Hello to TOD community. I’m here holidaying in London where Donald Trump is currently the most despised world leader, and President Obama still the most loved. Trump knows this and the realization is eating him alive.
Good morning NW, and thank you for your work here in the village.
Why US Media always seem to ‘go after’ those who no longer have the reins, instead of those who actually can and should be curbing the Idiot & Traitorous President is a reflection of their cowardice, imo. (Not to mention their lack of skills re strategy – at least if they intend to effect change)
EXACTLY! It always annoys me that media rarely call on the Republican "leaders" – who currently head all the relevant areas of government – to DO THEIR JOBS for the benefit of the country. What are the exes supposed to do that McConnell & Ryan can't? https://t.co/iL4AU2KkXm
Rachel Maddow notes that what ultimately explains a host of inexplicable developments in the story of the Donald Trump campaign is the worst case scenario that Trump is compromised by Russia, and points to the unfolding legal case as a guide for how to understand what has happened and what to do about it.
Glen Caplin, former senior national spokesman for the Clinton campaign, talks with Rachel Maddow about the theft of DNC analytics by Russian hackers, and how actions by the Trump campaign suggest they were using insights gained from the attack.
Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, talks with Rachel Maddow about the public reaction to Donald Trump’s deference to Vladimir Putin at their Helsinki press conference, and what the appropriate public response is to the realization that Donald Trump is beholden to another country.
Hello, 99! Not sure if you saw my post several months ago, however, I’ll be visiting Australia in March 2019. Please contact me at: ruley dot veterans at gmail dot com. I have questions… and would love, if possible to meet…
He was wonderful and of course completely spot on. Spoke of our past present and future. Wisdom, hope and concrete steps. And FACTS 🙂 I love our President, our global leader.
My forever president went there in every nook and cranny and spared no one and no country. He also looked like he was having fun. To have him speak so on the world stage after the deplorable one trashed his way across Europe and Scandinavia, is an illustration of the two choices, the two narratives in front of all of us the world over. His speech, his story reminded us of the possibilities, the hope, and even the evidence that the world can be made into a more just, fair and equal place. I pray for PBO’s safety even more than I did when he was president because the forces of darkness that are rising have made him a target.
Ryan Lizza should have seen this speech. PBO is not only speaking up, but he is making sure that the democratic values and spirit will not just move ONE country, but an entire WORLD to action! Lizza is a fool.
Morning everyone. My Forever President was a joy to watch this morning:) Sheer joy!
GOD ONLY MADE ONE BARACK OBAMA AND WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH MOMENTS SUCH AS TODAY. HE HAS SPENT HIS PRESIDENCY AND HIS LIFE TEACHING THE GREAT LESSON OF LOVING AND RESPECTING ONE ANOTHER. THERE WASN’T ANYTHING HE MISSED TODAY..OVER 45,000 WATCHED WITH ME ON THE NET TODAY…I PRAY THEY WON’T FORGET WHAT THEY SAW. GOD BLESS YOU PBO FOR ANSWERING YOUR CALL TO URGE EQUALITY AND HUMANITY THE WAY GOD INTENDED IT TO BE!
Like President Obama, I am hopeful for the future simply because he continues to inspire a generation who will in turn inspire generations to come. “Yes, we can.”
