Grace and Crass. ….. Comrade minus makes me sick. I do believe our country is sick…everyday our democracy is destroyed a little bit more. We are being slowly boiled…and we stay in the pot. Something is so wrong, this horror is being normalized day by day.
Scoop: Kamala Harris scores another big 2020 endorsement
Dolores Huerta, the iconic labor and civil rights leader who with Cesar Chavez cofounded the National Farmworkers Association, is backing Harris and joining her presidential campaign as a co-chairhttps://t.co/z0Fw5zOVWW
It appears to be the beginning of the bitter end for Paul Manafort. The Special Counsel's Office is going to file its sentencing memo for his criminal case in Virginia TODAY. Stand by for a fast-moving Friday. pic.twitter.com/5RC5e3V5dn
NEW: Mueller says they have account data showing communications between Stone and Wikileaks. They've never said this before. Previous indictments left open the possibility Stone may not have actually reached Assange in 2016 https://t.co/YbGMzhJUXA
Wow! Prosecutors say Manafort’s crimes amount to 19.5 to 24.5 worth of prison time, according to a probation office assessment. They don’t give the judge an additional recommendation that the Special Counsel’s Office hopes for.
For another, it includes the first SCO confirmation of @NatashaBertrand's report that Stone communicated directly with Assange. It also firmly ties Stone to paragraph 44 of the Netyshko indictment, which quoted his DMs with Guccifer 2.0 but didn't name him.
The transcript of the sealed Manafort hearing earlier this week just came out. I'm reading my way through it but something stands out immediately: Judge Amy Berman Jackson is not buying that Manafort's confinement has led to a serious decline in his health.
🇺🇸SCO throwing DOWN MANAFORT DDC – Sentencing March 13 2019 EDVA – SCO informed Judge Ellis: there are no outstanding issues warranting delay in proceeding to sentencing before this Court..prepared for sentencing at the Court’s earliest convenience”@ericgarland@TrueFactsStatedpic.twitter.com/rPJWjwBsE9
And, absolutely no surprise that he shares the same core values as his fellow criminals including @realDonaldTrump, his pick for @VP, and many others including Trump's adult kids.
NEW: In Paul Manafort's EDVA case, Mueller's prosecutors are asking for a jail sentence of 235 to 293 months (approx 19-24 years) in prison, a fine range of $50,000 to $24+ million, restitution of $24+ million, and forfeiture in the amount of $4+ million. https://t.co/MbpU9rKGo2
And, absolutely no surprise that he shares the same core values as his fellow criminals including @realDonaldTrump, his pick for @VP, and many others including Trump's adult kids.
NEW: In Paul Manafort's EDVA case, Mueller's prosecutors are asking for a jail sentence of 235 to 293 months (approx 19-24 years) in prison, a fine range of $50,000 to $24+ million, restitution of $24+ million, and forfeiture in the amount of $4+ million. https://t.co/MbpU9rKGo2
Devastating summary of Manafort’s culpability by Mueller. Regardless of Judge Ellis’s view of this case, it will be hard for him to show leniency to Manafort. pic.twitter.com/Hsns6qzmcz
Rare footage of George Washington Carver at Tuskegee University in 1937. He was about 73 years old. You are looking at a man who was born enslaved, and died a renowned scientist and inventor. pic.twitter.com/RtaKTSdkv9
The NFL did not want to see this case go to trial. They were going to lose. All this would have been is another mountain of bad publicity. https://t.co/1y0ynFUz1H
How the people who swore Colin Kaepernick wasn’t in the NFL because of talent reacted when they saw the league settled Kaepernick’s collusion case pic.twitter.com/HcPxav536L
#BlackHistoryMonth The original Paschal's Restaurant was the unofficial headquarters for the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders frequently gathered for #CivilRights planning meetings and strategy sessions. pic.twitter.com/NAiH4KTvBF
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors from Special Counsel Mueller's team recommend a jail sentence of approximately 19-24 years for Paul Manafort, according to court documents https://t.co/Q0EeNdKvtv
The Supreme Court agreed to decide by the end of June whether the Trump administration can add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census. https://t.co/RwuFWEV1EJ
NEWS: Governor Gavin Newsom of America’s most populous state and critical early primary state California endorses @KamalaHarris for president on @chrislhayes.
WAY WAY WAY stricter rules: Cognitive assessment Mental health assessment Knowledge of Constitution Knowledge of how our government works Complete background check Complete financial disclosure, including taxes, debts and investments Criminal history https://t.co/DFogDMaVwq
100 people die from guns every day. That’s a national emergency.
If Trump gets away w this border emergency declaration, then a Dem President can declare a gun violence emergency and institute universal background checks and an assault weapons ban by executive action.
