You are correct Linda, I never doubted him either. And we can count on him, I believe, to make certain that Trump will be unable to change/reverse this decision.
Democrats should repeatedly remind the media of this! The majority of Americans voted against Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton is currently leading Trump in the popular vote by more than 2.5 million votes. Of the 8 presidential candidates of the 21st Century, both the winners and the losers, on John McCain won less percentage of the popular vote than Donald Trump. The other six (Gore, Bush, Kerry, Obama, Romney, and Clinton) won much higher percentages of the popular vote than Donald Trump. Actually, Trump’s percentageof the popular vote is only 0.3% higher than that of John McCain in 2008. Mr. P**sy Grabber may have won the undemocratic electoral vote, but he certainly did not win a mandate from the majority of Americans!
I am amazed that people sat home on their behinds and allow such a dam idiot to win. Alot of people know that they or someone they know, some family member depends on Medicare, but yet they elected people who talks of doing away with Medicare. What kind of sense does that make?
It makes zero sense, bella. However, folks are blinded by hate and fear. Hate and fear of “the other”. Someone might ‘get’ something that only they should get. Selfishness, Greed. Our sermon this morning was partly about greed. Pastor made this statement. Greed has noting to do with finances. It is a spiritual issue. So true. A spiritual issue makes it about love and care and compassion and empathy and generosity and……..
Thankful to see the news about the Dakota Pipeline! 🙂
I will not stop trying to have every American informed as to what the duties of the Electoral College are and hope all of you will join VC, Betsy, df and Gail in spreading the word …
Bob, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your perseverance!
I feel that this is America’s “Hail Mary” pass. If you could just motivate everyone here on TOD (lurkers included) who says DT will never be their president, to email or tweet the EC video to their local Dem leaders and to everyone in their Contacts, I do believe that our voices will be heard.
President Obama says that “WE” are the people we’ve been waiting for. Now is the time to make this final sincere effort – collectively.
If someone from Canada could locate the video and post it for us, then surely, we American’s can pick up this ball and run to the end zone.
“President Obama says that “WE” are the people we’ve been waiting for. Now is the time to make this final sincere effort – collectively.”
ABSOLUTELY Gail!!!
We have 14 days + a few hours to get the job done.
Given the number of Twitter followers that NW and Chips have, just imagine the impact if they share the video. Small actions like that can have significant impact.
The Sioux Natives never wavered in their belief that POTUS would assist on this matter to the extent that he could – it was some of the Bernie-bots and Stein-bots who used the opportunity to take cheap shots at our President and HRC. And watch those same individuals move the goal posts now…
I’m just waiting for Tulsi to tell us she made Obama do it. Ugh.
Of course we’ve known all along that PBO was quietly working behind the scenes to assure that any action he takes will have lasting impact– not just in this case, but as a precedent. Trust Barack is a motto for the ages.
Well what do you know!:) I bet she was a great young woman then too:) Did you know her well? She would be happy to know you, I bet. How you doing, yardarm? Hope all is well. You graduated when I was born:) 1957 was a good year:)
There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law that requires Electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their states. Some states, however, require Electors to cast their votes according to the popular vote. These pledges fall into two categories—Electors bound by state law and those bound by pledges to political parties.
Truthfully, I would have re-worded that tweet (if an imposing presence can loom!!!!):
The imposing presence of President Obama looms before Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington, while the former pays tribute to Kennedy Center honorees.
Linda, he won’t ever be in charge of DC. He’s a typical drifter of USA. That should scare everyone. DC will survive, USA … well that’s up to all of us. DC is part & parcel of USA, it’s not the bogey man the politicos yell about at election time. Instead of yelling “DC” every time, they need to yell, “See Me rake in my very own retirement fund, fools!”
All that matters is that we #STOPtrump, Jacqueline, as I know you realize. If I contributed even a nanoparticle to the critical mass to achieve that goal, I’d be delighted!! Thank you …
Hmm…good question. I plan to at least record it on my DVR. It’s being hosted by Fareed Zakaria, which gives me a glimmer of hope that it will be decent for the most part. The link has further details, and I feel okay with what I’ve read. But it remains to be seen how the material will be presented!! 🙂
Thankfully, I cut-off the cable in 2010 when CNN was feaverishly promoting the tea baggers! So,I don’t have to be tempted to watch CNN distorting President Obama’s record of accomplishments.
