President Obama: "As a fellow citizen, not as an ex-president, I’m here to deliver a simple message: you need to vote, because our democracy depends on it.”
You can hear a pin drop. Folks are realizing 2018 is no joke.
President Obama on the GOP: "Suddenly deficits do not matter, even though just two years ago when the deficit was lower, they said I couldn't afford to help working families … What changed?"
President Obama: "Do not let people tell you the fight's not worth it because you did not get everything you want…Better is always worth fighting for." pic.twitter.com/nLnE4YwFWL
President Obama on anonymous NYT piece: "They're not doing us a service by actively promoting 90% of the crazy stuff that's coming out of this White House, and then saying, don't worry, we're preventing the other 10%"
President Barack Obama: “You cannot sit back and wait for a savior. You can't opt out because you don't feel sufficiently inspired by this or that particular candidate. This is not a rock concert. This is not Coachella. We don't need a Messiah." pic.twitter.com/cqsyrD0MNi
President Barack Obama: "I believe in you. I believe you will help lead us in the right direction and I will be right there every step of the way with you.
Nerdy girl you are ALWAYS on it with laser sharp precision. I can always count on you for cogent pithy breakdown of our forever President’s speeches. Thank you Legend!
Bad news for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, whose ancestors welcomed the Pilgrims. The Trump administration will be taking the tribe’s land out of trust, a first since the termination era. #Massachusettshttps://t.co/VOlgcyGJGq
Not sure if you like Paul McCartney (he’s not Marvin Gaye – 🙂 ), but he’s livestreaming now for a little music break for anybody interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QGxFpSb6Sc
When I cam home today and heard the voice of Barack Obama on the TV, I thought for one happy moment that the last two years must have been a dream and thank God he was still president.
“I'm Jackson, & I speak for the children..I have met so many children with special health care needs who are unable to speak for themselves. I wanted to be their voice."
There are certainly some bright and courageous children not there. I hope that Jackson, his family and all Americans have the healthcare that we deserve. Vote for Democrats and only Democrats!
I was sick & you voted to gut my healthcare; I was an immigrant & you rejected your own reform bill; I was poor & you cut taxes for rich ppl https://t.co/l2xzWk7VzD
Damn near cried when I heard him say it! Thank you to both President Obama AND First Lady Obama for leaving such a perfect mark on our country, which those of us with hearts and souls will never forget. 2/2
I want all peoples in US to rise up & vote. Isn’t it interesting that those who’ve had their eyes always open throughout history & are seriously driven, are Black Women, POC. What makes this poignant for me is that these magnificent women, running for office, have no more Effs to give to anyone. Eff! We, all of us, owe a debt of gratitude & vote! Prove once & for all that this country is for all. Inclusive non-divisive.
But Pence is different in that he’s not there for the politics, he’s there for the Armageddon. So those West Wing officials had better tread lightly with their assumptions about who wrote the op-ed about Trump.
Has this been posted yet? Apparently, this is the twitter account of #plaidshirtguy – good for him. He’s a well-spoken high school senior, and did well being interviewed earlier by Don Lemon. And goodnight, TODville!
Before this iQ45 & his entire corrupt cabal combust, where are the kidnapped children? And put sunshine on those incarcerating babies. That’s all, cos am biting my tongue this minute. Am beyond … the beyond.
Ok,
Here is the annual notice for Military and Overseas voters
If you know someone in the Military, or who lives Overseas…
Yes, they can vote.
All they need to do is fill out an FPCA application and send it to the voting jurisdiction where they last lived before shipping out. Find out how they accept applications: whether via email or fax. Do they need the original mailed to them via the post office?
If they have children who have never lived in America, but, are 18, they can vote. They can use the address that the parent does.
Please note- the ballot can be sent to them electronically, but it must be printed out and mailed back via the Post Office.
Military and Overseas voters will begin getting their ballots September 21, 2018. So, they can literally be voting in two weeks.
REALLY tough to get through this article. Sickening.
