CNN obtained a tape of Trump at a closed-door fundraiser. He said this about China's president: "He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great. And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day." https://t.co/FzLjVtlhl1
Scott Walker has suspended special elections in WI…because he is afraid of the outcome….Who has the power to suspend the next Presidential election…if anyone
Heart broken,photo of 4 years child who is migrating from Syria to Jordan, the UNHCR team caught him when he was migrating alone in desert from Syria to Jordan. the only thing he had in his shopper were the clothes of his mom and sister,who killed in Syria. i cried too much. pic.twitter.com/eyLuj5M0uE
…. and, beyond tragically, the millions upon millions of children suffering the horrors created and owned by the few dudes reaping the endless profits from their war machinery …
Not to minimize his circumstance but the accompanying article in the tweet, by The Guardian, shows this is an exaggeration. He was simply lagging behind his family- a large group of immigrants. Otherwise, evening TOD. Evening Bob.
Could barely get through this without bursting out crying… Little Girl Mesmerized by Michelle Obama Portrait Thinks She’s ‘a Queen’ https://t.co/ksO5TYbGHE via @thecut
I'll add that photo to this on in my hall of memories that give me goosebumps, and make me awed at the wonders and redemptive possibilities of history. pic.twitter.com/F5ZWSg2akd
CNN obtained a tape of Trump at a closed-door fundraiser. He said this about China's president: "He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great. And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day." https://t.co/FzLjVtlhl1
I’m so encouraged every year to see the pews filled w people from around the country who attend our voting right session at historic Brown’s Chapel AME Church on the anniversary weekend of the #SelmaMarch. pic.twitter.com/ydvfj0or9v
I'll never forget interviewing @ValerieJarrett for @theGrio and her describing @MichelleObama as always conscious as first lady of the potentially daunting asymmetry between herself and someone she meets, and always the first to diminish the distance. Having met her, it's true. https://t.co/XdHmoIRW54
Yes, he can be more embarrassing: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has uncovered what appears to be a two forged nominations of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The matter has been referred to the Oslo police for investigation. https://t.co/DbJ9J9E6rq
Tally, I think I read on previous threads that your job ended. You’re fab, right now breathe in/our & take it as a vacay! With your skills, hard work, I know you’ll get an even more amazing gig! ❤
Thank you angel…. it’s a very scary time… I need Tom Styer to pay me to go beg every Secretary of State to switch to hand-counted paper ballots & full analog elections NOW, and explain WHY.
Both the Obamas are very much aware of how powerfully symbolic they are and mindful of the history they made, but they are also both just genuinely normal, nice people, who go out of their way to make you feel comfortable in their presence.
because of their differences..the elected reps from these states have to be able to find a way to compromise with each other…if we are to move forward…so that we can maintain our democracy…
for instance the “Medicare of All” Crew…blasted Pres Obama because he was not able to get single payer…and compromised with the ACA…in order to move the country forward…
Hillary won popular vote Putin doesn't love you Hope Hicks left you Alec Baldwin is funny Sessions properly recused himself Melania loves chain migration #TriggerTrumpIn4Words
So … this happened … Vote on bill to outlaw child marriage in Kentucky delayed after opposition from conservative Family Foundation https://t.co/BP8VnJd1aw
It appears that every state has some kind of law like this on the books…
here is the info for my state PA…
Minimum age to marry in Pennsylvania is 15. Minors must have both the written approval of a judge of the Orphans’ Court Division of the Common Pleas and a written consent from a parent or legal guardian. Legal age to apply for a marriage license in Pennsylvania is 18.
