Me too MT! Congrats on first. It would also be nice for another TOD meetup in DC to see these up close and personal in their rightful place in the Portrait Gallery and take all of that ambience/import in as well. Gotta put that out in the universe and start savin’ my pennies. 😆 Hope things are well with you. Hugs. ❤ ❤
We have talked about another meetup. Don’t want to wait for the Library to open. I know it’ll happen. Am well and keeping busy. Ready for winter to be over. So thankful for TOD, that we all get to touch every now and then. I can’t wait to get a copy of these portraits. They are spectacular.
An interview with the Obamas, from 1996, when they were an unknown couple in Chicago: "There is a strong possibility that Barack will pursue a political career, although it’s unclear," @MichelleObama said. https://t.co/eEw7cqT5YRpic.twitter.com/s53Aau6kzP
That gray hair? Those ears? Former President Barack Obama jokes that portrait artist ignored his requests to tweak his appearance. https://t.co/lqv1slhyQ3
“The Democrats don’t matter,” Bannon had said to me over our lunch. “The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.” They've learned well from the Russians! https://t.co/TuxntSh07a via @bv
President Barack Obama: "I want to thank you for so spectacularly capturing the grace and beauty and intelligence and charm and hotness of the woman I love."
The Obama portraits are an important marker. The fact that they chose Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to paint them matters — in fact it's huge — and underscores the former first couple's longtime championing of contemporary black artists. More here: https://t.co/LRHoWh3iqppic.twitter.com/oXFt9m8KzD
As the Obamas' official portraits were unveiled today it was a reminder of a time when we had a president who actually respected our institutions, who told the truth, who sought to protect the vulnerable, and who was a president for all Americans.
Same! I call those people fake progressives. If you’re really progressive you center the marginalized and don’t preach purity tests bc you understand losing isn’t a game for those communities
A girl with Down syndrome, got up during a regular papal service & went toward @Pontifex Security men quickly moved in 2 take her back to her mom. The Pope stopped them & said to her "come sit next to me.” She then sat down near him and he continued his homily, holding her hands pic.twitter.com/2QziweDRPX
Translation: American law enforcement is derived from slave patrols and predicated on the furtherance of White male supremacy and apartheid, and the South is rising again thanks to today’s @GOP. https://t.co/kvW9Vecdfe
Like the Obamas, we can go high when they go low and ignore anyone who hates on the lovely Obama portraits. Nothing anyone says about the Obamas lessens them. It just shows up the haters for the slime they are.
Michelle Obama is the most academically accomplished First Lady. She skipped second grade, graduated salutatorian at her Magnet high school for gifted students, went to Princeton (graduating cum laude) and then Harvard Law School. pic.twitter.com/g1dlCU8zzD
There’s a Daily Star (UK gossip rag) saying the Obamas have been invited to Prince Harry’s wedding and not Trump. Didn’t want to retweet or post it until there’s a more reputable source reporting this, but woooo, won’t that be fun to watch, if true? 🙂
I hope so, Dudette…but the Palace is pretty tight on details!
I’ve been watching for updates since the engagement was announced, and I can’t even understand why they’d even think Trump should be invited since Harry is not obligated to invite heads of state.
Trump is the antithesis of all that the royal family supports with their charities and foundations, and never mind his sexist, crude comments about Princess Diana!
Prince Charles is to give a private reception for close friends and family at an ‘undisclosed location’. The Obamas are friends with that whole line of succession, starting with the Queen. I have to believe they’re IN.
Watching @BarackObama deliver remarks at his portrait unveiling and tears are in my eyes. How lucky and blessed we are to have had this man serve as our president. Each day, I miss him as the person who represented my country. Grace. Goodness, Decency. Wit. Intellect. Honor.
Yet another backward and discriminatory step by the Admin as @usedgov abdicates its duty to uphold civil rights for all students. Trans students are highly vulnerable, and their rights must be protected. https://t.co/q3Auks3ZVw
You are so very welcome! I’m just so thrilled by all that has happened today.
What an emotional event! Did anyone notice President Obama pulling out his handkerchief for FLOTUS when Kehinde Wiley finished speaking so emotionally about his mother? Everything was so moving!!
Michelle Obama: "I'm also thinking about all the…girls and girls of color, who in years ahead will come to this place, and they will look up, and they will see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on the wall of this great American institution." pic.twitter.com/PHCjaNrul3
Certainly the BESTest time to enter the TOD village today. 🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ I called offspring to have a look and when his eyes fell first on the FLOTUS portrait his words , whispered in soft-voiced awe, were 'Regal; quite regal. This is terrific.'
