Good morning TOD. Thank you Nerdy for keeping this wonderful place to go! I hope everyone has a fantastic day. Happy Friday. President Obama is still the best.president.ever.
Thank you, Nerdy. Thank you, Barack Obama for reminding us of our humanity and kindness. I was going to post something, but I’m just going to savor this for now.
Wlll we let Doom enrich himself and his global enablers by opening up the ineffably precious ANWR?
GOP has a tale about opening up 19 million acres to oil exploration so that snake Murkowski would vote for the Trump tax bill in 2017. Trump is also going after the Tongass, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, crown jewel and lungs of the world critically needed as the Amazon is burning. Bent on destroying the Arctic, endangering the planet and trashing the U.S.A. Are ye cod? Are we going to let the Great Pretender on short time do this to our future?
Not news that most wars are tied to oil. Our children are facing mega hurricanes, mega droughts, mega tornadoes, mega floods, happening in a more violent, more extremely, more frequently, famine, drought, millions of people displaced. The fossil fuel industry globally has created this catastrophe, covered up their scientific knowledge of the coming climate crisis for 40 years, stolen $billions in tax payer subsidies, and now have the brass balls to ramp up a battle and competition in the sublime Arctic.
PLANETARY JUSTICE:
We have the technology to move radically to renewable energy. Sunshine is free for 5 billion years.
We need presidential candidates that will move aggressively for big structural change not “normalcy”.
Hold the fossil fuel industry and their political backers accountable for destroying our planet!
= Jail time to oil corporates and $trillions in damages to the people present and future of this Earth.
I think we need this~ Barack stops for tacos! I have been savin this for a rainy day, and it's rainin here… ENJOY!#ResistersForumhttps://t.co/ZR7d9gAbm5
#afterseptember11 my brother came home from elementary school with two black eyes and food stains all over his clothes as a result of a food fight targeted towards him. He was 11 💔 https://t.co/3MZsaXtT44
Yesterday while out walking I heard a child cry and went back to see a woman slapping someone around in the back of a car. Close up i saw a terrified 18 month-old boy. A younger child was cowering on the other side of the car. I think they were strapped in. Many of us endured being knocked around when young by a frustrated parent who grew up with same But can we do differently? Can we transcend? Can we truly be the grown up? Children are not small adults. They don’t think like us. Everything is new. Being strapped into a car is not fun. May we relinquish delusion and the culture of cruelty.
.@ABC@CNN@MSNBC Why don't you dedicate a debate to women's rights? We are half the population, led the fight against @POTUS and won @TheDemocrats the majority. Five women are running for Pres, it's been one year since Kavanaugh & 2 years since #MeToo. We refuse to be ignored!
Hello, Beloved, TODville Community👒💁♀️🎩💁♀️😍😍😍
TGIF
Friday the 13th…..
It looks like the Dems Debate on ABC last Night was watched by over 14M.
Again, Zero questions on US Security & Election Integrity, Voter Suppression.
Over all, the questions were better than the CNN REALITY combative questions.
Thank you, NW.
Congrats, Betsey on your Furst⭐⭐⭐⭐
The next Democratic presidential debate will be held in Westerville, Ohio, and will be hosted jointly by CNN and the New York Times, the Democratic National Committee announces. https://t.co/hFUzqg3EbP
I was reading the last thread from last night before coming here. I asked a question during the debate last night as to who and what the disturbance in the room was about? I even wondered if it could be a Trump supporter group. It turns out it was a DACA protest group wanting to hear what the Democrats planned to do about the immigrant situation. It was reported since there was no discussion about it they would not be voting for Democrats. I would not have guessed that. However, as I reflect on it they would not be able to vote anyway, maybe they meant support the Dems. Regardless, the choice of topics at the debate was not necessarily controlled by the candidates. Why would the protest group want the GOP who ripped away DACA, jailed and separated families, took away safeguards, encouraged the hateful ways, etc have a better chance at winning?
