We joined President Obama in Alaska to talk climate change. Read our new cover story in full http://t.co/HGog5dGYMS pic.twitter.com/oDqrMyG3tw
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) September 23, 2015
Despite all the right-wing lies, Obamacare actually helped full-time employment: http://t.co/jHJS7I4zRN pic.twitter.com/XRqrvJqlYB
— Media Matters (@mmfa) September 23, 2015
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Look who came crawling
JUST IN: President Obama and Russian President Putin to meet during the UN General Assembly at the request of Pres. Putin - @kwelkernbc
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) September 24, 2015
Obama prepared to impose financial sanctions on China for alleged hacking http://t.co/S6na2NjqCu
— Guardian World (@guardianworld) September 24, 2015
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Pope Francis does not play
The pope cited a guy who told white people to check their privilege. http://t.co/u3H2eXQR7L pic.twitter.com/IZIRk6guGC
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) September 24, 2015
Thomas Merton, praised by Pope Francis, had some thoughts for white liberals back in 1963. http://t.co/u3H2eXQR7L pic.twitter.com/Ni9apzigwu
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) September 24, 2015
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Pope Francis: "Let us treat others with the same passion and compassion with which we want to be treated." #PopeInDC pic.twitter.com/nHkrksWpuG
— ABC News (@ABC) September 24, 2015
Pope to Congress: Time to act on climate change, poverty » http://t.co/POkBkfBfTD pic.twitter.com/N2PM19Q65j
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) September 24, 2015
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Pope Francis says money from arms trade is "drenched in blood, often innocent blood" and it is our duty to stop it. pic.twitter.com/znBbdc2V87
— Good Morning America (@GMA) September 24, 2015
.@Pontifex on immigrants: "We must not be taken aback by their numbers, but rather view them as persons" http://t.co/24yI7dtQgX #PopeinDC
— Singer (@singernews) September 24, 2015
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State Dinner tomorrow night
China state dinner at White House to feature Colorado lamb on menu, Ne-Yo as entertainment http://t.co/dIswUkSNrs pic.twitter.com/8mjYgd3uYi
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) September 24, 2015
White House thinks pink for Xi Jinping’s state dinner. Here's a sneak peek: http://t.co/mnp5TQ0maS pic.twitter.com/IsPlP7Djn9
— WSJ Politics (@WSJPolitics) September 24, 2015
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Thinking people: 1. Paranoia driven people: 0
Senate blocks stopgap spending bill over GOP's Planned Parenthood moves http://t.co/ytzZYfpR2Y
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) September 24, 2015
BREAKING: Senate blocks Republican bill denying Planned Parenthood federal funds
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) September 24, 2015
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#TGIT is back TONIGHT! My body is ready
#operate. #gladiate. #exonerate. #TGIT day is here!!
— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) September 24, 2015
Great read! http://t.co/UvpDsMRBKg
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) September 24, 2015
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WOW. @cfpb + @thejusticedept get $27m to expand credit access to illegally redlined black and Hispanic families #usa pic.twitter.com/Y92PqGSeWu
— Erie (@Erie) September 24, 2015
Obamacare haters are losing it over a new report showing premium growth staying low http://t.co/V8EiayPxCX pic.twitter.com/q9FvGb47lX
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) September 24, 2015
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Douchebags
Mayor of Lewiston, Maine, wants to publicize who’s on welfare and where they live http://t.co/Jl849wHM1j
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 24, 2015
FYI @MarquetteU just rescinded Bill Cosby's honorary degree. #Marquette #Milwaukee #Cosby pic.twitter.com/TruBOVmj53
— Justin George (@justingeorge) September 24, 2015
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Gut wrenching
Statement by National Security Council Spokesperson Ned Price on the Stampede Near Mecca pic.twitter.com/bqcT9Zy5WR
— Obama NSC- Archived (@NSC44) September 24, 2015
Stampede at hajj kills 700+, making it deadliest incident in the history of annual pilgrimage http://t.co/FL7GqzBHd9 pic.twitter.com/F8k89fCtTA
— ABC News (@ABC) September 24, 2015
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The party of “fiscal responsibility”
SHUTDOWN WATCH: Shutting the government actually costs more than keeping it open – more than $2 billion last time http://t.co/6Ynw3c8gj5
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) September 24, 2015
McConnell just offered a "clean" CR and filled the tree. Votes likely on Monday, GOP senators say @CQnow
— Tamar Hallerman (@TamarHallerman) September 24, 2015
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BOOM
The decline in Medicare spending growth is fantastic news for our fiscal future. https://t.co/j9TGfth9XQ pic.twitter.com/beZum0DMEK
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) September 23, 2015
