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- Fauci goes off on Rand Paul
- Rule 44: Why Obamacare is not lost even in a deadlocked Supreme Court, but only if Biden wins
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- Bothsidesism comes to fact-checking: CNN's āfact-checkā 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
- Joe: The Judicial Branch didn't mindlessly follow Trump on Jan. 6 rioters
- Vets from different wars bond over fly-fishing in 'Mending the Line'
- Outlines of a deal in Washington are starting to emerge
- Joe: We are grateful for the men and women who serve across the globe
- The sage example of Timothy Keller
- Doris Kearns Goodwin: The accountability of law is holding up
- 'Real-world impacts' of debt stalemate will only get worse as we near deadline, says Treasury
- 'Party of One' looks at the life and political rise of Xi Jinping
- CPAC treasurer resigns citing financial mismanagement
- Training seeks to ease mental health crisis among first responders
The Obama Diary 
Woot!
Wootie-wooooooot!
Am ISO your ice cold trough, Dudette! Just gonna dip my finger tips, tho! Can’t give advice & not follow it, right? š
Tee-hee!
Gorgeous, gorgeous, beautiful.
gm from my world TOD – looking forward to watching bpo – and he looks just wonderful. Oh how he will be missed
good heavens bpo = pbo
He looks so go he got you all twisty-turny. It’s we understand. š
that too š
looks so *good* — See? Did it to me too! š
We understand. We do. Indeed.
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Woot! Again
1st!
Oh DAMN! Looking good Mr. President
Hi GGail. I love this man!
No, I love this man š
Hellooooooooooo Jackie ā¤
“Politics isn’t all about policy and rhetoric. It’s also about the person ā their family life, their hobbies, and how they can connect with their voter base on a human level. Which is why voters should probably check out the videos of Tim Kaine playing the harmonica. Yes, that’s right, America. The presumptive Democrat nominee for vice president plays the harmonica. Often. And in public. The Virginia senator has a lot of personality. Many have called Kaine “boring,” but anyone who jams on a harmonica, it seems to me at least, has a little something in him…..”He carries multiple harmonicas in his briefcase. He has played with members of the Dave Matthews Band and the Grateful Dead. And he has been known to show up unannounced at bluegrass jamborees around his home state, Virginia, simply looking to jam. His time in Virginia has left him steeped in the history of bluegrass and old-time music. Hopping up and down the 330-mile Crooked Road that winds through the heart of bluegrass country in Virginia, he has memorized dozens of standards like āWill the Circle Be Unbrokenā and āMan of Constant Sorrow,ā along with newer songs like āWagon Wheel.ā…āHeās comfortable on stage,ā said Woody Crenshaw, the former owner of the Floyd Country Store, about an hourās drive southwest of Roanoke, Va., where Mr. Kaine has performed numerous times. āHe has a feel for the old-time music of these mountains.ā Mr. Kaine first picked up the harmonica around seventh grade, inspired by a friend a year older who had been bringing his harmonica around and belting out some melody lines. āSo one summer I made it my goal that I was going to learn to play the harmonicaā…..
I believe this is ‘Blues Traveler’ too š
One, I love bluegrass. Two, my Daddy played the harmonica.
I learned to appreciate bluegrass growing up in Alabama….there were a lot of talented college bands š
He looks SO handsome in that picture.
It is ON ! woohoo!
The first sitting president in over 50 years who will speak at the convention and be a major asset to his party, the candidate, and the nation.
How do you like him now?
Like him just fine!!
Predict PBO will break all the ratings records EVER, as well as take down Twitter and the entire Internet!! Yes He Can!!!! ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
Soooooooooooo excited for tonight!! Fridge full of drinks and popcorn for me and the doggie-bear! Lets go democrats!
Angela Rye for the freaking WIN!
Dear Heavens – this one comes from the family that is upset because of who is currently in the white house. The world is aghast – I gather VP Biden mentioned that people were asking “Surely he cannot become President!!”
