If there’s one thing I love about @RepJohnLewis, it’s his incomparable will to fight. I know he’s got a lot more of that left in him. Praying for you, my friend.
Dear Congressman. You are loved. You are respected. You are magnificent. Lifting you up in prayer, peace and the power of your ancestors this day. May God continue to bless you in all the ways you’ve blessed us, sir.#GoodTroublepic.twitter.com/vF0S9JN3pD
Nothing has slowed John Lewis’s fight for justice yet and I know that won’t change now. Today as he readies for another, different battle, he has a grateful nation at his back. https://t.co/mVZEUPXp3P
John Lewis and Elijah Cummings have long been the congressional bookends holding our democracy together. It was a severe blow to lose Elijah this year; cannot bear the thought of losing John.
Fearing the widespread implications of an undercount, Native Americans are organizing and educating their communities ahead of the 2020 census. https://t.co/kbZyd1cobJ
Wow. Not finished watching yet (and I didn’t care to see Bernie Sanders in one part of it), but this documentary on MSNBC should probably be required viewing for so many in this country – on the topic of health care and health insurance. Very well done! Bottom line: #VoteForDemocrats2020
“A lot of people come to the hospital because they don’t actually have access to healthcare anywhere else,” Dr. Hernandez tells @franifio. pic.twitter.com/TnNW7xtFFI
President Obama and civil rights icon John Lewis discussed the importance of social justice on the 50th anniversary of MLK’s assassination #MLK50pic.twitter.com/xSZ3SMpWXK
As the decade closes, fewer adults are smoking cigarettes and fewer teenagers are getting pregnant. Take a look back at the various health achievements of the 2010s. https://t.co/7ovbO4r5Ez
It’s tacky. It’s shady. It’s petty. And it made me LOL! Forgive me. I needed a distraction from the sadness for a minute. Thought someone else here might need one too. [Oh there’s an interesting update reply revealing more about the wife. Lawd have mercy!] 🤣
Imagine being THIS insecure that you ruin your own anniversary LMFAAOOOOOOOOOOOO hate to see it!! 😂😩😂😩😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😩😩😩😂😂🤣😂😩 pic.twitter.com/anXPrKEsjF
When you read it, think about why Mulvaney would be kept in that unusual combination of jobs, both as WH CoS and OMB director.
The answer is that it’s the only way to execute Trump’s illegal impoundment orders without any evidentiary trail between… the WH and the OMB. https://t.co/5X5rYk2L37
The only decent reaction to the horrific news about @repjohnlewis' cancer diagnosis is to work even harder in 2020 to bring about the type of world for which Lewis has fought so heroically. (1/2)
This story is a must read. Pompeo. Mulvaney. Esper. They tried to warn Trump off of the course he ultimately took with Ukrainian aid. He won’t let them testify. If they don’t, the correct inference to draw is that Trump is guilty & perhaps of more than we’re aware of. https://t.co/SSuzZeypD7
18 USC §794 appears to make Trump’s decision to leak the Israeli agent’s identity to Russia a felony: that anti-espionage law is NOT limited to “classified” information, nor is a sitting president exempt from that crucial criminal statute. https://t.co/ztOeKMytur
1/ No more "surrogates" on cable TV. No more pundits being asked to speak on topics they know nothing about. No more bringing on morons just so we see someone from "the other side." Make candidates earn their airtime by having something to say—don't just base invites on polling.
There are a lot of ways the two major U.S. parties differ but this one is the starkest. And this dichotomy explains a lot about how dramatically differently the parties behave. https://t.co/9xXhzRRSZe
Sitting ducks. Facebook, Apple and Google all built facial recognition into their devices to unlock them….yet no one saw this coming??
Today: “Facial recognition needs to be stopped before a fait accompli is established,”
Patrick Breyer, a member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party Germany, told POLITICO.
“The use of facial recognition technology poses a staggering threat to Americans’ privacy,”
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who is prepping legislation to crack down on the software, said in June.