Sighing with a full heart after looking at the two portraits, Now I’ll go listen to what they said during the unveiling ceremony. (It figures I’d have had to go to work – where I couldn’t watch/listen – on unveiling day.) Thank you Ms Nerdy, and other TOD folks, for sharing the goodies so that hours after the actual event I can now join in …and feel the love.
Hello Darling VC! Lovely to see you! Hope you and the young’un are doing fabulously well! Sending you love! Enjoy the video! It’s such a feast for the eyes and ears! ❤
Thank you, my Dear D-ette! 🙂 I’ve just finished watching the speeches of both subjects and artists (very touching, all four) and am now going back to read all the related comments & tweets. including yours. 😉
Any official statement from the association on AG Sessions' "Anglo-American heritage" comment? Any members of your group who aren't what he calls "Anglo Americans"? #NSAWinter2018
Marilyn, as Propane Jane has laid out their long association, I don’t think they’ve ever truly dissociated themselves. The KKK just became more ‘underground’.
But with Trump in office, they seem to feel that this is their time to ‘rise’ again.
“Without new visions, we don’t know what to build, only what to knock down.We not only end up confused, rudderless and cynical, but we forget that making a revolution is not a series of clever maneuvers and tactics, but a process that can and must transform us.”-Robin D.G. Kelley pic.twitter.com/eVEVZIodCx
Each Olympic experience has played a part in shaping @shaunwhite into the person and competitor he is today. He competes in his FOURTH Olympic Games TONIGHT on NBC. pic.twitter.com/skoBrfjcf0
Too bad he’s another sexual predator having settled a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former female band member. It’s pretty disgusting what he did. #Ibelieveher
Watching the Obamas on TV is like gazing at a prize winning, elegant cake through a bake shop window, when all you got at home is a wrinkled bloated orange carrot. #ObamaPortraits
I think I’ve ‘found’ a related interview that is very relevant to this post. I just did a quick slide down the thread and I didn’t spot it, so i hope it’s not a repeat. Oh, I feel good adding a little piece to the beauty of the days unveiling. 🙂
Barack Obama Frederick Douglass Rosa Parks MLK Langston Hughes W E B Du Bois Jesse Owens Booker T. Washington Nat Turner Harriet Tubman Sojourner Truth Barbara Jordan George Washington Carver Charles Drew Louis Armstrong Ella Fitzgerald Benjamin O. Davis Jr.#BlackHistoryMonthhttps://t.co/rVN8I2a0uK
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich on why it's important for the NBA to promote Black History Month: "We live in a racist country… And it's always important to bring attention to it, even if it angers some people." pic.twitter.com/RCCs7rSJix
Morning everyone. We are great because of our immigrants.
Gold medal snowboarder Chloe Kim's Dad immigrated from South Korea; parents of Mirai Nagasu, 1st US woman to land triple axel at Olympics, immigrated fm Japan; speedskater Maame Biney came to US at age 5 from Ghana: https://t.co/krhpsP50zD via @thinkprogress
Russian hacker Konstantin Kozlovsky claims he developed a program, LDCS, which impacted the U.S. elections. He also claims that viruses WannaCry & Lurk were created under the supervision of #Russia's #FSB. pic.twitter.com/UTIsla6HqL
Rachel Maddow shows how a newly released e-mail from Susan Rice illuminates the challenge for Obama officials trying to decide how to communicate with Trump officials they knew were under investigation.
Chris Lu, who ran the 2008 Obama presidential transition, talks with Rachel Maddow about how a normal presidential transition handles necessary security clearances ahead of taking office.
By DANA RUBINSTEIN and RYAN HUTCHINS 02/12/2018 06:46 PM EST
Major transportation projects in blue states may be in jeopardy in President Donald Trump’s 10-year infrastructure plan, which critics say favors little-populated rural areas to the detriment of urban America.
The White House isn’t being coy about where its priorities lie in the $1.5 trillion proposal, released Monday: Of the $200 billion in actual federal investment called for in the 10-year plan, one-quarter would go to rural areas for purposes as diverse as sewers, highways, airports and broadband. But only 14 percent of people in the U.S. live in non-metropolitan areas.
