Tonight at @thewharfdc, Lawrence Jackson, a White House photographer during Obama’s two terms, shares photos and be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Pendants and Pentagrams (@PoliticsProse) October 22, 2019****
The result is an intimate look at President Obama’s two terms, what it felt like to be a black man photographing the first black president of the United States and the ways, Jackson says, that the former president and first lady maintained their authenticity both on and off camera. “Lawrence has a talent for capturing the big scene, the iconic images that will help explain our times for future generations,” the president writes. “But he also has a unique gift for capturing those quieter moments—the margins of a big event, the pauses in a busy day, some stolen times with Michelle and our girls.”
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Good morning everyone 🙂 Why did we not hear about this talented photographer before? Thank you for sharing, Nerdy.❤️
Morning….. I was thinking the same thing.
Good morning Marleysperson, good morning Nerdy. Congrats on first marley. I hope you all have a wonderful day. I’m so glad for tomorrow being a day to celebrate veterans and selfishly glad to have a day off. I’m teaching the Constitution now, and all my students want to talk about is impeachment. I’ve put them off saying that we have to get through some basic concepts first, like Federalism and the Separation of Powers, but they’re not interested, naturally. Sigh. It should be a fun week as we start the Legislative Branch first where impeachment is first mentioned. Pray for me. Have lots of Trump supporting boys who don’t have a clue. They see him as tough and strong and support his racism, I’m afraid, although they don’t talk about that openly, I’ve heard them mutter things. Trump has hurt so many young teens for a generation.
Feel that! I have often thought about young boys ideas of what a strong, confident man looks like. Mostly, they are nothing like what I see as a strong, confident man. You have the ability to make them think harder, and use the facts set forth in the Constitution as your guide, as you navigate this impeachment inquiry with them in real time. I would embrace this challenge and know that if they are listening and understanding our democracy in real time, then notions that they have thought to be true may fall away. They may be angry and confused, but hopefully, in time, they will understand that this inquiry is happening because this behavior is precisely what the Founders had in mind.
Please let us know how this goes.
We live in interesting times. Keep them focused on facts, not opinion.💕
I’m trying to stick to the Constitution. It’s a safe place for me to be. I’ll keep you posted!
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Here:)
This is GREAT. I’m going to print it and make notes so I don’t forget anything. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Thank you Nerdy! I had no idea!
And yet they continue to overwhelmingly vote against their own best interest, economic anxiety and whatnot.
What they continue to vote FOR is….. White Suprmacy…white privilege…racism…these are their belief systems…this is why they vote to destroy their own health care…school systems…etc…
Goooood Morning!
This made me cry. I immediately went back to my high school days when my family took in an exchanges student from Chile. It was during the rule of Allende. Her family was very vocal in the country’s politics and they had to be very careful about speaking out against the government… I lost track of her, but this immediately brought her back into my thoughts…. and prayers
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Thanks, sweetness
Good Sunday Morning from MN, it’s really cold today.
Thank you, beloved NW👒💁♀️🤗😍
Hello, TODville Community 🎩👒💁♀️🤗😍💙💚💓💜❤🎶🎶🎶
Morning Nena! 🤗
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And this is precisely why all those with a microphone needs to call it what it REALLY IS! Bribery and extortion!! No one fucking knows about a Latin phase that doesn’t capture the entirety of his many crimes! Even morons know what bribery and extortion mean! Use the words’
Sorry,this
Nope. Thornberry thinks he’s fooling someone?
1) Cannot run an extortion racket from the WH.
2) Asking a foreign country to interfere in U.S. elections is impeachable all by itself.
3) U.S. National Security: Trump illicitly withheld military aid intended for occupied Ukraine to defend against Russian aggression and expansion. Which is in the interests of U.S. National Security.
This is the story they will tell the cult members. Doesn’t matter if it’s true or not
We must hold the media accountable to tell the whole story.
Trump supports Putin, not us, not NATO.
Republicans have been dashing over to Russia making deals for the last several years. e.g. Senator Daines and posse. So if Trump goes to Russia for May Day event…can it get any worse? What private business deals will they make? How far back does their relationship go? (Answer: the 1980’s.)
thanks for posting
IMO… she doesn’t stand for ANY of his lying BS.
Senator Harris on AM Joy today!
That’s a lot of smackeroonies!
Not just Pelosi, but Schiff, too. He chooses to be willfully ignorant
FFS… with ‘friends’ like this 🙂
Bwahahaha!
Yes We Did is going to be on my Christmas wishlist for sure!
KISS Method
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This is their Twitter byline
We are the Nation’s first line of defense. We accomplish what others cannot accomplish and go where others cannot go.
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From this thread:
Good afternoon, TOD! Yes We Did is a MUST add for your library. Received my copy on Friday, and after flipping through just a few pages, ordered five more as Christmas gifts. More wonderful than the pictures is the magnificent writing. The backstories accompanying the pictures bring you into the room; make you feel as if you were there…
Thanks for this critique:) On the list!
They just continue to outdo themselves in fuckery.
Happy World Science Day (for Peace and Development)
I swear I thought this was a joke at first. It’s not. So damned infuriating!
BART is our Bay Area subway system. There’s a rule that you can’t eat on BART trains, although I’ve never seen it enforced. HOWEVER, this guy was eating on the platform area, which is not really part of the stated rule, especially since it’s an outdoor station. I’ve seen guys eat entire chicken dinners on a BART train with ZERO consequences so this is so entirely infuriating and complete BS.
Thanks for the added info from a citizen of SF… more infuriating
He should sue the officer and the law should be changed to allow passengers to eat food they buy from the kiosk in the station. Ridiculous!
Heartbreaking news. How horrible for this family to lose two members in such a short period of time. That murderous cop needs to rot in jail.
i really like Castro
They want an active government which enacts laws and policies to help the working and middle class. Not just laws to help the wealthy like Trump’s tax cuts.
She didn’t even know his name but she felt entitled to interrupt this moment to get her damned photo. I’m glad they ignored her.
I might not have been able to control my rage.
AHEM
AND THERE IT IS:
Inevitable. Can’t have truth tellers around
Thread. These criminals are a few bricks shy of a full load
Yup.
Ok. That’s creepy.
Right?
Look fake almost
Looks:)
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Who in their right mind would oppose violence against women?
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FOR EATING A FUCKING SANDWICH!!!
BART riders aren’t having it.
Dammit!
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Or this
Witness Tampering Retaliation…they may try to destroy him….you have to wonder why no other person has been retaliated against
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2019/11/10/growing-your-reading-list/