“There is growing evidence that the U.S. is increasingly using AI in oppressive and harmful ways that echo China’s use,” AI Now, a research group at New York University, wrote in a report published this month that underscored the spread of “invasive” artificial intelligence technology.
The technology is being used at European airports….um…
Meanwhile “the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, which grants every European citizen “the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her,” will protect Europeans from indiscriminate use of facial recognition, while the U.S. Constitution says nothing to that effect, and will not.
“In the U.S., if you’re moving around public spaces, there essentially is no right to privacy,”
—Congressman Cummings was crafting legislation to regulate facial recognition by federal agencies …currently this is held up.
They pay less or nothing so we can pay more or go without needed services
"Through a series of obscure regulations, Treasury carved out exceptions that mean many leading US and foreign companies will owe little or nothing in new taxes…effectively let off the hook for tens if not hundreds of billions of taxes they would have been required to pay." https://t.co/WoR2e6rquE
You’re not seeing things:
“Elon Musk’s company SpaceX envisages launching up to 40,000 spacecraft into orbit…”
“One particularly important project that could be impeded by these swarms of satellites is the search for asteroids. There are 2m asteroids, which are more than 50 metres across, whose orbits cross that of the Earth. Any of these could potentially hit Earth and would be big enough for its impact to destroy a large city. Even though most of the giant (dinosaur-killing) asteroids more than 1km across have been discovered, only 2% of these still dangerous smaller ones are known and there’s a strong motive to search for all the others, so that those with trajectories that could bring them dangerously close to our world can be deflected well in advance. In such searches, the “foreground” of unpredictably moving satellites would be a complication.
There are also concerns among astronomers making measurements in the microwave bands – trying to discover and understand young stars, protoplanets and such like, as well as their constituent gases and molecules. Such observations will be impeded if Starlink satellites’ uplinks or downlinks “pollute” observationally interesting wavebands.
Radio telescopes are constructed in “radio quiet” places to minimise artificial background, but there would be no hiding from the beams sent from these satellites.”
(“https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/29/be-wary-of-elon-musk-despoiling-the-vault-of-heaven)
What is this? Rich guy’s prerogative?
Who gave Musk permission?
When did we have a planetary vote?
Our personal spaces are invaded by false information and ads and we get effed over,
but we have the night sky.
No matter how the oil guys destroy our environment and create wars, we have the night sky.
Peace…the final frontier.
Silence: The essential state of all things.
Musk and Amazon: Go to Mars. Leave the vault of heaven to us.
–StopMu$k.
[Deep sigh!] I know “consider” is not the same as “commit to” but dammit there really had to be a better answer than this one. 🙄
I guess we’ll be getting a clarification on this soon.
.@JoeBiden was asked if he would consider choosing a Republican running mate if he is nominee for a show-of-force unity ticket:
“I would” Biden said but added he couldn’t think of anyone at the moment.
I posted about Biden and his knack for saying dumb shit just the other day. This is what I’m talking about, I’m about fed up with him. He spends his time looking for that one Republican that will somehow come to their senses, that Republican doesn’t exist. Can someone please tell Joe to shut the fuck up!
Would one of Joe Biden’s advisors please tell him that silence isn’t necessarily a bad thing, he’s his own worst enemy. He could be running away with this nomination if he didn’t talk so much, the only thing he has to do is run around and kiss babies and the nomination is his, but no, he has to run his mouth like he’s a fucking philosopher. He says the first fucking thing that pops into his head. And that’s why I hope Kamala doesn’t accept any role in his administration if offered because she’d spend the majority of her time trying to clean up the dumb shit that he spews from time to time. Joe, friend, shut the fuck up so I can vote for you in peace and quiet.
hey Don
A troubled worm would be a better President than Trump,
so Joe has a good chance, unless he keeps warbling about long past Republicans,
e.g. as was before anti-government Reagan.
He’s so wedded to this bygone bipartisan wish that is now total and incontrovertible BS. This comment, even in full context, just feels like some kind of terrible daydream for Biden. Maybe it’s some kind of white guy’s dream I don’t know. But after all we’ve been through these last 3 years, this is painful, through and through.
