So many reasons to VOTE and do it early if at all possible. My ballot is in the mail to me, and I pledge to vote the day it comes and put it in the dropbox at my local library the same day. I know all the issues and the candidates. It’s clear who cares about people like us. Vote by mail like Oregon’s system should be nation-wide. Then they couldn’t scam legitimate voters out of a ballot.
The last presidential election turned on fewer than 100,000 votes in three states. More people go to Coachella. There’s no good excuse not to vote. Head over to https://t.co/zTCemnRMYV to check your registration, get your absentee ballot, and find out where to vote on November 6. https://t.co/LIQbltVJtz
I love my FOREVER PRESIDENT! I am WEEPING as Miz Chips used to say. “remember when US Senators were asking Mark Zuckerberg questions about the internet like they haven’t used the Internet? That’s because they HAVEN’T” LMBAO He is a MASTER with the COMEDIC TIMING. I’m sending this to all my young people and young at heart people in my family.
Vote vote vote your life depends on it. Ignore the naysayers, go to the polls and take a neighbour or family friend. Vote early, absentee vote, mail vote, stand in line vote, make sure 10 other persons you know vote, vote vote vote, your life and the life of your nearest and dearest depend on it. Thank you for listening to my rant for the day. Back to regular programming.
NEW: Per @CNN, Trump's former personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen has met with prosecutors investigating Trump's family business and charity. That could be quite significant, given Cohen's involvement in/knowledge of Trump's financial & business activities.
Michael Cohen and his attorney reportedly met today with a group of state and federal law enforcement officials investigating various aspects of Trump's family business and charitable organization. https://t.co/vrAlgenymC
Michael Cohen has spent over 50 hours with Mueller and New York prosecutors and he's not done talking yet. You can bet those prosecutors aren't spending that much time with someone who doesn't have anything valuable to say. The case against Trump will be epic in scope and scale
"He's tried repeatedly to roll back protections for preexisting conditions, and he shut down the government for sixteen days because he thought too many people had too much health care." pic.twitter.com/lm9w88ixgH
Why am I tempted to say, “Donny, we hardly knew ye.”
Glad he’s gone. But typical trump. You get Kavanaugh installed on SCOTUS, walk him through it, we’re all stuck with him, and you’ll be gone in a week or two yourself, because I, donald j trump, have no loyalty whatsoever to anyone. Bye, Donny. You should have taken the other don with you.
Maybe McGahn will go talk frankly to Mueller, now.
Being totally frivolous, but do I see chocolates in tin foil (those that look like coins, popular in the 1970’s) behind iQ45 in his presser about Khashoggi? Said tin foil coins in display “case” to left. To right are 2 framed photos & some kind of dick gold award statue. 😂
That made me laugh! I think the 2 photos are of his mother and father. Not that I think he was close to either, and I’ve always felt neither ever gave him any human love, so when he looks at their photos, he probably mentally says to them, “I’m the president, and you weren’t.”
Love your description of those “things” in the display case – chocolates in tin foil. I don’t really want to know what they are, so I never try to find out. I prefer to think they’re several flavors of “chap stick” for his godawful pasty lips (eek – I mentioned his lips – now I have to wash my brain! anybody have any chocolate?).
if you are a serious about politics, you know that as election day/season approaches, the majority of the press has a way of trying their best to demoralize Democrats and their chances.
but man, now many seem to be in over-drive with their usual routine …..
i have to constantly remind myself to ignore the noise and use my time, resources, and energy to push for actual voting …… but it is not the easiest thing given all the negativity and one poll after another.
Watch Counsel for Fusion GPS hand Fox News reporter her ASS regarding RUSSIA FUCKING OUR DEMOCRACY, and the GOP DOES NOTHING: (first 4 min.) Twitter reveals massive Russian operation with latest assessment https://t.co/PvYDMyFB7G via @msnbc
i am at a loss to say how I really feel about the barbaric murder of Mr. Kashoggi …… there are no words strong enough to describe my revulsion and rage;
Good morning! On the run… THIS needs to be seen up front… Thanks, DF!
no one could have predicted that the party of Nazis, child molesters, wife beaters, con artists, embezzlers, stock market cheaters, pedophile wrestling coaches, compromised Russian assets and blackout-drunk rapist judges would also be the party of bone saw murder apologists
Need ANOTHER reason to vote? We need to PROTECT the vote!
