I never have believed that I am intelligent enough to be President of the United States. That I do not have enough background and knowledge to serve in that capacity having been an elementary teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, education committee member and volunteer. I thought PBO had all the needed attributes and served us well as President. I think our current President has a background of being a failed business man, a con man and an amoral person. He is failing miserably and I feel that even I could do a better job than him.
1/ WHY I #RESIST (a New Year’s essay on what it means to be American today)
It was a sunny day in 1969 on Reece Air Force Base, in Lubbock, TX, as I stretched my 5-yr old legs up the ladder to make it to the top, in time to face the base flag, for the Star Spangled Banner.
As I head out to be with my sister (like me fighting cancer), I am grateful for another year of many blessings, among them, this blog.
May each one of you, agent of sanity in a surreal world since January 2017, be blessed in small and big ways.
Sending my utmost respect to NW and Chips who made this gathering possible and have continuously sustained us in the most darkest hours (of political insanity).
Germany is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material.
Sites that do not remove “obviously illegal” posts could face fines of up to 50m euro (£44.3m).
The law gives the networks 24 hours to act after they have been told about law-breaking material.
Social networks and media sites with more than two million members will fall under the law’s provisions.
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will be the law’s main focus but it is also likely to be applied to Reddit, Tumblr and Russian social network VK. Other sites such as Vimeo and Flickr could also be caught up in its provisions.
That’s really great to hear. Of course, such a law couldn’t be passed here given our so-called love for absolute free speech (for bigots). Good for Germany.
When headlines echo Trump's false or dubious claims without signaling to readers that they are false or dubious, they are doing what Trump wants them to do.
This was the whole point of the lie in the first place — and the lying is getting rewarded. https://t.co/R4lZTSHCKU
Happy New Year HZ. I was thinking about all the many people that no longer post, lurkers and those that are no longer with us. I think of how wonderful it was to come here and ooh and awe over pictures of the Obama family and all the goodness they displayed. I miss so many of them and of course Chipsticks and Danny. I pray good health to all my TOD family in 2018 and beyond. I LOVE YOU ALL!
Happy New Year dearest HZ! I wish you health & happiness throughout the year.
I’m presently watching the pre Pasadena Rose Parade activities. The parade will begin on KTLA in about 30 minutes. I can’t wait to see the beautiful floats and outstanding bands 😘
Happy New Year, to everyone of you amazing TOD villagers! Thank you for your love and support, for laughter and learning, for friendship and family. Can’t wait to see the great things in store for us in 2018! 😘
Happy New Year! Wishing you an abundance of happiness, good health and prosperity! 🎉😘✨ pic.twitter.com/vDPe3x3l2p
Let's HOPE that 2018, as early as possible, had YOU TELLING THE TRUTH about why YOU ENABLED PUTIN to install a TRAITOROUS CRIME SYNDICATE DON in OUR @WhiteHouse.
HAPPY NEW YEAR all TODers everywhere may your year be blessed with Health Love Joy and peace from Nevis with Love its 153am and kids are still celebrating with firecrackers etc. have a wonderful year everyone
Happy New Year to the entire TOD diaspora! I pray that 2018 will make right the wrongs of 2017. May true happiness and prosperity bless you all year round.
Happy New Year and blessings to all the incredible members of the TOD family! As we embark on a New Year, lets be thankful of the incredible past 8 years of the Obama presidency. More importantly, lets give thanks to Chipsticks for creating TOD and to Nerdy Wonka for sustaining it in Chips’ absence. Let’s all pledge that in 2018, our “Motto will be RESISTANCE” to Trumpism!
Good morning. Happy New Year to everyone at TOD……….regulars, lurkers and the occasional ones. May 2018 be a year of blessings and happiness for each of you. A special “thank you” to Chipsticks (and Danny) for creating this space and to NW for keeping the doors open, enabling us to continue to love and support each other.
Good morning TOD and happy new year, as I sit in my office this fine Monday morning I am happy to be alive. And what a time it is to be alive, we are hurdling towards the great unknown. And what an unknown it is. I’m just happy this morning, we’ve shaken off the yoke of 2017 and now we are head long into 2018, and what a 2018 it is already.
Happy New Year, dear ones. May 2018 be kind to you and may we learn more widely what we know here already. We need one another. We need to care for one another. Thanks from the bottom of my heart, NW, for everything you do for us.
