How is this even ok? Even a little bit. It’s not!!!
So I guess the story we’re going with is that we can impeach a president for lying about an affair. But not for lying about an affair & bribing someone else to lie & colluding with a foreign govt & being accused of rape by dozens of women and children. Okay then.
Here’s the thing. If the only thing keeping you from being indicted is that you’re the president*, that’s a good sign that you probably shouldn’t be president* any more.
'The heart of the thing must be ripped out': Chris Hayes says the MAGA movement cannot be negotiated with because 'they are in too deep.' #ctl#p2pic.twitter.com/w43FUVpMqO
The Obama administration decided to ban a pesticide after it saw "extensive scientific evidence" that even tiny levels of exposure "can harm babies' brains."
I have ALWAYS felt this way. Glad someone said it out loud
This is true. Trump needs scripted reality; he rose through media spin and reality TV. Impeachment hearings threaten him because they're an unpredictable confrontation: witnesses exposing him in an environment he can't control. https://t.co/SYix07l10Q
Juxtapose. Now, every time I hear this, I smile and swell with pride for all this man has done and continues to do, to mentor and guide young minds to fearless greatness. That makes me proud, and happy:)
Beautiful! Am cooking while watching this & blaming onions for tears streaming all the way to my chin. 😇 Sniff sniff, missing that decency, dedication, & everything. Damn onions interfering in my thoughts. 😂 👀
“Recordings made by Cohen show that Trump was not only aware of the scheme, but negotiating the details and instructing Cohen on the steps to take. Trump even involved members of his campaign staff, including Hope Hicks, in the scheme, going back and forth with Cohen on details of both how to deceive the women and how to hide the source of the funds.”(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/19/1872947/-That-Justice-Department-rule-has-saved-Trump-from-indictment-again)
-Free pass for Trump while co-conspirator Cohen is in the clink. Check. How many passes before go-to-jail card?
-Wondering what else is being filed away to save face. For example how patriotic is it really to cover up all the
Disco King’s national security crimes?
Benito had to have set it up and paid someone to lead the charge. Unexpected though was how he threw the crowd + actors under the bus afterwards! Heh ever the perfect heist. Such a codder.
“Catholics in Iowa went to church. Steve Bannon tracked their phones.”
“If your phone’s ever been in a Catholic church, it’s amazing, they got this data,” Bannon told director Alison Klayman as they sat in his Washington, D.C., home on the eve of the 2018 midterm elections. “Literally, they can tell who’s been in a Catholic church and how frequently,” Bannon added. “And they got it triaged.”
“Campaigns have been using cell-phone location data for years.”
(https://thinkprogress.org/exclusive-steve-bannon-geofencing-data-collection-catholic-church-4aaeacd5c182/)
Happy ending: And “the data guy sells it”.
Now that we know the hush money investigation is closed, it's worth reiterating: Republicans hauled @Comey up to the Hill within 48 hours of his announcement that he'd closed the Clinton email investigation, and the FBI turned over its investigative files to Congress.
“The late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., spent the entirety of his 2008 presidential campaign warning about rising deficits, CNN noted. The 2010 rise of the Tea Party, which fueled massive Republican gains in that year’s midterm elections, was fueled largely by claims that federal spending was out of control. Former House Speaker Paul Ryan made an entire career out of rhetoric decrying the rising national debt. Then he led the charge to approve a $1.5 trillion tax cut for the rich and corporations, leading to the $1 trillion deficit Republicans apparently no longer care about.”
Media orgs: all your journalists of color were pointing out the myriad of ways in which Trump is a racist for a long time. Ask yourselves why you didn’t listen.
Senator Harris was DA here back then and went to Iowa in 2007 to campaign on the ground for Senator Obama. Inspired others to take the trip. She would also drop into our phone banks here in SF to thank and encourage us.
Iowa has held a special place in my heart ever since I first visited the state in 2007 to campaign for Barack Obama. I'm excited to announce I’ll be doing a five-day bus tour in August from Sioux City to Davenport. See you on the road! https://t.co/NUXv4JS7b8
Me too! So sad that we can repeat history when we already know how evil it was. (Hitler) There seems to be such an extreme selfishness, greed, and entitlement attitude in our Country today. I think of entitlement as meaning people thinking they deserve things over other people. Example: 1% and Company owners and CEOs deciding they are more worthy (better) than others or due to a so called superior Race, Class or Religion. I do not believe in the Conservative definition that MIT Romney used towards regular income or poor people wanting more than they deserve or robbing from the rich and “deserving” people.
