Yep, the full letter is on Kate Purchase’s (Director of Communications for PM Trudeau) twitter timeline. I mentioned a few posts back that I found it interesting that although other news sources also jumped to the same conclusion about the shooter, the PM’s office only directed such a request to Fox. And I’m wondering if it is because they knew their request would be seen by far more people that way – and specifically by people who *need* to see it (Fox followers) as well? In any case, I truly hope that my PM comes out far stronger against ALL of tRump’s “policies” and not just this.
Earlier today I sent an email to @FoxNews about their misleading tweet yesterday. We will continue to stand up for our citizens (1/3) pic.twitter.com/sGz47PxMcb
Last night Donald Trump nominated Federal Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. There are questions that can and should be raised about his history on the bench. But the overriding question is one of legitimacy. The NYT editorial board captured that in the title of their response: “Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat.”
It’s been almost a year since Senate Republicans took an empty Supreme Court seat hostage, discarding a constitutional duty that both parties have honored throughout American history and hobbling an entire branch of government for partisan gain…
In normal times, Judge Gorsuch — a widely respected and, at 49, relatively young judge with a reliably conservative voting record — would be an obvious choice for a Republican president.
These are not normal times.
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Let the record show that Republicans played political games with the Supreme Court and President Obama did not. They took an open seat hostage and are now pretending like that move was legitimate. Regardless of whether or not Gorsuch is qualified, a seat on the Court was stolen and that cannot go unanswered.
We may want to believe that Trump’s violation of our “values” will turn Middle America against the President. But it’s worth remembering that the public soured on George W. Bush as much because of his handling of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans as the Iraq War. He started to look incompetent.
Competence is supposed to be Trump’s strong suit, being as he is a never-quite-totally-bankrupt businessman. Yet he seems to be struggling with the managing-government thing.
Corporate leaders often struggle in government, but we’re now seeing that Trump’s personality issues will directly affect his competence:
The Trump/Bannon White House is now contemplating two additional executive orders that would revive the Southern Strategy as a weapon of division against non-white immigrants.
The Trump administration is considering a plan to weed out would-be immigrants who are likely to require public assistance, as well as to deport — when possible — immigrants already living in the United States who depend on taxpayer help, according to a draft executive order obtained by The Washington Post.
A second draft order under consideration calls for a substantial shake-up in the system through which the United States administers immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, with the aim of tightly controlling who enters the country and who can enter the workforce, and reducing the social services burden on U.S. taxpayers…
The administration has accused immigrants who end up receiving U.S. social services of eating up federal resources, and it has said that immigrant workers contribute to unemployment among workers who are U.S. citizens.
These are yet two more executive orders that have Bannon’s fingerprints all over them. He is the one who thinks that non-white immigrants to this country pose a national crisis.
The draft orders are not only maliciously hateful ways to divide people in this country, they are unapologetically based on lies. Let’s remember first of all that the reduction of Mexican immigrants coming into this country over the last few years is actually hurting small businesses (therefore, the economy) and secondly, immigrants are the life-blood of reinvigorating small town America in many places around the country. So it is impossible to base these claims on any actual data about how they would improve our economy. The only explanation is their appeal to white nationalism.
Oh no. I hadn’t heard she was leaving. She was not on this morning. Al said she was off today. 😦 Friday night I heard that Kelly was coming to morning TV. Either 9am or 10am but regardless, the hour with Al & Tamron was getting cut. 😦 I watch the Today Show. I’m not happy with this move. NBC is becoming Fox News (light)
This is unbelievable. Both Donald Chump and Spicer don’t know a thing about Frederick Douglass. If they at least knew that he was an abolitionist, it may have dawned on him that he has long been dead. SMDH
Unfortunately, the map does not favor Democrats at all. Lots of Red States.
33 Senate seats are up for election in 2018:
8 GOP, 23 DEM, 2 Ind
2 Democrats are running for re-election
21 Democrats may seek re-election
2 independents are running for re-election
1 Republican is running for re-election
7 Republicans may seek re-election
BET will have two offerings tonight.
1. Mandela-starring Lawrence Fishburne
2. New series about life at an HBCU-The Quad, starring Anika Noni Rose and Reuben Santiago-Hudson. Jasmine Guy is also in it 🙂
Don't worry, Folks. If Trump starts a war with Iran you can always elect another black guy in 2020 to clean up the mess and take the blame https://t.co/b8OIRtDCOw
supposedly he’s going to go “honor” the Navy Seal that was killed. According to the msn home page. Must have seen all the tweets wondering if he’d bothered to make a statement… my guess (because I’m becoming very cynical) is he heard the Seal voted for him.
