So wonderful, so moving. How she speaks with such respect and love and wonder, and what President Obama said to her. The depth and humanity and compassion and love of this family — it shines through in every interaction. Mary J. Blige, in awe and wonder, ten years later, near tears over the memory of her first time seeing President Obama, and of singing for him. Lean On Me. We leaned on him, and still are, and he has got us. Still to this day, Thank you NerdyWonka for still another stellar post.
.@MichelleObama and I are rooting hard for Team USA as the Special Olympics World Games get underway this week. Our Special Olympians are terrific examples of America’s heart and drive.
Poor Linds is so off his trolley…
Does he know V.P. Pence just met with the openly gay Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar + his partner? Eeeeeeeeeeee.
P.M. Varadkar: “I stand here, leader of my country, flawed and human, but judged by my political actions, and not by my sexual orientation, my skin tone, gender or religious beliefs.”
Today my friend @ConanOBrien and I surprised some high school juniors from across Milwaukee who were meeting with @ReachHigher to talk about their college dreams.
To the amazing students out there, don't forget that I'm rooting for you, and I can't wait to see what you achieve! pic.twitter.com/f0UYaCgbNt
Oh girlfriend, I am so happy to see you back with all of us. You have been so missed. My heart is singing with joy. And I hope things are going well for you now. Gonna be nice to hang out with you here again.
ggail! ggail44! See you hear you read you loud and clear! What a joy to remember TOD in DC and look forward to the next time we gather in as many of us can get there at a time community! Meanwhile love to you and all the good folks in the TOD family. It is always deepy good to be here and remember I am not alone.
Sorry for the long post … but I just listened to this (Viking Economics) podcast … over at Best of The Left. Found it very interesting. Sorry but I couldn’t post a link.
#1253 The Joy of Tax (Comparing the US and Scandinavian System … SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Dean Baker on Taxing the Rich – CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) – Air Date 2-7-19
We’ll talk about some of the proposals to reduce wealth and income inequality—what they can and can’t do, and why we need them all—with economist Dean Baker
Ch. 2: Bruce Bartlett explains the GOP Starve the Beast strategy – Pitchfork Economics – Airdate 1-29-19
Reaganomics and the destructive power of austerity. We need a strong and vocal socialist left to pull the conversation back to the left.
Ch. 3: Democrats are Eisenhower Republicans – The Zero Hour w @RJEskow – Air Date 9-9-17
Explaining how the GOP went from the party of fiscal responsibility to the opposite and why the Democrats took up the task themselves
Ch. 4: George Lakey on Viking Economics and when change happens Part 1 – @InDeepRadio w @AngieCoiro – Air Date 12-27-17
How did Nordic countries become what they are today? They’ve worked to eliminate poverty and produce an alternative vision of economies. Workers are happier and more productive.
Ch. 5: How to Be Happy – Freakonomics Radio – Airdate 1-2-19
Looking at Gross Domestic Product versus Gross National Happiness and how Nordic countries have built the social trust to afford sweeping social programs
Ch. 6: George Lakey on Viking Economics and when change happens Part 2 – @InDeepRadio w @AngieCoiro – Air Date 12-1-17
Why is America the way it is? Reagan. We were heading the way of Nordic economies but Reaganomics put America on the economic defense, regressing our progress.
Good evening TOD family. My husband and I are sitting at LAX waiting to leave for Malaysia. Wwe are flying China Southern. Have a 3 hour layover in China then ont to Singapore. I hope to still follow. TOD while there. I just feel something is going to happen while we are out oof. Country. I kn’kow all of you will keep this community going.
I have been very disappointed the Manfort sentences. I hope the Democrats keep the oversight going. We need our Democracy baa.
I heard someone on a talk show who said Mueller or SDNY or another govt entity may not be done with Manafort yet. They may retry him on the 8-10 counts he got off on or many of the other crimes he has committed that they have proof about. So not to worry about his light sentence. The courts are not done with him by a long shot. And then of course there are the House investigations.
Wishing you safe travels, and please, be prepared for the heat and humidity ☺. As long as you have WiFi- shouldn’t be a problem following TOD. I hope you have a good time and If you like spicy food – hope you give ‘nasi lemak’ a try. (It’s my favorite -lol).
.@Kasie: "Do you think that the experience [@BetoORourke] has here in the House is a strong enough foundation to jump to the Oval Office?”@SpeakerPelosi: “And you ask me that when we have a President of the United States who never – you know – please. Yes, the answer is yes.” pic.twitter.com/YLDK1FPYSF
The Speaker had quite a few great comments in her weekly press conference. Link to it is the last thread if you want to watch the entire 20 minutes. She appears about 10 min into the video.
