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Good afternoon TOD’ers. Thanks Nerdy for all you do.
FACEBOOK IS QUITE POPULAR AND THAT IS WHAT I USE..PLEASE PUT OBAMA PICS OUT FOR FACEBOOK USE AS WELL.
RanMan – well done! No, we will not let #FakePresident erase our beloved President Obama and his accomplishments!
Democrats have to push back against the notion that by supporting DACA, they are supporting criminal migrants. This is not true. If you commit a crime, you cannot be a DREAMER. That’s the law. Dems need to be much more aggressive about pushing back when Republicans lie about this issue and therefore stop Republicans from framing DACA as a “Dems love criminals” issue.
Interesting day in Washington, D.C. Let’s see what happens in February. At least, CHIP is safe for the next 6 years. I am not that optimistic that DACA is passed by the House in February but we’ll have to see. Anything is possible and Democrats have time to frame the argument and push Republicans on DACA which is heavily supported by the American people.
Trump Hasn’t Destroyed Obama’s Legacy. He’s Revealed How Impressive It Was. … The opposition to Obama was primarily a racialized hysteria justified on spurious procedural grounds that have since been discarded. The noise and frenzy of opposition obscured the scale of what Obama was able to build. In the brutal contrast, Trump’s presidency has shown us what a successful presidency with enduring achievements really looks like. … http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/trump-hasnt-destroyed-obamas-legacy.html
it wan’t just the GOP who obstructed and lied about President…but it was the loony left as well
Yep! I’ll never understand most of that!
True dat. I don’t like that expression that some occasionally use “we didn’t deserve him”, but we damn sure needed/need him. Let’s continue working to keep his legacy alive and remembering the lessons he has continually shared with us.
Amen
Thanks for adding this link to the blog; good article and one that was sorely needed
Thanks, JER. Hope your healing is progressing rapidly.
This is a good article for sharing (TY, JER), as it gives a different perspective to those of us who were apprehensive about the Orange Idiot’s unrelenting attack on PBO’s legacy, while having nothing to offer. I put it in a tweet for easier sharing.
Unabashed advert:
My sister-in-law has a published book, quite a story. I have my autographed copy, and am very proud of her. It is not easy to tell the parts we wish may we could forget. Most important is what we do with the lessons learned. ♥️🕯🙏🏻
Hello, MP; nice to see you.
I googled the title and author and discovered a very lengthy summary of the first half of the plot. Congrats to your sis-in-law.
Pamela – hope you are doing well. Thought about you as Erika, Paul, and I marched in Seattle.
thread!
I am glad to see Paul Krugman finally recognizing political reality. I remember him leading the charge that “Obama caved” with regard to the 2009 stimulus bill and the 2010 ACA bill.
Yes alot of so called progressives did
Wishing her much success with the book. May it’s revelations bring healing grace to all & strengthen your family’s love.
Sorry, this was a reply to Pamela about her sister’s book.
Hello there, D-ette! What’s cooking?
Pity one cannot see down the thread in some magical way as one proceeds downward! 😉 Seems like I duplicated this tweet because I didn’t notice it when I sent a quick glance around the article above. My apologies.
No worries at all, Sis.
🙂 🙂
{{{D-ette}}} & ❤ ❤
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RBG is the coolest!
Loved that show. Reboot is moving from NYC to ATL. This’ll be interesting.
“… And just in case you’re wondering, yes, bookies are also taking bets about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s upcoming wedding. Right now you can apparently gamble on whether Elton John will sing, if the Obamas will attend, whether the royal ginger will shave his head, and who will design Markle’s wedding dress.”
Sooooo … I am catching up on the today’s news, aaparently Donald Trump reports ylto President Miller and President Kelley (sp?)
Paul Begala on Erin Burnett (CNN) called Kelly a hero or honorable man (or something close to that) because of his service etc etc etc. So simply wearing a uniform automatically makes Kelley a decent human being ???
Hasn’t history shown that there are men, dressed in uniform, who are capable of being inhumane?
Sarah Sanders surely has to be one of the ugliest souls on earth. Her lying and condescension is truly Deplorable. I hope she is always blessed with a lying husband and children. She doesn’t deserve anything less. She is nothing but a POS.
Kelly could have been honored for being in the military and having an admirable career for the rest of his life … but then he chose sides with trump and became known as the same thing trump is: a racist, down to the bone. Shame on Paul Begala if he didn’t call him out for it.
Happy Monday TOD’ers!
A thought just came to me … Pence really does look like one of the teletubby characters. 😂
Social media at it’s best
https://www.ellentube.com/video/chadwick-boseman-and-ellen-surprise-black-panther-fundraiser-frederick-josephs.html
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There really are some horrible people out here. Damn!
I can’t find anything nice to say.
She was fired last year.
These are truly evil people, Dudette. And this despicable woman is a Third Grade teacher.
