Five major media outlets heading to Trump Tower for off-record meeting. Remember what I warned about "access" under authoritarianism #Resisthttps://t.co/uN0eeHsMzy
I wrote this a few years ago, and thought I’d share on this anniversary… this was “another” beloved President of my generation.
***
Poem for JFK
This is no mere mortal
Who rests here today
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is not a man who hid behind
His mother’s skirts yesterday
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is a man not afraid of saving
His fellow sailor from a scuttled boat
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is a man who dreamed in poetry
This is a man who quoted the masters
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is a man who served in elected office
Although many thought he, far too young
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is a man who knew his God
And brought Him (in his heart) to D.C.
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is a man who loved his little children
A man who played with them, lovingly
And this is a man who went out to sea.
This is not a man to forget
This man who went out to sea
A man whom we lost in 1963.
So, for the past 8 years, I have been of the thought that the media is a detriment to this country. I watched them coddle the GOP, gave Birther a platform to spread lies about PBO, and often treat PBO disrespectfully. Then came this election, you also saw the one-sided coverage of Hillary, as compared to the Birther. There is something wholly corrupt about the media and we have to do something en masse to push back at them.
After the election, I curled up and felt so helpless and just wanted to shut off everything. Then slowly, I began to peek in here and into my twitter feed and saw the horror emerging.
Most of what Birther has been able to get away with has been sanctioned by the media. They claimed he told too many lies to cover him. They made excuses that they just didn’t know where to start. All of this is bunk. Just this past Sunday, Megyn Kelly stated that networks, not just Fox alone, would pretend to be tough with Birther in public, but were totally different toward him in private.
There are few in the media that are trying to warn us, tell the stories, do the right thing.
But they never get the play, all because of the many, who pretend every now and then to do their jobs, but in fact are corrupt, to my mind.
As I said on twitter, I have carved out a space to where I go to get news from a few people. You will note that there is a consistency about these folks.
One more time. This is the space I've carved for myself. These are the people, to my my mind, who are doing the news. Thank you, again. https://t.co/xuKQBGAUAf
The media feels comfortable because they assume people just won’t come together to challenge them in a unified, collective way. It is too big of an issue, they think.
I don’t know how we do it, but I wonder if, in the same vein as we have done with phone banking for our candidates, we can organize and perhaps choose a specific day to go after one major media outlet at a time — bombarding the newsroom, their executives, the advertising lines — every segment of the organization. We continue to do this on a sustained basis.
If possible, couple that with the kind of protest we see in the streets now against Birther.
I don’t know, I am so frustrated. I just want to do something before these people help to completely ruin this country.
Yes We Can!
I vote we organize with massive sustained call ins to every major media outfit daily until they do their jobs, newsrooms, executives, etc.
MSM reports that voters dismissed DJT inflammatory bigotry before election (#JustPolitics), so chances are good will continue to do so now. https://t.co/MlUnnTPTlc
Take-away from the @monkeycageblog article posted above:
1/ Must have enough coherence to move together, enough decentralization to produce innovation to evade the most severe forms of repression. https://t.co/gj2oWOe8TY
africa, I feel as strongly as you do about the worthless msm and have be advocating that they must be punished in some way. I am willing to try anything that gets the message to them.
On a happy note, I received my copy of Vogue Magazine in the mail yesterday with our beautiful First Lady on the front. It brought a smile to my otherwise unhappy face.
Writing this makes me so sad that we lost the elections. Now, the Jackass-elect is speaking of healing after all the racist things he said, the vitriol he spewed. What a shame!
——
President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will not pursue further investigations of Hillary Clinton’s private email server or the Clinton Foundation, according to his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway.
Trump’s decision represents a significant break from a major campaign promise — at the second presidential debate in early October, Trump threatened Clinton, saying that “if I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation.”
Conway said Clinton “still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don’t find her to be honest or trustworthy,” but added that “if Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that’s a good thing to do.”
He will break every single of his racist, hateful, promises before he takes the oath of office…..and the ONLY ones that will care are the white supremacists. He will do exactly the opposite and follow the GOP tax cuts, try to gut Medicare, Medicaid, SS, ship more jobs overseas, and bankrupt the entire country.
