A quick non-political entertainment tidbit, that’s about to become political…I’ll admit it, I’m a regular Dancing With the Stars watcher. Word on the street is that one of the new seasons “stars” (which will be announced officially on Tuesday) is none other than former Mrs. Trump, Marla Maples! This is gonna be fun.
Oh, thank you so much for sharing this, Dudette! That she even had to spend any time at all in jail for this after the likes of Zimmerman walked was a total disgrace and made me wild with rage. I hope she has lots of supports who can help her get back on track after all of this.
We ALL have to know this and repeat it to anyone who tries to cast shade on Hillary. You can bet the subject will come up again and again because Republicans have convinced people that an indictment is in the offing. Won’t they be surprised when that never happens.
She’d be great pick if we didn’t have do-nothin RWNJs running the Senate. Was a Harvard Law along with one fella named Obama. Already went through recent Senate vetting for her current job. Took almost 6 months & and renomination (after 2012 election) and finally a voice vote to get her confirmed successfully.
Interesting bio tidbit – she’s related by marriage to Paul Ryan. Her husband is twin brother of Ryan’s brother-in-law
DC Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is being considered for Scalia's seat, per source who was contacted https://t.co/iPzoFlSikO#scotus
Aside from her being well-qualified, I kinda wanna see PBO nominate her just to make Paul Ryan squirm. [Although he’s not in the Senate and has no real control over the confirmation process]
Mentioned earlier this week that I’ve avoided MSM twitter for over a week because #Campaign2016 was just too depressing.
Was wondering when Michelle Kosinski CNN asked @PressSec about IA Judge Jane Kelly (the only potential nominee that Grassley has said he would meet with) and “a relative of Paul Ryan” as potential SCOTUS nominees.
Whoever PBO selects will be imminently qualified — based on what Josh Earnest said today, wouldn’t be surprised if one of the criteria PBO is looking for is how that person can be expected to handle themselves during grueling, hate-filled committee questioning.
Also think SCOTUS nominee will also be someone who will trigger maximum angst among GOP in general, and GOP Senators up for reelection in states carried by PBO in 2008/2012 in particular.
Oooh, delish:
“Ryan even testified on Brown’s behalf when she was nominated to the district court in 2012, offering his ‘unequivocal’ endorsement of her qualifications in recommending her for the bench.”
You’re right that Ryan won’t cast a vote for SCOTUS Justice, but if Judge Jackson is nominated, no doubt MSM hounds will be on his tail — they love angst and (potential family conflict) gossip. 😉
What a year PBO (and us Obots) will have this year.
Up next: Canada State Dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Trudeau, with some spectacular climate change agreement (and jobs?) during Justin’s state visit.
I am with you Dudette! Let’s see how Paul Ryan justifies the GOP’s summary rejection, without any hearings, of a well qualified judge, who also happens to be a family relative.
Seem to me some common sense is needed in Mississippi too. Do this man think that because Trump is a businessman he will get jobs in Mississippi, what a stupid idiot.
His brother probably is rolling over in his grave, he has a right to support whoever he want. Sad to say you have blacks like that, I’m sure there were blacks who supported George Wallace.
Actually, I have very different views than my two brothers so this does not surprise me.
After reading The Rise of Authoritarianism by Vox I started to understand how my brothers have such different views than I do. We were raised in a family with rigid strict rules. My Dad told us when he would say jump our only question should be How high? He was loving, not cruel but held the views that the Father was the head of the household making all rules and my Mom went along with it. Another rule was children should be seen and not heard. My brothers completely went with that authoritarian theory in their lives. I have also read that in times of stress we fall back to our childhood ways. The article says people seek out authority figures when they are stressed thus Donald Trump’s rise.
I am the opposite having married, taught school, traveled, and become involved with politics. I expanded my life views and opened my mind upon aging whereas both of my brothers have become more rigid and closed minded.
Thanks Ladyhawke for sharing VP Joe Biden’s op-Ed. VP Biden clearly laid out the Constitutional responsibilities of Senators in trying to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. He also forthrightly debunked the distortions about his 1992 speech being circulated by Republicans and some in the so called mainstream media. For the past seven years, the United States has been blessed by two incredible leaders: President Obama and Vice-President Biden.
