Not sure when PBO will deliver remarks, NerdyW’s “early bird” post says his remarks are scheduled for 5:05pm EST (2:05pm PST), and whitehouse.gov/live says it’s scheduled for 3:05pm EST (which was 15 minutes ago)… but whitehouse.gov/live livestream appears to be counting down to the originally scheduled 5:05pm EST.
The traveling WHPC aren’t the best photographers, most of the pics in my Twitter feed are pretty blurry, but here’s a few non-blurry ones:
Happening now: Obama holds what is expected to be his last bilateral meeting, with Japanese PM Abe in Hawaii pic.twitter.com/gqetxguaUS
Chris Christie is back in New Jersey and badly wounded. He just failed to convince the legislature to relax ethics laws to allow him to profit from writing a book. Gonorrhea and chlamydia are more popular than he is in the Garden State, and the series of public humiliations he’s endured from the Trump camp since the election have been enough to make the Cleveland Browns blush.
At one time, he was in charge of the Trump transition team, but that plum position was yanked and his loyalists were largely purged from the lists. It was a predictable end if you knew that Christie had gone out of his way to humiliate the father of Trump’s son-in-law when he prosecuted him in 2005. The experience was traumatic enough for Jared Kushner, who was then working in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, that he gave up his aspirations to become a prosecutor himself.
………………………….
Yet, Christie is still in deep denial about what has happened to him, and why.
Mr. Christie still believes he has a political future nationally. He wants to write a book and his friends have been telling people in New Jersey that the governor expects Mr. Trump to eventually come around to him. According to their scenario, the White House management team of Jared Kushner, Stephen K. Bannon and Reince Priebus will be a disaster and Mr. Christie will be tapped as the skilled manager, like David Gergen, the former aide to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan who swooped in to steady Bill Clinton’s administration after a raucous first year.
It could very well be that Trump’s first team is a disaster and that he’ll be looking to bring in some savior to rescue his presidency, but his son-in-law is not going to get dumped for the guy who put his father in prison and held a press conference to make it as brutal as he could make it.
Good morning TOD. Another beautiful day that we get to watch our great President. I don’t think we’ll be seeing events like this again.
The best gift I got this year was a new laptop. Last Friday my old desktop died. I said we’ll worry about it after Christmas. My son must have had an idea it was time because they bought this after a Thanksgiving sale. Now it is fun trying to set up a new computer. It’s frustrating because I have so many accounts that were on my desktop. My problem is I wasn’t so good at making sure everything went to the cloud. We’ll see how well I did.
BEAUTIFUL WORDS FROM PBO AND AS ALWAYS..HE LEAVES THE DOOR TO HIS HEART OPEN AND WE CAN SEE THE SADNESS….2,400 SOULS WRITTEN ON THIS PAGE IN OUR HISTORY. THE PRIME MINISTER LOOKS WORRIED AND CONCERNED…HE KNOWS WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS AND WHERE THE DARKNESS FALLS………………
Thanks to an anonymous Secret Santa, hundreds of homeless men, women, and children were able to eat a hardy meal for the holidays. A mystery donor gave 3,500 pounds of rib-eye steak to Union Gospel Mission shelter in Seattle, Washington.
“Thanks to our generous donors, we were able to serve 1,350 children and adults a Christmas feast that included steak, shrimp, a loaded baked potato and some herb roasted carrots!” wrote the organization. “It was quite the merry night at all of our shelters!” Union Gospel Mission has been providing emergency care and services to the homeless community since 1932. Though they reportedly serve about 1,000 meals a week to people living in property, the steak was a rare treat. “This meal means a lot – it’s the first Christmas I’m sitting down having a sober meal with my kids and new sisters and making new memories,” said one of the guests.
Considering that he thanked ” the African Americans” for not voting and giving him “the win” by his own logic this would have precluded him from beating PBO if PBO could have run for a 3rd term. What a moron Trump is.
