Michelle Obama: Whatever comes next, I hope "I embrace new opportunities ... I hope that I am always growing into t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 03, 2019****
I was just 2 years old when Michelle Obama became first lady. When I was growing up, she was always just there, smiling on the covers of magazines, surrounded by groups of kids in the White House gardens, holding hands with her husband. At that time, I didn’t have a concept of who she really was. But as I got older I began to realize how important she was—and the impact she was having on my generation. I learned more about her in Becoming, her memoir, in which she tells the story of her journey from Chicago’s South Side to the White House. Her voice is honest and often vulnerable, especially when she experiences change, like going to a new high school or becoming the first lady. Frequently she asks herself, “Am I good enough?” But she is also mesmerizing and determined, asserting herself as a force from a young age. Michelle Obama doesn’t use her book to preach, though. Instead she shares her ideas with the world through storytelling. As a journalist, that’s how I communicate too—by knocking on doors and asking people to share their stories. And so when I got the chance to interview her, my goal was simple: to uncover more about the ideas behind her stories and how they can inspire us all, regardless of our politics.
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The Obama Diary 
Happy Saturday friends.
Happy Saturday OG! Good to see ya!
Michelle and Barack Obama are the best of us.
Yes…The Best that we can be
Indeed they are!
Yes!
Soooo sweeeeeet! 😍
At fundraiser:
Trump “made fun of US allies South Korea, Japan and the European Union — mimicking Japanese and Korean accents — and talked about his love of dictators Kim Jong Un and the current ruler of Saudi Arabia.”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2019/08/10/trump-racist-japanese-impression.html)
–the benito bigotry show–
Like a breathe of fresh air. Her smile. Her wisdom. Her genuineness…..
Yes she IS everything!
I really like this kid!
Thank goodness there is a whole generation who will be impacted by the goodness of Barack and Michelle Obama.
Wow!!
Goodnight TOD ….
bravo!!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
OMG, this story.
Thank goodness for these kind kids.
I’m so glad school is starting back this week, now I can have some peace and quiet and solitude.
Yes Michelle Obama is everything and we love her.
Listen to the squeals of delight!😄
Truth!
Al Gore published “An Inconvenient Truth” in 2006. And when you think he himself was tracking human created warming himself in the 1970’s…40 years ago as a chemistry student. Thank you VP Gore.
Good morning, Carolyn. Asking for your good energy and thoughts this week. Tuesday I will have shoulder surgery. Two weeks ago I fell against my closet door and dislocated my shoulder. I have neve felt such pain! From the first xrays the ortho surgeon thought the tendons would grow back and reattach, but as of Wed. the new stays showed they weren’t. So, Tuesday I face surgery. My big concern was taking care of my precious doggie, Chanel, When my son learned I have to have surgery, he immediately said We will come get Chanel and take care of her. Bless him. So the whole family came yesterday and took her to Dallas today. I can relax. The house feels warm now, and I feel surrounded by their love. Many good friends are going to be with me during this and thanks to Medicare, I will have Home Health care. So thanks for your care.
Good thoughts for you.
Sorry to hear you are dealing with this pain but so glad you have such a strong support network. I hope all goes well and you’re back to your lovely life. Take good care.
Positive thoughts and swift healing:)❤️
♥️🙏🏼🕯🙏🏼♥️
carolyn, you will be in my prayers. Thankful you have such good support and much love surrounding you.
Sending you positive and healing thoughts.
🙏💙🙏
Dear Caroline,
Sad to hear that you’ve been in pain, but encouraged to hear you are not alone. As well as your on-the-ground care, please know that there will be viral thoughts and mental support – particularly on Tuesday – coming from my corner of the world. Blessings
smh – Apologies, Carolyn (My fingers typed my grandma’s spelling). Fortunately actual prayers have no connection to spelling.
All the best to you for a quick recovery! We’re surrounding you with virtual hugs, and I know you can feel them!
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Wishing you a rapid recovery!!
I will be praying that all goes well with your surgery!
There’s nothing like having a loving, supportive family. I hope the surgery goes well and your recovery is smooth and quick. Sending you hugs and love!
Sorry about your shoulder, Carolyn. Sending healing thoughts and prayers for your surgery and recovery. ❤️🙏
Best wishes cwatermas. All in good time, the healing….hugs!
So perfect!!
Hey Kellyanne Bill Clinton isn’t the only one who knew Epstein, is he?
The implication of this tweet is not just about #TraitorTrump being an Epstein bestie. It’s also about what Epstein might have on #TraitorTrump.
Morning/ Afternoon everyone
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1ByV_9FaSP/
SOON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at border detention center in McAllen, Texas – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-2
Good Afternoon, TODbots.
Thank you, NW.
Thank you, TODville Twitter Brigades.
Thank you, Lurkers, Commentators on this oasis platform.
Thank you, Chips. 🙌 from the Land of over 10K Lakes.
Hello, nena!
