Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you, I’m so glad to be a part of the TOD family. Though might not always agree on everything, but one thing is for sure, we value everyone’s opinion here. And remember, as we sit down to enjoy a wonderful meal with family and friends, if your greens didn’t turn out just right this year, there’s always next year.
Happy Thanksgiving to TOD community, especially those who celebrate this day. We are all thankful for the blessings we enjoy each day. I am also thankful that you, our TOD friends in the USA, and indeed the entire universe,can now enjoy the light that is emerging from behind the dark clouds of evil trumpism.
Happy Thanksgiving to all on this blog and your families. You give me a place to go to be heard so as not to feel alone or in despair over our current political disaster. I give thanks for this blog and those running it and on it.
With folks marvelling at Mueller's use of Papadop's tweets in a filing, it's timely to re-up this. Of COURSE Trump's tweets may be used as evidence against him! Guarantee you that Mueller has a detailed timeline of every tweet + every public and known private statement + actions. https://t.co/tJStehA4e7
He can’t explain away the Lester Holt interview because he said it, we all saw him say it, and if he tries to say it was doctored….good luck with that. I can’t believe this people tweet stuff and don’t think it will bite them in the ass. Fake WH Occupant can say he did not send the tweets but he has said so many things on video that Mueller can pull from.
On this special day, I give thanks for all Americans who honorably serve and protect our Country as well as those who bravely speak out against injustice, lies, prejudice, & sexual assault. I very much look forward to future Thanksgivings when we will come together as one Nation.
Thank you, Mr. Brennan, for continuing to speak up. Our country needs patriots like you.
Brennan’s tweet was the sort of tweet that the leader of the country should send out on a day like Thanksgiving Day. It’s important to remember that just three years ago we had a stellar president and leader. I hope that we, as a nation, will be able to shake off our sordid present and keep moving forward as President Obama urged us to.
On this special day, I give thanks for all Americans who honorably serve and protect our Country as well as those who bravely speak out against injustice, lies, prejudice, & sexual assault. I very much look forward to future Thanksgivings when we will come together as one Nation.
We're all up early this Thanksgiving, getting the table ready and preparing food for dinner. The meal wouldn’t be complete without my cornbread dressing! pic.twitter.com/wxo1BPL52C
Damn regulations! (Snark) Freedom to water the veggies we eat with shit water… so we can get sick… and have organ failure… was this the plan? I happen to LIKE regulations that keep me and my family safe!!
Yeah, but the gun lovers of this country aren’t too good with facts and they would argue that Romaine lettuce is not protected by the Second Amendment. Crazy, but that’s what they would say.
Judge Reeves of the US district court in Miss. is an American hero you’ve probably never heard of:
“The fact that men, myself included, are determining how women may choose to manage their reproductive health is a sad irony not lost on the Court.” https://t.co/11VFzZXp8F
— Alex Bartos #resist #glovesoff (@itsreallyalexb) November 21, 2018
Thanksgiving is nothing to celebrate for Native Americans, who are gathering in the town where the Pilgrims settled for a solemn National Day of Mourning observance. https://t.co/yDB4sxz1mtpic.twitter.com/7jQ4SW0Auy
Meeting with you all over the last almost-decade, listening and sharing, and coming for political solace and nurturing have added depth to my existence. THANKS to you all!
Also too, before the month’s over, I also want to lift a hand for ….
That was really interesting. We had lots of conversation on Thanksgiving Day about the country. Given, my family is solidly liberal and Democratic, but part of the discussion was about the loss of “the art of compromise” in today’s politics. We know that it is the GOP that has refused to compromise on important issues (think McConnell’s meeting with fellow GOP senators on January 20, 2009) and that the GOP has convinced supporters that “compromise” is somehow evil and negative. It is neither of those things. It is how people with different outlooks can come together and move forward. I think the concept disappeared from the GOP mindset when the last important GOP member of Congress politician, who had served the country in WWII retired or died. Why? I’m not sure. Maybe it was that during WWII everybody joined together, once a state of war was declared, and worked and fought and helped one another in a common effort to combat fascism. That struggle is rising again and will have to be faced by people of both political parties and we will all have to fight against the rise of authoritarianism in this country to preserve our history, our future. It cannot be achieved without the willingness of all to compromise with one another.
