BREAKING NEWS: We have reached the portion of the “Witch Hunt” where Trump’s Russian business dealings are being investigated, which is significant because money speaks to the motive and quid pro quo of the conspiracy. DING DONG THE WITCH IS (ALMOST) DEAD. #TrumpRussiaConspiracy
Morning everyone. Step by step. One by one. We will win this and the children will guide us there.
Breaking News: Dick's Sporting Goods, one of the U.S.'s largest sports retailers, will stop selling assault-style rifles and require gun buyers to be 21 https://t.co/NRnv2yWkHb
yes..it is extraordinary…however the legislator in FL…have [passed a bill that arms teachers in the classrooms….what happens if the teachers/parents all say no?
After reading that Mr. Mueller is asking witnesses about the timing of Trump’s decision to run for President, I will be calling the Special Counsel’s office in the morning.
Trump saying he didn’t decide to run for President until 2015 is a flat-out lie. https://t.co/uWgWiDw1F7
Good morning all. Good news about Dick’s Sporting Goods. Baby steps in the right direction. These young people will lead us out of this maze. Bless them!
I've compiled a thread of fellow vets speaking out in support of gun control and/or against Trump's terrible idea of arming teachers, including links. Consider this a resource. I'll add to it as necessary. (thread)#GunControlNow#BoycottNRA
I’m guessing that what’s different this time is the first person witnesses of this horrible tragedy can talk back in great numbers and have organized a solid wall of resistance and now a movement. I hope this adds to our momentum to shut down this death industry.
Chairman and CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods tells @GStephanopoulos why the company has decided to no longer sell assault style rifles or firearms to anyone under 21 years of age, and no longer sell high capacity magazines. pic.twitter.com/xiuMfqIZLd
Dick's Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack: “We know there’s gonna be some backlash… We concluded that if these kids are brave enough to organize and do what they’re doing then we should be brave enough to take this stand.” https://t.co/3MlCiN8S8Npic.twitter.com/GFuEbqOWom
“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.” — Theodore Roosevelt
What is striking about President Obama's plans for his presidential center is that it is not a monument to himself. Just like all his other actions, it is about the people, the community enrichment, the jobs created, equal access and leadership institute.
I spoke to a source I hadn’t spoken with in months. We’d had a bit of a falling out. Not bad-I mean they did pick up the phone-so they kind of quipped, “you’ve got one question”….what would you ask? Anyway, I asked “Did Gates deliver Trump”. They said, “yes” and hung up.
What humors me is that little Marco thinks his platitudes are gonna quiet the students who see him for the empty shell that he is.
The debate after #Parkland reminds us We The People don’t really like each other very much.We smear those who refuse to agree with us.We claim a Judea-Christian heritage but celebrate arrogance & boasting. & worst of all we have infected the next generation with the same disease
Poor lil’ Marco, making him feel bad about taking all that NRA blood money just because the students don’t like being gunned down at school, theatres, concerts, etc., Why can’t you just take conservative “thoughts and prayers” and suck it up.
The $1.3 trillion student-loan market is a “bubble,” Goldman Sachs strategists said in a recent note.
The banks believes the market for asset-backed securities refinanced by private lenders like SoFi “may offer relative value” compared to public student-loan securities.
Asset-backed securities bundle pools of loans with similar risks that investors can profit from when former students make their payments.
Although student loans are in a bubble, Goldman doesn’t see them as a risk to overall financial stability.
The point was made on MSNBC last night…
After yesterday, there doesn’t seem to be a way for
McMaster
Kelly
Kushner
to ALL be working at the White House.
That story last night explicitly saying that 4 countries ADMITTED that they were playing Kushner, because he was weak and vulnerable, makes it clear- HE IS A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
Remember that little problem with Wendi Deng? As in Murdoch's ex wife who has been romantically linked to VLADIMIR PUTIN? And how she was in fact using Kushner to promote Chinese agenda? yeah, that. https://t.co/9xKWdJfgiH
Rachel Maddow rounds up the overwhelming number of major news stories that broke over the course of the day, including the NSA director’s Senate testimony, the Trump 2020 campaign manager’s ties to a sketchy company, new contacts exposed between Roger Stone and WikiLeaks, and more White House departures.
Shane Harris, intelligence and national security reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting about concerns over Jared Kushner’s interactions with foreign officials and efforts to manipulate him.
Nicolle Wallace, former White House communications director for George W. Bush, talks with Rachel Maddow about why Jared Kushner’s security situation in the Trump White House is not only unusual and politically awkward, but dangerous.
