Hello, everybody! The sun is shining (where I am) and from my position on the inside it looks as if Spring may be thinking seriously of arriving. That’d be good. š
Thank you to NerdyW and everyone who has been contributing here in these strange times. It’s always calming to enter the village and be reminded that I am /we are not alone.
Itās always great to see you here, Lovely VC! I second your sentiment about the calming oasis here at TOD. Iām so grateful for Mama Chipstickās one-of-kind creation, for Nerdyās dedicated stewardship, and for the wonderful contributors and family weāve become here to our little corner of the interwebs, including you. šš
Yea, I’ll forever be grateful to the “Founder, Curator, Head Rabble Rouser, Czarina Chips, Quintessential Queen of Cool”. [Do you remember this partial list of titles you crafted for her?] Whenever I see evidence of another ‘for real’ meeting of TOD regulars I wonder if CC is aware how many family get-togethers her blog has spawned. In truth if there’s one giant wish that never leaves my mind, it’s that CC would just step back in once more, however briefly, to let us know she is doing alright and to give us an opportunity to give her a huge hug of appreciation. Seeing DannyO again would be a terrific treat too.
āBlogTyrantā just may pop in with a big hug and a bag of cheesy puffs soon, as there is an āeventā on the calendar, one not to be missed, in another day, or two, or Three!! A-hem, hint, hint, a-hem ā„ļø
lol – Wouldn’t *that* be something to make my day!
[ps: my email silence is due to the current, and ongoing, emptiness of my brain. hopefully one day soon if/when my brain cells return I’ll be gabby again. blessings.]
Spring will be here tomorrow, officially, VC (they tell us). I peeked out at the sunshine this morning and actually sat outside on my front porch for 10 minutes. I always like to reintroduce myself to the neighbors each Spring. Ha!
‘I always like to reintroduce myself to the neighbors each Spring.’ /chuckle/
Wouldn’t you know I actually saw, and waved to, my neighbour on my return from a quick trip to the Blinds store! I don’t remember seeing her all winter. The sitting on the porch now is beyond me – I never do that no matter how great the weather is in any season. (It used to befuddle my mother when I’d adamantly recommend that she sit in the back yard instead of on the porch.)
.@BarackObama is heading to Berlin for a town hall with hundreds of emerging European leaders for a conversation about how we can best support their good work. Donāt forget to tune in on April 6āsign up for a livestream reminder here: https://t.co/451dgBh2YApic.twitter.com/LwpURFzyWc
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) March 19, 2019
when i see the things that Pres Obama is doing…it seems so surreal like there are two Universes
.@jacobsoboroff has been recognized with a Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism for his reporting on the conditions of children separated from their parents at the border under the Trump administrationās zero tolerance policy. pic.twitter.com/tRhbR9MfR6
.@jacobsoboroff has been recognized with a Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism for his reporting on the conditions of children separated from their parents at the border under the Trump administrationās zero tolerance policy. pic.twitter.com/tRhbR9MfR6
No need to apologize, df. I donāt think it upsets anyone here that some of your items post twice. As I said before, some of them are worth reading twice, this one in particular. Thank you for it. Thank you for it. š
This is a self-own. Thanks for helping us educate the public that nothing in the Constitution currentky requires 9 seats on the Supreme Court, and Congress can set the number wherever it wants.https://t.co/7L1dDCzthY
ICYMI, May 8, 2018: "Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg & his cousin Andrew Intrater routed 8 payments to Michael Cohen through Columbus Nova beginning Jan 2017 and continuing until at least Aug 2017…approximately $500,000 in payments."#Maddowhttps://t.co/svh6JYDtN0
U.S. farm groups want Trump to quickly launch trade talks with Tokyo, as they face mounting evidence of lost sales and market share in Japan thanks to Trump's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.https://t.co/8ISCt3XTGw
They sound perfect for each other. Match made in heaven
Breaking from @IsaacDovere: "Sirotaās hiring as a senior adviser and speechwriter was announced by the Sanders campaign on Tuesday morning after The Atlantic contacted the campaign and inquired about the undisclosed role Sirota held while attacking other Democrats." https://t.co/hh8BzlVBSN
Well, yeah! Of course, silly. It will destroy their personal economy. I mean how will they live with only a $10 million raise instead of $30 million if they have to give a 100% raise to all their employees. Imagine anyone getting a 100% raise. Who gets those? No one around here gets a 100% raise. Oh, the boss does? Well, but heās the boss. He deserves it. Oops, I mean he āearnsā it. š¤
Yāall see this, right? Formerly incarcerated folks JUST got their right to vote back in Florida. So this is the next way theyāre using to disenfranchise people. THIS is voter suppression. https://t.co/zwVnp9YCfu
šØnews in Florida: a House committee has moved forward a bill to strip Floridians of right to vote if they haven't been able to fully pay court fines & fees. Hundreds of thousands could be disenfranchised.