More info about child marriage…
The age of marriage in the United States is 18, with the exception of Nebraska (19) and Mississippi (21). Every state allows exceptions to their age of marriage. Most states allow marriage at 16 and 17 with parental consent, and some states also make exceptions subject to judicial approval, or cases of pregnancy. When all exceptions are taken into account, 25 U.S. states[4] have NO minimum age requirement.[5][6] Twenty-five of the jurisdictions have a minimum age in these cases, the youngest being 13 (New Hampshire, females only).[7][6] Human Rights Watch pointed out that Afghanistan has a tougher law on child marriage than parts of the US: in Afghanistan girls can marry at 16, or at 15 with permission from their father or a judge,[8] while in 25 US states there is no minimum marriage age if all the other conditions are met.[9]
LDF is in Alabama today commemorating the historic march from #Selma to Montgomery and the brave protestors who endangered their lives for the voting rights we enjoy today. Proud to participate this year and every year in the annual #SelmaJubilee. #SelmaStillMatterspic.twitter.com/36C9eeP6wu
Alabama State Senator introduces @SenKamalaHarris at the #Selma Unity Breakfast, noting the last time he introduced a young Senator here, they went on the be President. “Lightning can strike twice,” he says. pic.twitter.com/wHsxsiTCPM
Today is the anniversary of the march from #Selma to protest voting rights in the #AfricanAmerican community. Today, let's continue the cause and return voter rights to the formally encarcerated. Many are African Americans. #criminaljusticereform#cjreform@POTUS
Congreswoman @RepSewell calls for restoration of the Voting Rights Act in #Selma, reminding the Unity Breakfast that will require community action. pic.twitter.com/3IAroY8Sz4
Today the @Selma50Jubilee includes a reenactment of the bridge crossing from #Selma to Montgomery. I followed that path 20 years ago with the formidable @RepJohnLewis and our congressional colleagues. The struggle for justice continues as we commemorate this historic moment. pic.twitter.com/JEBgCzMw2b
— Rep. Diana DeGette (@RepDianaDeGette) March 4, 2018
The United States is at a fulcrum. We are two countries—one lurching for the future, one yearning for the past—that cannot live together, because we can’t be both things. Donald Trump may have brought on the breaking point, but he didn’t create the schism. It was already there for him to exploit.
"The United States is at a fulcrum. We are two countries—one lurching for the future, one yearning for the past—that cannot live together, because we can’t be both things." — @JoyAnnReid on the coming GOP reckoning https://t.co/fVSYg6bdjd
LDF is in #Selma, AL this weekend for the #SelmaJubilee. In honor of the historic Selma march and important annual Edmund Pettus Bridge-crossing tradition, this hour, we’ll be hosting a panel on voting rights and holding elected officials accountable. pic.twitter.com/l6R4DmJWtT
18 days, 54 miles, 1 police attack, 1,900 National Guard troops, 2,000 U.S. Army soldiers and countless stories later, 600 civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery — and changed history. pic.twitter.com/s3z8tSVnUc
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) March 4, 2018
Breaking: in TX's 15 largest counties, early voting in Dem primary spiked 105% (!) vs. 2014 midterm, vs. just 15% in GOP primary. Enthusiasm gap should be major warning for GOP.
“we’ve been in a prolonged period of youth protest. It’s just that majority of youth who were actively protesting the last few years have been Black & brown. & they’re not as readily embraced by the power establishment because they were protesting racism” https://t.co/63JsEwgiIQ
Yep, just the other day I got into an argument with someone on twitter that suggested that the student protesters of Stoneman Douglas were somehow better at getting their message across than the Black Lives Matters folks. I responded by saying that the power structure doesn’t give a fuck about a bunch of black people protesting as much as it gives a fuck about other protesters. Let a gunman run up into a school in a black neighborhood and kill a bunch of black students, and then let those black students protest gun laws and see just how much they are embraced by the media and the power structure and society. I could have ignored Sheila’s post, I could have just read it and kept it moving. But I couldn’t, because sometimes a person gets tired of ignoring shit like the shit don’t exist, ignoring what they think is an injustice.
He didn’t pay any price for this. The media never demanded a proof or retraction. Of course he never apologized. A year later, he is still in the White House and journalists think he’s just joking. https://t.co/UR14xpaUZg
— BWD 🤢 You People Replaced Obama With This (@IrisRimon) March 4, 2018
Just watched AM Joy & segment on Congolese mother, qualified to seek asylum, & her 7 year old daughter was taken away from her. Both are in facilities in different states. ACLU has taken over that case, but this is also happening to peoples across broad spectrum. Joy also had a clip of Kelly when @ Homeland saying that’s exactly what they were going to do as deterrent for those asylum seekers coming here. Inferring those not who’re non-white. This segment broke my heart, at so many levels.
The teens involved recognize the same point Don & Sheila recognized above.
From the article…
“Trickier than logistics is the longer-term project of navigating the tripwires within the reform movement itself, mostly about just how much reform to push for. More difficult, maybe, is the question of how these well-off, telegenic kids will use their new platform to help amplify the voices of inner-city kids for whom gun violence is, statistically, a far bigger problem.
They already understand this issue.
“We know that the reason that we’re getting this attention is because we’re privileged white kids,” says Delaney. “We just try to make a difference so that those who are not as affluent, as wealthy, as we are won’t have to deal with this either. Because if you look at Chicago, there’s such a high level of gun violence. But that’s not getting the attention that this is getting because we’re in such a nice area.”