David Fahrenthold, reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about the Trump hotel in Panama fighting to remove Donald Trump’s name, and the potential political implications if Trump tries tries to insert himself.
Rachel Maddow reports on three state special elections, two of which, in New Hampshire and Connecticut, were formerly Republican-held and flipped by Democrats, and a third, in Kentucky, that was retained by Republicans but saw a 28 point Democratic swing versus Donald Trump’s 2016 victory in that district.
Hopefully this won’t be significantly delayed so it plays out just as election season heats up.
BREAKING: Judge sets Sept. 17, 2018 trial date for Manafort on DC charges (money laundering/foreign agent violations). Again scolds Manafort for statement she says violated gag order. Story will build out here: https://t.co/tjJjy5ffKz
What is up with Levi Sanders and women of color. Kamala Harris supports a good position and your response is…. to attack her? Great look, bro. pic.twitter.com/3GHSzll8JV— Aphra Behn (@Shaker_aphra) February 28, 2018
i read more on the thread…one of the replies referred to Sen Harris as a Black Hillary…Gee…but this is not pushed to blk folks, this is pushed to white so called purity progressives…Blk folks are never the target…this rhetoric is a fight between the 43% of white folks who voted for Both Sec Hillary Clinton and Pres Barack Obama and the purity so-called progressives ….that is who this fight is between….it is almost as if POC are a side thought…
Blk folks don’t have the luxury or privilege to be a purity progressive…..
When I see the infighting going on the Dem side, it makes me nervous. As a big tent and welcoming party, we have people with a myriad of positions who share the core principles Dems stand for. Therefore, no need to expect that everyone should be a replica of PBO. When we lose ourselves with this purity progressive test, we pave the road for men-CHILDREN to walk in and win.
I would vote for anyone leftist, even for the Supreme Senator from Vermont because, after all, anyone of them is better than a Republican, particularly the Republicans of today’s crop.
In light of the tweet below, please do not read my previous statement.
Here’s Bernie’s truly progressive son commenting on a story about a single mother being crushed by student loan debt and a bad job market due to the recession. Story: https://t.co/A6ZAnOZAOepic.twitter.com/7SfwFMHUYl
Officials in at least 4 countries (UAE, China, Israel, Mexico) have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared Kushner by taking advantage of his complex biz arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience, WaPo reports. https://t.co/mwt9wsNlS2
Washington state's Democratic-controlled legislature votes to ban the sale and possession of bump stocks, with some Republican support: https://t.co/YwFVnbTGu0
MICHELLE OBAMA NEVER CALLED HUSBAND BARACK A ‘SILVER FOX’ — AND TEASES THAT HE REGRETS GOING GRAY
…On Tuesday, the former first lady got candid about her husband’s hair in an interview at Klick Health’s MUSE New York, admitting that she never saw Barack that way even when “he got gray.” … But not to worry, despite the gray hair the former first lady confirmed that she feels her husband is as handsome as ever. … http://people.com/politics/michelle-obama-barack-silver-fox/
Because Michelle, Barack, Carolyn, MP, and quite a few others we are close to, all know who the one and only Silver Fox is.. Still jump for joy when old pics appear and he is beside PBO…❤️
I say this as a former Secretary of State and as an American: the Russians are still coming. Our intelligence professionals are imploring Trump to act. Will he continue to ignore & surrender, or protect our country?https://t.co/Z6uaSCgdF6
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 28, 2018
Fetch and bring the pop corn.
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Hard-right Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel will challenge Sen. Roger Wicker, setting up a Republican primary battle
McDaniel, who nearly toppled a sitting U.S. senator in 2014, said he will run against Wicker, setting the stage for a new and potentially explosive battle between competing wings of the Republican Party.
The announcement at a college in Ellisville, Miss., came hours after President Trump tweeted his support for Wicker’s reelection bid.
Republicans hold a razor-thin 51-49 Senate majority and had hoped to avoid a bitter primary fight.
high school teacher in Georgia who barricaded himself inside a classroom on Wednesday with students locked out in the hallway was arrested after the principal tried to force open the door and the instructor fired a gunshot, police said.
No students were hurt, except for a girl who suffered a minor ankle injury while running in the pandemonium that followed from the lunchtime incident at Dalton High School in Dalton, Georgia, about 90 miles (145 km) north of Atlanta, the state capital, police said.
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It’s fortunate that no one was killed or that the injuries were not any worse.
BREAKING: According to initial reports at Dalton High School in Georgia, a teacher was barricaded into a classroom with a gun, and tried to shoot himself. There are reports of shots fired. Children are safe.
