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The People’s View
- Follow me at my new venture: Reclaim the Fight Spandan Chakrabarti
- Ignore the bait: Why it’s the right strategy for Democrats to focus SCOTUS fight on health care Spandan Chakrabarti
- BIG: Judge halts Trump administration attempt to shortcut the census Spandan Chakrabarti
- Trump doesn't want peaceful transition of power. Legally, it doesn’t matter. Spandan Chakrabarti
- Fauci goes off on Rand Paul Spandan Chakrabarti
Smartypants
- Can Someone Who Has Been Criminally Indicted - or Convicted - Run for President?
- AG Garland Just Decimated Right Wing Talking Points About January 6
- Keeping Schools Open Is Much More Complicated Than Teachers Unions vs Parents
- Democrat Cheri Beasley Could Be the Next Senator From North Carolina
- The January 6 Insurrection Was Not Just Political. It Was Also Deeply Religious.
Steve Benen
- Marking one year of Kevin McCarthy's hypocrisy
- Oath Keepers weren't expecting QAnon to get in the way of their insurrection
- Carole King: 'The forest service is not serving the forest — It's serving the timber industry'
- Djokovic 'making a mockery' of Australian Open after visa revoked, again
- Joe responds to Lindsey Graham's Trump flip-flop: 'These guys are out of their minds'
The Obama Diary 
I love Tom Hanks and he loves our (forever!) president! Good evening, Nerdy and thanks for this bit of lightness!
Congratulations, Maryl1
I was thinking in reading your comment how much it means to know someone loves our President Obama. When I know that to be the case my heart opens up to a perfect stranger in a way that I find to be incredible. Its a kind of club of the heart that we belong to that means more than just about anything when gaging how we feel toward another, how much trust we bestow, etc. I guess I don’t need perfect, I don’t need much but I do need to know how someone sincerely feels about President Obama. If they throw him under the bus or use him as a foil in some way then my trust takes a hit, a big hit. Another thing about President Obama and Michelle, with the pull they have on our hearts they could raise up or diminish others, like Trump does, at a whim just because they have that kind of influence, but true to their character the Obamas never do that. They believe in respecting, empowering, and including and that means making up our own minds. God bless them. However, lots of people seem to misunderstand, it doesn’t work both ways. If someone decides to make hay by betraying the trust of the Obamas, mistreating them in plain view, then I say please proceed because you are making your own bed with people like me. Its because the Obamas don’t ever misuse their influence that I can be sure that mistreatment of them is never going to be okay with me. Never.
SAME!!
I agree with you. It hurts me to see people like Elizabeth Warren treat President Obama with such disrespect because of all that he did for her. Her lack of loyalty makes me feel that I can’t support her anymore, just like Bernie Sanders lost my respect, Alison Grimes, Van Jones, etc. whereas any of PBO’s former team NEVER diss him (Josh Earnest, Jon Favreau & Dan Pheiffer, Jon Lovett, etc. even Howard Dean treats him always with respect). Hillary also, once she worked with him, has never dissed him. It has become a standard on which I do judge others which may seem unfair, but I don’t care. The Obamas are worthy of my trust and have never let me down.
Yes, I was immediately done with Elizabeth Warren.
I feel the same; you have expressed the sentiment perfectly.
“The Obamas never misuse their influence.” I think of Trump walking into the Whites House and both Obamas waited for Melania and walked with her, they’re hands on her back. President Obama may have talked sternly to his critics and the people who thwarted him, but he didn’t diminish then as humans, and he didn’t flatter and fawn. This is what had opponent on the right and left can’t understand. He is who he is, always guided by his North Star. Like you I tend to respond to people based on how they respond to the Obamas.
HELL YEA!
Kerry looks fierce!
I hope Michelle will start going to this event; she belongs there more than most because of what she has done for the fashion industry.
Lovely ladies, Alll!
Six years ago tonight. Sunday, May 1, 2011. This was the 841st frame I made that day. I had taken the “Situation Room photo” some seven hours earlier. It was now after 11:00p.m. The President was making some final edits to his remarks to tell the nation that Osama bin Laden had been killed. As news began to leak on television, I changed my point of focus when I saw a video of bin Laden on the TV in the Outer Oval Office.
