A voice everybody should hear. https://t.co/0u7HUlQ8id
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 5, 2019
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Thanks, Nerdy darlin’ !!!
I loved Cory Booker’s kick-off speech in New Jersey. Felt like if I closed my eyes, I’d be 20-something, listening to JFK and MLK again!
Good for the soul.
Thank you, Jacqueline! Listening to his kick-off speech in New Jersey now.
Greetings TOD!
Thank you, Nerdy!
Greetings! It was fabulous!
Sorry I missed it. At our daughter’s and busy, busy, busy. Tried to listen but couldn’t so gave up.
I hope you get a chance to listen to it later.
ICYMI: (Starts at about 1:12:08)
Thank you, JER!
❤
Thread
me too
Feeling really low about the Trumpeters getting away with a scandal far worse and more dangerous to our national security that Watergate. Somehow, Congress MUST get the unredacted Mueller Report and take action appropriately. Seems like there are already numerous impeachable offenses, but #45 thinks he’s untouchable. Happy to hear strong, positive messages from our D candidates for President like Cory, Kamala, etc. Hang in there!
Gandhi said it well when he talked about tyrants seeming for a time to be invincible. In the end they fall.
Just the facts = Just the Mueller report.
Mafia Don now blaming whoever…insisting his “Attorney General Barr will make the decision!”
Let Barr redact – let him redact! Then throw it in the garbage. It is worthless. The ruling clique wants to dictate what we are allowed to believe.
Obtain the original Mueller report.
-fin-
Murdoch, like Putin, Trump and others like them, is a poison. He likes the power to move people like chess pieces I believe. I wish an international boycott of all things Murdoch could happen. I won’t listen to anything coming from his enterprises and that include WSJ, National Geograhic, and Hulu.
SATURDAY NIGHT AT SCOTT’S IN MAYFAIR
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6919897/Michelle-Obama-enjoys-dinner-celebritys-favourite-100-head-Mayfair-restaurant.html
And now I’m on:) weird
I like the way Pelosi is proceeding She mirrors their lies and gaslighting back to them and proceeds to work on the job at hand. I remember when Bush Jr was in office destroying as much as he could and people blamed Pelosi and Reid for not being able to stop all of it. It was as if it was all attributable to their weakness. As soon as they had something to work with they showed us their incredible strength and wisdom. Then in 2010 the disappointeds gave the House back to the destroyers. We have to be careful to learn our lesson and not forget again. Pelosi and our other champions are brave and strong. We have to be careful not to shift the blame to them. It only does the work of the destroyers for them.
There are no words. But I’m glad we’re not able to forget this.
Pete also mentioned this award.
Oh thanks so much for sharing that from Pete. When all these wonderful people get together and stand together (to include the fine #44 in the last paragraph), the world seems a better place.
Yes, I felt the same way. I get choked up every time I see that photo and to know how much the photographer is admired and shared enhances the work.
Agree.
More hearings and more stern letters and more ….. are only providing oxygen to Trump and the lawless GOP.
We’re there. We’re at the brink. No different than any other moment in history where it was beyond a reasonable doubt that horror was moments away.
Worthwhile long read
Batshit crazy , Tulsi
Hi Everyone! I’ve late to this clearly but I’ve discovered another outlet for positivity in the world – an ESPN show called SC Featured. It’s all uplifting or interesting or funny stories with a sports angle. Love it!
Anyway, this story is almost a year old and I’m just seeing it now. So freaky I had to share it! Poor guy! Poor Cleveland! 😁
http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=24159248
Thank you, Oprah.
Wow. Now, that’s how it’s done.
Just saw and posted that, too – how wonderful!
Morning everyone
Some part of me thinks that the reason no Dems are moving forward on impeachment yet is because they are waiting to have insurmountable evidence against him that the public can plainly see and understand on their own, without Democrats having to show/ explain it all to the country. Yes, we are that divided that Dems would look partisan pointing out the crimes of the installed fraud.
He commits these offenses DAILY now, it seems… maybe they are waiting until the country finds it all untenable.
Well, I’m very frustrated but I think they need to see the Mueller report before they can credibly go forward. They’ve seen a lot of information and have had briefings on the evidence but having Mueller’s team’s assessment will bolster their case. My hope is that the people of this nation continue to rise up and demand the report as well as the taxes and that this pressure will prove effective, even if it means some sort of whistleblower act. We KNOW that he’s been a criminal and an imposter all his life. I feel quite strongly that Mueller was cut off by Barr.
