McConnell asks “how did we get here?” Here’s why Mitch- because you and your party don’t give a damn about DACA kids. And don’t forget your party has left CHIP kids without health coverage for months because YOU decided not to fund the program.Hypocrite.Trump shutdown is on you
Republican Governor Scott Walker has refused to call two more special elections in GOP-held districts because he's terrified of the outcome https://t.co/DhxsbA2dHx
“A partial closure of national park sites has put our parks at an increased risk. There are 21,383 employees who are furloughed. That leaves very few to manage 80 million acres of national park lands. So we need your help. NPS has stopped providing visitor services and facilities are locked. Visitor centers, restrooms, trash collection, visitor information, educational programs, and permits are not available. We would like to ask for your help with trash collection. If you are planning on attending a national park during the government shutdown and want to help us clean up trash we will send you a free gift in the mail. Please take a picture of the mess and another one after it is cleaned up. Send these pictures to us in a Facebook message. Also, include your name, park assisted in, and address. We will send you a free gift in the mail for your help!”
“Around the world” is the kicker. It’s not just those of us in the U.S. who are suffering negative consequences from the election of this poser. With the exception of a few countries (Israel, Russia), Trump is despised worldwise. He is no longer the Leader of the Free World. That title now goes to Angela Merkel.
I don’t do Twitter … am so glad for the tweets everyone is posts here. Loved Eric Holder’s tweet.
That the WH thinks the shutdown is cool … is quite telling. They care naught for anyone. For sure their plan is to deport all of the dreamers. They are completely without a soul.
Ppl turning up at Women’s marches in huge numbers a year after the first one … healthy sign of a blue wave Nov which I wish was here already.
Dispatches from the front line 1/21/2018 7:30 a.m. Austin, Texas.
Staid up late last with my wife (she’s working on her masters in nursing) I was basically watching t.v. while she was studying. Rode in to work this morning, stop by McDonald’s for breakfast (they make excellent oatmeal). Had a quick conversation with a coworker, I’m sure you know how that went. Reading email, let me rephrase that, deleting email without reading it.
turkish & russian dicktaytors are freezing out the murkans from syria and the turd and his treasonous regime know or can do jacksquat about it. the poor kurds are the sacrificial pawns.
Didn’t PP once make a comment at the white house about the “calm before the storm”?
I dont know what that was in reference to but …. now we have Stormy 😅
Yeah, this can’t possibly be illegal or anything. These cretins are nothing but vindictive thugs.
Trump opened a Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office…and then ICE posted on its website the names, addresses and phone numbers of crime victims and the illegal immigrants they called to accuse. https://t.co/uYm36qJGDB
Pence is visiting the troops and blaming Democrats for not funding the troops.
Whitehouse msg when one calls in the comment line – has a msg blaming the Democrats.
Surely God is watching them and takibg notes … and I say this as someone who is not deeply religious.
Trump doesn’t want chain migration. Are Melania’s parents in the US as visitors?
Did Ivana sponsor any of her family members?
I truly truly truly hope these idiots have the ‘greatest’ heartburn anyone had ever had in history.
In my opinion – (not researched or anything) Trump and regime are trying to re-create Nazi era. Just this time it’s ppl of colour.
I wanted to throw up watching this shitstunt by the administration, on TV.
The Pence statement to the troops was the most despicable thing I’ve seen all week. To stand there with them overseas is simply deplorable. This White House is the most partisan I’ve ever see. The lot of them are disgusting.
This needs to be emphasized more by Democrats. This is why military members will not be paid during the Republican shutdown. All of their talk about loving the military are nullified by this move.
This needs to go viral. Just so the American people FINALLY try to get a clue as to who it is that REALLY cares about them, and who wants to use them as pawns.
Here’s the small but mighty #womensmarch in the remote community of Sandy Cove, NS. (Pop: 65) Organizers say it doesn’t matter where you live, women’s rights matter everywhere. @CBCNS@CBCNewspic.twitter.com/bKljHCdoM7
“A lot of the women I talk to who are mothers were thinking, What will I tell my kids in 30 years?” says @CV0, the founder of Flippable. “Will they be able to say that they did something?”
