Protect yourself and your community from coronavirus with common sense precautions: wash your hands, stay home when sick and listen to the @CDCgov and local health authorities. Save the masks for health care workers. Let’s stay calm, listen to the experts, and follow the science.
Holy crap. Three years ago Kushner's stake in Cadre was worth $5 million. He just sold it for $25-50 million after it benefitted from Opportunity Zone tax breaks that Kushner pushed for. https://t.co/5CErHUhfap
As you who follow me know, I was not a @JoeBiden supporter at the outset. I have been energized and inspired by @kamalaharris and @ewarren since the beginning of the campaign. But with the inevitability of @joebiden as the candidate now clear, I'd like to share a brief anecdote.
Please protect our presidential candidates!!
““The first step of the process is for a candidate to meet established criteria and formally request protection. Another step of that process is for a group of bipartisan Congressional leadership, in the Congressional Protection Advisory Committee to submit a recommendation to DHS,” Ms. Swift said in an email.
“To date, DHS has not received a recommendation from Congress concerning any candidate.
We stand ready to execute if recommended.”
(https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-urges-administration-to-weigh-secret-service-protection-for-democratic-candidates)
“The Secret Service has had teams identified, trained, and ready to deploy for months. Our men and women stand ready to execute this vital mission when a candidate makes a request through the Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the Congressional Candidate Advisory Panel,” spokeswoman Cathy Milhoan said. (CNN)
Last night I couldn’t stomach TRMS interview of the Senior Senator from Vermont and took a pass. Thank God for Amazon Prime!
This morning my Twitter feed is telling me some Bernie leaning folks have had it with the-holier-than-thou candidate who got all red because he is not used to scrutiny.
Last night I couldn’t stomach TRMS interview of the Senior Senator from Vermont and took a pass. Thank God for Amazon Prime!
This morning my Twitter feed is telling me some Bernie leaning folks have had it with the-holier-than-thou candidate who got all red because he is not used to scrutiny.
Allister Barker was a Korean War Vet who bravely served our country. He doesn't have any family who will be able to attend his service tomorrow in Bear. If you're available, I encourage you to attend to honor Allister. @jaketapperhttps://t.co/g9DHuv24eL
Thanks for posting. I’ll try to make it; can kill a couple of birds with one stone — my father is buried there so I can visit his grave, then I can stop at my Aunt’s home .
Another example of why I keep repeating: NOTHING is more important than state and local elections. This has been the Republican focus and where they draw their power to suppress the vote and gerrymander themselves to artificial majority. https://t.co/WRrrQMvzpe
In a state Trump hopes to put into play, the GOP governor is planning to join 17 other states in defending the ACA before SCOTUS https://t.co/zgPfdSMyRJ
Another example of why I keep repeating: NOTHING is more important than state and local elections. This has been the Republican focus and where they draw their power to suppress the vote and gerrymander themselves to artificial majority.
That sounds better but scare me is that you could be walking around with the virus and not having any symptoms. That means we shouldn’t wait until someone’s at deaths door before they get tested. We should have drive-thru testing like in South Korea.
Two January polls for Dem Amy McGrath show her in close race with Mitch McConnell in #KYSEN. It's still going to be very tough to beat the incumbent with Trump leading the ticket, though. https://t.co/Dmw5hD1BeE
Bernie's embrace of Joe Rogan and the Bros embrace of the alt-right has reminded me that it's time for a timeline of everything Bernie Sanders has done on behalf of civil rights and the liberation of Black people from white supremacy.
— I want a multiverse where Trump sells Herb-a-Life (@Cajsa) January 25, 2020
“President Donald Trump sought to lay blame on the Obama administration for slowing down new diagnostic testing, but a Republican senator's office and a lab association said this is not correct.” https://t.co/qFwQjGhj5E
Impeachment feels like it was long ago, but we must remember the details & hold GOP Sens accountable in Nov. Trump claimed he held up aid to Ukraine to review the country’s corruption problem. That was a lie. Also, no one prevents witnesses who could exonerate him from testifying https://t.co/MhqiRUFhi3
New book, The Obama Portraits: exclusive pictures of the Obamas with the artists during their sittings, photos of the historic unveiling by Pete Souza, insight into what these paintings contribute to the history of portraiture and American culture. https://t.co/iOwF0b90T3pic.twitter.com/TU4jShC1BX
Funny, because when I first say this portrait of President Obama it didn’t sit well with me. I thought it was good, but I think I was expecting something way different….Now, I’m obsessed with this portrait and I think it reflects him perfectly:) Thanks so much for bringing this here, meta:)
I think it defied every convention in such hugely strong terms, a lot of people had to take a step back and think about what it portrayed. But i believe the use of color, the gentle imagery of a garden; PBO’s open, leaning forward position; the central beauty of his elegant hands; the gorgeousness of every line in his face – it just feels magnificent to me.
