should read…"In a move that undermines democracy…Republicans strip power from newly elected Democratic officials"….The press is taking all these authoritative moves by the Republicans as JUST politics…they are not…a mark of a democracy is the peaceful transfer of power.
the left left attacks on Dems have to be noted…you have to wonder what is REALY going on…keep in mind all the misinformation that pervaded the 2016 elctions…Remember it has not stopped…Misinformation….propagnda…voter suppression….attacks on democracy…be alert….
the Left-left attacks on Dems have to be noted…you have to wonder what is REALLY going on…keep in mind all the misinformation that pervaded the 2016 elections…Remember it has not stopped…Misinformation….propaganda…voter suppression….attacks on democracy…be alert..
Thank you for posting this. I don’t want to be paranoid, but I also don’t want to be stupid. Russia’s goal is not Trump; it’s the destruction of the West. They’re not done.
Appearing on Fox Biz, Louie Gohmert says "George Soros is supposed to be Jewish but you wouldn't know it from the damage he inflicted on Israel and the fact that he turned on fellow Jews & helped take the property that they owned."
Either way, defiance gives Wisconsin Democrats the best leverage. If Republicans are not going to be shy about abusing their power to subvert democracy, Democrats cannot back away from standing up for the power voters gave them on election night.
GOP and What Army? A Modest Proposal on How to Defy the Wisconsin Power Grab https://t.co/bynHzvXeoZ
Bernie Sanders is like a dog that chases a car, but not really wanting to actually catch the car. If Bernie actually caught the car then his shtick would be over, Bernie’s power is in barking, but not much else.
I love @tylerperry so much!! What you may not know is how often he calls our station to help people in need that we do stories on for @wsbtv He’s amazing! https://t.co/7wYvJBKLTx
Trump administration official tells @PamelaBrownCNN there’s a plan for the US to seek extradition of Huawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou, arrested yesterday in Canada. The view among some officials is that she could be used as leverage with China in trade talks.
Add Republicans in Florida to the list: Florida voted (65%) to give those who had completed their obligations in the criminal justice system the ability to vote. Now Republicans are throwing a wrench in that process. Another attempt to rig the system. https://t.co/UEVTVehYX5
BREAKING: Dan McCready tells me he is officially withdrawing his concession.
In an exclusive interview, he tells me he thinks Mark Harris knew what McCrae Dowless was doing and that Harris bankrolled "criminal activity." #ncpol#NC09@wsoctvpic.twitter.com/m7LhB2vGnM
I didn’t serve overseas in the Marines to come home to NC and watch a criminal, bankrolled by my opponent, take away people’s very right to vote. Today I withdraw my concession and call on Mark Harris to end his silence and tell us exactly what he knew, and when. pic.twitter.com/2hcT00DVhQ
BREAKING: I received a call from Rep. Valadao conceding our election for #CA21. I'm thankful for his six years of service. As the Congressman knows well, it is a great honor to represent #CA21. We will work together to ensure a smooth transition for our constituents.
Berniebros see Beto as a threat. Truth be told, I am not super hot on a Beto for president candidacy, but the Berners' firing squad means Bernie is petrified Beto will take the "working class white" vote from him and then convince them to vote for the eventual Dem nominee. https://t.co/nwWWecI1iY
Sanders supporters have launched a coordinated attack on liberal firebrand Beto O’Rourke for being a neo-liberal establishment shill, even tho Beto is arguably at least as liberal as Bernie. @cliffschecter & I discuss in today’s @UnPresidentPod podcast.https://t.co/HpvbLL5IFG
It makes one wonder who Bernie Sanders is working for. Certainly not the American people. Is he working for the GOP or their Russian puppet masters perhaps?
Remember Sanders used Russian misinformation against Sec Clinton during the 2016 campaign…in addition he knew that his campaign had been infiltrated yet he did not inform anyone…and lastly…Devine was an associate of Manafort..
The people of Florida decided to restore voting rights to 1.4 million people in 2019—but the Secretary of State, Republican Ken Detzner, wants to slow the process down.