PS. i love to see those old civics films. They seem so fake but they were mainly made shortly after WWII and in the era that saw the rise of demagogues like McCarthy.
Schiff says Intel Dems will delve into Trump's international financial entanglements — on the Saudi matter and others.
"There are a whole set of potential financial conflicts … and emoluments problems that Congress will need to get to the bottom of." https://t.co/8ja6rPFgZQ
BREAKING: All 49 Senate Democrats are now opposed to the Thomas Farr nomination. With Senator Flake opposed, we need one more Republican to defeat this nominee.
RT to urge Republicans to vote NO to defeat this anti-voting rights nominee. https://t.co/88CaPwUFt0
Roger Stone associate and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi is in plea negotiations with Robert Mueller, a person with knowledge of the talks tells WaPo. https://t.co/ZnQh9NOIyo
Roger Stone on associate Jerome Corsi: "It is clear from his recent videos and his recent interviews that my friend Dr. Corsi has been under a tremendous amount of pressure and it is beginning to affect him profoundly." https://t.co/Yq2JwFmqkJ
Corsi confirmed the plea negotiations after they were first reported by @washingtonpost Friday. “It’s true. Your story is accurate,” he told @PostRoz, declining to comment further except to say there may be further developments next week.https://t.co/Oy1HPmLL7J
Nov 19th:
The Govt of the United Arab Emirates held the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities’ first forum, “Child Dignity in the Digital World,”
in Abu Dhabi under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, with its Executive Committee headed by His Highness Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of the United Arab Emirates. In collaboration with international organizations with expertise and global influence on interfaith and child protection, including Pontificia Universita, UNICEF, We Protect Global Alliance, Child Dignity in the Digital World, Arigatou International, Religions for Peace and End Violence Against Children.
See beautiful Abu Dhabi forum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=138&v=tio2pfS6WL4
720,000 images of child sexual abuse are uploaded to the internet every single day. (Microsoft 2015)
“The human mind is a mystery—a puzzle—where truth and untruth, gods and demons, good and bad are all mixed together. One of the most deplorable, repulsive and dangerous afflictions in the human mind is the drive to sexually abuse and exploit another human being.”
(Mata Amritanandamayi)
Conclusion and Abu Dhabi declaration on Child Dignity:
“Almost 4.2 billion people are active internet users and children account for more than a quarter of this population. Millions of children are subject to online abuse and sexual exploitation due to the misuse of modern technology innovations. To this end, the Declaration stressed the need for concerted efforts to develop proactive solutions to these objectionable phenomena, out of the firm belief that maintaining child dignity is an ethical, religious and humanitarian obligation.” https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181120005775/en/
The Trump Foundation functioned as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump’s business and political interests. There are rules that govern private foundations, and we intend to enforce them—no matter who runs the foundation.
I’m sorry, but – and I know now isn’t the time – I’ve been expecting quite a few of these targets of trump to start showing the wear and tear. May not be what happened in Gen. Hayden’s case, but may have contributed. Hope he recovers fast.
I have always been and remain a staunch advocate of comprehensive immigration reform that’s true to our values and treats every person with dignity, provides a pathway to full and equal citizenship…
The day after Thanksgiving is notorious in the media as the single best time to bury bad news. At the Wall Street Journal they'd save crummy pieces for months to bury then. Don't let this story get snuffed out- too important! https://t.co/9x7Qi4znoy
Understood, Jacqueline. Hope you and your family had as glorious a Thanksgiving as possible given all the heartbreak you’ve experienced this past year.
Bob – Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. Yes, our hearts clung together through our shared (fabulous) memories of my son and their dad and granddad! Hope you and yours also enjoyed a wonderful holiday!