Perhaps it’s best for all concerned that this young man found out early that his choice of a career in the U.S. Marine Corps isn’t right for him. Hopefully, his community can offer more suitable options for him. 😀
Angry ‘Patriot’ Who Assaulted A Black Woman At A Trump Rally Finds Out It Ruined His Life(IMAGES) https://t.co/ytpGQmDWHZ
it is down…but is the DNC trying to register new voters…is the Hillary campaign registering new voters…voter registration goes hand and hand with community organizing..the DEMS had to see this coming…sheesh
Russell Simmons is supporting Hillary Clinton’s bid for president.
The business magnate called Clinton a longtime friend and slammed her rival, Bernie Sanders, as a candidate who is insensitive to African-Americans’ hardships and is making promises he can’t possible keep.
“I think that Bernie Sanders is overpromising,” Simmons said Friday on CNN. “He’s insensitive to the plight of black people.”
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has proposed $15.3 trillion in tax increases, according to a new report, and would raise rates on virtually everyone, including the politically all-important middle class.
The top 0.1 percent would see their tax bills go up by more than $3 million, the report said, which would cut their after-tax incomes by almost half.
But Sanders, going where few politicians dare, would also raise taxes on middle- and low-income families, with those in the dead center of the income spectrum facing a $4,700 tax increase. That would reduce their after-tax incomes by 8.5 percent, the report said.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said he is holding up bipartisan legislation to address the water crisis in Flint because Michigan’s Republican governor, Rick Snyder, has not asked for federal help and the state does not need it.
“The people and policymakers of Michigan right now have all the government resources they need to fix the problem,” Lee said. “The only thing Congress is contributing to the Flint recovery is political grandstanding.”
This is one reason why you can’t stand these Republicans. They claim to care so much for unborn babies, but once the babies are born they don’t give a dam about them. I wonder if they ever did.
Wow! Thanks Desertflower for re-sharing this. Yesterday, my browser was acting up and I was not able to listen to it. With Mr. Brown’s permission, Democrats should air this intro over and over again, along with President Obama’s promise on Nov.4th, 2008, that he will be President for all Americans, including the Americans who didn’t vote for him.
On the subject of PBO’s possible nominations to the Supreme Court, we are watching a master a work. A name is being dropped about every other day. And each and every one of them is somebody who is a stellar candidate, who has been through the nominating process, been confirmed overwhelmingly and had prominent Republicans like Grassley and Ryan praise them.
And when he makes the actual announcement of his choice, he will do so using the words of GOP politicians who now believe he shouldn’t even nominate anyone.
One of the charges against the Bundy gang is “Obstruction of the due administration of justice: up to 10 years”.
I think the GOP Senate should be charged with the same crime.
1) White House Vetting GOP Centrist Gov. Brian Sandoval for SCOTUS (Sandoval withdraws)
2) Former Dem Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge Confirms Senate Run Against Grassley
3) White House Is Said to Be Vetting Iowa Judge Jane Kelly for Supreme Court Seat
4) Oval Office Meeting POTUS, VP Biden, Senator Harry Reid, McConnell, Grassley
5) The Senate’s Duty on a Supreme Court Nominee (by VP Joe Biden, New York Times)
Thank you so much, Prettyfoot for sharing this. People in my age group vividly remember Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer’s powerful testimony at the 1964 Democratic convention. As Dr. King once said, “We’ve come too far to turn around.” So many people, like Fannie Lou Hamer, sacrificed so much to make it possible for me, my children and my grandchildren, to have the right to vote; and, as Mrs. Hamer said, to be treated as “first class citizens.” I pray and hope that people of all races who believe in justice and equality will turn up to vote in great numbers, in the 2016 election, to make sure that we defeat racist politicians who are intent on restoring “white supremacy.”
I had previously read something about the disastrous condition Jindel left Louisiana’s economy, and last night Rachel had a segment talking about it. The new governor is having to cut programs to try to get them out of the red.