Because of your generosity, we were able to put tents up at the main refugee camp in Tijuana today. 3,000 people will be sheltered from the rain tonight.
Michelle Obama talks about why Pippi Longstocking was her favorite book character as a kid, what books are on her nightstand, and more. https://t.co/FbsU3iRnxP
BREAKING: A bomb threat was just received at CNN HQ, which was just evacuated. Yes, @realdonaldtrump is to blame. He is inspiring more terrorists. https://t.co/R2eRYw821t
This morning’s Twitter freak out is a reminder that a hyperpartisan Congressional majority has brought democracy to the brink by enabling behavior it would never tolerate from a president of another party.
I’ll just be snarky here a bit (I save the real snark for people I REALLY don’t like) … been holding back … but I swear Kelly and Nielsen are tied in more ways than one. So, I’m thinking when he goes, she goes – and vice versa.
Russia’s UN ambassador has 30 years of diplomatic experience, including 5 years tied to UN. Nauer has 1.5 years of experience as State Department spokeswoman. Before that, she was on Fox. https://t.co/7XWGXQmxe3
No one in Trump’s administration needs any qualifications. Trump certainly did not have any when he ran for office. And we’re all paying the price for it.
These are the same people who wanted to secede and break CA into 3 separate states. They will still be able to file claims thanks to the CICA but they should not be able to rebuild in these dangerous areas.
I remember a few years ago hearing a woman tell me that the insurance company she was insured with would only insure money to rebuild after her fire if she rebuilt on the same site. Rather than give her the money to build elsewhere. Wonder if that is the overall policy for fire insurances?
2/3 – I am sick and tired of conservatives across the country running hateful campaigns and then expecting everyone to go back to business as usual after campaign season – that's some privilege.
Days later here’s how I wanted to respond:
We were 2 parents and 3 children.
Dad was a bricklayer because according to his brothers – he was too good looking to go down the coal mine as they did. So spotty seasonal work and then (when I was five) on his way home in a work van, some of Dad’s brains ended up on the street. Never worked the buildings again, language center damage, angry outbursts. My mother was beautiful, brilliant and climbed the civilian air force ladder (math). But after clearly beating out the guys in uniforms – she hit the glass ceiling which sent her seriously around the bend for decades. Before that she brought the bread home to our little apartment, did the cooking, washing, we kids shared cleaning, at 10 years my sister got the family groceries. At 4 months I was handed over to whoever until I went to nursery school = long hours. My sister took me on her bike both ways. Ok so I didn’t really know who my Mother was for a long time. She was so busy, very angry if I demanded her attention which got me a crazed slapping especially at bedtime while lying down in bed.
…So years later Mom started apologizing to me, so sorry that she never had time, didn’t treat me right, didn’t know me.
She did get us into a house eventually and was determined we’d all receive higher education. But our relationship was very poor. I forgave her, but later on. A working class kid she’d taken care of her parents – and then us. Could have been a professor or anything she wanted, but you know…for a woman…life. In the end she coughed a codeine pill into her lung and it festered. At 93 her body was that of someone much, much younger and was a cause for enquiry I think. As a 16 year-old by strange good fortune she trained as an olympic swimmer, trained early in the morning and without much in her belly. Beat the future olympic contender often. So a strong body and a fearless fierce mind, a beautiful auburn, what should have been a groundbreaking career that didn’t reward her for decades of impossible juggling.
–Yet her MESSAGE is that she, she, she would have given ANYTHING to stay at home with her children = if she’d had the chance.
Myself a breast feeding counsellor years ago, we concurred that Mothers should do everything in their power to stay home with their children until they go to school. It goes so fast and every day counts. In life hearts are broken. We need to be empowered early by unconditional love and nurtured when we have no voice and no power. We need to be physically safe. I know I wasn’t. And early damage to self-esteem does not fully recover. Feminism is also be about protecting future generations. Where possible CAREERS can wait for a few years. Children are a special divine gift and I would give a princess-ly sum to have one.more.day with my babes and children.
-thank you immensely for the voice you’ve given me.
