Rep. Jamie Raskin on Fox News on the impeachment inquiry: "The subpoena rules are exactly the rules that took place when President Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives, when the Republicans were in control of the majority."
This is nothing less than an act of terror, directed at a single individual, for purely political reasons. That's the GOP in the Age of Trump. https://t.co/ATEiP8fMeW
Impeachment isn’t reversing an election. It is holding an elected president accountable. If someone gets accepted to college then cheats while he is there, kicking him out isn’t reversing his acceptance.
I'm told that Capitol Police is investigating suspicious packages in House office buildings that were dropped off by the NRCC after the impeachment inquiry vote.
Among those who've received: Spanberger, Fletcher, Schrier, Lamb
Coal company bankruptcies. Farmers destroyed. Prescription drug lies. Tax plan failure. Outright corruption & personal enrichment. Golfing every week-end on our dime. Writing checks while in office to cover-up f*cking porn stars without condom. Nazi love… /1 https://t.co/dlSWGo0j6l
Hey WE didn’t know Putin was running the show in 2008 and 2012.
And the White Nationalists are out of the gutter, in GOP Congress and in the WH.
So not 2008 which was out of the park a global financial meltdown.
Citizens United opened the floodgates to dark money and foreign money, and is now a runaway situation.
(Oh and the fundraising cash is not for PBO.)
(And yes. Of course he would WIN.)
First Lady Michelle Obama hands out candy and cookies during a Halloween reception for military families and children of White House staff in the East Room.
Democrats filed a blitz of voting rights lawsuits this week, signaling how aggressive party intends to be in challenging voting restrictions ahead of the 2020 elections: https://t.co/1gcXm11FZB
Imagine if a 73 year-old,life-long entitled,spoiled, cruel, mean and abusive criminal, thief and pathological liar with urine colored, cotton candy hair had a massive, fatal heart attack or stroke on Halloween? (And as a result it would be best for every single person on Earth.)
Congrats to the World Champion @Nationals and their fans! A great group that always showed up when it counted and was never afraid to show a little joy: dancing in the dugout, laughing, believing, and always sticking together. A true team with a spirit that’d do us all well.
Just finished Halloween by turning off my porch light after giving out all my candy and stuff in a bankers size box containing books, Teddy Bears, small balls, and miscellaneous items kids like. I decided to give out one item each with the candy instead of taking it to Goodwill. 150 kids this year. That was a really good idea as the kids were excited about the little treasures and their parents were grateful. My new problem is they may be disappointed next year. LOL
The Trump administration is withholding $105 million in military aid for Lebanon — a decision that officials say could pave the way for Russia to move in. https://t.co/mC5TG2jc8U
"Senators… know that this vote is coming. They dread it, having to be on the record, siding with Trump, saying it's acceptable… The facts are terrible… There is excessive corroboration and confirmation of a quid pro quo now" – A.B. Stoddard w/ @NicolleDWallacepic.twitter.com/cHtLiiPxw2
Sounds like the media company she works for is trying to reveal the identity of the whistleblower and the reporter on their staff used to work for World Net Daily. I’ll be watching anything coming out of this company as suspicious.
#KamalaConnection: #KamalaHarris was 1 of the only if not the only Dem candidates who stood up for #KatieHill against the cyber exploitation and violation she experienced. It should go without saying that women should not be terrorized out of their job due to cyber exploitation. https://t.co/ax62zpupDi
This has a MUCH more far reaching problem than most realize. The Oglala Aquifer (located directly beneath the spill) is the source of fresh water for about nine states. If the poisonous oil or the chemicals used in cleanup contaminate that water, it affects millions of people.
Shocking! Remember in 2016 when Native Americans led protests and thousands of supporters joined them warning that an oil pipeline would pollute their water and land, but the US gov't insisted it was all fine?
Good morning TOD. Checking in to ask for your prayers for my hubby. He has headed out on a four day backpacking trip in the Smokies. He’s been doing a lot of hiking, some even big miles, but this is his first backpacking in a long time. He turned 75 Tuesday and we are sooooooo thankful that he can do something like this, but I still am a little concerned about how he will do. He is with a friend that he’s hiked with quite a bit. ANyway, thanks for your thoughts. 🙂
******Got a text from hubby around 10;30. Said the water is too high and they are coming home. I am following him (by a satellite device) and they are still walking. They had to take a boat across the Fontana Lake (in the Smokies) to get to the trails. So, they had to contact the boat guy to get picked up late this afternoon. I feel so bad for him because he is trying to complete his 7th map–yes, his 7th time–for hiking all the 900- miles of trails in the Smokies. He is almost done and so wanted to finish this map before real winter sets in. Oh well, maybe there is a reason.