A September 8 appearance on C-SPAN’s Washington Week by Fox News host Jeanine Pirro -champion of the white nationalist “great replacement”conspiracy theory-made to promote her new book backfired spectacularly
This is a good step, but @Visa doesn’t have to wait for Congress to act. They can stop processing credit card payments on assault weapons today. https://t.co/9MKXi1Sc8o
If this era does not end with Trump, Barr and their cronies doing hard time, then we will have failed future generations and the ideals of the founders by making an utter mockery of our system of justice, the rule of law and the idea no man is above the law.
Great question for the DEM debates: Will you commit now if you are elected president to an aggressive and complete criminal investigation, indictments and punishment of members of the current administration for their crimes, including Donald Trump?
This is a very important story. Not only re: what its substance may be…but that it is the latest sign that the Trump Administration is waging a systematic and thus far successful campaign against the Rule of Law in America. https://t.co/FW30ZUP0DN
Hello you can read it here: Thread by @Teri_Kanefield: "(Thread) Pelosi, impeachment & Democracy v. Autocracy I see a disconnect between what Pelosi actually says and what […]" https://t.co/Bg3cKT2Jvu Enjoy 🙂 🤖
Fail. Mafia Doom:
“Who the hell is Joy-Ann Reid? Never met her, she knows ZERO about me, has NO talent, and truly doesn’t have the “it” factor needed for success in showbiz….etc.”
–wow Joy soo has the “it” factor…imo she is live wire dynamite.
Last week, Republican state parties in Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, and South Carolina decided that they will cancel their presidential primary elections and caucuses next year, silencing millions of Republican voters in an effort to undermine any member of the GOP who would dare challenge Trump.
We know the playbook for Trump and his allies. They’ve made voter suppression for political gain a cornerstone of this administration.
And the reality is that these efforts to suppress the vote are entirely legal even though they are wholly wrong. In this case, state parties can pick and choose whether to hold presidential primaries and caucuses, and because the law permits it, the remedies are limited.
But your access to the ballot shouldn’t depend on whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican. Because in a democracy, every eligible American should be able to exercise their right to vote.
We know that canceling elections won’t be the only way Republicans try to block voters from the ballot before 2020. Because those who would silence the will of the people prefer a system that intimidates anyone willing to challenge the status quo.
We’ll continue to step up and demand justice for voters at every turn, but we need your help.
Thank you for all you do,
Team Fair Fight
***************
Think about this…
the GOP will take the vote away from anyone…even their own voters..as a way to maintain Power
To every black woman who's walked into rooms brillantly prepared, fully understanding that the measure of success is unreasonably different for you, hold your head up high today.@KamalaHarris is forcing everyone to see themselves & how they *see* us. I'm inspired.#ThisIsPersonalpic.twitter.com/D8lE3ChHsO
Mother Jones: A Kremlin-controlled Russian bank has hired a Trump insider as a lobbyist. John Sweeney will be paid to help Vnesheconombank avoid sanctions. https://t.co/NJTesXj0YR
“beznadyoga — a collective feeling of hopelessness that paralyzes any sustained effort to overturn the status quo and marginalizes those who try.” (bez = without)
“For Putin, the problem is how to contain the rapidly spreading discontent.”
” A whole new generation is coming of age that wants to see something other than Putin before they grow old.”
(Putin’s Star is Fading: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/11/vladimir-putin-russia-moscow-city-council-vote-228065)
What if a Constitutional crisis were occurring but it didn't manifest itself all at once in a big court confrontation but that it was incremental yet sweeping, chipping away at the rule of law, separation of powers, & other major constitutional principles daily, often w/o notice.
Already happening. The old “slowly boil the frog in the pot” …it doesn’t know its dying till its dead.
Every fucking day a new blow to our “democracy”. No outrage by the masses, just sitting in our collective “PTSD” with what is going on (T= Trump). I don’t believe the masses even care, or they are so disengaged they don’t even know what is happening.