This shouldn’t get lost: The FBI has obtained the emails of a U.S. person, claiming to have participated in a “VERY private line of communication between the Kremlin and key [Republican] leaders” a month before the 2016 election. pic.twitter.com/Gox5fwjpky
NEW: I can confirm that the US Congressman who allegedly met with Butina and Torshin in August 2015 in Moscow was Dana Rohrabacher. pic.twitter.com/0Kw0xgDpym
NYT: Donald Trump Jr. DID meet Maria Butina, along with Alexander Torshin, at the 2016 NRA convention, and “congressional investigators have obtained a photograph of the three at the event”. https://t.co/AHO1tUaGOK— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) July 17, 2018
Barack Obama: "It would make me think that you're a little insecure about your heritage if you got to put somebody else's heritage down … These people who are so intent on putting people down and propping themselves up, that they're small hearted." (via CBS) pic.twitter.com/CLMUbULbuK
Barack Obama: "The fact that countries which rely on rabid nationalism and xenophobia and doctrines of religious or racial superiority as their main organizing principle … Eventually those countries find themselves consumed by civil or external war." (via CBS) pic.twitter.com/qxUCSLWwNA
Obama: "Democracy depends on strong institutions. It's about minority rights and checks and balances and freedom of speech … and a free press, and the right to protest and petition the government, and an independent judiciary, and everybody having to follow the law." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/k8Xx0KBblF
Barack Obama: "Look around. Strongman politics are ascendant, suddenly. Whereby elections and some pretense of democracy are maintained, the form of it, but those in power seek to undermine every institution or norm that gives democracy meaning." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/UVu86OtCSG
Barack Obama: "It is a plain fact that racial discrimination still exists in both the United States and South Africa." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/iW4wmPz0ED
Barack Obama: "In the current debate around immigration, for example: It's not wrong to insist that national borders matter … But that can't be an excuse for immigration policies based on race or ethnicity or religion. There's got to be some consistency." (via CBS) pic.twitter.com/LqKhqxZFvZ
BREAKING: The Russian authorities want to question former US Ambassador @McFaul along with officers of DHS and the DOJ who were investigating the Magnitsky case as part of the Putin/Trump Helsinki quid pro quo over me and the 12 Russian GRU agents https://t.co/msX1TauTO9
Crazy day today as Putin wants to swap 12 Russian GRU agents who hacked the US election for me in his meeting with Trump in Helsinki. Here’s my take for @TIME on why I’ve gotten Putin so rattled and what he’s really afraid of https://t.co/FoJkJKtLhl
From what I can gather, this statement from Russian MoD popped up out of the blue. It's authentic, but we don't know exactly what it means, so enjoy it with caution. https://t.co/IPnKf9V4Ml
The true lesson of Watergate is that the GOP leadership must force accountability on Trump & makes it clear resignation is his only option. It’s their responsibility & they alone have the power to do it. After yesterday, the time has come. https://t.co/CLTweovR1i
Thank You Nerdy for alllllllll that you do ❤ ❤ …keeping us connected with our Forever President..that was my greatest fear..losing touch with him and losing touch with each other.. …but i think that our President doesn't want to lose touch with us either….smilin
The House Intel Committee had a chance to interview Maria Butina, the Russian intel officer charged for working to create a “Kremlin backchannel” with the NRA — @housegop BLOCKED it. Congress should subpoena NRA to see if Russian money was funneled through NRA in 2016 election.
New: a top voting machine vendor admits it installed remote-access software on systems sold to states. Senator Wyden said this “is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow street corner.”https://t.co/V692ouXMlY— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) July 17, 2018
@whpresscorps Read the tweets of the white house press corps for a confirmation of the press not holding Trump accountable for his treachery yesterday….they seek to tell #WeThePeople…nothing really happened…everything is normal…luckily for us #WeCanSee!
“I believe in Nelson Mandela’s vision. I believe in a vision shared by Gandhi and King and Abraham Lincoln. I believe in a vision of equality, justice, freedom and multi-racial democracy, built on the premise that all people are created equal, and they’re endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, and I believe that a world governed by such principles is possible. And it can achieve more peace and more cooperation in pursuit of a common good. That’s what I believe.” —Barack Obama at the 2018 #MandelaLecture
He had stood at the foot of the King Memorial
Hushed and awed by the paradoxical magnificence
A symbol of his time
And at the Door of No Return on Goree
Gazing west
Gazing west
Where Mandela had visited, years before
And was humbled by stopping to see Robben Island
Where Mandela had rested his head
In an unadorned jail cell, years before
And he brought his wife and daughters with him
As a personal family tribute to those who had
Gone before
And at the White House
Where he resided
He would stare into the eyes of
Abraham Lincoln, in a portrait
And see the soul of the man
Seeking the soul of his country
Our remarkable President
Whom we have accompanied on
His journey
Stands on the Earth we share
Breathes the air we breathe
Visits the shrines to our humanity
And, God willing,
Continues to gift us with
Hope everlasting.
