🙂 Hi Judith. I’ve been sending quiet, virtual support to you and the rest of the US family as you fight your ongoing battle over the ACA. Please God, may this be the last of it and maybe now your Congress will stop wasting time and money AND people’s mental &/ physical health.
Judith, am I ever hoping that their rage will really be killed by Oct. 1! It’s been more than tiresome that GOPs have been stuck in this health rut month after month. MEAN and HEARTLESS folks!
{{{JF}}}
America expected Jerry Jones to side with Trump. Instead he kneels with his team! You gotta love America! I hate the #Cowboys but way to go! pic.twitter.com/fdE6SaR2Na
What Dallas Cowboys did was a cop out. Kaepernick refused to stand for the National Anthem. It’s not about a show of unity or a rebuke to Trump. It’s about protesting the killing of unarmed Black people. Taking a knee and then standing up during the National Anthem is not an effective protest at all.
The Brazilian government has revoked a controversial decree that would have opened up a vast reserve in the Amazon to commercial mining.
The area, covering 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles), straddles the northern states of Amapa and Para.
It is thought to be rich in gold, iron, manganese and other minerals.
From the moment President Michel Temer signed the decree in August opening the reserve to commercial mining, it was widely condemned.
Activists and celebrities voiced concern that the area could be badly compromised.
One opposition senator, Randolfe Rodrigues of the Sustainability Network party, said at the time that it was the “biggest attack on the Amazon in the last 50 years”.
Following the criticism, the government revised the decree, prohibiting mining in conservation or indigenous areas.
But a court later suspended the measure altogether, saying any change to the reserve’s status had to be considered by the Brazilian congress.
The only way it will be dead for ever is the voters come to their senses in 2018 and give the dems a veto proof majority in both the houses. The thugs will never give up.
you are right…they will never give up…and that is what #WeThePeople…do not understand….they Never Give UP…so we must ever defend our constitutional rights and liberties…
i suspect that the next move will be to get rid of the Filibuster….McConnell will be under tremendous pressure if this bill fails…
The problem is that we know this is happening but nothing is being done to stop this voter suppression and it will only spread. And of course, SCOTUS (now dominated by Rightwing Justices) may end up allowing it to be made nation-wide.
The protests have been hijacked by folks with an agenda. I tried to set the record straight this morning. I think this is worth your time. pic.twitter.com/p5xmmjeeYY
Large numbers of people have taken part in a landmark vote on independence for Iraq’s Kurdistan region, amid growing opposition both at home and abroad.
Votes are still being counted, with a big “yes” victory expected.
Kurds say it will give them a mandate to negotiate secession, but Iraq’s PM denounced it as “unconstitutional”.
Neighbours Turkey and Iran, fearing separatist unrest in their own Kurdish minorities, threatened to close borders and impose sanctions on oil exports.
The referendum passed off peacefully across the three provinces that make up the region, and turnout was estimated at about 72%, according to the electoral commission.
There were scenes of celebration as the polls closed in the regional capital, Irbil, and in the disputed city of Kirkuk, where a curfew was imposed on Monday night amid fears of unrest.
During another period, we knelt. There is nothing wrong with kneeling down to stand up against injustice. It’s protected by the Constitution pic.twitter.com/HgxqkOsqPU
Amazing how a third of Twitter traffic about #Catalonia is driven by two Kremlin-connected fugitives best known for leaking secrets. pic.twitter.com/j4F1EVRVFC
"He died with a part-time job at Taco Bell. I don't want to end up like that." Proud to distribute TEACH US ALL. Debuting today on @Netflix. pic.twitter.com/FFGihzFSmm
Lost in this protest conversation is the fact that history shows that this entire nation was built on peaceful protest. The day that they tossed the tea into the Boston Harbor, is the day white folks said we have had enough of being dictated to and not heard. There was a time of peaceful protest before white women got the right to vote. There was a time of peaceful protest before people who looked like me didn’t have to ride the back of the bus, go to the school that that wanted, and got the right to vote. Lost in this argument is the fact that Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and other US Territories need assistance. Legislation needs to be put forth before congress. Senators and Congresspeople need to get their asses out of their chairs and fly to these places of devastation and get a clue what is important. And the media needs to stop letting the occupant of the White House hijack every news cycle. He’s an idiot and until you stop giving him attention and focus on other things, maybe just maybe he will start taking his job seriously. #lookattheshinyobject #stoprepealandreplace #helpplacesdevastedbharveyirmamaria
This. The scum is very good in inciting normal people in order to deflect issues away from him while at the same time drawing attention to him. Fucking msm will continue to be drawn to him like to flies to the s..tpile. Establishment dems need to focus on 2018 elections, getting the voter ID’s, challenging voter suppression and keeping voters engaged in positive policies. The thugs do campaigning 24×7 to keep their base ‘energized’ and angry.
