

    The real story here, I think, is what this all says about the changing nature of the Democratic Party.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/04/21/is-hillary-a-populist-of-convenience/

  13. 43 hopefruit2
    April 22, 2015 at 9:31 am

    G’morning Chips & TOD!! Happy Wednesday everyone. 🙂 🙂

  14. 45 rikyrah
    April 22, 2015 at 9:34 am

    Campaign cash becomes early differentiator between parties for 2016
    Rachel Maddow contrasts the rush to court billionaire among Republican hopefuls for 2016 with the Democrats’ and Hillary Clinton’s campaign posturing against the role of big money in politics (though obviously no less willing to spend to win).

    http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/campaign-cash-becomes-early-2016-difference-431827523774

  15. 46 Linda
    April 22, 2015 at 9:43 am

    Good Morning:

    How come when PBO compromising with Congress the media says he ” caved “, but when McConnell just ” caved ” on the Loretta Lynch vote, the media says he ” compromised ” ???????

  16. 49 JER
    April 22, 2015 at 9:43 am

    Good Morning BFF and TOD.

    • 50 SUE DUVALL SMITH
      April 22, 2015 at 9:46 am

      PERFECT PLACE FOR THAT…FLORIDA IS BUILT ON SAND AND SINKING AND TIPTOE OVER THE PYTHONS!…I LOVE MY ENERGIZER PRESIDENT!…:)

  17. 51 SUE DUVALL SMITH
    April 22, 2015 at 9:46 am

    MAN WAS ASSIGNED TO BE A STEWARD OF THE EARTH BY GOD….THEY FLUNKED!

    • 52 SUE DUVALL SMITH
      April 22, 2015 at 10:02 am

      ANYONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE HAS NUTS FLOATING IN THEIR BRAIN MASS!

  18. 53 JER
    April 22, 2015 at 9:47 am

  19. 54 JER
    April 22, 2015 at 9:49 am

  20. 56 RanMan (@ranman09)
    April 22, 2015 at 9:52 am

    Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Wednesday morning. Congrats Allison, on being first this morning.

    To all, I hope you have an absolute charming day today. ❤ ❤ ❤

    Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. ✩ ✩ ✩ 🚀 🚀 🚀

  22. 58 SUE DUVALL SMITH
    April 22, 2015 at 10:01 am

    WHAT TIME DOES THE ENERGIZER SPEAK IN FLORIDA TODAY????…I WATCHED HIM LAST NIGHT WITH CHRIS..I WISH ALL ANCHORS LOVED AND RESPECTED PBO AS MUCH AS CHRIS DOES…I HAVE SEEN HIM TEAR UP OVER THIS PRESIDENT!

  23. 59 JER
    April 22, 2015 at 10:02 am

    GOV. SCOTT, YOU’RE MISSING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
    By Sun Sentinel Editorial Board

    Dear Gov. Scott,

    There is a perfect opportunity for you today, governor, to do something positive and productive for our state, and perhaps buff up your image, too.

    But before it even happens, well, to put it bluntly, you’ve blown it off.

    Honestly, we weren’t surprised when your communications staff told us you wouldn’t be visiting the Everglades this afternoon to meet President Obama, who is in South Florida this Earth Day to discuss climate change. …

    It’s not unprecedented for a Republican governor to show respect when a Democratic president visits his or her state. … You wouldn’t have had to give him a hug, like then-Republican Gov. Charlie Crist did … when Obama brought stimulus money to Florida in 2009.

    Must read the rest here: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-editorial-everglades-gs0422-20150421-story.html

  24. 60 Vicki
    April 22, 2015 at 10:04 am

    Good morning, TOD.
    Here are some interesting numbers:
    Total number of Guantanamo detainees= 122
    Number of detainees now cleared for release=57
    Number of detainees either “forever ” prisoners or not yet decided=65

    I would not be surprised if Ashton Carter announces to the Senate that a large(20-40) number of detainees are going to be released. Sect’y Carter must give the Senate 30 days notice.
    My guess is based on what Chuck Hagel was preparing before he stepped down. My further guess would be that the released detainees will be bound for Oman.

    Guantanamo has left the news as the Cuba and Iran issues took center stage. But it will return. It is clearly what PBO wants to do.

  25. 62 LDS
    April 22, 2015 at 10:09 am

    Good morning TOD!
    Our President is so smart and makes so much sense I have to pinch myself to make sure I am still here on planet earth!
    Never in my wildest imagination did ever think that I would live to witness such humbleness, patience as he attempts to bring these earthly minds into heavenly places.
    That’s why I am drawn to this peaceful, humble way above light years of thinking man.
    Truly, we are witnessing the grace of God upon this man.
    Those who have spiritual eyes and ears behold what is happening. I do not believe we shall see this again in our life.
    Just when I am about to give up, walk away, throw the towel in, say I am done. President takes the time and pleasure to explain the future to close minded people. He must have been to the mountain top. This is way over ttheir heads, minds and soul.
    I am grateful to be alive!

  26. 63 Jackie 4 Obama
    April 22, 2015 at 10:13 am

    Good morning Chips and everyone. Chips I plan on winning the lottery tonight ands hen I do, the entire blog is going to the Caymans tomorrow.


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