That leaves major transit projects — ranging from a long-planned rail tunnel linking New York and New Jersey to a nascent passenger rail system in California — fighting for the remaining money, $20 billion of which is dedicated to lightly defined “transformative” proposals that will “lift the American spirit.”
“That’s a very clear message that urban America is not of very much consequence, and, ironically, it’s urban America that needs most of the infrastructure money,” said Martin Robins, the founding director of Rutgers University’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center in New Jersey.
Rachel Maddow reviews what now makes at least eight times that Americans have learned about Donald Trump interacting with Russian officials from Russian media instead of the White House.
Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, talks with Rachel Maddow about the unusual visit of all three Russian intelligence chiefs to the United States and the fact that U.S. officials have said less about the visit than Russians.
A week after he won the election, President Trump promised that his administration would round up millions of immigrant gang members and drug dealers. And after he took office, arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surged 40 percent…
…as ICE officers get wider latitude to determine whom they detain, the biggest jump in arrests has been of immigrants with no criminal convictions. The agency made 37,734 “noncriminal” arrests in the government’s 2017 fiscal year, more than twice the number in the previous year.
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A Virginia mother was sent back to El Salvador in June after her 11 years in the United States unraveled because of a traffic stop. A Connecticut man with an American-born wife and children and no criminal record was deported to Guatemala last week. And an immigration activist in New York, Ravi Ragbir, was detained in January in a case that brought ICE a scathing rebuke from a federal judge.
The Obama Diary 
I want these to be my screen saver.
Me too MT! Congrats on first. It would also be nice for another TOD meetup in DC to see these up close and personal in their rightful place in the Portrait Gallery and take all of that ambience/import in as well. Gotta put that out in the universe and start savin’ my pennies. 😆 Hope things are well with you. Hugs. ❤ ❤
I’m in! ❤
We have talked about another meetup. Don’t want to wait for the Library to open. I know it’ll happen. Am well and keeping busy. Ready for winter to be over. So thankful for TOD, that we all get to touch every now and then. I can’t wait to get a copy of these portraits. They are spectacular.
They still sit together like this.
Yes. They’ve been through so much – we really can’t even imagine it – and their love is so enduring.
LOL!
A treasured beloved Couple; The Obamas!
Thank you, Nerdy Wonka!
Thank you, Chipsticks!
Congrats, MtMarilyn on your Furst Au ⭐
GE, TODbots 😉
ALL of this! ❤
No kidding.
❤️
I love everything about the bottom photo. They have so much chemistry between them. True love.
I love that picture of Barack and Michelle.
So beautifully stated 💕
and
THIS!
I feel like crying looking at their portraits. We miss them so much. It’s always good to see them.
The unveiling during Black Hiatory Month (shortest month of the year) speaks loud and proud
The portraits are beautiful
uh huh
uh huh
🐾
Wow!!
Wow indeed!
Way off topic … and not to plug E*Trade, but this commercial is hysterical!
So, since these weren’t the WH portraits, we still have the chance to get 44 in the tan suit 🙂
LOL!
He walks the walk.
He does indeed 💕
Takes Courage and commitment…to stand up
Yep, Sheila you’re right.
THREAD…from Propane Jane!!
Like the Obamas, we can go high when they go low and ignore anyone who hates on the lovely Obama portraits. Nothing anyone says about the Obamas lessens them. It just shows up the haters for the slime they are.
There’s a Daily Star (UK gossip rag) saying the Obamas have been invited to Prince Harry’s wedding and not Trump. Didn’t want to retweet or post it until there’s a more reputable source reporting this, but woooo, won’t that be fun to watch, if true? 🙂
I hope so, Dudette…but the Palace is pretty tight on details!
I’ve been watching for updates since the engagement was announced, and I can’t even understand why they’d even think Trump should be invited since Harry is not obligated to invite heads of state.
Trump is the antithesis of all that the royal family supports with their charities and foundations, and never mind his sexist, crude comments about Princess Diana!
Prince Charles is to give a private reception for close friends and family at an ‘undisclosed location’. The Obamas are friends with that whole line of succession, starting with the Queen. I have to believe they’re IN.
Bwahahahahaha! 😀
I just spit out my water! 😀 😀 😀
I hope he is impeached,indicted or whatever before he can finish this term and that there will be no need to have any portraits of that vile f**ker.
Word.
From Black Panther
BRAVOOOO!!
Cuteness Break!
