Hey all, Can post on phone but not iPad. So while I’m here with a couple of minutes–Happy and richly blessed Thanksgiving to every one of you and your loved ones. ❤️😍🦃
Congrats on first Tnmtngirl! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
Happy Thanksgiving to my TOD family. May you ALL have a peaceful holiday with family, friends, and have your DOTARD relatives leave politics at the door or you will pull out your Pete Souza book on President Obama and make them look at ALL the pictures! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Speaking of Pete Souza books – – – Dream Big Dreams… Barack will have shaped the future like no one else has ever done… and he won’t stop now! Thank you, Pete! You’re the best of the best…
Tnmtgirl, congrats on being first this lovely Thanksgiving Eve. I hope all of TOD family have a wonderful Thanksgiving celebrating with family and friends.
I’m scaring myself. I find myself agreeing with Jennifer Rubin more and more…
Conservative commentator @JRubinBlogger on McCain, Murkowski, Collins: "They were lauded as principled policy makers; to allow the individual mandate repeal to go through now would show them to be not so principled after all." https://t.co/YkjpU3JbDHpic.twitter.com/64yM6JqDGz
Republicans are so out of control right now that none of them are trustworthy or principled. It’s as if they act on whims and change direction at the drop of a hat. Who knows why McCain, Collins and Murkowski are now prepared to destroy the ACA when they refused to do so a few months back. They are confused people in a confused party. We need to vote them out.
I feel like we’ve reached the point where at least a plurality of Republicans believe there is literally no sin a member of their party can commit that disqualifies them. They care only about tax cuts, banning abortion and boxing in LGBT folks and POC. Nothing else matters.
Hello TODbots, It started out Sunny, and now, as Dull as dull can be. Oh Well, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so It’s always cheerful in our Gatherings.
Congrats, TnNtnGirl on your Au ⭐ First 😉
Thanks, tho NW, TOD continues to Thrive!
{{{ ❤ Chips ❤ }}}
❤ TOD community.
Three years ago today, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a police officer while playing in a park. The lack of justice that followed has not been forgotten. We continue to fight for him & other victims of police violence. pic.twitter.com/nAD3pD7kVB
Velshi & Ruhle: On the eve of Thanksgiving, we are thankful for Monumental Americans like Lt. Thomas Hudner & Ensign Jesse Brown #VelshiRuhlepic.twitter.com/gEhUaPDAoO
I had no idea that the story was true.
Wow!
The 2 tweets I glanced on my Twitter feed was unbelievable. My goodness, it was awful.
Surreal. GOP Rep. Joe Barton has released a statement apologizing for a graphic nude photo of him that circulated on social media earlier this week. https://t.co/0UolNGg7NL
Rep. Joe Barton of Texas is a 68-year-old married Republican. You know, the family values party that says “marriage should be between one man and one woman.” https://t.co/cU94OftUCq
Ffs – these people all need to go get jobs, and find out what it’s like to have to WORK for a living… These are the grifters and scam artists of the highest order, and the lowest morality in human nature. Shame shame shame on them all.
I am sorry, but I don’t get it. How does a 68 year-old man think that his nude body is sexy? What exactly is happening to men in America that has made them lose any semblance of common sense?
Happy Thanksgiving to the entire TOD Family!! We’re all going to hang in there until Orange Bigot gets kicked out of an office for which he is sorely unqualified.
Thank you all for keeping TOD going strong and still following the coolest First Family we’ve ever had.
In Alabama over 100,000 people who owe money in the way of court fines or legal fees – roughly 3 percent of the state’s voting-age population – have been struck from voting rolls.
This is unconstitutional and is the reason Republicans are able to win despite a moronic platform.
Just In: Moore communications director no longer with campaign, as new video surfaces of Moore describing how he met his wife. pic.twitter.com/1h2dlLwW4x
KK only needed another K. What a co-winky-dink that she just happened to work at the DA’s office after seeing her 7 yrs earlier. He didn’t say WHY a grown man was a high school recital.
