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The People’s View
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- Trump doesn't want peaceful transition of power. Legally, it doesn’t matter.
- Fauci goes off on Rand Paul
- Rule 44: Why Obamacare is not lost even in a deadlocked Supreme Court, but only if Biden wins
- Time to suit up. This is war.
- BREAKING: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed
- Bothsidesism comes to fact-checking: CNN's “fact-check” calling Biden ad 'misleading' proves the opposite
- Pardon me: How Donald Trump's stooges conspired with Julian Assange to exonerate Russia and undermine US Intlligence
Smartypants
- Durham to Right Wingers: "Blame Hillary"
- That Time When Refusing to Negotiate With Hostage-Takers Worked
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- Hawley Demonstrates That He's an Ignorant Liar
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- Hunter Biden's Laptop Is a Total Nothingburger
- What DeSantis Couldn't Say in Response to Disney's Lawsuit
- Disney Skewers DeSantis With His Own Words
- Populism Without Civil Rights Is Fascism
- Glenn Greenwald gets triggered by smart competent women like Rep. Stacey Plaskett
Steve Benen
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- Chris Matthews: It was the right decision for Biden to put his weight into debt deal fight
- Chris Matthews: The two middles met on the debt ceiling
- Andrew Weissman: If the audio exists, a question of when there will be charges
- 'Default was never an option': House GOP member on why he voted 'Yes'
- Majority of Americans comfortable seeing LGBTQ people in ads, report finds
- Are Trump's attacks elevating DeSantis' profile?
- 'Follow your passions' advice limits women in STEM fields, study shows
- Robert Carlyle looks back while looking ahead with 'The Full Monty'
- 'Built From the Fire' remembers the Tulsa Massacre 102 years later
The Obama Diary 
Thank you, Nerdy:)
Be safe everyone. This is terrifying
So far, I’m safe from fire. 😘
🙏
Thank God!
See how this works? 😡😡😡
I love how his words circle back to bite him in the nuts, swiftly. 😂
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle close the Obama Foundation Summit together on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology on October 29, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. The Summit is an annual event hosted by the Obama Foundation.
Knockouts both o’ them. Incredible.
Lovely, classy couple. Forever First Couple.
And the Obamas:)
Good Morning, Good Morning to all the beautiful TODville Community.
Thank you, NW.🤗👒💁♀️🙇♀️😍☺🥂
Thank you, Chips. Thank you, TODbots.
This video of Michelle & her brother is awesome.
Good morning / good afternoon!
Wow.
“81% of Republicans say it ‘s wrong to seek electoral help from a foreign government.”
“The large cohort of Americans saying that soliciting foreign interference wasn’t okay with them included a rather eye-popping 81% of Republicans, 85% of evangelicals, and 87% of rural dwellers.”
(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/29/1895963/-81-of-Republicans-say-it-s-wrong-to-seek-electoral-help-from-a-foreign-government
…very telling on the issue when Benito’s name is omitted.
Anyone else having issues finding same day RM or CH or LO shows on-line?
May be blocked by Google?
try you tube or MSNBC
not accessing period.
Good. Can see entire RM show first thing next day: On MaddowBlog (Benen).
Wondering if CH or LO have similar.
While we’re looking the other way plus how to stop more Trumps:
“A well-funded, highly coordinated national effort is underway to call a constitutional convention,
under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, for the first time in history. The result of such a convention could be a complete overhaul of the Constitution and supporters of the convention are dangerously close to succeeding.
With special interest groups gaining more momentum, conservative advocates are just six states short of reaching the constitutionally-required 34-state goal. They are targeting Republican-controlled legislatures in 2018
and are within striking distance.”
“Now other than finding it hypocritical that the very people who demand we stick to the original text of the U.S. Constitution want to rewrite it, this is also a bad idea.”
(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/20/1892826/-What-happens-when-Trump-is-gone)
there is a piece missing from him. Baby and child abductor and torturer risking and taking innocent lives every day. The growing nightmare number of cruelly detained children is unfathomable and inexplicable.
Release the children.
Trump will pay.
Nerdy Wonka thank you for posting the Obama Foundation Summit yesterday via obama.org. and for the photos of this gorgeous event. Saw a lot of it live and was left with an image of the O.P.C. emitting light from a beacon.
What PBO actually said yesterday was:
“…This will be the heartbeat. This will be the beacon from which we are sending out a signal that the values we believe in are shared. And that they are strong. And that they can overcome those who would undermine them. And we can make progress.”
A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother said on Wednesday that evidence suggested that Mr. Epstein did not die by suicide, but may have been strangled.
The New York City medical examiner’s office concluded Mr. Epstein hanged himself in his jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
But the private pathologist, Dr. Michael Baden, said on the morning TV show “Fox & Friends” that Mr. Epstein, 66, experienced a number of injuries — among them a broken hyoid bone — that “are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation.”
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Now, The NYTimes is reporting the above too.
OMG!!
