The Department of Energy has released 41 pages of records in response to American Oversight's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking documents regarding the Trump administration's Ukraine pressure campaign.https://t.co/ZsqGVxTxfY
Nope. Nothing coming from this WH is impossible or too low. There is no bottom. All it needs is more time to surprise us. This is what we need not give to it: MORE TIME.
“If any other public figure regularly stumbled onto the stage clearly drugged to the gills,
it would be a major scandal. But somehow Donald Trump can appear over and over, sniffling at the end of each sentence and slurring his words as if he’s downed a fifth of Wild Turkey, and not one news network will mention not only that Trump’s speech was full of white supremacist rhetoric and an endless stream of lies, but that he was having such trouble simply reading that his words often had to be interpreted from context.
Not that it rally mattered. A Republican Congress, still nervous that it hadn’t licked his boots sufficiently,
stood to applaud with even more frequency than Trump snorted. Game show stunts. Huzzah! Failing government schools. Huzzah! Medal of freedom sullied forever. Double huzzah!”
(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/5/1916773/-Shredding-was-too-good-for-a-hateful-speech-filled-with-lies)
Heard a couple of excellent tidbits already today.
First, Sen. Doug Jones will vote to convict, no matter what he has at stake in the next election. #Hero
Second, Rep. Eric Swalwell stood up righteously this morning on MSNBC. When questioned about Nancy Pelosi’s ripping up her copy of the SOTU speech last night, he mentioned something about it was a good thing he wasn’t there “with a box of matches.” Then when reminded that First Lady Michele Obama had said “When they go low, we go high,” he said something like he had the utmost respect for Michele Obama and a few other things saying (I’m paraphrasing) he thought his decision to stand high on impeachment would be in line with her fine example. #RoleModel
Hope Doug Jones wins! He already won today, in my book. Others could just cut and paste from his remarks, and vote to convict. Shame on Sinema and Manchin, if they don’t go along.
We had a plethora of very well qualified candidates to choose from in the 2018 primary. MGS was about my 8th choice… She has done an OUTSTANDING job representing our district and I look forward to supporting her for reelection!
I just saw someone say something online that really resonated with me: that with a flick of her wrist Pelosi may well have—in the view of history—overshadowed Trump's whole speech. There's a sense in which there's huge power and courage in that—how an act of resistance resonates.
Al Franken @alfranken · 17m
Susan Collins says she’ll acquit because “he learned his lesson.” The only lesson Trump learned is that Susan Collins & the GOP will let him get away with anything. #ImpeachmentTrial
People of Maine,it’s time to vote Susan Collins out of office. She knows darn well that Trump has not learn his lesson, this man don’t think he has done anything wrong. So what lesson did he learn Sen. Collins?
A letter, signed by a U.S. pastor and 39 Ukrainian Christian groups, said the ambassador’s support for LGBTQ rights undermined Trump’s policies https://t.co/PqkWldv37G
BREAKING: Sen. Mitt Romney: "The president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust."
"Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine." https://t.co/NgMPnIyRWHpic.twitter.com/kpsAMKCuJs
Democratic Sen. Doug Jones explains his decision to vote to convict President Trump: "His actions were more than simply inappropriate. They were an abuse of power" https://t.co/dpBrGeb1Z4pic.twitter.com/JVrHdjhZym
Mike Bloomberg @MikeBloomberg
President Barack Obama is someone I was proud to call Commander-in-Chief, and someone I was honored to work with to get big things done.
I miss that feeling.
And I will vote for you if that is what it takes to clear the WH for decency, compassion, sanity, and so many other things missing at the moment.
Senator Romney reminds us that it is not impossible to do the right thing, it’s just hard. That putting country over party isn’t just a slogan, it’s our solemn obligation. That individuals who have courage and conviction can change history, and have an obligation to try.