"I don't want people to forget the first 500 days of the Trump administration, which is what this represents … I'm also trying to correct some of his lies and falsehoods with photographic proof," says former presidential photographer Pete Souza about his new book, "Shade" pic.twitter.com/6U4cg4FKiE
This is an amazing thread which shows that minus has zero clue about judicial decisions. Actually he has zero clue about anything. https://t.co/llyy1vQHQD
No. They don't bother to ask you for a quote because
a) You lie
b) When you get caught lying and are asked to explain your lie, you attack the journalist, revoke his press pass, and lie about him and his company to your supporters.
Apparently not all R’s live in a post-truth, facts-devoid bubble ….
Us: Stop touching the hot stove. Trumpers: But we want to. Us: No, really, don't touch the hot stove. Trumpers: IT BURNS! Us: Stop touching the hot stove. Trumpers: But we want to… https://t.co/SRO54AmSwm
@BillKristol@TheRickWilson@MaxBoot@GeorgeWill Still astonishing that many Trump apologists cite only high approval %s for 45 In GOP ranks while disregarding that DT’s now shrunk the party to a minuscule, toxic personality cult that’ll be crippled once he’s expelled from office https://t.co/PZnlOdISqJ
Two years later, Republicans were wiped out by 8.8 million votes—the biggest midterm vote loss in US history. And guess what Republicans, your political standing as a national party is getting even worse. Stand up to Trump’s madness or get wiped out. That’s the simple math. https://t.co/LDBeHSWDip
Making Bannon a foot-soldier + pawn of KOCH brothers, EXXON, Rosneft and Big Oil who are:
Using nationalism, racism and religious bigotry to get what they want globally. (…Ditto Trump, nra, et al.)
Oh big time. And you can tell she’d sell the rest of ’em “down the river,” if she could. Ugh. Can’t I’m not them. And now I am off to an early sleep! Sleep well when you get there, COS!
Since this was released on a day no one would notice it… as in a Friday during a holiday weekend..let’s make sure everyone DOES notice it as reported below: “Massive federal climate change report warns of devastating health and economic costs to the U.S.” https://t.co/ooZxdGruo3
So dystopian and authoritarian as to defy belief: China will judge each of its 1.3 billion people based on their social behavior & adopt a lifelong points program that assigns personalized ratings by 2021. Via @business @clayroutledge https://t.co/GwArUtwOk0
This is the very reason I deleted every app I could from my iphone. I use it for texting, getting messages from my HC provider and taking pics of my dog. That’s it. We have an extremely cheap plan.
Dear Lord. I know that I am late but I feel that it’s most important that I should let you know. The one precious gift that I’m so thankful for. You see the Black brother, over there on the right? Thank you my sweet Jesus for not making that me! Amen 🙏 https://t.co/hRQfrORbTg
What A Life: Olivia Hooker, survivor of 1921 attacks/murders by a white mob on the black community of Tulsa, went on to become the first black woman in the Coast Guard and distinguished psychology professor at Fordham. She died Wednesday at the age of 103. https://t.co/OnKUvQ9mwc
I AM A WOMAN. My name is Zainab Fayez. I am strong. I am a mother & lawyer from #Afghanistan & the only female prosecutor in the Kandahar AG office. In 2017, I prosecuted 50+ cases for #ViolenceAgainstWomen and put 21 men in prison including police officials. Photo: Tolo pic.twitter.com/apOQ6qxxrn
Not sure I can handle watching this video right before going to sleep, but this is what “being an American” should look like … not what the current haters-in-charge look like.
What a good man. So many of us Americans hope and pray that someone in this administration wakes up one morning and decides that this cruel, unnecessary and evil treatment of innocent must end. We celebrate the birth of a baby at Christmas. How can we incarcerate children like this here?
Exactly! These same people will want to pass legislation America is a “Christian Nation” yet treat the weakest of our nation with contempt, incarceration, starvation, and other cruelties. There is very little “Christ” in the hearts and policies of GOP legislators.