Axios, so read with loads of skepticism.
Linda Sarsour (one of the organizers with the women’s march – I don’t know anything about her) … was pooh-poohing democrats for caving (basically) on the Chris Hayes show. Said that there will be a big win in Nov but outside the Democratic party (apologies but I can’t recall her exact words but that’s what she alluded to). She reminded me of the extreme left loony thinking (unless i misunderstood her). Have these ppl not learned anything at all???
this is my issue with some of the organizers of the march…indeed with some of the so called progressives…you have two parties …the DEMs and the GOP….the ideas that they are promoting have ZERO chance of living in the Republican Party….but they cannot bring themselves to call for the support of the Democratic Party…i find that fraudulent…and makes me wonder what is really going on…are they planning to play spoilers for a 3rd party candidate..
This thread is sad, painful, but true and worth a read.
Keep reading. There’s much more…
It’s beyond maddening that the extreme left seems to be as ignorant in their way as the far right.
Everyone on the left needs to read and take this seriously.
I think there are some people who don’t want to acknowledge the reality that this is what the Trump administration really wants…or to deal with that happening.
Otherwise, I can’t think of why they still think they have room to nip at Democrats’ heels when the GOP poses a life-and-death threat to American people and ideals. It’s scary to write that.
You’re so right, though.
Well said Sandy. In my humble opinion, I think the “extreme left” ( the people I call “holier than thou purity progressives”) is partly to blame for the election of Donald Trump. In 2016, many of the “holier than thou purity progressives” voted for either Stein or Johnson, or did did not vote at all. It’s as if they learned nothing from the 2000 election debacle, when many of them voted for Nader because, as they so loudly proclaimed, there was no difference between Goerge W. Bush and Al Gore. I just can’t tell you how sick I am of them trying to take over the Democratic Party, pretending to be the base of the Party, despite the fact that they’ve repeatedly abandoned the Democratic Party to vote for fringe third party candidates.
These “holier than thou purity progressives” are once agiain out there loudly proclaiming that the “Democrats caved” for a negotiating a deal to reopen the government, which saved millions of children from losing health insurance, prevented hundreds of thousands of federal government workers, including those in the military, from being furloughed, Look, I too I am unhappy that the deal didn’t guarantee protection for the Dreamers. But it’s not as if the Democrats in Congress totally abandoned the fight to protect the Dreamers. Instead of berating and demonizing Democratic members of Congress who have been fighting so hard to protect the Dreamers,, why are the supposedly “Democratic base” pledging to keep up the fight to protect the Dreamers? As disappointed as I am about Congress’ failure to protect the Dreamers, I am still going to do whatever it takes to support the Democratic Party and Democratic members of Congress because they are the ones still fighting hard to protect the Dreamers. The “holier than thou purity progressives” now attacking the Democrats are all talk. And as my wise grandmother was fond of saying: “Talk Is Cheap.” Attacking and demonizing Democratic members of Congress will not ensure protection for the Dreamers. Instead, such attacks are more likely to promote disunity, thus weakening the Party resistance to Trump and the GOP.
Another long but really important thread
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Great find, Dudette. Thank you!
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The dems won’t get the credit for saving CHIP and they won’t get the vote on dreamers. First due to the dishonest msm and the second due to the dishonestest party ever. Lucy and football every fucking time.
Hi, amk. Just to let you know I’ve seen all over twitter today that there is incredible appreciation for the fact Dems saved CHIP – urging other Dems to not forget that was major! It’s up to us to keep the record straight and the applause line high, not the MSM!
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. 🙂
We are the Ones We Have been Waiting For…..
… We are the change that we seek!
Checking in with this story. Remember I posted that we had 14,000 marchers yesterday. Well today, a number of people (say Republicans in this very red town) began questioning rather harshly the police dept. about that number, calling it fake news. So, one of the local TV stations covered the story. Interviewed the police to get an explanation. Here’s what the police said: We used a counter at the check in point and got 9000. We know there were around 5000 in the 10 block long line that never got in the area for the rally. Police spokesperson went on to give numbers from other marches or events. Ended it by saying that there’s never been that number for any event here in Knoxville. Kaboom! take that you trump crazies.
#BlueWave#PowertothePolls
Thank you NerdyWonka. Thank you all TOD commentarians and lurkers. It is good to come here. It is good to know here is here even when I don’t make it over to read up.
Background
I really, really like this man.
What a huge difference in the way Melania looks at her husband. Kind of scary.
Morning everyone. Shithole country. Really.
CR’s allow the GOP to continue to kick issues down the road with no real commitment for bi-partisan solutions and no real consequences for their inaction.