We are now starting to see high level officials stand up to the bullying and recklessness of @realDonaldTrump.
This is a remarkable public statement from AG Jeff Sessions. He is basically saying that what @POTUS wants him to do would be dishonorable and violate his integrity. https://t.co/4jGfvbY8IF
BREAKING: New York’s banking regulator has asked Deutsche Bank and two other banks to provide info about Jared Kushner, his family and the Kushner Cos., @gregfarrel and @davidkski report.
BREAKING: Attorney General Jeff Sessions defends himself against president Trump's attacks, says he'll continue to `discharge my duties with integrity and honor'
Special counsel's office filed a status report today in anticipation of Paul Manafort's Friday arraignment in Virginia: https://t.co/kwjMTXucM0 It includes a few things of note (thread coming)
I doubt that Former @FBI Director #RobertMueller ever asks a question for which he not only knows the answer, but has ample evidence to prove he knew it before asking 😀
Okay: Full Moon tomorrow, Thursday 1 March, 2018. 11♍️23, opposition takes place at 7:51pmET, 4:51pmPT. Tomorrow is Purim also, so I am thinking it may well be a beautiful day! No matter what the weather ♥️
#keepyoutheheart
#bevigilant
#dontbeafraid
#letthechildrenleadushome
Hope Hicks resignation happens on the same day as that of Josh Raffel, who has long been linked to Hicks and did Ivanka and Jared's PR. Background: https://t.co/bFlWVxg2axpic.twitter.com/AfgtY15wWJ
Behold the true and genuine 45th POTUS. Perhaps all the dark and vile can be scrubbed, and this woman’s inauguration will put her in her rightful place in US, and world, history.
He puzzled and puzzled till his puzzler was sore. Then The Kushner thought of something he hadn't before! Maybe Foreign Affairs Experience, he thought…can't be bought at a store. Maybe Foreign Affairs Experience, perhaps… means a little bit more! pic.twitter.com/2egKI0MTlW
Instead of visiting the White House to celebrate their recent NBA championship, the Golden State Warriors toured the National Museum of African American History and Culture with local D.C. children. pic.twitter.com/9J9HC7nZsn
The chairman of the House armed services committee on Wednesday became the highest-ranking congressional Republican to declare that the Trump administration should have implemented mandatory sanctions against Russia last month, reports @desiderioDC: https://t.co/1P2XMXd2st
For Vogue Arabia’s 1 year anniversary of their print edition, they’ve got Imaan Hammam and Iman on the same cover. The March issue will have over 400 pages.
NEWS: In conjunction with @UChicago, we are proud to announce the launch of our new scholarship program for emerging international policy leaders, The @ObamaFoundation Scholars Program.
there is so much to love and admire about Pres Obama…i used to be so worried that we would lose tough with him…that he would fade away…i am sooooooo glad that did not happen!!
The creativity and vision coming from this couple boggles the mind. Theirs is no concrete monument solitary and static. They are building a living corps for the future. How blessed we are that they are not receding into the woodwork.
AP poll finds 57 percent of Americans believe President Trump is racist, including majorities of blacks and Hispanics, and nearly half of whites. https://t.co/jvXWZzbDh3
Hello TOD and thanks NW.
Goodnight TOD ….
The Trump Family Crime Klan is way beyond “galactically f’d” …..
Good morning everyone. Have a great day
SOMEONE HAS DISABLED MY ABILITY TO WRITE LONG POSTS ON MY FB…GEE..I WONDER WHO?
i could not post in FB either…thinking about weening myself from FB….i think their greed is putting America in Jeopardy
Morning everyone. Step by step. One by one. We will win this and the children will guide us there.
yes..it is extraordinary…however the legislator in FL…have [passed a bill that arms teachers in the classrooms….what happens if the teachers/parents all say no?
Sweet
Good morning all. Good news about Dick’s Sporting Goods. Baby steps in the right direction. These young people will lead us out of this maze. Bless them!
Thread.
I’m guessing that what’s different this time is the first person witnesses of this horrible tragedy can talk back in great numbers and have organized a solid wall of resistance and now a movement. I hope this adds to our momentum to shut down this death industry.
Wow, a sporting goods store owner finally taking a firm stand.
Thanks meta for posting this!
It’s one of the reasons we love him so:) I am grateful for him every day. Still.
AMENNNNNNN!!
PBO should have a cameo as an American statesman in the next Black Panther movie.
😎
wow…that would be awesome…HA!
What a fabulous idea! Maybe for the next one…
Just putting this here
TEE HEE HEE 🙂
Tic Tock, watch this space…
DesertFlower,
This tweet gives me hope that my vision of and FBI crew descending upon the WH and arresting some old (and young) white men might be coming true.