“It was horrific experience.. I am a sitting state senator that you brought off the rotunda of the Capital and you’re.. wanting me to take my dress off to strip search me. Then they wanted me to pee in a cup.. before they even told me what I was charged with.”—Sen Nikema Williams pic.twitter.com/eFpclb8j7Z
APOLOGY required and open conversation in Ms. Williams’ Senate.
What kind of a gun will fit into someone’s vagina? Who gave the go-ahead on the protocol to treat Ms. Williams this way? If officers want slabs of meat to push around they can go out and buy it. Please END this degradation and humiliation.
JACKSON, Miss. — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith attended and graduated from a segregation academy that were set up so that white parents could avoid having to send their children to schools with black students, a yearbook reveals.
#A group photo in the 1975 edition of The Rebel—the Lawrence County Academy Yearbook—illustrates the point. High-school cheerleaders smile at the camera as they lie on the ground in front of their pom-poms, fists supporting their heads. In the center, the mascot, dressed in what appears to be an outfit designed to mimic that of a Confederate general, offers a salute as she holds up a large Confederate flag.
@cindyhydesmith seems to think people would rather hate on someone than have affordable quality healthcare, a quality education and a living wage. Hyde-Smith Attended All-White ‘Seg Academy’ to Avoid Integration | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS https://t.co/fzFGtI3TAR
She couldn’t tell you any better who she is. She’s part of a generation that has plenty of Confederate-loving throwbacks like Jeff Sessions and too many of the older Southern congresspeople.
The Obama Diary 
Happy Thanksgiving, TOD
I’m so grateful for Chips, Nerdy, and all of you here at the Diary.
Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you, I’m so glad to be a part of the TOD family. Though might not always agree on everything, but one thing is for sure, we value everyone’s opinion here. And remember, as we sit down to enjoy a wonderful meal with family and friends, if your greens didn’t turn out just right this year, there’s always next year.
((((Don)))) Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well df.
You can mess up greens??
LOL!!! I have no idea, I can’t cook, the best I can do is make a mean bowl of cap’n crunch.
What is it with guys and Capt. Crunch!! My husband loves that stuff… or did:) Yuk!!
I hope you have a fabulous day… messed up greens or no!
Capt. Crunch is like nectar from the gods, and I will not take part in besmirching its good name.
Hahahaha!!
I concur!
Happy Thanksgiving to TOD community, especially those who celebrate this day. We are all thankful for the blessings we enjoy each day. I am also thankful that you, our TOD friends in the USA, and indeed the entire universe,can now enjoy the light that is emerging from behind the dark clouds of evil trumpism.
Happy Thanksgiving to all on this blog and your families. You give me a place to go to be heard so as not to feel alone or in despair over our current political disaster. I give thanks for this blog and those running it and on it.
Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today.
Thank you NW for keeping TOD a safe place for us.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. Love my family here….PS. When I see PBO smile, my heart is full. That is all.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you here on TOD. Hope you have a wonderful day with your family wherever you are!
Among the many things I am thankful for:)
He can’t explain away the Lester Holt interview because he said it, we all saw him say it, and if he tries to say it was doctored….good luck with that. I can’t believe this people tweet stuff and don’t think it will bite them in the ass. Fake WH Occupant can say he did not send the tweets but he has said so many things on video that Mueller can pull from.
Thank you, Mr. Brennan, for continuing to speak up. Our country needs patriots like you.
Brennan’s tweet was the sort of tweet that the leader of the country should send out on a day like Thanksgiving Day. It’s important to remember that just three years ago we had a stellar president and leader. I hope that we, as a nation, will be able to shake off our sordid present and keep moving forward as President Obama urged us to.
https://mobile.twitter.com/jodotcom/status/1065627008074465283/photo/1
Why isn’t this working?
Aloha and Happy Thanksgiving to all of the TOD ohana. I’m so grateful for this community, and for the awesome president who inspired it. ❤️
Damn regulations! (Snark) Freedom to water the veggies we eat with shit water… so we can get sick… and have organ failure… was this the plan? I happen to LIKE regulations that keep me and my family safe!!
https://mobile.twitter.com/DGisSERIOUS/status/1065464126925869057/photo/1
Also, too:
Yeah, but the gun lovers of this country aren’t too good with facts and they would argue that Romaine lettuce is not protected by the Second Amendment. Crazy, but that’s what they would say.