Frank Figliuzzi @FrankFigliuzzi1
Add this to the moral decision by @MittRomney
: Top Navy SEAL officer to resign after apparent disagreements with Trump – Business Insider
Add this to the moral decision by @MittRomney: Top Navy SEAL officer to resign after apparent disagreements with Trump – Business Insider https://t.co/w9Wynz0Pow
Let's put this in perspective, after Romney, 18 more Republicans could have asked McConnell for a "hall pass", voted their conscience (and the truth) and Trump would still be acquitted. They are betraying their oaths and the Constitution…but they are also really big cowards.
Folks we are under siege by the Neo-fascist right and their climate killing mobster allies here and abroad.
All of our media must help get the truth out…..
Now.
I hope everyone will join me in thanking @RepAdamSchiff and the full team of House managers for putting on a devastatingly compelling case that the president abused power and obstructed justice. The result of all their earnest, honorable labor is a BIPARTISAN vote for CONVICTION.
@jmeacham – Thank you, Jon Meacham, for reminding us today after the vote that We The People are the jury, now. See you in November, @GOP and #MoscowMitch. #VoteBlue2020
WARNING: “Dems will vote Trump or stay home” is a Trump “Demexit” disinfo theme we are seeing all over FB & Twitter today. It’s a coordinated fake voter campaign. No real “regular American” Democrats speak like NK drones. Repubs pushing Soviet propaganda techniques? #ShameOnYouhttps://t.co/Zi1Q9zGcg8
There was no trial in the US Senate of Donald Trump. Instead, every Republican senator with the exception of Mitt Romney, committed the crime known as accessory after the fact.
Yes, at least two of them this week – believe Elizabeth Warren finally mentioned the role he gave her, that got her so much prominence. (She may have before, but I never noticed.)
Legendary actor Kirk Douglas has passed on today at the age of 103. An Academy Award winning actor and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Douglas was a champion for many just causes and lived a long and storied life. He was adored and beloved, and he shall be missed.
KIrk Douglas will always be an icon in the pantheon of Hollywood. He put himself on the line to break the blacklist. My love goes out to my friend Michael and the whole family.
Look, I'm squeamish about public prayers ahead of secular proceedings too. But we should all give it up to Senate Chaplain Barry Black, who spent 9 days trolling Republicans with God. Here were some of his impeachment benediction highlights:https://t.co/UXAMKjKCCB
I have a vague memory of maybe a horror movie or maybe just a childhood nightmare of someone cutting off the head of something slippery like a snake, worm or something creepy and it turning into two instead of dying. It was multiplying quickly. It reminds me of the spread of evil and corruption within the Trump administration and appointments.
Yep, I just sent a HUGE THANK YOU to Mittens. He did the right thing and it took guts! Do I like him? No. Do I think he maaaay have ulterior motives? YES. But the mthrfckr did do the right thing and no way it was easy!
In the contest of values between Mitt Romney and this white supremacist who lost all his committee assignments for coddling and echoing neo-Nazis, Republicans have unanimously sided with the latter. https://t.co/ljcib0Szkf
Heard on the RM show that Bolton refused Rep.Schiff’s request for a statement during the hearing. Yet Bolton was willing to speak if called by the Senate. WTH?
Maybe was covering himself – acting like he was willing but knew the Senate wouldn’t call him and ruin his book publication $$$ deal? Dunno. But I hope nobody buys his book, but for the investigators.
Live view of Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft with @astro_luca, @Astro_Christina and Alexander Skvortsov inside. In around half an hour they will leave the @Space_Station and return to Earth.
Gaetz trying to get back into minus 45’s good graces. LOL
My dude, you are so triggered by her upstaging your man who alternatively eats, shreds, and hides papers comprising presidential records that you are handing her the narrative!
They seem determined to drive home the point that the party of Trump stands only for the corrupt abuse of power to retain power. The party of authoritarianism won't tolerate fair elections because authoritarianism doesn't believe in democracy and its adherents aren't a majority.