waiting (in vain) to hear all those people who have been up-in-arms about PBO’s speeches and relentlessly counting The Obama money, to at least acknowledge that a portion of this is being used to provide job-training for young people.
The president really should be concentrating almost all his attention on foreign policy and domestic relief efforts. Puerto Rico needs the modern equivalent of the Berlin airlift, but this time on the scale not of a city but of a state or country.
Planning for something of this scale needs to start immediately because without it, the death toll in Puerto Rico will become unimaginable. The number of people who are out of money, food, water, fuel and critical medical supplies will grow every day. Many areas of the country are virtually inaccessible due to damaged infrastructure, obstructed roads, and lack of communications. There are people already suffering from lack of food and water, and starvation isn’t far off.
We need new airstrips and all hands on deck to restore power. We need thousands and thousands of cargo flights, probably on an ongoing basis for the next year. We need vast amounts of equipment and manpower to operate it in order to clear debris, clear roads, and get things in a condition to where people can begin to rebuild. We need mobile medical teams that can move in and out of remote areas and evacuate those who will die without supervision.
Pence warns Alaska that if Graham-Cassidy fails, they could end up with the health-care of “a place called Canada”: https://t.co/EPpFbHDK19— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) 26 September 2017
Speaking of debt, Americans are learning of your money laundering and deadbeat deals on the backs of taxpayers. PR is yet another example. pic.twitter.com/VJHYvBaDG9
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/25/17 Trump, Republicans failing again on promised health care repeal
Rachel Maddow looks back at how the Republican Congress swore in early to get a jump on the campaign promise of repealing Obamacare and yet are poised to fail to do so again despite controlling Congress and the White House.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/25/17 Trump campaign manager working against mission of US war in Iraq
Rachel Maddow reports on Kurdish people voting on a referendum to become independent from Iraq, a situation the U.S. has fought to prevent but Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been paid to promote.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/25/17 Facebook warned FBI of Russian activity twice during 2016…
Rachel Maddow reports on developments in what is known about how Russia used Facebook to manipulate the American democratic process including buying ads to amplify American cultural divisions.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/25/17 Protesters dragged from health care repeal hearing
Rachel Maddow reports on the ADAPT protesters who waited in line all day for the only Senate committee hearing to be held on the new ACA repeal bill, and the protest and arrests that soon followed.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/25/17 Americans in Puerto Rico beg for federal help six days post-storm
Rachel Maddow reports on the still dire situation in Hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico and the inadequate response so far from the federal government, which has had to be reminded that Puerto Ricans are Americans.
The Obama Diary 
Hi! I’m here somewhere.
TY NW.
Congrats VC!
🙂 Hi Judith. I’ve been sending quiet, virtual support to you and the rest of the US family as you fight your ongoing battle over the ACA. Please God, may this be the last of it and maybe now your Congress will stop wasting time and money AND people’s mental &/ physical health.
Hear hear! Thanks, VC. Not letting up until October 1.
Judith, am I ever hoping that their rage will really be killed by Oct. 1! It’s been more than tiresome that GOPs have been stuck in this health rut month after month. MEAN and HEARTLESS folks!
{{{JF}}}
This guy needs to be squished like a bug.
Trump is the one I want to see squashed. He deserves whatever nastiness is coming his way from Mueller.
Good for him for ‘telling it like it is’.
Surprise, surprise ….
What Dallas Cowboys did was a cop out. Kaepernick refused to stand for the National Anthem. It’s not about a show of unity or a rebuke to Trump. It’s about protesting the killing of unarmed Black people. Taking a knee and then standing up during the National Anthem is not an effective protest at all.