That's essentially what he said. A voter asked him. He was polite and diplomatic. NOBODY thinks that Joe Biden will choose a Republican as a running mate.
My mom has the ritual of reminding me to pay attention to my surroundings and of course I always revert to my inner teenager with “Oh Mom” accompanied by an eye roll. Now look at this.
Shakey story, something amiss. His wife was in the car but he didn’t get in.
If you startle or surprise a cat it will take a swipe. The bear was curious but did not attack. If a bear wants to attack it doesn’t look like that.
—We are encroaching on bear habitat.
this was not predatory behavior.
anyway always stand tall, hands in the air and slowly back away, and not make a chase. Even so the bear did not chase.
From hip-hop to country to The Boss, here are my songs of the year. If you’re looking for something to keep you company on a long drive or help you turn up a workout, I hope there’s a track or two in here that does the trick. pic.twitter.com/mQ2VssyDwt
.@neal_katyal on a judge dismissing lawsuit from John Bolton who refused to testify in impeachment probe: "the bottom line is that John Bolton now has no rock to hide behind anymore, and that he really should testify."
LOL….yes, anything would be better than Trump. I know I exaggerate sometimes, but someone close to Joe needs to tell him to chill out. Enough with the “I think I can work with the Republicans” nonsense.
To me in the current divide it would be disastrous to have a Republican as a VP. It would be like a Dem Prez putting a target on his own back so the VP could move into the #1 position.
I wish Joe would have just said, you know, I will have plenty of wonderful super qualified Democrats to choose from so no need to consider anyone outside our party. I want to uphold and pursue Democratic values and I need look no further than the great many patriots of the Democratic Party.
If any of you want to read a terse, NON-PARTISAN, case for Impeachment of Trump then Constitutional Law Scholar (among many relevant qualifications) Neal Katyal’s “IMPEACH” is reading-time well spent.
It's my understanding that if #Trump was pardoned by a future #POTUS, he could still be prosecuted by State Attorney(s) General for crimes committed before or after his Presidency.
Thank you Jacqueline. The endeavor I’ve been involved these past many years will emerge in 2020 and if the past few months of intensifying demands are any indication, I may have even less time to visit the lovely TOD Community – my sad!
Before the end of 2020, if the current schedule holds, I’ll be posting one or more URLs that will explain our mission and initial deployments.
Happy New Year to you and your family – and to everyone at TOD.
It’s code language, Bobfr:) Whatever you are working so diligently on, I hope you are successful and happy. No matter how often you stop in here, you are welcome and we’re happy to see you:) Happy New Year, dear friend.
Just now reading all of your kind responses and I just wish I had more time to converse with all of you.
The following video will give you a glimpse into the endeavor:
By this time next year – a hopefully much happier time for humanity than the past 3 years – all of what many exceptional individuals have dedicated their lives will begin to emerge as an achievable path to affordable, ecologically responsible urban homes.
Joe Biden did NOT say he’s considering a Republican running mate. He said he’d consider a Republican, but he can’t think of any. He was diplomatically dispatching with a question that was designed to trip him up. He answered fine, but the media is now lying about what he said.
THE LATEST: Leon’s ruling essentially closes the door on the last known legal loose end for the House’s Ukraine inquiry. It leaves an earlier DC district court ruling rejecting ‘absolute immunity’ as the only one standing. https://t.co/XV9NN842KI
I think we must send as much love as we can in this man’s direction. Our world – a world he has worked tirelessly to make better – is so much brighter so long as he’s in it. Get well @repjohnlewis, you are one of the best angels of our nature. https://t.co/fZHZzUCYHF
Another CF from this grotesque idiot who the GOP in Congress insist on protecting at all costs while he golfs at his ugly resort. Absolutely nauseating,
Twenty-Nineteen has been the Year of the Gaslighter. With that in mind, I thought it apt that the final PREVAIL post of the decade should clear up some misconceptions concerning Donald John Trump, so we can kick off the New Year with a bang:https://t.co/9rOfRoUjol
Happy End of the 20-Teens!🎩
Happy New Year’s Eve!🥂
Happy New Year! 🎉
Sound up! The #NewYearsEve night sky is playing us a melody. 🎶✨
In this night sky map @system_sounds sent us, you can watch and listen to the stars above New York City tonight. Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! Keep looking up in 2020. 🔭 pic.twitter.com/sK5Cjr6dtn
The Obama Diary 
Thank you for this post, Nerdy. He has been such an inspiration for decades!