Trumps lies: “I created more jobs than those before me”—lie. “Growth is greater under me”—lie. “I will protect preexisting conditions”—lie. “I will protect Medicare and Social security”—lie. “Poverty is plummeting”—lie. “Black unemployment fell greater under me”—lie.
“I believe in protecting religious freedom”—lie. “I really care about education”—lie. As my grandmother used to say, “Scratch a liar & you’ll find a thief.”
1/ It was right & proper to impeach Donald John Trump, the mobster-in-chief. There was never much hope of conviction by a corrupt Senate, but there's now an indelible historical record of 45’s crimes. Right matters. I salute Pelosi & Schiff especially for their Herculean efforts.
Oh, Senator Collins, it sure does look like he learned his lesson. You fool.
There is no way this passes Constitutional muster. Post-impeachment Trump will be vindictive, willing to flagrantly violate civil rights & fully cognizant of the delays involved in using the courts to protect them. https://t.co/OgZdCoQq2H
Romney told Fox that he “through another person contacted the White House before the trial began that said ‘Please provide affidavits. Please let Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton and others provide affidavits so that you can raise reasonable doubt,…
Yovanovitch: "The events of the past year, while deeply disturbing, show that even though our institutions and our fellow citizens are being challenged in ways that few of us ever expected, we will endure, we will persist and we will prevail." https://t.co/0UHlMG2XRy
This prayer breakfast is not about honoring God & being a prophetic voice, but an attempt to use religious activities as cover for irreligious politics & policy actions.
NEW RECORD! 328 days is the new record for the longest single spaceflight ever by a female astronaut, set today by @Astro_Christina as she completed her long-duration mission with a landing in Kazakhstan. Christina shares some of her most cherished memories aboard the station. pic.twitter.com/CClACI9JTQ
In case you haven’t seen Harriet yet, Regal is giving free shows @ their select theaters for one week to celebrate Black History Month. See if yr theater is on list:
Boston Globe Editorial Board: "Kill the tradition: N.H. and Iowa should not vote first. Some customs must die. Like the first-in-the-nation primary and caucuses."https://t.co/WCr0miFO4U
Folks, if you quasi-worship and defend a man who lies, cheats, mocks the disabled, insults teen-agers, attacks a dead hero, boasts of sexual assault….you really have no business questioning the authenticity of @SenatorRomney’s faith. Take a damn seat.
We’ve got flooding in Knoxville and surrounding counties. Last February was the 100 year flood here with millions in damages and loss of life. Here we go again.
Bernie Sanders’ “marginalization of Warren in Iowa also points to a more cosmic phenomenon with malign implications for the party at large: the vituperative attacks on Warren by Bernie’s rabid online army of political arsonists augurs ills to come.”https://t.co/EwdyxjwwRZ
While everyone is thanking Romney, let's be clear that Trump was impeached because of a Democratic House and every single Democrat in the Senate voted to convict him. Never been prouder to call myself a Democrat because the Democratic Party is the party of putting country first.
GOP likes to dangle the rest of us a bone to chew on, a ray of hope, a Collins or a Murkowski.
And some of us will dither again until the obvious = both women are dyed in the wool Putin party-ers.
So that line in ‘Gattica” came to me, when Ethan Hawke (the one with the heart defect) explains to his gene-perfect brother how it was that he, not him, swam so far out in the ocean and did not flounder like his brother.
He said “Because I never saved anything for the way back.”
That ‘s how I see Trump’s Republican Party.
They’re going all the way for authoritarianism, for criiminality, for Putin, for the Mob, for the dirty fuel corporations, no matter what it costs planet Earth or future generations. They’re deep in the mire now and we better believe they have not saved anything for the way back.
The Money💸Line This means having candidates (especially the top ticket) who can connect with people of color (black people especially). Getting them to turnout will be critical for Democrats to win at all levels.