Today is the 53rd anniversary of the JFK assassination. This photo is of Pres & Mrs Kennedy arriving in Dallas that morning. pic.twitter.com/6pbMcOIYsn
How Ryan Plans to Undermine Obamacare
by Nancy LeTourneau – November 22, 2016 8:44 AM PO
// ……………………………..
From the time the exchanges were implemented, House Republicans have refused to appropriate the money for these cost-sharing subsidies. The Obama administration found a work-around for that in tying them to the tax credits which are available to enrollees. In House vs Burwell, Republicans challenged that work-around and won a ruling from a DC Circuit Court Judge. Payment of the subsidies has continued awaiting appeal by the administration.
…………………..
This is classic Republicanism – especially the kind we’ve seen from Speaker Paul Ryan. What it amounts to is that they do what they can to ensure the failure of government programs and then claim that their condemnation of those programs was correct. It is similar to what Ryan is likely to try to do with Medicare. The plan is to remove the Obamacare cost savings to that program and then claim that Medicare is going broke and needs to be privatized.
This is a deeply dishonest way to govern. But I suspect that someone like Ryan is aware of the fact that most Americans won’t dig deep enough into their shenanigans to blame them for undermining successful programs rather than working to improve their functioning. In the end, if the Speaker was so confident that the American people would support his Randian views, he could be honest and tell us what he wants to do. Instead he engages in this kind of subterfuge because he thinks he can fool us.
On his radio show, Chris Christie said he reminded Trump he’d like to finish out his term as New Jersey governor. Meaning he may not be invited to be part of the administration.
Lucky for the world at large, but poor New Jersey. Ugh.
Hello TOD.
It’s snowing now.
Thanks NW for the AAA+ you really are 🙂
Congrats, Joyfulmeme on your Golden ⭐
{{{{ ❤ Chips ❤ }}}}
Congrats to all Gold ⭐ winners since the 18th of Nov. I have got a load of Stuff to catch up on 😉
WH Presser is 2/3+ in & LIVE with Josh "The Voice" Earnest presiding
Here are 3
1. Call to action: call your representative and ask him/her to support Katherine Clark’s Presidential Accountability Act which would require the President and VP to avoid potential conflicts of interest. Also express your concern about the appointment of Steve Bannon as white house advisor. http://usecalltoaction.com/
2. Call Senator Lindsey Graham’s office at (202) 224-5972, push 2 if you get the recording.
Tell the staff member “I support Senator Graham’s investigation into Russia’s participation in the election of Donald Trump.”
3. Call the House Oversight Committee at 202) 225-5074
Tell them you support the call for a bipartisan review of Trump’s financials and conflicts of interests.
Linda, these are great! Thanks so much for offering positive recommendations for involvement. I’ve taken down this information and will get involved during my lunchtime today.
I am also planning to join ACLU and SPLC as I need to prioritize now. I have to put keeping the Constitutional rights of all as my first priority. Getting Dems into the majority in the Senate and House is second. Not allowing all the good PBO did along with our social protection programs is next. Actually preserving our freedom and way of life overarches all.
Good afternoon Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Tuesday Afternoon. Congrats Joyfulmeme, on being first this morning.
Nerdy, thanks so much for helping Ms. Chips and the sacrifices you are making for us TOD’ers. 💫🙏👌👊❤
To all, I hope that your heart is filled with generosity, goodwill, and graciousness today. ❤ ❤ ❤
Notwithstanding the nightmare of BuffoonTrump in the Whitehouse, I am more than ever Thankful to God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆
I love President Obama and Vice President Biden, I think I’ve made that clear.
I despise Trump and Pence, their thoughts and deeds, all their followers, their spokespeople, and their supporters.
And now Trump has already said he does not plan to “go after” Hillary Clinton (“She’s been through enough”), Reince Priebus says (no doubt on Trump’s behalf, because he’s his puppet now) that certainly there won’t be any little ol’ Muslim registry (don’t be silly), and so on and so on.