“A 10-month-old boy, forcibly separated from his father at the U.S.-Mexico border in March, was bitten repeatedly by an older child and later hospitalized after falling from a highchair. He was detained for five months.”https://t.co/hJyGU0ATEF
My wife and I flew to Houston on a house hunting trip because I was thinking about transferring to a new location for work, my son was about two or three at the time. We check into a hotel, I had forgot and left the stroller in the rental car. So I was mad about having to back out to the parking lot to get it. So I get back to the front desk and the front desk clerk gives me the key to the room and tells me how to get there, he’s talking and I’m like zoning out. I look at the room key and it has the number on it. For some reason I turn the number around and got off on the wrong floor and I tried to use the key in the wrong door. I stood there about two minutes fighting with the doorknob. All of a sudden a guy opens the door, I’m looking at him and he’s looking at me. I look back at my key and I had tried to open the wrong door because I had gotten off on the wrong floor.
Another True story
When I has a kid we lived in an apartment complex, I was outside playing one day, I was tired and thirsty and I went back to the apartment. For whatever reason I walked to the wrong door and I opened it. It was my neighbor’s door. He and his wife were sitting on the couch watching t.v., to this day I don’t know how I became that confused.
I have no idea what happened with that police officer and the guy she killed, but I do know that it is possible to open up the wrong door.
Don, my mom did the same thing recently in the senior apt building when she first moved there. She wasn’t paying attention and went to the 3rd floor instead of the 2nd. She went to the door that would have been her apt. The lady above her never locks her door. My mom walked inside and immediately knew she was in the wrong apt turned around and walked out.
So Manafort is working on a plea deal ahead of this DC trial, which is set to start in 16 days. He can either plead guilty and avoid the trial or he can become a cooperating witness and then we’ll see what happens. If he cooperates with Mueller, then all hell may break loose. He was in on the amendment to the GOP platform to go easy on Russia, he was at the Trump Tower meeting, he was in on everything having to do with the quid pro quo on sanctions. Jury selection has already started and he has not yet been sentenced in VA, where Mueller is still mulling where to retry him on the remaining deadlocked 10 charges.
Manafort is in a vice and he knows it. This next week should be a ride.
Hello everyone, I've updated my profile to include my voter registration status (ACTIVE) and my primary voter issue for the 2018 midterm elections (RULE OF LAW)
Trump says he dozed off during the #O44 speech. WTF is different than what he’s done his whole life. That’s why he’s dumb as a stump, rages over what he doesn’t know (which is most things) and just sits around waiting for his next Putin directive. pic.twitter.com/G24jUAHVxV
Line to see Obama speak in Anaheim keeps growing. Most people here are Congressional campaign volunteers. Ticketed event for about 750 people pic.twitter.com/YMV2un9ypX
it is always funny to hear a bunch of pundits and republicans pretending that PBO’s involvement in the campaigns is NOT good for democrats!!!!
what they are really saying is that they are very scared of him because of the way he can mobilize people and deliver a clear message that anyone of good moral character can understand and want to be associated with.
i will just take my spot behind PBO and FLOTUS as we push for a better society for everyone …. there is simply no time to waste
Sen. Richard Blumenthal:
“I hereby reserve the right to release documents before any confirmation vote, so that my colleagues can see what the truth is.”
The new Maria Butina filing includes new information claiming how closely President Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were involved in Jan 2017 Russian delegation visit to the Nat'l Prayer Breakfast and surrounding events https://t.co/TuUQHxQKny
🤗Ahhhh!!! Our Obama is in CALIFORNIA!! I knew when I woke up this morning things felt a lil different, lol. Wish I was there in Anaheim today, but I know there's enough energy there to light up our whole state !! Give him the LOVE💜he deserves Anaheim!! 🤗 pic.twitter.com/VEK00rXy6R
Yesterday.
PBO: It should not be a partisan issue to say that we do not pressure the attorney general or the FBI to use the criminal justice systems as a cudgel to punish our political opponents.
PBO: We don’t threaten the freedom of the press because they say things or publish stories we don’t like.
PBO: What happened to the Republican Party. Its central organizing principle in foreign policy was the fight against communism, and now they’re cozying up to the former head of the KBG, actively blocking legislation that would defend our elections from the Russian attack.
PBO: Demagogues…appeal to racial nationalism that’s barely veiled, if veiled at all.
Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail – hitting a diner in Urbana with @JBPritzker. Pritzker is a billionaire, but Obama insisted on paying (or actually, taking a $20 from a staffer who had a wallet on him) pic.twitter.com/Vr9RrvCymG
Good Saturday Afternoon, TODbots 😉
I can’r wait to listen to Pres Obama with many of You all this afternoon.
Thank you, TODville Community. ❤ always.
Thank you, NW.
Former Pres. Obama at rally for California congressional candidates: "There are no set of problems – there are no set of issues – that we can't solve if we're working together, and we're true to the traditions that are best in America." https://t.co/DCGPTwDXGKpic.twitter.com/L0x1Py3uKI
Obama: "It's always tempting for politicians, for their own gain, and for people in power, to try to see if they can divide people, scapegoat folks, turn them on each other" https://t.co/HvrbzYN89Cpic.twitter.com/8kHMNZdIuQ
(Here very paraphrased, didn’t catch everything) …people try to divide us , get people to turn on each other, creates gridlock, then people get cynical, don’t participate, this vacuum is filled by special interests, people get more discouraged – it’s a spiral we’ve been on for a couple of years. Only way to stop cycle is each of us step up and take it upon ourselves to do things differently, we must fight to do things differently, for every child in America to get a decent education, anybody willing work hard should get a decent living wage, women be paid same as men doing same work, notion that our seniors be able to rely on SS and Medicare, retire with dignity and respect, our vets get the benefit they have earned. Fight for notion we are all in this together. America is exceptional…because people around the world, grandparents moved here …were bound not by blood lines or faith, names, or sexual orientation but bound by set of ideas..this notion of ‘by and for the people’. Not a permanent leader, or some more equal than others, or some have more say, or pay a $million to have your voice heard in halls of congress or in WH. Government for everybody. It’s not for sale. That’s what we believe in. And the good news is we’ve got candidates who believe in those values, stepped up, fired up and ready to go.
George Zimmerman called Beyoncé a “broke whore”?! Boyyy, what you don’t want to do is disturb the #beyhive. You will never get another good night’s sleep in your LIFE. https://t.co/hM1n87QRmT
Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Botham Jean, the most recent unarmed black man killed in our state and our country. https://t.co/uLVxpHlYGs
Let's not forget NFL quarterback @TimTebow took a knee in protest of abortion during the anthem in 2012. He was praised for being a "model American" and given 3 new NFL contracts + a Major League baseball contract. #hypocrisy (h/t Rev. Frank Watkins) #ColinKaepernick#TakeAKneepic.twitter.com/6pfCluOy6n
My far right wing neighbor has admitted he “f**ked up”, said he was so wrong about Trump. I am not ready to forgive him yet, he is part of the destruction of democracy, part of the reign of terror we live with day in and day out.
Mick Mulvaney saying that @tedcruz is so unlikable that his electability is analogous to an alleged child molester really made my Saturday https://t.co/oJT3faEP1G
Conservative Bret Stephens on MSNBC:
“Because this is not an ordinary transition, this is not an ordinary period, because what Obama is defending isn’t this or that partisan Democratic policy. He’s representing the tradition of republican government that should transcend all politics, and he’s speaking as a president, not as the leader of the Democrats.”
…that is, against authoritarianism in general.
Wallace after PBO said presidents should denounce Nazis:
“There is no question that Donald Trump is afraid of Barack Obama and is trying to undo every legacy of his predecessor’s administration. But it is also true that Obama’s presence in the political dialogue of the country is needed now.”
I’m disappointed, but consider that she’s still coming back from a difficult pregnancy and has managed to reach two consecutive Grand Slam finals, which none of the other players have managed to do!
Her serve failed her today, and I think the match could have turned if she hadn’t committed so many double-faults.
That tense incident with the chair umpire will hopefully raise the question of double standards for how men and women are allowed to express emotion and disagreement. The crowd was very fired up on Serena’s behalf, and I felt bad for Naomi that her first win had such a pall over the mood.
That said, I believe Serena really would like to win those 24th and 25th majors (at least), and is tenacious enough to do it as long as she’s healthy.