Did you see Jindal's editorial in WSJ explaining everything is Obama's fault https://t.co/FO9W4kwXQK
Sounds like Oklahoma. Headline today said departments have to make another 4% cut. Mary Fallin’s big deal was cutting our income tax, which was not high, and even now with a shortfall which is YUUUGE, she and the Rethugs won’t consider postponing it for even a year, and of course, our oil and gas income has fallen too. And Aubrey McClendon was influential in getting out oil and gas taxes criminally low. Our next governor is going to be in the same straits as Louisiana’s. These STUPID and heartless Rethugs. (Aubrey McClendon was the president of Chesapeake energy Co. who was asked to resign by his board two years ago. He is the grandson of Senator Robert Kerr, but the opposite of him politically. Also, you may have read about the crash he was in Wednesday, in which he was killed. He was under indictment by the Feds for conspiracy of something or other)
Yet they have the audacity to lie, saying that President Obama is ruining the country and that the country’s deficit is increasing. Some of those same governors want to take it to the problems they’ve created to the next level by trying to be elected POTUS.
There have been huge advances in civil rights, voting rights, and marriage equality over the past half-century. These are life-changing achievements that can all be credited to the work of Democratic administrations. So when I read the headline “Why One Millennial Feminist Would Rather Go to Hell Than Vote for Hillary” in last week’s edition of the Voice, followed by reader comments such as “Millennials, in particular, see through the BS of their elders because they haven’t experienced the benefits that corrupted previous generations of liberals” and “If voting for Bernie Sanders means Trump will come to power, so be it,” a siren — not a “ding-ding-ding” bell, but a blaring, piercing wail — went off in my head.
Here we are again, poised to sacrifice the gains of the past on the altar of ideological purity. Passion is great, kids, but what if Bernie doesn’t have the horses to get the nomination? Do you quit after he stumbles because what’s left — Hillary, presumably — doesn’t rise to your standards?
Here’s a warning about what your idealism will get you: another “I got mine” Republican administration that will affect you (and everyone around you) not just for four or eight years. You’ll be feeling the burn for the entire lifespan of whatever retrograde hanging judge President “The Donald” proclaims “The Greatest Supreme Court Nominee EVER!” And with the potential for four (maybe five) open Supreme Court seats, the possible rollbacks — if you stop to think about actual consequences — are heart-stopping.
There is plenty of talk in intertubes how the trumpistan racists will raise hell if there was a brokered convention to deny the racist punk the nomination.
IIRR, in all the primaries and caucuses so far donald dreck has not won the plurality in any of them. That means more than half the rethugs don’t want him. So, how will this ‘silent majority’ react if dreck does get the nom?
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Best President Ever!
I do too, Melly! It’s a great day to be alive when Barack Hussein Obama is your president! Congratulations on first!
A quick non-political entertainment tidbit, that’s about to become political…I’ll admit it, I’m a regular Dancing With the Stars watcher. Word on the street is that one of the new seasons “stars” (which will be announced officially on Tuesday) is none other than former Mrs. Trump, Marla Maples! This is gonna be fun.
Ugh!
Agreed, Ugh!!!
I also am a regular DWTS watcher. It should be interesting if she is on.
They usually have some controversial right wing politician or family member. Remember Bristol Palin, Tom DeLaney and that Fox commentator who were on?
LOL! Didn’t we know this was coming?
Oh, for God’s sake! Reminds me of 2012 when a friend of Mr. 57 said, “I don’t know why women don’t like Romney. He’s good looking and successful.”
How about : He’s a loser. He has lost billions, cheated people, taken jobs overseas, conned people and lied. Been a playboy and divorced two women?
Perfect!
Oh Boy, Dudette, you’re right about that. Unkind people bring out the worst in me. To be kind back is a tough challenge.
Oh, thank you so much for sharing this, Dudette! That she even had to spend any time at all in jail for this after the likes of Zimmerman walked was a total disgrace and made me wild with rage. I hope she has lots of supports who can help her get back on track after all of this.
You know there are few things which bring out rage in me but this was one story which touched my last raw nerve. Agree with you.
Thank goodness. The gravest miscarriage of justice especially in view of Zimmerman verdict.
I couldn’t agree more!