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PBO’s Saturday that day: 1. play golf while mulling final decision; 2. Give the kill order; 3. Wipe the dining room floor with Donny boy at the WHCD. Fast forward to 2017; Donny whines that PBO is not taking his calls as he stews in ignorance and unhappiness in an office that he did not really want in a vain effort to get back at PBO. PBO: still winning.
It should not be true, what you wrote about Trump, but it is. Its so surreal that such a mature, competent person could be followed by such a messed up one that is obsessed with his predecessor. In some strange and round about, arch of the moral universe kind of way, President Obama’s quite fair teasing of Donald Trump has led to this moment and may in the end lead to the demise of many of the dirty tricks and cheating of the GOP that the President had to face during his administration.
❤️🙏🏻🌏🙏🏻❤️ Please let this be all over when we wake up tomorrow. Goodnight {{{ TOD }}}
Cool!
How was your May Day? Hope no anarchists messed it up! Great to be in our state capitol today for an immigrant and workers’ rights rally and march.
Love your activism, Judith! Thank you.
Truly think I’d feel worse if I didn’t take as many opportunities as possible to speak out publicly.
Amen
Wonderful, I’m sorry I missed it.
Judith Fardig – one of my heroes. Thanks for everything you do.
GM JO’B.
We know that DJT is motivated by his seething humiliation at the WHCD six years ago — he is incapable of letting that go.
This is as good a reason as any I’ve seen for DJT embrace of the Philippine murderer Duterte:
GM Arapaho! Yes, this is no doubt the reason – in this case, and many cases. Awful, isn’t it?
GE/GM TODville night owls.
@truefactsstated (Twitter bio: Claude Taylor, served on Clinton WH staff) believes that our next president will be Orrin Hatch (which means he thinks we’ll be saying adios to both Pence and Ryan):
I think what Taylor is saying is that the FBI storm that’s coming will be enormous. All those above the Senate Pro Tem will likely be indicted. And I think will be gone too.
GM idon.
Thank you for responding.
MSM continues to prop up DJT and make excuses for everything he does to dismantle democracy with plutocratic oligarchic thugocracy.
MSM bends over backwards to say “nothing to see here, move along…” and defiantly declines to offer pushback to the loudest GOP liar who can get MSM attention.
MSM fails to see what you pointed out here on Mar 25:
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/03/25/obamacare-lives/#comment-1647274
“We now have Russian assets, agents, and spies in control of two branches of the federal government. the Executive and Legislative branches. This means when the FBI’s counterintelligence division executes their many many many warrants, most of Trump’s team if not all of them will be removed along with a significant number of GOP House members and US senators. It may also mean the arrests of some individuals in state government at the executive level. ”
Are we taking bets on whether MSM will wake up once the indictments come in?
This is why the election itself must be nullified. The planet cannot survive this hapless order of succession, each worst than the last
Trumpcare Alert
https://mobile.twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/859181285071351810
New York State Trumpcare Alert
https://mobile.twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/859368493791236096
I don’t watch JKL on a regular basis, but I just happened to tune in last night when he was about halfway through his monologue. Maybe this will help the undecideds — and maybe even some of the “yes-votes” — decide to do the right thing and vote no on AHCA.
I cried through the whole video. Bless him for also thinking of others after going through such a harrowing experience himself. Healthcare is life or death, it is as simple as that. That these nasty, greedy, hateful Republicans and insurance companies are willing to let so many of us suffer and die needlessly is the greatest sin.
Me too. I couldn’t stop crying. It was a beautiful thing. And he paid homage to all the hospital staff who helped save his baby’s life. I got the biggest smile through my tears when I saw the baby with his post op surgery smile. Best baby smile evar. This video gives me hope for humanity.
So sad that it takes a personal situation to make influential people to seriously speak out against injustice.
This^^^
Oh, wow, I’m in tears. What a horrible situation and I’m so glad they made it through. And I’m very glad Kimmel made the point about healthcare.
50% of Downe’s syndrome children have multiple heart surgeries and procedures. When then?
GM TODville:
Not a fan of Mark Cuban (don’t trust him), but he highlights what can only be bigotry on the part of the pearl clutchers.