❤️❤️❤️
John Lewis and Elijah Cummings have long been the congressional bookends holding our democracy together. It was a severe blow to lose Elijah this year; cannot bear the thought of losing John.
Judith, I am with you on that. Too hard to believe.
Feeling you on This Judith
Right there with you on all that Judith!
Absolutely. I respect these two men SO much. My prayers are up for Rep.Lewis. He has been through so much in his life, and always comes back positive.
I feel the sane way. 🙏
This is something all people of color need to be doing. We need to be counted in all of our numbers.
Wow. Not finished watching yet (and I didn’t care to see Bernie Sanders in one part of it), but this documentary on MSNBC should probably be required viewing for so many in this country – on the topic of health care and health insurance. Very well done! Bottom line: #VoteForDemocrats2020
All of the heartfelt sentiments about John Lewis on twitter are so touching.
I’m waiting for all those people in the Pentagon and White House that were affected by said “shock waves”.
Speak up … all of you!!
The LOVE continues
😍
A word.
This was my sentiment last night. Send prayers UP for the Blessings to come down and rain on the Honorable Rep John Lewis ❤
It’s tacky. It’s shady. It’s petty. And it made me LOL! Forgive me. I needed a distraction from the sadness for a minute. Thought someone else here might need one too. [Oh there’s an interesting update reply revealing more about the wife. Lawd have mercy!] 🤣
Oh MY!
Morning everyone. Criminals.
We sure do. Good thoughts for you, Congressman. Healing thoughts
Don’t know if this will work…love to listen to him
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/02/20/obama-father-foundation-curry-nba-ankles-sot-vpx.kron
Works great! Thanks for sharing this! 👍🏾
Oh good! You’re welcome, Dudette:) Love to listen to his wise words
Oh good! You’re welcome, Dudette:) Love to listen to his wise words
Exactly
Just gonna put this here.
WP; you know if he was Black…
Start calling
More criming.
Thread
I wanna eat at this dude’s house.
Turns out dude is a chef in Turkey, an internet celebrity with a huge following on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. I could watch him cook all day.
Stark difference indeed
Sitting ducks. Facebook, Apple and Google all built facial recognition into their devices to unlock them….yet no one saw this coming??
Today: “Facial recognition needs to be stopped before a fait accompli is established,”
Patrick Breyer, a member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party Germany, told POLITICO.
“The use of facial recognition technology poses a staggering threat to Americans’ privacy,”
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who is prepping legislation to crack down on the software, said in June.
“There is growing evidence that the U.S. is increasingly using AI in oppressive and harmful ways that echo China’s use,” AI Now, a research group at New York University, wrote in a report published this month that underscored the spread of “invasive” artificial intelligence technology.
The technology is being used at European airports….um…
Meanwhile “the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, which grants every European citizen “the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her,” will protect Europeans from indiscriminate use of facial recognition, while the U.S. Constitution says nothing to that effect, and will not.
“In the U.S., if you’re moving around public spaces, there essentially is no right to privacy,”
—Congressman Cummings was crafting legislation to regulate facial recognition by federal agencies …currently this is held up.
They pay less or nothing so we can pay more or go without needed services
You’re not seeing things:
“Elon Musk’s company SpaceX envisages launching up to 40,000 spacecraft into orbit…”
“One particularly important project that could be impeded by these swarms of satellites is the search for asteroids. There are 2m asteroids, which are more than 50 metres across, whose orbits cross that of the Earth. Any of these could potentially hit Earth and would be big enough for its impact to destroy a large city. Even though most of the giant (dinosaur-killing) asteroids more than 1km across have been discovered, only 2% of these still dangerous smaller ones are known and there’s a strong motive to search for all the others, so that those with trajectories that could bring them dangerously close to our world can be deflected well in advance. In such searches, the “foreground” of unpredictably moving satellites would be a complication.