The only “good thing” is the continuation of the ACA. Every other policy by this Republican-dominated Congress is considered to be bad. Pretty clear that the majority of Americans are not okay with this administration.
And there is no better sound than these words coming from a man and nation’s hero who understand the value of being heard and civil rights. We salute you sir .
1/ Lukasz Niec, a Mich. doctor "who has been living in America for nearly 40 years[,] finds himself in jail after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took him from his home in handcuffs"
If you're documented and don't have any warrants, the time to think about whether and how you'd refuse to comply with such requests is now. https://t.co/o5cPSYI3YJ
What's important is to think about the similar situations you're likely to encounter, and strategize about your response in advance, before it happens.
And crucially: What are you comfortable with? You, personally. Because if we plan to do something we'll actually do, we'll do it. And next time we'll do more.
The roundups are getting worse. The checkpoints are getting worse. The harassment is getting worse. The things we were worried would happen are happening.
My good friend @KTKeith passes this along: A roundup of your rights and obligations at various kinds of checkpoints. Take a gander. https://t.co/So59hFR1Id
To my mind, the Fourth Amendment is one of the best and most beautiful passages in the constitution: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."
While I understand how important it is to stand up for your rights, I’m not sure we have any at the moment. Do you trust the Trump administration to uphold the law if you’re a POC?
Schumer compares trying to negotiate with Trump as working with jello. Perfect analogy. Trump is only interested in Trump. He could care less about this country, its military or anything which doesn’t directly impact his coffers.
Despite the racist dog whistling from Team Trump, the U.S. violent crime rate dropped by nearly half between 1990 and 2013 — a period in which the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. tripled. https://t.co/b8sY0CZrQs via @denverpost
Someone needs to check to see if ICE Agents are getting bonuses for the number of immigrants they bring in. I say this because the frequency of interactions between ice agents and the general public has increased tenfold.
Yep, most federal law enforcement positions have ‘built in’ overtime. But usually it is curtailed by management, but if said management is ‘okay’ with the overtime. The money will flow.
Yes, for law enforcement, I’m not sure about non-law enforcement government positions. But I think there are ‘essential positions’ that aren’t law enforcement that aren’t effected by a government shutdown.
Trust me, the pot exists. Not to get too far off topic, but I think either the pentagon or the military has an unlimited budget, well a budget that does not show up on paper. They have to be able to spend any amount of money to protect our country and our interest around the world. I think government law enforcement has a similar situation to that of the pentagon or the military.
We will always have Black Sites run in the U.S. and around the world. And every President, and I do mean every President will keep them running, regardless of what they say. Black Sites are a necessary evil, I don’t think all bad guys are going to give up the goods just by being talked to. I don’t think ICE runs Black Sites, but I think they run something.
I’m just guessing there is some sort of torture going on in these detention camps, given the wholesale permission and green light Trump and his racist minions signal every damn day.
I don’t believe that torture takes place at ICE Detention Camps. But I do believe that torture takes place at Black Sites, Black Sites and ICE Detention Camps are two different animals. Black Site operators as we say in the hood are, ‘on some other shit.’
Don’t think that there aren’t Republicans that want to continue with the shutdown just to put the screws to Trump. Mcturtle, and Ryan can withstand the effects of a shutdown standing on one leg, they’ve been there and they’ve done that. Trump has never experienced a shutdown, so he has no idea what’s going on and he’s feeling the pressure. So he’s liable to do or say anything. Business isn’t like politics, a businessman or businesswoman can’t comprehend the level of ruthlessness it takes to be a politician.
This last week, as the information about how little Trump knows and how little he’s involved in actual governing, has been quite illuminating. Trump has ZERO idea what he or anybody else is doing and that’s why you see Kelly, Miller, Turtle, Ryan and Starbursts playing him like a pinball machine. They’re putting out mixed messages several times a day and if I were Schumer, I’d just flat out say: GFY.
Ha. Grandson’s watching a movie on TV about the FBI … just spotted a framed official portrait on the wall of the federal building of President Barack Obama.