🚨BREAKING: A criminal complaint and judicial ethics complaint are being filed against Kavanaugh for perjury in Congressional testimony — and LOOK WHO’S REVIEWING IT!
I also just called the Legal Ethics dept. of the D.C. Bar to urge an inquiry into Kavanaugh’s misleading testimony & improper handling of stolen data as behavior unbecoming of a judge & to request info on how to formally lodge an ethics complaint. Consider doing same 202-737-4700
Oh man, I wished I hadn’t read this even though I started out enjoying it. The ending gave me a queasy stomach as just last week I went to a memorial gathering for a 57 year old colleague who passed away from pancreatic cancer. The news of her death was a very huge shock because no one knew she had been ill. In fact, I found out at the gathering that she and her family discovered it late in June and by mid August she was dead. She too leaves children behind, but happily they are at least young adults. ‘Life is not fair sometimes.’
The Obama Diary 
Thank you for a New Post, NW.
Obrigada.
I have now listened to Pres Obama’s speech…3x today.
😦 My Rafael Nadal retired after losing 2 sets….. 😦
Oooh, NW! You are on fire! Love your tweets! ❤ Bless!
Nerdy girl you are ALWAYS on it with laser sharp precision. I can always count on you for cogent pithy breakdown of our forever President’s speeches. Thank you Legend!
OMG, I just can’t.
He HATES native Indians because they got casinos and he couldn’t. Although his casinos went bankrupt!
WTF next is trump going to do?
Every day it’s some new very sickening thing. Every day it’s another version of CRAZY.
Not sure if you like Paul McCartney (he’s not Marvin Gaye – 🙂 ), but he’s livestreaming now for a little music break for anybody interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QGxFpSb6Sc
Thank you, {{{{Booms}}}}
When I cam home today and heard the voice of Barack Obama on the TV, I thought for one happy moment that the last two years must have been a dream and thank God he was still president.
Thank you Nerdy! Great coverage.
There are certainly some bright and courageous children not there. I hope that Jackson, his family and all Americans have the healthcare that we deserve. Vote for Democrats and only Democrats!
I want all peoples in US to rise up & vote. Isn’t it interesting that those who’ve had their eyes always open throughout history & are seriously driven, are Black Women, POC. What makes this poignant for me is that these magnificent women, running for office, have no more Effs to give to anyone. Eff! We, all of us, owe a debt of gratitude & vote! Prove once & for all that this country is for all. Inclusive non-divisive.
Not surprised since he probably could not understand the words.
I don’t care where s/he came from! Multiply that by 1000!!!
But Pence is different in that he’s not there for the politics, he’s there for the Armageddon. So those West Wing officials had better tread lightly with their assumptions about who wrote the op-ed about Trump.
Mike Pence is The ONLY Official that can’t be fired by Trump.
👀😮🤔👀😂🤣
Has this been posted yet? Apparently, this is the twitter account of #plaidshirtguy – good for him. He’s a well-spoken high school senior, and did well being interviewed earlier by Don Lemon. And goodnight, TODville!
Also a Bernie Bot who felt BS had the primary stolen from him. Move along Tyler !!
He’s a high-school kid who had his couple days of fame mocking trump, which many of us enjoyed thoroughly, so it’s all good! BS ain’t nothin’!!!!
Cornyn had the nerve to threaten Cory Booker. Uh … NO.
Before this iQ45 & his entire corrupt cabal combust, where are the kidnapped children? And put sunshine on those incarcerating babies. That’s all, cos am biting my tongue this minute. Am beyond … the beyond.
UGH!
Trump is on the verge of turning the Whitehouse into another Jonestown, he’s on the some Jim Jones shit.
This thought has come to me more than once recently. Thanks for articulating it.
You may be on to something there. His insane demands for cult worship always manifest in the bizarre.
How much would it cost to mix up a batch of “special” kool-aid for 25% of our population?
JUST KIDDING!
Hahaha! Well, it’s not so far-fetched that at some point, Trump will ask his cult to die for him.
MY POTUS
Ok,
Here is the annual notice for Military and Overseas voters
If you know someone in the Military, or who lives Overseas…
Yes, they can vote.