Congrats, VC ….Au ⭐ becomes you. 🙂
Thanks NW for a new post.
🙂
A female US Marine has made history by becoming the first woman to complete the Corps’ famously gruelling infantry officer training.
The lieutenant, who wants to keep her identity private, graduated in Quantico, Virginia, on Monday.
She will soon be assigned to lead a 40-strong platoon.
Marine Corps commandant Gen. Robert Neller tweeted a picture of the woman, saying he was “proud of this officer & her fellow leaders”.
There are almost 1.4 million active duty troops in the US armed forces, and about 15% are female.
In March 2016, then-President Barack Obama opened all military positions to women, including combat units.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41394646
The Brazilian government has revoked a controversial decree that would have opened up a vast reserve in the Amazon to commercial mining.
The area, covering 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles), straddles the northern states of Amapa and Para.
It is thought to be rich in gold, iron, manganese and other minerals.
From the moment President Michel Temer signed the decree in August opening the reserve to commercial mining, it was widely condemned.
Activists and celebrities voiced concern that the area could be badly compromised.
One opposition senator, Randolfe Rodrigues of the Sustainability Network party, said at the time that it was the “biggest attack on the Amazon in the last 50 years”.
Following the criticism, the government revised the decree, prohibiting mining in conservation or indigenous areas.
But a court later suspended the measure altogether, saying any change to the reserve’s status had to be considered by the Brazilian congress.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41395025
I don’t believe this is dead yet. I want a hard no from Murkowski
The only way it will be dead for ever is the voters come to their senses in 2018 and give the dems a veto proof majority in both the houses. The thugs will never give up.
Yup
Co-sign!
you are right…they will never give up…and that is what #WeThePeople…do not understand….they Never Give UP…so we must ever defend our constitutional rights and liberties…
i suspect that the next move will be to get rid of the Filibuster….McConnell will be under tremendous pressure if this bill fails…
And they’re calling it ‘BernieCare’. Grrrrrr!!!
The media is completely ignoring what’s going on in St. Louis.
The problem is that we know this is happening but nothing is being done to stop this voter suppression and it will only spread. And of course, SCOTUS (now dominated by Rightwing Justices) may end up allowing it to be made nation-wide.
Smh over the shit this supposed sympathetic guy said.
Very well said, Dudette!! I see that you’re a warrior on Twitter as well. Good for you.
Thanks! 🤓
That truly was a great day. I remember it so well. I was overjoyed at such a momentous, historic achievement. My Forever President!!
Large numbers of people have taken part in a landmark vote on independence for Iraq’s Kurdistan region, amid growing opposition both at home and abroad.
Votes are still being counted, with a big “yes” victory expected.
Kurds say it will give them a mandate to negotiate secession, but Iraq’s PM denounced it as “unconstitutional”.
Neighbours Turkey and Iran, fearing separatist unrest in their own Kurdish minorities, threatened to close borders and impose sanctions on oil exports.
The referendum passed off peacefully across the three provinces that make up the region, and turnout was estimated at about 72%, according to the electoral commission.
There were scenes of celebration as the polls closed in the regional capital, Irbil, and in the disputed city of Kirkuk, where a curfew was imposed on Monday night amid fears of unrest.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41394439
what Biden said eons ago.
aaand I am outta here.
Have a great Tuesday. Ta-ta
Goodnight TOD ….
#TrustObama
So true!
Lost in this protest conversation is the fact that history shows that this entire nation was built on peaceful protest. The day that they tossed the tea into the Boston Harbor, is the day white folks said we have had enough of being dictated to and not heard. There was a time of peaceful protest before white women got the right to vote. There was a time of peaceful protest before people who looked like me didn’t have to ride the back of the bus, go to the school that that wanted, and got the right to vote. Lost in this argument is the fact that Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and other US Territories need assistance. Legislation needs to be put forth before congress. Senators and Congresspeople need to get their asses out of their chairs and fly to these places of devastation and get a clue what is important. And the media needs to stop letting the occupant of the White House hijack every news cycle. He’s an idiot and until you stop giving him attention and focus on other things, maybe just maybe he will start taking his job seriously. #lookattheshinyobject #stoprepealandreplace #helpplacesdevastedbharveyirmamaria
This. The scum is very good in inciting normal people in order to deflect issues away from him while at the same time drawing attention to him. Fucking msm will continue to be drawn to him like to flies to the s..tpile. Establishment dems need to focus on 2018 elections, getting the voter ID’s, challenging voter suppression and keeping voters engaged in positive policies. The thugs do campaigning 24×7 to keep their base ‘energized’ and angry.