"When President Obama came into office, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. When he left it was five percent," said @SpeakerPelosi. "So, President Trump did not inherit 'a mess,' he inherited a momentum."
Forever thanks to Speaker Pelosi for standing up for us, for the future of the planet.
With love to all of our heroic, caring, patriotic, Dems in Congress.
Please keep impeaching,
keep hearing,
keep televising!
I can only hope that everyone of you help defeat this big *uck.
Time for me to turn the tv off. How Moscow Mitch is getting away with everything is beyond belief. He is beyond evil..
Getting Trump into the WH was a global Mob dream come true.
And now they’ve got him into high office there’s no plan to let him go. imo after the phony acquittal, the message will be “You see? We can RIG ANYTHING. Leave the future to us. Just let go.”
We know Trump is a greedy little man of little brain with a talent for reality TV and abuse in all its forms.
So let’s not be distracted…expose who is behind the curtain doing all the rigging, and why.
Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin was posthumously granted clemency nearly 70 years after being arrested and imprisoned on anti-LGBTQ+ charges pic.twitter.com/K3PYDDRpnE
Every single Dem candidate from Sanders to Bloomberg has pledged to lift the Muslim Ban. Trump has pledged to expand it.
So, yes, do please tell me, a Muslim, with all your non-Muslim privilege, that there's no difference between the Dems & Trump & a 2nd Trump term ain't so bad.
Didn’t allow myself to listen to trump’s foolishness today, but I am watching some of the recaps of his little chat with the followers at the WH:
@PeterAlexander of MSNBC said the best word he could think of, to describe the people in the room today during trump's bloviating, was "bobbleheads." #GOPBobbleheads
Sitting in a cafe here in Germany, I keep hearing the name "Nancy Pelosi." I don't know what the general reaction is in the USA, but internationally it seems she is a hero.
Li Wenliang, a Chinese doctor who was one of the first to sound a warning about the coronavirus and was reprimanded by police for doing so, has died after contracting the disease https://t.co/ZTNJuV3tK9
I am so sorry to read this. I completely agree with the tweet below that he saved many lives. May his soul rest in peace. Thank you Dr. Wenliang for sounding the alarm.
Dr. Li Wenliang lived in a country where he was punished for being a whistleblower. Imagine the lives he still saved by sounding the alarm. God bless him and his family. https://t.co/TcwM0EJmSM
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Happy Wednesday TODVille!
Wonder what will be gleaned from these…
Hurt fee fees
CBS reporter asked Bloomberg if he thinks “people are interested in seeing two billionaires fight out over Twitter?”
Bloomberg replied,“Two billionaires?” “Who’s the second one?
Giving Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the most disgusting this I’ve ever heard.
Who’s next… Jeffrey Epstein for his humanitarian work with runaway teens?
No Child I agree 100%.
Would you be surprised if it happens?
Nope. Nothing coming from this WH is impossible or too low. There is no bottom. All it needs is more time to surprise us. This is what we need not give to it: MORE TIME.
Trump degrades everything he touches. And to make a woman present the “award.”
“If any other public figure regularly stumbled onto the stage clearly drugged to the gills,
it would be a major scandal. But somehow Donald Trump can appear over and over, sniffling at the end of each sentence and slurring his words as if he’s downed a fifth of Wild Turkey, and not one news network will mention not only that Trump’s speech was full of white supremacist rhetoric and an endless stream of lies, but that he was having such trouble simply reading that his words often had to be interpreted from context.
Not that it rally mattered. A Republican Congress, still nervous that it hadn’t licked his boots sufficiently,
stood to applaud with even more frequency than Trump snorted. Game show stunts. Huzzah! Failing government schools. Huzzah! Medal of freedom sullied forever. Double huzzah!”
(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/5/1916773/-Shredding-was-too-good-for-a-hateful-speech-filled-with-lies)
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rippling up the pages was far more courtesy than this toilet stain of a speech deserved.”
Heard a couple of excellent tidbits already today.