Martin O’Malley up there poking Donald Trump with a big-ass stick! šš½
I’m wishing they would not say his name – he’ll be counting how often they say his name – much more subtle to be like Flotus and not mention the name. Should be Hillary all the time.
Good point
Which is not to be agin any of the speeches – they have been great – they would be better without his name
Martin doing well, always so enthusiastic š
Holy smokes Sigourney Weaver looks amazing.
I am loving all of these issues being covered by this convention. Wow!!!
me too, they’ve been very thorough. It’s too bad the entire country isn’t tuned in and learning. I also love how well they’ve represented all the different people of our country so well. But mostly, I admit I’m looking most forward to President Obama and VP Biden. š
Me to sherijr.
Yes she does!
This climate change segment is excellent!
That was an awesome presentation on Climate Change
Around 8pm ET
The current Gov. of California is the Supt. of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson…….. CA TOD, you have a weird constitution!!!!
“Few would doubt that, in the event of a major emergency in California over the next few days, Gov. Jerry Brown would be fully engaged and directing state personnel even as he sits thousands of miles away at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Thereās just one problem with that scenario: Brown, under the provisions of the California Constitution, wonāt be the actual governor until he ventures back across state lines. āDonāt worry, youāre in safe hands,ā said Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, who on Monday night became Californiaās acting governor. Since its first constitution was drafted in 1849, California law has dictated that a governor must be within the state borders to have the powers of the office.
All our top people are in Philly!!
I know….just funny that the “lone survior” in the line of succession chosen is from some statewide office that would only exist in CA š
We are out there in a special place! LOLz.
āBeing able to play music is a gift, but learning to play an instrument is morass of frustrationāespecially teaching yourself the guitar. Hands have to be bent in uncomfortable positions, uncalloused fingers get sore, and it becomes clear that human extremities innately possess the coordination of a newborn deer thatās been grazing in a field of ketamine. Sucks to suck, and learning is for chumpsā¦.
ā¦Rather than quit outright (like so many of us), YouTuber WayOutWest built a big goofy contraption that fingers whole chords on a guitar at the push of a button. He calls it the Chordelia: http://www.chordelia.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html The wooden housing clamps to the neck of his Yamaha, and each of the chord paddles triggers levers that do all the work. It looks absurd, but astonishingly it works. While it wonāt help you shred Judas Priest riffs or strum a G7sus4 in your jazz trio, the Chordelia is able to produce five chordsāG, D, C, A minor, and E minor, which is really all thatās needed to play 90% of pop music.ā
I have always liked Jerry Brown as a governor. A.mayor, not so much. Good job Jer.
He was governor when I was a young teen. Jerry Brown is true blue Californian, He loves it, he has truly done right (as did his dad) by California. I loved him as gov when I was a kid. I’m so proud of how he’s turned it around again after repubs ran it into the ground.
Sigourney Weaver is three years younger than I am. Off to the exercise bike!
Wait for me!
You have time. Need to dust it off first! š (My son kidded me when he gave it to me, “Here’s your new clothes rack” – so I’ve made sure the only thing it gathers is dust!)
heh
‘You have time. Need to dust it off first’
Chortling here š š – wanna come dust mine off too?
Sounds like “work”! Ha!
It *is*m and *I* have developed a more extreme (than before) allergy since the end of June. š
Sorry to hear that!
no worries, JO’B; it’s only to “work”; anything I want to do – the allergy disappears š
I thought I got that, but just in case, I didn’t add: Yeehaw!
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Tim, I think youāll make a great Vice President, the model you should follow has been set by V.P. Biden. But my friend, please, please donāt annoy us with your harmonica playing, thanks guy.
Lee Daniels! Wow~
I know right. Damn, that man has been through it!
This whole gun coverage is brilliant and heart wrenching and so unfortunately necessary. I really hope we can get a Congress voted in that will get it done, finally.
