“If these blueprints go live, and Americans die because of it, their deaths will be at the hands of Trump.”
Here is Why Trump is to Blame for Terrorists potentially Getting 3-D Plastic Guns: (politicus.usa)
A jury has now been impaneled in the VA Manafort case: 6 women, 6 men 4 alternates (3 women,1 man) Mueller expects the case to take 3 weeks. The judge would like to narrow that down to 2 weeks.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden made a surprise visit to a DC bakery.
"We were absolutely stunned to see them!” Lolly Rivas of Dog Tag Bakery says. Their order? Ham and gruyere on shallot-jam ciabatta, a slice of mint-basil blueberry cake, brownies and coffee, Rivas says. pic.twitter.com/XPcQjE4Y4k
I actually give her credit for slamming Trump indirectly about his self-enriching grift, since he keeps escaping to properties he owns on the taxpayers’ dime.
BREAKING: U.S. borrowing expected to hit $329 billion in the current quarter. This would be the largest July-September deficit in 8 years and would equate to a 74% rise over last year.
In other words, Trump is bankrupting the Country like he did his businesses.
Iran & US had 2 yrs of talks. With EU/E3+Russia+China, we produced a unique multilateral accord—the JCPOA. It’s been working. US can only blame itself for pulling out & leaving the table. Threats, sanctions & PR stunts won’t work. Try respect: for Iranians & for int'l commitments
Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, opened more than 30 bank accounts in three foreign countries to “receive and hide” his income from Ukraine, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday. https://t.co/ogNeMm02yE
Note that these appear to stem from allegations not included in our story, from a different, additional woman. (Prosecutors concluded her claims were outside of the statute of limitations.) https://t.co/Y0yetwV1kf
Black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party, and I’m excited to be traveling across the country to listen to and learn from their leadership. #SeatAtTheTablehttps://t.co/IgDke4biud
Unfortunately they will largely ignore us to pursue the “angry white GOP voter”. I hope there will be more and more minority women elected until we are in the majority in the House and at least 1/3rd in the Senate.
LeBron James is right when he says Trump is using sports to divide us. And LeBron’s work broadening opportunities for kids & putting his money where his mouth is dwarfs anything Trump has done for America. So, to those who diss LeBron for voicing political views, I say: shut up.
There was a satisfaction in finally hearing the defense attorney's strategy today. I have been waiting to confirm that for months. Rick Gates testimony is going to be really fascinating.
And in 1968, the USSR offered Hubert Humphrey, whom the Kremlin favored over Nixon, financial help for his campaign. Humphrey declined. https://t.co/t9WOONgGLq
Just a reminder that someone stole George W. Bush's debate prep book (and videotapes!) and sent it to the Gore campaign and they immediately turned all the materials over to the FBI
The way the GWB team are part of the Dotards team, I am sure they would have either kept and used Gores information against him. GOP have NO principles.
At least in his predecessor's case, they were legitimate occupants of @WhiteHouse, not trespassers enabled & owned by a major and unrelenting enemy. #TrumpRussia
The Trump Administration’s policy of separating children and their parents will likely cause harm to these children for the rest of their lives. I'll repeat what I said weeks ago: those who created and implemented this policy, including Secretary Nielsen, should step down. pic.twitter.com/hBD2b6sBgH
NEW: Accused Russian agent Maria Butina exchanged over $300,000 in suspicious bank transactions with a Republican operative, @BuzzFeedNews reveals https://t.co/ASHIgzMp3N
Mueller has referred an inquiry to SDNY involving possible FARA violations with respect to work for Ukraine by Tony Podesta of the Podesta Group, Vin Weber of Mercury Public Affairs and Greg Craig, formerly of Skadden.
I think @realDonaldTrump means WH-13: Tevfik Arif Aras Agalarov Felix Sater Sergei Millian Sergey Gorkov Oleg Deripaska Konstantin Kilimnik Dmitry Firtash Alexander Torshin Dmitry Rybolovlev Fedor Emelianenko Natalia Veselnitskaya Ike Kaveladze
3D-Printed Gun Blueprints Already Downloaded: More than 4,500 downloads as of this afternoon.