Thank you so much J’OB. I don’t comment much because I sign on very late. But I always read your marvelous poetry, which inspires me and keeps me sane. I hope your son is continuing to mend and is doing much better. Blessings to you and your family.
It doesn’t matter to the Speaker of the House that million people voted illegally. Trump isn’t the only lying racists disgusting idiot.The Republican Party is something to fear, because they have no character, no values or morals.
I hate our zombie Congress, the only thing standing between DJT and who-knows-what-horrors. Heard this on the radio (before they switched to football):
Greedy GOP Congress are wholeheartedly supporting a corrupt authoritarian who is ripping our Constitution to shreds to get what they want — everything in private hands with no regulation (including our food, our water, and our landscape) and no taxes for themselves.
P.S. – Was wondering what your favorite color is (are?) — would you be willing to disclose on a public forum like this? (Hope your answer is yes.)
GM JO’B, thanks for your reply, which applies to me too (at the moment). 😀
For the past decade or so, have had a “thing” for citrus (yellowish) orange, not red (don’t like red at all, though in early elementary school it was my favorite color, go figure) — am immediately drawn to any object that color.
But for most of my life, I was a huge fan of anything in the lavender-violet range — purple was my color.
Have to admit, I did go through a teal phase, crazy about anything from aqua-turquoise-seafoam green-deep teal (during the early 90s had the cutest Dodge Colt teal hatchback — loved the color!).
Fun talking about colors, in a great mood now 😀 , which happens very seldom since Nov 7, especially once I open the Internet 😦 .
Let’s stay in the good moods, as much as we can! As each day (since Nov. 7) passes, I’m feeling more and more positive we can win back our sanity – not to mention our country. Not sure how, but we must and we will.
J’OB, Danny Zuker is absolutely right! We the majority of Americans who voted against Trump have the power to stop Trump from imposing his radical agenda on our country.
So the one black guy that Trump knows is going to run HUD. What are Dr. Carson’s qualifications besides living in public housing when he was a child? If that’s the case then I’m qualified to be a Medical Examiner because as a child I watched “Quincy”.
I didn’t even THINK of that! Surgeon General, though? By the time Dr. Carson got a couple words out, a new cure could be found for cancer. I don’t know… He said he wasn’t qualified for ANY Cabinet pick….wonder what changed his $$$$/access
And mark my words that during the confirmation process when Carson comes under tough questions the Republicans will cry “he’s being attacked because he’s black.”
Native American reservations cover just 2 percent of the United States, but they may contain about a fifth of the nation’s oil and gas, along with vast coal reserves.
Now, a group of advisors to President-elect Donald Trump on Native American issues wants to free those resources from what they call a suffocating federal bureaucracy that holds title to 56 million acres of tribal lands, two chairmen of the coalition told Reuters in exclusive interviews.
The group proposes to put those lands into private ownership – a politically explosive idea that could upend more than century of policy designed to preserve Indian tribes on U.S.-owned reservations, which are governed by tribal leaders as sovereign nations.
The tribes have rights to use the land, but they do not own it. They can drill it and reap the profits, but only under regulations that are far more burdensome than those applied to private property.
“We should take tribal land away from public treatment,” said Markwayne Mullin, a Republican U.S. Representative from Oklahoma and a Cherokee tribe member who is co-chairing Trump’s Native American Affairs Coalition. “As long as we can do it without unintended consequences, I think we will have broad support around Indian country.”
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.” ~~ B.H. Obama
Does anyone know about cuts to medicare in this Bill? Why is Ms. Warren saying this is a blank check for Big Pharma?
am emerging from dead computer. I am not sure is this will post.
Hello TOD 😉
those of us who trust PBO’s judgment expected this to be the end result.
now focus should be on the corrupt administration that is corrupt to the core
You are correct Linda, I never doubted him either. And we can count on him, I believe, to make certain that Trump will be unable to change/reverse this decision.
Thus is awesome. I was hoping he would.