Every month is black history month in my world! But Happy Black History Month everyone! And Black Future Month! And Black Right Now! ✌🏾️ pic.twitter.com/hMk3rGrzmn
Amen. We’re still getting over Iraq and still in Afghanistan. Funny how certain Bernie Bros claimed that Secretary Clinton would be more hawkish than Trump. So untrue.
Ivanka, just as we suspected…
Trump, joined by his daughter Ivanka and Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), flew by helicopter to the base for the arrival of the remains of Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens, 36, who was killed during a special operations raid targeting al Qaeda militants in Yemen over the weekend.rump personally approved the raid, the White House said
Damn regulations! I see where the Republicans say that its ok for coal companies to dump their toxic coal dust in the rivers and streams….gee….and possibly no healthcare to boot, coal country! Sucks to be you! This is what YOU voted for!
Donald Trump is truly ignorant, and especially when it comes to history. It’s no surprise that he has selected quite a few ignorant people to serve in his administration. Spicer’s answer was pure gibberish.
It’s getting worse by the minute, nath. Turns out we have NO LEADERSHIP in the entire Republican party. Of course, we thought that, but it’s now been officially confirmed. Otherwise, these people would be outta there!
Some body needs to tell Trump and Spicer that it’s better to keep your mouth shut about things you know nothing about than to open your mouth and reveal your ignorance.
At a confirmation hearing earlier this month, Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s pick for education secretary, responded to a question about whether she would promote “junk science” by saying she supports science teaching that “allows students to exercise critical thinking.”
This seemingly innocuous statement has raised alarms among science education advocates, and buoyed the hopes of conservative Christian groups that, if confirmed, DeVos may use her bully pulpit atop the U.S. Department of Education to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools.
DeVos and her family have poured millions of dollars into groups that champion intelligent design, the doctrine that the complexity of biological life can best be explained by the existence of a creator rather than by Darwinian evolution. Within this movement, “critical thinking” has become a code phrase to justify teaching of intelligent design.
Michael Moore predicted that Chump was going to get a lot of innocent people killed. It’s so scary because I can see it happening in big numbers. Whether it’s him doing something overseas and/or starting a new war. SMH
Was just coming on here to share that I heard on CNN that the family of the U.S. Navy Seal, whose body was being brought into Dover this evening, had requested no photographs or cameras. Was going to post “Thank God,” because that scumbag in the White House and the scumbag’s daughter had gone out to meet the plane. All day I’ve been thinking that I couldn’t bear to see anybody but President Obama respectfully be on hand at Dover, as he had done too many times in the past.
So, I thought we had dodged a bullet, but then I look up and – just before muting CNN – heard the scumbag start to make note of where he’d been tonight. HOW WILL WE EVER GET THROUGH THESE UPCOMING DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS AND YEARS? T-rump needs to go.
Exactly right. One way to hit these rich folks is to hit them hard where money is involved.
Imagine a community supporting co-op style businesses etc. Start small … one step at a time with view on long term success.
My partner is visiting NYC and wants me to accompany him but I am thinking that maybe non Americans like me should refrain from visiting the US for the next 4 years. NYC is one of my favorite cities 😦
Bobfr:) You got right to the heart of the matter…man care only for himself and his cashflow…. cut off his cashflow….and the walls will come tumbling down….he never wanted to actually BE President and do hard work! Boycott his businesses
During a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Friday, US President Donald Trump disparaged Mexico and threatened to use military force against the drug trade, according to Dolia Estevez, a journalist based in Washington, DC.
In an interview with the Mexican news outlet Aristegui Noticias, Estevez, who cited sources on both sides of the call, said, “It was a very offensive conversation where Trump humiliated Peña Nieto.”
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“I don’t need the Mexicans. I don’t need Mexico,” Trump reportedly told the Mexican president. “We are going to build the wall and you all are going to pay for it, like it or not.”
Trump hinted that the US would force Mexico to fund the wall with a 10% tax on Mexican exports “and of 35% on those exports that hurt Mexico the most,” Estevez wrote in Proyecto Puente.
Before the call, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump was considering a tax on imports from Mexico to pay for the wall.
Jerry Falwell, Jr. to head an educational reform task force according to an article from Reuters. The flat earth, creationists ready to dumb our schools down even more. The Deplorable One and the billionaires on his staff will not have to suffer from any of the heinous things that they are doing. Elections have grave consequences and those who are already marginalized will suffer the most.