Coups easier to pull off when universal suffrage devalued to start with.
It shouldn't matter how much money you have or what neighborhood you live in ā everyone deserves clean water. We saw this story play out in Flint. Now weāre seeing reports in South Carolina. Enough is enough. We need action now.https://t.co/Tvhx3PVxmd
Also no oneās āblaming white people today for the sin of slaveryā
We demand accountability for structures set up by white supremacyāe.g. ā¢Homestead Act which gave 160 Acres to Whitesānot Blacks ā¢Fed mortgages for Whitesānot Blacks ā¢CJ system that targets Blacks 6x over Whites
I think we need to include Republican Governors, Republican Secretaryās of State, Republican State Attorneys General, Republican Legislators (I refer you to the tweet above about FL legislatorās newest voting restriction idea). I could easily go on for another few lines, but these are the most egregious, and cause the most harm to the most people throughout our country.
For a $1M donation to Trump's Inaugural, Russian oligarch Vekselberg & his cousin Intrater [Columbus Nova CEO] were seated next to Michael Cohen & his family at the āCandlelight Dinner.ā Columbus Nova then signed Cohen to a $1M consulting contract.#Maddowhttps://t.co/MqslAPUCZi
Special counsel eyeing Russians granted unusual access to Trump inauguration parties. Several donated enough [$1M] to Trump's Inaugural to qualify for āCandlelight Dinnerā tickets: Victor Vekselberg, Leonard Blavatnik & Alexander Mashkevitch [!!!] #Maddowhttps://t.co/hYtqeqfKKupic.twitter.com/NMFTCZqD11
Former First Lady @MichelleObama met with members of a local book club today at @bookbroads in NE Portland, ahead of her appearance tonight at the Moda Center, part of the book tour for her memoir āBecomingā pic.twitter.com/EY5TqK4yaD
Today @MichelleObama is meeting with 14 members of a Portland book club at @bookbroads before her Moda Center appearance as part of her BECOMING book tour. The club, launched in 2015, read the book in January. pic.twitter.com/pAQ0tn30AO
A crowd welcomes former First Lady Michelle Obama after she met with a local book club at Broadway Books in NE Portland. More about her PDX visit: https://t.co/XRa3hYHYfV
Facebook: I will eat your ad revenue + destroy your business model Newsrooms: Wait, no don't Facebook: Nom nom nom Newsrooms: Stop we're laying off people to survive Facebook: Nom nom Newsrooms: Helllp Facebook: OK now we want to provide our users w/local news but can't find it https://t.co/Zy6JhNBw72
I care nothing about her, but thought I’d add my two cents, anyway.
If it's possible to be led by both at the same time, I think Kellyanne's staying because of a combination of ego and self-hatred. She's also aged 10 years while in the job. That's her decision – not any of ours – but shame on her for getting herself in this un-American situation.