Surely this isn’t a surprise to anyone in this country. 🥺🤨😟
There was a connection to William Barr as well as Trump.
Barr is Trump’s Roy Cohen, don’t rule out anything.
I want our country back. NOW.
Excellent! 🙌🏾
Go, Joe!
not worth it.
Chile cancels international conference where Trump hoped to sign trade deal with China
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting was scheduled for mid-November in Santiago, but President Sebastián Piñera announced the cancellation Wednesday. His administration has struggled to suppress growing demonstrations in the capital city over issues of inequality.
President Trump was scheduled to attend the forum Nov. 15-17, during which White House officials said he was planning to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a bid to lock down a “phase one” trade deal with China.
Monday RM show includes criitical details:
1) history and background to mob-connected Parnas who paid Guiliani $500K and is on Trump’s Legal Team.
2) by dramatic contrast…Lt. Colonel Vindeman, unblemished serviceman and patriot.
3) See interview with former CIA Director Brennan re:Vindeman + Trump’s doctored transcript.
(http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/brennan-w-h-handling-of-trump-s-ukraine-call-an-aberration-72292421910)
(http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/brennan-trump-abuse-of-public-trust-calls-for-brave-defiance-72292933937)
Correction! Not Monday, but last night. Tuesday.
(Apparently it was Tuesday all day yesterday.)
Good West Coast morning Nerdy & TOD family.
Pardon me if this has been posted already, I’m new to Instagram 🙂
thanks ggail44. beautiful times 4.
Love this picture of Michelle, Malia, Sasha and Grandma Robinson.
Gorgeous!!
What beauty In those 4 ladies. I can’t believe how much the girls have grown.
Wow. What a glorious photo!
WOW, this thread
I’m speechless… in a good way! 🤓
This is Simi Valley.
I use to enjoy watching the events the Obamas had at the White House.
SOON: Speaker Pelosi attends LBJ Liberty & Justice For All ceremony in Washington –
https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-3
Good Evening, Beloved TODbots.
Good to hear. Kick all the Republicans out!
SOON: Joe Biden attends community event in Dubuque, Iowa – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-1
Love Michelle Obama.
Thanks Trump.
Evening everyone
Just simply venting. Can all MSM stop w/ calling iQ45, Comrade Tang, Comrade Minus (add yr fav name) “President”. It devalues the Office. Mellie-in-Her-I-Don’t-Cares, We Don’t Care for you either. Just go away. Now wouldn’t be fast enough for y’all to go away & never, ever come back. All those gtifters, enablers, etcetera. Vote! 💞
*grifters*
🇺🇸❤️👏‼️🎊🥰⚾️ Thrilled they won‼️💙😍
Good Morning Family! Brought something delicious for you, because I love you! 😘
“I’m gonna stand up, take my people with me. Together we are going to a brand new home.”
Oh my that is all so powerful.
Dudette! 💞 Cynthia is amazing. We had the pleasure of seeing her show @ the Kennedy Center last April & she blew us away! Unforgettable evening! Tiny woman w/ humongous talent! Luv her💖
Wow! What a treat that must have been! She is such an incredible talent! I can’t wait to see her as Harriet AND Aretha!
Girl, you & me. I was:
“Aretha too? You go w/ yr super badass, girl!” Wot!💞
Forgot to say, took my nephew (my late Bro’s oldest son who was visiting from Euro) to show & he sat at edge of his seat thru entire show! Turned a few times, looked at me & simply said: “Wow, Auntie”! (BTW, Cynthia’s “band” was National Symphony! Imagine! 💖) I had biggest, satisfied grin, yup, younguns gotta feel great music, & instruments for goodness sakes! In that show, Cynthia sang from spirituals to Shirley Bassey, to opera, etc. Amazing!
Have to see Harriet.
Fascinating. Had no idea that there were African Americans who escaped to Mexico and set up a community.
My understanding is that based on slavery in Mexico, there are a few Black communities there.
Dudette, thanks for sharing. I love stories like this.
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Good Morning, TODville Community.
🎩💁♀️🙌😍🤗☺👒💁♀️💙💪💙
Morning everyone. Big day
More…
Seems this WH lawyer is in a bit of a bind
It would be funny if it weren’t so serious
These assholes
He really knows how to pick ‘em. I’m so cynical now, I think this could be by design
Wut?????!!!
October 30, 2008
He’s really starting to talk nonsense like his boss. This doesn’t make sense
Wow McCarthy and crew told a mega-truckload of lies today. (will find links)
Via C-Span i sat through the Congressional speeches + news conferences of both parties.
Putin Party likes to talk about the “bunker in the basement” that they used ad nauseam for the thoroughly debunked Bengazi-gate. Fact: They set those very rules themselves in 2015. And are now whining about “secrecy” and “closed door meetings”. In 2019 when the WH withholds all documents, claims executive power, and blocks witnesses there must be a legal recourse. (Recently Gowdy stated that ‘closed door’ is the best way to get to the facts.). We’ve seem the long list of Republicans in Congress who had access to the hearings in the SCIF. Fact: Even with reserved seating many chose not to use those privileges. Guessing when the transcripts are released (going forward) and the hearings are on public display and GOP get their fake wish… Trumpsky will be pining for the fjords.