First, Sen. Doug Jones will vote to convict, no matter what he has at stake in the next election. #Hero
Second, Rep. Eric Swalwell stood up righteously this morning on MSNBC. When questioned about Nancy Pelosi’s ripping up her copy of the SOTU speech last night, he mentioned something about it was a good thing he wasn’t there “with a box of matches.” Then when reminded that First Lady Michele Obama had said “When they go low, we go high,” he said something like he had the utmost respect for Michele Obama and a few other things saying (I’m paraphrasing) he thought his decision to stand high on impeachment would be in line with her fine example. #RoleModel
And, now: COFFEE. Mornin’.
Proud of Doug Jones putting principal over reelection. Hope his coalition doubles in force at the polls.
Will be interesting to see what Sinema and Manchin, neither of whom are up for reelection, do…
Hope Doug Jones wins! He already won today, in my book. Others could just cut and paste from his remarks, and vote to convict. Shame on Sinema and Manchin, if they don’t go along.
Think I heard Sinema and Manchin both vote guilty, so good for them, too.
We had a plethora of very well qualified candidates to choose from in the 2018 primary. MGS was about my 8th choice… She has done an OUTSTANDING job representing our district and I look forward to supporting her for reelection!
Yep. It was masterful.
All Speaker Pelosi did was tear up a pages of LIES.
Pages of LIES.
Al Franken @alfranken · 17m
Susan Collins says she’ll acquit because “he learned his lesson.” The only lesson Trump learned is that Susan Collins & the GOP will let him get away with anything. #ImpeachmentTrial
People of Maine,it’s time to vote Susan Collins out of office. She knows darn well that Trump has not learn his lesson, this man don’t think he has done anything wrong. So what lesson did he learn Sen. Collins?
NOW: Speaker Pelosi, House Democrats discuss right to organize unions – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-2
I see
Mike Bloomberg @MikeBloomberg
President Barack Obama is someone I was proud to call Commander-in-Chief, and someone I was honored to work with to get big things done.
I miss that feeling.
And I will vote for you if that is what it takes to clear the WH for decency, compassion, sanity, and so many other things missing at the moment.
Frank Figliuzzi @FrankFigliuzzi1
Add this to the moral decision by @MittRomney
: Top Navy SEAL officer to resign after apparent disagreements with Trump – Business Insider
Thanks for spotting that! Go, Navy!
Glad you posted it, Jaqueline. I lost the privilege of posting tweets.
Better damn well
BC News @NBCNews ·
22m
JUST IN: West Virginia Sen. Manchin says he will vote in favor of both articles of impeachment against President Trump.
Thread 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Folks we are under siege by the Neo-fascist right and their climate killing mobster allies here and abroad.
All of our media must help get the truth out…..
Now.
It’s up to us, now, fellow voters. And there are many more of us than them.
and he is NOT kidding…what need does the GOP have to pretend that they believe in Democracy
I love Pete.
As far as the photo goes, probably President Obama was responding to the biggest question trump had at the time, “Where’s the bathroom?”
So many candidates are trying to use Pres Obama to legitimize themselves…
Yes, at least two of them this week – believe Elizabeth Warren finally mentioned the role he gave her, that got her so much prominence. (She may have before, but I never noticed.)
I have noticed that lately.
Excellent.
🙌🏾
Wow Jacqueline, I hate I missed it. I have not counted him out yet.
RIP Kirk Douglas – Forever Spartacus
I have a vague memory of maybe a horror movie or maybe just a childhood nightmare of someone cutting off the head of something slippery like a snake, worm or something creepy and it turning into two instead of dying. It was multiplying quickly. It reminds me of the spread of evil and corruption within the Trump administration and appointments.
And we really don’t know how corrupt this administration really is.
Beauty Break ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yep, I just sent a HUGE THANK YOU to Mittens. He did the right thing and it took guts! Do I like him? No. Do I think he maaaay have ulterior motives? YES. But the mthrfckr did do the right thing and no way it was easy!