Republican foreign policy veterans rebuke Trump worldview
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-foreignpolicy-idUSMTZSAPEC33FXD386
Yes, Nina, and none of these other secretaries had to endure 11 hours of committee testimony by hostile partisans. Double standard much?
We ALL have to know this and repeat it to anyone who tries to cast shade on Hillary. You can bet the subject will come up again and again because Republicans have convinced people that an indictment is in the offing. Won’t they be surprised when that never happens.
She’d be great pick if we didn’t have do-nothin RWNJs running the Senate. Was a Harvard Law along with one fella named Obama. Already went through recent Senate vetting for her current job. Took almost 6 months & and renomination (after 2012 election) and finally a voice vote to get her confirmed successfully.
Interesting bio tidbit – she’s related by marriage to Paul Ryan. Her husband is twin brother of Ryan’s brother-in-law
That makes family gatherinfs awkward…
I would think so. 😄
Aside from her being well-qualified, I kinda wanna see PBO nominate her just to make Paul Ryan squirm. [Although he’s not in the Senate and has no real control over the confirmation process]
GE Dudette.
Thanks for this tidbit.
Mentioned earlier this week that I’ve avoided MSM twitter for over a week because #Campaign2016 was just too depressing.
Was wondering when Michelle Kosinski CNN asked @PressSec about IA Judge Jane Kelly (the only potential nominee that Grassley has said he would meet with) and “a relative of Paul Ryan” as potential SCOTUS nominees.
Whoever PBO selects will be imminently qualified — based on what Josh Earnest said today, wouldn’t be surprised if one of the criteria PBO is looking for is how that person can be expected to handle themselves during grueling, hate-filled committee questioning.
Also think SCOTUS nominee will also be someone who will trigger maximum angst among GOP in general, and GOP Senators up for reelection in states carried by PBO in 2008/2012 in particular.
Hi arapaho!
I forgot to include this link
http://www.headlines-news.com/2016/02/27/926033/paul-ryan-calls-this-potential-supreme-court-nominee-family
Oooh, delish:
“Ryan even testified on Brown’s behalf when she was nominated to the district court in 2012, offering his ‘unequivocal’ endorsement of her qualifications in recommending her for the bench.”
You’re right that Ryan won’t cast a vote for SCOTUS Justice, but if Judge Jackson is nominated, no doubt MSM hounds will be on his tail — they love angst and (potential family conflict) gossip. 😉
What a year PBO (and us Obots) will have this year.
Up next: Canada State Dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Trudeau, with some spectacular climate change agreement (and jobs?) during Justin’s state visit.
I am with you Dudette! Let’s see how Paul Ryan justifies the GOP’s summary rejection, without any hearings, of a well qualified judge, who also happens to be a family relative.
😀
MAKE EM’ SWEAT MR. PRESIDENT….I AM SO EXHAUSTED BY THE RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY!
I’m speechless!
wtf, I can’t even begin to understand this.
This man is to intelligent to make such a stupid choice.
Dementia probably kicking in…
This is just sad.
It’s really sad!
Seem to me some common sense is needed in Mississippi too. Do this man think that because Trump is a businessman he will get jobs in Mississippi, what a stupid idiot.
His brother probably is rolling over in his grave, he has a right to support whoever he want. Sad to say you have blacks like that, I’m sure there were blacks who supported George Wallace.
I believe in him first of all.The Klan probably scared the common sense out of him.
THIS……………………IS VERY SAD!..I AM SHOCKED!
Actually, I have very different views than my two brothers so this does not surprise me.
After reading The Rise of Authoritarianism by Vox I started to understand how my brothers have such different views than I do. We were raised in a family with rigid strict rules. My Dad told us when he would say jump our only question should be How high? He was loving, not cruel but held the views that the Father was the head of the household making all rules and my Mom went along with it. Another rule was children should be seen and not heard. My brothers completely went with that authoritarian theory in their lives. I have also read that in times of stress we fall back to our childhood ways. The article says people seek out authority figures when they are stressed thus Donald Trump’s rise.
I am the opposite having married, taught school, traveled, and become involved with politics. I expanded my life views and opened my mind upon aging whereas both of my brothers have become more rigid and closed minded.