(1/4)Yesterday, the members of @AMarch4OurLives got to meet up with some of the most wonderful and most strong spoken students of Chicago. "Florida's safest city" and one of the cities in America most affected by gun violence came together to share stories, ideologies, and pizza. pic.twitter.com/3SIDgvAnDM
(2/4) Those who face gun violence on a level that we have only just glimpsed from our gated communities have never had their voices heard in their entire lives the way that we have in these few weeks alone. Since we all share in feeling this pain and know all too well how it
(4/4) violence the way they did here. The platform us Parkland Students have established is to be shared with every person, black or white, gay or straight, religious or not, who has experienced gun violence, and hand in hand, side by side, We Will Make This Change Together.
I know so many of us carry a strong burden of what has happened to us and our families in this country. But I also VERY strongly believe that we must come together at this moment, RIGHT NOW, however sloppy and imperfect, to end gun violence, to fight for voting rights, to end this corrupt racist and fascist government. We have to fight together.
Thanks, Meta. Moving down the thread I now realize I’m late to the party re noting that the Parkland ‘leaders’ are savvy to what’s been happening (not) in other areas. ‘We will make this change together’, indeed.
ANALYSIS: Chicago officials approved plans to shut down more schools yesterday in what many see as a cycle of disinvestment that destabilizes poor families and neighborhoods. https://t.co/gKnDqrmbre
— The Chicago Reporter (@ChicagoReporter) March 1, 2018
Joy Reid and her panel discussion why 5 million NRA members appear to have outsized influence on many GOP Members of Congress and other elected officials
AM Joy 3/4/18 Qatar: Kushner company sought investment, Jared backed blockade
Jared Kushner is under scrutiny after the Kushner family company failed to acquire investment from a Qatari entity, followed by Jared Kushner allegedly supporting a U.S. blockade against Qatar. Joy Reid and her panel discuss.
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Windy since yesterday. Rain today. Now, not too bad.
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This is an awesome Closing argument for this young man in PA. Bravo!
Fantastic Closing Ad. Brilliant. Unbeatable! Go, Conor, Go, Go! Win one for PA! 👏👏👏👏👏👏 ❤️🇺🇸🙏
"We did… a USA Today Suffolk poll about what's the top issue affecting your vote in November," @SusanPage tells @margbrennan, "we polled a thousand registered voters; 5 of them said Russian meddling"
Folks no matter how hard the Dotard, GOPers and their Propaganda machine try 24/7…….it looks like folks are waking Up ( fingers crossed), knocking on wood, etc.
While Mueller racks up indictments for the Russia corruption all around Dotard Trump, Dem campaigners have many policy failures from this ‘administration’ on which to run.
If you defend this in any way whatsoever, even "It's just Trump being Trump" you're not a conservative, you're not a patriot, and you have zero regard for human rights. https://t.co/AzN3zOE8xY
We fought a bloody revolution to free ourselves from a King that ruled for life. We won't abide some comb-over King declarin' himself "President for Life." We're a nation of laws and Trump's about to learn what it feels like to be subject to them.https://t.co/Qc83T2XhaW
More and more sections of the Steele Dossier are being corroborated.
Also, why won't Jared Kushner answer this simple yes/no question from over a dozen Members of Congress from three months ago: Did he talk to any foreign nationals about the troubled loan for 666 Fifth Ave? https://t.co/r90JBTL6PP
Hillary won popular vote Putin doesn't love you Hope Hicks left you Alec Baldwin is funny Sessions properly recused himself Melania loves chain migration #TriggerTrumpIn4Words
Relegating metal detectors and other violence prevention strategies to students of color perpetuates the lie that black people are inherently more dangerous that whites. It is this very presumption of white innocence which lands us here every time there is a shooting. Nativism and white supremacy tells us that terrorism comes with black or brown skin even though it continues to manifest as white males, and we ignore it. Metal detectors are not a fix all, but students of all levels of privilege deserve to believe they are as safe as my minority students in school.
The Obama Diary 
Beautiful photo. It fills my heart with joy.
I predicted this last week. Given the craven corrupt party that is gopee, this nightmare is possible.
Scott Walker has suspended special elections in WI…because he is afraid of the outcome….Who has the power to suspend the next Presidential election…if anyone
Imagine what it must be like to be this child ….