Includes an AR-15.
Trump blocked the previous Administration’s block on the blueprints.
-Trump’s head must roll for this.
BIG: Michigan's Supreme Court will allow an anti-gerrymandering measure on the ballot. State GOP/Chamber of Commerce had fought hard to keep it off. https://t.co/qTuhAsGPSe
August 4 is President Obama's birthday. You might plan something nice for him, if you think it's a good idea (will also drive trump crazy, always a plus).
She (a Republican, last I heard) no likey. She slices and dices trump every day. Yay!
Confusing. Cohen used to say he’d take a bullet for Trump. Now he’s shooting the bullets himself. Rudy used to be sane, now he’s insane. Mooch used to be insane, now he’s sane. Spicer used to lie for Trump, now he’s an author. Only constant is Trump. He’s always been a lying pig.
It is common to criticize D’s for being against, rather than for, things. But I am against jailing children. I am against taking away healthcare. I am against government the transferring wealth upward. I’m against oppression. I’m against corruption. I’m against pollution.
Great piece from @davideckelswade – the Manafort trial is “about the astonishing ways in which Vladimir Putin effectively transformed Manafort into a Kremlin subsidiary.” https://t.co/by6hvVYAo1
Chuck Rosenberg, former U.S. attorney, and Jeremy Bash, former CIA chief of staff, talk with Nicolle Wallace about the legal meaning of conspiracy and why they think, based on the evidence made public so far, that Robert Mueller has enough to charge someone with conspiracy.
Steve Schmidt, political strategist, explains why Republican losses in a blue wave election would leave a smaller, more loyal-to-Trump group of Republicans with only the most extreme Trump supporting constituency.
Kara Swisher, executive editor of Recode, talks with Nicolle Wallace about Facebook’s announcement that it has found more “bad actors” using its platform to try to divide Americans against each other, and the problems Facebook is having policing its own platform for this kind of material.
Jul.31.2018
It does not take much to stoke racism in America….Racism is as American as apple pie!!….White American does not want to admit it….If we came to terms with our racist past, our racist present…perhaps we would have a better chance of NOT having a racist future
Is this a flash mob? A comedy troupe? Some strange protest along a busy intersection in Mexico City?
Not quite. These seven ballet dancers from the Ardentía dance company are performing selections from “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake” and even grooving to Michael Jackson in a downtown crosswalk in the Mexican capital.
Granted, the performances only last 58 seconds—the time it takes for a traffic light to change from red to green—but they’re making a big impact. Over the past couple of weeks, the Ardentía company has performed these mini-shows to brighten the lives of weary commuters, part of an initiative called “the theatricality of public space,” reports the Associated Press. The performances have drawn large crowds and captivated photographers across the city.
When it comes to the issues you care about, only one party is willing to say “we will work on that.” Hear from @MrMikeBlake about how to make real change in your community by voting for Democrats this November. pic.twitter.com/L2mcZGbcpl
— Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (@TheDLCC) August 1, 2018
In the past few weeks, many conservative voices have spoken in support of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. But so have some liberal lawyers, including some of our colleagues at Yale Law School. Why would left-leaning attorneys lend their authority to a judge who has an unmistakable record of hostility to core liberal causes, from abortion rights to voting rights, from environmental regulations to restraints on presidential power?
In celebrating Kavanaugh, liberals may be acting out nostalgia for a long-gone bipartisan appointment process. They may be failing to admit the importance of values to judging, or they may be misreading Kavanaugh’s record. Perhaps they think he is the best nominee they can hope for, or that his personal virtue recommends his confirmation. Then again, maybe they are simply seeking influence. None of these are creditable reasons: There is no liberal case for Kavanaugh.
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Today I’m proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they’re running to represent: pic.twitter.com/gWzalQhFas
GA, TODbots.
🙂
The Bear is endorsing folks and tweeting this AM; ❤ ❤ ❤ It.
I’m confident that, together, they’ll strengthen this country we love by restoring opportunity, repairing our alliances and standing in the world, and upholding our fundamental commitment to justice, fairness, responsibility, and the rule of law. But first, they need our votes.