I was Dean of Students at the San Francisco Art Institute, where Kehinde Wiley graduated, and I saw just about ever kind of art work imaginable. I learned a lot of myself in the process.
I thoroughly agree:) This was the exact thought process I went through to see the sheer magnificence of this master work of art. You are one lucky person to have been surrounded by all that beauty ❤️
I know it. I really, really know it. I walked there the other day, it’s just a few blocks from where I live, and I was filled with tthe beauty of the architecture of the buildings, he smell of paint, the studios filled with work and the commitment of every single student to pursue a dream our culture doesn’t value. I miss being surrounded with all that.
HOW DARE YOU POST THIS WHEN I’M ON A SELF-IMPOSED NO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING KICK!
(Oh, that’s right, you were on hiatus when I made that pledge… FORGIVEN!)
Just ordered five copies; birthday gifts for the four relatives that I give to… Now closing the wallet, don’t want to help minus 45’s economic talking point, although, dumb ass is doing pretty good at screwing it up all by his lonesome…
🚨 BREAKING 🚨#DemCast is honored to announce the launch of #DraftElevenFilms – our grassroots campaign to fund @Eleven_Films to do nothing but topflight political videos from now thru November 3rd.
It’s hilarious. What a damn dipshit. He just spews the same bs on a conveyor belt, hoping no one will really listen and comprehend what he says. I swear Joe better take this thing because I would have to swallow REALLY REALLY REALLY hard to choke down voting for this fraud
I'm blown away by the grassroots energy we've seen from Pete, Amy, and Beto supporters. Tuesday wouldn't have happened without all of you. It's going to take all of us to beat Donald Trump and I'd love to have you on our team: https://t.co/PuJ6qyW8Xzpic.twitter.com/ZgA442XHiS
— Joe Biden (Text Join to 30330) (@JoeBiden) March 5, 2020
“we’re going to do it together, and we’re go(ing to do it with one another.”
…..Feels good to laugh and I literally cannot stop.
Here for gentleman Joe!!!
You never once suggested that God placed Barack Obama where he was, never publicly offered prayers for him and his family, never made any effort to affirm his humanity or show the love of Jesus to him. I wonder why that is.#ThursdayThoughtshttps://t.co/5u8u1eFHFv
Elizabeth Warren can play this two ways, be a good soldier and not throw anyone under the bus or go out with a bang. But she also has an opportunity to present her vision of what she thinks American can become with the right type of leadership. Make no mistake Warren is highly intelligent, you don’t get President Obama to create a whole new agency on a whim, was because of Warren we have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
I also would be surprised if she endorsed anyone at this point in time. I’d be even more shocked if she endorsed Sanders, he’s toxic on so many levels.
Senator Warren has a massive if not the foremost credentials in academia on bankruptcy, 6 books, etc.
Before the Senate was a Harvard prof. Family was not well off, first college cost $50 a month is why she could attend.
My mother…from very poor background and denied higher education despite scholarships because her parents, at fourteen years of age, required her to bring in a factory paycheck. She was brilliant however. Ended up in a job in charge of the payroll of millions, stunning math, verbal, and leadership skills as well as beautiful and funny as hell. Between housework, children, she had zero time and apologized for it later on. Running, running from first light. She trained up guys who would then take rank over her. And even after she trounced them all in exams, they refused to promote her over and over.
There was a family accident, then she lost triplets due to poor hospital birthing options. It was the final straw and she lost it. They retired her from work – done. I was 10 years old. Not piercing that glass ceiling after deserving it for so long sent her round the bend for 20 plus years.
Women get openly marginalized as if they are nothing.
Warren was written off by the media when she was coming for the lot of them.
She was made invisible early and demonized by fictitious stuff and memed without fact check.
Today I honor Elizabeth Warren and all the women who failed to overcome.
She is incredible.
I’m more sold on Kamala than I am of Stacie, I just think Kamala checks all the boxes. Kamala could be the first woman to break the VP glass ceiling, if every demographic comes out and vote for her.
The fight to remove Orange man from the office continues. The fight for universal access to better healthcare, decent paying jobs, improved water and air quality, affordable college education, the fight to combat climate change and the effects of the oil and gas industry continues.