…. and, beyond tragically, the millions upon millions of children suffering the horrors created and owned by the few dudes reaping the endless profits from their war machinery …
Unimaginable suffering. 😞
Not to minimize his circumstance but the accompanying article in the tweet, by The Guardian, shows this is an exaggeration. He was simply lagging behind his family- a large group of immigrants. Otherwise, evening TOD. Evening Bob.
I think she’s a queen too! 👑
I am so glad the artist, Amy Sherald, is aware of the magical moment her work has created. https://twitter.com/huffpost/status/970068373362106369?s=21
#Wakanda
#WakandaForever 🤣🤣😂🙅🏾♀️
an awesome phenommmm
😁
That is so cute. I assume that’s in Russia from the wording on the poster.
don’t know
Thread..
Queen Michelle
Even if the forgeries went undetected, what chances do the turd and his turdistans think this asshole really has to win the Nobel? Clueless morons.
They’re just so fucking stupid it’s almost mind boggling.
Tally, I think I read on previous threads that your job ended. You’re fab, right now breathe in/our & take it as a vacay! With your skills, hard work, I know you’ll get an even more amazing gig! ❤
*breathe in/out*
Thank you angel…. it’s a very scary time… I need Tom Styer to pay me to go beg every Secretary of State to switch to hand-counted paper ballots & full analog elections NOW, and explain WHY.
ODS continues! Morons indeed!
Peep this thread when you need a chucke! 😄
I love the Obamas and Joy you are special too.
Wow!
I bet Trump and Melania doesn’t see Black Panther.
“won’t see” Black Panther
It would be too painful a reminder of their shortcomings.
That’s fine with me. It’s not a film for someone who considers African countries “sh*tholes”.
More and More states are becoming like lil countries to themselves…
because of their differences..the elected reps from these states have to be able to find a way to compromise with each other…if we are to move forward…so that we can maintain our democracy…
for instance the “Medicare of All” Crew…blasted Pres Obama because he was not able to get single payer…and compromised with the ACA…in order to move the country forward…
This thread’s a hoot.
#maga = mueller ain’t going away
Morning everyone:)
Ummm….I don’t even know what to say.
It appears that every state has some kind of law like this on the books…
here is the info for my state PA…
Minimum age to marry in Pennsylvania is 15. Minors must have both the written approval of a judge of the Orphans’ Court Division of the Common Pleas and a written consent from a parent or legal guardian. Legal age to apply for a marriage license in Pennsylvania is 18.
More info about child marriage…
The age of marriage in the United States is 18, with the exception of Nebraska (19) and Mississippi (21). Every state allows exceptions to their age of marriage. Most states allow marriage at 16 and 17 with parental consent, and some states also make exceptions subject to judicial approval, or cases of pregnancy. When all exceptions are taken into account, 25 U.S. states[4] have NO minimum age requirement.[5][6] Twenty-five of the jurisdictions have a minimum age in these cases, the youngest being 13 (New Hampshire, females only).[7][6] Human Rights Watch pointed out that Afghanistan has a tougher law on child marriage than parts of the US: in Afghanistan girls can marry at 16, or at 15 with permission from their father or a judge,[8] while in 25 US states there is no minimum marriage age if all the other conditions are met.[9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_the_United_States
Damn!
i know….i know
I hope this issues from some of the neighborhood get resolved in position terms. This is all such a wonderful plan.
Good Morning!
😄 ⚡️💥🔥
VEry Good Read….
“WeARETheChangeWeSeek”
The United States is at a fulcrum. We are two countries—one lurching for the future, one yearning for the past—that cannot live together, because we can’t be both things. Donald Trump may have brought on the breaking point, but he didn’t create the schism. It was already there for him to exploit.
I hope you will all join in at your local marches.
And now for a couple Moments of Cuteness
Yep, I’ll be voting on Tuesday!
THANK YOU!!
Yep, just the other day I got into an argument with someone on twitter that suggested that the student protesters of Stoneman Douglas were somehow better at getting their message across than the Black Lives Matters folks. I responded by saying that the power structure doesn’t give a fuck about a bunch of black people protesting as much as it gives a fuck about other protesters. Let a gunman run up into a school in a black neighborhood and kill a bunch of black students, and then let those black students protest gun laws and see just how much they are embraced by the media and the power structure and society. I could have ignored Sheila’s post, I could have just read it and kept it moving. But I couldn’t, because sometimes a person gets tired of ignoring shit like the shit don’t exist, ignoring what they think is an injustice.