Could Medicare be the key to tackling high drug costs? http://t.co/paIcUh9PxP pic.twitter.com/uqHRpfbvc1
— Bloomberg (@business) September 24, 2015
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Influential man says time for courage to address climate change. (Huge applause, btw.) pic.twitter.com/dOJfMwRvyB
— Bill Nye (@BillNye) September 24, 2015
Overheard by one of the homeless folks waiting for Pope:
— . (@linorulli) September 24, 2015
"Now I feel like anything is possible." #PopeInDC pic.twitter.com/E8sNCwdkvS
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ICYMI: @SavannahGuthrie to moderate @HillaryClinton town hall live on TODAY http://t.co/PvCphmTouI pic.twitter.com/51swGwwZaF
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/dvnix/status/647078228578934785
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Pope Francis just cited Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. Here's who they were. http://t.co/86Wwd6DM3O via @TIMEHistory
— JOBoomr (@JOBoomr) September 24, 2015
Read Pope Francis’ prepared remarks before Congress: http://t.co/3icsjQI6yV #PopeFrancis #PopeinUS pic.twitter.com/zzmbgsyCeV
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) September 24, 2015
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https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/647062491734933504
Viola Davis' daughter had the best reaction to her mom's historic Emmy win http://t.co/jwZEIGYg36 pic.twitter.com/uZuXqIpWWb
— Blavity (@Blavity) September 24, 2015
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For real 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
https://twitter.com/Russian_Starr/status/647057823227117568
https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/647057276159852544
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*DED* 😂😂😂
https://twitter.com/fuckboybobby/status/646859789562195968
BLESSED 😇🙏🏼 https://t.co/VNkTgXGgJF
— rob groulx 🎥 (@RG_FILMS) September 23, 2015
The Obama Diary 
Just in time
Just logged in – gm from down under TOD – thank you NW – back to read the tweets
Look at you, all shiny and golden! Congrats! 😀
Hi Dudette – feels like I haven’t been to sleep – and then I discover how much was posted in my absence 🙂
Just as the sun broke through this morning on the west side of the Capitol
That’s an amazing picture, Donna! Award-worthy, really! Wow!
Ha! Taken with my little ole Iphone 🙂
Well Done!
Beautiful, Donna! Thank you for sharing.
Donna, I just caught up with your fabulous report on the ground. What an amazing experience–I’m so glad you got a good placement. I thank you for experiencing it for all of us.
Beautiful!
Oh, beautiful. You had such a great vantage point. So sweet of you to buddy up with that woman!
LOL! There I was just posting away on the previous thread!
Hi TS. Hi everybody – I’m home but I haven’t a clue what I’ve missed so I’ll be wandering around in previous post (this work thing is really a pain – even if it does have a monetary reward)!
Hi vc – I missed a little – you have probably missed a lot if you didn’t see the speech to congress
I. haven’t. seen. anything. yet. Unfortunately, this week I’ve been working where I couldn’t access computer even to read/watch without commenting. A bit of a pain really. Anyway, I’m going to start here and go backwards – will probably take me all night. And I have to work tomorrow too!!!! 😦
He had our undivided attention
Cool! You had a great spot!
Donna!!!!!! We were waving at you all day!! Hope you had a completely wonderful time!
It was a fantastic day Chips!!!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/09/24/chat-away-674/#comment-1409739
Ah Donna, I had missed your report, what a beautiful day you had!! And you were such a sweetheart to that woman, you truly will be friends for life. Crikey, the mood of the crowd made it sound like inauguration day, absolutely wonderful. Thrilled you had such a memorable day, thanks a million for sharing it with us!
I’m sooooooo jealous!!!
😀
Absolutely wonderful Nerdy, such a brilliant array of news, you’re the best – thank you Legend!
🙂
From the tweets
“Apparently, John Boehner has allergies, or something…”
I vote for “or something …”
I can’t fault o=him on this one. I was #BawlingLikeBoehner when Pope Frank walked into OUR CONGRESS this morning. Couldn’t help it.
Shame I can’t type today… 😛
gm from my world Tally.
My thoughts – Boehner is the public face of the majority party in congress. No-one else in congress acts in this fashion – he does it all the time. I think his tears hide much. Our tears are tears of love and joy.
Indeed!
Yeh, but you don’t suffer from the same disease that Boehner does: A heart two sizes too small.
TrueDAT!
Yeah, sure he does.
Okay, I’m admiring that wonderful photo with the behind silhouettes of POTUS and Pope Francis, thinking “what a marvelous photo”. Then I look down at the account name of the person who tweeted this marvelous photo and nearly choked on a grape!
Dang Nerdy! Some warning next time, ‘nkay? 😀
HAAAAAAA!!!! I didn’t notice that. HILARIOUS.
LOL.
Hilarious!
😀 😀 😀
It must be soooooo weird!!! Like:
Hahaha! Love it! 😀
Just happened to have the video of the Pope’s Vespers running in the background.
The music is wonderful. This gentleman deep voice is giving me the feels!
Opens wonderful childhood memories for me.
I am also mesmerized. What a voice!!!
Good Evening TOD folks! What a spectacular day with lots more to come!