No idea the veracity of this, but it’s pretty funny.
please honor carrie fisher's wishes and include in her obituaries that she "drowned in moonlight, strangled by her own bra." ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/Pj5sRsIvkz
We are in the midst of the slow, agonizing death of western civilization and ISIS has nothing to do with it. The age of post-enlightenment. https://t.co/X7Np6fpCMm
I’m on a little bit of a delay watching the Kennedy Center Honors because I keep pausing my DVR … but (not to ruin it for anybody) just noticed the President as he intently sang along to a James Taylor song.
yes i was just about to post this…. i am all in….here is more from the post….
I think that by now we all realize how true this statement is. Donald Trump is about to capture the highest office in the land, and none of us can afford inaction – let alone silence – in the face of this great evil.
What shape does our actions against Trump’s rule take? I know that each of us has to decide for ourselves our individual best course of action, but I want to lay out my vision for TPV as a community and as a platform on our role in The Resistance. We want to expand beyond the role of explaining policy and counterpunching against an inept, corrupt media. I want us to give our community – and the entire popular galvanization against Donald Trump – a channel to act.
Alright, here it is: New Moon: Thursday 29 December 2016, 2016; 7.59 Capricorn at 1:53am EST. Wednesday 28 December 2016, 7.59 Capricorn 10:53pm PST. (Now, it’s all the same New Moon, y’all understand, just different time zones make it for different dates.) (Just kidding) (there is WAY too much going on for my nervous system, we may be seeing my brother head off into the Light any day now, he just never did make it back to even nearly functional). God Bless Us, everyone, it was a gift and an honor to be able to watch this meaningful dedication today. I ❤ Barack Obama.
Pamela Taylor the West Virginia woman who call Michelle Obama a ape in heels was fired. You know we heard that she got her job back, but Tuesday it is reported that she was fired. Good.
Trump has a problem up stairs. Trump could have proven that he could have beaten President Obama by running in 2012, instead the great orange man decides to run in 2016 when he knew President Obama could not run again. And then for him to win, it took Voter Suppression, Russia, and James Comey. Common sense would tell him he has no need to brag, his voters wanted to make America white again, including the folks in the White House. But common sense and Trump doesn’t go together. I read something on facebook were this preacher Paula White said something about Trump being a christian. He sure don’t act like it, maybe he should be reading the Bible instead of tweeting.
Good West Coast morning NW & TOD family.
I was able to stay awake and see the Kennedy Center Honors to the very end. It was beautiful!
My only complaint was that Gayle Kings face appeared behind POTUS and was a distraction. LOL!
I so enjoyed the KC Honors last night. It was more meaningful to me because I have actually been there. I could say that was the area where we sat. I loved all of the Honorees but for me Martha Argerich was so special. I have all of her cds. I have always been partial to pianists and she was so special.
It is going to be hard watching all these special without the Obama’s. Won’t be the same.
GM MTM 🙂 I’m adjusting quite nicely into my new digs and surroundings. I’m hoping that spring & summer will be kind to me. I like having my windows open and I’m hoping that certain elements (loud, really loud music) doesn’t force me to keep them closed.
Good Morning TOD Family and SoCal family. I fully enjoyed the KCH’s last night too. My only disappointment was Elle King singing Marva Maples Respect Yourself I could hardly hear her. I wish it were someone like Mary J Blige or Jennifer Hudson to put some soul in it. Other than that all the entertainers were great. Always great to see PBO & FLOTUS. PBO seemed alittle sad last night. Probably realizing his last KCH performance in person or thinking about the other people he wished he could honor.
GM jojo. I agree, I would have preferred Mary J or someone who could put some soul into it too.
I couldn’t focus to closely on PBO because Gayle Kings big face was such a distraction – UGH! LOL!!!!!
Morning everyone:) Remember earlier when I said to “mark” the accomplishments of PBO and hold shitforbrains accountable for HIS fuckups? This is what I mean..