What a privilege and pleasure to be able to come to this site every morning! A good way to start 2018. I’m hoping that this year will bring an end to some of the awfulnesss of the past year and set our whole country on a brighter path. Happy New Year to all loved TODers. Looking forward to our reunion at the Obama Library!
HaPPy KwAnzAA…Last day—Imani-FAITH To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
Justice…Freedom….Equality….Peace….
Whenever i become discouraged…i think of the Selma March and the Pettus Bridge….the strength and courage of the civil rights activists…to remain committed to their goal in face of adversity…in the face of death……strengthens my resolve…to keep on keepin on!!
Whatever disagreements people had with @BarackObama on particular policies, experiencing 2017 was to be reminded daily of what we miss: integrity, grace & a President who was motivated primarily by a desire to help others. https://t.co/WOJq4UvBdZ
Welcome to 2018 — this year Americans will make it very clear that we do not tolerate corruption of our elected officials or their collusion with foreign adversaries, that we do not tolerate cover ups and we do not tolerate those who defend corruption, collusion and cover ups.
Ok, friends. Signing off for 2017. Happy New Year!!! I leave you with the word of the year for 2017: Complicity. And our song for 2018 (turn it all the way up to 11):https://t.co/FTVrcIB0pC
Delurking to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I don’t post very often; but, I’m here everyday and so grateful that Nerdy has kept us going. Like so many others have stated, this community has helped me get through the pain and disgust of the man in the WH.
Ever notice that there aren't any "how tax cuts for the super-rich saved my life" hashtags going around? Kayley from Atlanta credits the #ACA with helping to save her mom's life — but the #TrumpTax threatens that care. https://t.co/xY36rRLD6f
My mother doesn’t have to go to an emergency hospital, there are MORE urgent care centers that give wonderful care to Medicare and covered Californians who are on Medicaid. Thank you Obama.
Wishing everyone a happy New Year. May we all resolve to live each day with purpose and hope, never forgetting that the way of peace and the way of love is the better way. #goodtrouble
Thanks. We have our first video coming tomorrow. Would appreciate your help sharing it! An aggressive attack on the anti-science and anti-fact disease infecting our politics.
I am running against 29-yr Republican incumbent, Dana Rohrabacher. Yes, the climate change denying, Russia loving, healthcare stealing, border wall advocating Congressman.
Think it’s time to flip this seat? Oh yes.
The #bluewave is gaining traction in CA and IT NEEDS TO.
Tell us what the #BlueWave2018 is going to look like in your city, county, state. What are you and your community doing to make it happen? Share and RT each other. Use the #BlueWave2018 hashtag. Let's get this done. ✊️ pic.twitter.com/1RRoQbY3Tj
Honored to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of Framingham’s first-ever mayor, Yvonne Spicer. A gifted educator, Yvonne is now also the first African American woman popularly elected to serve as mayor of a MA city. What a wonderful way to start the new year! pic.twitter.com/pw6bI6uoKU
Bill de Blasio begins his second term as New York City mayor with a swearing-in ceremony at City Hall Park amid arctic-like temperatures, becoming the first Democrat to be re-elected in New York since Edward Koch in 1985. https://t.co/68V8OX6R28pic.twitter.com/LeDOA9754C
“A legal defense fund, backed by $13 million…to help…janitors, nurses & workers at farms, factories, restaurants & hotels protect themselves from sexual misconduct & fallout from reporting it.” Ok, THIS is a step up from black outfits at awards shows. https://t.co/PjV0XL8Lol
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
We used to have a president. Not htat long ago, but it feels like 1,000 years….
I never have believed that I am intelligent enough to be President of the United States. That I do not have enough background and knowledge to serve in that capacity having been an elementary teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, education committee member and volunteer. I thought PBO had all the needed attributes and served us well as President. I think our current President has a background of being a failed business man, a con man and an amoral person. He is failing miserably and I feel that even I could do a better job than him.
GE, TODville Community.
Congrats, MagaPie on your solid Au ⭐
Thanks, NW for the New Post.
hhny y’all.
Happy New Year, TOD. Love you guys.
Love you back, df. Happy New Year!
I am waiting for Trump’s list of favorite books he has read..