I follow Trudeau and Macron on Facebook and I am so jealous of the Canadians and the French. Both leaders are following the Obama model of leadership in so many ways. I hope and pray that I can live to see the day when the swamp is cleared and we have smart, principled, hard-working people in the White House, Congress and State governments. We have enough good and decent people to drown out the deplorables who can only win by cheating.
I follow them too CEB. Yes, they are both following the Obama blueprint, and their countries are thriving. I noticed the poll someone posted for international trust in countries The U.S. has fallen from first to SIXTH since trump has been in office. The order is interesting, and I am sure is making the WH and groupies furious. 1. Germany 2. France 3. UK 4. Canada 5. Japan 6. U.S. This will not improve until the orange one is no longer in the WH. Would be so great to have Obama, Trudeau and Macron all working for the world.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. I am at my son’s. Glad to be here with him and family.
I don’t comment as much as I should for all the content I share from TOD, but I do want you ALL to know how much you are appreciated and how very thankful I am that this blog continues to live and thrive. Obama is my #ForeverPresident and it is through the efforts of you all that I get my daily dose of the wonderful Obama family. May you all have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving. LOVE ❤
Maybe one day, I'll figure out how to post pictures to this site, lol.
Happy Thanksgiving to TOD ohana! We are expecting a very wet, rainy Thanksgiving Day in my part of the world, but it is always sunshine when I can get together with the family.
Special gratitude to NW for keeping the doors open and being such a great host.
Thank you to Chips for creating this place; I think of you often and long to see you here again.
TOD ohana far and wide: thank you for your wisdom, wit, contributions and comfort. Together we have scaled the heights and plummeted to the depths, but we are still here, lifting up our Forever President, our Fabulous FLOTUS, and the most skilled and scandal-free staff and administration ever. Together, we are insisting, persisting, and resisting to preserve our union, our sanity, and the legacy of PBO.
Be safe those of you who are traveling, whether it is across town or across the country, and may your time together with family and friends be free of political arguments.
Oh, and TODObots? If you think Chasing Light and An Intimate Portrait are powerful reading, hands down you will weep all the way through Dream Big Dreams. Just like I’m doing now. If I never get to the end, I’m okay with that! Yes, the Light WILL return, and never be extinguished again on earth.
I don’t know if this would make a difference. I want us to repeatedly ask these 2 questions on social media and other media platforms and on our daily interactions: (1) if they were your relatives or friends would you believe the accounts of what happened when these children and women were victimized by a sexual predator ? (2) if these were your children, family members or friends, would you still think that voting for any party’s agenda is more important than keeping a monster who preyed on them out of public service. An advertisement that asks the people of Alabama these questions need to be run by any organization supporting Mr. Doug Jones
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney: "There is no compassion whatsoever in the White House. I'm just beside myself with sadness because our president is a bully, our president is a punk, and he just doesn't get it."https://t.co/qPzRJkp1NN
The FCC released their plan yesterday to repeal #NetNeutrality. I have confidence that if enough of us come together in the next several weeks, we can make our voices and save the internet. The board is voting on December 14. Call Congress now: (202) 224-3121.
And, to whatever extent possible please savor the fact that this community made its choice when we all committed to electing the greatest President, ever. Happy Thanksgiving.
Remember when we had a President that shared his Thanksgiving with veterans and homeless people? I do.
Grateful for this special place with special people….Thank you all for being here and Nerdy for keeping the lights on.
I think “threatened” the appropriate term here. The term “frightened” posits him as the victim – and reinforces the notion of Blacks as possessing of something inherently scary.
But he’s actually THREATENED…meaning that he would LIKE to feel and be SUPERIOR to Blacks but reality shows him differently, and that UPSETS him greatly. It’s his uncontrolled lust for control, dominance and power that causes him to feel threatened by Black people.
Infants naturally fear loud noises, pain, excess heat, cold. But they do not fear black people (or any other race of people) on sight. Otherwise whites would not be able to have black nannies, or wet nurses. Because their infants would automatically recoil and reject them. There is NOTHING in the human evolution that makes us afraid of other humans based on skin color. That is something you have to be taught, and you have to cultivate it.