Turn the lower 99.9% of us against each other by saying overtly racist things to distract us so we never recognize the actual reason for our collective oppression,
corrupt billionaires/corporations that work to destroy America in the name of profit *cough* @POTUS
Had a cat who would check out the expression on your face if you were laughing. It seemed he was checking to see if you were laughing at him. Animals really do pay attention to our expressions. Anyway…
I love this: Remember when Iran shot down a U.S. drone and Benito M. Trump took it as an act of war?
Well now reportedly, the opposite has happened and Iran has shot down a U.S. drone.
-Trump says yes it happened…celebrating…whatever.
-Iran says No they have all their drones thanks.
Heh.
Heh.
democracy v fascism equality v racism rule of law v corruption regulation v lawlessness fair(ish) capitalism v predatory capitalism healthcare v sickcare
Plus, averting the climate crisis. This is a lot. Good luck everyone.
— Dr. Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) July 19, 2019
You know what defeats the hatefulness of Trumpism? The largest electoral margin defeat since Goldwater. That is what he deserves. A humiliating, historic landslide loss. And that is actually possible.But it takes a bigger coalition than your twitter bubble. Build the army.
Inbox: Elijah Cummings sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney's Office for SDNY requesting info about whether a DOJ policy against indicting a sitting President played any role in the decision not to indict Trump for directing Michael Cohen to pay off women during the 2016 campaign.
Good West Coast afternoon NW & TOD family. I love how our forever President Obama knows the right words to encourage and uplift us when he sees the ugly being spewed on us.
What truly makes our country great is its diversity. I’ve seen that beauty in so many ways over the years. Whether we are born here or seek refuge here, there’s a place for us all. We must remember it’s not my America or your America. It’s our America.
If you gathered all of dt’s friends, family and administration officials all together… they would be the most disgusting, bottom of the barrel losers and criminals on the planet..Just an observation
WOW…the pain of discovering that you have been lied to allll your life…the pain of discovering that your white privilege is not what it used to be….
this is a powerful statement
We can check all the boxes, save the last one on “fraudulent elections.” 2016 was interference – in 2020 Trump will leave the door wide open for a fraudulent election if he is not held to account for what went down in the Mueller report! pic.twitter.com/ipkrkS0VJR
Carolyn here…..several times I have mentioned my pastor’s sermons, and how excellent they are. Well, now I am going to advertise a bit. A movie has been made about our church and a church in Tulsa. The movie is called American Heretics and tells the story of how a young pastor came to red OKC and purposely turned his church into a bastion of liberal progressive action. We are a total anomaly in red Oklahoma, and our pastor and associate pastor have been threatened and castigated by the fundamentalist Christians for years. However, our church is actually growing in the midst of a religious decline. The movie has been to Telluride and other festivals, and is reviewed in the New York Times. The company spent time last fall filming at church and time interviewing members and the pastors. It is showing here in OKC this week into next at a specialty theater called Rodeo cinema. I haven’t seen it yet but plan to see it Sunday. We are a strange mix of people who are attracted to and act on the social justice message. If you see it showing anywhere, and see it, I think you will be encouraged. Our pastor, Robin Meyers, has been in Australia where the film is being shown also.
Trump Customs and Border Protection officials kidnapped three children, who happen to be American citizens, to use them as bait to lure their immigrant mother out of hiding.
One wonders, legitimately, on this 19th day of July, 2019 …
FACT: What #Trump & crew have establised beyond doubt is that @GOP, @FoxNews & MILLIONS of Americans are cool with a vast array of crimes – as long as WHITE FOLK dominate.
TO BE DETERMINED: Would Trump killing a brown or black child with a flame thrower alter their devotion?