Again, HUNDREDS of ppl are under investigation for #KremlinGate. And in the grand scheme of things, Mueller’s work is just getting started, so that figure will keep growing. The rot is systemic to the point of threatening national security. Time to clean house.
this is arguably worse news for Trumpworld than anything Cohen's currently hinting at. Corroborates reporting that Gates got that super sweet plea deal for reasons well beyond putting Manafort away. https://t.co/G1rBdbWKad
Makes sense….The Mueller folks want to use him during Next Month’s trial… Manafort’s Money Laundering case or during making a case against the current illegal occupant in the WH.
Hmmmmm indeed, makes sense seeing as Manafort was basically trying to rob a bank without even putting on a ski mask. Maybe Gates got a great plea deal because of what we told Mueller about Trump.
Sexist:) I see a gun with an apron tied around it…in the kitchen… Fucking guilty as sin moron. My champagne is on ice awaiting your trip to jail as you and your treasonous house of cards comes tumbling down around you. What a dirty pos you are.
Gee, dumbass, it’s YOUR Son, saying he loved getting dirt on HRC from the Russians, what do you have? A law firm associated with HRC campaign receiving the Steele Dossier (Little Marc contracted them first) and it pretty much went no where, she didn’t use it, so they contacted another Republican, John McCain, who gave it to the FBI.
On the eve of the Paul Manafort trial, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin casually announced that the Trump administration was considering a fresh $100 billion tax cut for the wealthy. The two events—the trial and the tax cut—should be considered plot points in the very same narrative. Manafort had grown very rich by looting public monies, and Mnuchin was proposing an arguably legal version of the same.
Unlike past Trump tax cuts, this proposed cut would be implemented by executive fiat, without a congressional vote—a highly unusual and highly undemocratic act of plunder that would redirect money from the state to further enrich the American elite, not to mention Mnuchin himself.
The trial of Paul Manafort is not merely an episode in a larger scandal that will unfold over many chapters. It is a warning not to be ignored. It’s an occasion for the United States to awaken from its collective slumber about the creeping dangers of kleptocracy.
So much about the American view of itself resists accepting a disturbing reality. Conventional wisdom long held that America’s free market would never tolerate the sort of clientelism, nepotism, and outright theft that prevailed in places like Brazil and Italy. Americans thought that globalization would export the hygienic habits of this nation’s financial system and its values of good government to the rest of the world. But over the past three decades, the opposite transpired: America has become the sanctuary of choice for laundered money, a bastion of shell companies and anonymously purchased real estate. American elites have learned to plant money offshore with acumen that comes close to matching their crooked counterparts abroad.
Manafort is one of the architects of this new world order.
I’m thrilled to be joining forces with Steven Spielberg to bring @efweiss5’s book “The Woman’s Hour” to TV. It’s about the women who fought for suffrage nearly 100 years ago. We stand on their shoulders, and I’m delighted to have a hand in helping to tell their stories.
Ballot initiatives this November will give voters the chance to:
– End partisan gerrymandering in Michigan – Give voting rights to 1.6 million people in Florida – Require unanimous jury convictions in Louisiana – Implement Medicaid expansion in Nebraska, Utah and Idaho https://t.co/qczlrqKgqE
50-47:Senate defeats Democrats plan to provide $250M for state election security grants for 2019 to protect future elections on near party line vote.Corker only Republican to vote Yes. Leahy amdt to 4-bill spending package needed 60 votes to pass. Burr Flake & McCain didn't vote. pic.twitter.com/gvxTMCcd06
She likes her “neat and tidy” version of the world. In others words, DEVOID OF REALITY
Another example of the bubble of unreality DC Republicans have constructed, compartmentalizing the real Trump in favor of a fantasy version of him. If Sen. Collins read a daily print out of Trump tweets, todays would not be "unbelievable" in any regard. https://t.co/aEsHfrzT9O
They could save some money to fund their tax cuts for the rich by taking down the Statue of Liberty. Why bother to celebrate America as a beacon for huddled masses yearning to breathe free? https://t.co/FefMI35bk5
On Aug. 1, 2018, the United States District Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington unsealed indictments and announced the arrests of three individuals within the leadership ranks of a criminal organization that aligns with activity we have tracked since 2015 as FIN7. These malicious actors are members of one of the most prolific financial threat groups of this decade, having carefully crafted attacks targeted at more than 100 organizations. FIN7 is referred to by many vendors as “Carbanak Group,” although we do not equate all usage of the CARBANAK backdoor with FIN7. This blog explores the range of FIN7’s criminal ventures, the technical innovation and social engineering ingenuity that powered their success, a glimpse into their recent campaigns, their apparent use of a security company as a front for criminal operations, and what their success means for the threat landscape moving forward. With this release, FireEye is also providing technical context, historical indicators, and techniques that organizations can use to hunt for FIN7 behavior enterprise-wide.