That is absolutely … can’t think of the right words. If you’d like to consider it, I’d say the more you share this, the more other mothers and fathers will see it. It’s so important. In the meantime, thank you for sharing this important “take” on women and “careers,” here at TOD!
hi J’Ob! Woke up today with that funny joke about “many are cold, but few are frozen.” heh. And that other one about we only receive problems we’re big enough to solve. Sat down and wrote this boarded up aspect of life above, not intending to post. (Then someone told me hurry up gotta go and I did.) If i could’ve just stuck to a few lines about careers i might feel better about it! Maybe we all have odd stories when you actually write them down. And thanks for your own stories J’Ob. Don’t know about you but I do get a shock on the re-read! Similarly with parents stories (and their parents). Literally bygone eras that I started to record but didn’t follow through on before they disappeared. So much we will never even try to convey and never say….hugs and thx to you.
Many hugs and thx right back to you! Your story was meaningful to everyone – I know it was, to me. We are real people and it’s good to share what keeps us real, every now and then while we’re experiencing the unreal in the WH! Love your “many are cold, but few are frozen” and will have to be stealing that, somehow! Also, your “we only receive problems we’re big enough to solve” will guide my day, sweet one!
Good Afternoon, TODville Community.
❤ , always.
TGIF
❤ Chips ❤ You started this Journey. Thank you and Thank ❤ NW ❤ who has continued this Journey…..Obrigada!
Job growth slows sharply with only 155,000 added in November, continuing trend of far fewer jobs added under Trump than under Obama. https://t.co/GQqJlGgXuR
Payroll growth scorecard: Obama’s last 23 months vs Trump’s first 23 months Total hired: 4.85 mln vs. 4.46 mln Avg m/m gain: 211k vs.194k pic.twitter.com/mS0IILH8Pg
It’s time for us to come together and get to work #ForThePeople. There is just too much at stake. Thank you for the support, Congressman! —NP pic.twitter.com/PBvk7yIU0R
On his 100th birthday, get to know Timuel Black, a lifelong friend and mentor of @BarackObama and a legendary organizer and historian who embodies the spirit of the South Side: pic.twitter.com/G4r5QjIyRc
Both these FINE GENTLEMEN have lived long, wonderful lives, serving their country and neighborhoods for their family and friends. To live a life so fully is the greatest thing a person can achieve. I salute our octogenarians. Mr. Black sounds so strong, not like so many elderly I know who makes it to this remarkable age.
Thank you so much, Nena, for sharing this. Timuel Black is one my heroes. In the 60s he was very active in championing the rights of Black workers going after AFL-CIO unions that discriminated against Black workers. He is still going strong at 100 years. I wish him a very Happy Birthday and many more to come.
December 7th, 1941 was one of the most horrific days in American history — but it was also a moment that spurred a generation to serve our country with selfless heroism.
I love these lazy Friday afternoons, for we do not know what the weekend will bring beyond our own planning. I suspect that when Mueller drops his latest album some time this evening, those that are prominently mentioned in it will have many thoughts. I can only offer this, now is not the time for fear, that comes later.
If it turns out in NC 9 that more than 900 absentee ballots intended for the Democrat were spoiled, deep-sixed or turned into R votes, the remedy is to declare the D the winner. Rs, including Harris, now calling for a new election believe that in a much lower turnout they win
Authorities say a sheriff's deputy killed in a mass shooting at a California bar was shot five times by a gunman who killed 11 others, but struck fatally by a bullet fired by a highway patrolman. https://t.co/ccNLp4FAZN
Ella-Lorraine loves to dress up as her female heroes, like Bessie Coleman and Ruby Bridges. "She knows that folks came before her that allowed her to be where and who she is today and we’ve encouraged her to not back away from embracing that history.” pic.twitter.com/gVv1TauA8r
“I loved it because by choosing to portray her hero as a college student, the focus was on Michelle’s accomplishments as an individual, not just as an attachment." This 8-year-old dressed up as her hero, @MichelleObama at @Princeton, & it's EVERYTHING. 🙌 https://t.co/gllJzec1MT
Breaking: Southern District of New York requests court impose "a substantial term of imprisonment" on Michael Cohen, saying his crimes "were more serious than his submission allows and were marked by a pattern of deception that permeated his professional life."
