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
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Good Evening TODville Community.
Thank you, NW.
Congrats on first Nena.
I hope they keep calling farm subsidies as welfare.
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I just cry every time i see this…it is so heartbreaking…and it is being done in our name…OUR NAME…What can we do…
I don’t have kids and watching this moves me to tears … I can’t understand how ppl WITH kids can not feel anything … looking at Republican women / men.
I’m sick about it. I put my own great grandchildren in their places and just die a little inside.
I can’t understand this. I am so heartbroken at what is happening. This is all wrong.
I think we’re all devastated and no person with a heart and soul knows how to react, except to yell ENOUGH!
The slow Coup & the Destructive Nature of Trumpery before our eyes.
I don’t understand ….why do people resign? Why not let Trump force them out? It seems by resigning they are giving up all protection for their posts.
If they are fired …they might lose their pension and other compensation….they maybe boxed into a corner
Yep
I hope she tells us what happened in that meeting
How will we respond?
This infant is suffering terribly and needs to be protected and nurtured – quietly with consistency, attention, and holding. If Mom was nursing baby, is a huge adjustment., and you never know how a baby will react to formula.
End.GOP.Crimes.Against. Children.
Stop the insane monster in the White House.
No limits, no accountability, no self-awareness.
i do not think that it is a love of the Filibuster…
NOW: Joe Biden speaks at Asian & Latino Coalition town hall in Des Moines, Iowa – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-3
NOW: Elizabeth Warren hosts town hall in Fort Dodge, Iowa – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-7
Absolutely, and then some! Consolidation of power. Another ‘acting’ position.
I have heard four different people suggest the following for the Dems in the next debate: Whatever question the moderator asks, every candidate should ignore the question and immediately go DT, the damage he has done, the damage he will continue to do. Have specific examples ready. Focus, focus, c
Focus on him. Take control of the debate and keep control of it. They would all need to do it. Some of them could say there will be plenty of time for policy talk, then pivot immediately to the focus being on DT. I think this is a good idea. What say you all? What is the best way to get this suggestion to the candidates? Twitter?
State Department foreign service officer resigns in blistering criticism of Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/08/politics/fso-resigns-washington-post-op-ed/index.html
“Though we are keeping the metaphorical lights on, we are not the heroes that some make us out to be. The real ‘resistance’ must come from American voters in 2020,” he said.
Well my goodness! I was never a fan of Tommy Lee or Motley Crue, but today I wanna hug him and buy him a drink!
Not to be outdone 🙂
That’s nice, but I must say Tommy’s flare & flourish had that extra oomph that just made me tingle with glee!
Yes Dudette! Tommy’s was HELL YEA!!!
Okay grab some tissue if you haven’t seen this story already…
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Beautiful 💕
A bright ray of light in this story. It makes me think what goodness is still in our country.
Don’t wanna immunize your kid? Fine, you’ll be homeschooling them.
Yay Gwinnett County! Yay Georgia!
… and amen!
They can all rot
So he knew that he had hired workers who were undocumented…aren’t there penalties for that…
I guess she forgot to buy ammo for her arsenal or sump’in, so the good people of Cobb County gotta pay to protect her sorry ass. Cry me a river. Now ya know what it feels like to live in fear. I wouldn’t be surprised if this turns out to be some PR scam. 🤨
He sold his friend John McCain out . How empty must his soul be….
Wow!!!
Alright Cali Dems! Bravo! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, released the following statement calling for the House of Representatives to start an impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump.
“In their wisdom, the Founders rejected the idea of an executive branch that could go unchecked, and granted the power of impeachment to Congress – one of the most serious means of oversight we can undertake – to hold accountable those in high office, including the President. It is a serious action that must not be rushed, abused, or taken lightly. But after careful thought and consideration, I believe the time has come for the House of Representatives to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump. Four reasons lead me to this conclusion.