I believe you are right. Thank you for letting us know. Glad he’s on his way home. Sorry he’s disappointed he wasn’t able to finish. There’s always next time.
May he and his friend be filled with joy & wonder as they witness the earth’s beauty. May they be covered in traveling grace and awash with renewed inspiration. May your mind be at ease and may your love guide them to a safe and happy journey home.
UPDATE from the #MariaFire in Ventura County, this time on Santa Paula side. We activated a kitchen to serve evacuees & first responders. If you are nearby & want to volunteer, email california@wck.org with Maria Fire in subject. We will send details tomorrow! #ChefsForCaliforniapic.twitter.com/FEdLd0RV7U
“The Trump administration is withholding $105 million in military aid for Lebanon — a decision that officials say could pave the way for Russia to move in.” (Reuters)
–Trump pattern strategy hatched to aid Putin? Was what happened in Ukraine part of a plan made with Putin?
“Zuckerberg’s defense of politicians’ paid lies is greedy rubbish” (Daily Kos)
“Thank you Twitter for banning political advertising. Given that such advertising is by its nature biased, tendentious and hard to check, Twitter is behaving as a good publisher should. Politicians may make full use of its outlet. That is democracy. But as the organisation’s chief, Jack Dorsey, points out, with social media awash in “micro-targeting, deepfakes, manipulated videos and misinformation”, those who control it should keep it as clean as possible. Money may not buy truth, but it should not drown fairness. Facebook disagrees.
Its boss, Mark Zuckerberg, declares it “not right for private companies to censor politicians or the news”.
—COME ON Zuckerberg you’ve made your fortune! Be a caring citizen for the sake of our planet. Save lives!
–If FaceBook bans political advertising our chances of outrunning the coming Russia+ interference storm improves by a mile.
Clearly on the board of global oligarchs rule in support of the 6th mass extinction.
–he’s not that guy portrayed in ‘the social network’ any more, just exploiting the way women look.
I’ve never heard of a happy billionaire, most if not all of them are always seeking a dystopian waste land were they rule without regard for the well-being of mankind or the environment.
They know how to do this…. and Republicans DO NOT CARE
NEWS — Russian military intelligence targeted Virginia election sites in 2016.
• This is the 1st time Russia's scan of Virginia has been disclosed • GRU hackers targeted VA election website • VA was unaware, until the FBI stepped in@WUSA9#breakinghttps://t.co/hmfYpQGn47
The Treasury Department said that it was rolling back regulations issued under the Obama administration that were enacted to prevent U.S. companies from moving their official residence abroad to reduce their tax bills https://t.co/FpTAtCzrxM
“A damning report by InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times revealed that Exxon knew that fossil fuels contributed to climate change as early as the 1970s, but did not take any action even as it covered up the science.” (democracy now)
“Exxon knew in 1982 they were stealing our future. And now they’ll pay for it.”
(Fridays for the Future NYC)
Rex Tillerson in Federal court yesterday:
“Investors suing the oil giant contend that under Tillerson’s leadership, in 2014 Exxon kept two sets of books on the predicted costs of future climate regulations — lowballing internal company estimates in order to justify carbon-intensive projects like mining Canada’s tar sands.”
–Tillerson and his close friend Putin are a big part of the 40 year climate crisis cover up.
It’s simple. Either you’re ok with a President bribing a foreign country to help you win an election or you’re not. If you’re ok with it then you’re ok to junk the Constitution and destroy 243 years of self rule.
Hi mp. This is bigger than America and Americans.
The global far right coalition (Bannon, Putin, no-nationality corporations) that put fossil fuels over the future of life on the planet want to upend the rules, go illogical, go ethnonational, deny climate change, whatever it takes.
*Nothing* happens if the GOP holds the Senate or the Dems don't nuke the filibuster. Nothing. Not her plan, not his plan, not a left plan, not a neoliberal plan. What we do now is *nothing.*
Dems just gave GOP “more privileges than other presidents” in the impeachment process.
Nice to be nice but why, why, why? 350% certain that GOP will do anything = anything to win.
-Dems stop apologizing for being right and doing right.
-hit.them.up.