GOP secretaries of state like Brian Kemp & Kris Kobach have led party's voter suppression efforts. Now Dem candidates running to protect rather than suppress votes. These races hugely important for voting rights & need more attention https://t.co/WwtHQKiqZb
Because I’m all for getting rid of Mitch!!!! Let’s DO THIS THING!!
3. Joe Donnelly, INDIANA 4. Joe Manchin, WEST VIRGINIA 5. Claire McCaskill, MISSOURI 6. Jon Tester, MONTANA If 1 of these 6 loses, elect 3 from the first list If 2 of these 6 loses, elect 4 from the first list VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
.@realDonaldTrump – when you locate the “rogue killers” that you claim killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, you will probably also find Nicole Brown Simpson’s “real killer” among them. Why do you continue to stand with Putin and the Saudis against Americans?
Among Republican voters, only one issue was of comparable significance: illegal immigration. It was named by 75% of GOP voters as a “very important” national issue.
The gap between partisans raises a unique set of concerns, but Slate’s Leon Krauze explained yesterday that there’s simply no reason for Republicans to see illegal immigration as the #1 most important issue facing the United States.
[T]here is no evidence to support the idea that illegal immigration has become an urgent problem for the United States, much less a national security emergency. As pro-immigration advocates have repeated ad nauseam, various studies suggest that immigrants are considerably less prone to engage in criminal activity than native-born Americans. […]
Immigration is also not the economic scourge nativists claim it is. On the contrary: Various industries would collapse in the United States without the reliable low-skilled workforce long provided by undocumented immigrants.
What’s more, the New York Times reported a few months ago that the number of immigrants caught illegally trying to cross the border in 2017 was the lowest in nearly five decades. In fact, illegal border crossings began to fall years ago – the Obama administration increased border security, a fact the right prefers to ignore – and have since reached generational lows.
All of which leads to an obvious question: why do Republican voters see this as the nation’s top issue.
The answer almost certainly has a lot to do with what their president tells them to believe. Just this morning, for example, Donald Trump described a crisis along the U.S./Mexico border, about which the president is making fresh threats. “I must, in the strongest of terms,” Trump wrote, “ask Mexico to stop this onslaught – and if unable to do so I will call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!”
immigration is really being used here the same way as they used “economic anxiety” ….. just a code word for what is really, really, …., really justifying their vote for people they know should not be anywhere near public service
Despise this monster but I hope he takes a nick at Trump in the long run.
Bob Woodward wrote in his book that Don McGahn “religiously dictated all significant meetings or discussions with the president,” and voluntarily handed over "17 hours of notes” to special counsel Robert Mueller. https://t.co/WV6QpiyZH4
"We want to be productive and responsible, and show the American people what they should have learned two years ago: how responsible people investigate an attack on their country," Eric Swalwell said. "If there are gaps … then we should fill them in." https://t.co/1KCglkEMk9
McConnevil scrapping for issues to fire up his people (fellow Andromedans who don’t need healthcare for their families).
Trump doing same with his “warning” to our neighbor Mexico.
TrumpStopTorturingOurChildren.
Are the children receiving healthcare, education, proper nutrition, nurturing? No.
Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday = same day the Saudi kingdom sent $100 million to the U.S. government. (Wapo, NYT reporting)
“Trump and Pompeo have continually stressed close ties between the Saudis and the United States, and have also mentioned several times the massive amounts of money that the U.S. receives from the kingdom”. (ThinkProgress)
–Let’s not allow Pompeo to delay the truth with GOP’s “no rush to judgement” game – hoping for media amnesia: Audiotapes.