FIN7 Does the Crime…
The threat group is characterized by their persistent targeting and large-scale theft of payment card data from victim systems, which it has monetized at least a portion of through a prominent card shop. But FIN7’s financial operations were not limited to card data theft. In some instances, when they encountered and could not obtain payment card data from point of sale (POS) systems secured with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) or point-to-point encryption (P2PE), FIN7 pivoted to target finance departments within their victim organizations.
Furthermore, in April 2017, FireEye reported that FIN7 sent spear phishing emails to personnel involved with United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings at multiple organizations, providing further insight into FIN7’s targeting. These targeted individuals would likely have access to material non-public information that FIN7 actors could use to gain a competitive advantage in stock trading.
Diversification of their monetization tactics has allowed the group to impact a wide range of industries beyond those solely associated with payment card industry. During campaigns that FireEye associates with FIN7, victims within the following sectors have been targeted within the United States and Europe:
Individuals of conscience who believe in rule of law should denounce this blatant effort to obstruct justice. As Mr. Trump’s desperation to protect himself grows, he could turn words into actions, prompting a Constitutional crisis. Congress must warn Trump of dire consequences. https://t.co/VUU9M2WcYZ
Even if Trump’s excuse is that billionaires like him don’t frequent grocery stores like you and me, what excuse does his cheering audience have?https://t.co/m003FkVX3r
The Obama Diary 
Fave dynamic duo.
Congratulations, Bridgeriverpass, on first.
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening, TOD.
thx sjterrid
“If these blueprints go live, and Americans die because of it, their deaths will be at the hands of Trump.”
Here is Why Trump is to Blame for Terrorists potentially Getting 3-D Plastic Guns: (politicus.usa)
-deadline is midnight tonight.
I sent this with the Tweet below.
Nena, I laughed so much at that SNL skit, combined w/ that lunch trip! And Joey saying, “Give the Boss one of those too”! ❤😂
Somebody told the truth….guess he’ll be fired.
Whataboutism backhanded compliment, Beltway style.
You nailed it.
I actually give her credit for slamming Trump indirectly about his self-enriching grift, since he keeps escaping to properties he owns on the taxpayers’ dime.
JHC!!!!
The buck stops with the President…He is Responsible!
and the note will be held by wait for it ..China
Thank you Sir!
Totally normal BS
LOCK THEM ALL UP including the 5-year old in the Oval Office.
Why was he so intent on hiding his money from Ukraine? This is a rhetorical question now! 😛😂😎
Black Women Lead
Unfortunately they will largely ignore us to pursue the “angry white GOP voter”. I hope there will be more and more minority women elected until we are in the majority in the House and at least 1/3rd in the Senate.
Poll: Majority backs ObamaCare, disapprove of Trump on health care
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/399647-poll-majority-of-americans-back-obamacare-disapprove-of-trump-on-healthcare
Good! THEN THEY ALL NEED TO VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS OR IT WILL ALL BE GONE!
He’s giving back in a HUGE way:) Thank you, LaBron!
Exactly
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a22596040/barack-obama-joe-biden-bakery-photo/
More Picture outside the DogTag Bakery.
The NFL players needs to tell the illegitimate WH occupant to STFU about what’s patriotic when he sucks up to Putin and Rocket man.
Where are my Berniebros?