Well said, Hf. ‘Threatened’ is a far better and more accurate word choice. In addition to all you’ve said, I also think Idiot President is threatened by intelligence and other qualities too; his inadequacies are why he blusters and bullies.
Dear TOD Family,
Today I give thanks for countless blessings – your friendship, love and support, high among them! I wish you and yours the Happiest Thanksgiving! 😘
There is nothing new about any of this…but the Republicans are able to win…by blaming POC…Immigrants…Muslims….for the troubles of white folks…this is not a new game strategy…and it always seems to work… https://t.co/jTcEM2jPH6
As we share blessings and bounty with friends and families, let us remember our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico who are struggling with hunger, health, and homelessness in our prayers and in our charity.
Remember, not everyone gets to go home for the holidays. Happy Thanksgiving to all of our servicemen and women overseas! ❤️️🦃🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/9p48FxEbzD
Happy Thanksgiving to all TODbots across the Globe.
Be well.
Eat, be Joyful, Happy & Content.
❤ ❤ ❤ yourselves, Families, Friends & Countries.
If You pray, meditate, not religious, ❤ ❤ ❤ is the Glue that bind Us All.
I ❤ TODbot Community.
Peace.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone at TOD. As we gather among family and friends let us give thanks. And lets us also give thanks to Mueller as he and his team go about the business of ending the reign of the criminal junta that currently occupies the White House.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I pray all of you have a very special day.
We started our day talking to our son in Malaysia. As much as I dislike F@cebook I am so thankful we can FaceTime at no cost. We can see and talk for as long as we want. I am thankful he is now where he wants to be and is happy.
We will be having our dinner with our other son and dear friends. We will have lots of food, laughter, conversation and fun.
Especially thankful for our Chips. Thank you for starting this community and to Nerdy Wonka for keeping us going.
Blessings to all. I do have faith in the people of this country.
Good morning Nerdy & all of TOD ~ A very Happy, Loving & FILLING Thanksgiving to all of you. I am beyond grateful for you continuing The Obama Diary, Nerdy.. I do not know how I’d cope without it, Thank you. To all of you, thank you for providing factual, informative news here at all times- it is how I learn and stay up on things, knowing that I can trust what I read here, without question. I am hopeful. Have a good day, everyone.
I would like to add my thanks to for the continuation of The Obama Diary. While President Obama was in office, I never feared for our country. Now, I worry all the time. We really had an incredible eight years with the Obama administration.
G’morning Nerdy & TOD! Wishing everyone a peaceful and healthy Thanksgiving Day. Special thanks to Nerdy, and of course to Chips whom we all love (and miss dearly). Thanks to all of my fellow TODers who help make this space the unique oasis that it is 🙂 Be well, eat heartily…remember the less fortunate and lets continue doing our part to make this world a better place!
I know this is Thanksgiving Day, but Guys, If you have not seen this, It’s worth 60 seconds of your time.
Too Cute. Too funny. This is one Smart Curious little lady.
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.” -Feynman@ProfFeynman
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” -Einstein
Be thankful for the good possibility of “one and done!”
Based on the evidence I’ve seen, it’s clear this will be Trump’s only Thanksgiving as president. That’s something we can all be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving, my friends. I am off to get last minute dinner items ready to feed my family visitors of ten today. Back again with you by Saturday.
Wow. This is some serious psychosis. FACT: booming economy is solely result of @POTUS44 policies. Market went fm total market collapse at 6,500 to 20,000 today. Unemployment dropped Fm 10% to 4%. Auto industry saved. Deal with reality. https://t.co/tOznfJEpX2
Good West Coast Thanksgiving morning NW & TOD family. I’m so thankful for PBO and First Lady Michelle, for without them, our beloved dear Chipsticks would not have started this wonderful Blog. And I’m doubly thankful that the amazing Nerdy Wonka has stepped in to keep us together during the good and the bad.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Hey all, Can post on phone but not iPad. So while I’m here with a couple of minutes–Happy and richly blessed Thanksgiving to every one of you and your loved ones. ❤️😍🦃
Congrats on first Tnmtngirl! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
Happy Thanksgiving to my TOD family. May you ALL have a peaceful holiday with family, friends, and have your DOTARD relatives leave politics at the door or you will pull out your Pete Souza book on President Obama and make them look at ALL the pictures! 🙂 🙂 🙂
LOL
Speaking of Pete Souza books – – – Dream Big Dreams… Barack will have shaped the future like no one else has ever done… and he won’t stop now! Thank you, Pete! You’re the best of the best…
Tnmtgirl, congrats on being first this lovely Thanksgiving Eve. I hope all of TOD family have a wonderful Thanksgiving celebrating with family and friends.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family NW…
I am grateful to you for keeping the lights on here at TOD…
How sweet!! Classy couple.