–Turkey please release the audiotape and whatever else you know.
–WHAT did the Dicktraitor know before the killing of Khashoggi?
How did the murderers and plotters think this would go WITHOUT the Kashoggi audiotapes.
The problem with thieves, liars, and narcissists is that they get comfortable in their own skins … but the good thing is then they start to make mistakes. BIG mistakes. Big, transparent mistakes. Actually, trump’s been doing that since day one, and I cannot wait until he’s behind bars or home in an ankle bracelet, whichever comes first, talking to himself.
The most remarkable thing, and the thing that should not be lost on people, is how many black people in Georgia and how many Indigenous Americans in North Dakota are *still* going to find a way to vote despite the GOP trying to find every reason to prevent them from doing so.
Today is Holly’s 13th birthday!! She enjoys long walks with lots of things to sniff, picking blueberries from hiking trails, and also naps. Happy birthday to my pretty gal 💕💕 cc: @darth@dog_ratespic.twitter.com/ZXltT944JM
Breaching the usual norms of a #DurgaPuja pandal – to not to touch the artefacts – #SamajSebi committee has been motivating people to touch Durga’s face instead pic.twitter.com/NsNbp8RHUB
As if the new Voter ID law that discriminates against Native voters isn’t enough-North Dakota is closing polling locations on the Rez. Rezzes are rural. Some people don’t have transportation. https://t.co/I21TRwMvVO
Fifty years ago today, two American Olympians showed what it meant to champion justice and equality. It would cost them their careers, test their sanity, and earn them the scorn of their fellow citizens. Their protest inspired multitudes and left a legacy that transcends sport. pic.twitter.com/kox8RrqWxY
I think what I love about this the most is how personal it feels. As a Black woman who grew up in the shop/salon, there’s so much to be said about the community, conversations and fellowship that happens when when we get our hair done.
I think sometimes it’s easy for us to forget that our elders and our activists who have passed on were people too. They weren’t just their work and their sacrifices. This photo made me smile.
no one could have predicted that the party of Nazis, child molesters, wife beaters, con artists, embezzlers, stock market cheaters, pedophile wrestling coaches, compromised Russian assets and blackout-drunk rapist judges would also be the party of bone saw murder apologists
The rude, racists and hateful people who complain how the world is so awful they only need to look in the mirror. When all you have to say are hateful racist things when you see love or beauty, under the protective secrecy of the internet you are nothing more than scum.
If someone was killed in your home, while you were in it, and 15 days later you’re still trying to come up with an explanation…forget it. We already know. #Khashoggi
Everyone in our state should have access to the care they need. Thank you to the doctors and nurses who came out in Broward County to make that heard loud and clear 🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/0MN9uL4YKz
Ha. Truth. Flipped on CNN. Moderator says “Let’s listen to Pat Robertson speak” on risking a $100B deal for “one man’s killing” by the Saudis. Van Jones, at the table, says, out loud, “Oh, let’s not.”
Khashoggi’s last Wapo column “perfectly captures his commitment and passion for freedom in the Arab world.” (Opinion editor Karen Attiah)
He wrote: “Arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate”. “There was a time when journalists believed the Internet would liberate information from the censorship and control associated with print media. But these governments, whose very existence relies on the control of information, have aggressively blocked the Internet,” “As a result, Arabs living in these countries are either uninformed or misinformed. They are unable to adequately address, much less publicly discuss, matters that affect the region and their day-to-day lives.” (https://www.aljazeera.com/…/column-khashoggi-wrote-threats-free-media-181018052.)
“The Middle East ranks alongside North Africa as the region where press freedom is most in peril globally.” (Al Jazeera)
Are we going to let proto-fascist plutocrats terrorize, attack and dismember Journalists; settle for their “mutually acceptable explanation”(Lawrence) of the audio record and big evidence of Khashoggi’s depraved murder; capitulate to their Be Afraid Or Else message?