To reclaim my vocabulary & overuse of “WTF” in these horrendous iQ45 days, my word today is “comeuppance”. Scoop: tomorrow’s word is “nincompoop”. Help me out w/ Friday’s word, when stuff usually hits the weekend fan! šššš
Lol:) As I said earlier, WTF comes out of my mouth multiple times a day now…. every bit of news is more shocking or infuriating than the last… I read somewhere tonight that we all
suffer from PTSD and would all benefit from a Prozac salt lick:) I diedšActually, not a bad idea. I just want it to fucking end already
LOL! Feeling our collective pain. I think I can say “Schmuck” without spitting at my teevee when iQ45 invades said screen! Yes, I said “invade”! Schmuck might be Friday contender! š
Addle-brained, sh*tface, or sh*tstorm, smarmy, H-E double toothpicks. I may come up with more tomorrow, but for now it is wending toward bedtime and I am almost done with my cup of relaxing chamomile tea. So I’m finding it difficult to pull up my usual list of explitives. Hope that helps you for the next few days.
In a first, Germany is requesting the removal of the Trump appointed ambassador to Germany, #RichardGrenell. They consider him to stoke racism and fascism on the country.
That's where we're at, folks.
The Germans want the American gone, because he's a Nazi.
She just wrote the book, “KUSHNER, INC.” (not that I’d ever read it).
After two years of intense reporting, I have come to the conclusion that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump pose an extraordinaryāand extraordinarily under-recognizedāthreat to the systems and protocols that have kept this great country safe and free.
The CEO of JP Morgan said (reported on The Last Word) that “40 percent of Americans make less than $15 an hour.” In 2019.
Think about that, folks … (even though I realize the minimum wage is much less and so many only make that) I don’t know whether to cry or just be glad this $15/hour count isn’t at 70 percent!
Thread: A few months ago, I cited a particularly skewed take on another Democratic candidate by this fellow David Sirota, called him on his consistent habit of such, and blocked him as a faux journalist and purveyor of hype. I was then treated to foam-flecked herd….
Bernie's new press sec is a person who promoted Kremlin propaganda by calling for votes for Kremlin-shill Jill Stein; she also doesn't believe Russia hacked the DNC.
Any more questions about what Bernie is or do we need to keep pretending?
Be careful what you wish for people.
I was listening to someone the other day (sorry, its too late at night for my brain to remember who or where) who said a lot of Americans did not trust Hillary or the government in 2016, that they felt it was all corrupt. So they voted for El Stupido in order to burn the house down. Now they don’t like what the results of that fire are doing to their country. Apparently they were not taught critical thinking skills or long range planning or how to use their brains at all when they were in school. Numb nuts. (Hey, there is another vocabulary word for you Gazelle.)
Prof. Tribe gets frisky! āMake my day, cow face.ā
All this stuff about @DevinNunes being @DevinCow is a terrible insult to real cowsš. So sue me, Devin. Make my day, cowface. Iād enjoy giving you a lesson in the First Amendment. Thatās part of what people call the US Constitution, in case you were wondering. https://t.co/VtByFzUB6m
Rep. @tedlieu on the search warrants for the Cohen raid: āIf I was Donald Trump, I would be scared because they have information from Michael Cohen from very early on, months before his office was raided. They have emails, they were tracking his incoming, outgoing phone calls." pic.twitter.com/FrSkXzZ7qU
"We're talking here about an effort to hide criminality, obstruct justice…the purpose of executive privilege is to enable candid discussions about policy." On Mueller's findings, @SenBlumenthal says Trump has "no legitimate claim to executive privilege." https://t.co/Np0oawxFANpic.twitter.com/iOY9A9WWCG
@MoJoPodcast i listened to your podcast this morning…about the NZ terrorist…i have to make these comments…You called white nationalism "white extremism" and you called the NZ terrorist, the NZ "shooter"…if you cannot call things as they are…you miss much..
Just Suppose that Sanders' intent is not to win…but to disrupt and contaminate and make money…like he did in 2016….won't be as easy as before…but he still can do damage https://t.co/lrv3Qd6RUN
…āIf changing the Constitution and re-electing Obama two more times would break the fever that now ravages Trumpās Washington, I would cheerfully champion the passage of that constitutional amendment, slap a āHope and Changeā sticker on my shirt and race to the nearest voting booth to support the man historians will remember as the most significant president since Abraham Lincoln,ā Scarborough concluded. …
Forget about predictions, players to watch and so on. The real question ahead of the first round of #MarchMadness is where's Barack Obama's bracket? https://t.co/xn2wldQm9g
Morning everyone. Because he knows better than anyone else, about everything else. Feel safe?