There are also concerns among astronomers making measurements in the microwave bands – trying to discover and understand young stars, protoplanets and such like, as well as their constituent gases and molecules. Such observations will be impeded if Starlink satellites’ uplinks or downlinks “pollute” observationally interesting wavebands.
Radio telescopes are constructed in “radio quiet” places to minimise artificial background, but there would be no hiding from the beams sent from these satellites.”
(“https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/29/be-wary-of-elon-musk-despoiling-the-vault-of-heaven)
What is this? Rich guy’s prerogative?
Who gave Musk permission?
When did we have a planetary vote?
Our personal spaces are invaded by false information and ads and we get effed over,
but we have the night sky.
No matter how the oil guys destroy our environment and create wars, we have the night sky.
Peace…the final frontier.
Silence: The essential state of all things.
Musk and Amazon: Go to Mars. Leave the vault of heaven to us.
–StopMu$k.
Maybe Elon Musk should work on providing maternity leave and sick leave to his employees first before he goes where no man has gone before.
AMEN
She will have her hads full of challenges…starting with the Head of FOP…
racism and misogny….
WORD! That racist, misogynistic MoFo made nice in the Tribune story; you know he and his ilk will give her a hard time…
yup
[Deep sigh!] I know “consider” is not the same as “commit to” but dammit there really had to be a better answer than this one. 🙄
I guess we’ll be getting a clarification on this soon.
I posted about Biden and his knack for saying dumb shit just the other day. This is what I’m talking about, I’m about fed up with him. He spends his time looking for that one Republican that will somehow come to their senses, that Republican doesn’t exist. Can someone please tell Joe to shut the fuck up!
December 28, 2019 at 12:50 pm
Would one of Joe Biden’s advisors please tell him that silence isn’t necessarily a bad thing, he’s his own worst enemy. He could be running away with this nomination if he didn’t talk so much, the only thing he has to do is run around and kiss babies and the nomination is his, but no, he has to run his mouth like he’s a fucking philosopher. He says the first fucking thing that pops into his head. And that’s why I hope Kamala doesn’t accept any role in his administration if offered because she’d spend the majority of her time trying to clean up the dumb shit that he spews from time to time. Joe, friend, shut the fuck up so I can vote for you in peace and quiet.
He too much of a pleaser, too much a product of a bygone era, long, long, long GONE. JHC, I wish he would just be smart about all this. DAMN.
hey Don
A troubled worm would be a better President than Trump,
so Joe has a good chance, unless he keeps warbling about long past Republicans,
e.g. as was before anti-government Reagan.
“When the time comes for me to pick a running mate, if you happen to know of a highly-qualified Republican who supports our platform, let me know.”
How hard would that have been to say? [deep sigh]
He’s so wedded to this bygone bipartisan wish that is now total and incontrovertible BS. This comment, even in full context, just feels like some kind of terrible daydream for Biden. Maybe it’s some kind of white guy’s dream I don’t know. But after all we’ve been through these last 3 years, this is painful, through and through.
Love Michelle Obama.
Yeah. Got this on a tshirt
Biden campaigns in Derry, NH – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-3
Buttigieg holds town hall in Maquoketa, Iowa – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-2
Klobuchar holds town hall in Littleton, NH – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-1
Not surprised
Dogs are awesome 😍
They are!! Waaaay better than people, IMO:)
Animals in general:)
Wow! Way to go Kitty!
My mom has the ritual of reminding me to pay attention to my surroundings and of course I always revert to my inner teenager with “Oh Mom” accompanied by an eye roll. Now look at this.
yeh stop building over bear runs. stop freaking about this kind of bear, and a young wan too.
Sure but the bear followed them and injured the man.