All they need to do is fill out an FPCA application and send it to the voting jurisdiction where they last lived before shipping out. Find out how they accept applications: whether via email or fax. Do they need the original mailed to them via the post office?
If they have children who have never lived in America, but, are 18, they can vote. They can use the address that the parent does.
Please note- the ballot can be sent to them electronically, but it must be printed out and mailed back via the Post Office.
Military and Overseas voters will begin getting their ballots September 21, 2018. So, they can literally be voting in two weeks.
REALLY tough to get through this article. Sickening.
NUTCASE
True story
My wife and I flew to Houston on a house hunting trip because I was thinking about transferring to a new location for work, my son was about two or three at the time. We check into a hotel, I had forgot and left the stroller in the rental car. So I was mad about having to back out to the parking lot to get it. So I get back to the front desk and the front desk clerk gives me the key to the room and tells me how to get there, he’s talking and I’m like zoning out. I look at the room key and it has the number on it. For some reason I turn the number around and got off on the wrong floor and I tried to use the key in the wrong door. I stood there about two minutes fighting with the doorknob. All of a sudden a guy opens the door, I’m looking at him and he’s looking at me. I look back at my key and I had tried to open the wrong door because I had gotten off on the wrong floor.
Another True story
When I has a kid we lived in an apartment complex, I was outside playing one day, I was tired and thirsty and I went back to the apartment. For whatever reason I walked to the wrong door and I opened it. It was my neighbor’s door. He and his wife were sitting on the couch watching t.v., to this day I don’t know how I became that confused.
I have no idea what happened with that police officer and the guy she killed, but I do know that it is possible to open up the wrong door.
Don, my mom did the same thing recently in the senior apt building when she first moved there. She wasn’t paying attention and went to the 3rd floor instead of the 2nd. She went to the door that would have been her apt. The lady above her never locks her door. My mom walked inside and immediately knew she was in the wrong apt turned around and walked out.
So Manafort is working on a plea deal ahead of this DC trial, which is set to start in 16 days. He can either plead guilty and avoid the trial or he can become a cooperating witness and then we’ll see what happens. If he cooperates with Mueller, then all hell may break loose. He was in on the amendment to the GOP platform to go easy on Russia, he was at the Trump Tower meeting, he was in on everything having to do with the quid pro quo on sanctions. Jury selection has already started and he has not yet been sentenced in VA, where Mueller is still mulling where to retry him on the remaining deadlocked 10 charges.
Manafort is in a vice and he knows it. This next week should be a ride.
PBO is scheduled for a rally in CA today but I can’t find a livestream yet. Anyone else have any luck?
I approve!!
Thanks meta 🙂
This made me laugh so hard i was crying.
good day everyone;
it is always funny to hear a bunch of pundits and republicans pretending that PBO’s involvement in the campaigns is NOT good for democrats!!!!
what they are really saying is that they are very scared of him because of the way he can mobilize people and deliver a clear message that anyone of good moral character can understand and want to be associated with.
i will just take my spot behind PBO and FLOTUS as we push for a better society for everyone …. there is simply no time to waste
Senator Booker defies GOP by releasing more documents = total 82 pages.
“We have added 19 new Kavanaugh “committee confidential” documents to the others publicly released yesterday. All docs available here”:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cc4u94lgyncygn6/AABPGJkIiq5ND7KJuX7kXUX9a?dl=0 …
LIVE SOON: President Obama holds rally for California congressional candidates – https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-2
THANK YOU, JER!!
Sen. Richard Blumenthal:
“I hereby reserve the right to release documents before any confirmation vote, so that my colleagues can see what the truth is.”
Hmmmmm
OH YEAH,BABY! 🙂 FIRED UP! READY TO GO!
Yesterday.
PBO: It should not be a partisan issue to say that we do not pressure the attorney general or the FBI to use the criminal justice systems as a cudgel to punish our political opponents.
PBO: We don’t threaten the freedom of the press because they say things or publish stories we don’t like.
PBO: What happened to the Republican Party. Its central organizing principle in foreign policy was the fight against communism, and now they’re cozying up to the former head of the KBG, actively blocking legislation that would defend our elections from the Russian attack.