The Dow was at 7949 when President Obama took office. 19933 now. Obama is still in office. YOUR economy starts January 20th, babyhands. https://t.co/zLq6XzMgzZ
Citizen Obama, coming to a country near you on the afternoon of January 20, will be an even bigger problem for Trump than President Obama. https://t.co/dh92FTJBnC
I really think that this Jackass-elect has a mental defect. Every time I think this is the guy elected to lead the free world, I am having day nightmares. I will not forgive anyone who voted for this sociopath.
Agree. 1000%. There is something very wrong with him. He wasn’t elected, he was placed in his spot by a foreign govt. This was by design. That said, no one should excuse the sorry excuses for humans that voted for him and put the entire world in peril.
I second this. Folks who did this wanted to divide, yet attempt to blame PBO for dividing the country. No, they decided years ago he was not the one for them due to skin color alone !
Seriously!! He is what we need right now. No baggage and the RNC are already attacking him, fearing his abilities!! I really hope the DNC is listening.
There it is! The DNC only shows up for money. No one that I know has any idea what they do or who they are. The organization exists for itself. Barack ignored them and he won twice; then they came begging for him to raise money that was not spent effectively. I hope that there will be someone elected/appointed who has an understanding of the electorate and how to effectively engage it throughout the years and to give people reasons other than tradition (which is not important to younger people) to vote democratic. No matter who is the next head, I hope that the first thing that they do is to all year talk about the things democrats have done that have had direct impact on the quality of everyday life. It is especially insulting how the Democratic party has long taken the loyalty of A-A’s for granted while ignoring our issues.
Then Tom Perez’ call to action is timely:) The “election” of Tiny Hands should show us all that if you don’t constantly and consistently tend the garden, the weeds will grow. This is our hard lesson. Nothing worth fighting for comes without a price or stays without a fight. We must all, always be engaged in our democracy. It is a participatory sport.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Thanks NW.
I am here for the historic occasion
I am glad I watched and listened
I’m glad I saw it “with you.” Wasn’t it wonderful.
Congrats, COS. Looking forward to hearing this.
GA TODville.
Not sure when PBO will deliver remarks, NerdyW’s “early bird” post says his remarks are scheduled for 5:05pm EST (2:05pm PST), and whitehouse.gov/live says it’s scheduled for 3:05pm EST (which was 15 minutes ago)… but whitehouse.gov/live livestream appears to be counting down to the originally scheduled 5:05pm EST.
The traveling WHPC aren’t the best photographers, most of the pics in my Twitter feed are pretty blurry, but here’s a few non-blurry ones:
Thanks for posting those!
This is Truth and Reconciliation…will our country ever be able to face racism…in the same manner…
“The Power of Tolerance and Reconciliation”
The unanswered question, even in the 21st century.
i know….it weighs heavily on me
Wish I were there to give you a big ol’ hug.
ty….(hugs)
PBO…gave an extraordinary speech
He did, he did.
Chris Christie Doesn’t Understand His Fate
by Martin Longman
December 27, 2016 1:55 PM
Chris Christie is back in New Jersey and badly wounded. He just failed to convince the legislature to relax ethics laws to allow him to profit from writing a book. Gonorrhea and chlamydia are more popular than he is in the Garden State, and the series of public humiliations he’s endured from the Trump camp since the election have been enough to make the Cleveland Browns blush.
At one time, he was in charge of the Trump transition team, but that plum position was yanked and his loyalists were largely purged from the lists. It was a predictable end if you knew that Christie had gone out of his way to humiliate the father of Trump’s son-in-law when he prosecuted him in 2005. The experience was traumatic enough for Jared Kushner, who was then working in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, that he gave up his aspirations to become a prosecutor himself.
………………………….
Yet, Christie is still in deep denial about what has happened to him, and why.
It could very well be that Trump’s first team is a disaster and that he’ll be looking to bring in some savior to rescue his presidency, but his son-in-law is not going to get dumped for the guy who put his father in prison and held a press conference to make it as brutal as he could make it.