And today it has been announced that President Obama has had a few conversations with Trump, since that first ghastly day he had to host him in the Oval Office (before he left and they wiped down everything with Lysol).
Coincidence between the latter point and the former points? I think not. #ThanksObama #MagicalObamaDust
Oh, and, I don’t believe the wall and repeal of Obamacare made it into the “first 100 days” videotaped rant, either, although I couldn’t confirm that – since I don’t listen to Trump.
So all the political media is now saying “Hillary not to be prosecuted” – she was NEVER going to be prosecuted – she committed no crime – but you wouldn’t know that from the US media – and the fools around the world who repeat what they say.
Here is some beauty and grace to feast your eyes on: I was in Barnes and Noble to get the Vogue issue that features MO when I came across special editions of Essence and Rollingstone magazines that feature retrospectives on the Obama years. They will be on stands to Feb. 2017. The Essence publication is named: The Obamas: the White House Years and the Rollingstone’s is The Obama Years: Inside a Historic Presidency.
This may be a trivial thing to remark on … but am i the only one feeling a little sad / queasy about the fact that the last two West Wing Weeks didn´t have their typical last seconds of funnies? 😦
The Obama Diary 
Good Morning
BOOKMARK THIS.
We’re going to need it for the next four years at the very least.
❤️
Speaking of the Press…
That blew up in all their faces, didn’t it?
yup…the press has got to…in the name of Deval Patrick…get some backbone…
I wrote this a few years ago, and thought I’d share on this anniversary… this was “another” beloved President of my generation.
***
Poem for JFK
This is no mere mortal
Who rests here today
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is not a man who hid behind
His mother’s skirts yesterday
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is a man not afraid of saving
His fellow sailor from a scuttled boat
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is a man who dreamed in poetry
This is a man who quoted the masters
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is a man who served in elected office
Although many thought he, far too young
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is a man who knew his God
And brought Him (in his heart) to D.C.
This is a man who went out to sea.
This is a man who loved his little children
A man who played with them, lovingly
And this is a man who went out to sea.
This is not a man to forget
This man who went out to sea
A man whom we lost in 1963.
Rest in peace, President Kennedy ~
Sail On.
Always enjoy your poetry, Jacqueline!
Thanks, Judith.
Right On!
I’m old school too. I call them racists bigots.
Amen
actually the title is White Supremacist…
Good Morning TODers
Hi Nerdy, and thank you keeping this space going.
(((((((((((((((((Chips))))))))))))))))
Good Morning TODers,
So, for the past 8 years, I have been of the thought that the media is a detriment to this country. I watched them coddle the GOP, gave Birther a platform to spread lies about PBO, and often treat PBO disrespectfully. Then came this election, you also saw the one-sided coverage of Hillary, as compared to the Birther. There is something wholly corrupt about the media and we have to do something en masse to push back at them.
After the election, I curled up and felt so helpless and just wanted to shut off everything. Then slowly, I began to peek in here and into my twitter feed and saw the horror emerging.
Most of what Birther has been able to get away with has been sanctioned by the media. They claimed he told too many lies to cover him. They made excuses that they just didn’t know where to start. All of this is bunk. Just this past Sunday, Megyn Kelly stated that networks, not just Fox alone, would pretend to be tough with Birther in public, but were totally different toward him in private.
There are few in the media that are trying to warn us, tell the stories, do the right thing.
But they never get the play, all because of the many, who pretend every now and then to do their jobs, but in fact are corrupt, to my mind.
As I said on twitter, I have carved out a space to where I go to get news from a few people. You will note that there is a consistency about these folks.
But the rest of them have to be challenged.
The media feels comfortable because they assume people just won’t come together to challenge them in a unified, collective way. It is too big of an issue, they think.
I don’t know how we do it, but I wonder if, in the same vein as we have done with phone banking for our candidates, we can organize and perhaps choose a specific day to go after one major media outlet at a time — bombarding the newsroom, their executives, the advertising lines — every segment of the organization. We continue to do this on a sustained basis.
If possible, couple that with the kind of protest we see in the streets now against Birther.