“So great”
Yes, Black Panther movie is that!
What humors me is that little Marco thinks his platitudes are gonna quiet the students who see him for the empty shell that he is.
The debate after #Parkland reminds us We The People don’t really like each other very much.We smear those who refuse to agree with us.We claim a Judea-Christian heritage but celebrate arrogance & boasting. & worst of all we have infected the next generation with the same disease
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 28, 2018
Poor lil’ Marco, making him feel bad about taking all that NRA blood money just because the students don’t like being gunned down at school, theatres, concerts, etc., Why can’t you just take conservative “thoughts and prayers” and suck it up.
Good West Coast morning Nerdy & TOD family.
These rotten, evil azz muthaphuckas.
GOLDMAN SACHS: There’s an attractive way to profit from the $1.3 trillion student-loan bubble
Akin Oyedele
Dec. 9, 2017, 7:05 AM
The $1.3 trillion student-loan market is a “bubble,” Goldman Sachs strategists said in a recent note.
The banks believes the market for asset-backed securities refinanced by private lenders like SoFi “may offer relative value” compared to public student-loan securities.
Asset-backed securities bundle pools of loans with similar risks that investors can profit from when former students make their payments.
Although student loans are in a bubble, Goldman doesn’t see them as a risk to overall financial stability.
The point was made on MSNBC last night…
After yesterday, there doesn’t seem to be a way for
McMaster
Kelly
Kushner
to ALL be working at the White House.
That story last night explicitly saying that 4 countries ADMITTED that they were playing Kushner, because he was weak and vulnerable, makes it clear- HE IS A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
THAT’S RIGHT! And REGISTER NEW VOTERS too while you’re at it!
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/democrats-vs-trump/democratic-national-committee-war-plan-target-50-million-voters-n851786?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Stinks to high heaven
That’s right and Javanka are good friends with Wendi…..
News day inundated with Trump scandals
Rachel Maddow rounds up the overwhelming number of major news stories that broke over the course of the day, including the NSA director’s Senate testimony, the Trump 2020 campaign manager’s ties to a sketchy company, new contacts exposed between Roger Stone and WikiLeaks, and more White House departures.
Kushner eyed over foreign contacts, vulnerability to manipulation
Shane Harris, intelligence and national security reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting about concerns over Jared Kushner’s interactions with foreign officials and efforts to manipulate him.
Potential for blackmail an obstacle to Kushner security clearance
Nicolle Wallace, former White House communications director for George W. Bush, talks with Rachel Maddow about why Jared Kushner’s security situation in the Trump White House is not only unusual and politically awkward, but dangerous.
Hotel in Panama fights to shed Trump name citing name’s stigma
David Fahrenthold, reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about the Trump hotel in Panama fighting to remove Donald Trump’s name, and the potential political implications if Trump tries tries to insert himself.
Democrats flip seats in N.H., Connecticut special elections
Rachel Maddow reports on three state special elections, two of which, in New Hampshire and Connecticut, were formerly Republican-held and flipped by Democrats, and a third, in Kentucky, that was retained by Republicans but saw a 28 point Democratic swing versus Donald Trump’s 2016 victory in that district.
Hopefully this won’t be significantly delayed so it plays out just as election season heats up.
What happened to the May court date?
I think it’s because there were thousands of additional new documents submitted to the defense and the judge believed there was more time needed.
Michelle Obama Takes a Subtle Jab at Trump and his Tweets: ‘I Use Social Media Like a Grown-Up’
http://people.com/politics/michelle-obama-takes-jab-trump-tweets/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag
i LOVE this pic….
UH HUH
What is up with Levi Sanders and women of color. Kamala Harris supports a good position and your response is…. to attack her? Great look, bro. pic.twitter.com/3GHSzll8JV— Aphra Behn (@Shaker_aphra) February 28, 2018
i read more on the thread…one of the replies referred to Sen Harris as a Black Hillary…Gee…but this is not pushed to blk folks, this is pushed to white so called purity progressives…Blk folks are never the target…this rhetoric is a fight between the 43% of white folks who voted for Both Sec Hillary Clinton and Pres Barack Obama and the purity so-called progressives ….that is who this fight is between….it is almost as if POC are a side thought…
Blk folks don’t have the luxury or privilege to be a purity progressive…..
So agree with you, Sheila.
When I see the infighting going on the Dem side, it makes me nervous. As a big tent and welcoming party, we have people with a myriad of positions who share the core principles Dems stand for. Therefore, no need to expect that everyone should be a replica of PBO. When we lose ourselves with this purity progressive test, we pave the road for men-CHILDREN to walk in and win.
