Congressional House GOP are: A. Being threatened of being poisoned by Russia. B. Being Blackmailed by Russia. C. Traitors to the United States. D. All of the Above. https://t.co/fh1tBPJY4X
"In an ideal world, the 20 first graders and kindergartners who died at Sandy Hook would be in middle school… The 17 victims from Stoneman Douglas would probably be eating lunch right now," student says at #NationalWalkoutDay rally https://t.co/9UbJD8FATrpic.twitter.com/77EQYqxmkw
Was going to go to the March for Life in Philadelphia on March 24th, but they announced another March the same day here in South Jersey that’s much closer to me. Going to go to that one.
Covering a walkout this morning at an elementary school in Virginia, and the 11-year-old organizers had a press packet ready for me. pic.twitter.com/eeElhGciid
Leonardo Aguilar was the only one to walk out of his second grade classroom so he joined the highschoolers at Lincoln High in San Jose. @CBSSF#walkoutpic.twitter.com/v9SQAAEn4f
Democrats, I am pleading with you: take the right message from your PA 18 win. (HINT: Run center-left candidates who speak respectfully to a wide group of voters, who are not purity-tested out of a primary, and have a platform besides TRUMP IS TOTALLY HITLER.)
Peter was wrong: Managers do not rise to the level of their incompetence, not in this Administration.
Rick Perry may be leaving the Energy Department, an agency he wanted to abolish and didn’t understand, only to lead Veterans Affairs. “Oops” doesn’t begin to cover it.
So full of pride and sadness for our young people. All over the country, our babies and our young adults are begging for their lives and vowing to do whatever they can to save themselves and the rest of us. I have seen so many creative, smart and original approaches that they are using to get hard-headed, greedy adults in positions of influence to listen to their pleas and their logic. I am also thankful to the adults who have supported their efforts. So heartbroken that all of this is necessary, but uplifted to see the ways in which our children are leading the way.
There is a report of a person with a gun in Engelhart Hall at the corner of Emerson Street and Maple Avenue. Evanston and Northwestern University police are on the scene. Seek shelter if in the area.
DEVELOPING: Northwestern University says there is "a report of a person with a gun" on Evanston, Illinois campus; officials advising students, personnel to shelter in place https://t.co/fGx8LIT8Pxpic.twitter.com/TgVB7Op8Zp
Perhaps Americans will finally awaken to the FACT that a Russian mobster currently controls the Executive Office and, apparently, a significant portion of the Legislative Branch, as well.
Not a shot has been fired, but the Union is in graver danger than during the #CivilWar.
Watch: Director @morganpehme becomes the third source confirming fmr. Trump adviser Roger Stone tried to contact Julian Assange during the 2016 election pic.twitter.com/tJ8WUig6W5
I went to Early Vote today, and there was a teacher there, with his class, registering the Youth and they voted. Made me feel good 🙂
Illinois folks, remember….the youth only has to be 18 by General Election time in November. They can register and vote at 17. We have same day registration in Illinois.
City of Chicago – has 52 Early Voting Locations
Suburban Cook County- also has 52 Early Voting Locations
BREAKING: Toys "R" Us is closing its doors after 70 years in business. https://t.co/cFclxh5sdF
The iconic toy retailer will shut or sell all of its almost 800 stores in the United States, a source familiar with the matter told CNNMoney. pic.twitter.com/QLVC4yPpyx
Seventeen Democrats voted to proceed on a bill that would roll back major portions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Michael Bennet of Colorado
Tom Carper of Delaware
Chris Coons of Delaware
Joe Donnelly of Indiana
Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota
Doug Jones of Alabama
Tim Kaine of Virginia
Angus King of Maine
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Bill Nelson of Florida
Gary Peters of Michigan
Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Jon Tester of Montana
Mark Warner of Virginia
Thanks Meta. Though I try to understand the red states bit, it’s a bit sad to me that reps/sens/candidates can’t be honest about their positions. Too much of this is positioning at a time when the country/world is in turmoil.
OMG, do I hear you. It’s so frustrating. But as I live through this current nightmare presidency, I’m struck by how very conservative and ridiculous half this country is. UGH.