First, the gravity of the revelations in the Special Counsel’s report and testimony before Congress should trouble all Americans. The report details at least ten instances in which the President of the United States obstructed justice. Further, it chillingly warns, “The protection of the criminal justice system from corrupt acts by any person – including the President – accords with the fundamental principle of our government that “[n]o [person] in this country is so high that he is above the law.” I firmly believe, but for the flawed Justice Department opinion, President Trump would be indicted for his actions.
Second, I have seen firsthand the Trump administration’s across the board defiance of Congress’ legitimate investigations and subpoenas on everything from adding a citizenship question to the census to this Administration’s cruel and inhumane child separation policy. If these constitutionally-mandated oversight responsibilities are left undefended, our very democracy is threatened.
Third, the American people have also been witness to a president who at every opportunity has chosen to disregard the rule of law and our constitution for his own enrichment. He continues to violate the emoluments clause and his conflicts of interest are rampant. He makes decisions not for the good of the country, but for his own benefit.
Finally, I caution that we cannot allow ourselves to become so desensitized to the President’s behavior that there are no consequences. This is a man who continues to debase the office he holds. He has instilled fear and incited violence. He has called American communities infested, he has told members of Congress to go back to where they came from, he stoked the flames of white supremacy by repeatedly referring to an invasion of foreigners, and he has questioned the allegiance of our fellow Americans. At every moment, whether it was in the aftermath of Charlottesville or El Paso or Dayton, he has failed to heal our country and call us to our better angels. Instead, he has stained the Oval Office with his racism, xenophobia, and bigotry.
We stand at a perilous moment for our country. No individual should be above the law. No individual should act the way this president behaves without consequence. No administration should be allowed to disregard the constitution at their whim. Now more than ever, Congress must assert its constitutional role and that is why I believe we must immediately start an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.”
Goodnight TOD
Another friend sent this last week, I have never listened to any of this mindbending propaganda, I did this one. Replied to her there is an excessive level of brainwashing going on, using rational sounding misinformation/disinformation, and sent a fact check link, which of course they failed. Processing this load of crap has been a heavy burden all week. I hesitated to pass it on to y’all, but this is what’s out there, and I weep.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only Light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only Love can do that.” ~ MLK Jr.
Let us Love as widely and as well as we can, and allow Light and Love to penetrate the Darkness with Blessing.
What are these guys on ???
“The British crown… attacking our sitting president and our election … the British Invasion” ??????
—the fact is the British are about to lose everything if they leave the E.U.
— the Bannon/Putin plan is to ISOLATE the United States AS WELL AS our ally United Kingdom.
Yes America was a COLONY of Britain, France, and Spain.
I know, it felt like something in my brain was breaking trying to get through this, wrestling with how impossible that anyone could truly believe the crap they are spewing.. it showed me what we as optimists really are facing. I had no idea.
A sunrise wedding! How sweet is that? 💕
Morning everyone. Look! He made us a shithole country!
This is the most repulsive and vile thing I have seen in a while. Fucking psychos! BOTH of them!!
They could’ve used their arsenal of actors, paid a trumpy for the photo-op, and left this traumatized
baby in peace. Self-centered and gross the pair of them.
Just think about this…there is a LAW that allows a shooter to wear tactical armor and carry an assault rifle and 100 rounds of ammo into………. where??…….. a Walmart….for what purpose…to hut the customers in the store??
THE SHEER OBSENITY OF THIS…
hunt=hut
WHOA and OMG. There will be a flood of evidentiary material released today. UGH.
Does this mean we’ll all be drinking and taking lots of showers to get the filth off? These are wretched people
I can’t even fathom how disgusting all this material will be. He is the worst of the worst and I can only hope his friends and conspirators are specifically implicated.
Agreed. I have sensory overload ALL THE TIME NOW. What absolutely revolting info will we have to see now?
Does this mean we’ll all be drinking and taking lots of showers to get the filth off? These are wretched people
This was not supposed to post here. This❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️was:) All children are born perfect.
DESPOTIC TRAITOROUS PARTY :
.wants Russia to continue invading our country.
.while accusing non-whites of doing the invading.
.ICE abducting brown parents while Trump is photo-popping with brown gun massacre victims and orphaned baby who could not refuse him.
.ICE abandoned children in the streets and day cares without any plans or protections for them.