“My sisters, we are gathered here to speak your names”:
Maxine Waters
Kamala Harris
Oprah Winfrey
Joy Ann Reid
Viola Davis
Tarana Burke
Erica Garner
Angela Davis
Bree Newsome
Propane Jane
Tammy Baldwin
Sarah Kendzior
Ally Raisman
Rose McGowan
Alyssa Milano
#me too sisters
Progressive diverse women running/winning public office
women who march AND vote
“Because you taught us that the search is always for the truth/and when people show us who they are, we should believe them.
Something that lights the way ahead like a lamp unto our feet,/as steady as the unforgettable beat of our collective heart.”
We speak your names.
Add to this list of female warriors who are insisting, resisting, persisting and making America anew.
The quotes come from Pearl Clage’s poem “We Speak Your Names.”
On a personal note, I am asking my TOD ohana for prayers, healing thoughts and Light for my mother who is going through health challenges at the moment. Thanks.
Anyone know why Tweet Posts are no longer displayed fully for me.
I see Only Letterings. Hence, I may mistakenly be posting more duplicates. So please, pardon me in advance.
JFK thanks Eisenhower, today 1961, for “one of the most effective transitions in the history of our Republic”: via @JFKLibrarypic.twitter.com/dWI0s37u9s
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
I love them!
That picture. Lawd that picture.
Back when I was proud.
Mulvaney even said the shutdown was “cool”.
http://www.politicususa.com/2018/01/20/white-house-releases-pictures-trump-laughing-celebrating-government-shutdown.html
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/20/politics/mick-mulvaney-government-shutdown-kind-of-cool/index.html
Another guy to follow in his citizen career!
👆🏾 “Senator Badass”
From AltNPS, 2 hours ago:
“A partial closure of national park sites has put our parks at an increased risk. There are 21,383 employees who are furloughed. That leaves very few to manage 80 million acres of national park lands. So we need your help. NPS has stopped providing visitor services and facilities are locked. Visitor centers, restrooms, trash collection, visitor information, educational programs, and permits are not available. We would like to ask for your help with trash collection. If you are planning on attending a national park during the government shutdown and want to help us clean up trash we will send you a free gift in the mail. Please take a picture of the mess and another one after it is cleaned up. Send these pictures to us in a Facebook message. Also, include your name, park assisted in, and address. We will send you a free gift in the mail for your help!”
And that’s a wrap, TODville. Sleep well when you get there!
“Around the world” is the kicker. It’s not just those of us in the U.S. who are suffering negative consequences from the election of this poser. With the exception of a few countries (Israel, Russia), Trump is despised worldwise. He is no longer the Leader of the Free World. That title now goes to Angela Merkel.
Goodnight TOD ….
I don’t do Twitter … am so glad for the tweets everyone is posts here. Loved Eric Holder’s tweet.
That the WH thinks the shutdown is cool … is quite telling. They care naught for anyone. For sure their plan is to deport all of the dreamers. They are completely without a soul.
Ppl turning up at Women’s marches in huge numbers a year after the first one … healthy sign of a blue wave Nov which I wish was here already.
Man, how I miss them. So classy.😢😢
Day 2 of my furlough.
Dispatches from the front line 1/21/2018 7:30 a.m. Austin, Texas.
Staid up late last with my wife (she’s working on her masters in nursing) I was basically watching t.v. while she was studying. Rode in to work this morning, stop by McDonald’s for breakfast (they make excellent oatmeal). Had a quick conversation with a coworker, I’m sure you know how that went. Reading email, let me rephrase that, deleting email without reading it.
Thanks for the update, Don… 🙂
LOL!
turkish & russian dicktaytors are freezing out the murkans from syria and the turd and his treasonous regime know or can do jacksquat about it. the poor kurds are the sacrificial pawns.
Cute couple. That’s what we old folks call “young love”. LOL.
Why not leave the 19 year old kids alone. I call them kids because I’m well pass 19. But who she is dating isn’t anyone business, is it.
They look like two friends hanging out…..not boy friend and girl friend.
Kudos to Democrats for standing together and strong in defending DACA even if it may hurt some of them who have to run in red states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/shutdown-could-hurt-democrats-seeking-reelection-in-trump-states/2018/01/20/a86044ba-fd48-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_2018democrats-832am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
amazing how the msm frames it as only the dems will suffer because of the rethuglican shutdown. fucking fifth columnists.