I don’t know, I am so frustrated. I just want to do something before these people help to completely ruin this country.
Yes We Can!
Anybody have any ideas, think it is worth a try?
GM AT2.
We’re living in very dangerous times now.
To combat this situation, take a look at @monkeycageblog (WaPo, which has a limit on articles you can view in front of paywall):
more…
Take-away from the @monkeycageblog article posted above:
Here’s another article, don’t have time to read right now, but if you do, let me know whether or not it’s helpful.
Thank you so much, A415.
I am willing to help with this. Here is a page we can use.
http://fair.org/take-action-now/media-activism-kit/media-contact-list/
Thanks for the suggestion
Thank you so much. And thanks for the list.
africa, I feel as strongly as you do about the worthless msm and have be advocating that they must be punished in some way. I am willing to try anything that gets the message to them.
This is What Happens When You Criticize Donald Trump | Already dissent is being demonized in Donald Trump’s America.
The Resistance with Keith Olbermann | GQ
On a happy note, I received my copy of Vogue Magazine in the mail yesterday with our beautiful First Lady on the front. It brought a smile to my otherwise unhappy face.
Ah, what a beautiful antidote to all this ugliness and pain. She is so radiant and true. Savor every page!
Writing this makes me so sad that we lost the elections. Now, the Jackass-elect is speaking of healing after all the racist things he said, the vitriol he spewed. What a shame!
——
President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will not pursue further investigations of Hillary Clinton’s private email server or the Clinton Foundation, according to his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway.
Trump’s decision represents a significant break from a major campaign promise — at the second presidential debate in early October, Trump threatened Clinton, saying that “if I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation.”
Conway said Clinton “still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don’t find her to be honest or trustworthy,” but added that “if Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that’s a good thing to do.”
He will break every single of his racist, hateful, promises before he takes the oath of office…..and the ONLY ones that will care are the white supremacists. He will do exactly the opposite and follow the GOP tax cuts, try to gut Medicare, Medicaid, SS, ship more jobs overseas, and bankrupt the entire country.
GM TODville.
Saw recent posts here and on Twitter about Gov. Patrick Deval. Here’s an update.
Yes. We need him something fierce.
Wonderful!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
Thank God, finally some good news!!!!!!!!
Another yes, and an amen !
How Ryan Plans to Undermine Obamacare
by Nancy LeTourneau – November 22, 2016 8:44 AM PO
// ……………………………..
From the time the exchanges were implemented, House Republicans have refused to appropriate the money for these cost-sharing subsidies. The Obama administration found a work-around for that in tying them to the tax credits which are available to enrollees. In House vs Burwell, Republicans challenged that work-around and won a ruling from a DC Circuit Court Judge. Payment of the subsidies has continued awaiting appeal by the administration.
…………………..
This is classic Republicanism – especially the kind we’ve seen from Speaker Paul Ryan. What it amounts to is that they do what they can to ensure the failure of government programs and then claim that their condemnation of those programs was correct. It is similar to what Ryan is likely to try to do with Medicare. The plan is to remove the Obamacare cost savings to that program and then claim that Medicare is going broke and needs to be privatized.
This is a deeply dishonest way to govern. But I suspect that someone like Ryan is aware of the fact that most Americans won’t dig deep enough into their shenanigans to blame them for undermining successful programs rather than working to improve their functioning. In the end, if the Speaker was so confident that the American people would support his Randian views, he could be honest and tell us what he wants to do. Instead he engages in this kind of subterfuge because he thinks he can fool us.
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/11/22/how-ryan-plans-to-undermine-obamacare/
On his radio show, Chris Christie said he reminded Trump he’d like to finish out his term as New Jersey governor. Meaning he may not be invited to be part of the administration.
Lucky for the world at large, but poor New Jersey. Ugh.
hahahahaha – Christie trying to explain why there is no job for him in the administration.
Fingers crossed!
Hello TOD.
It’s snowing now.
