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Thank you NW {{{{hugs}}}}
Congrats girl!!!
Hey girl, thanks ❤
Just like when Palin put targets on various politicians and a gunman shot and killed several folks including Gabby Giffords. This is what Republicans do — incite violence.
OBL is dead.
Thank you PBO
He is speaking truth!
He’s teaching history class right now. Doing a damn good job.
The entire country needs this history lesson! So much willful ignorance about what we are and how we got here. I bet he will do A LOT of teaching after January 20.
Bob, re your comments on previous threads: Do you think Biden’s “announcement” about 2020 is a diversionary tactic to get the talking heads yakking while events take place quietly? I know that whenever PBO goes quiet during a time when others are yelling, that interesting things always happen.
God bless President Barack Obama. You are a shining example of what is best in our country and the world
Thank you President Obama.
The larger the gap gets, the more sick I feel
Thank you for posting this. President Obama is speaking such truth it is almost overwhelming. I hope this will be played over and over again as people try to live through and cope with the coming obscenity that is Trump’s reign of corruption and fascism.
TODers – try it. You will discover that it is cathartic.
http://Www.asktheelectors.org is a simple tool to reach out to electors directly — use it to voice your concerns, and offer your support and thanks for their conscientious votes for Hillary Clinton.
I did this. You’re right, it felt GOOD! Thank you for providing this address.
I’m so glad it helped you carolyn. {{{Hugs}}}
I did it Gail. You’re right, it felt good. Thanks for providing the address.
sorry for the repeat…..didn’t realize it had posted the first time.
Actually the address was provided to TOD by our wonderful and always ready to lend us an assist; our very own Bobfr 🙂
And if you have done this, in heartfelt sincerity, you will have received the auto-response from the office of L. Scott Mann in Texas, basically saying too effing bad for you, I am voting for #donthecon because I am an idiot. So there. What a loser.
Pamela, I received a “thank you” email from team@asktheelectors. My letter is posted on the site for viewing.
You were luckier than I, GGail! I lost many hours of much needed sleep and rest, after reading this empty and unconcerned response from an elector. I do have a reply formulating in my brain, however, and will send it, knowing he won’t read it and it will make no difference. 🕉
There’s respect in Mark’s “voice” in that tweet. Nice.
It’s about time. All he did this eight years was talk about how many times he played golf.
He’ll miss that, even.
Exactly. Which is why this one was so noticeable!
This is awesome!
I love this man!
I am grateful to have been part of this blog. Grateful we have a president of this caliber. PLEASE electors do the right thing, and save us from the trauma of a Trump presidency.
someone might need to hear this;
Pete Souza — President Obama listens to the National Anthem backstage before making remarks today at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.
You just gotta love this President. He does the right thing in private and in public ❤️
Pete Souza — President Obama makes remarks today on national security at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.
wow–another great souza photo
Just finished watching his speech. POTUS was awesome as usual. He definitely put it out there and let the Donald know what he has to do .
Thank you Nerdy, I have been lurking for awhile. My mind has been working overtime and I can’t type as fast as the little pea brain is working. I am just trying to keep myself calm. Thank you for keeping this sight going and Thank you to all the TOD family here that keep us in tune. (((hugs))) to you all.
Every time I hear our President speak and learn from his wisdom, humanity, compassion and belief our country, I feel so grateful to have lived during the Obama era. And I fear for what is ahead of us, but I do believe that the Obamas are not done leading this country, and that perhaps they will be freer to share their vision and strengths when they are not constrained by being POTUS and FLOTUS. They are incomparable.
Well said.
the gop is really going to hurt so many of us if it repeals the ACA
I learned things from this interview
what did you learn
Hi, everyone!
I don’t remember hearing this – did you? And is it still on?
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to visit Canada
NewsU.S. Vice President Joe Biden to visit Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
November 29, 2016
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, today officially announced that Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America, will undertake an official visit to Canada on December 8 and 9, 2016.