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors in New York request that court impose a "substantial term of imprisonment" for Michael Cohen, and "to impose forfeiture in the amount of $500,000, and a fine."
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors in New York request that court impose a "substantial term of imprisonment" for Michael Cohen, and "to impose forfeiture in the amount of $500,000, and a fine."
Restrained in their praise of Michael Cohen for cooperating with investigators, federal prosecutors recommended Friday that President Trump’s former lawyer receive a roughly five-year prison sentence. https://t.co/mfmKQfSekw@KlasfeldReportspic.twitter.com/XpgoHAUlBI
JUST IN: Mueller says Cohen lied about potential Moscow development that could have brought Trump Organization 'hundreds of millions of dollars from Russian sources' – court filing https://t.co/61Ue3cboLhpic.twitter.com/aFyE0Qtnnk
I was listening to Randi Rhodes read the court filing about Cohen. He would not sign an agreement to cooperate with Mueller because he was hoping for a parden, even now. I think that boat sailed.
BREAKING: James Fields found guilty on all 10 counts, including 1st-degree murder, for ramming car into a group of peaceful counter-protesters following Charlottesville white nationalist rally in 2017.
James @Comey: "The president's attacks on the Justice Department broadly, and the FBI, are something that no matter what political party you're in you should find deeply troubling and continue to speak out about." pic.twitter.com/H0J3YgZYTA
CNN: Robert Mueller’s team will file its description of how Paul Manafort breached his cooperation agreement largely under seal, a federal judge said Friday.
@NancyPelosi Please make sure your election reform package says if a candidate is found to have cheated in an election or provided support for cheating that they are disqualified from election & banned from ever holding elected office. Also they should get jail time. #NC09
This is big news. Previously reported first contacts between Russian officials and Trump was spring 2016. This dates it to Fall 2015 https://t.co/ZQU3ay2DqS
Wow. Mueller filing says Cohen provided the investigation w/ information on "Russia-related matters core to its investigation" that Cohen "obtained" via contact w/ the Trump Organization during the campaign. What matters? Trump said he & his firm had nothing to do with Russia.
Mueller memo on sentencing for Michael Cohen: "The sentence imposed should reflect the fact that lying to federal investigators has real consequences, especially where the defendant lied to investigators about critical facts in an investigation of national importance." pic.twitter.com/2isnKf5Mmv
NBC News: From a filing from federal prosecutors: "– that he “started the whole thing . . . started the whole campaign” in 2012 when Individual-1 expressed an interest in running for President." (2/2)
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Thank you, Nerdy:) Morning everyone
Congratulations, DF! I was breathing the same London air as Michelle this week but missed having a chance encounter. Her book is displayed all over.
This makes me proud and happy:)
Good Morning everyone, have a blessed day, busy busy busy, check in when i can, keep the faith
Good Mueller Morning everyone. Can’t wait for the fireworks to begin.
🥂
The fools on Squawk Box who are so in love with Trump says the market is “still up” for the year. Such tools for trump.
Very cool
Cool AF!
I hope they go bust real soon and exposed for the frauds they are
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/dec/06/nra-removes-image-of-anish-kapoor-sculpture-from-advert
JHC.
She’s married to a coal billionaire. End of story.
End of story. I’m so fucking sick to death of these idiots being appointed to ANYTHING
And, surprise, surprise, she’s another bleached blond GOP gazillionaire!
Thank you for posting this. I don’t want to be paranoid, but I also don’t want to be stupid. Russia’s goal is not Trump; it’s the destruction of the West. They’re not done.
Do not forget Bernie Sanders, pure evil against democracy and Democrats.
Good Afternoon, TOD TownHall.
Thank you, NW⭐❣
Congrats, DF on your Au ⭐ Furst 😉
🙏💜💚❤💙🙏
Wow!
If this isn’t anti-Semitic, I don’t know what is.