The immoral filth and crime run deep, very deep through the sewer network that is the product of unrelenting greed and bigotry that has characterized the transformation of the GOP since the emergence of Nixon during McCarthy’s heyday.
Open an investigation, now, in what the Russian-Trump mob have not only on @VP Pence, but also on @LindseyGrahamSC – among other obviously compromised @GOP Members of the 116th. pic.twitter.com/nK92LjijkJ
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White supremacists are pooping it up all over the globe,
fueled by Trump and his tweets, such as his ominous threat the other day.
New Zealand is not known for gun incidents and so this is a new victory for the vicious right which is contaminating the world.
Of course. That is what Orange Man does best. Feed the vilest instincts of his followers!.
———-
Investigators have confirmed that the same man who streamed 17 minutes of footage of himself opening fire at the downtown mosque from a helmet camera also published a 74-page manifesto that mentioned Roof.
“In the manifesto, the purported shooter identified himself as a 28-year-old white man born in Australia,” Isaac Stanley-Becker reports. “He described his motivation, which he said involved defending ‘our lands’ from ‘invaders’ and ensuring ‘a future for white children.’ … Its title, ‘The Great Replacement,’ echoes the rallying cry of, among others, the torch-bearing protesters who marched in Charlottesville in 2017.
The fake U.S. president is a terrorist sympathizer.
Maybe Beto will continue to speak freely.
Earlier today on CBS he said: “If there was not collusion there was at least the effort to collude with a foreign power” and “if there was not obstruction of justice, there was certainly the effort to obstruct justice”. Agreed.
And now America is responsible to all who have incarnated on the planet to REMOVE Trump from power with urgency.
NEW: Rick Gates — still cooperating! Mueller's office asks to delay his sentencing again, as Gates "continues to cooperate with respect to several ongoing investigations." They ask for another 60 days until the next update pic.twitter.com/dnIPvc57BF
1/ No @realDonaldTrump 49 people did not “die senselessly.” They were massacred by a right wing racist terrorist inspired by people you amplify and refuse to condemn. They were slaughtered Bc they were Muslim: the kind of folks you would like to ban from the US
Anyone in, around or near Burbank next week, Discover Humanity is hosting a wonderful event, admission FREE, and imho is not to be missed! Especially the SoCal TODer’s, I just know you will want to see Denéa again, and hear first hand how Discover Humanity was born!
Humans seem not wired to cognize gradual, incremental change. This is being used against us.
For example global warming:
Rapid warming in the Arctic is weakening the jet stream and driving extreme weather: Greenland ice melt, Earth’s bellwether, has tripled.
“Devastating Arctic warming of 9-16°F now ‘locked in,’ UN researchers warn: “A sleeping giant awakes” as carbon-rich permafrost starts to thaw.” https://thinkprogress.org/devastating-arctic-warming-locked-in-warns-un-48e55348514b/
Trump pretends global warming is not happening. Thus abetting destroyers of the planet, global Oil moguls and Vladimir Putin who is waiting to extract $Trillion$ in Siberian oil. Putin must be pleased to know that 40 years of Big Oil lying about global warming has resulted in “Siberian permafrost at depths of up to 30 feet warmed a remarkable 1.6°F (0.9°C) from 2007 to 2016.”
While Arctic permafrost melts releasing deadly high pollution methane: Toxic white supremacy, nationalism and xenophobia is spreading. The trick is to find the weak spot in each country and capitalize on it: Under certain conditions it is possible to make people believe the most fantastic ideas and even un-believe them again instead of turning on their leaders. Propaganda worked in 2016.
Why cannot the British see that it must have a re-vote on Brexit for example? After 2 years of right-manufactured hell are they still victims?
– Putin and the global right is bombarding America the world and drowning us in tweets and trivialities.
– But we can pick our marks.
– Please let’s focus on 1) capping global warming 2) Protecting our Earth by getting Trump & enablers out by every urgent possible means.
Thom Tillis voted to support Trump’s racist lies about Mexicans & Latinos at the southern border & need for a wall. Tim Scott also voted for this racism as policy. It does little to condemn the words of racism if you vote to make it law.
Pay attention. Take this extremist ideology & terror threat seriously. Be wary of politicians, academics & media heads who give it a platform and spout it under the guise of "free speech" and fighting "political correctness." Look out for each other. Love each other. END.