Exactly. Climate change, gun violence and drug addiction are national emergencies. Nothing at the southern border is an emergency or a crisis which requires the expenditure of billions of tax payer dollars.
"When Lupita arrived @ Yale, the 1st role she was assigned to was to be an understudy in Eclipsed (written by Danai)…after a run at the Public Theater in 2015, Lupita emailed Danai and told her 'Let’s do Eclipsed' the rest is history."
The most beautiful thing about posting this video to my son is that he was fascinated with the Kora, & shared that love w/ his friends. It’s a beautiful instrument. So, it’s Friday (orange jumpsuit day), reposting 💃:
Methinks every protest against Minus should include that old nursery rhyme, redux: 🎶”Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the GOP Arses, all the enablers couldn’t put Humpties together again!.” 🎶 Tah-dah! 😔😂😎
In_deed, @PeteSouza, from being merchants of fear & death to one of #Putin & other #Olgarch's favorite $$ laundries the @NRA must be shutterred & no replacement allowed, ever, America.
And – as a powerful, effective, rock solid deterrent – legislatively mandate proof of Liability Insurance for any owner, user, merchant and manufacturer of guns AND ammo.
The Insurance industry would be a highly motivated & skillful ally in misuse or illegitimate sale.
Lots of stern chatter, but the fact that the obvious list of highly influential, monetarily powerful 'leaders' haven't saturated the media with unrelenting demands that Trump's crime syndicate be prosecuted, NOW, is dangerously lame.
The US government was working with sovereign Ukraine. US Army Europe had soldiers in Ukraine working with their Army. Manafort countered both those and sold out his country for money. I know this may sound harsh, but this isn’t enough. https://t.co/HtPA4hg7rY
Paul Manafort's Twitter in summer 2016 is a scathing reminder of how skillfully the Trump camp used projection, and how easily the MSM was manipulated pic.twitter.com/tImZxKWx0U
If they can arrest Calvey, they are not afraid to arrest anyone. To my Americans friends still doing in business in Russia, it’s time to come home. https://t.co/ko4ywghJR1
One of the entities involved in this mess is called “First Collection Bureau,” now if that name doesn’t make say let me get the fuck out of Russia, well then don’t be surprised if you come down with the polonium flu.
“Narrative for his “White Nationalist base” it is Finally being said…plainly…although the media seems to keep being surprised at why these folks stick with Trump or why the GOP keeps enabling him…folks should keep in mind it was not just working white folks who voted for Trump…it was wealthy white folks as well…
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Trump’s description of the situation at the border is almost entirely fictitious, of course, but in one sense it is real. It’s a central element of the political narrative he has constructed for his white-nationalist base over the past three and a half years, and, as he helpfully sought to explain, it’s one he can’t easily back away from at this stage. “I ran on a very simple slogan: ‘Make America Great Again
“Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.” Therefore, peacemaking and nonviolence are not aimless, but strategic, relevant and focused. #MLK #MLK90 pic.twitter.com/7sIdxGWFSM
Imagine this: Your artwork 🎨 is one of the LAST things @NASA_Astronauts see before heading to space! Find out how you can submit original artwork for our Astronaut Crew Quarters, one of the last places where crew members will spend time before a launch: https://t.co/b38vyd8Slxpic.twitter.com/ZjPXBJdhsl
Well well well, how about this? West Virginia woman Pamela Taylor who said that Michelle Obama was a ape in heels,has pleaded guilty to embezzling $18,000.00 from FEMA, could face 30 years in prison.
“Foreign election interference is not only a serious threat to our democratic institutions, I believe it’s a threat to our national security.” @JoeBiden with @AndersFoghR at #MSC2019 event on protecting election integrity. pic.twitter.com/SRnXs2j2W9
RIP style icon Lee Radziwill – a NYC socialite, a former princess, the younger sister of Jaqueline Kennedy who once toured with the Rolling Stones pic.twitter.com/FScNIiOTH8
A team of students, inspired by Hidden Figures, has searched the acknowledgements sections of decades-old genetics papers and discovered the names of dozens of female programmers who made important but unrecognized contributions to genetics. https://t.co/rVxFfkSg2l
To great applause, #Merkel says it "comes as a bit of a shock" to her that German cars may be named by @realdonaldtrump as a threat to American national security (like European steel). She points out South Carolina is the world's largest BMW factory, "not Bavaria!" #MSC2019pic.twitter.com/BKQwFo2AFJ
-thanks a lot Bobfr.
Q: Does anyone believe the 80+ year old KOCH Oil brothers don’t believe in global warming?