I will not laugh …. oops, I just did … next up, I can go to confession
QUITE A HISTORIC MOMENT..KNOWING THE JAPANESE PM..REGRETS LOSING PBO………….STANDING BY HERE FOR THE WORLD TO BLOW A GASKET…
5:05 EST. Is there a significant reason for this particular time choice?
WATCHING ON MSN..<3…I DON'T WATCH MUCH OF PBO ANYMORE..IT IS TOO HARD ON ME!
Good morning TOD. Another beautiful day that we get to watch our great President. I don’t think we’ll be seeing events like this again.
The best gift I got this year was a new laptop. Last Friday my old desktop died. I said we’ll worry about it after Christmas. My son must have had an idea it was time because they bought this after a Thanksgiving sale. Now it is fun trying to set up a new computer. It’s frustrating because I have so many accounts that were on my desktop. My problem is I wasn’t so good at making sure everything went to the cloud. We’ll see how well I did.
Now to listen to the President.
BEAUTIFUL WORDS FROM PBO AND AS ALWAYS..HE LEAVES THE DOOR TO HIS HEART OPEN AND WE CAN SEE THE SADNESS….2,400 SOULS WRITTEN ON THIS PAGE IN OUR HISTORY. THE PRIME MINISTER LOOKS WORRIED AND CONCERNED…HE KNOWS WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS AND WHERE THE DARKNESS FALLS………………
hat tip-TPV
Some good news and human kindness! Secret Santa Donates 3,500 Pounds of Steak For Homeless Christmas Dinners.
Thanks to an anonymous Secret Santa, hundreds of homeless men, women, and children were able to eat a hardy meal for the holidays. A mystery donor gave 3,500 pounds of rib-eye steak to Union Gospel Mission shelter in Seattle, Washington.
“Thanks to our generous donors, we were able to serve 1,350 children and adults a Christmas feast that included steak, shrimp, a loaded baked potato and some herb roasted carrots!” wrote the organization. “It was quite the merry night at all of our shelters!” Union Gospel Mission has been providing emergency care and services to the homeless community since 1932. Though they reportedly serve about 1,000 meals a week to people living in property, the steak was a rare treat. “This meal means a lot – it’s the first Christmas I’m sitting down having a sober meal with my kids and new sisters and making new memories,” said one of the guests.
Wait for it….Birther will soon take credit. LOL.
If Trump is so sure he could have beaten President Obama , why didn’t Trump run in 2012?
Considering that he thanked ” the African Americans” for not voting and giving him “the win” by his own logic this would have precluded him from beating PBO if PBO could have run for a 3rd term. What a moron Trump is.
that was a very emotional event … exchanging vows of forgiveness and commitments to enduring friendship.
thanks a lot for PBO and PM Abe for taking this step of additional healing
Yes, it was. Two adults, preaching reconciliation and healing, yes!!
with Ambassador Caroline Kennedy at today’s ceremony, history comes full circle from the time of her father;
Beautiful – thanks for posting that.
HEADS UP:
Kennedy Center Honors will air tonight at 9PM EST on CBS
Thanks, NerdyWonka! Set the DVR. ❤
My timer is set. We are watching football but I told my husband we turn it to this at 8Tpm.
Thanks for this beautiful posts NW. This was such an important ceremony.
Thanks NW for the reminder 💃🏾
2017 tasks
http://www.nationalmemo.com/new-years-resolutions-trump-loser/
Remember when every LW goof was screaming for RBG to retire? Now my Inbox is flooded with “Tell Her Not To Retire!” Yikes
reconciliation
No idea the veracity of this, but it’s pretty funny.
At least one entity covered it:
“Carrie Fisher dead at 60, strangled by own bra (is the obituary Carrie Fisher wanted)”
http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/27/14094400/carrie-fisher-dead-obituary-request-strangled-bra
I hope the hammer comes down. Hard.
President Obama never fails us.
Never does. Never will.
Asking for Humanity ….