Carlos Curbelo is running shameful 📺 ads about me and my family to distract from his embarrassing record in Washington. Here are the facts. #FL26pic.twitter.com/6yX9Zd0en2
Ha! I love that she saw this! Fred is a big ball of sunshine! If you don’t already follow him, check out his daily morning musical tweets. If you’re not ready for the day afterwards, just go back to bed. 😁
My President, whose life experience taught him compassion and who put his presidency on the line for affordable healthcare for the many. pic.twitter.com/Kks8FRM7mQ
The Obama Diary 
Love and intellect, heart-mind looks like this. And beauty.
Agree 100% bridgeriverpass!
Love this guy!
👍🏾
So many reasons to VOTE and do it early if at all possible. My ballot is in the mail to me, and I pledge to vote the day it comes and put it in the dropbox at my local library the same day. I know all the issues and the candidates. It’s clear who cares about people like us. Vote by mail like Oregon’s system should be nation-wide. Then they couldn’t scam legitimate voters out of a ballot.
My President. FOREVER POTUS44
I love my FOREVER PRESIDENT! I am WEEPING as Miz Chips used to say. “remember when US Senators were asking Mark Zuckerberg questions about the internet like they haven’t used the Internet? That’s because they HAVEN’T” LMBAO He is a MASTER with the COMEDIC TIMING. I’m sending this to all my young people and young at heart people in my family.
Vote vote vote your life depends on it. Ignore the naysayers, go to the polls and take a neighbour or family friend. Vote early, absentee vote, mail vote, stand in line vote, make sure 10 other persons you know vote, vote vote vote, your life and the life of your nearest and dearest depend on it. Thank you for listening to my rant for the day. Back to regular programming.
Agree Anjo. I am going to stop watching the poll news segments. The important thing is to vote like my life depends on it.
I will take any help (except that from Russia and its ilk) to topple the current situation in WH.
https://mobile.twitter.com/samswey/status/1052615062651686912
Every single voter needs to know this.
https://mobile.twitter.com/brianschatz/status/1052630254122983424
I so love him. Thank you Nerdy.
5 minutes. 5 texts. 5 emails. 5 phone calls. 5 postcards:)
https://mobile.twitter.com/ericswalwell/status/1052688986043486208
Of course. Goes w/o saying. Who bought Kushner’s 666 building outta hock?
Oh. IOKIYAR.
https://mobile.twitter.com/dandrezner/status/1052658000299724802
Hysterical!
Another one bites the dust. Don McGann gone
https://mobile.twitter.com/CNN/status/1052715795619475456
Ha. I responded to your post below – not sure how it got separated from yours!
EXCELLENT ad. GO BETO, GO
Why am I tempted to say, “Donny, we hardly knew ye.”
Glad he’s gone. But typical trump. You get Kavanaugh installed on SCOTUS, walk him through it, we’re all stuck with him, and you’ll be gone in a week or two yourself, because I, donald j trump, have no loyalty whatsoever to anyone. Bye, Donny. You should have taken the other don with you.
Maybe McGahn will go talk frankly to Mueller, now.
My husband just asked me, “Where’s Rudy Giuliani?” Yea…why has he been so quiet? Anyone know?
Somebody mentioned that on MSNBC earlier today, too. Maybe he’s out shopping for his Halloween costume.
WONDERFUL, calming photo.
Rock tweets this GIF POTUS44 and pretty much nothing else all day everyday. It shows up in my TL all the time and really does have a calming effect.
I love Rock and have R/T’d that many times. As I did again just now. Very calming! 🙂
Being totally frivolous, but do I see chocolates in tin foil (those that look like coins, popular in the 1970’s) behind iQ45 in his presser about Khashoggi? Said tin foil coins in display “case” to left. To right are 2 framed photos & some kind of dick gold award statue. 😂
That made me laugh! I think the 2 photos are of his mother and father. Not that I think he was close to either, and I’ve always felt neither ever gave him any human love, so when he looks at their photos, he probably mentally says to them, “I’m the president, and you weren’t.”