A student from Copiague High School sent me this. To everyone else who was punished today for walking out, you have my respect. If you were suspended today because you walked out, dm me the name of your high school. pic.twitter.com/hkPeY79QyU
— Sarah Chadwick// #NEVERAGAIN (@Sarahchadwickk) March 14, 2018
@HouseDems@SenateDems The students marching today are scared. They're scared and they're in pain. Listen to them. Do everything you can to help them. Honor their future. #NationalWalkoutDay
To the parents supporting their children walking out, thank you for raising this new generation of leaders.
To the parents who didn’t support their children who walked out anyway, thank you for raising this new generation of leaders. #NeverAgain#MarchForOurLives
Larry Kudlow, the man who Trump just appointed as his top economic advisor, was forced to resign from Bear Stearns in 1994 because of his frequent cocaine binges and alcohol problems.
In House Governmental Affairs Committee–the bill to cut hours of voting for Atlanta pushed through. Total time for discussion was a few minutes. No public comment.
Author didn't speak w/ or coordinate w/ DeKalb (which covers part of the City).
Why not hold voting on weekends? Why close schools just so folks can vote on a Tuesday? What is magic about Tuesdays? All voting Sat & Sun from 6am until 10 pm. #gapol
Simple: The only way Republicans win is with low voter turnout, hence their focus on voter suppression, gerrymandering and using election system technology that’s easily compromised and unauditable. #gapol#weseeyou@mikefarb1
And to add…their policies are unpopular aka…destroying medicare..medicaid…SS….Obamacare….they have to lie ..cheat…steal…and use all the isms in order to get their so-called base to vote for them….aka…Trump
Looks like he believed the Fix Was In for HIM, and it didn't go according to plan. Reminds me of when Karl Rove melted down in 2012 over Ohio, when Anonymous set up a firewall to prevent Rove's hack… https://t.co/H0Win8fPp1
Looks like Trump can fire Sessions but he won’t be able to hire someone to fire Mueller. Read her thread for the argument. I’m encouraged!!
So anyone Trump chooses to become Attorney General is by their very appointment required to recuse from all matters related to Mueller because of glaring conflict of interest? #OMGYES
As usual, @lawrence distills the point to its essence: Conor Lamb won in a PA district that was gerrymandered specifically so no Democrat could ever win. He won in a district so blatantly gerrymandered a court ordered it abolished, such that PA18 won't even exist come November.
In a school with a Potawatomi name, in a state named in a combination of Algonquian languages, white parents refuse to allow their children to even discuss the concept of "white privilege". Article has a link to a petition in support the kids/principal. https://t.co/bZkWlhjBQ8
Students in a 90% white school in rural Wisconsin wanted to have a discussion of race and privilege. Principal let them hold an assembly. He got fired, such assemblies got banned.
The folks in my mentions claiming that "white privilege" is a claim that all whites are evil could really use a primer on the concept. We should hold an assembly or something.
The movement these young people have started has the level of vitality and integrity, and the kind of honesty and commitment that will change this country. #NationalWalkoutDay
Martin Luther King was only 26 when he helped lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. John Lewis was 21 when he went down to Mississippi as one of the original Freedom Riders. Diane Nash was 22 when she started leading sit-ins in Nashville.
67-31, Senate passes bill to roll back Dodd-Frank law passed in 2010 in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Still need to reconcile differences with House.
Not sure whether the @SenateDems honestly think deregulating banks is a good idea, or if they honestly think swing voters in November are clamoring for fewer bank regulations, but either way this is utterly baffling.
It's close elections like these when it's worth taking a minute to appreciate the hard work & long hours thousands of election workers/administrators put in to protect the integrity of the vote & get it right. #PA18
What happened in Parkland one month ago was another tremendous loss for our country. In the month since that tragedy, we have also seen the triumph of who we are as a nation. To the young people of our country, thank you. Thank you for drawing upon courage too many have lacked. pic.twitter.com/383h6G0EVx
Dudette, yesterday I received that email from Joe Biden asking us to list candidates in coming elections that we’d like him to support- we could name 5. Anyway, Stacey Abrams was first on my list to VP Joe. I really hope she is your next governor.