OK. So it’s family time…and that works for me.
Maybe something worse is set to drop.
Gee, wonder how many signed up from Alaska?????
I’m scaring myself. I find myself agreeing with Jennifer Rubin more and more…
Republicans are so out of control right now that none of them are trustworthy or principled. It’s as if they act on whims and change direction at the drop of a hat. Who knows why McCain, Collins and Murkowski are now prepared to destroy the ACA when they refused to do so a few months back. They are confused people in a confused party. We need to vote them out.
You think you’re scared. I now follow Bill Kristol.
Inorite!! 🙂
Hello TODbots, It started out Sunny, and now, as Dull as dull can be. Oh Well, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so It’s always cheerful in our Gatherings.
Congrats, TnNtnGirl on your Au ⭐ First 😉
Thanks, tho NW, TOD continues to Thrive!
{{{ ❤ Chips ❤ }}}
❤ TOD community.
This one will forever break my heart. This child should be here.
yes…he should be…yes he should be….
Stephanie started crying in the middle of telling that story of the two heroes. Love Velshi & Ruhle!
This will be so good!! https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MjUzNTk=
I had no idea that the story was true.
Wow!
The 2 tweets I glanced on my Twitter feed was unbelievable. My goodness, it was awful.
Joe Barton the idiot that “apologized” that PBO MADE BP pay Louisiana $20 billion for THEIR four month oil spill in the Gulf.
Ffs – these people all need to go get jobs, and find out what it’s like to have to WORK for a living… These are the grifters and scam artists of the highest order, and the lowest morality in human nature. Shame shame shame on them all.
I am sorry, but I don’t get it. How does a 68 year-old man think that his nude body is sexy? What exactly is happening to men in America that has made them lose any semblance of common sense?
Happy Thanksgiving to the entire TOD Family!! We’re all going to hang in there until Orange Bigot gets kicked out of an office for which he is sorely unqualified.
Thank you all for keeping TOD going strong and still following the coolest First Family we’ve ever had.
To you too. Have a wonderful day.
Happy Thanksgiving one and all, may your gatherings be enjoyable and restful.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of TOD. We are blessed.
KK only needed another K. What a co-winky-dink that she just happened to work at the DA’s office after seeing her 7 yrs earlier. He didn’t say WHY a grown man was a high school recital.
I follow Trudeau and Macron on Facebook and I am so jealous of the Canadians and the French. Both leaders are following the Obama model of leadership in so many ways. I hope and pray that I can live to see the day when the swamp is cleared and we have smart, principled, hard-working people in the White House, Congress and State governments. We have enough good and decent people to drown out the deplorables who can only win by cheating.
I follow them too CEB. Yes, they are both following the Obama blueprint, and their countries are thriving. I noticed the poll someone posted for international trust in countries The U.S. has fallen from first to SIXTH since trump has been in office. The order is interesting, and I am sure is making the WH and groupies furious. 1. Germany 2. France 3. UK 4. Canada 5. Japan 6. U.S. This will not improve until the orange one is no longer in the WH. Would be so great to have Obama, Trudeau and Macron all working for the world.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. I am at my son’s. Glad to be here with him and family.
I don’t comment as much as I should for all the content I share from TOD, but I do want you ALL to know how much you are appreciated and how very thankful I am that this blog continues to live and thrive. Obama is my #ForeverPresident and it is through the efforts of you all that I get my daily dose of the wonderful Obama family. May you all have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving. LOVE ❤
Maybe one day, I'll figure out how to post pictures to this site, lol.