Some of America is in the 1950’s. Not most of us
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Happy New Year TODVille.
As I head out to be with my sister (like me fighting cancer), I am grateful for another year of many blessings, among them, this blog.
May each one of you, agent of sanity in a surreal world since January 2017, be blessed in small and big ways.
Sending my utmost respect to NW and Chips who made this gathering possible and have continuously sustained us in the most darkest hours (of political insanity).
Stay well and be safe.
Bonne et heureuse année.
Bonne et heureuse année 2018 à toi, ta soeur et ta famille, NCLB!
We have indeed been blessed to have this corner in which we can gather daily.
Bonne santé à vous aussi!
Sending hugs and wishes for strength and healing grace for you both.
Wishing You All, A Happy New Year!
Until Next Year, Gang!
… indeed, indeed. And may he be caught in 2018!
Nothing but the truth.
She looks
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[Bite your tongue, VC!]
2 dimensional cartoon character? Both physically and metaphysically?
Hush!
🙂
Actually, just spotted a pic of Melania’s dress … OMG. I’m not posting it here, in case anybody’s eating or plans to eat within 24 hours.
Did she look in the mirror and think she looked good? If so, she needs glasses.
She looked awful!
This whole crew always look trashy, no matter what they wear.
All of them. They’re trashy inside, of course.
Germany is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material.
Sites that do not remove “obviously illegal” posts could face fines of up to 50m euro (£44.3m).
The law gives the networks 24 hours to act after they have been told about law-breaking material.
Social networks and media sites with more than two million members will fall under the law’s provisions.
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will be the law’s main focus but it is also likely to be applied to Reddit, Tumblr and Russian social network VK. Other sites such as Vimeo and Flickr could also be caught up in its provisions.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42510868
Since these ‘soshul media’ sites don’t follow their own ‘terms of service’, the stick it is.
That’s really great to hear. Of course, such a law couldn’t be passed here given our so-called love for absolute free speech (for bigots). Good for Germany.
Happy New Year to my TOD family. I love you all. HZ
HZ! So good to see you here. Happy New Year, dear one!
Love you back HZ! Wishing you all the best in 2018!
{{{ HZ ❤️🙏🏻 }}}
Happy New Year HZ. I was thinking about all the many people that no longer post, lurkers and those that are no longer with us. I think of how wonderful it was to come here and ooh and awe over pictures of the Obama family and all the goodness they displayed. I miss so many of them and of course Chipsticks and Danny. I pray good health to all my TOD family in 2018 and beyond. I LOVE YOU ALL!
Love YOU!!
Oh HZ, happy New Year! You are one very special lady. We will make it through this.
Happy New Year, dear friend!!
There you are, beautiful one:) Happy New Year to you as well! Miss you
Happy New Year dearest HZ! I wish you health & happiness throughout the year.
I’m presently watching the pre Pasadena Rose Parade activities. The parade will begin on KTLA in about 30 minutes. I can’t wait to see the beautiful floats and outstanding bands 😘
Happy New Year, to everyone of you amazing TOD villagers! Thank you for your love and support, for laughter and learning, for friendship and family. Can’t wait to see the great things in store for us in 2018! 😘
Happy New Year to everyone.
Happy New Year to President Obama, Michelle, Malia,Sasha, Bo and Sunny. Grandma Robinson too.
Happy New Year Everybody
Happy New Year to all of TOD, Nerdy, Chips, and hoping that this year brings success, peace and good health for every one!!! 🙂
{{{{{ ♥️ TOD ♥️ }}}}}
Happy New Years TOD’ville, I hope your year is filled with good fortune, great success, and loving-kindness throughout the year. 🎉🍾🥂🎊
Happy New Year TODers celebrating in your respective time zones. I’m hoping to be awake when it arrives here on the West Coast.
May we all continue to gather here to support and encourage one another and Take Back Our Government.
Yes. We. Can ❤️
Happy New Year, TOD ohana❤
Happy New Year TOD ….
Seriously ….
In case you wonder why I ask …..
I am confident that Mueller is going through this information with a fine tooth comb. Putin’s Puppet is going down.
Happy New Year everyone! Here’s to a much better 2018, with Truth and Justice prevailing.