Trump has taken increased control of negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons program, sidelining his own top negotiator and dismissing the warnings of top intel & foreign policy advisors in the wake of last month's failed summit, TIME reports. https://t.co/KHRag7izKX
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election… shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax."
Everything the Republican Party does is about maintaining power at the expense of democracy. The entire plan is to set up a system where a conservative minority rules a progressive majority for decades to come https://t.co/6Ik2CUTp1Y
How refreshing and human. Real care and concern for others. I miss you so hard, Barack Obama. Every minute of every day. So glad that I can share this world with you
Does President Don’t-Show-My-College-Transcripts know: The electoral system was set up to protect rural slaveholders?
And does he know if we go w/the popular vote, rural areas will be given exactly the right amount of power, no more no less.
181 states have signed the National Popular Vote Compact. Magic # 270. When enough states sign on it is curtains for the Electoral College. Delaware and NM on track to add more.
= one United States person, one vote.
(oops!) 181 electoral votes so far.
“The National Popular Vote bill…has been enacted into law in 13 jurisdictions possessing 181 electoral votes, including 4 small jurisdictions (DC, HI, RI, VT), 5 medium-sized states (CO, CT, MD, MA, WA), and 4 big states (CA, IL, NJ, NY).
The bill will take effect when enacted by states possessing an additional 89 electoral votes. The bill passed both legislative chambers in New Mexico (5 electoral votes) and Delaware (3 electoral votes) and is now on the desk of Governor’s Grisham and Carney.” https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status
Thank you BRP
This is a good movement for people to be aware of. We have people locally who have signed up to phone bank to supporters of the NPV project whenever their state legislators are getting ready to vote on this issue. We tell them to call their legislators to vote yes. They are so happy to get our calls and excited to be able to help out. I think you can contact the NPV project to help them do this, too.
Also, here is a very important article about this movement from 538.com. This process is happening pretty fast right now but as we run out of blue states to pass this legislation we face purple states where it is more difficult. And it is where the Repubs will wake up and start really fighting back. This is one of many key reasons to be aware of the makeup of your, and other, state legislatures and to work to flip as many state level red seats to blue as possible in 2020. Not to mention the fact that the 2021 state legislatures in many states will be drawing up congressional redistricting maps for the next 10 yrs.
So donāt just focus your time, energy and money on the presidency and US Congress. The Republicans very strategically spent 20+ yrs filling all the state government seats with as many Repubs as possible to control this country. More laws that affect your day to day lives are made by state legislators and state attorneys general than members of the US congress.
š„Trump hates John McCain because he read the UNREDACTED Dossier before he passed it to the @FBI š„The war hero didnāt want a Traitor at his funeral. https://t.co/AQpfZ5Hp0p
Howdy, TODville. Our country is so much better than these cretins.
So the King of Debt who owes billions and demands his college transcripts be kept in a vault wants to put another barrier to education for America's students to make it harder for families to succeed. #TrumpUniversityhttps://t.co/ZhwNVkNoXi
This is Simply AWEsome meta..makes me cry..how much we lost….i’m not sure if we will get it back…We accomplished a herculean task by taking back the HOUSE…and flipping seats all over the country…we will have to lift another herculean task come 2020.
Trump has pulled the scab off ..for blk folks and people of color…we knew that we should be terrified…for some white folks not so much
for so,me members of the press they still cannot deal with the ugliness of white supremacy/ racism/ white privilege…and how it lurks in every white person..in some way or the other….
some times i feel doomed..(hard word, I know)…then when i see posts like yours..i feel uplifted..and hopeful…
Each day a new low, I cannot fathom how to get through until the election and how to calm my fears about the election itself. There are some very, very, very dark forces at work. But like you, I take comfort in the inspiration that a lot of people are bringing forward. We must find beauty and light where we can.