#RestoreHOPE
#TheResistance
I’m on a little bit of a delay watching the Kennedy Center Honors because I keep pausing my DVR … but (not to ruin it for anybody) just noticed the President as he intently sang along to a James Taylor song.
Wanted to cry!
Follow and join in!
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/12/27/informing-and-acting-tpvs-role-in-theresistance
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.
We have a country and a legacy to protect!
yes i was just about to post this…. i am all in….here is more from the post….
I think that by now we all realize how true this statement is. Donald Trump is about to capture the highest office in the land, and none of us can afford inaction – let alone silence – in the face of this great evil.
What shape does our actions against Trump’s rule take? I know that each of us has to decide for ourselves our individual best course of action, but I want to lay out my vision for TPV as a community and as a platform on our role in The Resistance. We want to expand beyond the role of explaining policy and counterpunching against an inept, corrupt media. I want us to give our community – and the entire popular galvanization against Donald Trump – a channel to act.
Alright, here it is: New Moon: Thursday 29 December 2016, 2016; 7.59 Capricorn at 1:53am EST. Wednesday 28 December 2016, 7.59 Capricorn 10:53pm PST. (Now, it’s all the same New Moon, y’all understand, just different time zones make it for different dates.) (Just kidding) (there is WAY too much going on for my nervous system, we may be seeing my brother head off into the Light any day now, he just never did make it back to even nearly functional). God Bless Us, everyone, it was a gift and an honor to be able to watch this meaningful dedication today. I ❤ Barack Obama.
My thoughts are with you, our dear moon goddess, and your brother and family … and I love Barack Obama, too.
Saying a prayer for your brother MP. May you all be strong 💕
holding your brother and your entire family in the good light; may you be strong and loving during this challenging time
Pamela Taylor the West Virginia woman who call Michelle Obama a ape in heels was fired. You know we heard that she got her job back, but Tuesday it is reported that she was fired. Good.
Forget her, bella, if you can. Karma’s a bitch, and she’ll find her.
The bigot is forgotten.
Yes.
petesouza — President Obama and Prime Minister Abe of Japan talk while on the Commander’s boat en route to the USS Arizona Memorial today.
That bottom pic right there. THAT’s our shared humanity. Wish we could see it everywhere, and forever.
thanks a lot
Yup ….
Goodnight TOD …..
#RestoreHOPE
Goodnight, Bob. #RestoreHope
J’OB, I love these tweets. Ha!
Trump has a problem up stairs. Trump could have proven that he could have beaten President Obama by running in 2012, instead the great orange man decides to run in 2016 when he knew President Obama could not run again. And then for him to win, it took Voter Suppression, Russia, and James Comey. Common sense would tell him he has no need to brag, his voters wanted to make America white again, including the folks in the White House. But common sense and Trump doesn’t go together. I read something on facebook were this preacher Paula White said something about Trump being a christian. He sure don’t act like it, maybe he should be reading the Bible instead of tweeting.
Ha. Thanks!
Good West Coast morning NW & TOD family.
I was able to stay awake and see the Kennedy Center Honors to the very end. It was beautiful!
My only complaint was that Gayle Kings face appeared behind POTUS and was a distraction. LOL!
My complaint too, GGail.
Hey JER, it was like, can’t you please find another angle so we don’t have to see her face “every” time POTUS appears.
Good morning GG and all of TODville.
I so enjoyed the KC Honors last night. It was more meaningful to me because I have actually been there. I could say that was the area where we sat. I loved all of the Honorees but for me Martha Argerich was so special. I have all of her cds. I have always been partial to pianists and she was so special.
It is going to be hard watching all these special without the Obama’s. Won’t be the same.
Forgot to ask how is your new place? Hope you it’s all you want it to be.
GM MTM 🙂 I’m adjusting quite nicely into my new digs and surroundings. I’m hoping that spring & summer will be kind to me. I like having my windows open and I’m hoping that certain elements (loud, really loud music) doesn’t force me to keep them closed.
That’s important. Let’s hope for a quieter neighborhood.