HAPPY NEW YEAR all TODers everywhere may your year be blessed with Health Love Joy and peace from Nevis with Love its 153am and kids are still celebrating with firecrackers etc. have a wonderful year everyone
Happy New Year to the entire TOD diaspora! I pray that 2018 will make right the wrongs of 2017. May true happiness and prosperity bless you all year round.
Happy New Year Anjo. You are just across the sea from my island Montserrat.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TODDERS! 2018 will be a year of change… #TheFutureIsFemale!
Happy New Year!😄🎆🎇🎉
HAPPY NEW YEAR, Nerdy Wonka and TODville!!
Happy New Year and blessings to all the incredible members of the TOD family! As we embark on a New Year, lets be thankful of the incredible past 8 years of the Obama presidency. More importantly, lets give thanks to Chipsticks for creating TOD and to Nerdy Wonka for sustaining it in Chips’ absence. Let’s all pledge that in 2018, our “Motto will be RESISTANCE” to Trumpism!
Happy New Year to the whole Obama Diary ohana ❤ !
Good morning. Happy New Year to everyone at TOD……….regulars, lurkers and the occasional ones. May 2018 be a year of blessings and happiness for each of you. A special “thank you” to Chipsticks (and Danny) for creating this space and to NW for keeping the doors open, enabling us to continue to love and support each other.
#RESIST
Thanks go everyone who keeps TOD running. Happy New Year to commenters and readers and may be continue to resist and keep each other sane.
This!!!
Happy New Year TOD ~
Good morning TOD and happy new year, as I sit in my office this fine Monday morning I am happy to be alive. And what a time it is to be alive, we are hurdling towards the great unknown. And what an unknown it is. I’m just happy this morning, we’ve shaken off the yoke of 2017 and now we are head long into 2018, and what a 2018 it is already.
Happy New Year, dear ones. May 2018 be kind to you and may we learn more widely what we know here already. We need one another. We need to care for one another. Thanks from the bottom of my heart, NW, for everything you do for us.
Happy New Year village!
WAR EAGLE! ………Auburn plays in the Peach Bowl 12:30est
I hope Auburn wins, not because I like Auburn or anything, but because UCF thinks they can run with the big dogs.
Happy New Year everyone and let’s hope it brings all we wish for including good health and happiness.
Most people are good.
Hi TOD, May you all get the desires of your heart and may all your plans succeed in the New Year 2018.
Happy New Year TODers!
Nerdy, many, many thanks.
((((((((((((((((((Chips)))))))))))))))))))
Wishing everyone a blessed and saner 2018!
What a privilege and pleasure to be able to come to this site every morning! A good way to start 2018. I’m hoping that this year will bring an end to some of the awfulnesss of the past year and set our whole country on a brighter path. Happy New Year to all loved TODers. Looking forward to our reunion at the Obama Library!
Good morning and Happy New Year, Carolyn. TOD should be an exhibit in the Obama Library Complex (-)!
HaPPy KwAnzAA…Last day—Imani-FAITH To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
Justice…Freedom….Equality….Peace….
Whenever i become discouraged…i think of the Selma March and the Pettus Bridge….the strength and courage of the civil rights activists…to remain committed to their goal in face of adversity…in the face of death……strengthens my resolve…to keep on keepin on!!
IMANI-FAITH!
🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
h/t lovelyplains 😜😄
Oh Dudette, this is so beautiful. What a way to start the new year.
Happy New Year, mtmarilyn! 😘
Speaking of Minnesota
Every bit of this
Thanks so much for sharing that, in particular, and Happy New Year, Dudette!
You are most welcome, J! Happy New Year! 😘
Delurking to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I don’t post very often; but, I’m here everyday and so grateful that Nerdy has kept us going. Like so many others have stated, this community has helped me get through the pain and disgust of the man in the WH.
Thank you Nerdy and Chip.
Good to see you! Happy New Year! 👍🏾
My mother doesn’t have to go to an emergency hospital, there are MORE urgent care centers that give wonderful care to Medicare and covered Californians who are on Medicaid. Thank you Obama.
😁 Philly!
Full Moon in 9 hours! Beautiful! ♥️🙏🏻🕯🌕✨
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/01/01/a-well-rounded-president/
When you need some inspiration
To and for all of us in TODville, with special gratitude to Chips and Nerdy Wonka.
❤️❤️❤️🎉