PBO: Demagogues…appeal to racial nationalism that’s barely veiled, if veiled at all.
Here’s a clear YouTube with sound on:
OOOoooops, so sorry for the dupe!
If it’s President Obama, I’ll be happy with a quadruple!
Good Saturday Afternoon, TODbots 😉
I can’r wait to listen to Pres Obama with many of You all this afternoon.
Thank you, TODville Community. ❤ always.
Thank you, NW.
They’re running late, but I don’t mind waiting!!! Good afternoon to you, Nena.
😍
Here he is! OUR President!
POTUS is in The House!
👏👏👏👏👏👏
(Here very paraphrased, didn’t catch everything) …people try to divide us , get people to turn on each other, creates gridlock, then people get cynical, don’t participate, this vacuum is filled by special interests, people get more discouraged – it’s a spiral we’ve been on for a couple of years. Only way to stop cycle is each of us step up and take it upon ourselves to do things differently, we must fight to do things differently, for every child in America to get a decent education, anybody willing work hard should get a decent living wage, women be paid same as men doing same work, notion that our seniors be able to rely on SS and Medicare, retire with dignity and respect, our vets get the benefit they have earned. Fight for notion we are all in this together. America is exceptional…because people around the world, grandparents moved here …were bound not by blood lines or faith, names, or sexual orientation but bound by set of ideas..this notion of ‘by and for the people’. Not a permanent leader, or some more equal than others, or some have more say, or pay a $million to have your voice heard in halls of congress or in WH. Government for everybody. It’s not for sale. That’s what we believe in. And the good news is we’ve got candidates who believe in those values, stepped up, fired up and ready to go.
As Mr. T. Used to say: I Pity The Fool….Nah….Beehives will buzz him to…..The Sting will be felt.
LOVE LOVE LOVE his stories!!
Man that crowd was fired up!! PBO has So got it.
My far right wing neighbor has admitted he “f**ked up”, said he was so wrong about Trump. I am not ready to forgive him yet, he is part of the destruction of democracy, part of the reign of terror we live with day in and day out.
Serena lost the first set…Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!
Not looking good for Serena.
Conservative Bret Stephens on MSNBC:
“Because this is not an ordinary transition, this is not an ordinary period, because what Obama is defending isn’t this or that partisan Democratic policy. He’s representing the tradition of republican government that should transcend all politics, and he’s speaking as a president, not as the leader of the Democrats.”
…that is, against authoritarianism in general.
Wallace after PBO said presidents should denounce Nazis:
“There is no question that Donald Trump is afraid of Barack Obama and is trying to undo every legacy of his predecessor’s administration. But it is also true that Obama’s presence in the political dialogue of the country is needed now.”
Serena just does not have that killer instinct anymore.
6-2….6-4 she loses.
I’m disappointed, but consider that she’s still coming back from a difficult pregnancy and has managed to reach two consecutive Grand Slam finals, which none of the other players have managed to do!
Her serve failed her today, and I think the match could have turned if she hadn’t committed so many double-faults.
That tense incident with the chair umpire will hopefully raise the question of double standards for how men and women are allowed to express emotion and disagreement. The crowd was very fired up on Serena’s behalf, and I felt bad for Naomi that her first win had such a pall over the mood.
That said, I believe Serena really would like to win those 24th and 25th majors (at least), and is tenacious enough to do it as long as she’s healthy.
how about nerves? Serena is already the Best Ever in the modern era.
I believe she is the BEST ever, but .
– um looks like NPR is speaking prematurely.
Thread
WOW
So sad. And I’m imagining Pete would be a wonderful friend to have, too.
OMG, yes.
Oh man, I wished I hadn’t read this even though I started out enjoying it. The ending gave me a queasy stomach as just last week I went to a memorial gathering for a 57 year old colleague who passed away from pancreatic cancer. The news of her death was a very huge shock because no one knew she had been ill. In fact, I found out at the gathering that she and her family discovered it late in June and by mid August she was dead. She too leaves children behind, but happily they are at least young adults. ‘Life is not fair sometimes.’
On a lighter note:
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/09/08/are-you-ready-to-get-to-work/