Love your description of those “things” in the display case – chocolates in tin foil. I don’t really want to know what they are, so I never try to find out. I prefer to think they’re several flavors of “chap stick” for his godawful pasty lips (eek – I mentioned his lips – now I have to wash my brain! anybody have any chocolate?).
I love you, President Obama. Love, love, love you. PS. I already voted. Now I will do my part to make sure that others do, too.
if you are a serious about politics, you know that as election day/season approaches, the majority of the press has a way of trying their best to demoralize Democrats and their chances.
but man, now many seem to be in over-drive with their usual routine …..
i have to constantly remind myself to ignore the noise and use my time, resources, and energy to push for actual voting …… but it is not the easiest thing given all the negativity and one poll after another.
i am at a loss to say how I really feel about the barbaric murder of Mr. Kashoggi …… there are no words strong enough to describe my revulsion and rage;
Agree. How does one fully express those kind of thoughts and feelings? Can’t do it.
good morning everyone!
may you all have a fantastic day
Need ANOTHER reason to vote them all the hell out?
https://mobile.twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1052578914307051521
Oops! Forgot to say good morning:)
Good morning everyone. Going to vote today. Reports I saw early this morning said yesterday was the biggest early voting day in Knox County history. 🙂
Yes! And thanks for your vote, too!
Good morning! On the run… THIS needs to be seen up front… Thanks, DF!
Thanks for posting this:) It’s the truth
If that doesn’t perfectly sum up the whole freakin’ mess…….
I love my Forever POTUS!
Need ANOTHER reason to vote? We need to PROTECT the vote!
Because I’m all for getting rid of Mitch!!!! Let’s DO THIS THING!!
Democrats should focus more spotlight on the very urgent need to get rid of mcconell and taking over the US Senate
Obviously ….
smdh
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/republican-voters-see-illegal-immigration-the-nations-1-issue
Racist sheeple.
Among Republican voters, only one issue was of comparable significance: illegal immigration. It was named by 75% of GOP voters as a “very important” national issue.
The gap between partisans raises a unique set of concerns, but Slate’s Leon Krauze explained yesterday that there’s simply no reason for Republicans to see illegal immigration as the #1 most important issue facing the United States.
[T]here is no evidence to support the idea that illegal immigration has become an urgent problem for the United States, much less a national security emergency. As pro-immigration advocates have repeated ad nauseam, various studies suggest that immigrants are considerably less prone to engage in criminal activity than native-born Americans. […]
Immigration is also not the economic scourge nativists claim it is. On the contrary: Various industries would collapse in the United States without the reliable low-skilled workforce long provided by undocumented immigrants.
What’s more, the New York Times reported a few months ago that the number of immigrants caught illegally trying to cross the border in 2017 was the lowest in nearly five decades. In fact, illegal border crossings began to fall years ago – the Obama administration increased border security, a fact the right prefers to ignore – and have since reached generational lows.
All of which leads to an obvious question: why do Republican voters see this as the nation’s top issue.
The answer almost certainly has a lot to do with what their president tells them to believe. Just this morning, for example, Donald Trump described a crisis along the U.S./Mexico border, about which the president is making fresh threats. “I must, in the strongest of terms,” Trump wrote, “ask Mexico to stop this onslaught – and if unable to do so I will call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!”
immigration is really being used here the same way as they used “economic anxiety” ….. just a code word for what is really, really, …., really justifying their vote for people they know should not be anywhere near public service
They are terrified of the browning of America. Terrified.
Despise this monster but I hope he takes a nick at Trump in the long run.
Hope so, too!
ANOTHER reason. VOTE!
Gigantic reason to vote for Democrats….SAVE YOUR LIFE!
McConnevil scrapping for issues to fire up his people (fellow Andromedans who don’t need healthcare for their families).
Trump doing same with his “warning” to our neighbor Mexico.
TrumpStopTorturingOurChildren.
Are the children receiving healthcare, education, proper nutrition, nurturing? No.
Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday = same day the Saudi kingdom sent $100 million to the U.S. government. (Wapo, NYT reporting)
“Trump and Pompeo have continually stressed close ties between the Saudis and the United States, and have also mentioned several times the massive amounts of money that the U.S. receives from the kingdom”. (ThinkProgress)
–Let’s not allow Pompeo to delay the truth with GOP’s “no rush to judgement” game – hoping for media amnesia: Audiotapes.
–Turkey please release the audiotape and whatever else you know.
–WHAT did the Dicktraitor know before the killing of Khashoggi?
How did the murderers and plotters think this would go WITHOUT the Kashoggi audiotapes.
The problem with thieves, liars, and narcissists is that they get comfortable in their own skins … but the good thing is then they start to make mistakes. BIG mistakes. Big, transparent mistakes. Actually, trump’s been doing that since day one, and I cannot wait until he’s behind bars or home in an ankle bracelet, whichever comes first, talking to himself.
I wonder if they have any idea how many people would just like to have one roof over their heads.
In addition to being useless as humans, they appear heartless, too. So I’m thinking if they ever knew that feeling, they’ve forgotten it.
Just when I thought it was safe to go out again, I am back to crying. Gosh I miss Barack Obama more than I can say.
Yes, I’m with you on that! I dedicated my votes to Obama-Biden this year, when I mailed in my ballot!
The GOP Loves Rigging Elections! They have been doing it since Nixon! They can’t win fairly.
All of THIS!
I swear I got chills listening to this, again!
Beauty Break!
WOWIE!!
I know, right?
Mother Nature is such an endless wonder. We need to save our planet, PRONTO.
Stupendous posts today, Dudette! Love ’em! Thank you, darlin’.
And now to nap. 🙂
Sweet dreams! 😘
😍♥️♥️♥️
Aweeeee…..so sweet.
JHC, we can no longer call this a democracy.
Talk about a happy ending! We’ll be even happier when it’s “landslide Democrats” across the nation in November!
The rude, racists and hateful people who complain how the world is so awful they only need to look in the mirror. When all you have to say are hateful racist things when you see love or beauty, under the protective secrecy of the internet you are nothing more than scum.
Yup
Ha. Truth. Flipped on CNN. Moderator says “Let’s listen to Pat Robertson speak” on risking a $100B deal for “one man’s killing” by the Saudis. Van Jones, at the table, says, out loud, “Oh, let’s not.”
I’m with Van.
Khashoggi’s last Wapo column “perfectly captures his commitment and passion for freedom in the Arab world.” (Opinion editor Karen Attiah)
He wrote: “Arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate”. “There was a time when journalists believed the Internet would liberate information from the censorship and control associated with print media. But these governments, whose very existence relies on the control of information, have aggressively blocked the Internet,” “As a result, Arabs living in these countries are either uninformed or misinformed. They are unable to adequately address, much less publicly discuss, matters that affect the region and their day-to-day lives.” (https://www.aljazeera.com/…/column-khashoggi-wrote-threats-free-media-181018052.)
“The Middle East ranks alongside North Africa as the region where press freedom is most in peril globally.” (Al Jazeera)
Are we going to let proto-fascist plutocrats terrorize, attack and dismember Journalists; settle for their “mutually acceptable explanation”(Lawrence) of the audio record and big evidence of Khashoggi’s depraved murder; capitulate to their Be Afraid Or Else message?
What did Trump know prior to the murder? Was the assumption that no one would know about it?
😆
WTAF!!
https://mobile.twitter.com/JesseLehrich/status/1052970378560237568
… and also a Harvard law grad and Rhodes Scholar ….
Ha! I love that she saw this! Fred is a big ball of sunshine! If you don’t already follow him, check out his daily morning musical tweets. If you’re not ready for the day afterwards, just go back to bed. 😁
Useful idiot. I’d say Putin got his wish. For now
https://mobile.twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1052993341481263106
An old tweet that feels apropos
My sister and I voted today.
OUTSTANDING!!!! Thank you
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/10/18/make-your-plans/