I am with POTUS44 and FLOTUS44 in thanking LeBron.
fab. thanks Nana.
Nena!
Yup ….
The way the GWB team are part of the Dotards team, I am sure they would have either kept and used Gores information against him. GOP have NO principles.
THANK YOU, Senator Harris
Phuck stepping down. She should be arrested and sent to The Hague
SWEET
lol
yup
3D-Printed Gun Blueprints Already Downloaded: More than 4,500 downloads as of this afternoon.
Includes an AR-15.
Trump blocked the previous Administration’s block on the blueprints.
-Trump’s head must roll for this.
We need to ALL do this.
https://mobile.twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1024354572662333440
Ha. Somebody remind me! I’ve been waiting for the bagpipes!
She (a Republican, last I heard) no likey. She slices and dices trump every day. Yay!
What does that say about those supporters of Trump?
Good for Jon, for getting involved. Rick Scott must be retired, and not allowed to replace Bill Nelson in the Senate!
It is common to criticize D’s for being against, rather than for, things. But I am against jailing children. I am against taking away healthcare. I am against government the transferring wealth upward. I’m against oppression. I’m against corruption. I’m against pollution.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) July 30, 2018
Hmmmmm
Great piece from @davideckelswade – the Manafort trial is “about the astonishing ways in which Vladimir Putin effectively transformed Manafort into a Kremlin subsidiary.” https://t.co/by6hvVYAo1
— Max Bergmann (@maxbergmann) July 31, 2018
Public evidence suggests Mueller able to bring conspiracy charge
Chuck Rosenberg, former U.S. attorney, and Jeremy Bash, former CIA chief of staff, talk with Nicolle Wallace about the legal meaning of conspiracy and why they think, based on the evidence made public so far, that Robert Mueller has enough to charge someone with conspiracy.
Schmidt: GOP losses will concentrate more extreme Trump support
Steve Schmidt, political strategist, explains why Republican losses in a blue wave election would leave a smaller, more loyal-to-Trump group of Republicans with only the most extreme Trump supporting constituency.
Facebook still being used to stoke racial animus, split Americans
Kara Swisher, executive editor of Recode, talks with Nicolle Wallace about Facebook’s announcement that it has found more “bad actors” using its platform to try to divide Americans against each other, and the problems Facebook is having policing its own platform for this kind of material.
Jul.31.2018
It does not take much to stoke racism in America….Racism is as American as apple pie!!….White American does not want to admit it….If we came to terms with our racist past, our racist present…perhaps we would have a better chance of NOT having a racist future
George Takei was on LarryO last night talking about his experience at the Internment Camps during WWII. Heartbreaking.
Looks beautiful
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In Mexico City, Ballerinas Dance in Traffic—and It’s Absolutely Captivating
A burst of brightness in a city notorious for traffic.
DAVID BEARDAUG. 1, 2018 9:00 AM
Is this a flash mob? A comedy troupe? Some strange protest along a busy intersection in Mexico City?
Not quite. These seven ballet dancers from the Ardentía dance company are performing selections from “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake” and even grooving to Michael Jackson in a downtown crosswalk in the Mexican capital.
Granted, the performances only last 58 seconds—the time it takes for a traffic light to change from red to green—but they’re making a big impact. Over the past couple of weeks, the Ardentía company has performed these mini-shows to brighten the lives of weary commuters, part of an initiative called “the theatricality of public space,” reports the Associated Press. The performances have drawn large crowds and captivated photographers across the city.
Good morning, TOD! On the run, however, wanted to leave this with you:
Morning everyone. If you’re in his state..he seems like a good guy to support. Be a voter.
Give a listen:)
https://crooked.com/podcast/the-world-as-it-is-reflections-on-writing-for-obama/
There is no liberal case for Brett Kavanaugh
By DAVID SINGH GREWAL and AMY KAPCZYNSKI AND ISSA KOHLER-HAUSMANN
AUG 01, 2018 | 4:15 AM
The endorsements of our Forever President. VOTE
GA, TODbots.
🙂
The Bear is endorsing folks and tweeting this AM; ❤ ❤ ❤ It.
he endorsed my candidate running for Congress…Madeline Dean….YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS, snap!