OTL ….
Happy weekend everyone … will try to post some updates in the am on each day …..
#TrustBarack
Couldn’t depart without posting this ….
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
😂😂😂
Joe Biden: The Senate’s Duty on a Supreme Court Nominee
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/opinion/joe-biden-the-senates-duty-to-advise-and-consent.html?_r=0
Great article – RT’d thanks for posting link
Thanks Ladyhawke for sharing VP Joe Biden’s op-Ed. VP Biden clearly laid out the Constitutional responsibilities of Senators in trying to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. He also forthrightly debunked the distortions about his 1992 speech being circulated by Republicans and some in the so called mainstream media. For the past seven years, the United States has been blessed by two incredible leaders: President Obama and Vice-President Biden.
Is this legit?
Yes it’s legit. Just google Bernie Sanders 2016 FEC filings
Wow!
Boom!
My attempt at kindness:
Perhaps it’s best for all concerned that this young man found out early that his choice of a career in the U.S. Marine Corps isn’t right for him. Hopefully, his community can offer more suitable options for him. 😀
So that part of their plan appears to be working
This is the B.S. the Republicans were hoping for when they pass these voters ID laws
it is down…but is the DNC trying to register new voters…is the Hillary campaign registering new voters…voter registration goes hand and hand with community organizing..the DEMS had to see this coming…sheesh
GOOD AFTERNOON TOD FAMILY….I HATE IT WHEN I MISS AN ENTIRE AFTERNOON HERE….GOING TO CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT I MISSED!……….
BLESSINGS EVERYONE..HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT………………………….
Awww so sweet!
Russell Simmons is supporting Hillary Clinton’s bid for president.
The business magnate called Clinton a longtime friend and slammed her rival, Bernie Sanders, as a candidate who is insensitive to African-Americans’ hardships and is making promises he can’t possible keep.
“I think that Bernie Sanders is overpromising,” Simmons said Friday on CNN. “He’s insensitive to the plight of black people.”
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has proposed $15.3 trillion in tax increases, according to a new report, and would raise rates on virtually everyone, including the politically all-important middle class.
The top 0.1 percent would see their tax bills go up by more than $3 million, the report said, which would cut their after-tax incomes by almost half.
But Sanders, going where few politicians dare, would also raise taxes on middle- and low-income families, with those in the dead center of the income spectrum facing a $4,700 tax increase. That would reduce their after-tax incomes by 8.5 percent, the report said.
What a stunning picture of our President
Hubba hubba! 😜
He looks fantastic !!
Should be the cover of GQ.
Truly!
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said he is holding up bipartisan legislation to address the water crisis in Flint because Michigan’s Republican governor, Rick Snyder, has not asked for federal help and the state does not need it.
“The people and policymakers of Michigan right now have all the government resources they need to fix the problem,” Lee said. “The only thing Congress is contributing to the Flint recovery is political grandstanding.”
This is one reason why you can’t stand these Republicans. They claim to care so much for unborn babies, but once the babies are born they don’t give a dam about them. I wonder if they ever did.
The answer is no!
Was this posted already? Thanks, President Obama:)
this was amazing
Wow! Thanks Desertflower for re-sharing this. Yesterday, my browser was acting up and I was not able to listen to it. With Mr. Brown’s permission, Democrats should air this intro over and over again, along with President Obama’s promise on Nov.4th, 2008, that he will be President for all Americans, including the Americans who didn’t vote for him.
On the subject of PBO’s possible nominations to the Supreme Court, we are watching a master a work. A name is being dropped about every other day. And each and every one of them is somebody who is a stellar candidate, who has been through the nominating process, been confirmed overwhelmingly and had prominent Republicans like Grassley and Ryan praise them.
And when he makes the actual announcement of his choice, he will do so using the words of GOP politicians who now believe he shouldn’t even nominate anyone.
One of the charges against the Bundy gang is “Obstruction of the due administration of justice: up to 10 years”.
I think the GOP Senate should be charged with the same crime.