Proud to join @SenCortezMasto to introduce a resolution commemorating the contributions of Latinas like Dolores Huerta. Dolores showed a generation that real change is possible and we owe much to her efforts to improve the lives of farmworkers. https://t.co/JAbbXUfRkepic.twitter.com/GvkwdM16et
Michelle and I send our condolences to the people of New Zealand. We grieve with you and the Muslim community. All of us must stand against hatred in all its forms.
AG @EricHolder is sitting with the incredible movers & shakers over at @blocbyblocMKE. They're getting ready to knock on doors and turn out voters for Wisconsin's state Supreme Court election on April 2. pic.twitter.com/sn4g1oFAK4
Brenton Tarrant live-streamed his terrorist attack and published a manifesto
in which he praised Donald Trump as
“A symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose.” https://truthout.org/video/49-muslims-killed-in-new-zealand-as-islamophobic-hate-crimes-rise-globally/
…………………………………………
WHEREUPON
AFTER 49 MUSLIMS
HAD BEEN MURDERED AND DOZENS INJURED:
Donald Trump tweets the following link:
“Breitbart News Network https://t.co/HdGfwuASWC via @BreitbartNews — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2019″
…………………………………………….
WHAT is his explanation?
The Obama Diary 
So wonderful, so moving. How she speaks with such respect and love and wonder, and what President Obama said to her. The depth and humanity and compassion and love of this family — it shines through in every interaction. Mary J. Blige, in awe and wonder, ten years later, near tears over the memory of her first time seeing President Obama, and of singing for him. Lean On Me. We leaned on him, and still are, and he has got us. Still to this day, Thank you NerdyWonka for still another stellar post.
Echoing your statement and thank-you to NerdyWonka.
Congrats on your gold medal!
Yup, and it must be a whopper!
Ah!
Love the way he’s not one bit shy about speaking out!
!t is Ground Zero…all hands on deck!!
Poor Linds is so off his trolley…
Does he know V.P. Pence just met with the openly gay Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar + his partner? Eeeeeeeeeeee.
P.M. Varadkar: “I stand here, leader of my country, flawed and human, but judged by my political actions, and not by my sexual orientation, my skin tone, gender or religious beliefs.”
Apologies to everyone for the above.
As someone with beloved gay and non-binary relatives in my immediate as well as extended family, I should’ve known better.
People come out or don’t on their own time and we cannot begin to know how difficult is their process, the dangers and courage involved.
-Still marveling and inspired that the openly gay Irish President Varadkar and his partner Matt Barrett visited Pence, who has a terrible history of being anti LGBTQIA.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/434108-pence-hosts-openly-gay-irish-prime-minister-and-his-partner-for
About Pence: http://time.com/4406337/mike-pence-gay-rights-lgbt-religious-freedom/
I wonder who has the goods on Lindsay Graham. 🤔
testing
Can y’all see me? It’s GGail, now to be known as ggail44. Or am I stuck in moderation?
Hi there GGail. Good to see you.
Hellllllooooooooo JER, it’s good to see you too! in fact I borrowed your new log in for me. 🙂
Yea ggail is baaaack! Another one back in the fold. 🙂👏🎊
Welcome back, I trust your time away was spent in deep contemplation.
😘. Didn’t moderation jail stink? You’re home now. We see you!
Oh girlfriend, I am so happy to see you back with all of us. You have been so missed. My heart is singing with joy. And I hope things are going well for you now. Gonna be nice to hang out with you here again.
GGail44, it’s so good to see you.
Hey Gail!!! You’re back!!!
Helllooooooooo, ggail! Hope all is well.
ggail! ggail44! See you hear you read you loud and clear! What a joy to remember TOD in DC and look forward to the next time we gather in as many of us can get there at a time community! Meanwhile love to you and all the good folks in the TOD family. It is always deepy good to be here and remember I am not alone.
Good to see you back on TOD GGail!!!
♥️👏🏼👋🏼🙏🏼🕯♥️
Sorry for the long post … but I just listened to this (Viking Economics) podcast … over at Best of The Left. Found it very interesting. Sorry but I couldn’t post a link.
#1253 The Joy of Tax (Comparing the US and Scandinavian System … SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Dean Baker on Taxing the Rich – CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) – Air Date 2-7-19
We’ll talk about some of the proposals to reduce wealth and income inequality—what they can and can’t do, and why we need them all—with economist Dean Baker
Ch. 2: Bruce Bartlett explains the GOP Starve the Beast strategy – Pitchfork Economics – Airdate 1-29-19
Reaganomics and the destructive power of austerity. We need a strong and vocal socialist left to pull the conversation back to the left.