And as I’ve said here earlier, I think PBO’s engagement fee is a flat $400K (previous annual salary), take it or leave it…
Morning everyone….I feel something may happen sooner rather than later……I have no reason other than I just “feel” it…..Here’s to Hope!
Colbert on a roll last night…direct 45 attack(s).
Good Morning.
45: US ‘NEEDS A GOOD’ GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ‘TO FIX MESS’ — http://nbcchi.com/lJq6ae5
I’m sorry. What?
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331496-devos-to-give-commencement-speech-at-historically-black-college
I heard about this earlier, the constant need to hold out hope that the scorpion won’t sting the frog.
Exactly, Don.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 5/1/17
Poor hires may explain poor performance of Trump administration
Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump’s weak vetting and handing out government positions as political favors puts his administration at a disadvantage for performing government functions.
Creating a nice CHAOS and fear confusion situation is what GOPKOCH does so they can dismantle our Constitution in the flurry.
WAR is the same strategy.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 5/1/17
Trump administration weak on basic competence
Rachel Maddow points out how Donald Trump has hired people who are ill-suited for the roles in which they’re meant to serve, like contraception skeptic Teresa Manning in charge of contraception programs, or anti-abortion activist Charmaine Yoest bringing alternative facts to HHS.
CALL AGAIN!
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 5/1/17
Trump compromises US human rights leadership by praising despots
Senator Chris Murphy talks with Rachel Maddow about how Donald Trump’s repeated praise for despots and dictators degrades the high global moral standing of the United States and gives license to other leaders who are inclined to abuse their power.
“As @dankildee told us, it’s callers from red areas who killed #Trumpcare the first time.”
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 https://t.co/X8Fwpff89p
— Dan Kildee (@dankildee) May 2, 2017
sorry…saw this and am spreading the word
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 5/1/17
Trump EPA denies Americans access to decades of climate data
Gina McCarthy, former EPA administrator, reacts to the EPA under Donald Trump removing the climate change section from its web site, and talks about the value of environmental protections to “normal human beings.”
From BJ:
Which one of these undecideds will cast the vote that takes away insurance from Jimmy Kimmel’s baby and thousands of others?
AK-1 Don Young
CA-21 David Valadao
CA-49 Darrell Issa
CO-6 Mike Coffman
FL-18 Brian Mast
FL-25 Mario Diaz-Balart
FL-26 Carlos Curbelo
IL-16 Adam Kinzinger
IN-5 Susan W. Brooks
KS-3 Kevin Yoder
ME-2 Bruce Poliquin
MI-3 Justin Amash
MI-6 Fred Upton
MN-3 Erik Paulsen
NJ-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen
NY-19 John J. Faso
NY-21 Elise Stefanik
OH-10 Michael R. Turner
PA-4 Scott Perry
VA-1 Rob Wittman
WV-1 David B. McKinley
If you live in any districts where one of these potential mass murderers lives, give them a call. (via TPM)
Good morning, TODville.
Called my idiot Republican FREEDUMB Caucus member to tell him NOT to vote yes on this deathcare bill….and that if he DID vote yes, I will make it my highest priority to make sure that he gets voted out of office.
THANK YOU, df. We have to keep hammering these people until we are sure we have stopped this madness.
Sick of this. Sick of Them!
Finished the first episode of Dear White People on Netflix. There was a scene of a meeting of all the differing Black factions on campus. Had me HOLLERING in it’s accuracy. I know everyone of those Black folks. Hilarious!
Can’t wait to continue watching it.
HUH?
Hopefully, this can be used “at the trial.”
I don’t know if John Dickerson was a drinking man before he started that interview, but …
😂👊🏼
One would think, in simply realistic terms, how these journos were privileged to interview President Obama, and actually learn something, (despite being stupid and sh*tty to him afterwards), now to sit facing a total lunatic whining and barely stringing words together to convey ANYTHING lucid, I’d imagine they must come away stunned and terrified. It would be even more beneficial to the planet if they were honest and principled enough to spell it out loud and clear, so even the dumbest among us would have to listen.
Truth!
I think of it as the GOP-loving/fawning/fearing MSM finally getting the president they’ve earned.
OMG, this is INSANE
Fly at your own risk? Stay home? This is a recent meme which I hope it is not fueled by inside or outside interests.