Absolutely disgusting! Trump is on a mission to take America back to the “Dark Ages” when religious dogma dominated everything, but especially education.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
God bless them. I am so pleased they are staying involved. I bet President Obama made a good donation to their foundation.
Reposted from previous thread:
Need one more vote to defeat DeVos:
Flake: 202-224-4521 or https://www.flake.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-jeff
Heller: 202-224-6244 or https://www.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form
Toomey: 202-224-4254 or https://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=contact
Yep, the full letter is on Kate Purchase’s (Director of Communications for PM Trudeau) twitter timeline. I mentioned a few posts back that I found it interesting that although other news sources also jumped to the same conclusion about the shooter, the PM’s office only directed such a request to Fox. And I’m wondering if it is because they knew their request would be seen by far more people that way – and specifically by people who *need* to see it (Fox followers) as well? In any case, I truly hope that my PM comes out far stronger against ALL of tRump’s “policies” and not just this.
Wow!! So proud of Canada for doing this. And good for Prime Minister Trudeau. Very proud of my Canadian roots.
Fox News is not about telling the truth. It’s a propaganda machine designed to turn watchers into Republican sheeple.
Dangerous and evil. Not a good combination for a National Security Advisor. Is Trump planning to declare war on Iran? Really dude?
I am guessing yes … I think their eyes are on the Iranian oil.
Did Booker just vote Yes on Tillerson?
No, I’m just hearing the roll being called.
Five Democratic Senators voted for Tillerson. How disappointing. They need to be primaried.
Secretary of Exxon
The Question of Legitimacy With Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee
by Nancy LeTourneau
February 1, 2017 9:55 AM
Last night Donald Trump nominated Federal Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. There are questions that can and should be raised about his history on the bench. But the overriding question is one of legitimacy. The NYT editorial board captured that in the title of their response: “Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat.”
…………………….
Let the record show that Republicans played political games with the Supreme Court and President Obama did not. They took an open seat hostage and are now pretending like that move was legitimate. Regardless of whether or not Gorsuch is qualified, a seat on the Court was stolen and that cannot go unanswered.
Incompetence Could Wound Trump More Than Anything Else
by Steven Waldman
February 1, 2017 11:26 AM
We may want to believe that Trump’s violation of our “values” will turn Middle America against the President. But it’s worth remembering that the public soured on George W. Bush as much because of his handling of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans as the Iraq War. He started to look incompetent.
Competence is supposed to be Trump’s strong suit, being as he is a never-quite-totally-bankrupt businessman. Yet he seems to be struggling with the managing-government thing.
Corporate leaders often struggle in government, but we’re now seeing that Trump’s personality issues will directly affect his competence:
What brainstem-free human thinks Trump is competent? Failing Upward ≠ Competence.
LOL!! Brainstem-free indeed. Unfortunately there were millions of them who came out last November and are still supporting the Bigot-in-Chief.
Trying to call Sen. Flake on my lunch…mailbox is full. This should never be the case.
Both mailboxes are full .Local and DC offices
Had to email. Hope they read it
use FAX….they cannot shut that down….
I know. I sent an email.
Uh huh
Uh huh
Trump and Bannon Consider Expansion of the Southern Strategy Against Immigrants
by Nancy LeTourneau
February 1, 2017 1:43 PM
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The Trump/Bannon White House is now contemplating two additional executive orders that would revive the Southern Strategy as a weapon of division against non-white immigrants.
These are yet two more executive orders that have Bannon’s fingerprints all over them. He is the one who thinks that non-white immigrants to this country pose a national crisis.
The draft orders are not only maliciously hateful ways to divide people in this country, they are unapologetically based on lies. Let’s remember first of all that the reduction of Mexican immigrants coming into this country over the last few years is actually hurting small businesses (therefore, the economy) and secondly, immigrants are the life-blood of reinvigorating small town America in many places around the country. So it is impossible to base these claims on any actual data about how they would improve our economy. The only explanation is their appeal to white nationalism.
I’m so glad that I stopped watching NBC news programs and MSNBC after the election. Let them become Fox News lite without my support.
Oh no. I hadn’t heard she was leaving. She was not on this morning. Al said she was off today. 😦 Friday night I heard that Kelly was coming to morning TV. Either 9am or 10am but regardless, the hour with Al & Tamron was getting cut. 😦 I watch the Today Show. I’m not happy with this move. NBC is becoming Fox News (light)
This is unbelievable. Both Donald Chump and Spicer don’t know a thing about Frederick Douglass. If they at least knew that he was an abolitionist, it may have dawned on him that he has long been dead. SMDH
okay, I admit to being forgetful about things, but I don’t recall that Garland ever got a hearing… why does Trump nominee get a hearing for SCOTUS?
he did not!!!
thanks Sheila 🙂
He gets a hearing because the GOP are in the majority in the Senate.
okay that’s what I thought.. but didn’t want to sound too stupid. Thank you meta 🙂
More specifically: Because the GOP are a Giant Bag of Dicks who think the law and constitution do not apply to them.