In NC, he endorse the daughter/niece of my life-long friends! Sydney Batch!
Sweet 😉
HUNDREDS.
OMG
Don’t believe your eyes. There’s no such thing as climate change We are killing ourselves. On purpose.
OMG 😛
:O
Hmmmmm……..
Makes sense….The Mueller folks want to use him during Next Month’s trial… Manafort’s Money Laundering case or during making a case against the current illegal occupant in the WH.
Sorry for my post Nena, I basically said the same thing you said.
Great TOD minds 😉 Think alike 🙂
Hmmmmm indeed, makes sense seeing as Manafort was basically trying to rob a bank without even putting on a ski mask. Maybe Gates got a great plea deal because of what we told Mueller about Trump.
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh boyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!
Sexist:) I see a gun with an apron tied around it…in the kitchen… Fucking guilty as sin moron. My champagne is on ice awaiting your trip to jail as you and your treasonous house of cards comes tumbling down around you. What a dirty pos you are.
Gee, dumbass, it’s YOUR Son, saying he loved getting dirt on HRC from the Russians, what do you have? A law firm associated with HRC campaign receiving the Steele Dossier (Little Marc contracted them first) and it pretty much went no where, she didn’t use it, so they contacted another Republican, John McCain, who gave it to the FBI.
This Is So Much Bigger Than Paul Manafort
With Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman on trial, America is reckoning with its very serious kleptocracy problem.
FRANKLIN FOER
JUL 31, 2018
Great news!
Wasn’t there supposed to be a major announcement by DOJ at 1pm eastern TODAY?
Need MORE reasons to vote?
GOP in Congress don’t give a damn so long as They are the ones being helped by #Putin’s Cyber Warfare attacks.
I hope Dems make ads about this. These Republicans are complicit in this tearing down of democracy. ALL OF THEM.
Now the only thing that the DNC and the DCCC has to do is follow suit.
She likes her “neat and tidy” version of the world. In others words, DEVOID OF REALITY
Good on him
So glad that Republicans in Congress see that we need extra $ for cyber threats against our country and are willing to appropriate money…oh, wait…
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/08/fin7-pursuing-an-enigmatic-and-evasive-global-criminal-operation.html
On Aug. 1, 2018, the United States District Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington unsealed indictments and announced the arrests of three individuals within the leadership ranks of a criminal organization that aligns with activity we have tracked since 2015 as FIN7. These malicious actors are members of one of the most prolific financial threat groups of this decade, having carefully crafted attacks targeted at more than 100 organizations. FIN7 is referred to by many vendors as “Carbanak Group,” although we do not equate all usage of the CARBANAK backdoor with FIN7. This blog explores the range of FIN7’s criminal ventures, the technical innovation and social engineering ingenuity that powered their success, a glimpse into their recent campaigns, their apparent use of a security company as a front for criminal operations, and what their success means for the threat landscape moving forward. With this release, FireEye is also providing technical context, historical indicators, and techniques that organizations can use to hunt for FIN7 behavior enterprise-wide.
FIN7 Does the Crime…
The threat group is characterized by their persistent targeting and large-scale theft of payment card data from victim systems, which it has monetized at least a portion of through a prominent card shop. But FIN7’s financial operations were not limited to card data theft. In some instances, when they encountered and could not obtain payment card data from point of sale (POS) systems secured with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) or point-to-point encryption (P2PE), FIN7 pivoted to target finance departments within their victim organizations.
Furthermore, in April 2017, FireEye reported that FIN7 sent spear phishing emails to personnel involved with United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings at multiple organizations, providing further insight into FIN7’s targeting. These targeted individuals would likely have access to material non-public information that FIN7 actors could use to gain a competitive advantage in stock trading.
Diversification of their monetization tactics has allowed the group to impact a wide range of industries beyond those solely associated with payment card industry. During campaigns that FireEye associates with FIN7, victims within the following sectors have been targeted within the United States and Europe:
You don’t say.
To be a fly on the wall:)
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/08/01/an-impressive-array-of-leaders/