Overheard by one of the homeless folks waiting for Pope:
“Now I feel like anything is possible.” #PopeInDC
^^^ Oh, NerdyWonka, I thought I was done crying for the day! Thanks for the wealth of tweets.
You’re welcome, Ms. J’OB.
An important phrase you never see used by RWers, used frequently by Pope Francis in his speech, “the common good.”
True! They clearly have an aversion to both words in that phrase.
Which, of course, they see as code for SOCIALISM!1!
Yes, I picked up on that quickly. Even made that point to my husband that that clearly describes my feeling about government……this idea if “the common good” or “promote the general welfare.”
❤ ❤ ❤
TOD, our EricFive is on twitter. Follow Him Please!!!!
https://twitter.com/KingEric55
Ah, thanks for letting us know! Eric? Replace that egg right now!
Done. 😉
Love it 😆
Donna, did you see this earlier? Still can’t get over it
It was so strange watching it at the Capitol. Someone said he acted like he was terrified to greet the Pope as if the Pope would see right through his hypocrisy and call him on it. He was really an embarrassment.
Done!
done
Thanks Donna.
Of course this would happen to me, the writer.
Wow! That must’ve been surreal!
I know I’m way behind, but I just had to comment on the idiot filming the clip above. Here is our wonderful PBO speaking with President Xi of China as they walk along, and the idiot MSM guy yells out, “Looking forward to dinner Mr. President?” What kind of dumb question is that? I mean if you are going to interrupt people deep in conversation at least have the decency to ask something of substance. Otherwise, shut your mouth idiot!
I’m thinking I haven’t seen Yardarm in way too long – but I have been AWOL often lately. Any word on how he is?
We were wondering about him the other day MightyP, I’m guessing he’s on one of his jaunts, hoping he’ll be back soon!
He forwarded an email to me on the 21st.
Yeah…I’ve been thinking about him too. I haven’t checked his Twitter recently. Perhaps I’ll take a look sometime this evening.
Technically, aren’t we all walking under the moon?
Well, some walk on it 😎
Cool!
Hahaha! Look what I have created! My work here is done! 😀
Duh, yeah! Great one JoB
Ha Ha!
The Pope seemed to really enjoy that service. It was beautiful.
WOW, what a meal.
I’m fainting with desire!!!!!
POTUS is MULTI-TASKING like crazy!!
Has the MSM made any mention of this visit yet?
It is all Pope for now.
POTUS, VPOTUS, FLOTUS and the SOS must be reeling from the hectic schedule. The Pope. President Xi.
Next week, the UN. Putin. Kerry with Zarif.
VPB and FLOTUS joining the MSNBC thing in NYC on Saturday.
They never quit! I need a rest, just after reading their schedules! 🙂
Hadn’t spotted all the tweets about the visit on this thread! Good to see.
What a stupid question? Looking forward to dinner Mr. President, no he is looking forward to starving. Now you know why I always say those kids that be asking the First Lady questions are just as bright as the WHPC.
You make me smile! A true Obama warrior – yes, you are!!!
Oh Bella, you and I had the same thought! I posted much the same up the comments list. And I like your comment, “no he is looking forward to starving.” Ha ha. If you actually said that to the idiot I think he is so dumb he would look at you and say “Really?” Sheesh.
OMG Boehner is ridiculous with all that crying. What is WRONG with this guy!!!!
He really never stopped until the Pope left. He was losing it the whole time. I admit I teared up a couple of times during the speech but he really goes deep into the ugly face!
He’s a sick man. A very sick man. That crying he does is not normal. Can you imagine PBO just boo-hooing all over the place like this?
LOL!
The motorcade with Pope Francis is hilarious. All these big SUV’s, then here comes the little Fiat…LOL
Looks like president of China to announce cap and trade.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-president-obama-summit.html?_r=0
That has always been their plan, put as many AA in prison or jails, disenfranchise as many as possible.
Wish I could be there tomorrow, sigh….folks could only get tickets through the church lottery!
Because, this is who they are:
White GOPer: We Can Beat Black US Rep By Adding More Prisoners To Her District
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/janet-adkins-corinne-brown-prisoners-gerrymandering
Unreal.
In their warped view of reality, Jesus loved the rich and hated the poor. Republicans have no core and have no real heroes. Saint Ronald Reagan would be drummed out of today’s GOP, yet they continue to pretend to revere his presidency. Same with Jesus, whose teachings they pervert to such an extent that it is a sick joke that they pretend to revere His teachings and message. Everything the GOP does is agenda driven (do the bidding of the rich), they twist and distort reality to support that agenda.
They no longer have a soul to lose
Bingo!
spot the feller.
another clue please ?
first guess: middle unit
where in the middle unit?
In the front left corner of the green net.
how in the world did we get there???
God only knows! I understand cats are rather resourceful…
ouch.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/09/24/a-walk-to-blair-house/
Testing
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/portableplayer/?cmsID=329577391&videoID=8pRG9q5pLZia&origin=nbcnewyork.com&sec=news&subsec=local&width=600&height=360