Thanks NW for the AAA+ you really are 🙂
Congrats, Joyfulmeme on your Golden ⭐
{{{{ ❤ Chips ❤ }}}}
Congrats to all Gold ⭐ winners since the 18th of Nov. I have got a load of Stuff to catch up on 😉
WH Presser is 2/3+ in & LIVE with Josh "The Voice" Earnest presiding
Thank you, Nena!
Just recently joined Pantsuit Nation in my area.
Their website is a great resource for daily acts.
Here are 3
1. Call to action: call your representative and ask him/her to support Katherine Clark’s Presidential Accountability Act which would require the President and VP to avoid potential conflicts of interest. Also express your concern about the appointment of Steve Bannon as white house advisor. http://usecalltoaction.com/
2. Call Senator Lindsey Graham’s office at (202) 224-5972, push 2 if you get the recording.
Tell the staff member “I support Senator Graham’s investigation into Russia’s participation in the election of Donald Trump.”
3. Call the House Oversight Committee at 202) 225-5074
Tell them you support the call for a bipartisan review of Trump’s financials and conflicts of interests.
Linda, these are great! Thanks so much for offering positive recommendations for involvement. I’ve taken down this information and will get involved during my lunchtime today.
Me too. I will try to send to Randi Rhodes too!
My daughter invited me to join a few days after the election and I did.
I am also planning to join ACLU and SPLC as I need to prioritize now. I have to put keeping the Constitutional rights of all as my first priority. Getting Dems into the majority in the Senate and House is second. Not allowing all the good PBO did along with our social protection programs is next. Actually preserving our freedom and way of life overarches all.
Good afternoon Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Tuesday Afternoon. Congrats Joyfulmeme, on being first this morning.
Nerdy, thanks so much for helping Ms. Chips and the sacrifices you are making for us TOD’ers. 💫🙏👌👊❤
To all, I hope that your heart is filled with generosity, goodwill, and graciousness today. ❤ ❤ ❤
Notwithstanding the nightmare of BuffoonTrump in the Whitehouse, I am more than ever Thankful to God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆
I love President Obama and Vice President Biden, I think I’ve made that clear.
I despise Trump and Pence, their thoughts and deeds, all their followers, their spokespeople, and their supporters.
And now Trump has already said he does not plan to “go after” Hillary Clinton (“She’s been through enough”), Reince Priebus says (no doubt on Trump’s behalf, because he’s his puppet now) that certainly there won’t be any little ol’ Muslim registry (don’t be silly), and so on and so on.
And today it has been announced that President Obama has had a few conversations with Trump, since that first ghastly day he had to host him in the Oval Office (before he left and they wiped down everything with Lysol).
Coincidence between the latter point and the former points? I think not. #ThanksObama #MagicalObamaDust
Oh, and, I don’t believe the wall and repeal of Obamacare made it into the “first 100 days” videotaped rant, either, although I couldn’t confirm that – since I don’t listen to Trump.
So all the political media is now saying “Hillary not to be prosecuted” – she was NEVER going to be prosecuted – she committed no crime – but you wouldn’t know that from the US media – and the fools around the world who repeat what they say.
Here is some beauty and grace to feast your eyes on: I was in Barnes and Noble to get the Vogue issue that features MO when I came across special editions of Essence and Rollingstone magazines that feature retrospectives on the Obama years. They will be on stands to Feb. 2017. The Essence publication is named: The Obamas: the White House Years and the Rollingstone’s is The Obama Years: Inside a Historic Presidency.
Thanks for that! I’ll be on the look-out.
This may be a trivial thing to remark on … but am i the only one feeling a little sad / queasy about the fact that the last two West Wing Weeks didn´t have their typical last seconds of funnies? 😦
I have been seeing an ad for PBO and FLOTUS scheduled to appear with Oprah on her OWN channel on Thanksgiving day. Anybody else see this?
Yes. It’s a repeat of the Thanksgiving Special she did with them some years ago.
It’ll be great to re-watch.
Thanks, Nerdy. Will be looking forward to watching it.
Yes. I keep my TV on OWN unless I’m watching Shonda Rhimes shows on ABC.
Last year…
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/11/22/president-obama-awards-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom-2/