'Dear Congress, how can you claim to stand for the people but let your kids get slaughtered like animals in their own schools?' pic.twitter.com/5ayAAWuzIc
A Jewish woman heard an undocumented immigrant and her two daughters were on the run from ICE. Driven by thoughts of the Holocaust, she risked her own comfort to offer them shelter. https://t.co/FrSUpAymndpic.twitter.com/JgRGhgx87J
When asked whether Ivanka Trump will make good on her desire to become the 1st female President of the United States, Hillary Clinton did not miss a beat in this brilliant dead-pan. HRC has emerged post-election as the voice of the Resistance IMHO. Whether people admit it or not. pic.twitter.com/19hCGJoalt
cc: @thespybrief@20committee My 1,000th tweet is dedicated to John Schindler, the reason I joined Twitter. Things I learned from John: 1. Country over party, always. 2. Beware of provokatsiya and deza. 3. Trump is compromised and going down. 4. Snowden = traitor. 5. Cats know.
I believe that part of the allure of these dictators for trump is they don’t follow the rules. They are above the rules, the law, the norms of society….and he sees that as power.
"The Kremlin is ripping up the international rule book," says UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson, undermining countries around the world and deploying "active and brazen" cyber operationshttps://t.co/MoQBur2QI3pic.twitter.com/1116TqT8X1
Trump is appointing "acting" U.S. attorneys for the NY-NJ area that overseas his and Jared's businesses. These acting appointees aren't subject to Senate approval and can be fired any time they threaten the Trump family (and Speaker Ryan says it's fine) https://t.co/pVIJwCS68Z
.@SenFeinstein asking #CIA to release docs re Trump nom Haspel involvement in US torture program: "The American people deserve to know the actual role the person nominated .. played in what I consider to be one of the darkest chapters in American history.” https://t.co/hJ4V5nx3onhttps://t.co/oS7g4ULlej
This campaign belongs to all of us. I'm running for Congress because my mother taught me to stand up and be counted –no matter what. See more of our story here: https://t.co/EhNZyckqCd
History-making Boston City Councilor running to be a champion & advocate for Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District (her byline on her twitter page)
The Obama Diary 
Congrats, A ⭐ Au is awarded 😉
Thanks, NW for a new post.
Congratulations, Meta on being first.
I go with all of the above. The only one that matters is that they are traitors to the United States and should go to jail.
I’m sorry. Just realized I had the wrong name. Congratulations on 1st, Tally
😀
Good afternoon/evening TOD!
May Stephen Hawking RIP.
They are all so unbelievably awesome. They make me cry with happiness and hope.
Awesomeness in abundance! ❤ Bless these fabulous kids.
Was going to go to the March for Life in Philadelphia on March 24th, but they announced another March the same day here in South Jersey that’s much closer to me. Going to go to that one.
I saw PBO’s tweet for S. Hawkins. I must have missed the one from the current occupant of the WH.
I’m sure that the current occupant has no idea who Professor Hawking is
😂😂😂 clueless idiocy forever. And quite comfortable in his own idiocy. Come on America, we can change this!
A 2nd Grader…….Courage!
As a former elementary teacher I applaud the teacher that led the class to make a press packet.
Toddler in viral Michelle Obama portrait photo praises ex-First Lady on “Ellen”. Two year old Parker Curry
I am looking for Melania to follow suit……soon as her parents become citizens, she’s outta there!
They look so happy! (Snark). 😯
Whatever 🙄
😢 That really upsets my soul.
I agree 100%.
Ditto
Tom Perez, spread this message!
So full of pride and sadness for our young people. All over the country, our babies and our young adults are begging for their lives and vowing to do whatever they can to save themselves and the rest of us. I have seen so many creative, smart and original approaches that they are using to get hard-headed, greedy adults in positions of influence to listen to their pleas and their logic. I am also thankful to the adults who have supported their efforts. So heartbroken that all of this is necessary, but uplifted to see the ways in which our children are leading the way.
Ditto, CEB. You put my thoughts in beautiful words. Thank you!
This is so true CEB. You express it so beautifully.
http://wjla.com/news/local/massive-house-fire-breaks-out-in-prince-georges-county
I am holding your brother & family in my thoughts, MP. So good to hear no one was hurt physically.
Pamela, so very sorry to see this news, sending all that’s great in the universe to your brother & family. ❤
((((((( mightyp and family )))))))
They might lose that one brilliant student.
That child looks sad and cowed. How awful to go to school every day, with everyone knowing your father is a monster.
He voted for Trump and harassed a woman at a T-rally in 2016.
These trumpsters are degenerates, dotards.
They might be invented to the USA from Putin’s protégé.