Heard on the RM show that Bolton refused Rep.Schiff’s request for a statement during the hearing. Yet Bolton was willing to speak if called by the Senate. WTH?
Maybe was covering himself – acting like he was willing but knew the Senate wouldn’t call him and ruin his book publication $$$ deal? Dunno. But I hope nobody buys his book, but for the investigators.
Wow! This is incredible work. Thank you for sharing,
🛰🚀 🌏
So Nancy ripped that script 3x. 😂😂 Am dedicating this song to her! 😎💞
Gaetz trying to get back into minus 45’s good graces. LOL
Sorry sweetness! Didn’t see that you had already posted this thread:) We think alike!!
That’s okay!
😊
Morning everyone. Thread
We see you, racist!!!
Must Read thoughts from a premier civil servant.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212957850
Oh, Senator Collins, it sure does look like he learned his lesson. You fool.
Thread and comments
Gonna be crowded
The other Bernie:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/05/business/bernie-madoff-prison-release-request/index.html
In case you haven’t seen Harriet yet, Regal is giving free shows @ their select theaters for one week to celebrate Black History Month. See if yr theater is on list:
https://www.clickorlando.com/features/2020/02/04/regal-is-letting-you-see-harriet-for-free-in-celebration-of-black-history-month/
Amen to this
Exactly
In February
We had rolling tornado warnings throughout the ATL this morning. I hope everyone is okay.
We’ve got flooding in Knoxville and surrounding counties. Last February was the 100 year flood here with millions in damages and loss of life. Here we go again.
How awful tnmtngirl! Praying for the best possible outcome this time. 🙏🏾
GOP likes to dangle the rest of us a bone to chew on, a ray of hope, a Collins or a Murkowski.
And some of us will dither again until the obvious = both women are dyed in the wool Putin party-ers.
So that line in ‘Gattica” came to me, when Ethan Hawke (the one with the heart defect) explains to his gene-perfect brother how it was that he, not him, swam so far out in the ocean and did not flounder like his brother.
He said “Because I never saved anything for the way back.”
That ‘s how I see Trump’s Republican Party.
They’re going all the way for authoritarianism, for criiminality, for Putin, for the Mob, for the dirty fuel corporations, no matter what it costs planet Earth or future generations. They’re deep in the mire now and we better believe they have not saved anything for the way back.
Forever thanks to Speaker Pelosi for standing up for us, for the future of the planet.
With love to all of our heroic, caring, patriotic, Dems in Congress.
Please keep impeaching,
keep hearing,
keep televising!
btw, seeking a detailed fact-check of the SOTU.
I wish all the tv station would not telecast the effer’s speech now.
Trayvon’s 25th birthday was yesterday.
Blessings to you Trayvon, your Mom, Dad, and family.
I can only hope that everyone of you help defeat this big *uck.
Time for me to turn the tv off. How Moscow Mitch is getting away with everything is beyond belief. He is beyond evil..
End of rant.
Getting Trump into the WH was a global Mob dream come true.
And now they’ve got him into high office there’s no plan to let him go. imo after the phony acquittal, the message will be “You see? We can RIG ANYTHING. Leave the future to us. Just let go.”
We know Trump is a greedy little man of little brain with a talent for reality TV and abuse in all its forms.
So let’s not be distracted…expose who is behind the curtain doing all the rigging, and why.
👇🏾
Pertinent question.
Didn’t allow myself to listen to trump’s foolishness today, but I am watching some of the recaps of his little chat with the followers at the WH:
Putin’s style is to set you up, then hit you when you are down….
imo, we must look under the radar and respond to what Trump does next.
I am so sorry to read this. I completely agree with the tweet below that he saved many lives. May his soul rest in peace. Thank you Dr. Wenliang for sounding the alarm.
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/02/06/breaking-barriers-2/
This time they have permission