I would vote for anyone leftist, even for the Supreme Senator from Vermont because, after all, anyone of them is better than a Republican, particularly the Republicans of today’s crop.
In light of the tweet below, please do not read my previous statement.
The Force of Decency Awakens by Krugman
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/opinion/the-force-of-decency-awakens.html?referer=https://www.google.com/
Officials in at least 4 countries (UAE, China, Israel, Mexico) have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared Kushner by taking advantage of his complex biz arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience, WaPo reports. https://t.co/mwt9wsNlS2
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 27, 2018
MICHELLE OBAMA NEVER CALLED HUSBAND BARACK A ‘SILVER FOX’ — AND TEASES THAT HE REGRETS GOING GRAY
…On Tuesday, the former first lady got candid about her husband’s hair in an interview at Klick Health’s MUSE New York, admitting that she never saw Barack that way even when “he got gray.” … But not to worry, despite the gray hair the former first lady confirmed that she feels her husband is as handsome as ever. … http://people.com/politics/michelle-obama-barack-silver-fox/
he talks a bit about his hair…not sure if that is his way of clowning about himself…but if he wants to touch up his hair he should do it….
Because Michelle, Barack, Carolyn, MP, and quite a few others we are close to, all know who the one and only Silver Fox is.. Still jump for joy when old pics appear and he is beside PBO…❤️
😽
I say this as a former Secretary of State and as an American: the Russians are still coming. Our intelligence professionals are imploring Trump to act. Will he continue to ignore & surrender, or protect our country?https://t.co/Z6uaSCgdF6
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 28, 2018
I think Trump should pledge his allegiance to one country. Choose either US or Russia.
Yeap. He should declare openly that he is not for the US.
Fetch and bring the pop corn.
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Hard-right Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel will challenge Sen. Roger Wicker, setting up a Republican primary battle
McDaniel, who nearly toppled a sitting U.S. senator in 2014, said he will run against Wicker, setting the stage for a new and potentially explosive battle between competing wings of the Republican Party.
The announcement at a college in Ellisville, Miss., came hours after President Trump tweeted his support for Wicker’s reelection bid.
Republicans hold a razor-thin 51-49 Senate majority and had hoped to avoid a bitter primary fight.
Hello, TODable TODbots.
Thanks, NW!
Congrats, COS for your Goolden ⭐ Furst place.
❤ TODville community.
Yes, let’s arm teachers with guns. What could go wrong?
high school teacher in Georgia who barricaded himself inside a classroom on Wednesday with students locked out in the hallway was arrested after the principal tried to force open the door and the instructor fired a gunshot, police said.
No students were hurt, except for a girl who suffered a minor ankle injury while running in the pandemonium that followed from the lunchtime incident at Dalton High School in Dalton, Georgia, about 90 miles (145 km) north of Atlanta, the state capital, police said.
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It’s fortunate that no one was killed or that the injuries were not any worse.
Maybe Trump will send a call to arm all students now.
lmao
NEW YORK IS MAKING ITS MOVE:
Sessions, Integrity and honor……ha-ha-ha
Sessions makes me laugh.
Thread:
Some people have the greatest, the suavest, the wittiest sense of humor.
Okay: Full Moon tomorrow, Thursday 1 March, 2018. 11♍️23, opposition takes place at 7:51pmET, 4:51pmPT. Tomorrow is Purim also, so I am thinking it may well be a beautiful day! No matter what the weather ♥️
#keepyoutheheart
#bevigilant
#dontbeafraid
#letthechildrenleadushome
🙏🏻🕯
Great advise, but privately.
Any way, I found this to be foolishly funny.
Oh, yes!
After the white lie exposé of Dr. Maddow, that is the only outcome.
Wonder why she is resigning
To shop for her prison wardrobe ….
smh
Behold the true and genuine 45th POTUS. Perhaps all the dark and vile can be scrubbed, and this woman’s inauguration will put her in her rightful place in US, and world, history.
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
No. No way! LOCK HIM UP!
there is so much to love and admire about Pres Obama…i used to be so worried that we would lose tough with him…that he would fade away…i am sooooooo glad that did not happen!!
Simply AWEsome…i wish that i was younger to participate…but in a few years my granddaughter will be eligible..
The creativity and vision coming from this couple boggles the mind. Theirs is no concrete monument solitary and static. They are building a living corps for the future. How blessed we are that they are not receding into the woodwork.
Asking for a friend ….
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/02/28/4-years-strong/
So cool