Yes, the MSM always tries to find a way to blame both sides for problems in Congress even though Republicans are in full control.
shep out in 3,2,1
I remember Sheppard Smith from back in Miami years and years ago, he worked at WSVN Channel 7.
He is literally the only bright spot on Fox News. The only one who will speak the truth from time to time.
Ugh! Can you imagine a worst porn name than ‘stormy?’
Didn’t PP once make a comment at the white house about the “calm before the storm”?
I dont know what that was in reference to but …. now we have Stormy 😅
Love the picture of our Forever POTUS44 and FLOTUS44.
Yeah, this can’t possibly be illegal or anything. These cretins are nothing but vindictive thugs.
So they’re putting the lives of the “victims” at risk now? Good to know. What idiots.
ALL without due process.
Pence is visiting the troops and blaming Democrats for not funding the troops.
Whitehouse msg when one calls in the comment line – has a msg blaming the Democrats.
Surely God is watching them and takibg notes … and I say this as someone who is not deeply religious.
Trump doesn’t want chain migration. Are Melania’s parents in the US as visitors?
Did Ivana sponsor any of her family members?
Pence the christian is over there lying.
I truly truly truly hope these idiots have the ‘greatest’ heartburn anyone had ever had in history.
In my opinion – (not researched or anything) Trump and regime are trying to re-create Nazi era. Just this time it’s ppl of colour.
I wanted to throw up watching this shitstunt by the administration, on TV.
The Pence statement to the troops was the most despicable thing I’ve seen all week. To stand there with them overseas is simply deplorable. This White House is the most partisan I’ve ever see. The lot of them are disgusting.
Trump claim credit for what is still mostly Obama economy. I agree.
Senator Duckworth referring to the POS in the White House as Cadet Bone Spurs and 5 time draft dodger – ☺
🔥🔥🔥
This needs to be emphasized more by Democrats. This is why military members will not be paid during the Republican shutdown. All of their talk about loving the military are nullified by this move.
This needs to go viral. Just so the American people FINALLY try to get a clue as to who it is that REALLY cares about them, and who wants to use them as pawns.
Small but mighty. Love that.
This is the type of framing the Democrats have to co-opt.
They can’t make it conceptual. People don’t think that deeply.
Explain it in metaphors simple enough for a Trump voter to understand.
It is hard to fight this when the press continues to carry the water for the GOP by pushing their memes
The only “good thing” is the continuation of the ACA. Every other policy by this Republican-dominated Congress is considered to be bad. Pretty clear that the majority of Americans are not okay with this administration.
Click the link. Ugly, ugly America
Sure SEEMS like a priority! WTAF!
How are these ICE pigs finding where people are? Is someone turning in these people?
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While I understand how important it is to stand up for your rights, I’m not sure we have any at the moment. Do you trust the Trump administration to uphold the law if you’re a POC?
This is making me so sick I can hardly stand it. What kind of nation have we become. How is this suppose to keep us safe.
Schumer compares trying to negotiate with Trump as working with jello. Perfect analogy. Trump is only interested in Trump. He could care less about this country, its military or anything which doesn’t directly impact his coffers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/negotiating-with-jell-o-how-trumps-shifting-positions-fueled-the-rush-to-a-shutdown/2018/01/20/81215b90-fd71-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_dealmaker-302pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
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https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2017/09/07/the-mind-boggling-cost-of-daca-repeal/
FYI
Someone needs to check to see if ICE Agents are getting bonuses for the number of immigrants they bring in. I say this because the frequency of interactions between ice agents and the general public has increased tenfold.
I think you may be exactly right. This is fucked up. Another truth.
Does anyone want to peruse?
Click to access icePremiumPayGuideWithAppendices22July2014.pdf
Yep, most federal law enforcement positions have ‘built in’ overtime. But usually it is curtailed by management, but if said management is ‘okay’ with the overtime. The money will flow.
Even when the govt. is “shutdown”?
Yes, for law enforcement, I’m not sure about non-law enforcement government positions. But I think there are ‘essential positions’ that aren’t law enforcement that aren’t effected by a government shutdown.
WOW, great question. And what pot of money is that?
Trust me, the pot exists. Not to get too far off topic, but I think either the pentagon or the military has an unlimited budget, well a budget that does not show up on paper. They have to be able to spend any amount of money to protect our country and our interest around the world. I think government law enforcement has a similar situation to that of the pentagon or the military.