I was at a party yesterday with my sister-in-law’s sister whose daughter works for the FBI. Not long ago she was sitting in her boss’ office when a call came through from Mueller. She couldn’t reveal the content of the call but let it slip that it had to do with money laundering and foreign entities. I don’t know what to make of that except to hope that something credible has been passed off to the appropriate districts for further investigation and prosecution. I await the arrival of karma in grand form.
All I know is, people that have nothing to hide, hide nothing. This guy has been a lying, fraudulent hot mess for decades. Sweet karma can not visit him and the rest of his criminal cronies soon enough for me
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwO2cVcBPon/
“Trump’s moves on immigration are straight from the dictator’s playbook.”
“There are now 18 vacancies at the top of the Department of Homeland Security – including the secretary, deputy secretary, chief financial officer, two undersecretaries, the assistant secretary for policy, the director of the Secret Service, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and assistant secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (who is now acting secretary).
Reportedly, Trump also intends to fire the longtime head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services. This past week Trump rescinded the nomination of Ron Vitiello to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying, “We’re going in a tougher direction.”
How to explain this purge? Merely a change in policy?
Trump is also keeping vacant the top positions at every other department with any responsibility for border security, including defense and interior.
It’s about total control. “I like acting secretaries and directors,” Trump said in January. “It gives me more flexibility.”
It also gives him more power to do as he pleases.
Unconfirmed appointees will be loyal to him personally. Their authority is not dependent on Congress.
The final rule: destroy democracy.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/13/trump-immigration-dictators-playbook
-Trump said this week “It’s me” running the HS Department.
Who hasn’t figured out that Trump will do anything to distract from his crimes? Zero sense of responsibility to the larger community. imo GOP officials and their leader are despots.
-but we are not timid?
Great way to start the afternoon, seeing this!
What a complete GIFT this man is! Thanks so much for sharing this. It lifts my spirit to hear both his words and his music.
AGREE
Remember this performance?
OH, those were the days. SO so so beautiful.
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Trump blocked the United States from nominating anyone to the United Nations Anti-Racism Committee.
“…Its members are meant to be independent experts on the issue, not political operatives”.
Trump has opted out of all things United Nations: Paris climate accord, Iran nuclear deal, TPP trade agreeement, U.N. Human Rights Council,
You know he is pro-torture: His WH “fiercely condemned the International Criminal Court, particularly after the court’s chief prosecutor called for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by U.S. forces in Afghanistan.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/12/trump-un-committee-1272422
-Racist white nationalist Trump high crimes and misdemeanors up the wazoo – must go. (But we do need immigrants for umpteen reasons.)
“House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) accused Trump of stealing $150,000 in disaster relief intended for small businesses after 9/11.”
Chairman Nadler: “9/11 happened in my district. I know a lot of people who suffered from it. I was involved. I was instrumental in getting funding for small business, grants for victims of 9/11 for people with small businesses in the area. The president, he wasn’t president then, but Donald Trump actually took a $150,000 grant from the Bush administration. They let him take a $150,000 grant meant for small businessmen for 40 Wall Street. He stole $150,000 from some small business person who could have used it to help rehabilitate themselves, and that’s why I got, we got Congress to appropriate the money to use it for his own ‘small business’ at 40 Wall Street.
He has no moral authority to be talking about 9/11.”
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/04/14/trump-accused-of-stealing-150000-in-9-11-disaster-relief-funds.html
Tiger has reclaimed the Green Jacket
OMG!!!! THIS IS SO EXCITING!!! Thrilled for Tiger. 👏👏💙🎊🏒
Goaaal Gail! I don’t usually watch golf, had it on early this morning, but couldn’t stand the tension. It was so sweet to see his kids & mom were there & gave those wonderful hugs at end.
Hug from son:
TIGER F’ING WOODS!!!!!!!!! I Woke at 5 am just to get my mind right, I am sooooooo happy!
happy, happy. Will never forget how he helped make the lives of some children I knew (in the past) better. Very happy.
😂😂
imo candidate Pete Buttegieg announcement and speech is 100% knockout stunning. Cried when his husband came on stage. Ah freedom.
imo intro speech by the mayor of Austin also not to be missed.
-thanks jer44!