Kamala Harris didn’t just work on development of the Back on Track program. She was involved in almost every detail and got the Art Institute of CA to create scholarships for student that qualify. She also got 24-Hour Fitness to provide free gym membership for a year. https://t.co/E6VWFThrWN
One more thing – I accidentally called every woman African American when I actually meant women of color! I hope you excuse my slight error and don't stray away from the actual message. All respect to this 4 powerful women always: @AOC@Ilhan@RashidaTlaib@AyannaPressley
Where are the career DOJ people that we have heard so much about who are supposedly doing their job….where are the folks who were trying to keep Trump in check according to an op ed…where are they…Is EVERYONE compromised https://t.co/Ocg9S2Odg6
“Ms. Ramirez’s legal team gave the F.B.I. a list of at least 25 individuals who may have had corroborating evidence. But the bureau — in its supplemental background investigation — interviewed none of them.” https://t.co/Hy7DnGY55s
Came across this, a bit after the fact but very relevant in demonstrating how some people of true professional character are holding the line and not letting the crap bury reality.
The 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where 56 years ago today four young girls were killed in a racist bombing attack before Sunday morning services@JoeBiden will give the keynote speech here today memorializing their memory pic.twitter.com/nc9lg15RWF
Sunday marks 56th anniversary of 16th St. Baptist Church bombing in downtown Birmingham. Former Vice President @JoeBiden will give a speech at the memorial service.https://t.co/kaaT0yU7zk
The New York Times reported last year that the FBI’s supplemental inquiry into Kavanaugh was strictly limited and controlled by the White House. https://t.co/d8jqjNWAPA
now hold on, are you telling me that the Department of Justice that did not allow the FBI to fully investigate Trump's crimes is the same Department of Justice that did not allow the FBI to fully investigate Blackout Brett Kavanaugh's crimes? fuck me, I did not see that coming
Share this all over the place. So simple even a maga moron can understand
I keep hearing Republicans in Congress blame Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for the growing federal deficit. Rubbish. Our video explains the truth about the deficit that Trump and Republicans don't want you to know. pic.twitter.com/wVzM3TTTJf
Special thanks also goes out to Susan Collins who believed the rapist and not the women.
how awesome is it that when Roe v Wade is finally overturned, the deciding vote will be cast by the guy who was so blackout drunk all through high school and college that he can't remember how many women he sexually assaulted. ace fucking job there, America, take a victory lap
George Conway, after years operating in obscurity (Paula Jones) strategically stepped into the limelight as NeverTrump — infiltrated the private meetings, and convince prominent NeverTrumpers to back Kavanaugh. This helped tip Senator Susan Collins and others to vote to confirm https://t.co/oxlSKBVef5
Thank you Jer44 for posting this speech. We have all been spoiled by PBO’s time in office and his excellent style of delivery. It was inspiring. I find myself a little let down with Joe’s delivery and style, but it would be close to impossible for anyone to compare with Obama.
Joe is far superior to the present President. The words of the speech were meaningful and he delivered them in a heartfelt manner. Joe feels in his own being the injustice we are experiencing at present. I was impressed he could read the speech without reading glasses as I would not have been able to.
I hear arguments from others that Joe is too old that we need younger blood in that position. I favor Joe because I know his heart after his being a partner with Obama for eight years. The world knows him too. If we ever can regain the world’s respect Joe would be able to get there faster than someone new after this last President. I am for pairing Joe with someone that can partner with him as he did with Barack. I favor a woman that could step into the role and run after one term. I still think Kamala Harris would be strong and am liking Amy Klobachur (sp?) after the last debate seeing her stance is closer to matching Biden’s than Elizabeth Warren’s. Stacy Abrams has impressed me too. EW might be needed to keep the progressives excited.
The prospect of fighting global #ClimateChange can feel overwhelming & paralyzing. But there are some simple life hacks you can do to make a difference. A quick Sunday read: https://t.co/lzMCMSCVIg
I can say w/complete confidence that the sex assault allegations against Kavanaugh are just the beg. of crimes 2b uncovered about that sloppy drunk. The longer it takes, the worse it gets 4 him. A massive story, every yr or 2, keeping his criminality in news cycle works for me.
Highest integrity is needed for the SC. So of course the NYT investigation found that Kavanaugh lied (duh). FBI witness interviews were blocked by the WH. (Now blocking witnesses and subpoenas, etc.) In the Ramirez case 20 witnesses were NOT interviewed. Twenty!
Plus NYT found the young man Ms. Ford spoke about who worked at the supermarket. He WAS at the party and presumably knows the location of the party.
Kavanaugh bullied and raged like a drunk on that stand…how does have ANY cred at all?