Indeed 🙂
Good Morning TOD Family and SoCal family. I fully enjoyed the KCH’s last night too. My only disappointment was Elle King singing Marva Maples Respect Yourself I could hardly hear her. I wish it were someone like Mary J Blige or Jennifer Hudson to put some soul in it. Other than that all the entertainers were great. Always great to see PBO & FLOTUS. PBO seemed alittle sad last night. Probably realizing his last KCH performance in person or thinking about the other people he wished he could honor.
GM jojo. I agree, I would have preferred Mary J or someone who could put some soul into it too.
I couldn’t focus to closely on PBO because Gayle Kings big face was such a distraction – UGH! LOL!!!!!
Morning everyone:) Remember earlier when I said to “mark” the accomplishments of PBO and hold shitforbrains accountable for HIS fuckups? This is what I mean..
ahahha…#babyhands
I’ll stand right beside him! Head Games are on!
🙂 🙂 Whiny ass tiny handed putz
Now, that’s funny and true at the same time. Hahahahahaha!
Good morning, TODville.
I somehow missed the rant from Maxine Waters against Trump. OMG, it was MAGNIFICENT. Democrats, PLEASE listen to her!!
meta, where is it????
Please help
Oh man…the tinyhanded shitforbrains is gonna be MAD!
http://www.gallup.com/poll/200771/obama-bests-trump-admired-man-2016.aspx
PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans are most likely to name President Barack Obama as the man they admire most in 2016.
Something is wrong with America when you can admire something like Trump over the Pope.
I’ll give you 2 seconds to stop laughing!
Moron.
I really think that this Jackass-elect has a mental defect. Every time I think this is the guy elected to lead the free world, I am having day nightmares. I will not forgive anyone who voted for this sociopath.
Agree. 1000%. There is something very wrong with him. He wasn’t elected, he was placed in his spot by a foreign govt. This was by design. That said, no one should excuse the sorry excuses for humans that voted for him and put the entire world in peril.
I second this. Folks who did this wanted to divide, yet attempt to blame PBO for dividing the country. No, they decided years ago he was not the one for them due to skin color alone !
Team Perez
EXACTLY! 🙂 I LIKE this man!
Seriously!! He is what we need right now. No baggage and the RNC are already attacking him, fearing his abilities!! I really hope the DNC is listening.
Me too. When I submitted my opinion to the DNC I voiced my support for Tom.
There it is! The DNC only shows up for money. No one that I know has any idea what they do or who they are. The organization exists for itself. Barack ignored them and he won twice; then they came begging for him to raise money that was not spent effectively. I hope that there will be someone elected/appointed who has an understanding of the electorate and how to effectively engage it throughout the years and to give people reasons other than tradition (which is not important to younger people) to vote democratic. No matter who is the next head, I hope that the first thing that they do is to all year talk about the things democrats have done that have had direct impact on the quality of everyday life. It is especially insulting how the Democratic party has long taken the loyalty of A-A’s for granted while ignoring our issues.
Watch this site. Engage.
http://publiccitizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183
Then Tom Perez’ call to action is timely:) The “election” of Tiny Hands should show us all that if you don’t constantly and consistently tend the garden, the weeds will grow. This is our hard lesson. Nothing worth fighting for comes without a price or stays without a fight. We must all, always be engaged in our democracy. It is a participatory sport.
yes DF….for my family…this year’s Kwanaa Celebration is right on point
Happy Kwanzaa to you and your family, pf:)
thank you….
#2017YearOfTheActiveCitizen
Good Morning Everybody.
Good morning JER.
How so very clever 🙂
LIVE NOW: Sec’y of State Kerry Delivers Remarks on Middle East Peace – http://abcnews.go.com/live?stream=1
Great – and fierce – remarks by our Secretary of State!
Mornin’.
The President is leaving few stones unturned! He’ll be “signing bills” on his way to the un-inauguration! ❤
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/12/28/shave-ice-time/