Shakey story, something amiss. His wife was in the car but he didn’t get in.
If you startle or surprise a cat it will take a swipe. The bear was curious but did not attack. If a bear wants to attack it doesn’t look like that.
—We are encroaching on bear habitat.
this was not predatory behavior.
anyway always stand tall, hands in the air and slowly back away, and not make a chase. Even so the bear did not chase.
I love this man!
So funny. I actually looked for Old Town Road and was glad to find it on President Obama’s list.
My 8-year-old great grandson loves that song and I have a video of him and his friend singing it together! OMG. Adorable.
Trump and Obama tied for most admired man. That’s all I need to know, there is NOTHING to admire about Trump and his ways.
doubtful. Was the sample geared to certain voters to effect a certain outcome? How was it asked and stratified? Seen this one before.
That poll is BS.
No more excuses
thanks to NK.
-Here on out let’s go hard ball = fines, arrests for non-compliance.
None.
LOL….yes, anything would be better than Trump. I know I exaggerate sometimes, but someone close to Joe needs to tell him to chill out. Enough with the “I think I can work with the Republicans” nonsense.
To me in the current divide it would be disastrous to have a Republican as a VP. It would be like a Dem Prez putting a target on his own back so the VP could move into the #1 position.
I wish Joe would have just said, you know, I will have plenty of wonderful super qualified Democrats to choose from so no need to consider anyone outside our party. I want to uphold and pursue Democratic values and I need look no further than the great many patriots of the Democratic Party.
If any of you want to read a terse, NON-PARTISAN, case for Impeachment of Trump then Constitutional Law Scholar (among many relevant qualifications) Neal Katyal’s “IMPEACH” is reading-time well spent.
Good to see you Bob – Happy New Year to you and your family.
Thank you Jacqueline. The endeavor I’ve been involved these past many years will emerge in 2020 and if the past few months of intensifying demands are any indication, I may have even less time to visit the lovely TOD Community – my sad!
Before the end of 2020, if the current schedule holds, I’ll be posting one or more URLs that will explain our mission and initial deployments.
Happy New Year to you and your family – and to everyone at TOD.
It’s code language, Bobfr:) Whatever you are working so diligently on, I hope you are successful and happy. No matter how often you stop in here, you are welcome and we’re happy to see you:) Happy New Year, dear friend.
All the best to you, Bob, in your continuing endeavors! Sounds very exciting!
Happy New Year to you and your family, Bobfr.
more fan mail Bobfr! all the best with your work and good health 2020 !!
Always great to see you here, Roberto! I hope the New Year brings you huge success and overwhelming happiness!
Just now reading all of your kind responses and I just wish I had more time to converse with all of you.
The following video will give you a glimpse into the endeavor:
By this time next year – a hopefully much happier time for humanity than the past 3 years – all of what many exceptional individuals have dedicated their lives will begin to emerge as an achievable path to affordable, ecologically responsible urban homes.
Oh, you don’t say
Watching Ellen’s Big Giveaway:) Michelle Obama was doing her amazing thing:) I just need to see good things….
This is making my heart happy❤️
Yes. This.
If cute white kids with snakes will help, fine.
Lol ! How about that.
Wait, so Trump decided to conduct a strike on Iraq but did nothing, took no precautions, to protect our embassy?
this is incredible…did anyone warn the embassy…were they evacuated…
Hey, it’s ok. Remember: He knows more than the generals.
Another CF from this grotesque idiot who the GOP in Congress insist on protecting at all costs while he golfs at his ugly resort. Absolutely nauseating,
I encourage people in other states to fight for the same protections.
WONDERFUL compilation.
Love Michelle Obama…she is one of a kind…i just got her Journal yesterday…going thru it…can’t wait to start on my own review
That is wonderful, Sheila. Great way to start a new year!!
indeed…
Morning everyone. Good little read
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2019/12/31/2019-favorite-movies/
Happy End of the 20-Teens!🎩
Happy New Year’s Eve!🥂
Happy New Year! 🎉