Democrats should repeatedly remind the media of this! The majority of Americans voted against Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton is currently leading Trump in the popular vote by more than 2.5 million votes. Of the 8 presidential candidates of the 21st Century, both the winners and the losers, on John McCain won less percentage of the popular vote than Donald Trump. The other six (Gore, Bush, Kerry, Obama, Romney, and Clinton) won much higher percentages of the popular vote than Donald Trump. Actually, Trump’s percentageof the popular vote is only 0.3% higher than that of John McCain in 2008. Mr. P**sy Grabber may have won the undemocratic electoral vote, but he certainly did not win a mandate from the majority of Americans!
I am amazed that people sat home on their behinds and allow such a dam idiot to win. Alot of people know that they or someone they know, some family member depends on Medicare, but yet they elected people who talks of doing away with Medicare. What kind of sense does that make?
It makes zero sense, bella. However, folks are blinded by hate and fear. Hate and fear of “the other”. Someone might ‘get’ something that only they should get. Selfishness, Greed. Our sermon this morning was partly about greed. Pastor made this statement. Greed has noting to do with finances. It is a spiritual issue. So true. A spiritual issue makes it about love and care and compassion and empathy and generosity and……..
Thankful to see the news about the Dakota Pipeline! 🙂
Hope all of you are enjoying your day ….
I will not stop trying to have every American informed as to what the duties of the Electoral College are and hope all of you will join VC, Betsy, df and Gail in spreading the word …
And, how poignant would it be if Lin-Manuel Miranda amp’d the message ….
#OnePersonOneVote
YES WE CAN
Suggest all of you Follow @HamiltonElectors …
YUP ….
We’ve got a little over 14 days to prevent Trump being elected …. you will not want to ‘see’ what happens if we don’t stop him, I guarantee that ….
Definitely worth the time to read the entire series of her tweets ….
Glad that you posted these tweets. Spot on
Bob, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your perseverance!
I feel that this is America’s “Hail Mary” pass. If you could just motivate everyone here on TOD (lurkers included) who says DT will never be their president, to email or tweet the EC video to their local Dem leaders and to everyone in their Contacts, I do believe that our voices will be heard.
President Obama says that “WE” are the people we’ve been waiting for. Now is the time to make this final sincere effort – collectively.
If someone from Canada could locate the video and post it for us, then surely, we American’s can pick up this ball and run to the end zone.
“President Obama says that “WE” are the people we’ve been waiting for. Now is the time to make this final sincere effort – collectively.”
ABSOLUTELY Gail!!!
We have 14 days + a few hours to get the job done.
Given the number of Twitter followers that NW and Chips have, just imagine the impact if they share the video. Small actions like that can have significant impact.
We must STOP TRUMP – NOW.
YES WE CAN
🙂 🙂 Relaxed and happy! My favourite family and my favourite Department secretary (from Dec 2014 Christmas Tree lighting)
BEGINNING SHORTLY…
Thanks JER!
Thanks JER! Now, what day/time will the Performance appear?
Love you 😘 JER!
The Sioux Natives never wavered in their belief that POTUS would assist on this matter to the extent that he could – it was some of the Bernie-bots and Stein-bots who used the opportunity to take cheap shots at our President and HRC. And watch those same individuals move the goal posts now…
I’m just waiting for Tulsi to tell us she made Obama do it. Ugh.
Of course we’ve known all along that PBO was quietly working behind the scenes to assure that any action he takes will have lasting impact– not just in this case, but as a precedent. Trust Barack is a motto for the ages.
neither did people who have been listening closely and trust PBO’s judgement and fairness to all;
the O-doubters will just move on to the next shinny object – they love to be in a perpetual state of anger against him
❤️🌹🙏🏻🌹❤️
🙂 🙂
Mavis was my high school classmate–Parker High 1957.
Well what do you know!:) I bet she was a great young woman then too:) Did you know her well? She would be happy to know you, I bet. How you doing, yardarm? Hope all is well. You graduated when I was born:) 1957 was a good year:)
Unfortunately Mavis has ignored numerous attempts to come to our class reunions that we hold every 5 years. nuff said.
Yardarm…..so glad to meet someone else who graduated the same year I did! Yes, it was a good year…..
There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law that requires Electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their states. Some states, however, require Electors to cast their votes according to the popular vote. These pledges fall into two categories—Electors bound by state law and those bound by pledges to political parties.