Important very long thread.
Thank you Meta, for bringing the article. I hadn’t Time yet to look it up. Quilts mean a lot to me.
You are so very welcome! I’m just so thrilled by all that has happened today.
What an emotional event! Did anyone notice President Obama pulling out his handkerchief for FLOTUS when Kehinde Wiley finished speaking so emotionally about his mother? Everything was so moving!!
I think we all had tears. They are so missed.
Wow! Like…. WOW!
I know right?
Damn!
I love the portraits. Both of them are exquisite
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/I am speechless….. with joy!/
Certainly the BESTest time to enter the TOD village today. 🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ I called offspring to have a look and when his eyes fell first on the FLOTUS portrait his words , whispered in soft-voiced awe, were 'Regal; quite regal. This is terrific.'
Sighing with a full heart after looking at the two portraits, Now I’ll go listen to what they said during the unveiling ceremony. (It figures I’d have had to go to work – where I couldn’t watch/listen – on unveiling day.) Thank you Ms Nerdy, and other TOD folks, for sharing the goodies so that hours after the actual event I can now join in …and feel the love.
Hello Darling VC! Lovely to see you! Hope you and the young’un are doing fabulously well! Sending you love! Enjoy the video! It’s such a feast for the eyes and ears! ❤
Thank you, my Dear D-ette! 🙂 I’ve just finished watching the speeches of both subjects and artists (very touching, all four) and am now going back to read all the related comments & tweets. including yours. 😉
Did you have Kleenex close? I was in tears most of the ceremony. I miss such grace, beauty and love.
😀 Hi Marilyn. No kleenex, just a little bit of a scratchy throat and a slight stinging in the eyes …… from my winter allergies, I thought.
😘
That’s my question.
What do non-white LEO’s think of that comment?
For that matter, how do non-white NRA members feel about the race-baiting scare ads that were recently released?
I hope they get ‘woke’ if they aren’t already.
I want to ask them if they are the new KKK. This makes me sick.
Marilyn, as Propane Jane has laid out their long association, I don’t think they’ve ever truly dissociated themselves. The KKK just became more ‘underground’.
But with Trump in office, they seem to feel that this is their time to ‘rise’ again.
This is My America!
Too bad he’s another sexual predator having settled a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former female band member. It’s pretty disgusting what he did. #Ibelieveher
Oh no! I hadn’t heard. That’s awful! Hmm, all these interviews and no mention of that. I guess some decided he gets a pass. So messed up!
Leslie!!! 🙂
😀 😀 😀
LOL!!!
Sob.
Great pictures on Ellen’s TL from her birthday party! Looks like it was quite the party!
I think I’ve ‘found’ a related interview that is very relevant to this post. I just did a quick slide down the thread and I didn’t spot it, so i hope it’s not a repeat. Oh, I feel good adding a little piece to the beauty of the days unveiling. 🙂
❤
Alright! Way to go!
Yeh Baby! Go Shaun!
Will bringing the fire!
Well alright Part Deux!
Popovich is a great coach and a man who tells the truth.
I leave you with this! Happy Black History Month! Goodnight! ❤
Morning everyone. We are great because of our immigrants.
For those in the back or with their heads in the sand….
Trump camp ties to Russia a transition quandary for Obama team
Rachel Maddow shows how a newly released e-mail from Susan Rice illuminates the challenge for Obama officials trying to decide how to communicate with Trump officials they knew were under investigation.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/02/13/same-yall-same/
Trump White House failing to secure proper security clearances
Chris Lu, who ran the 2008 Obama presidential transition, talks with Rachel Maddow about how a normal presidential transition handles necessary security clearances ahead of taking office.
UH HUH
UH HUH
Trump takes aim at blue states in infrastructure plan
Some major transit projects are left fighting for scraps.
By DANA RUBINSTEIN and RYAN HUTCHINS 02/12/2018 06:46 PM EST
Americans again made to learn from Russia about Trump Putin call
Rachel Maddow reviews what now makes at least eight times that Americans have learned about Donald Trump interacting with Russian officials from Russian media instead of the White House.
Americans kept in dark about Russian intel chiefs’ visit to US
Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, talks with Rachel Maddow about the unusual visit of all three Russian intelligence chiefs to the United States and the fact that U.S. officials have said less about the visit than Russians.
Trump Takes Shackles Off of ICE Which Is Slapping Them on Immigrants Who Thought They Were Safe
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