Thank you, df. First time I’ve felt like writing any poems in quite a while – had to wait for our joint “inspiration” – aka the brilliant President Obama with the diamonds in his eyes – to show up, just when we needed him!
Obama: "Keep believing. Keep marching. Keep building. Keep raising your voice. Every generation has the opportunity to remake the world. Mandela said, 'Young people are capable when aroused of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom.'" (via CBS) pic.twitter.com/b1fvNPFCgA
Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt bluntly said that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is up to his eyeballs in the Russia scandal and needs to be removed from power. https://t.co/O4s002hV7ppic.twitter.com/mcd4MQPGCN
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States
Remote-access software and modems on election equipment 'is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow street corner.'https://t.co/icWTKLi5RS
— (((DuneMyThang™))) (@Kris_Sacrebleu) July 17, 2018
Apparently this morning in Lower Manhattan someone put a life-sized Putin on the Wall Street Bull and covered it with dildos! God damn, I miss New York! pic.twitter.com/CmkZ4CBvUQ
Former US President Barack Obama recounted tales of his childhood in Kenya to laughter in Kogela on Monday, as he opened his sister Auma Obama’s Sauti Kuu Foundation’s sports and education facility…On Monday in Kenya, Obama said about the new sports and education facility: “When I think of what Auma has now accomplished in building this centre, what I think about is that first night in BR (Baton Rouge in the US) – and first night of going to sleep without running water or indoor plumbing. “And the fact that because she knew where she came from, and how it connected to the young people in this community who maybe haven’t had as much opportunity as we had, it was out of that spirit the wonderful facility that we see today has been built. “So, I tell you that story because I cannot be prouder of what my sister has accomplished. “I think it makes all of us who are Obamas, or who claim to be Obamas, extraordinarily proud. “Three years ago, I visited Kenya as the first sitting American President to come from Kenya! “And, when I was President, it was a little bit harder to get up here because my plane didn’t fit the tarmac up here! “But today I am really coming as a brother, as a citizen of the world, as someone who has a connection to Africa, to talk about the importance of what she’s doing. But also to create a larger context for what’s possible. “I’ve had a chance to look around and it’s a remarkable space, and I’m also very happy to see that there is a basketball court!” …cont 13 min audio in link above:
UPDATE: Trump says Russia actions had no impact on outcome of elections, accepts U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia meddling took place pic.twitter.com/GHA7cvMkhL
Trump said he liked “grabbing women by the pussy”. I thought I couldn’t possibly disdain him more. Then, there was Charlottesville. I thought I couldn’t disdain him more. Then, he put little children in cages. Next, he slobbered over Putin. Hell yes, I can disdain him even more.
Let's just say it: Trump WANTS Putin to interfere in the midterms and the 2020 elections and so he will do NOTHING to dissuade Russia from assisting him again. We need to hear people saying this clearly and unambiguously in public.
Just out of Trump’s Putin remarks do-over in the Cabinet Room. I asked him three times if he would publicly condemn Putin for election interference. All three times, he said “Thank you” or ignored.
Remember that pucker factor I talked about the other day? Just got amped up exponentially:)
Translation: enough have flipped so completely, take Team Treason so thoroughly, they won’t even do jail time. Traitors are in serious danger. 😈 https://t.co/2vSqcGlUuJ
NEW: The Special Counsel's Office notifies the court that they will seek immunity for up to 5 people to testify under conditions of immunity in the upcoming trial against Paul Manafort in Virginia.
They say these people have not been publicly named before in the case.
Trump's stunning surrender to Putin: Mueller to read Russian officials into evidence against Russian hackers & Russia allowed to interrogate FBI agents, allowing Putin access to U.S. intelligence capabilities. @HouseGOP@SenateGOP silent. https://t.co/NqoRjFFge6
NEW: The Special Counsel's Office notifies the court that they will seek immunity for up to 5 people to testify under conditions of immunity in the upcoming trial against Paul Manafort in Virginia.