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/electors.html#restrictions
This article made me proud of my fellow south sounders. It is heart warming to know that people left “love” notes at the Islamic Center.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/matt-driscoll/article118641308.html
Truthfully, I would have re-worded that tweet (if an imposing presence can loom!!!!):
The imposing presence of President Obama looms before Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington, while the former pays tribute to Kennedy Center honorees.
VOA’s Straight Talk Africa on PBO’s impact in Africa. This a wonderful tribute, please watch when you have a moment.
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http://www.voanews.com/a/3617680.html
Gazelle,
Thanks for sharing this.
You’re welcome! Interesting panel, eh? 🙂
BIG MESSAGE here, everyone … We Can STOP Trump … and We MUST ….
YES WE CAN
correct. Fools all.
Sorry…this landed in the wrong place…should have been the comment to “whistling past the graveyard”
NP df … knew that’s where you intended to ‘land’ … 🙂
🙂 Thanks:)
trouble from Europe – PM Renzo resigns;
many changes lie ahead of the world – and a madman will soon be in charge of DC;
we have to work harder that we ever imagined as we defend and improve democracy around the world.
the movement to save democracy must be coordinated at the different grassroots across all parts of the world.
through collective efforts, we need to share tactics of organizing and make them applicable to our specific circumstances.
but it must be done
Linda, he won’t ever be in charge of DC. He’s a typical drifter of USA. That should scare everyone. DC will survive, USA … well that’s up to all of us. DC is part & parcel of USA, it’s not the bogey man the politicos yell about at election time. Instead of yelling “DC” every time, they need to yell, “See Me rake in my very own retirement fund, fools!”
Yep, DC is always focused on moving forward – I love how they constantly demonstrate this with their votes
I liked PM Renzo
Read his whole TL. Stupid needs to be STOPPED
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Hi DF. I get sick to my stomach every day when I wake up and face the sad reality that DT may become our President.
So do I. That is still the first thing I think of when I wake up. EVERY day. Sick to stomach is literal much of the time, not figuretatively.
Everyone, please RT this!
#STOPtrump
YES WE CAN
Secretary Clinton, ‘the fighter,’ is truly going to have to fight to save our Democracy. It’s just what it is.
Bob – I like to think you had something to do with that. I could say “I knew Bob ‘when'” !!!!
All that matters is that we #STOPtrump, Jacqueline, as I know you realize. If I contributed even a nanoparticle to the critical mass to achieve that goal, I’d be delighted!! Thank you …
This is CNN….dare i watch it?
Hmm…good question. I plan to at least record it on my DVR. It’s being hosted by Fareed Zakaria, which gives me a glimmer of hope that it will be decent for the most part. The link has further details, and I feel okay with what I’ve read. But it remains to be seen how the material will be presented!! 🙂
I will wait to watch in rerun if it is decent.
Thankfully, I cut-off the cable in 2010 when CNN was feaverishly promoting the tea baggers! So,I don’t have to be tempted to watch CNN distorting President Obama’s record of accomplishments.
Good for you. I barely watch it at all now. If I thought for a minute this documentary were fair, I might watch. But I don’t, so I won’t.
And good evening to you, nath! Nice to see you here.
Thank you so much J’OB. I don’t comment much because I sign on very late. But I always read your marvelous poetry, which inspires me and keeps me sane. I hope your son is continuing to mend and is doing much better. Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you so very much, nath. All the best to you and your family, too!
President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremony for the 2016 Kennedy Center honorees December 4, 2016 in the East Room of the White House.
Seriously ….
YES WE CAN
he keeps doing this … thinks it is a game … there people in the world who will be equally unstable and who knows what follows
hope Monday is a better day … that is if someone can take his phone away
I saw Aretha follow PBO & FLOTUS out of the room.
It doesn’t matter to the Speaker of the House that million people voted illegally. Trump isn’t the only lying racists disgusting idiot.The Republican Party is something to fear, because they have no character, no values or morals.
GE JO’B.
I hate our zombie Congress, the only thing standing between DJT and who-knows-what-horrors. Heard this on the radio (before they switched to football):
Greedy GOP Congress are wholeheartedly supporting a corrupt authoritarian who is ripping our Constitution to shreds to get what they want — everything in private hands with no regulation (including our food, our water, and our landscape) and no taxes for themselves.