–Mafia Don and GOP want Kavanaugh there to protect their crime organization as needed.
–imo law enforcement and NI must be proactive.
Trump Organization is in the WH and running the USA.
Some will complain because Biden didn’t talk about polices, specially the cable pundits, and Biden haters. To me it was not the time to talk about policies. It was the time to talk about what kind of country do we want to be, do we want to accept hate, racism or fight against it. That we have made progress, but there is lots more to do. We don’t want to go backward, as Trump is taking us, we want to move forward.
🔮I predict: Trump is going to lose re-election, refuse to leave office and then argue his case before an illegitimate Supreme Court with Kavanaugh & Gorsuch on it. And Dems will still be trying to have an election in the midst of a totalitarian takeover.
I think Joe Biden brought the perfect tone to his remarks. May it bring solace and hope to the community and all of us who dread the loss of the innocents, then and now.
Hallo please find the unroll here: Thread by @waltshaub: "If someone paid off Kavanaugh's debts, he was required to report that as income or a gift in his financial disclosure. I […]" https://t.co/g4rZcaBpJ0 Have a good day. 🤖
1/ US media has credulously reported that Trump doesn't want war, and my research suggests they're half-right: Trump would *prefer* to avoid war—mind you, *exclusively* because it's bad for his election campaign—but he's willing to go if the men he owes debts to demand it of him.
10 years ago this month, this was me walking in to my White House internship as a very scared 31-year old. This opportunity changed my life. Today I will award 3 scholarships to black women interning in DC this Fall. Stay tuned to meet the https://t.co/kGUQa783mh winners! 💥 pic.twitter.com/EqBS1LzZ0D
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute reported that 30,000 Americans die every year from cancers caused by environmental pollutants that you and your president are worsening with your de-regulatory agenda. 30,000 is more than 450, by the way. https://t.co/bcrcT8f6ZGhttps://t.co/XojqpmAbp3
The Obama Diary 
Good morning TOD. Thank you Nerdy for keeping this wonderful place to go! I hope everyone has a fantastic day. Happy Friday. President Obama is still the best.president.ever.
Good morning, Betsy and Nerdy and all of TODville! And, yes, President Obama is still the best president ever!
Thank you, Nerdy. Thank you, Barack Obama for reminding us of our humanity and kindness. I was going to post something, but I’m just going to savor this for now.
NW thank you for being here and for your time.
^^^ THIS!
Wlll we let Doom enrich himself and his global enablers by opening up the ineffably precious ANWR?
GOP has a tale about opening up 19 million acres to oil exploration so that snake Murkowski would vote for the Trump tax bill in 2017. Trump is also going after the Tongass, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, crown jewel and lungs of the world critically needed as the Amazon is burning. Bent on destroying the Arctic, endangering the planet and trashing the U.S.A. Are ye cod? Are we going to let the Great Pretender on short time do this to our future?
Not news that most wars are tied to oil. Our children are facing mega hurricanes, mega droughts, mega tornadoes, mega floods, happening in a more violent, more extremely, more frequently, famine, drought, millions of people displaced. The fossil fuel industry globally has created this catastrophe, covered up their scientific knowledge of the coming climate crisis for 40 years, stolen $billions in tax payer subsidies, and now have the brass balls to ramp up a battle and competition in the sublime Arctic.
PLANETARY JUSTICE:
We have the technology to move radically to renewable energy. Sunshine is free for 5 billion years.
We need presidential candidates that will move aggressively for big structural change not “normalcy”.
Hold the fossil fuel industry and their political backers accountable for destroying our planet!
= Jail time to oil corporates and $trillions in damages to the people present and future of this Earth.
Delish on so many levels. I miss this man more than words can say
NOW: Youth climate activist Greta Thunberg leads protest at White House –
https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-3
Yesterday while out walking I heard a child cry and went back to see a woman slapping someone around in the back of a car. Close up i saw a terrified 18 month-old boy. A younger child was cowering on the other side of the car. I think they were strapped in. Many of us endured being knocked around when young by a frustrated parent who grew up with same But can we do differently? Can we transcend? Can we truly be the grown up? Children are not small adults. They don’t think like us. Everything is new. Being strapped into a car is not fun. May we relinquish delusion and the culture of cruelty.
off to a weddin’. pls enjoy a bit of peace somehow or other over the weekend.