Fake president spends 50% of the day watching Fox News, talking to kitchen sink advisers, hamming up policies, memes and talking points.
Today you can live in a skyscraper, buzz about in your little plane, ignore the increasing devastation of our planet, let the little people down in the dirt worry about the future, and vote a blatant fkn national security Risk into the WH…bravo. After seeing Trump live and on tape flailing, floundering (and btw sniffing a lot) in the Rose Garden, why the hell would Americans allow koch congress, wealthy elites and would-be dictator to commandeer our military or a single dollar in military funding for the border? Is it news to anyone that the leader of the elites has lost it.
This is the filing I've been waiting for today. The SCO says evidence in Roger Stone's case was found in accounts that were searched for the GRU case, in which 11 Russian military officers were charged with a conspiracy to interfere in the election. https://t.co/yjUIoCF0wGpic.twitter.com/YtnezsGx7K
“the government obtained and executed dozens of search warrants on various accounts used to facilitate the transfer of stolen documents for release, as well as DISCUSS the TIMING and PROMOTION of their release.” pic.twitter.com/hM9Yn35rtR
2016 won’t be overturned Hillary won’t be installed trump+Pence won’t vacate Pelosi won’t ascend We have the House We veto+investigate We take Senate to stop judges We have great POTUS candidates We fight like ‘18 to vanquish GOP We take WH+Senate We reverse the carnage
“If an emergency can be manufactured over border security when illegal border crossings are near a 20-year low… then it’s a snap to make the case for an emergency over gun deaths, which are near a 20-year high.” https://t.co/xkD0JZIQ9Y
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, said on Saturday, February 16, 2019 he had not yet decided whether to run for president in 2020 but would do so “in the near term”.
The NBA and FIBA jointly announced their plan Saturday afternoon to launch a basketball league featuring 12 club teams across Africa, and guess which former president will be involved? Here's a hint: He's black. https://t.co/fWzgDlqhPcpic.twitter.com/8XrEGktQpe
Large corporations deserve scrutiny. Their incentives deserve to be under a microscope. But the lack of inclusiveness in the mainstream Left’s protest-centered movements also needs to be challenged. The ignorance and dismissal of the opinions of people of color should be exposed. The institutional stranglehold of white privilege even in movements whose faces are increasingly non-white needs to be addressed and broken up.
We need to do better.
Not So Fast: Celebration of Amazon’s Withdrawal from NYC Reeks of White Privilege https://t.co/EWhMgSHPF7
The line for @kamalaharris’ Town Hall in Columbia, SC wraps all around Brookland Baptist Church’s parking lot. And this line is still growing. Looks like it’ll rain any second but that isn’t deterring the crowd pic.twitter.com/sfqB22m17G
posting this….i do not fully understand all these health care plans…
THREAD: If you’re talking about how to pay for a BernieCare-style 100% “pure” MFA plan, it’s helpful to start out understanding what total healthcare spending is CURRENTLY projected to look like over the next decade. 1/
I’ve always loved basketball because it’s about building a team that’s equal to more than the sum of its parts. Glad to see this expansion into Africa because for a rising continent, this can be about a lot more than what happens on the court. https://t.co/lghcLaUN9a
The tiger discovered this week in the garage of an abandoned Texas home by someone who'd gone to smoke weed has been moved to its new home. He's learning to walk on grass and gingerly prancing around his enclosure under the watchful eye of his new fans. https://t.co/cRpN8Dvd7bpic.twitter.com/y2Xkz2PyPs
At least Pence is used to this. I watched the same thing happen at a Jack Kemp Foundation gala in DC. Passing on unwanted greetings from Trump is part of his job https://t.co/0zyWFlc4lQ
I just binge watch Season 1 of The Umbrella Academy! What a weird, wild, super fun ride it is! Plus whoever does the music for this series, I just wanna hang with them, cuz they are cool as hell! If you have Netflix and you like strange, campy, unpredictable, superhero fantasy, you’ll love it!
The Obama Diary 
On Presidents Day I plan to celebrate the Obama Presidency. That is all.
Hollah! 🙌🏾
Congrats, idon; plan to do the same!
NW – for the past ~48 h every attempt to post a comment or reply requires a log out/log in to Twitter. Do you know why? Thank you.
“How can it be that this incoherent person is our president.”? I ask myself that same question…everyday.
Grace and Crass. ….. Comrade minus makes me sick. I do believe our country is sick…everyday our democracy is destroyed a little bit more. We are being slowly boiled…and we stay in the pot. Something is so wrong, this horror is being normalized day by day.
Love this!
WOW
Testing
True … which we’ve all known for quite sometime ….
And this ….
I am scared….