I wish Democrats (and the media) will remind everyone that House is indeed working on issues that are important to the lives of citizens. They have passed/are passing bills that have been buried in Moscow Mitch’s graveyard. And since Democrats can walk and chew gum at the same time, in addition to their legislative duties, they are also carrying out their oversight duties.
It irks me to see Repugs being given a forum to spew their lies…that House Democrats have only been focused on impeaching 45….and the media does nothing to correct that lie.
I remember watching a movie some years ago with Luke Perry and Ashley Judd. Luke was a rookie police officer. And one night after work he meets Judd in a bar, and they start a relationship and soon afterwards they get married. Unbeknownst to Luke, Judd’s character is mentally unstable. After finding out that his wife is mentally unstable Luke goes about trying to make the marriage work. As the bills pile up, Luke decides to start robbing banks at his wife’s urging. Even though it goes against everything that Luke stands for he continues to rob banks, and Judd’s character mental state starts to deteriorate. Finally, it goes all wrong as Judd’s character gets killed in a shoot out in a failed bank robbery. As his wife lay dying beside him, Luke’s character commits suicide after being cornered by the police. I thought of this movie as I was watching the impeachment inquiry vote. I was thinking to myself that some of those Republicans despise Trump, even though in public they agree with everything he does or says. It is a helluva thing to go against everything that you stand for in the misguided belief that your loyalty will be returned, or somehow save you from whatever lurks around the corner.
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Idiots
Good afternoon. A pallet cleanser …
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ALL the FEELS!
Laoutzu: “one who recognizes all men as members of his own body is a sound man to guard them”.
our PBO is so here with us.
“In a 232-196 vote, the House debated and passed a resolution laying out the rules in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, including public hearings, and rights for the president and minority party. Voting for the measure were all but two Democrats, Representatives Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ) and Collin Peterson (D-MN), and Justin Amash (I-MI). All Republicans voted against it. Lawmakers also passed H.R. 823, the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act.”
Speeches: (https://www.c-span.org/video/?465765-1/us-house-approves-impeachment-inquiry-resolution-232-196)
House Democrats: News Conference:
“Democratic Members of the House of Representatives held a press conference following the vote on impeachment inquiry rules, a significant step in the impeachment process and investigation into President Trump.”
(https://www.c-span.org/video/?465948-1/house-democrats-hold-news-conference-impeachment-inquiry-resolution-vote)
At the Dem News Conference today,
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Caucus Chair:
“The president yesterday directed his Republican defenders to “focus on substance”.
That’s what House democrats have been doing from the very beginning, and we invite our Republican colleagues pursuant to the direction of the president to do the same.
What is this all about?
Congress on a bipartisan basis allocated $391 million dollars to Ukraine in military and economic assistance because we deemed it in our national security interest. Ukraine right now is under attack from Russian-backed separatists. Ukraine is a friend, Russia is a foe. Ukraine is a democracy. Russia is a dictatorship.
The United States may very be the only thing standing between Vladimir Putin and Ukraine being completely over-run by Russia, as part of his fantasy to reconstruct what he views as the ‘glory days’ of the Soviet Union.
In that context: Congress allocated the 391 million dollars in a bipartisan fashion.
In February, the Administration wrote to Congress and said. “the aid is on the way”.But it never showed up.
And then in May, the Trump Department of Defense wrote to Congress again and said the “Aid is on the way”.
And in the letter said: “ALL NECESSARY PRECONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MET BY THE NEW UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION PROTOCOLS.”
That was in the letter sent by Trump’s Department of Defense in May, and yet the aid never showed up. Twice during the summer, Mitch McConnell called up the Trump Administration and said “where’s the aid?”. Mitch McConnell couldn’t get a good answer. And then on July 18th at the White House, the office of Management and Budget holds a meeting. Mulvaney is there apparently. Where they say the aid has not been released at the explicit direction of the president of the United States of America.
On July 25th, one week later, we understand why. His own words: “Do us a favor, though.”
Pressuring a foreign government to target an American citizen for political gain, and thereby solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election, while withholding this aid from a vulnerable Ukraine.
Mr. President, that’s the substance of the matter. That’s what we’re going to focus on moving forward.
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2019/10/31/thats-how-you-halloween/
GOP Scalise-ky and his “soviet-style impeachment process”….
Wow that is a tell if ever you saw one! Don’t know but guessing he made the requisite number of trips to
Moscow, with or without the NRA.
Did my heart good:)
What a great and an enlightening interview. Your family make us proud and you’ve done some wonderful things to better our country and society. May God continue to bless you in all that you do 🥰 I truly and genuinely love the Robinson and Obama family 🙏😇👏🏽🥰