For sure. Wish more folks on stage would mention the need to get back majority in Congress.
Yes, earlier they did speak about the need to elect more dems to congress.. but not enough is being said here about that… but then it’s about electing Hillary, I suppose. I really hope all that POTUS has done and tried to do in the face of blocking by repubs.. W/O Congress I don’t see Hillary doing all this either.
Exactly! It’s about electing Hillary but also other Dems who can help her get things done. They should say it and say it often.
I’m with you- I’ve been yelling it to them for three nights: You NEED Congress to do that!!! š
In tears…
Sobbing
Me too … felt her pain.
I also only have one child – nothing better than perfect – her loss is insurmountable
Wow…The President looks so fine…
Oh my … completely lost it ….
Just mentioned above that I lost it. Who wouldn’t…
All of what we are witnessing tonight, NEVER should have happened.
It is ALL the result of the unbridled avarice of those who’d sell a gun to a 1 year old if they could.
Take care {{{Marlz}}} … bbl ….
wow, this short clip sums up the entire major media right now:
david muir is considered one of the more thoughtful TV “journalists” today. you can see how easy it is for the media’s owners to control the “both sides” message when you hire morons to robotically repeat the talking points.
this makes me smile:
Charles Ramsey…former police commissioner of Philadelphia….
Hillary is not going to get any more done than PBO has in gun laws unless we get the right people in Congress. I wish they would also encourage voting down the ticket too
Amen!!!
Aw HELL naw!
Hell to the NO to the 1000th power!
Nerd Alert! Astronaut Mark Kelly on the stage!!! š¤
Here’s Gabby Giffords!
Gabby! (And I love her husband!)
And congress wouldn’t even fight for one of their own. The amazing Gabby
Gabby is so cute!!!
Gabby ā¤
dear Gabby
Gabby Giffords. Wow.
What the world needs now…. š beautiful.
This is sooooooooo kool
Eat your hearts out RNC. you didn’t have anything as beautiful as this!
Ha!
Wow….this is simply awesome…was i so wrong when i stated that the convention was boring…it is truly great
LOVE TRUMPS HATE!
I love the use, the generous use of THE DONALD’s own words and those of his comrades from the right showing how UNFIT the old bombastic man is. HE DOESN’T HAVE THE TEMPERAMENT to lead. He is ERRATIC.
Yup…love it. They cannot deny and say it was a “joke”. No joking with peoples lives!
Dammit
Terrorists – I’m staying with the convention Dudette
eff em.
Some good news for John McCain
LOL 99ts, well done š
eh, I’ll never defend John McCain. He should be able to handle Donald Trump, he had plenty of practice with his Wasilla Gorilla.
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The Bear is on the Way
Who is shouting???
It’s a contingent but I can’t comprehend what on earth they are saying. I am beginning to find these chants very disrespectful, to the point that Tim Kaine is silent and will not speak to avoid a spectacle.
I blame Bernie Sanders for this continued nonsense and his f*** revolution. The idea or revolution supports the behavior we witness at the DNC. WTF? Who needed a revolution? We need change but not a revolution when there are so many crazy people roaming the streets and so many weapons in circulation.
I saw a tweet that said Berniebros are upset because the arena is on lockdown & “one of theirs” cannot enter. How sad – too bad.
GE NCLB.
You and the Admiral are not alone.
So disrespectful, especially during a national security speech — such privilege on display, especially after the survivors of senseless gun violence. Juvenile idiots.
They were shouting lie lie lie and my hatred of them is unmatched even by the heat of a quadrillion suns.
Shut up the yahoos
Totally agree. Bet they all come from those places you see on Ugly Houses !!
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/07/27/tweets-of-the-day-60/
What again??:
What is their problem – throw them out
What can they get these people out???
what the hell is their problem? I can’t believe the rudeness. Why interrupt someone informing them of Trump’s BS? Who the freak are they supporting, Trump?
what are they chanting….