BOOM
BOOM
BOOM
Yup …
Ouch …
Also …
When I saw Aurora I thought they were commemorating the previous mass shooting there.
Trump is a dam idiot.
Another reason I love DC! GoGo Symphony, wot!
I love this!!!!
❤❤😎
Outstanding. Thank you Gazelle!
Wow. That’s fabulous!
Kamala Harris picked up key endorsements this week:
Barbara Lee
Dolores Huerta
Gavin Newsom
Ya Kaep!
Palate cleanser
For starters.
Exactly. Climate change, gun violence and drug addiction are national emergencies. Nothing at the southern border is an emergency or a crisis which requires the expenditure of billions of tax payer dollars.
WOW!!!!
Also posted on twitter.
LOVE THIS!!
Mega dose of gorgeous brilliance, Dudette!! Thank you!!
The most beautiful thing about posting this video to my son is that he was fascinated with the Kora, & shared that love w/ his friends. It’s a beautiful instrument. So, it’s Friday (orange jumpsuit day), reposting 💃:
Exquisite music!!! Thank you Gazelle.
Methinks every protest against Minus should include that old nursery rhyme, redux: 🎶”Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the GOP Arses, all the enablers couldn’t put Humpties together again!.” 🎶 Tah-dah! 😔😂😎
I love that they’re playing Mary J. Blige at Senator Harris’ rallies!
Agree.
Goodnight TOD ….
Never piss off Mama! That is all. 😁
Morning everyone
One of the entities involved in this mess is called “First Collection Bureau,” now if that name doesn’t make say let me get the fuck out of Russia, well then don’t be surprised if you come down with the polonium flu.
When the low end of your sentencing guideline start out at twenty years, you’re pretty much done for.
Thread
Good Morning TOD!
Morning
“Narrative for his “White Nationalist base” it is Finally being said…plainly…although the media seems to keep being surprised at why these folks stick with Trump or why the GOP keeps enabling him…folks should keep in mind it was not just working white folks who voted for Trump…it was wealthy white folks as well…
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Trump’s description of the situation at the border is almost entirely fictitious, of course, but in one sense it is real. It’s a central element of the political narrative he has constructed for his white-nationalist base over the past three and a half years, and, as he helpfully sought to explain, it’s one he can’t easily back away from at this stage. “I ran on a very simple slogan: ‘Make America Great Again
When will the HOUSE begin to take up ..Articles of Impeachment….to Impeach TRUMP…
I don’t know about you guys, but my family is screwed!!
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/trump-gop-tax-plan-screwed-225652100.html
Well well well, how about this? West Virginia woman Pamela Taylor who said that Michelle Obama was a ape in heels,has pleaded guilty to embezzling $18,000.00 from FEMA, could face 30 years in prison.
Rest in Peace.
-thanks a lot Bobfr.
Q: Does anyone believe the 80+ year old KOCH Oil brothers don’t believe in global warming?
Fake president spends 50% of the day watching Fox News, talking to kitchen sink advisers, hamming up policies, memes and talking points.
Today you can live in a skyscraper, buzz about in your little plane, ignore the increasing devastation of our planet, let the little people down in the dirt worry about the future, and vote a blatant fkn national security Risk into the WH…bravo. After seeing Trump live and on tape flailing, floundering (and btw sniffing a lot) in the Rose Garden, why the hell would Americans allow koch congress, wealthy elites and would-be dictator to commandeer our military or a single dollar in military funding for the border? Is it news to anyone that the leader of the elites has lost it.
Sure is!!!
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, said on Saturday, February 16, 2019 he had not yet decided whether to run for president in 2020 but would do so “in the near term”.
Large corporations deserve scrutiny. Their incentives deserve to be under a microscope. But the lack of inclusiveness in the mainstream Left’s protest-centered movements also needs to be challenged. The ignorance and dismissal of the opinions of people of color should be exposed. The institutional stranglehold of white privilege even in movements whose faces are increasingly non-white needs to be addressed and broken up.
We need to do better.
posting this….i do not fully understand all these health care plans…
That was so lovely and moving. Everything President Obama touches is life. He genuinely cares about people and it shows.
I don’t know what to say.
Has Trump made any statement about Aurora
Thoughts and prayers and America is with them
Whaaaat!!!????
Yes…cry me a river. Holding out for a pardon I’m sure.
Barbie Doll with zero qualifications. Shocker.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2019/02/16/refusing-to-settle/
Awesome.
I just binge watch Season 1 of The Umbrella Academy! What a weird, wild, super fun ride it is! Plus whoever does the music for this series, I just wanna hang with them, cuz they are cool as hell! If you have Netflix and you like strange, campy, unpredictable, superhero fantasy, you’ll love it!