During his visit, Vice President Biden will attend an official dinner in his honour and meet with Prime Minister Trudeau.
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“I look forward to meeting with Vice President Biden and discussing the strength of our two countries’ relationship. Canada has no closer friend, partner, and ally than the U.S., and our relationship with our neighbour to the south is critical to citizens on both sides of the border.”
– Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
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I went looking through PM Trudeau’s TL, and sure enough there was a tweet on the subject. [Man, I hate being out of the loop, but at least I caught it before the visit (tho too late to get myself to our “Capitol Hill”)! 😀 ]
Wow VC, this is neat! I’m sorry you won’t be able to be there to represent TOD 😊
Keep us posted
😀 😀 Hi G². I can’t even promise to keep you posted as I’m so busy running around (after my tail) these days, I rarely get enough time online! We’ll see how it goes.
Okay 😊
‘Old’ news, but hey, it looks like happy news so it’s welcomed. [Of course, the situation reminds me of another leader….;) ]
GE VC.
Saw a fleeting tweet on this I think, thanks for the reminder.
From a week ago:
And for good measure:
😀 TY, Arap.
Thoughtful of England to ‘throw Canada in with the deal’.
Howdy folks! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving 🙂
I’m still amazed by this video….a little of the backstory (the guy is actually a zookeeper)
“…IT’S been dubbed the most Aussie video you’ll ever see — a man dressed in a flanno squaring off with a big roo in the rugged Australian bush. Overnight, the footage of zookeeper Greig Tonkins went viral after the kangaroo put his hunting dog Max in a vicious headlock. But while the world has been caught up in the #Straya of the toe-to-toe, there’s much more to the story than meets the eye. “This hunting trip was put together for a sick young man called Kailem who passed away from cancer last week,” said Mathew Amor, who organized the hunting trip in June when the incident occurred. Mr Amor told news.com.au he decided to organize a small group of friends, including Kailem and Greig Tonkins, to go on the boar hunting trip at his property in Condobolin, New South Wales, after hearing about Kailem’s deteriorating condition.
“Basically Kailem wanted to catch a boar,” Mr Amor said. “And so a few of us got together to take him out, and another mate filmed more than an hour of video to put together as a DVD for Kailem and his family of the trip.” The DVD included the minute of footage that has since gone viral.
…“My mate has a good government job, so he’s gone pretty quiet on this,” Mr Amor laughed. “We were driving along, the dogs are loose. They are trained to smell pig’s blood, and picked up a scent. “The dogs went past 20 kangaroos, which they are trained not to touch. “Anyway, this big buck got a hold of my friend’s dog. It just grabbed him.” It’s been confirmed that Mr Tonkins is a zookeeper at Taronga’s Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo. “Taronga Western Plains Zoo can confirm that Greig Tonkins is an employee at Taronga Western Plains Zoo,” a spokesperson for the zoo said in a statement. “Good animal welfare and the protection of Australian wildlife are of the utmost importance to Taronga…Mr Amor said while he hadn’t seen anything like it before, a few older hunter’s had witnessed kangaroos behave in a similar way out in the wild before. “He [hunter] went in to save the dog but when the roo turned towards him, he stood his ground as well until all the dogs were safe,” Mr Amor said. “The dog Max was fine, just startled because the kangaroo had a hold of him.” Mr Amor said the dog got away unscathed thanks to a chest plate, which usually protects them from boar tusks. But as for the kangaroo? “My mate only stunned it,” Mr Amor said. “His hand was OK, he didn’t hit it very hard at all. “It was funny because the guy who did it is the most placid bloke. We laughed at him for chucking such a sh*t punch.”
He did this once.
Just because….
Oops! Forgot to say this was a memory lane video clip.
day-um
Good Lord!
June 2014
One of my favorite pictures of POTUS and FLOTUS
Mine too. Photo on my desktop
😎
JER, thank you for posting roses among the thorns 🌹🌹🌹🌹
GE TODville.