P.S. – Was wondering what your favorite color is (are?) — would you be willing to disclose on a public forum like this? (Hope your answer is yes.)
Unfortunately, I agree with your assessment.
And, in response to your P.S. (Ha!) – at the moment, my favorite color is teal blue. Yours?
GM JO’B, thanks for your reply, which applies to me too (at the moment). 😀
For the past decade or so, have had a “thing” for citrus (yellowish) orange, not red (don’t like red at all, though in early elementary school it was my favorite color, go figure) — am immediately drawn to any object that color.
But for most of my life, I was a huge fan of anything in the lavender-violet range — purple was my color.
Have to admit, I did go through a teal phase, crazy about anything from aqua-turquoise-seafoam green-deep teal (during the early 90s had the cutest Dodge Colt teal hatchback — loved the color!).
Fun talking about colors, in a great mood now 😀 , which happens very seldom since Nov 7, especially once I open the Internet 😦 .
Let’s stay in the good moods, as much as we can! As each day (since Nov. 7) passes, I’m feeling more and more positive we can win back our sanity – not to mention our country. Not sure how, but we must and we will.
GE/GM TODville.
So grateful for the #DAPL decision today.
This is well worth viewing, IMO — these guys look so young, hard to believe they been to war multiple times:
From meta’s Twitter timeline:
And here’s my contribution to the moment (not a very good photo because the flash went off in the fading light today):
BTW, until Jan 21, 2017, MSM should pay attention to what our POTUS has to say about resolving matters.
Your tribute is BEAUTIFUL!
Beautiful
J’OB, Danny Zuker is absolutely right! We the majority of Americans who voted against Trump have the power to stop Trump from imposing his radical agenda on our country.
Goodnight TOD ….
Good Morning TOD.
good morning everyone! have a fantastic day
What in the WORLD does Ben Carson know about being a housing secretary? That’s who shitgibbon chose. OMG
When the orange man knows nothing about governing, why would we expect the cabinet to know anything. My nephew works for HUD. I feel sorry for him.
Jennifer Rubin actually said the “L” word?? WOW.
A HAND recount. Starts today
So the one black guy that Trump knows is going to run HUD. What are Dr. Carson’s qualifications besides living in public housing when he was a child? If that’s the case then I’m qualified to be a Medical Examiner because as a child I watched “Quincy”.
zacklee. gets more terrifying every day
As I just read…
Why not Surgeon General for Carson? No! No! He is black. Put him in public housing. I get it.
I didn’t even THINK of that! Surgeon General, though? By the time Dr. Carson got a couple words out, a new cure could be found for cancer. I don’t know… He said he wasn’t qualified for ANY Cabinet pick….wonder what changed his $$$$/access
Joe Madison said the same thing on his show this morning, JER.
And mark my words that during the confirmation process when Carson comes under tough questions the Republicans will cry “he’s being attacked because he’s black.”
Bet the house on it
Trump on Carson pick as HUD secretary: “Ben shares my optimism about the future of our country” http://abcn.ws/2h9EUAe
The Ultimate Taker
You don’t say…
Sorry:) Made me laugh:)
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/12/05/the-president-and-the-kennedy-center-honorees/
Follow the $$$
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tribes-insight-idUSKBN13U1B1
Native American reservations cover just 2 percent of the United States, but they may contain about a fifth of the nation’s oil and gas, along with vast coal reserves.
Now, a group of advisors to President-elect Donald Trump on Native American issues wants to free those resources from what they call a suffocating federal bureaucracy that holds title to 56 million acres of tribal lands, two chairmen of the coalition told Reuters in exclusive interviews.
The group proposes to put those lands into private ownership – a politically explosive idea that could upend more than century of policy designed to preserve Indian tribes on U.S.-owned reservations, which are governed by tribal leaders as sovereign nations.
The tribes have rights to use the land, but they do not own it. They can drill it and reap the profits, but only under regulations that are far more burdensome than those applied to private property.
“We should take tribal land away from public treatment,” said Markwayne Mullin, a Republican U.S. Representative from Oklahoma and a Cherokee tribe member who is co-chairing Trump’s Native American Affairs Coalition. “As long as we can do it without unintended consequences, I think we will have broad support around Indian country.”