Yes on all counts:) Really great job
Oops. I cried when his husband came on stage — he didn’t!
From the guy who swore an oath to keep us safe. He IS the problem! Such a fraud. A dangerous one, at that.
Bingo!
Oh, yeah.
A little fun distraction. Laura Mvula’s interview at Oxford:
And her performance w/ Esperanza:
Oooooooo! Thank you!
Now that’s a GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Thanks Gazelle ❤
Good to see
WOW
That’s the sweetest and most tender thing I have read in a long time. Amazingly touching and wonderfully human
I so agree…it touches me,….i love this…i always wanted a big brother…but being the oldest meant that i was always protecting my brothers…
Lol:) If only
I love his smart wit
So far, absolutely ANYONE that’s not Sanders or Gabbard
I agree, not Sanders or Gabbard unless one of them was the choice vs Trump.
and so what is the formula to defeat Trumpism….
On PBS Masterpiece tonight, a remake of Les Miserable w/ all kind of magnificent actors, including my “pretend hubby” #2, David Oyewolo. It’s a 6 part series, I believe. ❤
Looks like fun!!
She looks GORGEOUS!!
Thankyou jer44 and meta, she indeed look gorgeous.
Pretty basic question.
Thread.
Excellent thread with great questions which Nadler, Pelosi and other Congressional Democrats need to be asking. We need to get to the bottom of this mess.
Yeah. Weird is an understatement
Precisely …
She should be the President now
So ok, what was their perspective? Like, have a REVOTE that millions of British are desperate for after this total nightmare?
If Corbyn wants a “serious relationship with the EU” he should go for a new referendum on behalf of all UK citizens who have lived through this manufactured hell. The first vote was only a prelim in the first place but conservatives ran with it as though it had legs. And STILL getting away with it. Who should ordinary people thank for being sentenced to another 9 months of pain and uncertainty? Why cannot they have a new vote = a fresh referendum? You can bet the outcome will be to REMAIN! Isolating and trashing America’s ally is a Putin dream.
Tanking BOTH of our economies is a Putin dream. Here’s a (last) chance to prevent the far right from giving it to him on a fkn platter.
Could Corbyn’s body language be any more blunt? Maybe not used to discussing important things with a brilliant woman.
-sorry for my incendiary style gah!! response. It hurts to see people being blinded, duped, robbed by the far right on both sides of the water. Many people in U.K. have been stock-piling food – truly. Completely unnecessary fabrications fueled by right wing media. Con men like Farage lied their heads off and squeaked a win in what was merely a prelim vote. And I will never believe it was not another Russian interference hit. Without the E.U. Britain might be forced to improve economic and political ties with Russia and increase his influence. imo the challenge for U.S.A. and Europe is to stay united in this era of Brexit and Trump, and band together in the face of Putin’s attempts to divide us and not do anything (whatsoever) to undermine the NATO alliance. And I believe much of the danger will be undone if there’s a new vote.
This old fraud is the other side of the trump
coin… and he’s not a damn Democrat… spends plenty of time bashing them though!
Marley, unfortunately, those old 2016 BS wounds never closed. He is a sore loser.
It’s just how he does his business at a routine. Always someone else’s fault. Sound familiar?
GTFOH
WOW
No wiggle room ….
Goodnight TOD ….
jer44, qu’est-il arrivé?
🤔 What!?
do you know what was being said when the above photo of FLOTUS was taken?
A moment of Zen – April 14, 2009– Bo Obama’s first day at the White House
Oh I remember that! Thanks!
So much sweetness, it’s an amazing balm at this moment. Thank you.
What Tribe was responding to:
It’s Indiana.
Found the South Bend census demographics and posted ’em in my tweet above (roughly 63% of the population is white, 26% is black, 14% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian, etc.), if that’s what you meant.
Goodnight, TODville. And thank you so very much, Nerdy, for keeping this wonderful “home base” alive for all of us, every day! ❤
Morning everyone
THIS SAYS IT ALL. A brilliant retort if there ever was one.
SOON – Beto O’Rourke campaigns in Charlotte, North Carolina – https://abcnews.go.com/Live
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/michelle-obama-donald-trump-becoming-tour-divorced-dad-a8870031.html
Americans need to realize what the Republicans did with their sham tax ‘cut’…. they should never be allowed near our money again. They are not good stewards . Never have been.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2019/04/15/future-hall-of-famers/