Gohmert is known for being the dumbest of the dumb among GOP members of Congress and that’s quite an achievement!
My name’s on it too! I’m so stoked! 🤓
Love them together! 😍
Either way, defiance gives Wisconsin Democrats the best leverage. If Republicans are not going to be shy about abusing their power to subvert democracy, Democrats cannot back away from standing up for the power voters gave them on election night.
Bernie Sanders is like a dog that chases a car, but not really wanting to actually catch the car. If Bernie actually caught the car then his shtick would be over, Bernie’s power is in barking, but not much else.
Amen…
But his barking is taking up so much Oxygen in the air..
If you’re on twitter, definitely tweet that one! Bravo!
This is lovely news.
It is that!
That’s wonderful! I hope the people with layaways at those stores go and pick them up!
Such a good man!
We’re trading humans, now?
You mean you didn’t think he’d go that low? C’mon now.
Make it stop.
Wish I could. Sadly I think it’ll get worse before it gets better.
Yes. I might have to keep a little wine in the house!
#40 – yay!
Evening
YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!
Woooooot! 🙌🏾
HMMMMMMMMMMM…
It makes one wonder who Bernie Sanders is working for. Certainly not the American people. Is he working for the GOP or their Russian puppet masters perhaps?
Remember Sanders used Russian misinformation against Sec Clinton during the 2016 campaign…in addition he knew that his campaign had been infiltrated yet he did not inform anyone…and lastly…Devine was an associate of Manafort..
And never did submit his tax returns
Whoever he’s working for, I won’t be voting for him in the Democratic primaries, that’s for sure. He’s not even a Democrat.
yayyyyyyyyyy
Terrific. “Individual 1” tweets “fake news – enemy of the people” and CNN’s office in NYC get a “five bombs in your building” threat.
Smart man, that Winston. And goodnight, TODville – and all the ships at sea. Go, Navy!
Yes!! Come through, Mueller!
Morning everyone
Good morning! Has John Kelly’s departure from the WH been confirmed?
I think he’s been checked out for months now. Would anyone notice a difference?
I’ll just be snarky here a bit (I save the real snark for people I REALLY don’t like) … been holding back … but I swear Kelly and Nielsen are tied in more ways than one. So, I’m thinking when he goes, she goes – and vice versa.
Haven’t heard any confirmation, yet, but today’s rumor is he and trump are not even on “speaking terms,” at this point. Ugh.
smgdh
No one in Trump’s administration needs any qualifications. Trump certainly did not have any when he ran for office. And we’re all paying the price for it.
See how this works?
Fierce woman:) I LIKE HER!!
I would rather see her on the Congress floor than the racist white men in hoods.
Of course!!! Not even a question!
“Conservative paster”? What the hell is that? kinda like Corporate Jesus?
These are the same people who wanted to secede and break CA into 3 separate states. They will still be able to file claims thanks to the CICA but they should not be able to rebuild in these dangerous areas.
I remember a few years ago hearing a woman tell me that the insurance company she was insured with would only insure money to rebuild after her fire if she rebuilt on the same site. Rather than give her the money to build elsewhere. Wonder if that is the overall policy for fire insurances?
Some of the replies to this are great.
Days later here’s how I wanted to respond:
We were 2 parents and 3 children.
Dad was a bricklayer because according to his brothers – he was too good looking to go down the coal mine as they did. So spotty seasonal work and then (when I was five) on his way home in a work van, some of Dad’s brains ended up on the street. Never worked the buildings again, language center damage, angry outbursts. My mother was beautiful, brilliant and climbed the civilian air force ladder (math). But after clearly beating out the guys in uniforms – she hit the glass ceiling which sent her seriously around the bend for decades. Before that she brought the bread home to our little apartment, did the cooking, washing, we kids shared cleaning, at 10 years my sister got the family groceries. At 4 months I was handed over to whoever until I went to nursery school = long hours. My sister took me on her bike both ways. Ok so I didn’t really know who my Mother was for a long time. She was so busy, very angry if I demanded her attention which got me a crazed slapping especially at bedtime while lying down in bed.