Sad but true, I’m sure! Ugh.
New Lion King movie 🍿
Beautiful family. Hope he will be the senator from MS soon! Vote people!
Happy Thanksgiving TOD & many thanks to Nerdy for enabling the community to persist.
A saint.
Hi folks, just rolling in to say ….
Meeting with you all over the last almost-decade, listening and sharing, and coming for political solace and nurturing have added depth to my existence. THANKS to you all!
Also too, before the month’s over, I also want to lift a hand for ….
That was really interesting. We had lots of conversation on Thanksgiving Day about the country. Given, my family is solidly liberal and Democratic, but part of the discussion was about the loss of “the art of compromise” in today’s politics. We know that it is the GOP that has refused to compromise on important issues (think McConnell’s meeting with fellow GOP senators on January 20, 2009) and that the GOP has convinced supporters that “compromise” is somehow evil and negative. It is neither of those things. It is how people with different outlooks can come together and move forward. I think the concept disappeared from the GOP mindset when the last important GOP member of Congress politician, who had served the country in WWII retired or died. Why? I’m not sure. Maybe it was that during WWII everybody joined together, once a state of war was declared, and worked and fought and helped one another in a common effort to combat fascism. That struggle is rising again and will have to be faced by people of both political parties and we will all have to fight against the rise of authoritarianism in this country to preserve our history, our future. It cannot be achieved without the willingness of all to compromise with one another.
PS. i love to see those old civics films. They seem so fake but they were mainly made shortly after WWII and in the era that saw the rise of demagogues like McCarthy.
I am thankful for Ms. Nerdy, Ms. Chips and all the wonderful folks here who have helped me preserve some sanity over the years.
DITTO! Second.every.word.
X me!!!! Thank you, Nerdy!
Morning everyone
Sometimes I feel like this, too
😆😆😆😆😆
If you need to laugh. A lot:)
From the “What a freaking good idea” files
I love that! Our son thinks Sherrod Brown would be a good presidential candidate.
Wow!!!!!
Tick tock, MF’er.
I swear I read your intro in Samuel L. Jackson’s voice! 😁
I’m “in,” if we deposit trump in Mexico, first.
I bet he IS!!!
You’re next, Bub!
Nov 19th:
The Govt of the United Arab Emirates held the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities’ first forum, “Child Dignity in the Digital World,”
in Abu Dhabi under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, with its Executive Committee headed by His Highness Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of the United Arab Emirates. In collaboration with international organizations with expertise and global influence on interfaith and child protection, including Pontificia Universita, UNICEF, We Protect Global Alliance, Child Dignity in the Digital World, Arigatou International, Religions for Peace and End Violence Against Children.
See beautiful Abu Dhabi forum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=138&v=tio2pfS6WL4
720,000 images of child sexual abuse are uploaded to the internet every single day. (Microsoft 2015)
“The human mind is a mystery—a puzzle—where truth and untruth, gods and demons, good and bad are all mixed together. One of the most deplorable, repulsive and dangerous afflictions in the human mind is the drive to sexually abuse and exploit another human being.”
(Mata Amritanandamayi)
Conclusion and Abu Dhabi declaration on Child Dignity:
“Almost 4.2 billion people are active internet users and children account for more than a quarter of this population. Millions of children are subject to online abuse and sexual exploitation due to the misuse of modern technology innovations. To this end, the Declaration stressed the need for concerted efforts to develop proactive solutions to these objectionable phenomena, out of the firm belief that maintaining child dignity is an ethical, religious and humanitarian obligation.” https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181120005775/en/
video jumps in and misses intro…hafta reset to 0.
…meaning the video cited under comment #1
and lots of women in the photoshoot at the end.
🤩🥰
They can’t throw money at this lawsuit any more.
Keeping good thoughts
Oh no! I hope he can recover from this.