Now on that I’m 1000% with you Tally
All questions are always welcome! The more information, the better for all.
agree, thank you.
Trump creates an EO that if your great great great great parents were slaves…then so are you
Shhhh! Don’t give him any ideas!
i am no longer sure about McConnell but i hope this is true
I wonder how far down the Rabbit Hole will America go before it begins to climb/fight back out.
Unfortunately, the map does not favor Democrats at all. Lots of Red States.
33 Senate seats are up for election in 2018:
8 GOP, 23 DEM, 2 Ind
2 Democrats are running for re-election
21 Democrats may seek re-election
2 independents are running for re-election
1 Republican is running for re-election
7 Republicans may seek re-election
Media Alert:
BET will have two offerings tonight.
1. Mandela-starring Lawrence Fishburne
2. New series about life at an HBCU-The Quad, starring Anika Noni Rose and Reuben Santiago-Hudson. Jasmine Guy is also in it 🙂
I’m watching both
Elizabeth is blasting Gorsuch right now. LOL!!
I love her so much.
Trump is fine with whatever Putin does. He’s Putin’s American Puppet.
supposedly he’s going to go “honor” the Navy Seal that was killed. According to the msn home page. Must have seen all the tweets wondering if he’d bothered to make a statement… my guess (because I’m becoming very cynical) is he heard the Seal voted for him.
The Navy Seal’s family asked that no photographs or cameras capture the arrival at Dover. Sounds more like none of them voted for him!
glad to hear that. It’s hard to believe anyone but extremists voted for him.
Maybe you already saw this? The article includes a video clip of PBO and FLOTUS walking to the beach– beautiful!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/president-obama-backwards-hat-vacation_us_5891f585e4b0c90eff01318f?mtp4j4hozjwi2j4i&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Thank you Susanne. That made my day 😊
mine too ❤
Seriously ….
Amen. We’re still getting over Iraq and still in Afghanistan. Funny how certain Bernie Bros claimed that Secretary Clinton would be more hawkish than Trump. So untrue.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-unannounced-white-house-exit-234507
Ivanka, just as we suspected…
Trump, joined by his daughter Ivanka and Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), flew by helicopter to the base for the arrival of the remains of Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens, 36, who was killed during a special operations raid targeting al Qaeda militants in Yemen over the weekend.rump personally approved the raid, the White House said
I wonder if anyone will stop this man before we end up partnering with Putin and at war w/the world
This is COOL!!
Damn regulations! I see where the Republicans say that its ok for coal companies to dump their toxic coal dust in the rivers and streams….gee….and possibly no healthcare to boot, coal country! Sucks to be you! This is what YOU voted for!
stupid, stupid people… it hurts my brain
OMFG. School kids know this.
Yes. They do. Brains wasn’t a job requirement. The less, the better.
Donald Trump is truly ignorant, and especially when it comes to history. It’s no surprise that he has selected quite a few ignorant people to serve in his administration. Spicer’s answer was pure gibberish.
It’s getting worse by the minute, nath. Turns out we have NO LEADERSHIP in the entire Republican party. Of course, we thought that, but it’s now been officially confirmed. Otherwise, these people would be outta there!
Exactly, J’OB! Ignorance seems to be the most prized commodity by Republicans.
Some body needs to tell Trump and Spicer that it’s better to keep your mouth shut about things you know nothing about than to open your mouth and reveal your ignorance.
Interesting development……
I hope it gets out there and nobody messes it up…
More mess on Betsy. UNQUALIFIED.
sorry.
https://www.propublica.org/article/devos-education-nominees-code-words-for-creationism-offshoot-raise-concerns
At a confirmation hearing earlier this month, Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s pick for education secretary, responded to a question about whether she would promote “junk science” by saying she supports science teaching that “allows students to exercise critical thinking.”
This seemingly innocuous statement has raised alarms among science education advocates, and buoyed the hopes of conservative Christian groups that, if confirmed, DeVos may use her bully pulpit atop the U.S. Department of Education to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools.