It makes me so bereft when I see this “rinse-repeat” actions over & over. But I truly love brilliant authors. Baldwin was brilliant in expressing & writing about the folly of racism. In all these dark days, his writing & humor has made me wish so much that I could have had the pleasure of sitting in his space & have a conversation, about anything & everything. Yeah, dreams are a beaut! 😇
🇵🇰 I AM A WOMAN. My name is Uzma Nawaz. I am strong. I overcame poverty and male harassment to graduate with a university degree in mechanical engineering. Now I work at Multan Toyota Motors as one of Pakistan's 1st female auto mechanics. No hardship can break my will. pic.twitter.com/MnOWMewxTI
🇦🇫 AFGHANISTAN Congratulations @ShaharzadAkbar on your appointment as Chief for Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. And thanks to Dr. Sima Samar, founder & former @AfghanistanIHRC chair for your 18 years dedicated AIHRC leadership since 2002. pic.twitter.com/zCpq9mVE6j
50 years ago today, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching the surface in their Apollo 11 lunar module. https://t.co/jwqmKqw29y
On the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Neil Armstrong’s words ring truer than ever: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” pic.twitter.com/Var1OSolMI
“…one small step for a man”. That’s what he planned to say. They believe either audio break-up and/or understandable nervousness is why the ‘a’ didn’t come through. It was still AWE INSPIRING.
We don't slam Trump because we hate America. We do that because we love this country. And we can assure you that a draft dodger like Trump who mocks POWs and accepted Putin's help in 2016 is NOT going to define patriotism on our watch. Progressives are The True Patriots.
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) July 20, 2019
American Jews disapproval of president trump is much higher than his overall disapproval. In 2016 71% of Jews voted against trump. In 2018 79% of Jews voted against gop.
Here's why @ddale8 is so valuable. He sorts through Trump's BS to get to the facts. And, no, AOC and the others didn't call the country "garbage." But our garbage president lied about it repeatedly today. https://t.co/8xqJ9lDjCj
Oh, FFS. Next thing we’ll find out is that the Russian MMA-bodyguard was with Affliction Ent. & Michael Cohen wrote his checks. If it got any more obvious that Epstein was a launderer for the same Russian mobsters behind Trump, we’d be swimming in borscht.https://t.co/0Uxam5fzrphttps://t.co/rsORcvXXA6
“When Hillary became the nominee in 2016 she was handed nothing, the DNC was nothing and there was nothing to build on,” he said. “You’d think we would have spent the last few years making sure this would never happen again, and it has.” https://t.co/CQP6raAqeI
Of course they’re having trouble. All the big money people are GOP b/c of tax cuts. We have to have a huge volunteer force because we don’t have that financial advantage. It must work because we won the House in 2018.
In America, we don’t fear the future, we embrace it. 50 years ago, that spirit took us to the moon. Today, it’s embodied by people like Tiffany Davis. She’s a young rocket scientist who is helping us explore the next frontier, wherever that might take us. https://t.co/a573n8hqtG
The 2009 Nobel Peace Prizewas awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people".@realDonaldTrump You'll never be better than he is. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/KhGhZ5xaYs
The Obama Diary 
Thank you, Nerdy.
How is this even ok? Even a little bit. It’s not!!!
“Rep. Ilhan Omar Makes Lindsey Graham Look Like An Ass After He Compares Trump To John McCain.”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2019/07/18/ilhan-omar-lindsey-graham-john-mccain.html)
–In which psychophant Graham plays Gilligan but w/out the island–
They are not pro life.
I have ALWAYS felt this way. Glad someone said it out loud
This is why it’s time to open an impeachment inquiry to shine kleig lights on his multifarious crimes and corruption.
Agree
Juxtapose. Now, every time I hear this, I smile and swell with pride for all this man has done and continues to do, to mentor and guide young minds to fearless greatness. That makes me proud, and happy:)
AMENNNNNNNNNN to the umpteeeeenth Power…
Beautiful! Am cooking while watching this & blaming onions for tears streaming all the way to my chin. 😇 Sniff sniff, missing that decency, dedication, & everything. Damn onions interfering in my thoughts. 😂 👀
Excellent! I was just going to post that:)
i am so glad that so many folks are trying to inform the citizens of this country of ours..
It is ALL Hands on Deck!!
Absolutely! It’s GO TIME!
Listening to this now. It’s really good.
The “best” people
“Recordings made by Cohen show that Trump was not only aware of the scheme, but negotiating the details and instructing Cohen on the steps to take. Trump even involved members of his campaign staff, including Hope Hicks, in the scheme, going back and forth with Cohen on details of both how to deceive the women and how to hide the source of the funds.”(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/19/1872947/-That-Justice-Department-rule-has-saved-Trump-from-indictment-again)
-Free pass for Trump while co-conspirator Cohen is in the clink. Check. How many passes before go-to-jail card?