Hey, Dudette;
Look who’s in my neck of the woods:
🙂
🥰
Ohhh lovely! 😍
Oh My!
I am not a sports fan (other than WC Soccer), but I was cheering Bianca Andreescu on at the Rogers Cup final today … but my heart breaks for Serena Williams who had to stop the match due not feeling well.
Serena is the G.O.A.T!
Wishing Serena a very speedy recovery.
That’s my girl! Love her! What a heartbreaking way to end the tournament. I hope her injury heals soon!
Beautiful writing by FLOTUS – have not yet read the other 7 essays.
just catching a few PBO rays here.
Beware who stokes the chaos
Thank you, Malcolm Nance!
He’s fearless to speak truth to anybody and everybody!
What blunders, I am speaking for myself. I got the chance to see Biden work for eight years as Obama’s VP and to me Biden seem like a decent man who care about people of all colors, who loves this country much better person then that racist lying white supremacists in the White House now. These so call know it all political pundits is full of alot of bologna.
Its either Blunder, optics or tone, take your pick. If only the pundits had the balls to call out the venom that comes out of the Whitehouse.
With you on all of that!!!!
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I ask ONE MORE TIME: How does this message get to every Dem candidate? One more time, policy talk can wait. Focus must be on Trump and Trumpism. Everyone of them and ALL THE TIME!
Tweet this along to all of them. Pray they pay attention and read
Will do tomorrow. Going out soon. I actually have a list of their Twitter handles already written down.
😘
Fine idea
In total agreement with Seth Abramason !!!!!!!!!!!! Every time Trump opens his mouth, he tells a lie and none of them challenge him or make a big deal about it.
I actually think that white supremacy is a much larger threat imo
Steve Bannon says Democrats may have to recruit Michelle Obama, Mike Bloomberg or Hillary Clinton to run against Trump 2020. Well former President Obama said that there are three things in life that are certain, taxes, death, and Michelle will never run for any political office. I have been hearing this talk from the right alot lately, what are they up too.?
imo Bannon is Putin’s tool.
So they’d like to put the Obamas in the potshot position again….AS IF.
Also Bannon would like to infer that the current candidates cannot beat the brain-dead Benito.
Well we can assume nothing good. I don’t think there’s anything I hate more than filth like Steve Bannon putting our QUEEN in their depraved disgusting mouths. We should tell them to go fuck themselves.
I have no words.
As it has been, before ….
As always…Bob…
you were saying long before me…
#TruthAndReconcilation
Thank you Sheila! What matters is that we know what the root issues are and they will never ‘go away’ until collectively Americans prioritize resolution.
Below, I’m posting my latest tweet thread on the topic. Be assured, I don’t just ‘tweet’ on these issues!
Wow. Gobsmacked. She.is.right.on.
FROM THE ARTICLE…
Federal laws against lynching never passed in large part because many officials in Washington, up to and including sitting presidents, were themselves sympathetic to white supremacy or reluctant to pick a fight with Southern lawmakers and voters. Which is to say: it has historically been politically inconvenient for government officials to confront violent white supremacy. This is in large part because it is impossible to find any period in American politics in which the notion that there should be a racial order with white people at the top, or the idea that the United States is and should remain a country for white people, has not enjoyed a robust mainstream constituency.
“it is impossible to find any period in American politics in which the notion that there should be a racial order with white people at the top, or the idea that the United States is and should remain a country for white people, has not enjoyed a robust mainstream constituency.”
Insane but so very true.
That is so psychologically daunting.
More from the article…
In the post-civil rights period, a fragile consensus emerged around the most public racism, and new mores made it far less acceptable for white supremacy to be overtly stated. But this hardly meant that the popular forces undergirding it evaporated — how could something be so elemental ever be blotted out? And as long as the formal expression of those sentiments remain in place — in criminal justice, in housing, in employment, in immigration policy — then it will remain dangerously easy to activate the less legitimate violence that has always been twinned to it. That means that more bloodshed, like the carnage we saw in El Paso, Texas, is not only possible, but inevitable.
“In the post-civil rights period, a fragile consensus emerged around the most public racism, and new mores made it far less acceptable for white supremacy to be overtly stated.”
I guess this is what Mitt Romney was talking about when he said that certain things are to be discussed in “quiet rooms.”
White Supremacy is woven into the fabric of this county like mom, apple pie and baseball.
“Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won; you earn it and win it in every generation.” Coretta Scott King
Happy Birthday Donna! 😘💋🎈
It’s Baby O’Donna’s birthday? Happy Birthday, Donna!
Happy Birthday Donna!!!
Happy Birthday, Donna! ❤️🎂🎉
Happy Birthday, DD!!!❤️
Happy Birthday, Donna! 🎂🎉💙
🎂🍾🎁🥂🎈🎀😍👒💁♀️⭐⭐⭐
Happy Birthday, Donna.
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2019/08/11/tribute-to-a-legend/
watching U.S. gymnastic championships….think it is live.