These guys learned from the best, President Obama. I love all of their podcasts.
Happy Thanksgiving, TOD! So very grateful for this village
We love you back, JF! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Keep You The Heart! ♥️🕯 Soon the Light will return… I’m sure. 🕰
Happy Thanksgiving, Judith! We here in TODville have a lot to be thankful for, and I hope you are well.
Happy Thanksgiving to TOD ohana! We are expecting a very wet, rainy Thanksgiving Day in my part of the world, but it is always sunshine when I can get together with the family.
Special gratitude to NW for keeping the doors open and being such a great host.
Thank you to Chips for creating this place; I think of you often and long to see you here again.
TOD ohana far and wide: thank you for your wisdom, wit, contributions and comfort. Together we have scaled the heights and plummeted to the depths, but we are still here, lifting up our Forever President, our Fabulous FLOTUS, and the most skilled and scandal-free staff and administration ever. Together, we are insisting, persisting, and resisting to preserve our union, our sanity, and the legacy of PBO.
Be safe those of you who are traveling, whether it is across town or across the country, and may your time together with family and friends be free of political arguments.
Oh, and TODObots? If you think Chasing Light and An Intimate Portrait are powerful reading, hands down you will weep all the way through Dream Big Dreams. Just like I’m doing now. If I never get to the end, I’m okay with that! Yes, the Light WILL return, and never be extinguished again on earth.
It is in my BN cart waiting for Black Friday 20% off.
Two copies of Dream Big Dreams will arrive at my house tomorrow. I plan on inspecting them thoroughly before applying gift wrap. 😄
I don’t know if this would make a difference. I want us to repeatedly ask these 2 questions on social media and other media platforms and on our daily interactions: (1) if they were your relatives or friends would you believe the accounts of what happened when these children and women were victimized by a sexual predator ? (2) if these were your children, family members or friends, would you still think that voting for any party’s agenda is more important than keeping a monster who preyed on them out of public service. An advertisement that asks the people of Alabama these questions need to be run by any organization supporting Mr. Doug Jones
Ann Curry is an absolute excellent choice. I read that list, which contains highly qualified women. But, Ann Curry would be my first choice.
I kinda think so too!
Go, Philly!
We have no president
Sad to say you are right. I choose to think of ONLY 44 in that office, anyway!
Interesting…..
https://narativ.org/2017/11/23/billionaire-boys-club/
whoa.
Goodnight TOD ….
And, to whatever extent possible please savor the fact that this community made its choice when we all committed to electing the greatest President, ever. Happy Thanksgiving.
Remember when we had a President that shared his Thanksgiving with veterans and homeless people? I do.
Grateful for this special place with special people….Thank you all for being here and Nerdy for keeping the lights on.
I am thankful for this wonderful place and the inhabitants who have saved my sanity more times than I can count.
A HAPPY THANKSGIVING ‘DITTO’ FROM HERE!
All the same to you, Sue. Hope your health improves for the season and may you soon be with your beloved brother.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone….so thankful for my TOD family! News that will make you smile and know that compassion still exists…
Read the short thread…it will make you happy
Good Morning TODVille.
Happy Thanksgiving.
I am so grateful for the tireless Nerdy, the understanding and altruistic Chips, and all those who day in day out keep this blog informative and fun.
May you enjoy this special day.
I think “threatened” the appropriate term here. The term “frightened” posits him as the victim – and reinforces the notion of Blacks as possessing of something inherently scary.
But he’s actually THREATENED…meaning that he would LIKE to feel and be SUPERIOR to Blacks but reality shows him differently, and that UPSETS him greatly. It’s his uncontrolled lust for control, dominance and power that causes him to feel threatened by Black people.
Infants naturally fear loud noises, pain, excess heat, cold. But they do not fear black people (or any other race of people) on sight. Otherwise whites would not be able to have black nannies, or wet nurses. Because their infants would automatically recoil and reject them. There is NOTHING in the human evolution that makes us afraid of other humans based on skin color. That is something you have to be taught, and you have to cultivate it.