-Wondering what else is being filed away to save face. For example how patriotic is it really to cover up all the
Disco King’s national security crimes?
Of course.
Benito had to have set it up and paid someone to lead the charge. Unexpected though was how he threw the crowd + actors under the bus afterwards! Heh ever the perfect heist. Such a codder.
Yes, please!
NOW: Sen. Warren campaigns in Orange City, Iowa – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-2
“Catholics in Iowa went to church. Steve Bannon tracked their phones.”
“If your phone’s ever been in a Catholic church, it’s amazing, they got this data,” Bannon told director Alison Klayman as they sat in his Washington, D.C., home on the eve of the 2018 midterm elections. “Literally, they can tell who’s been in a Catholic church and how frequently,” Bannon added. “And they got it triaged.”
“Campaigns have been using cell-phone location data for years.”
(https://thinkprogress.org/exclusive-steve-bannon-geofencing-data-collection-catholic-church-4aaeacd5c182/)
Happy ending: And “the data guy sells it”.
Limbaugh: “Nobody is a fiscal conservative anymore…
All this talk about concern for the deficit and the budget has been BOGUS for as long as it’s been around.”
https://www.salon.com/2019/07/19/rush-limbaugh-admits-gops-fiscal-attacks-on-obama-were-bogus-defends-trumps-deficit/
All the fear-mongering about the deficit when PBO was in office.
FACT: President Obama cut the deficit by two thirds.
“The late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., spent the entirety of his 2008 presidential campaign warning about rising deficits, CNN noted. The 2010 rise of the Tea Party, which fueled massive Republican gains in that year’s midterm elections, was fueled largely by claims that federal spending was out of control. Former House Speaker Paul Ryan made an entire career out of rhetoric decrying the rising national debt. Then he led the charge to approve a $1.5 trillion tax cut for the rich and corporations, leading to the $1 trillion deficit Republicans apparently no longer care about.”
That’s right.
Senator Harris was DA here back then and went to Iowa in 2007 to campaign on the ground for Senator Obama. Inspired others to take the trip. She would also drop into our phone banks here in SF to thank and encourage us.
OMG, remember this night????!!!!
They probably ALL support this! HAppy to let corporations take your hard earned $$$$, but no coverage when you need it! Fiscally responsible, my ass
WE MUST NOT STOP
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democrats-are-winning-the-fundraising-race-in-the-senate/
Watch her! She’s going to hide!
How apropo that iQ45 & her have “Mar” in their (Ahem, y’all) “enterprises”. 😏
And that name for her non profit? Lawdy, is that the codename now for child trafficking? 😩😏
Good Afternoon, TODbots.
It’s still TGIF
💪💙😍
From fewer than 20 to 95 and he ain’t stopping ….
Me too! So sad that we can repeat history when we already know how evil it was. (Hitler) There seems to be such an extreme selfishness, greed, and entitlement attitude in our Country today. I think of entitlement as meaning people thinking they deserve things over other people. Example: 1% and Company owners and CEOs deciding they are more worthy (better) than others or due to a so called superior Race, Class or Religion. I do not believe in the Conservative definition that MIT Romney used towards regular income or poor people wanting more than they deserve or robbing from the rich and “deserving” people.
So good!!!
Quick learner.
I hope David hangs in there with his political activism. He could have quite the career as he grows older.
Had a cat who would check out the expression on your face if you were laughing. It seemed he was checking to see if you were laughing at him. Animals really do pay attention to our expressions. Anyway…
I love this: Remember when Iran shot down a U.S. drone and Benito M. Trump took it as an act of war?
Well now reportedly, the opposite has happened and Iran has shot down a U.S. drone.
-Trump says yes it happened…celebrating…whatever.
-Iran says No they have all their drones thanks.
Heh.
Heh.
tgif
eh the joke was on me – i messed up the punchline!
Shoulda read: ‘the opposite has happened and the U.S. has shot down a U.S. drone.’
FFS….I did it again…!!!!
Pretty much!
great:(
Done in our names
View at Medium.com
Good West Coast afternoon NW & TOD family. I love how our forever President Obama knows the right words to encourage and uplift us when he sees the ugly being spewed on us.
I admire him so much! 🥰
Oh my Goodness….If this happens, I might consider getting Netflix….just to see Eddie do his Stand up Comic Genius.