I’m glad you didn’t….Glad that you spoke TRUTH To Power
WOW
Just watched AM Joy & segment on Congolese mother, qualified to seek asylum, & her 7 year old daughter was taken away from her. Both are in facilities in different states. ACLU has taken over that case, but this is also happening to peoples across broad spectrum. Joy also had a clip of Kelly when @ Homeland saying that’s exactly what they were going to do as deterrent for those asylum seekers coming here. Inferring those not who’re non-white. This segment broke my heart, at so many levels.
Sorry, *those who’re non-white* will be separated from their kids. In other words, don’t even try for asylum if you want to keep your family together.
I actually yelled language at my Teevee! Yet another low in where these MoFo’s are leading this country, as media spews shiny objects.
Highly recommend
The teens involved recognize the same point Don & Sheila recognized above.
From the article…
“Trickier than logistics is the longer-term project of navigating the tripwires within the reform movement itself, mostly about just how much reform to push for. More difficult, maybe, is the question of how these well-off, telegenic kids will use their new platform to help amplify the voices of inner-city kids for whom gun violence is, statistically, a far bigger problem.
They already understand this issue.
“We know that the reason that we’re getting this attention is because we’re privileged white kids,” says Delaney. “We just try to make a difference so that those who are not as affluent, as wealthy, as we are won’t have to deal with this either. Because if you look at Chicago, there’s such a high level of gun violence. But that’s not getting the attention that this is getting because we’re in such a nice area.”
https://www.aclu.org/news/aclu-challenges-trump-administration-practice-forcibly-separating-asylum-seeking-parents-and
Brilliance. Power. Inspiration.
excellent
This is the winning line
Yes, thank you.
I know so many of us carry a strong burden of what has happened to us and our families in this country. But I also VERY strongly believe that we must come together at this moment, RIGHT NOW, however sloppy and imperfect, to end gun violence, to fight for voting rights, to end this corrupt racist and fascist government. We have to fight together.
#StrongerTogether
Ms. Emma Gonzalez is amazing. This awareness, recognition, inclusion is everything. These kids get it.
thank you so much for posting this
Thanks, Meta. Moving down the thread I now realize I’m late to the party re noting that the Parkland ‘leaders’ are savvy to what’s been happening (not) in other areas. ‘We will make this change together’, indeed.
In case you don’t understand what ‘lips pursed’ means…
Joy is Example 101:
Yep, and to quote Mike Tyson, “Everybody has a plan, until they get hit.”
This is by design. The Trump/Putin administration is enabling the erosion of public services so that ‘pay to play’ privatization can take over.
As has been said, WAKE UP. People need to go vote while they can.
Video:
Maxine Waters responds to Trump reportedly saying she needs an IQ Test.
Do Putin need an IQ test? Oh that’s right Trump is afraid to say a bad word about Putin. Wonder why.
AM Joy 3/4/18
NRA: Republicans appear to side with NRA over voters
Republican lawmakers are coming under scrutiny for NRA-ties and large NRA campaign contributions.
Joy Reid and her panel discussion why 5 million NRA members appear to have outsized influence on many GOP Members of Congress and other elected officials
AM Joy 3/4/18
Qatar: Kushner company sought investment, Jared backed blockade
Jared Kushner is under scrutiny after the Kushner family company failed to acquire investment from a Qatari entity, followed by Jared Kushner allegedly supporting a U.S. blockade against Qatar. Joy Reid and her panel discuss.
Hello TODbots.
Windy since yesterday. Rain today. Now, not too bad.
Congrats, Betsy on your Au ⭐ Furst 🙂
Thanks, NW!
Thanks, Chips!
Thanks, TODville Community!
<3. Always!
This is an awesome Closing argument for this young man in PA. Bravo!
Folks no matter how hard the Dotard, GOPers and their Propaganda machine try 24/7…….it looks like folks are waking Up ( fingers crossed), knocking on wood, etc.
5 is better than Zero.
While Mueller racks up indictments for the Russia corruption all around Dotard Trump, Dem campaigners have many policy failures from this ‘administration’ on which to run.
I agree with every word Tea Pain said about McConnell.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/03/03/our-collective-imagination/
Interesting…what does the diary think…
Relegating metal detectors and other violence prevention strategies to students of color perpetuates the lie that black people are inherently more dangerous that whites. It is this very presumption of white innocence which lands us here every time there is a shooting. Nativism and white supremacy tells us that terrorism comes with black or brown skin even though it continues to manifest as white males, and we ignore it. Metal detectors are not a fix all, but students of all levels of privilege deserve to believe they are as safe as my minority students in school.