Self dealing. Say it loud! Even stupid people know what that means
This is the best piece I've read in the past 3 years on the dangers of Trump's corruption, written by @sarah_saadoun of @hrw. If you read one thing today, this is the thing to read.https://t.co/yllU3Raaul
Last May the Trump DOD wrote again to Congress about military aid being on the way (it wasn’t) adding:
“All necessary preconditions have ben met by the new Ukrainian government,
INCLUDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
ANTI-CORRUPTION PROTOCOLS.”
–Nasty Piece O’ Work thinks his reverse-finger “corruption” meme is super slick.
How about not this time?
Folks. Read the report. It says payrolls grew by 128k. You can add in another 50k to account for the GM strike. Nothing grew by 303k. He’s either lying, engaged in extraordinary misdirection, or doesn’t understand math. https://t.co/HgFamAHICi
In addition to the anemic jobs report and tepid 1.9% GDP growth, the national debt has soared to a record $22,963,226,486,608.38, up more than $3 trillion in the 33 months since @realDonaldTrump took office. His “greatest economy ever” claim is another in his long list of lies. https://t.co/97Rvm4P6ke
The REAL President made us stronger. The squatter fraud makes us weaker and self deals
Trump should be kissing Obama’s ass. Obama inherited recession. Took market from 7,000 to 20,000. Unemployment from 8.3% to 4.6%. Consumer confidence from 25.3 to 107.1. Ended IRAQ war. Crippled ISIS and MS-13. Trump’s trade wars, foreign policy and 1% tax cut threaten stability pic.twitter.com/0cvqNS1sJv
Department of Labor:
“roughly 8.7 million jobs (about 7%) were shed from February 2008 to February 2010, and real GDP contracted by 4.2% between Q4 2007 and Q2 2009 (I remember seeing reports that GDP had dropped to minus 8% by the end of 2007) making the Great Recession the worst economic downturn since
the Great Depression.”
–GOP watered down the ARRA and purposely slowed the recovery down. Even so, PBO pulled the globe out of a catastrophic financial meltdown and created the foundations of a U.S. economy that is still growing despite the utter tragedy and nightmare of Benito.
Thanks Obama!
North Carolina Republicans don't have the votes to override the governor's budget veto. So they're waiting to call a vote until Democrats are absent from the chamber and they can ram through an override.
Repubs no longer resemble any decent humans. There is something seriously or right with that lot.
Supporting a LIAR in the WH without any reservation … is beyond comprehension.
Trump and comedian Zelensky are both no-nothing teevee personalities, maybe both elected by Putin.
Boris Johnson is in the same league. So of course Mafia Trumpsky is advocating for Farage & Johnson (whose gross lies led to the Brexit outcome).
–Britain you can ignore the noise and Vote in a 2nd referendum. Go for a United Kingdom and a United Europe!
–Then you will live to counter Putin et al. who aim to destroy democracy around the world.
Polling data out today shows Dem voters think racism & sexism is so pervasive that a white male candidate would fare best. But how do you combat racism in electorate? Check out our @DemocracyColor podcast “How to Defeat a Racist”https://t.co/qHhwj1G7GH
The Obama Diary 
Yep!
The Obamas knew how to make every kid feel welcome and special. Such a contrast!
For four wonderful years I loved watching the Obamas and Halloween. They so obviously were enjoying it and the kids.
Makes my heart happy:)
This is SO beautiful and SO important. I love these young people and I love the way she listens and respects them fully.
Me too 🙂
This is deplorable behavior!! It is terrorizing!
Is there anything that can be done about this
Bingo!
Should have listened to us the first time… we knew this would happen
Thread.
This flaming idiot should not be anywhere near where rules are made for the rest of us!!
Thread
Hey WE didn’t know Putin was running the show in 2008 and 2012.
And the White Nationalists are out of the gutter, in GOP Congress and in the WH.
So not 2008 which was out of the park a global financial meltdown.
Citizens United opened the floodgates to dark money and foreign money, and is now a runaway situation.
(Oh and the fundraising cash is not for PBO.)
(And yes. Of course he would WIN.)
Happy Halloween, Nerdy darlin’ – and TODville!
BOO!!
All Boo’d up:)
Highlights the frauds they really are
I wonder if Rudy has been sent into hiding … 🤔
Imagine if a 73 year-old,life-long entitled,spoiled, cruel, mean and abusive criminal, thief and pathological liar with urine colored, cotton candy hair had a massive, fatal heart attack or stroke on Halloween? (And as a result it would be best for every single person on Earth.)
Gosh.
Happy Halloween TOD-ers!!
Nice:)
In-laws roped me in to baseball this year and it was OK! 4 wins away from home…Big congrats to all the NAT nuts out there!