Just when you think it couldn’t get any worse (peddling propaganda via fake news, actual “news” peddling DJT propaganda, etc.,) there’s this, that will keep those of us old enough to remember the Cold War awake at night:
Pleasant dreams 😦 …
Ugh. I definitely remember the Cold War years. And I remember as a little kid (when we were having air raid drills in school), actually dreaming “the dirty rotten Commies” were coming down our street one night, to kill my family.
I really despise Trump. Normally, I don’t waste my time despising anybody. If one is going to make an exception, he’s it.
By the way, here’s info on the history of the “Blackened Canteen Ceremony,” from last year’s commemoration:
“This ceremony is co-hosted by the National Park Service and Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. Dr. Hiroya Sugano has been conducting this act of reconciliation with the National Park Service at the USS Arizona Memorial for last 20 years. The blackened canteen is a recovered relic from a B-29 bomber that collided with another B-29 over the city of Shizuoka, Japan in 1945. Twenty-three American airmen were killed. The American dead were buried among the Japanese citizens of Shizuoka who were killed during the bombing raid. At the Memorial, prayers will be extended for the dead and an offering of peace will be displayed by the pouring of whiskey from the canteen into the hallowed waters of Pearl Harbor.”
Click to access FinalDecember7Events2015.pdf
So true Freed, So true.
The Republican “free enterprise system,” that isn’t free.
Morning everyone:) Had to go back and find this, but going to post it here again AND on the next thread so that everyone reading can see this info and TAKE ACTION!! We need to be proactive about this. No time for complacency or fear…JUST DO IT
Bobfr (@Our4thEstate)
December 6, 2016 at 3:13 pm
“Fortunately, resources exist to help us, right now. http://Www.asktheelectors.org is a simple tool to reach out to electors directly — use it to voice your concerns, and offer your support and thanks for their conscientious votes for Hillary Clinton. Sign a petition at Change.org, and share it on social media. Join in any public protest. And take every opportunity to speak honestly and earnestly to friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers, urging them all to join you in the fight for our shared future. If you are a Democrat, remind your Republican friends that if Trump had run as a Democrat — something he could have chosen to do – you’d be making the same argument. This isn’t about party. It’s about survival.”
This article has 44000+ “likes” and it was posted less than 24 h ago.
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28GGail
December 6, 2016 at 3:30 pm
Bob, do you think this website will be helpful? http://directelection.org
It’s from a tweet that RanMan posted on the previous thread. The directelection.org website provides a form letter already created for various States and all one has to do is copy, print, and mail. This is something EVERYONE is capable of doing.
Jeff Strabone @jeffstrabone
@joshtpm
Josh, I’ve made a website to make writing letters to the #ElectoralCollege easy:
http://directelection.org
As VC stated, what *we* can do is to be proactive and positive.
I know for a fact that “wishing and hoping” will not remove DT on December 19, 2016.
Once again….i have discovered new things….although i have always known about the electoral college…i never REALLY knew about the college…who they are or what they do….but since i have done this action around the electoral college i have discovered that as large as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are in the state….there is only one elector from Philadelphia and none from Pittsburgh…will get a map of PA to see just where these electors come from….
damn…there is so much i still have yet to learn..
Bill Moyers has a thought
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/12/06/hillary-clintons-inaugural-address
Imagine that a day or two before Donald Trump’s inauguration, Hillary Clinton, as the candidate who received the greatest number of votes — and after a period of personal reflection and evaluation — addresses the nation.
My Fellow Americans:
On Saturday, January 20th, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. As mandated by our Constitution, he received a majority of the votes in the Electoral College and thus for the next four years will be given the powers and responsibilities of our nation’s chief executive.
But I believe that I, too, have a mandate, one given to me by the 65 million of you who supported me over Donald Trump in the popular vote, some 2.6 million votes more than he received.
If we are to continue as a democracy, for the next four years and beyond, those voices cannot stay silent.