LOVE HER
Thank you Michelle Obama that is the words from a real leader of this country.
If you gathered all of dt’s friends, family and administration officials all together… they would be the most disgusting, bottom of the barrel losers and criminals on the planet..Just an observation
We HAVE to turn out in massive numbers!
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/how-trump-could-lose-5-million-votes-still-win-2020-n1031601
WOW…the pain of discovering that you have been lied to allll your life…the pain of discovering that your white privilege is not what it used to be….
this is a powerful statement
Yes! Just, yes.
💩💩💩
NOW: Biden makes local stop in Los Angeles – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-2
Carolyn here…..several times I have mentioned my pastor’s sermons, and how excellent they are. Well, now I am going to advertise a bit. A movie has been made about our church and a church in Tulsa. The movie is called American Heretics and tells the story of how a young pastor came to red OKC and purposely turned his church into a bastion of liberal progressive action. We are a total anomaly in red Oklahoma, and our pastor and associate pastor have been threatened and castigated by the fundamentalist Christians for years. However, our church is actually growing in the midst of a religious decline. The movie has been to Telluride and other festivals, and is reviewed in the New York Times. The company spent time last fall filming at church and time interviewing members and the pastors. It is showing here in OKC this week into next at a specialty theater called Rodeo cinema. I haven’t seen it yet but plan to see it Sunday. We are a strange mix of people who are attracted to and act on the social justice message. If you see it showing anywhere, and see it, I think you will be encouraged. Our pastor, Robin Meyers, has been in Australia where the film is being shown also.
Here’s the trailer:
Thank you, Meta for sharing the trailer.
Yes, thank you Meta. Today we had a cleanup day at the church preparing for out 60th anniversary celebration this fall
Hi, Carolyn! It’s good to see you.
Thank you for letting us know about this film.
Wow, this is so awesome. I look forward to seeing it somewhere, hopefully it will come to California.
Wow, Carolyn, I can’t wait to watch it!
JHC
One wonders, legitimately, on this 19th day of July, 2019 …
This is James Baldwin’s letter to Angela Davis in November 1971. Well worth a read, sadly, after all this time, still relevant to our times.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1971/01/07/an-open-letter-to-my-sister-miss-angela-davis/
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We need to. Be reminded.
It makes me so bereft when I see this “rinse-repeat” actions over & over. But I truly love brilliant authors. Baldwin was brilliant in expressing & writing about the folly of racism. In all these dark days, his writing & humor has made me wish so much that I could have had the pleasure of sitting in his space & have a conversation, about anything & everything. Yeah, dreams are a beaut! 😇
Baldwin was a brilliant writer. He writings are always relevant.
Ah. A surprise to no one paying attention… moving closer to neo Nazis
Wow! Visual truth. We know it, yet seeing it this way is truly “eye-opening. 😳😥
Goodnight TOD …
Thanks for the beauty, Bob! Goodnight.
Good Morning Beloved TOD.
It is Hot, Hot, Hot.
Please stay hydrated. Plenty of Liquid. Drink. Stay cool.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I love this 14yo Kid.
Niiiiice:)
“…one small step for a man”. That’s what he planned to say. They believe either audio break-up and/or understandable nervousness is why the ‘a’ didn’t come through. It was still AWE INSPIRING.
Morning everyone
Kiss( Keep it simple, stupid)
Good morning, NW & TODers! I love these Tiny Desk series. Enjoy!
That’s the best!!!! I’ve never seen these before:) Thanks, Gazelle!!❤️
DF, am totally into this series. So many artists are doing them, & I love that they’re in libraries! Wish they’d come to my library! 💃
That’s the best!!!! I’ve never seen these before:) Thanks, Gazelle!!❤️
❤💙💜💗💚😍🎶🎤
Which is exactly why they should be able to STAY HERE!
LAUGH BREAK
Wow!!!
This is so much fun! Thank you, Meta! 💞
More freaking Russians
Paging, Mr. Steyer. Paging Mr. Steyer!
Of course they’re having trouble. All the big money people are GOP b/c of tax cuts. We have to have a huge volunteer force because we don’t have that financial advantage. It must work because we won the House in 2018.
She’s always had that guy nailed from day one
Well THIS can’t be good
What happens when facts don’t matter
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2019/07/20/its-our-america/