The report on Jimmy’s comments from the msn newsfeed this morning left out everything that he said that related to healthcare and the shit storm related to it. Media still covering up, hiding, and selecting anything said against 45 and GOP fuckery. So thankful that there are other sources from which to get information than the national media.
From Raw Story:
“Kimmel then powerfully pivoted from the story about his son to a political message about access to health care in the United States….”
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/obama-thanks-jimmy-kimmel-for-sharing-emotional-health-care-story-about-his-newborn-sons-surgery/
Not supposed to be on social media (bad, bad girl 😠)… but HAD to sneak in and share this bit of perfection!!!
❤️❤️❤️ to you all! 💋💋💋
Hi Dudette, I hope you’re feeling better. So good to hear from you. Take care and wishing you a speedy recovery.
Thanks Allison! Feeling good today! S’posed to be off news so Cheetolini doesn’t get the blood pressure up. Just poked in for quick sec.
Hugs to you!
Hi Dudette! So glad you are feeling well and stopped in. Love you, praying for you, miss you too!
Thanks so much ((( jojo! )))
Sending you LOVE and appreciation and WELLNESS, Dudette!!
Thank ya, Hunny-Bunny! Right backatcha! 😘
Hugs to you, Dudette darlin’!!!!
Lovely ((( J’OB ))) 😘
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He Dudette, I am soooo elated, joyful and thrilled to see you have peeked in even for just a quick sec. {{{Dudette}}} ❤️❤️❤️
Always a thrill to see you as well, my dear ((( ranman ))) 😘
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((( DF!!! ))) Hey Suga-Pie! 😘😘😘
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((( Pamela-Daaaahling! ))) 💋
Oh Dudette! So happy to hear from you. Know that you are missed and in our prayers. Sending you love and strength. Jimmy’s video is so powerful.
Hi Dudette, it is so wonderful to hear from you, please take care of yourself.
Hey ((( Sophia! )))
Definitely working on it! 😘
Hi Sweetie, good to see you for a quick hello and thanks for dropping this. Now, be a good girl and return to taking care of you. Hugs.
((( CEB ))) Dahhh-ling! Putting back on good girl hat in just a few. 😘
That’s our President Obama! On the side of life and right as always.
That’s right, Bill! This is why he is My Forever President!
Thanks so much for popping in to see that you’re ok. I wish Chips could do the same. I really miss her. Thanks Nerdy for all that you do for us.
Hi ((( Betsy! ))) Good to see ya! I sure miss our ❤️ Chips-a-Doodle ❤️too! Hopefully she is occasionally lurking and sees how wonderfully our fabulous ((( Nerdy ))) is taking care of the village. ❤️
Yes, I hope so too. Take care of yourself. I am praying for a full recovery for you so you can continue to bless all the people you touch everyday, including us here on TOD.
Hello Gorgeous!
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Hey there, Beautiful ((( Nena! )))
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PBO is with us, with love.
Just reading this makes me cry. I’m so tired of fighting these amoral twits in Congress. We need this nightmare to END.
dear meta don’t cry. This to shall pass.
Thank you very much, brp! I’ve been so emotional lately, I don’t understand what is happening to me. I guess it’s a feeling of powerlessness. But I must remember, as you say, this too shall pass.
OMG!!!! I screamed when I saw this PBO tweet. It’s everything. EVERYTHING. PBO has such perfect timing and such beautiful uplifting words.
I have never been a Hillary cheerleader but hearing her speak so intelligently about foreign policy at this women’s conference right now makes me even more frustrated that people in this country opted for that idiot (#45). What a complete waste of power these next 4 years will be. Sigh!!
I still can’t believe this happened, that we’re here, with an insane lunatic and his insufferable family in the WH.
listening to Clinton and the breadth of her intelligence compared to the idiot in the WH was a breath of fresh air.
I don’t feel like joking about it much, but this makes him look like the idiot he is, so it’s good.
The JImmy Kimmel tape made me cry. I’ve been there with a child facing death, just one year old facing Acute Myelocytic Leukema. Unfortunately we lost him, but we could have been financially devastated and lost our home had we not had insurance coverage.
❤️🙏🏻
I can’t imagine the heartbreak, Bill R.
Bill R. so sorry you lost your son.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/05/02/obamacare-fighting-for-all/