Iāve said it before, and Iāll keep saying it. This country can, and has, overcome so much when we set our minds to it. We went to the moon in less than the 10 yrs we were given. We overcame the Great Depression, 2 world wars, 9/11, Katrina, just to begin the long list. I know not all of it was done the best way, and many people did not get what they should have. That is not my point. Americans rise up when given a challenge, and we will do it again.
Remember how EPA and other agency staff started copying and saving important docs right after the election because they knew the files would be wiped clean? I think, if asked, many of them would come back to help restore this work to our govt. records. And like with Katrina and 9/11, the most unsuspecting people will come forward in droves to rebuild this country.
And I love Mayor Pete Buttigieg saying we canāt go back, nor should we want to. This country will move forward to something far greater than we have ever had or could now imagine. Go back and listen to the speeches of FDR during the Great Depression. He picked this country up out of the gutter and gave it back its soul and purpose. Yes, with a war, but times are now different and we will just have to find another aspect of life to focus on. We can do this people, but not if we wander around all depressed and fearful. When you go to that place then El Stupido wins. And you know we cannot allow that to happen, if for no other reason than how would you ever face POTUS and FLOTUS, should you be so blessed, and tell them you are afraid. I do not see those 2 wandering around the world paralyzed by fear.
This is getting to be quite a missive, and a way bit too preachy, so I will stop for now.
Paul Ryan aka Fakes News:
“The former speaker of the House will be guiding the parent company of Fox News as the Republican Party and Fox continue to merge into a single conspiracy-and-tirade theme park of grievances.” (Hunter, DK).
Fox Corporation is controlled by Murdoch: “Ryan and Rupert Murdoch have been friendly for many years. In 2014, he named Ryan as a presidential contender he had “particular admiration for.”
Murdoch ran a continuous loop of the killing of 49 Muslims on Sky News Australia until Sky News New Zealand pulled it off the air.
“Murdochās Fox News is known for pushing white nationalist themes and for demonizing Muslims”.
Rupert Murdoch is a Relentless Purveyor of Islamaphobia: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/rupert-murdoch-is-a-relentless-purveyor-of-islamophobia/
The Obama Diary 
Hello, everybody! The sun is shining (where I am) and from my position on the inside it looks as if Spring may be thinking seriously of arriving. That’d be good. š
Thank you to NerdyW and everyone who has been contributing here in these strange times. It’s always calming to enter the village and be reminded that I am /we are not alone.
AMEN!
Itās always great to see you here, Lovely VC! I second your sentiment about the calming oasis here at TOD. Iām so grateful for Mama Chipstickās one-of-kind creation, for Nerdyās dedicated stewardship, and for the wonderful contributors and family weāve become here to our little corner of the interwebs, including you. šš
Thank you, {{{D-ette}}}.
Yea, I’ll forever be grateful to the “Founder, Curator, Head Rabble Rouser, Czarina Chips, Quintessential Queen of Cool”. [Do you remember this partial list of titles you crafted for her?] Whenever I see evidence of another ‘for real’ meeting of TOD regulars I wonder if CC is aware how many family get-togethers her blog has spawned. In truth if there’s one giant wish that never leaves my mind, it’s that CC would just step back in once more, however briefly, to let us know she is doing alright and to give us an opportunity to give her a huge hug of appreciation. Seeing DannyO again would be a terrific treat too.
Iām totally with you on all of that. What a treat it would be to see them both here in the village again!
I for one miss Chips’ delicious sense of humor. Hope you’re hanging tough, lovely lady! And Danny. š
Much love, happiness, super appreciation for our NW. Always Magnificent. ā¤
āBlogTyrantā just may pop in with a big hug and a bag of cheesy puffs soon, as there is an āeventā on the calendar, one not to be missed, in another day, or two, or Three!! A-hem, hint, hint, a-hem ā„ļø
lol – Wouldn’t *that* be something to make my day!