They say these people have not been publicly named before in the case.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Good Morning all. I hope everyone has a great day. Can’t wait to hear this speech from President Obama, my forever president.
Hello to TOD community. I’m here holidaying in London where Donald Trump is currently the most despised world leader, and President Obama still the most loved. Trump knows this and the realization is eating him alive.
Thanks for the connection, NW.
Good morning NW, and thank you for your work here in the village.
Why US Media always seem to ‘go after’ those who no longer have the reins, instead of those who actually can and should be curbing the Idiot & Traitorous President is a reflection of their cowardice, imo. (Not to mention their lack of skills re strategy – at least if they intend to effect change)
MY PRESIDENT!!! 🙂
Yes, My President. I’ve been watching live and the speeches have been great. I feel so inspired so hopeful.
Thank you Nerdy, this will be lovely.
Hello TOD – I am watching – what a delight! I love the SA celebrations of Mandela. And as was just noted PBO cannot dance as well as Mandela 🙂
But Michelle – she can dance!
Lordy be – I miss him – as wonderful as ever
Maddow: Time for Americans to face ‘worst case scenario’ on Trump
Rachel Maddow notes that what ultimately explains a host of inexplicable developments in the story of the Donald Trump campaign is the worst case scenario that Trump is compromised by Russia, and points to the unfolding legal case as a guide for how to understand what has happened and what to do about it.
Russian theft of DNC data paralleled Trump camp strategy changes
Glen Caplin, former senior national spokesman for the Clinton campaign, talks with Rachel Maddow about the theft of DNC analytics by Russian hackers, and how actions by the Trump campaign suggest they were using insights gained from the attack.
McFaul: Trump with Putin shows U.S. ‘national security crisis’
Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, talks with Rachel Maddow about the public reaction to Donald Trump’s deference to Vladimir Putin at their Helsinki press conference, and what the appropriate public response is to the realization that Donald Trump is beholden to another country.
The President is reminding people why he was elected – what they wanted. Just where did it go.
That should read My President, Our President – nothing to do with the orange treasonous blob.
Hello, 99! Not sure if you saw my post several months ago, however, I’ll be visiting Australia in March 2019. Please contact me at: ruley dot veterans at gmail dot com. I have questions… and would love, if possible to meet…
Sent an email – hope I have the address OK
didn’t receive it… public alternate is aruley at rcn dot com
Oh – sorry about that – I’ll try again
my email is at hotmail.com – might be in spam?
He was wonderful and of course completely spot on. Spoke of our past present and future. Wisdom, hope and concrete steps. And FACTS 🙂 I love our President, our global leader.
My forever president went there in every nook and cranny and spared no one and no country. He also looked like he was having fun. To have him speak so on the world stage after the deplorable one trashed his way across Europe and Scandinavia, is an illustration of the two choices, the two narratives in front of all of us the world over. His speech, his story reminded us of the possibilities, the hope, and even the evidence that the world can be made into a more just, fair and equal place. I pray for PBO’s safety even more than I did when he was president because the forces of darkness that are rising have made him a target.
Ryan Lizza should have seen this speech. PBO is not only speaking up, but he is making sure that the democratic values and spirit will not just move ONE country, but an entire WORLD to action! Lizza is a fool.
Morning everyone. My Forever President was a joy to watch this morning:) Sheer joy!
The speech was everything and gave me hope.
GOD ONLY MADE ONE BARACK OBAMA AND WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH MOMENTS SUCH AS TODAY. HE HAS SPENT HIS PRESIDENCY AND HIS LIFE TEACHING THE GREAT LESSON OF LOVING AND RESPECTING ONE ANOTHER. THERE WASN’T ANYTHING HE MISSED TODAY..OVER 45,000 WATCHED WITH ME ON THE NET TODAY…I PRAY THEY WON’T FORGET WHAT THEY SAW. GOD BLESS YOU PBO FOR ANSWERING YOUR CALL TO URGE EQUALITY AND HUMANITY THE WAY GOD INTENDED IT TO BE!