Yes, I see what you mean. I guess the question is, bottom line, are we pretty much operating black sites in the U.S. run by ICE rather than the CIA?
Oh god. My head hurts now. Make it stop.
We will always have Black Sites run in the U.S. and around the world. And every President, and I do mean every President will keep them running, regardless of what they say. Black Sites are a necessary evil, I don’t think all bad guys are going to give up the goods just by being talked to. I don’t think ICE runs Black Sites, but I think they run something.
I’m just guessing there is some sort of torture going on in these detention camps, given the wholesale permission and green light Trump and his racist minions signal every damn day.
I don’t believe that torture takes place at ICE Detention Camps. But I do believe that torture takes place at Black Sites, Black Sites and ICE Detention Camps are two different animals. Black Site operators as we say in the hood are, ‘on some other shit.’
Laugh break
Don’t think that there aren’t Republicans that want to continue with the shutdown just to put the screws to Trump. Mcturtle, and Ryan can withstand the effects of a shutdown standing on one leg, they’ve been there and they’ve done that. Trump has never experienced a shutdown, so he has no idea what’s going on and he’s feeling the pressure. So he’s liable to do or say anything. Business isn’t like politics, a businessman or businesswoman can’t comprehend the level of ruthlessness it takes to be a politician.
This last week, as the information about how little Trump knows and how little he’s involved in actual governing, has been quite illuminating. Trump has ZERO idea what he or anybody else is doing and that’s why you see Kelly, Miller, Turtle, Ryan and Starbursts playing him like a pinball machine. They’re putting out mixed messages several times a day and if I were Schumer, I’d just flat out say: GFY.
Schumer is saying exactly that, a tad more eloquent though.
Mary Foster, if you’re here….thanks again for my pussy hat:) It’s on my head! In solidarity.
* turns around and walks out the door quietly.
Oh, pleeeeeeeaaaassse! You know what they are:) Social justice fashion statement!
Of course I know what the hats mean.
LOL!
Ha. Grandson’s watching a movie on TV about the FBI … just spotted a framed official portrait on the wall of the federal building of President Barack Obama.
#Love
Oooh, what movie?
I’ll have to ask when he comes back! 🙂 #AllISawWasObama
Totally understand 😆
Hello Beloved TODbots Community.
The Winter Summer Climate Change in MN continues yet, for another day.
❤ TOD Village.
Thanks, NW.
Same here in Montana.
“My sisters, we are gathered here to speak your names”:
Maxine Waters
Kamala Harris
Oprah Winfrey
Joy Ann Reid
Viola Davis
Tarana Burke
Erica Garner
Angela Davis
Bree Newsome
Propane Jane
Tammy Baldwin
Sarah Kendzior
Ally Raisman
Rose McGowan
Alyssa Milano
#me too sisters
Progressive diverse women running/winning public office
women who march AND vote
“Because you taught us that the search is always for the truth/and when people show us who they are, we should believe them.
Something that lights the way ahead like a lamp unto our feet,/as steady as the unforgettable beat of our collective heart.”
We speak your names.
Add to this list of female warriors who are insisting, resisting, persisting and making America anew.
The quotes come from Pearl Clage’s poem “We Speak Your Names.”
Beautiful.
So powerful!!
On a personal note, I am asking my TOD ohana for prayers, healing thoughts and Light for my mother who is going through health challenges at the moment. Thanks.
{{{ ❤ CEB's Mother ❤ }}}
Thank you, Nena.
Praying for her … and you, {{{CEB}}}.
Adding her to my prayer list, and your whole family. It’s a challenge for all of you.
❤️🙏🏼🕯💐❤️
Sending love, hugs and best wishes to your Mom, CEB
{{CEb’s mother. Healing thoughts and prayers. 🙏
Texas
Anyone know why Tweet Posts are no longer displayed fully for me.
I see Only Letterings. Hence, I may mistakenly be posting more duplicates. So please, pardon me in advance.
WAAAAAY more than that.
I’m posting this here for the Picture Value for TOD’s Cats and Dog Lovers here.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/01/21/whcd-with-the-obamas/