I urge every one of you who voted for me to help express that mandate and make sure our voices are heard. As each of them comes up for re-election, we will field candidates to run against Donald Trump and his friends in Congress and the statehouses, and we will run against them hard. But until then, let us prepare by joining together as a movement and creating the constituency of what will be, in effect, a shadow government — one that will serve to track and respond to every single bad action undertaken by the Trump administration and its monolithic Congress.
good morning everyone!
have a fantastic day
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/22/donald-trump-lost-most-of-the-american-economy-in-this-election/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.e84b87774774
… According to the Brookings analysis, the less-than-500 counties that Clinton won nationwide combined to generate 64 percent of America’s economic activity in 2015. The more-than-2,600 counties that Trump won combined to generate 36 percent of the country’s economic activity last year.
Clinton, in other words, carried nearly two-thirds of the American economy.
This appears to be unprecedented, in the era of modern economic statistics, for a losing presidential candidate. The last candidate to win the popular vote but lose the electoral college, Democrat Al Gore in 2000, won counties that generated about 54 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, the Brookings researchers calculated. That’s true even though Gore won more than 100 more counties in 2000 than Clinton did in 2016.
In between those elections, U.S. economic activity has grown increasingly concentrated in large, “superstar” metro areas, such as Silicon Valley and New York.
But it’s not the case that the counties Clinton won have grown richer at the expense of the rest of the country — they represent about the same share of the economy today as they did in 2000. Instead, it appears that, compared to Gore, Clinton was much more successful in winning over the most successful counties in a geographically unbalanced economy.
The Brookings analysis found that counties with higher GDP per capita were more likely to vote for Clinton over Trump, as were counties with higher population density. Counties with a higher share of manufacturing employment were more likely to vote for Trump.
“This is a picture of a very polarized and increasingly concentrated economy,” said Mark Muro, the policy director at the Brookings metro program, “with the Democratic base aligning more to that more concentrated modern economy, but a lot of votes and anger to be had in the rest of the country.”…
Can’t WAIT to see what DT tweets about himself making “Person of the Year”
This Time Person of the Year hasn’t been worth shit (excuse my language) in many of years.
That’s why they have no problem picking a racists, sexists, sexual predator, liar, thin skin bully, who does not care about anyone but himself.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/12/hillary-clinton-working-class/509477/?utm_source=atltw
To many white Trump voters, the problem wasn’t her economic stance, but the larger vision—a multi-ethnic social democracy—that it was a part of.
BINGO!
The more frightening possibility for liberals is that Clinton didn’t lose because the white working class failed to hear her message, but precisely because they did hear it.
Trump’s white voters do support the mommy state, but only so long as it’s mothering them. Most of them don’t seem eager to change Medicare or Social Security, but they’re fine with repealing Obamacare and its more diverse pool of 20 million insured people. They’re happy for the government to pick winners and losers, so long as beleaguered coal and manufacturing companies are in the winner’s circle. Massive deficit-financed spending on infrastructure? Under Obama, that was dangerous government overreach, but under Trump, it’s a jobs plan by a guy they know won’t let Muslims and Mexicans cut in line to get work renovating highways and airports.
Read the entire thing.
critics..pundits…etc…are falling all over themselves trying to give any explanation other than racism……because they do not want to deal with the issues of racism…white supremacy…white privilege…and how the GOP has played white workers for the fools that they are…the Southern Strategy….is alive and well
this is an interesting passage from the article:
Nobody has really figured out how to be an effective messenger for pluralist social democracy, except, perhaps, for one of the few American adults who is legally barred from running for the U.S. presidency in the future.
So, the country is wobbling between two extremely different futures: pluralist social democracy on the one hand, and white nativist protectionism on the other. The election’s bizarre schism, with Clinton winning the popular vote and Trump winning the electoral college, is a sign of how razor-thin the margin between those dramatically opposed futures is.
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what is interesting to me…is how pundits of today make like this is a new thing…there have always been two Americas…
I would say that now that’s it’s affecting others, not just POC, they are beginning to notice:) Morning, pf:)
gm df..