In case it hasn’t been posted – Nancy Smash will be on Stephen Colbert’s show tonight. Yay!
Thanks for the notice!
Oh great! Thanks for the heads up J!
The King of Shade doing his royally shady thing. Love him!
Beautiful!
Man oh man, Heidi really goes ALL IN for Halloween! 👀
Ariana! Spot on!
Booyah!
Brrrr! 🌬💨
Just finished Halloween by turning off my porch light after giving out all my candy and stuff in a bankers size box containing books, Teddy Bears, small balls, and miscellaneous items kids like. I decided to give out one item each with the candy instead of taking it to Goodwill. 150 kids this year. That was a really good idea as the kids were excited about the little treasures and their parents were grateful. My new problem is they may be disappointed next year. LOL
That is adorable! Love the idea!
💕 wonderful idea !!
GOP are frat boys descriptive, waking up w/ iQ45’s icky underwear on their collective heads. Hangovers from vodka&enablers.
Which is probably THE POINT..
Totally. Horrific!
Reality ….
@GOPSenate is truly f*ed …
Sounds like the media company she works for is trying to reveal the identity of the whistleblower and the reporter on their staff used to work for World Net Daily. I’ll be watching anything coming out of this company as suspicious.
This is the kind of thing Fox media is famous for. Wonder if they are behind this at all.
😃
LOL!
Help me stop, y’all. It ain’t right. I know, but damn this is good! 😂
😂😂😂
When will people learn?
Good morning TOD. Checking in to ask for your prayers for my hubby. He has headed out on a four day backpacking trip in the Smokies. He’s been doing a lot of hiking, some even big miles, but this is his first backpacking in a long time. He turned 75 Tuesday and we are sooooooo thankful that he can do something like this, but I still am a little concerned about how he will do. He is with a friend that he’s hiked with quite a bit. ANyway, thanks for your thoughts. 🙂
TNM, 🙏. He’ll be just fine. He’s 75-yr-wise. 😘💞
He’s going to be fine. Believe it. He’s doing what he loves to do… just the same, I’ll keep a good thought… for both of you!
I’ll add him to my prayer list. and you too. He knows where he’s going and he’s not alone.
Positive thoughts for a safe trip sent your way.
Praying for your hubby. I’m sure he’ll be fine. Glad that at least he’s with his friend. Certainly understand your concern.
******Got a text from hubby around 10;30. Said the water is too high and they are coming home. I am following him (by a satellite device) and they are still walking. They had to take a boat across the Fontana Lake (in the Smokies) to get to the trails. So, they had to contact the boat guy to get picked up late this afternoon. I feel so bad for him because he is trying to complete his 7th map–yes, his 7th time–for hiking all the 900- miles of trails in the Smokies. He is almost done and so wanted to finish this map before real winter sets in. Oh well, maybe there is a reason.
Everything happens for a reason. Sit by the fire tonight with a glass of wine.
I believe you are right. Thank you for letting us know. Glad he’s on his way home. Sorry he’s disappointed he wasn’t able to finish. There’s always next time.
May he and his friend be filled with joy & wonder as they witness the earth’s beauty. May they be covered in traveling grace and awash with renewed inspiration. May your mind be at ease and may your love guide them to a safe and happy journey home.
Too cute!
Thank you Chef Andres! A true hero.
More cuteness!
Trump should stop residing in our White House.
hope there are blimpy balloon protests in Florida.
A skiver who thinks everyone else is dumb. nyet.
“The Trump administration is withholding $105 million in military aid for Lebanon — a decision that officials say could pave the way for Russia to move in.” (Reuters)
–Trump pattern strategy hatched to aid Putin? Was what happened in Ukraine part of a plan made with Putin?
Morning everyone. For shame, Kevin McCarthy
https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/10/31/the-republican-closing-argument-against-impeachment-is-personally-implicated-in-the-scandal/
Oh!!! There’s more!!!’
It’s a thread
“Zuckerberg’s defense of politicians’ paid lies is greedy rubbish” (Daily Kos)
“Thank you Twitter for banning political advertising. Given that such advertising is by its nature biased, tendentious and hard to check, Twitter is behaving as a good publisher should. Politicians may make full use of its outlet. That is democracy. But as the organisation’s chief, Jack Dorsey, points out, with social media awash in “micro-targeting, deepfakes, manipulated videos and misinformation”, those who control it should keep it as clean as possible. Money may not buy truth, but it should not drown fairness. Facebook disagrees.
Its boss, Mark Zuckerberg, declares it “not right for private companies to censor politicians or the news”.