Ch. 3: Democrats are Eisenhower Republicans – The Zero Hour w @RJEskow – Air Date 9-9-17
Explaining how the GOP went from the party of fiscal responsibility to the opposite and why the Democrats took up the task themselves
Ch. 4: George Lakey on Viking Economics and when change happens Part 1 – @InDeepRadio w @AngieCoiro – Air Date 12-27-17
How did Nordic countries become what they are today? They’ve worked to eliminate poverty and produce an alternative vision of economies. Workers are happier and more productive.
Ch. 5: How to Be Happy – Freakonomics Radio – Airdate 1-2-19
Looking at Gross Domestic Product versus Gross National Happiness and how Nordic countries have built the social trust to afford sweeping social programs
Ch. 6: George Lakey on Viking Economics and when change happens Part 2 – @InDeepRadio w @AngieCoiro – Air Date 12-1-17
Why is America the way it is? Reagan. We were heading the way of Nordic economies but Reaganomics put America on the economic defense, regressing our progress.
Here is the link:
https://www.bestoftheleft.com/_1253_the_joy_of_tax
Thanks CD
Thanks Nerdy ❤
Welcome back GGail. 🙂
Good evening TOD family. My husband and I are sitting at LAX waiting to leave for Malaysia. Wwe are flying China Southern. Have a 3 hour layover in China then ont to Singapore. I hope to still follow. TOD while there. I just feel something is going to happen while we are out oof. Country. I kn’kow all of you will keep this community going.
I have been very disappointed the Manfort sentences. I hope the Democrats keep the oversight going. We need our Democracy baa.
Trust me, a 7 1/2 prison term for a 69 year old man will test him in every way imaginable.
Safe travels Marilyn! And enjoy!
I heard someone on a talk show who said Mueller or SDNY or another govt entity may not be done with Manafort yet. They may retry him on the 8-10 counts he got off on or many of the other crimes he has committed that they have proof about. So not to worry about his light sentence. The courts are not done with him by a long shot. And then of course there are the House investigations.
All correct cd4biden. Manafort has nothing but future arrests and trials as his only horizon.
BTW, I posted a thank you to you in the previous thread. Your comments are greatly appreciated.
🙂
Wishing you safe travels, and please, be prepared for the heat and humidity ☺. As long as you have WiFi- shouldn’t be a problem following TOD. I hope you have a good time and If you like spicy food – hope you give ‘nasi lemak’ a try. (It’s my favorite -lol).
Safe travels! Tell us all about it when you get back home:)
Safe travels Marilyn.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, sending a big Wisconsin welcome to my dear friend and our former First Lady Michelle Obama, who’s speaking at the Mke Theatre
Lock him up
Well dang! Who.Is.Surprised. One crime in a long list.
Ziiinggg! 😆 😆 Yasss Madame Speaker! 😆 😆
The Speaker had quite a few great comments in her weekly press conference. Link to it is the last thread if you want to watch the entire 20 minutes. She appears about 10 min into the video.
These kind of gotcha questions irritate me to no end…the person to ask that question of is Beto O’Rourke…
LOVW Ms. Pelosi. She isn’t playing….
Should say “LOVE”…I hate that we can’t edit 😦
Michelle Obama and Conan O’Brien in Milwaukee.
The immoral filth and crime run deep, very deep through the sewer network that is the product of unrelenting greed and bigotry that has characterized the transformation of the GOP since the emergence of Nixon during McCarthy’s heyday.
Goodnight TOD …
I believe that this who Lindsey Graham always was…
Sheila I believe that too.
may comfort and strength pour on the victims, families and friends in New Zealand.
THIS
Morning everyone. Thread
Smash:)
Purple shoes posted this already:) worth more views imo:)
Purple shoes posted this already:) worth more views imo:)
First, I couldn’t BUY my way back into TOD…now I seem to not just get to post, but repeat myself:) Sorry people.
Hate is taught.
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Thanks again for your patience. 😀
White supremacists are pooping it up all over the globe,
fueled by Trump and his tweets, such as his ominous threat the other day.
New Zealand is not known for gun incidents and so this is a new victory for the vicious right which is contaminating the world.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.
And the tweet from that so call President, that white supremacists President said what.
These white nationalists are terrorists just like ISIS and they should be treated like ISIS.
You mean the Installed Russian Asset? He is a puppet sowing chaos and division
“After 49 Muslims are Murdered, Trump Tweets Link to Anti-Muslim Website.”
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/03/15/after-49-muslims-are-murdered-trump-tweets-link-to-anti-muslim-website.html
W.T.F.
-Dicktraitor tweets a link to Breitbart news.Thus legitimizing the Neo-Nazi alt-right.
-And making Breitbart the go-to for his base.