Yes, we actually live in a Nation with a Russian mobster in control of the Executive Office … ‘elections matter’ ….
Well, I guess she’s next one to be fired! 😷
I love the #WalkUp Idea.
Bob Marley sang:
Get Up, Stand Up.
Walking Up, is indeed Powerful.
Perfect!
Wow! That’s remarkable!
WOW…that is incredible
Not acceptable.
I went to Early Vote today, and there was a teacher there, with his class, registering the Youth and they voted. Made me feel good 🙂
Illinois folks, remember….the youth only has to be 18 by General Election time in November. They can register and vote at 17. We have same day registration in Illinois.
City of Chicago – has 52 Early Voting Locations
Suburban Cook County- also has 52 Early Voting Locations
Took me less than 15 minutes to vote 🙂
Alllllllllright NOW!
Thanks Rikyrah for doing your civic duty and also for sharing vital voting information for people in Illinois.
Yes We Can!
Woooot! That’s awesome!
Wait– I disagree with running against Nancy Pelosi. She is a warrior and will hopefully be our Speaker again.
33K+ jobs will be gone.
Amazon is killing off these Stores.
Progress, Yes. But at what cost?
Amazon wasn’t the only reason. I read somewhere that it had to do with the owners and private Equity.
Seventeen Democrats voted to proceed on a bill that would roll back major portions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Michael Bennet of Colorado
Tom Carper of Delaware
Chris Coons of Delaware
Joe Donnelly of Indiana
Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota
Doug Jones of Alabama
Tim Kaine of Virginia
Angus King of Maine
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Bill Nelson of Florida
Gary Peters of Michigan
Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Jon Tester of Montana
Mark Warner of Virginia
Why?
i do not know…
Sigh. Sheila, I readily confess I do not understand your politicians.
you are not alone….i no longer try to understand why they do what they do…i just watch what they do…and collect the data
/resignedly/ Yea, I’m in the watching mode too.,.. interspersed with occasional moments of fluctuating hope.
yes i know…
They are from red states and are up for reelection and/or they come from big banking states. I hate it and am sickened by it, but that’s the reason.
Thanks Meta. Though I try to understand the red states bit, it’s a bit sad to me that reps/sens/candidates can’t be honest about their positions. Too much of this is positioning at a time when the country/world is in turmoil.
OMG, do I hear you. It’s so frustrating. But as I live through this current nightmare presidency, I’m struck by how very conservative and ridiculous half this country is. UGH.
how conservative, ridiculous, ….. morally depraved YET self-righteous half t….
The other thing to keep in mind is the big picture: the 2018 Senate map is very DAUNTING for Democrats.
The Senate has 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats (including two independents).
There are 35 seats up in 2018 and 26 are held by Democrats.
I posted an article about this a couple or so posts back. I was truly shocked & kept hoping it wasn’t so. Uggh!
How cute is this little girl??!!
Very cute…look how wide eyed she is…
Such a deep thinker!!
Precious.
How lovely.
Can I shout it out? WHAT PERSON OF INTEGRITY WOULD WANT TO WORK THERE OR HAVE THAT SHITHOLE ON THEIR RESUME? 😂😷😯
Carry on MoFo’s, y’all better have some damn good lawyers. IMHO. 😷😂
The “best” people
Check out this whole thread.
UGH
BoooooooooooooooM!!!!
Looks like Trump can fire Sessions but he won’t be able to hire someone to fire Mueller. Read her thread for the argument. I’m encouraged!!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michelle-obama-portrait-kid-parker-curry-mom-shares-story-viral-photo-watch-video-1094434
Thanks so much, bella. She’s so adorable!!
Smh
They need to answer for this.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Dudette, yesterday I received that email from Joe Biden asking us to list candidates in coming elections that we’d like him to support- we could name 5. Anyway, Stacey Abrams was first on my list to VP Joe. I really hope she is your next governor.
Thanks Sherijr. I hope he does canpaign for her.
me too
Proud of them all!
The future of tennis looks very bright
LOL:) Morning everyone
Yup
I believe that part of the allure of these dictators for trump is they don’t follow the rules. They are above the rules, the law, the norms of society….and he sees that as power.
LOL! 🙂
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/03/15/2018-baracketology/
So something’s changed here.
Another Black woman running for office…
History-making Boston City Councilor running to be a champion & advocate for Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District (her byline on her twitter page)