Morning, sweetness:)
THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to Bob…
i want to re-post these tweets…about action around the electoral college…please take the time and join this call to action
…. had to stop & confirm that you had replaced the “Pretty Foot” as your avatar;
….. after looking at the replacement, I then understood why
hahaha…i know…smilin
I love my President.
Be sure to check out POTUS and FLOTUS interview with People Magazine. I have got to get that and the December issue of Vogue with FLOTUS on the cover and Rolling Stone with POTUS on the cover.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/12/07/keith-olbermann-slams-trump-we-elected-shtty-businessman.html
[…..] The new analysis warns that repealing major parts of the health law without a clear replacement could upend the health insurance market for people buying their coverage directly, outside of the workplace. That group has grown substantially under the health care law, but also includes millions of other customers.
The study found that 22.5 million people would lose coverage directly due to repeal of the law’s subsidies, Medicaid expansion, and its individual requirement to carry health insurance.
Another 7.3 million would become uninsured because of the ripple effects of market upheavals. That could happen if insurers lose confidence in the Republican promise of a replacement and abandon the individual market. A key industry worry is that a repeal law would get rid of subsidies and mandates but still leave insurers on the hook for covering people with health problems.
The number of uninsured people would rise to nearly 59 million in 2019, and the nation would have a higher uninsured rate than when the ACA passed in 2010, the study found.
Federal and state governments would save tens of billions of dollars, but the potential price would be social dislocation and a political backlash.
“This scenario does not just move the country back to the situation before the ACA,” the study concluded. “It moves the country to a situation with higher uninsurance rates than was the case before the ACA’s reforms. […..]
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More here: https://apnews.com/a22f1396d0d5487a9ba71d6dcef1d0de
Good Morning Everybody.
Vice President Joe Biden, AAU President Mary Sue Coleman to speak at inauguration ceremony.
Good morning, Bob! Alas, Shaun King has blocked me – or I’d R/T his!
Good morning TOD …
This man is RISKING HIS LIFE to save America … what are YOU DOING ….
For Republicans, Being Anti-Science is a Feature, Not a Bug
They ultimately want to prove that government is a problem, not a solution.
by Nancy LeTourneau
December 7, 2016 10:36 AM
It is hard to imagine two people more polar opposite than Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Perhaps someone will eventually write a book comparing these two men because that is what it would take to adequately explain the myriad ways that they are mirror images of one another. But I’d like to take just a moment today to zero in on one big difference that could have a dramatic effect – not only on how our federal government works – but how it will affect the American public.
One of the things that is not often mentioned about our current president is that he is a genuine science nerd. We’ve seen that in myriad ways over the course of the last eight years – most notably in how he has done so many things to inspire young people to study science. A couple of months ago, Obama was the guest-editor of WIRED magazine. In his editor’s note, he explained his love of science.
When it comes to governing and policymaking, that is why you’ll find this statement on the web site of the Office of Budget and Management:
This is an example of how President Obama is less driven by ideology than he is by pragmatism. His statements to Republicans over the years about his willingness to consider their proposals if they could demonstrate their effectiveness was not so much a kumbaya call to bipartisanship as it was an attempt to call them out. He knew their only plan was obstruction and that they didn’t really have any pragmatic solutions (see: Obamacare).
Why we will miss President Barack Obama.
It’s as if we were fed Prime Rib the past 8 years, and now they tell us, beginning January 20, 2017, our meals will come out of the garbage can.
Y’all, there’s a 27 minute video of the People magazine interview!
http://people.com/pen/00000158-d8fa-d4d6-a7dd-fffbd88c0000/00000158-d724-da13-ab5f-dfe772d40000/
Thanks very much Itgurl; those were natural & great!
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/12/07/a-beloved-commander-in-chief/
Spoiled! Now we go from the very best, respectful, informed, intelligent, pragmatic decision maker to the worst in an insulting disparaging, uninformed by choice, conspiracy spreader, dictorial self consumed leader.