[ps: my email silence is due to the current, and ongoing, emptiness of my brain. hopefully one day soon if/when my brain cells return I’ll be gabby again. blessings.]
Spring will be here tomorrow, officially, VC (they tell us). I peeked out at the sunshine this morning and actually sat outside on my front porch for 10 minutes. I always like to reintroduce myself to the neighbors each Spring. Ha!
‘I always like to reintroduce myself to the neighbors each Spring.’ /chuckle/
Wouldn’t you know I actually saw, and waved to, my neighbour on my return from a quick trip to the Blinds store! I don’t remember seeing her all winter. The sitting on the porch now is beyond me – I never do that no matter how great the weather is in any season. (It used to befuddle my mother when I’d adamantly recommend that she sit in the back yard instead of on the porch.)
I’ve been known to sit in the backyard, too! Who says I can’t adjust? š
š not me
Adorable…
when i see the things that Pres Obama is doing…it seems so surreal like there are two Universes
He was amazing
He was amazing
Again. 2 posts. Iām so sorry. I have no idea why
No need to apologize, df. I donāt think it upsets anyone here that some of your items post twice. As I said before, some of them are worth reading twice, this one in particular. Thank you for it. Thank you for it. š
And Republicans sure do know what court packing looks like!!!!!!
Oh.
Me three
Oh, yes, I remember that.
Count on it
Oh. Shocker. Kidding.
They sound perfect for each other. Match made in heaven
I miss having a real President. š
Speaking of numbers
Well, yeah! Of course, silly. It will destroy their personal economy. I mean how will they live with only a $10 million raise instead of $30 million if they have to give a 100% raise to all their employees. Imagine anyone getting a 100% raise. Who gets those? No one around here gets a 100% raise. Oh, the boss does? Well, but heās the boss. He deserves it. Oops, I mean he āearnsā it. š¤
I think we need to include Republican Governors, Republican Secretaryās of State, Republican State Attorneys General, Republican Legislators (I refer you to the tweet above about FL legislatorās newest voting restriction idea). I could easily go on for another few lines, but these are the most egregious, and cause the most harm to the most people throughout our country.
Agreed!
Thought foreign donations were a no no
Thread.
It makes my head spin
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Boom! š
I care nothing about her, but thought I’d add my two cents, anyway.
To reclaim my vocabulary & overuse of “WTF” in these horrendous iQ45 days, my word today is “comeuppance”. Scoop: tomorrow’s word is “nincompoop”. Help me out w/ Friday’s word, when stuff usually hits the weekend fan! šššš
Lol:) As I said earlier, WTF comes out of my mouth multiple times a day now…. every bit of news is more shocking or infuriating than the last… I read somewhere tonight that we all
suffer from PTSD and would all benefit from a Prozac salt lick:) I diedšActually, not a bad idea. I just want it to fucking end already
LOL! Feeling our collective pain. I think I can say “Schmuck” without spitting at my teevee when iQ45 invades said screen! Yes, I said “invade”! Schmuck might be Friday contender! š
Addle-brained, sh*tface, or sh*tstorm, smarmy, H-E double toothpicks. I may come up with more tomorrow, but for now it is wending toward bedtime and I am almost done with my cup of relaxing chamomile tea. So I’m finding it difficult to pull up my usual list of explitives. Hope that helps you for the next few days.
Smarmy! š Am reaching back in my vocabulary & I found one of my old favs: “Slobber”! Saturday contender? šš
He does not even know what the Southern Hemisphere IS!
Or where it is
Not enough tequila either!
Rum, anything? Jaysus! Vote!
She just wrote the book, “KUSHNER, INC.” (not that I’d ever read it).
The CEO of JP Morgan said (reported on The Last Word) that “40 percent of Americans make less than $15 an hour.” In 2019.
Think about that, folks … (even though I realize the minimum wage is much less and so many only make that) I don’t know whether to cry or just be glad this $15/hour count isn’t at 70 percent!
I just want to scream.
It is just too much……..just too much…children being trafficked…
Thread
And this
https://twitter.com/MollyMcKew/status/1108093947941961728We
Lemme try again
Willful ignorance
Be careful what you wish for people.