Well said, Hf. ‘Threatened’ is a far better and more accurate word choice. In addition to all you’ve said, I also think Idiot President is threatened by intelligence and other qualities too; his inadequacies are why he blusters and bullies.
Dear TOD Family,
Today I give thanks for countless blessings – your friendship, love and support, high among them! I wish you and yours the Happiest Thanksgiving! 😘
You don’t say. You can have him back. Take all of them
This looks juicy!
Raise your voices
As we share blessings and bounty with friends and families, let us remember our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico who are struggling with hunger, health, and homelessness in our prayers and in our charity.
🙏🏾
Good morning TOD’ville, Happy Thanksgiving. I hope this day brings you great joy and happiness celebrating with family and friends. 🍗 🍾 🎊 🎉
Happy Thanksgiving TOD…..
I am so looking forward to the documentary…the Final Year….here is a link to watching it at home..
http://www.magpictures.com/thefinalyear/watch-at-home/
Happy Thanksgiving to all TODbots across the Globe.
Be well.
Eat, be Joyful, Happy & Content.
❤ ❤ ❤ yourselves, Families, Friends & Countries.
If You pray, meditate, not religious, ❤ ❤ ❤ is the Glue that bind Us All.
I ❤ TODbot Community.
Peace.
And we TODbots love you, Nena – thank you for contributing so much to our knowledge and appreciation of all things O-B-A-M-A!
Happy Thanksgiving, all.
❤ 🙂 ❤ J'OB
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone at TOD. As we gather among family and friends let us give thanks. And lets us also give thanks to Mueller as he and his team go about the business of ending the reign of the criminal junta that currently occupies the White House.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I pray all of you have a very special day.
We started our day talking to our son in Malaysia. As much as I dislike F@cebook I am so thankful we can FaceTime at no cost. We can see and talk for as long as we want. I am thankful he is now where he wants to be and is happy.
We will be having our dinner with our other son and dear friends. We will have lots of food, laughter, conversation and fun.
Especially thankful for our Chips. Thank you for starting this community and to Nerdy Wonka for keeping us going.
Blessings to all. I do have faith in the people of this country.
The generosity and compassion of decent human beings….
What a Great Human Kindness story.
I am weeping now, Tears of Joy!
Now that makes me very hopeful.
Good morning Nerdy & all of TOD ~ A very Happy, Loving & FILLING Thanksgiving to all of you. I am beyond grateful for you continuing The Obama Diary, Nerdy.. I do not know how I’d cope without it, Thank you. To all of you, thank you for providing factual, informative news here at all times- it is how I learn and stay up on things, knowing that I can trust what I read here, without question. I am hopeful. Have a good day, everyone.
I would like to add my thanks to for the continuation of The Obama Diary. While President Obama was in office, I never feared for our country. Now, I worry all the time. We really had an incredible eight years with the Obama administration.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
G’morning Nerdy & TOD! Wishing everyone a peaceful and healthy Thanksgiving Day. Special thanks to Nerdy, and of course to Chips whom we all love (and miss dearly). Thanks to all of my fellow TODers who help make this space the unique oasis that it is 🙂 Be well, eat heartily…remember the less fortunate and lets continue doing our part to make this world a better place!
I know this is Thanksgiving Day, but Guys, If you have not seen this, It’s worth 60 seconds of your time.
Too Cute. Too funny. This is one Smart Curious little lady.
Be thankful for the good possibility of “one and done!”
Happy Thanksgiving, my friends. I am off to get last minute dinner items ready to feed my family visitors of ten today. Back again with you by Saturday.
NIce try. Not allowed to change historical facts
{{{ ❤️ TOD ❤️ }}}
Good West Coast Thanksgiving morning NW & TOD family. I’m so thankful for PBO and First Lady Michelle, for without them, our beloved dear Chipsticks would not have started this wonderful Blog. And I’m doubly thankful that the amazing Nerdy Wonka has stepped in to keep us together during the good and the bad.
Love & blessings to you all (Lurkers included) ❤
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/11/23/thankful-for-the-obamas/