Honestly, I believe that even though majority public opinion favors DREAMERS, and they think that Congress needs to do something to stabilize their status and give DREAMERS a path to citizenship, the average person is not willing to make the sacrifices that a long-term government shutdown would bring, especially when it negatively impacts their finances … particularly those that pretty much live pay-check to pay-check. (The chronic reckless actions of Congress is part of the reason so many allowed themselves to hope that voting for the “great negotiator” would bring a positive change to D.C.) A lengthy government shutdown would start to have a domino effect, maybe even deteriorating the positive sentiment towards DREAMERS.
Democrats need to take control of the narrative. The GOP has control of the bully pulpit. They also have the reinforcement of the MSM who seems to thrive on dramatizing the narrative at the expense of Democrats. Those who are giving Democrats a positive spin on voting to re-open the government – i.e., CHIPS, also question whether Democrats have a plan if McConnell and company do not follow through on their commitment. IS there plan other than forcing another government shutdown???
Democrats also need to consider the HOUSE in their Plan B. Even if the Senate follows through on their commitment and a bi-partisan DACA bill is brought to the floor for a vote – AND APPOVED, the House has already indicated that they are not bound by what the Senate does. They are in a position that they don’t NEED Democratic support to pass their partisan bills. They don’t even bring bills to the floor for a vote that could easily garner numerous Democratic votes. They want to maintain the perception that Democrats do not want to cooperate. We know that in the GOP’s eyes, “cooperation” just means signing on to what they present.
Paul Ryan is able to hide behind the GOP House majority and in the shadows of the Senate. How can he and House majority leaders be forced to bring a bi-partisan bill to the floor for a vote; a bill that would get both GOP and Democratic votes; a bill that would pass? How can the WH’s (45, Pres. Miller/Kelly) influence be diminished?
And how do you get *all* factions of the Democratic party to stop the woulda/shoulda/coulda’s and come together (put their presidential ambitions on hold for a minute) to strategize how to make this work, despite their minority status? How do they find the loopholes in procedures without putting their advantage at risk once they re-gain the majority? How do they learn to make use of the MSM, Social Media, etc., to get their message out and not be overshadowed by GOP messaging?
Well, there you have it.
Oh my God.
I can honestly say I hate ICE. Hate them.
Meta, did you feel the earthquake in CA this morning?
No, I didn’t feel the earthquake but was awakened at 3am with a text alert from SF Emergency Services about a tsunami warning. Needless to say, that was a real wake up call. About an hour later, we were advised to stand by if we live within immediate range of the Pacific or within 5 blocks of the Bay. I live 8 blocks from the water. I live on a steep hill but I was very alarmed nonetheless and began packing a bag as advised by all media. Thankfully, the warning was lifted a couple of hours later.
Yes that is completely terrifying, what a horrible start to your day, meta, so sorry.
Thank you, sherijr!
Wait I didn’t phrase that right: I know it was in Alaska, wondering if you felt it in CA 😉
Nope, probably Oregon or WA State felt it.
Thanks jo-jo.
I am surprised that Presidents Miller and Kelly / slime ball Sessions are merely just wanting a wall, with their actions one might think that they’d be wanting to build a chamber of some kind.
I hope the loony left is satisfied with the current regime … cuz you know HRC was the devil.
These people truly make me want to scream. They are sub-human racists idiots.
so now they seek to charge American citizens for giving aid to undocumented Immigrants….Questions ..Will Americans take to the street to stop the #Gestapo tactics of ICE agents
BFD
A big push for this over the past year.
Oh, it’s on.
This was Sessions’ chance to “recall” something, give it up, and get himself somewhat off the hot seat. Wonder how he did.
I know DAMNED WELL he recalled EVERYTHING. He knew if he said anything wrong to Congress it would not be the same answers the SC would get. He still gonna lose his law license…traitor!
@Newsweek 48m
Obama deserves more credit than Trump for the good economy, Americans say in a new poll http://bit.ly/2E45Mug
Of course. And that especially is true about the steep drop in Black unemployment. Trump has done nothing to help our economy and his tax bill may actually end up harming it by bring in less revenue for the federal government.
TRUMP’S PLAN TO WHITEWASH BARACK OBAMA’S LEGITIMACY AND LEGACY
…By ceaselessly playing to his resentful base, Trump has quite forgotten to notice that they make up only a percentage of the United States, and that this painful slight will be remembered for generations. The only wall he’s building is a wall against time. …
https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/cahirodoherty/donald-trump-s-plan-to-whitewash-barack-obama-s-legitimacy-and-legacy
For those of you who may be fans, Hugh Masekela just passed. I remember this great song from the anti-Apartheid movement. May he R.I.P. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG3oKb2JQow
How, may he rest in peace. I will never forget hearing Grazing in the grass during the summer of 1968.
Hard to get through this video. Just completely heartbreaking to witness unspeakable stupidity and cruelty.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/01/23/president-obama-the-greatest-force-for-equality-in-50-years/