+ 1,000,000,000, Japa – I cannot wait to see who he nominates, it’s a fascinating process.
yesssss
So far ……
1) White House Vetting GOP Centrist Gov. Brian Sandoval for SCOTUS (Sandoval withdraws)
2) Former Dem Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge Confirms Senate Run Against Grassley
3) White House Is Said to Be Vetting Iowa Judge Jane Kelly for Supreme Court Seat
4) Oval Office Meeting POTUS, VP Biden, Senator Harry Reid, McConnell, Grassley
5) The Senate’s Duty on a Supreme Court Nominee (by VP Joe Biden, New York Times)
AIN’T I A WOMAN
Yes!!!
love this. Thanks Prettyfoot58
Thank you so much, Prettyfoot for sharing this. People in my age group vividly remember Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer’s powerful testimony at the 1964 Democratic convention. As Dr. King once said, “We’ve come too far to turn around.” So many people, like Fannie Lou Hamer, sacrificed so much to make it possible for me, my children and my grandchildren, to have the right to vote; and, as Mrs. Hamer said, to be treated as “first class citizens.” I pray and hope that people of all races who believe in justice and equality will turn up to vote in great numbers, in the 2016 election, to make sure that we defeat racist politicians who are intent on restoring “white supremacy.”
Yes, yes!!!
I had previously read something about the disastrous condition Jindel left Louisiana’s economy, and last night Rachel had a segment talking about it. The new governor is having to cut programs to try to get them out of the red.
Sounds like Oklahoma. Headline today said departments have to make another 4% cut. Mary Fallin’s big deal was cutting our income tax, which was not high, and even now with a shortfall which is YUUUGE, she and the Rethugs won’t consider postponing it for even a year, and of course, our oil and gas income has fallen too. And Aubrey McClendon was influential in getting out oil and gas taxes criminally low. Our next governor is going to be in the same straits as Louisiana’s. These STUPID and heartless Rethugs. (Aubrey McClendon was the president of Chesapeake energy Co. who was asked to resign by his board two years ago. He is the grandson of Senator Robert Kerr, but the opposite of him politically. Also, you may have read about the crash he was in Wednesday, in which he was killed. He was under indictment by the Feds for conspiracy of something or other)
Yet they have the audacity to lie, saying that President Obama is ruining the country and that the country’s deficit is increasing. Some of those same governors want to take it to the problems they’ve created to the next level by trying to be elected POTUS.
Must Read…
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/if-bernie-losesdont-let-conservative-history-repeat-itself-8274880
There have been huge advances in civil rights, voting rights, and marriage equality over the past half-century. These are life-changing achievements that can all be credited to the work of Democratic administrations. So when I read the headline “Why One Millennial Feminist Would Rather Go to Hell Than Vote for Hillary” in last week’s edition of the Voice, followed by reader comments such as “Millennials, in particular, see through the BS of their elders because they haven’t experienced the benefits that corrupted previous generations of liberals” and “If voting for Bernie Sanders means Trump will come to power, so be it,” a siren — not a “ding-ding-ding” bell, but a blaring, piercing wail — went off in my head.
Here we are again, poised to sacrifice the gains of the past on the altar of ideological purity. Passion is great, kids, but what if Bernie doesn’t have the horses to get the nomination? Do you quit after he stumbles because what’s left — Hillary, presumably — doesn’t rise to your standards?
Here’s a warning about what your idealism will get you: another “I got mine” Republican administration that will affect you (and everyone around you) not just for four or eight years. You’ll be feeling the burn for the entire lifespan of whatever retrograde hanging judge President “The Donald” proclaims “The Greatest Supreme Court Nominee EVER!” And with the potential for four (maybe five) open Supreme Court seats, the possible rollbacks — if you stop to think about actual consequences — are heart-stopping.
Hell yes!!!
There is plenty of talk in intertubes how the trumpistan racists will raise hell if there was a brokered convention to deny the racist punk the nomination.
IIRR, in all the primaries and caucuses so far donald dreck has not won the plurality in any of them. That means more than half the rethugs don’t want him. So, how will this ‘silent majority’ react if dreck does get the nom?
awww. violin quartet, please.
Thanks to your father and that vile hillbilly he chose as his running mate.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/03/04/lol-of-the-day-parents/