I was listening to someone the other day (sorry, its too late at night for my brain to remember who or where) who said a lot of Americans did not trust Hillary or the government in 2016, that they felt it was all corrupt. So they voted for El Stupido in order to burn the house down. Now they don’t like what the results of that fire are doing to their country. Apparently they were not taught critical thinking skills or long range planning or how to use their brains at all when they were in school. Numb nuts. (Hey, there is another vocabulary word for you Gazelle.)
Not the topic – but the way you put it made me LOL!
Thanks for the laughs before I trot off to dreamland! Happy First Day of Spring, all!
Contender Friday word! I’ll take a “z” & return the “s”š Numb Nutz! šš
Prof. Tribe gets frisky! āMake my day, cow face.ā
Yet another intriguing thread
He’s another POS. Surprised he’s not in the trump so-called administration.
Yup.
Welp ….
And, Yes, I did …. š š
Goodnight TOD ….
For real tho
Wow what a surprise! I’m shocked!!!
Wow, finally, thanks to Sheila, someone is putting the truth out there re Mr. BS. We need more of this, and often people.
I have thought the same … that B.S. is disruptor.
Photos…
Our Forever FLOTUS44. Love her.
Michelle said that Sasha hasn’t read her book,yet. So I’m guessing President Obama and Malia have.
…āIf changing the Constitution and re-electing Obama two more times would break the fever that now ravages Trumpās Washington, I would cheerfully champion the passage of that constitutional amendment, slap a āHope and Changeā sticker on my shirt and race to the nearest voting booth to support the man historians will remember as the most significant president since Abraham Lincoln,ā Scarborough concluded. …
OMG…Chickens have indeed come home to roost….does this mean that he also supports the Impeachment of Donald Trump
Morning everyone. Because he knows better than anyone else, about everything else. Feel safe?
Madam Should Be President
Leadership, love.
How refreshing and human. Real care and concern for others. I miss you so hard, Barack Obama. Every minute of every day. So glad that I can share this world with you
This is what that so call President could be tweeting about , instead of tweeting about John McCain.
In the words of DJT Jr … ” I love it”… š
Thank you Mayor Gillum.
Does President Don’t-Show-My-College-Transcripts know: The electoral system was set up to protect rural slaveholders?
And does he know if we go w/the popular vote, rural areas will be given exactly the right amount of power, no more no less.
181 states have signed the National Popular Vote Compact. Magic # 270. When enough states sign on it is curtains for the Electoral College. Delaware and NM on track to add more.
= one United States person, one vote.
(oops!) 181 electoral votes so far.
“The National Popular Vote bill…has been enacted into law in 13 jurisdictions possessing 181 electoral votes, including 4 small jurisdictions (DC, HI, RI, VT), 5 medium-sized states (CO, CT, MD, MA, WA), and 4 big states (CA, IL, NJ, NY).
The bill will take effect when enacted by states possessing an additional 89 electoral votes. The bill passed both legislative chambers in New Mexico (5 electoral votes) and Delaware (3 electoral votes) and is now on the desk of Governor’s Grisham and Carney.”
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status
Thank you BRP
This is a good movement for people to be aware of. We have people locally who have signed up to phone bank to supporters of the NPV project whenever their state legislators are getting ready to vote on this issue. We tell them to call their legislators to vote yes. They are so happy to get our calls and excited to be able to help out. I think you can contact the NPV project to help them do this, too.
Also, here is a very important article about this movement from 538.com. This process is happening pretty fast right now but as we run out of blue states to pass this legislation we face purple states where it is more difficult. And it is where the Repubs will wake up and start really fighting back. This is one of many key reasons to be aware of the makeup of your, and other, state legislatures and to work to flip as many state level red seats to blue as possible in 2020. Not to mention the fact that the 2021 state legislatures in many states will be drawing up congressional redistricting maps for the next 10 yrs.