I’m sorry, but – and I know now isn’t the time – I’ve been expecting quite a few of these targets of trump to start showing the wear and tear. May not be what happened in Gen. Hayden’s case, but may have contributed. Hope he recovers fast.
How very wonderful is that!
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After the Florida and Georgia races, I’m afraid to get my hopes up … but I sure want him to win!
Understood, Jacqueline. Hope you and your family had as glorious a Thanksgiving as possible given all the heartbreak you’ve experienced this past year.
Bob – Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. Yes, our hearts clung together through our shared (fabulous) memories of my son and their dad and granddad! Hope you and yours also enjoyed a wonderful holiday!
Happy Thanksgiving Nena!!
Apparently not all R’s live in a post-truth, facts-devoid bubble ….
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Making Bannon a foot-soldier + pawn of KOCH brothers, EXXON, Rosneft and Big Oil who are:
Using nationalism, racism and religious bigotry to get what they want globally. (…Ditto Trump, nra, et al.)
Warning … Children of the Corn photo. Season’s greetings!
I always think of them as Children of the Corn:) Funny to see someone else refer to them that way:) 😂
Their looks are identical. Expressionless turds!
Photo is missing Melania. She is complicit. because she is reaping a lot of benefits being a part of this crime family.
Oh big time. And you can tell she’d sell the rest of ’em “down the river,” if she could. Ugh. Can’t I’m not them. And now I am off to an early sleep! Sleep well when you get there, COS!
Lordy.
Worse than Big Brother is watching.
Totally – unbelievable.
This is the very reason I deleted every app I could from my iphone. I use it for texting, getting messages from my HC provider and taking pics of my dog. That’s it. We have an extremely cheap plan.
Sounds like a plan, in more ways than one!
For a laugh.
minus FOX dronald would be beached, whale-like. without the paddle. up the Swanee. predicamented.
Well, at least ya made me laugh!!!!!!!!! 🙂
heh J’Ob.
I avoided trump news on Thanksgiving … now I know why. This thread is freakin’ unbelievable.
Match made in heaven… or it that hell??
Please!
Recommend Lawrence’s show tonight…recap of the election…plus replay of Michael Moore’s optimistic take. thanks Lawrence!
Goodnight TOD ….
Not sure I can handle watching this video right before going to sleep, but this is what “being an American” should look like … not what the current haters-in-charge look like.
Goodnight, TODville, and all the ships at sea!
What a good man. So many of us Americans hope and pray that someone in this administration wakes up one morning and decides that this cruel, unnecessary and evil treatment of innocent must end. We celebrate the birth of a baby at Christmas. How can we incarcerate children like this here?
Exactly! These same people will want to pass legislation America is a “Christian Nation” yet treat the weakest of our nation with contempt, incarceration, starvation, and other cruelties. There is very little “Christ” in the hearts and policies of GOP legislators.
Well said!
APOLOGY required and open conversation in Ms. Williams’ Senate.
What kind of a gun will fit into someone’s vagina? Who gave the go-ahead on the protocol to treat Ms. Williams this way? If officers want slabs of meat to push around they can go out and buy it. Please END this degradation and humiliation.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/11/24/reading-with-flotus/
FFS, MS! DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS CRETIN! When she shows you who she is, BELIEVE HER!
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2018/nov/23/hyde-smith-attended-all-white-seg-academy-avoid-in/
JACKSON, Miss. — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith attended and graduated from a segregation academy that were set up so that white parents could avoid having to send their children to schools with black students, a yearbook reveals.
#A group photo in the 1975 edition of The Rebel—the Lawrence County Academy Yearbook—illustrates the point. High-school cheerleaders smile at the camera as they lie on the ground in front of their pom-poms, fists supporting their heads. In the center, the mascot, dressed in what appears to be an outfit designed to mimic that of a Confederate general, offers a salute as she holds up a large Confederate flag.
She couldn’t tell you any better who she is. She’s part of a generation that has plenty of Confederate-loving throwbacks like Jeff Sessions and too many of the older Southern congresspeople.