—COME ON Zuckerberg you’ve made your fortune! Be a caring citizen for the sake of our planet. Save lives!
–If FaceBook bans political advertising our chances of outrunning the coming Russia+ interference storm improves by a mile.
What’s this guy’s problem, money can’t be the sole reason for him acting like a complete dick when it comes to political advertising.
Clearly on the board of global oligarchs rule in support of the 6th mass extinction.
–he’s not that guy portrayed in ‘the social network’ any more, just exploiting the way women look.
I’ve never heard of a happy billionaire, most if not all of them are always seeking a dystopian waste land were they rule without regard for the well-being of mankind or the environment.
I think he was always a dick. it’s just becoming clear to others now.
Yep, money has a way of amplifying who and what you are.
They know how to do this…. and Republicans DO NOT CARE
They always want something for nothing
Thread
“A damning report by InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times revealed that Exxon knew that fossil fuels contributed to climate change as early as the 1970s, but did not take any action even as it covered up the science.” (democracy now)
“Exxon knew in 1982 they were stealing our future. And now they’ll pay for it.”
(Fridays for the Future NYC)
Rex Tillerson in Federal court yesterday:
“Investors suing the oil giant contend that under Tillerson’s leadership, in 2014 Exxon kept two sets of books on the predicted costs of future climate regulations — lowballing internal company estimates in order to justify carbon-intensive projects like mining Canada’s tar sands.”
–Tillerson and his close friend Putin are a big part of the 40 year climate crisis cover up.
They are ok with that. That is what they are for!
I would venture a guess that MOST Americans are not. The cult members will always believe him and do whatever he says. Lost causes
Hi mp. This is bigger than America and Americans.
The global far right coalition (Bannon, Putin, no-nationality corporations) that put fossil fuels over the future of life on the planet want to upend the rules, go illogical, go ethnonational, deny climate change, whatever it takes.
Dems just gave GOP “more privileges than other presidents” in the impeachment process.
Nice to be nice but why, why, why? 350% certain that GOP will do anything = anything to win.
-Dems stop apologizing for being right and doing right.
-hit.them.up.
I do a monthly donation to both of them. I need to add Lucy McBath. Keep forgetting.
Was there a question??
Never ever.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Self dealing. Say it loud! Even stupid people know what that means
Last May the Trump DOD wrote again to Congress about military aid being on the way (it wasn’t) adding:
“All necessary preconditions have ben met by the new Ukrainian government,
INCLUDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
ANTI-CORRUPTION PROTOCOLS.”
–Nasty Piece O’ Work thinks his reverse-finger “corruption” meme is super slick.
How about not this time?
Lies big and small. Just bald face lies
A finer point
must…keep…tracking..the…lies
Yes. Socialism.
The REAL President made us stronger. The squatter fraud makes us weaker and self deals
Unemployment went to a high of ten percent plus in September 2010.
Correction September 2009.
Department of Labor:
“roughly 8.7 million jobs (about 7%) were shed from February 2008 to February 2010, and real GDP contracted by 4.2% between Q4 2007 and Q2 2009 (I remember seeing reports that GDP had dropped to minus 8% by the end of 2007) making the Great Recession the worst economic downturn since
the Great Depression.”
–GOP watered down the ARRA and purposely slowed the recovery down. Even so, PBO pulled the globe out of a catastrophic financial meltdown and created the foundations of a U.S. economy that is still growing despite the utter tragedy and nightmare of Benito.
Thanks Obama!
FFS
Repubs no longer resemble any decent humans. There is something seriously or right with that lot.
Supporting a LIAR in the WH without any reservation … is beyond comprehension.
Trump and comedian Zelensky are both no-nothing teevee personalities, maybe both elected by Putin.
Boris Johnson is in the same league. So of course Mafia Trumpsky is advocating for Farage & Johnson (whose gross lies led to the Brexit outcome).
–Britain you can ignore the noise and Vote in a 2nd referendum. Go for a United Kingdom and a United Europe!
–Then you will live to counter Putin et al. who aim to destroy democracy around the world.
Winter well:
a
bucketful
of
starlight.
(Horiuchi Toshimi)
…grateful for good news…tgif to all..
Good Afternoon, beloved TODbots.
TGIF
🙌🙌🙌😍🤗🙇♀️👒🎩💁♀️💪💙💗💜❤
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2019/11/01/open-enrollment-is-here-2/
I loved also how he cracked up at the little Boo Pope mobile! 🎶Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end. 🎶