So donāt just focus your time, energy and money on the presidency and US Congress. The Republicans very strategically spent 20+ yrs filling all the state government seats with as many Repubs as possible to control this country. More laws that affect your day to day lives are made by state legislators and state attorneys general than members of the US congress.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-movement-to-skip-the-electoral-college-just-passed-a-major-milestone/
thank you cd4biden….looking forward!
Howdy, TODville. Our country is so much better than these cretins.
This is Simply AWEsome meta..makes me cry..how much we lost….i’m not sure if we will get it back…We accomplished a herculean task by taking back the HOUSE…and flipping seats all over the country…we will have to lift another herculean task come 2020.
Trump has pulled the scab off ..for blk folks and people of color…we knew that we should be terrified…for some white folks not so much
for so,me members of the press they still cannot deal with the ugliness of white supremacy/ racism/ white privilege…and how it lurks in every white person..in some way or the other….
some times i feel doomed..(hard word, I know)…then when i see posts like yours..i feel uplifted..and hopeful…
did not mean to go on and on…
I am with you, Sheila.
Each day a new low, I cannot fathom how to get through until the election and how to calm my fears about the election itself. There are some very, very, very dark forces at work. But like you, I take comfort in the inspiration that a lot of people are bringing forward. We must find beauty and light where we can.
Iāve said it before, and Iāll keep saying it. This country can, and has, overcome so much when we set our minds to it. We went to the moon in less than the 10 yrs we were given. We overcame the Great Depression, 2 world wars, 9/11, Katrina, just to begin the long list. I know not all of it was done the best way, and many people did not get what they should have. That is not my point. Americans rise up when given a challenge, and we will do it again.
Remember how EPA and other agency staff started copying and saving important docs right after the election because they knew the files would be wiped clean? I think, if asked, many of them would come back to help restore this work to our govt. records. And like with Katrina and 9/11, the most unsuspecting people will come forward in droves to rebuild this country.
And I love Mayor Pete Buttigieg saying we canāt go back, nor should we want to. This country will move forward to something far greater than we have ever had or could now imagine. Go back and listen to the speeches of FDR during the Great Depression. He picked this country up out of the gutter and gave it back its soul and purpose. Yes, with a war, but times are now different and we will just have to find another aspect of life to focus on. We can do this people, but not if we wander around all depressed and fearful. When you go to that place then El Stupido wins. And you know we cannot allow that to happen, if for no other reason than how would you ever face POTUS and FLOTUS, should you be so blessed, and tell them you are afraid. I do not see those 2 wandering around the world paralyzed by fear.
This is getting to be quite a missive, and a way bit too preachy, so I will stop for now.
Reuters: “Why an unbuilt Moscow Trump tower caught Mueller’s attention.”
Includes: What is Trump’s history in Moscow? What was the Trump Tower project? Why did the negotiations end? What has Trump said? What role did Trump’s children play?
(https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-tower-explainer/why-an-unbuilt-moscow-trump-tower-caught-muellers-attention-i)
-Oh yeh that “real estate deal Donald Trump pursued while running for president despite denying at the time any links to Russia.”
Paul Ryan aka Fakes News:
“The former speaker of the House will be guiding the parent company of Fox News as the Republican Party and Fox continue to merge into a single conspiracy-and-tirade theme park of grievances.” (Hunter, DK).
Fox Corporation is controlled by Murdoch: “Ryan and Rupert Murdoch have been friendly for many years. In 2014, he named Ryan as a presidential contender he had “particular admiration for.”
Murdoch ran a continuous loop of the killing of 49 Muslims on Sky News Australia until Sky News New Zealand pulled it off the air.
“Murdochās Fox News is known for pushing white nationalist themes and for demonizing Muslims”.
Rupert Murdoch is a Relentless Purveyor of Islamaphobia:
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/rupert-murdoch-is-a-relentless-purveyor-of-islamophobia/
CLYBURN: TRUMP AND FAMILY ‘GREATEST THREATS TO DEMOCRACY’ IN LIFETIME
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/434874-clyburn-trump-and-family-greatest-threats-to-democracy-in-lifetime
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2019/03/20/suffering-and-loss/