…So years later Mom started apologizing to me, so sorry that she never had time, didn’t treat me right, didn’t know me.
She did get us into a house eventually and was determined we’d all receive higher education. But our relationship was very poor. I forgave her, but later on. A working class kid she’d taken care of her parents – and then us. Could have been a professor or anything she wanted, but you know…for a woman…life. In the end she coughed a codeine pill into her lung and it festered. At 93 her body was that of someone much, much younger and was a cause for enquiry I think. As a 16 year-old by strange good fortune she trained as an olympic swimmer, trained early in the morning and without much in her belly. Beat the future olympic contender often. So a strong body and a fearless fierce mind, a beautiful auburn, what should have been a groundbreaking career that didn’t reward her for decades of impossible juggling.
–Yet her MESSAGE is that she, she, she would have given ANYTHING to stay at home with her children = if she’d had the chance.
Myself a breast feeding counsellor years ago, we concurred that Mothers should do everything in their power to stay home with their children until they go to school. It goes so fast and every day counts. In life hearts are broken. We need to be empowered early by unconditional love and nurtured when we have no voice and no power. We need to be physically safe. I know I wasn’t. And early damage to self-esteem does not fully recover. Feminism is also be about protecting future generations. Where possible CAREERS can wait for a few years. Children are a special divine gift and I would give a princess-ly sum to have one.more.day with my babes and children.
-thank you immensely for the voice you’ve given me.
That is absolutely … can’t think of the right words. If you’d like to consider it, I’d say the more you share this, the more other mothers and fathers will see it. It’s so important. In the meantime, thank you for sharing this important “take” on women and “careers,” here at TOD!
hi J’Ob! Woke up today with that funny joke about “many are cold, but few are frozen.” heh. And that other one about we only receive problems we’re big enough to solve. Sat down and wrote this boarded up aspect of life above, not intending to post. (Then someone told me hurry up gotta go and I did.) If i could’ve just stuck to a few lines about careers i might feel better about it! Maybe we all have odd stories when you actually write them down. And thanks for your own stories J’Ob. Don’t know about you but I do get a shock on the re-read! Similarly with parents stories (and their parents). Literally bygone eras that I started to record but didn’t follow through on before they disappeared. So much we will never even try to convey and never say….hugs and thx to you.
Many hugs and thx right back to you! Your story was meaningful to everyone – I know it was, to me. We are real people and it’s good to share what keeps us real, every now and then while we’re experiencing the unreal in the WH! Love your “many are cold, but few are frozen” and will have to be stealing that, somehow! Also, your “we only receive problems we’re big enough to solve” will guide my day, sweet one!
Good Afternoon, TODville Community.
❤ , always.
TGIF
❤ Chips ❤ You started this Journey. Thank you and Thank ❤ NW ❤ who has continued this Journey…..Obrigada!
Both these FINE GENTLEMEN have lived long, wonderful lives, serving their country and neighborhoods for their family and friends. To live a life so fully is the greatest thing a person can achieve. I salute our octogenarians. Mr. Black sounds so strong, not like so many elderly I know who makes it to this remarkable age.
Thank you so much, Nena, for sharing this. Timuel Black is one my heroes. In the 60s he was very active in championing the rights of Black workers going after AFL-CIO unions that discriminated against Black workers. He is still going strong at 100 years. I wish him a very Happy Birthday and many more to come.
I love these lazy Friday afternoons, for we do not know what the weekend will bring beyond our own planning. I suspect that when Mueller drops his latest album some time this evening, those that are prominently mentioned in it will have many thoughts. I can only offer this, now is not the time for fear, that comes later.
Beauty Break!
OMG Y’all look at this kid go! 🤩
So sad…….
dust in my eyes…not cryin’
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Good thing its Friday….Monday is gonna be a doosey.
Mueller’s report still to come……..
Hmmm………
Beauty Break Part 2
I was listening to Randi Rhodes read the court filing about Cohen. He would not sign an agreement to cooperate with Mueller because he was hoping for a parden, even now. I think that boat sailed.
I’m just sayin’
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/12/07/the-flotus-in-dorchester/