.Sent a diabetic American citizen who only speaks English to die alone on Iraqi streets.
—-Despot King Trump sacrificing (and killing) scape-goats to distract from serious very long list of crimes.
Absolutely correct. Not this time, mf’ers
Happy Fri-yay! 😃
Hey thanks Dudette, thanks Fred, we need more, more, more.
Just hafta gotta join the party and dance !!!
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Word is the U.S. economy is slowing and could do so dramatically.
So King Benito wants to devalue the U.S. dollar, increase sales, and make hisself look better by Nov 2020.
Meanwhile truth: “The tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese imports that Trump has imposed have driven up
consumer prices, eroding corporate profits.”
= Failed businessman and despotic traitorous Arse running amok.
“Trump prods Federal Reserve to make ‘large” cut to interest rates.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/business/trump-prods-federal-reserve-to-make-large-cut-to-interest-rates
“America should resist the temptation to weaken the dollar.”
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/07/25/america-should-resist-the-temptation-to-weaken-the-dollar
We’re gonna keep selling those actual
Killing machines, but those video games are gonna have to go!!
Good morning, TOD!
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Fossil fuel corporates, Putin party and Benito would like to make slaves of us all,
starting at oh, around age 0.
Anyone else notice that people using these weapons of war are not using them to protect their family and property. They are using them to assassinate people they don’t like!!! The NRA left that part out! These guns are not for protection, they are for extermination!!
Yep, and what is so perplexing is that the senate doesn’t even want to vote on the most rudimentary gun laws.
imo
Massacre Mitch is pushing his luck if he doesn’t act.
FFS
Ku Klux Klan application, I didn’t know one had to apply to become a Klan member.
Don remember ‘Black Klansman” and Ron Stalworth? There are details in there about applications…He was the first African-American police officer/detective to lead an undercover investigation in 1978 into the local KKK.
still think it’s incredible that he wrote a book about it.
I didn’t see Black Klansman but I’ve head of Ron Stalworth though.
I saw that movie when it came out. It was very good.
Anyone know?
The legendary Mr. Richard Strzok:
A “career employee with the FBI for 22 years before his firing in August 2018, Strzok had been a lead agent in the FBI’s “Operation Ghost Stories” against Andrey Bezrukov and Yelena Vavilova, a Russian spy couple who were part of the Illegals Program, a network of Russian sleeper agents who were arrested in 2010. By July 2015, Strzok was serving as the section chief of the Counterespionage Section.” (wiki)
Highly accomplished and respected Richard Strzok obviously put the fear of God up Benito.
So he was fired. Not for his private emails, but for his genius in Russian spy-related investigations.
SOON: Joe Biden attends community event in Boone, Iowa – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-4
Apple Bees, meh. Outback is one of my favorites, quality is good. Haven’t purchased anything from Urban Outfitters or Coachella so I can comment. Target has a weird vibe inside their stores, almost creepy, I got a Blu-Ray from there once and the whole experience was kinda strange.
KFC and Pizza Hut don’t taste as good as the way it used too, back in the day both products had more flavor. I’m not impressed with In n out burger or five guys, both of them are just your average burger joint. Chick fil A, please. The only thing Waffle House has going for them are their grits. Both IHOP and Olive Garden have gone done the drain as far as quality goes. Carl’s Jr, see Chick fil A. Taco Bell is a health hazard. McDonald’s and Wendy’s haven’t let me down so far, but Wendy’s is starting to slip just a tad bit. I’m not sure what ‘Bang’ is.
*down
Time to stop shopping at Wal-Mart…
Why are they selling guns?
NOW: Elizabeth Warren visits Des Moines River Watershed Site – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-4
No argument from me
Deadline is August 28.
Prez candidate Julian Castro is just short of qualifying for next Dem shootin’ gallery.
–imo Julian is immensely talented imo and must go forward.
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/speechless-3/
P.S.
If you feel speechless about living in U.S. nightmare of 255 mass murders in 2019.
Pls listen to Chris Hayes in his intro last night:
LET….IT….RIP..