-love
Enjoy!
Hello, Beloved, TODville Community👒💁♀️🎩💁♀️😍😍😍
TGIF
Friday the 13th…..
It looks like the Dems Debate on ABC last Night was watched by over 14M.
Again, Zero questions on US Security & Election Integrity, Voter Suppression.
Over all, the questions were better than the CNN REALITY combative questions.
Thank you, NW.
Congrats, Betsey on your Furst⭐⭐⭐⭐
I was reading the last thread from last night before coming here. I asked a question during the debate last night as to who and what the disturbance in the room was about? I even wondered if it could be a Trump supporter group. It turns out it was a DACA protest group wanting to hear what the Democrats planned to do about the immigrant situation. It was reported since there was no discussion about it they would not be voting for Democrats. I would not have guessed that. However, as I reflect on it they would not be able to vote anyway, maybe they meant support the Dems. Regardless, the choice of topics at the debate was not necessarily controlled by the candidates. Why would the protest group want the GOP who ripped away DACA, jailed and separated families, took away safeguards, encouraged the hateful ways, etc have a better chance at winning?
Thank you Nena
NOW: Joe Biden holds meet & greet at TSU in Houston day after debate – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-4
I would say it looks like she swallowed a turd, but that would be cannibalism.
Lovely and sweet and funny. 🥰
My dear Mother made one of those dish soap dispenser aprons for me – used it for years! Thanks for the memory! ❤
“Hell yes we’re going to take your AR-15s & AK-47s” should be a unifying meme for every Dem Presidential candidate.
Goodnight TOD ….
Morning everyone
Great question for the DEM debates: Will you commit now if you are elected president to an aggressive and complete criminal investigation, indictments and punishment of members of the current administration for their crimes, including Donald Trump?
Interesting thread
This is an amazing Thread….i suggest every one check it out
here it is as a blog post…
https://terikanefield-blog.com/pelosi-impeachment-democracy-v-autocracy/
here is the concise version
Kinda perfect
Fail. Mafia Doom:
“Who the hell is Joy-Ann Reid? Never met her, she knows ZERO about me, has NO talent, and truly doesn’t have the “it” factor needed for success in showbiz….etc.”
–wow Joy soo has the “it” factor…imo she is live wire dynamite.
We don’t have a president – we have a game show host.
An email that i received from FairFightAction
Sheila
–
Last week, Republican state parties in Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, and South Carolina decided that they will cancel their presidential primary elections and caucuses next year, silencing millions of Republican voters in an effort to undermine any member of the GOP who would dare challenge Trump.
We know the playbook for Trump and his allies. They’ve made voter suppression for political gain a cornerstone of this administration.
And the reality is that these efforts to suppress the vote are entirely legal even though they are wholly wrong. In this case, state parties can pick and choose whether to hold presidential primaries and caucuses, and because the law permits it, the remedies are limited.
But your access to the ballot shouldn’t depend on whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican. Because in a democracy, every eligible American should be able to exercise their right to vote.
We know that canceling elections won’t be the only way Republicans try to block voters from the ballot before 2020. Because those who would silence the will of the people prefer a system that intimidates anyone willing to challenge the status quo.
We’ll continue to step up and demand justice for voters at every turn, but we need your help.
Thank you for all you do,
Team Fair Fight
***************
Think about this…
the GOP will take the vote away from anyone…even their own voters..as a way to maintain Power
AMEN!!
Beautiful!
On so many levels, how is this even REMOTELY ok?
“beznadyoga — a collective feeling of hopelessness that paralyzes any sustained effort to overturn the status quo and marginalizes those who try.” (bez = without)
“For Putin, the problem is how to contain the rapidly spreading discontent.”
” A whole new generation is coming of age that wants to see something other than Putin before they grow old.”
(Putin’s Star is Fading:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/11/vladimir-putin-russia-moscow-city-council-vote-228065)
WHAT IF!!
Already happening. The old “slowly boil the frog in the pot” …it doesn’t know its dying till its dead.