Shut your trap….you’re MAGA, Bytches.
Do your patriotic duty
………………………………………………
Texas shrimp industry to lose $1M per day due to immigrant visa cap
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/397391-texas-shrimp-industry-to-lose-1m-per-day-due-to-immigrant-visa
President Obama’s speech was extraordinary, inspiring, hopeful, powerful and instructive. He gave a master class in truth.
Thread. Looks like Maria has lots of Republicans “friends”
Like President Obama, I am hopeful for the future simply because he continues to inspire a generation who will in turn inspire generations to come. “Yes, we can.”
This shouldn’t get lost: The FBI has obtained the emails of a U.S. person, claiming to have participated in a “VERY private line of communication between the Kremlin and key [Republican] leaders” a month before the 2016 election. pic.twitter.com/Gox5fwjpky
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) July 16, 2018
GET HIM!!!
NEW: I can confirm that the US Congressman who allegedly met with Butina and Torshin in August 2015 in Moscow was Dana Rohrabacher. pic.twitter.com/0Kw0xgDpym
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) July 16, 2018
Clearly a TRAITOR for decades.
NYT: Donald Trump Jr. DID meet Maria Butina, along with Alexander Torshin, at the 2016 NRA convention, and “congressional investigators have obtained a photograph of the three at the event”. https://t.co/AHO1tUaGOK— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) July 17, 2018
Some good news to start the day:) (Besides the amazing speech in SA by PBO)
http://www.azfamily.com/story/38660432/college-student-walks-20-miles-to-first-day-of-work-ceo-gives-him-a-car
Many thanks, Kyle Griffin:)
Great bumper sticker
Trump gave them room to demand this …when he agreed to Putin’s demand
What agreement??? Why don’t we know what this is? BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE ROOM TO BABYSIT THE IDIOT!
Who the hell knows
LUCIAN…HELL DOES KNOW!
Avenatti’s so right about renaming the White House as the “Kremlin Annex.”
If we are looking for Republican patriots to save America we are screwed. Won’t happen this time.
Thank You Nerdy for alllllllll that you do ❤ ❤ …keeping us connected with our Forever President..that was my greatest fear..losing touch with him and losing touch with each other.. …but i think that our President doesn't want to lose touch with us either….smilin
I’m positive you are right:)
❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
FYI
New: a top voting machine vendor admits it installed remote-access software on systems sold to states. Senator Wyden said this “is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow street corner.”https://t.co/V692ouXMlY— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) July 17, 2018
on now
Thanks so much for sharing that, or I would have missed it!
IT’S DIFFICULT TO DO WITHOUT A PRESIDENTIAL OBAMA SPEECH EVERYDAY…:(
Obama Foundation:
“I believe in Nelson Mandela’s vision. I believe in a vision shared by Gandhi and King and Abraham Lincoln. I believe in a vision of equality, justice, freedom and multi-racial democracy, built on the premise that all people are created equal, and they’re endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, and I believe that a world governed by such principles is possible. And it can achieve more peace and more cooperation in pursuit of a common good. That’s what I believe.” —Barack Obama at the 2018 #MandelaLecture
The Visitor
He had stood at the foot of the King Memorial
Hushed and awed by the paradoxical magnificence
A symbol of his time
And at the Door of No Return on Goree
Gazing west
Gazing west
Where Mandela had visited, years before
And was humbled by stopping to see Robben Island
Where Mandela had rested his head
In an unadorned jail cell, years before
And he brought his wife and daughters with him
As a personal family tribute to those who had
Gone before
And at the White House
Where he resided
He would stare into the eyes of
Abraham Lincoln, in a portrait
And see the soul of the man
Seeking the soul of his country
Our remarkable President
Whom we have accompanied on
His journey
Stands on the Earth we share
Breathes the air we breathe
Visits the shrines to our humanity
And, God willing,
Continues to gift us with
Hope everlasting.
AWESomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee……
Thank you!!!!
feeling a bit weepy …Boomer….this is so beautiful
Me, too! Miss him so much.
Just beautiful, J’OB 🙂 I’ve missed your poems more than I realized. Thank you:)
Thank you, df. First time I’ve felt like writing any poems in quite a while – had to wait for our joint “inspiration” – aka the brilliant President Obama with the diamonds in his eyes – to show up, just when we needed him!
Well, he certainly is an inspiration to the world, to be sure:) I’m so glad that you were inspired by him today:) We all needed him, and you:)
❤
I’m in tears right now. Beautiful. Just really, really moving.
Thanks, darlin’.
Love you, Booms.
Love you back.
🙂 So perfect, meta
As I read the poem, it evokes these images clearly.
This is beautiful, J’OB. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL..J’OB..THANK YOU!..<3
JOB, your poem is magnificent. Poetry expresses so much, and digs so deep. Thank you.
Thank you!
Truly, yet another Masterpiece!!!
Thank you Jacqueline for sharing it with us.
Awww, thanks, Bob!
Yet another:)
Can this happen?
Glad you were able to post it. I tried but was unsuccessful. This cartoon sums it up.
So did his own daughter. How can you work for a person that doesn’t respect you and your ideas and thoughts? They should leave en masse
Hello village….dropping by for a sec…hope everyone is well!
Former US President Barack Obama recounted tales of his childhood in Kenya to laughter in Kogela on Monday, as he opened his sister Auma Obama’s Sauti Kuu Foundation’s sports and education facility…On Monday in Kenya, Obama said about the new sports and education facility: “When I think of what Auma has now accomplished in building this centre, what I think about is that first night in BR (Baton Rouge in the US) – and first night of going to sleep without running water or indoor plumbing. “And the fact that because she knew where she came from, and how it connected to the young people in this community who maybe haven’t had as much opportunity as we had, it was out of that spirit the wonderful facility that we see today has been built. “So, I tell you that story because I cannot be prouder of what my sister has accomplished. “I think it makes all of us who are Obamas, or who claim to be Obamas, extraordinarily proud. “Three years ago, I visited Kenya as the first sitting American President to come from Kenya! “And, when I was President, it was a little bit harder to get up here because my plane didn’t fit the tarmac up here! “But today I am really coming as a brother, as a citizen of the world, as someone who has a connection to Africa, to talk about the importance of what she’s doing. But also to create a larger context for what’s possible. “I’ve had a chance to look around and it’s a remarkable space, and I’m also very happy to see that there is a basketball court!” …cont 13 min audio in link above:
Great to see you, LP, and thanks very much for this. I’m sure this was an exciting part of his trip back to Kenya.
LP!! Thanks for sharing this and dropping in to say hello. Don’t be a stranger:)
Hello, 🙂
Hi, LP! Glad you stopped by. Hope everything with you is well.
Away from his handler…
No one cares what you think or have to say you lying POS!
I suspect that the first American dead body that shows up on American soil that’s connected to the Russian collusion investigation isn’t that far off.
Right there with her.
I hope that everyone reading this has called/will call their MOC today to voice outrage and demand accountability.
Yes. We. Should.
Hello, TODbots.
I’ve just finished listening to Pres Obama. Great, speech!
Thank You, TOD.
Thank you, Nerdy Wonka.
Thank You, Chips.
❤ ❤ ❤ TODville Community.
I’M STILL CRYING…….:(
Remember that pucker factor I talked about the other day? Just got amped up exponentially:)
I’m here to bear witness that you did in fact talk about the pucker factor a couple of days ago, and I’m willing to sign an affidavit.
Ha!
LOL!
IDIOT
Ridiculous. Ridiculous. Ridiculous. Ridiculous.
Where are my Game of Thrones fans at?
ohhh ohhhhh
Can’t wait for their names to come out, it should be interesting.
yup
May they ALL fall swiftly and forever.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/07/17/democracy-depends-on-strong-institutions/