DeVos and her family have poured millions of dollars into groups that champion intelligent design, the doctrine that the complexity of biological life can best be explained by the existence of a creator rather than by Darwinian evolution. Within this movement, “critical thinking” has become a code phrase to justify teaching of intelligent design.
Fucking quack
THIS! Otherwise, it’s just flapping your mouth.
Exactly, DF!
Trump Death Count is now at 4, although maybe I missed somebody today.
Well, this raid killed 10 other women and children…so I say 14
Thanks for adding that – never saw the other figure.
Michael Moore predicted that Chump was going to get a lot of innocent people killed. It’s so scary because I can see it happening in big numbers. Whether it’s him doing something overseas and/or starting a new war. SMH
LOL
Was just coming on here to share that I heard on CNN that the family of the U.S. Navy Seal, whose body was being brought into Dover this evening, had requested no photographs or cameras. Was going to post “Thank God,” because that scumbag in the White House and the scumbag’s daughter had gone out to meet the plane. All day I’ve been thinking that I couldn’t bear to see anybody but President Obama respectfully be on hand at Dover, as he had done too many times in the past.
So, I thought we had dodged a bullet, but then I look up and – just before muting CNN – heard the scumbag start to make note of where he’d been tonight. HOW WILL WE EVER GET THROUGH THESE UPCOMING DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS AND YEARS? T-rump needs to go.
Here is a pragmatic reply as to how we get rid of him, pronto ….. https://twitter.com/Our4thEstate/status/826951264596418560
Exactly right. One way to hit these rich folks is to hit them hard where money is involved.
Imagine a community supporting co-op style businesses etc. Start small … one step at a time with view on long term success.
My partner is visiting NYC and wants me to accompany him but I am thinking that maybe non Americans like me should refrain from visiting the US for the next 4 years. NYC is one of my favorite cities 😦
Yes, Yes, Yes!
Nerdy – You just helped to cheer me up from “reality” – thanks for highlighting our Joey and Jill in this post! ❤
Bobfr:) You got right to the heart of the matter…man care only for himself and his cashflow…. cut off his cashflow….and the walls will come tumbling down….he never wanted to actually BE President and do hard work! Boycott his businesses
Trump threatens to send troops to Mexico to stop “bad hombres” in phone call with Mexican president. http://nydn.us/2kiVHPZ
Look at them plotting disaster.
UNBELIEVABLE.
This was not veiled. He openly threatened EPN.
And gone after the Australian PM, who no doubt didn’t see it coming.
Report: In a ‘humiliating’ and ‘threatening’ tone, Trump lambasted Mexico’s president during a phone call
Christopher Woody
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During a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Friday, US President Donald Trump disparaged Mexico and threatened to use military force against the drug trade, according to Dolia Estevez, a journalist based in Washington, DC.
In an interview with the Mexican news outlet Aristegui Noticias, Estevez, who cited sources on both sides of the call, said, “It was a very offensive conversation where Trump humiliated Peña Nieto.”
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“I don’t need the Mexicans. I don’t need Mexico,” Trump reportedly told the Mexican president. “We are going to build the wall and you all are going to pay for it, like it or not.”
Trump hinted that the US would force Mexico to fund the wall with a 10% tax on Mexican exports “and of 35% on those exports that hurt Mexico the most,” Estevez wrote in Proyecto Puente.
Before the call, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump was considering a tax on imports from Mexico to pay for the wall.
Did he forget that Mexicans make his clothing? Stupid fucker
Please keep up your support of Perez. We need him now more than ever.
I am definitely for Perez. I think Keith Ellison will be to divisive and cater to much to Bernie Sanders. I like Perez’s record.
can you imagine the horror Muslim families across this country are feeling? I hate this man and all his horrific people.
Somebody should call the White House and say they’re Frederick Douglass and see if they get through to Trump. He’ll probably take the call. OMFG.
Jerry Falwell, Jr. to head an educational reform task force according to an article from Reuters. The flat earth, creationists ready to dumb our schools down even more. The Deplorable One and the billionaires on his staff will not have to suffer from any of the heinous things that they are doing. Elections have grave consequences and those who are already marginalized will suffer the most.
One more thing that just sickens me, CEB.
Absolutely disgusting! Trump is on a mission to take America back to the “Dark Ages” when religious dogma dominated everything, but especially education.
HUMOR BREAK from the rogue National Parks……
OH, YES WE CANNNNNNNNNN
I was definitely one of them.
Damn straight.. Called and faxed both her DC and LA office (she’s got 4 offices in CA), and sent an email. Keep it up CALI PEEPS!!
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/02/01/looking-good-mr-president/