Every fucking day a new blow to our “democracy”. No outrage by the masses, just sitting in our collective “PTSD” with what is going on (T= Trump). I don’t believe the masses even care, or they are so disengaged they don’t even know what is happening.
Impressive!!!!
❤️
Any update on Isabel Bueso and Jonathan Sanchez?
Wondering as well
Video with captions:
Goodnight TOD ….
https://www.research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2489/A-Message-from-Craig-McLean-Hurricane-Dorian-and-Exceptional-Service
Came across this, a bit after the fact but very relevant in demonstrating how some people of true professional character are holding the line and not letting the crap bury reality.
Okay.
Joe Biden will be delivering a speech on race today, it will be interesting listening to his viewpoint.
Morning everyone.Impeach THIS MF’er too!!
If you are a career FBI agent this can’t sit well with you.
I would think not. I want whistleblowers out the a@$ to come forward though, and expose this gritting fraud. We don’t HAVE 14 months to wait!!!!
Aye….but will they speak out!
If someone can post this for us:) 😂
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212465143
It will not post. 😒
Thank you for trying, JER:)
Share this all over the place. So simple even a maga moron can understand
Special thanks also goes out to Susan Collins who believed the rapist and not the women.
TUNE IN: Joe Biden Speaks At The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama
Thank you Jer44 for posting this speech. We have all been spoiled by PBO’s time in office and his excellent style of delivery. It was inspiring. I find myself a little let down with Joe’s delivery and style, but it would be close to impossible for anyone to compare with Obama.
Joe is far superior to the present President. The words of the speech were meaningful and he delivered them in a heartfelt manner. Joe feels in his own being the injustice we are experiencing at present. I was impressed he could read the speech without reading glasses as I would not have been able to.
I hear arguments from others that Joe is too old that we need younger blood in that position. I favor Joe because I know his heart after his being a partner with Obama for eight years. The world knows him too. If we ever can regain the world’s respect Joe would be able to get there faster than someone new after this last President. I am for pairing Joe with someone that can partner with him as he did with Barack. I favor a woman that could step into the role and run after one term. I still think Kamala Harris would be strong and am liking Amy Klobachur (sp?) after the last debate seeing her stance is closer to matching Biden’s than Elizabeth Warren’s. Stacy Abrams has impressed me too. EW might be needed to keep the progressives excited.
Highest integrity is needed for the SC. So of course the NYT investigation found that Kavanaugh lied (duh). FBI witness interviews were blocked by the WH. (Now blocking witnesses and subpoenas, etc.) In the Ramirez case 20 witnesses were NOT interviewed. Twenty!
Plus NYT found the young man Ms. Ford spoke about who worked at the supermarket. He WAS at the party and presumably knows the location of the party.
Kavanaugh bullied and raged like a drunk on that stand…how does have ANY cred at all?
–Mafia Don and GOP want Kavanaugh there to protect their crime organization as needed.
–imo law enforcement and NI must be proactive.
Trump Organization is in the WH and running the USA.
Some will complain because Biden didn’t talk about polices, specially the cable pundits, and Biden haters. To me it was not the time to talk about policies. It was the time to talk about what kind of country do we want to be, do we want to accept hate, racism or fight against it. That we have made progress, but there is lots more to do. We don’t want to go backward, as Trump is taking us, we want to move forward.
If he loses the election he has no choice but to go, there is no mechanism that allows the loser of a presidential election to remain in office.
Maybe no mechanism yet…..
I agree…
Posting for marleysperson…
Darn, the pic – comic strip didn’t show up… 😦
Thanks, jazz😃
I think Joe Biden brought the perfect tone to his remarks. May it bring solace and hope to the community and all of us who dread the loss of the innocents, then and now.
Totally agree with you Jacqueline!!!!!
Thread
Meh. Saudi Arabia has something over him?
Feels like fear mongering. In any case imo the key is Mafia Doom’s plans for business.
Follow Seth on Twitter. He wrote an entire book on the dt connections to SA
imo the Party of Corruption hopes we’ll wait until it is too late to act on multiple fronts, including climate.
SOON: Beto O’Rourke campaigns in Plano, Texas – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-1
100%
NOW: Joe Biden meets supporters in Miami – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-3
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2019/09/15/january-2015/