good morning everyone!
have a great day
waiting (in vain) to hear all those people who have been up-in-arms about PBO’s speeches and relentlessly counting The Obama money, to at least acknowledge that a portion of this is being used to provide job-training for young people.
….. I will keep waiting …..
Don’tcha just love watching smart kids? 😍
Brain over brawn wins every time.
Yep
WOW
Vote EVERY Election!
❤️
Everybody have a Terrific Tuesday!
I love Nancy Wilson. I just watch Nat King Coles’s “Afraid of the Dark” documentary and she was in it too. She is stil so beautiful.
I agree.
Morning everyone. Keep calling. Keep showing up. We’re going with “stake through the heart” not “on life support”
They lie as easily as they breathe. Never trust these Republicans. Never.
Trump Is Ignoring the Mounting Catastrophe in Puerto Rico
by Martin Longman
September 25, 2017
The president really should be concentrating almost all his attention on foreign policy and domestic relief efforts. Puerto Rico needs the modern equivalent of the Berlin airlift, but this time on the scale not of a city but of a state or country.
Planning for something of this scale needs to start immediately because without it, the death toll in Puerto Rico will become unimaginable. The number of people who are out of money, food, water, fuel and critical medical supplies will grow every day. Many areas of the country are virtually inaccessible due to damaged infrastructure, obstructed roads, and lack of communications. There are people already suffering from lack of food and water, and starvation isn’t far off.
We need new airstrips and all hands on deck to restore power. We need thousands and thousands of cargo flights, probably on an ongoing basis for the next year. We need vast amounts of equipment and manpower to operate it in order to clear debris, clear roads, and get things in a condition to where people can begin to rebuild. We need mobile medical teams that can move in and out of remote areas and evacuate those who will die without supervision.
Keep going:)
Dropping this here. He better have lost his damn taxpayer funded job!
The Death Party is going to eff and fear monger with this until they croak.
Pence warns Alaska that if Graham-Cassidy fails, they could end up with the health-care of “a place called Canada”: https://t.co/EPpFbHDK19— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) 26 September 2017
Good morning, TODville. THANK YOU, Nerdy, for everything you do every day.
Today is a good day to check in with friends and family to make sure they’re registered to vote, especially if they’ve moved or just come of age.
Criminal belongs in JAIL.
how convenient
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/25/17
Trump, Republicans failing again on promised health care repeal
Rachel Maddow looks back at how the Republican Congress swore in early to get a jump on the campaign promise of repealing Obamacare and yet are poised to fail to do so again despite controlling Congress and the White House.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/25/17
Trump campaign manager working against mission of US war in Iraq
Rachel Maddow reports on Kurdish people voting on a referendum to become independent from Iraq, a situation the U.S. has fought to prevent but Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been paid to promote.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/25/17
Facebook warned FBI of Russian activity twice during 2016…
Rachel Maddow reports on developments in what is known about how Russia used Facebook to manipulate the American democratic process including buying ads to amplify American cultural divisions.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/25/17
Protesters dragged from health care repeal hearing
Rachel Maddow reports on the ADAPT protesters who waited in line all day for the only Senate committee hearing to be held on the new ACA repeal bill, and the protest and arrests that soon followed.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 9/25/17
Americans in Puerto Rico beg for federal help six days post-storm
Rachel Maddow reports on the still dire situation in Hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico and the inadequate response so far from the federal government, which has had to be reminded that Puerto Ricans are Americans.
Have those good government groups looking into the travel of Dolt45’s corrupt Administration looked into Betsy DeVos?
I can’t see her taking commercial.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/09/26/dont-let-up/
GOP caucus lunch today to plan their next move. DON’T LET UP!!