Of course. That is what Orange Man does best. Feed the vilest instincts of his followers!.
———-
Investigators have confirmed that the same man who streamed 17 minutes of footage of himself opening fire at the downtown mosque from a helmet camera also published a 74-page manifesto that mentioned Roof.
“In the manifesto, the purported shooter identified himself as a 28-year-old white man born in Australia,” Isaac Stanley-Becker reports. “He described his motivation, which he said involved defending ‘our lands’ from ‘invaders’ and ensuring ‘a future for white children.’ … Its title, ‘The Great Replacement,’ echoes the rallying cry of, among others, the torch-bearing protesters who marched in Charlottesville in 2017.
Me too
Me three.
LIVE SOON – Beto O’Rourke campaigns in Mount Pleasant, Iowa – https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-07
The fake U.S. president is a terrorist sympathizer.
Maybe Beto will continue to speak freely.
Earlier today on CBS he said: “If there was not collusion there was at least the effort to collude with a foreign power” and “if there was not obstruction of justice, there was certainly the effort to obstruct justice”. Agreed.
And now America is responsible to all who have incarnated on the planet to REMOVE Trump from power with urgency.
No, Mueller is not anywhere near done.
TODVILLE,
… though not so happy for many, unfortunately.
Anyone in, around or near Burbank next week, Discover Humanity is hosting a wonderful event, admission FREE, and imho is not to be missed! Especially the SoCal TODer’s, I just know you will want to see Denéa again, and hear first hand how Discover Humanity was born!
https://www.facebook.com/events/387534625396001/?ti=icl
Humans seem not wired to cognize gradual, incremental change. This is being used against us.
For example global warming:
Rapid warming in the Arctic is weakening the jet stream and driving extreme weather: Greenland ice melt, Earth’s bellwether, has tripled.
“Devastating Arctic warming of 9-16°F now ‘locked in,’ UN researchers warn: “A sleeping giant awakes” as carbon-rich permafrost starts to thaw.”
https://thinkprogress.org/devastating-arctic-warming-locked-in-warns-un-48e55348514b/
Trump pretends global warming is not happening. Thus abetting destroyers of the planet, global Oil moguls and Vladimir Putin who is waiting to extract $Trillion$ in Siberian oil. Putin must be pleased to know that 40 years of Big Oil lying about global warming has resulted in “Siberian permafrost at depths of up to 30 feet warmed a remarkable 1.6°F (0.9°C) from 2007 to 2016.”
While Arctic permafrost melts releasing deadly high pollution methane: Toxic white supremacy, nationalism and xenophobia is spreading. The trick is to find the weak spot in each country and capitalize on it: Under certain conditions it is possible to make people believe the most fantastic ideas and even un-believe them again instead of turning on their leaders. Propaganda worked in 2016.
Why cannot the British see that it must have a re-vote on Brexit for example? After 2 years of right-manufactured hell are they still victims?
– Putin and the global right is bombarding America the world and drowning us in tweets and trivialities.
– But we can pick our marks.
– Please let’s focus on 1) capping global warming 2) Protecting our Earth by getting Trump & enablers out by every urgent possible means.
Right ON!
THREAD..pls read..
Ewwwww.
Happy Ides of March, y’all!
Something happy to read:
TGIF
Hello, TODville Community.
I hope all is managing today.
My deepest sympathy to the Muslim Community in New Zealand.
It’s Friday, Mueller Friday…..I hope.
Thank You, NW…..I’m back in the saddle.
It worked.
OK….I will be comment again…..Hip, Hip, Hip, Hooray!
LIVE SOON – Beto O’Rourke campaigns in Washington, Iowa – https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-1
Kellyanne Conway’s husband posts tweetstorm about President Trump’s mental state http://hill.cm/n8U6c3c
https://twitter.com/TheDemocrats/status/1106628280340361216
RBG is 86yo Today.
👩⚖️👒💁♀️
Everyone needs to listen to this and share as widely as possible …
Thank you
Brenton Tarrant live-streamed his terrorist attack and published a manifesto
in which he praised Donald Trump as
“A symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose.”
https://truthout.org/video/49-muslims-killed-in-new-zealand-as-islamophobic-hate-crimes-rise-globally/
…………………………………………
WHEREUPON
AFTER 49 MUSLIMS
HAD BEEN MURDERED AND DOZENS INJURED:
Donald Trump tweets the following link:
“Breitbart News Network https://t.co/HdGfwuASWC via @BreitbartNews — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2019″
…………………………………………….
WHAT is his explanation?
Love Michelle Obama
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2019/03/15/standing-against-hatred/