Welcome to all previous supporters of Elizabeth Warren. Join us to win in November 2020. Join the movement of Joe Biden supporters and grassroots.
Mary Emily O’Hara @MaryEmilyOHara
Breaking: Republican former congressman Aaron Schock, long criticized for a conservative voting record and long accused by the LGBTQ community of being closeted, has come out as gay.
His sexual orientation is between him and his god. But his voting records and his politics are between me and my healthcare, my ability to vote, my immigration status, my economic status, etc.
Trump's preoccupation with Obama is creepy. Trump's ridiculous effort to blame his coronavirus failures on Obama is vastly worse. https://t.co/P4XLRufaAX
Senator @EWarren is the fiercest of fighters for middle class families. Her work in Washington, in Massachusetts, and on the campaign trail has made a real difference in people's lives. We needed her voice in this race, and we need her continued work in the Senate.
— Joe Biden (Text Join to 30330) (@JoeBiden) March 5, 2020
Doomsky on bringing Americans infected by COVID-19 back to American soil:
“I felt we had to do it. And, in one way, I hated to do it statistically. I hated to do it from the standpoint of having people coming in. It’s going to be — is it going to look bad?”
(Americans go ahead and die, but for my sake, don’t do it here.)
I know Joe Biden is being characterized as a "moderate," but if elected I think it might turn out that he ends up presiding over one of the most progressive administrations in American history. It’s where his party is going, and on many issues where the country is going as well.
Sheila I was just having this same conversation with my wife last night. Joe might be even more progressive than President Obama, “unleashed” in a sense. He will also have the best advisor a phone call away, call it the Obama Administration 2.0
Folks always want to surmise how progressive Pres Obama was …is… he governed pragmatically. He is not an ideologue. He is a pragmatist. He was about getting things done. I think that folks have select memory. At times Pres Obama was obstructed by his own party aka “the public option”…closing Guantanamo Bay.
Yes I believe Joe will listen, see reality, and let himself be updated dramatically.
The last 10 years have seen rapid change on all fronts.
This is not 2008 or even 2016.
For example,
I believe he will surround himself with experts and young people who will guide him for example,
on climate change.
And insist on Carbon Neutral by 2030…and… Zero Carbon by 2050.
Ending oil subsidies, the ending of fossil fuels is the only option we have.
Because there is no option, I trust that Joe will listen.
And then act rapidly.
Satellite images reveal destruction & death in Idlib, mainly due to Russia and Syria’s indiscriminate bombardment. Million of refugees will not survive the horrific conditions: they’re either killed by Putin’s bombs, or they freeze to death. https://t.co/dW6o86ADRe
John Legend stumped for Senator Warren several times:
“She supports creating a commission on reparations for the descendants of enslaved people.”
“Unlike [former New York] Mayor [Mike] Bloomberg, she knows that housing discrimination through redlining has been a national tragedy.”
“Her housing plan creates a first of its kind program to help first-time home buyers living in formerly redlined areas buy a home and start building the kind of wealth that government-sponsored discrimination denied their parents and grandparents for decades.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/27/elizabeth-warren-john-legend-south-carolina
“Massachusetts senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren
has released an expansive Justice for Border Communities Plan that notably seeks to “build a 21st century border economy,” as well as roll back the Trump administration’s increased militarization of the region,
including reining in out-of-control border agents, the protection of the rights of people in the borderlands, and an immediate halt to the environmentally and culturally devastating construction of border fencing.
“We need a federal government that’s accountable to our border communities,” Warren’s plan states. “That means an immigration system that keeps families together, preserves our security, grows our economy, honors our Constitution, and reflects our values. That also means an approach to national security that respects the rights of people and our fragile border ecosystems.”
(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/27/1922439/-Elizabeth-Warren-releases-plan-to-promote-border-communities-halt-border-fencing-construction)
Warren plan to stop Trumpsky:
“The plan will immediately stop construction of impeached president Donald Trump’s border fencing
that Mexico was supposed to pay for, for which he’s raided military funds, waived laws left and right, and blasted through national monument land and sacred American Indian tribes in order to erect (and all with the consent of congressional Republicans).
“Long-time residents are seeing their property carved up,” the plan states. “Wall construction puts border communities at risk of severe flooding. The Trump administration has ignored critical federal environmental protections, damaging wildlife refuges.”
“I’ve listened to communities at the border when they say we do not need Trump’s failed wall, and I will immediately stop the construction of Trump’s wall on the border between Mexico and the United States.” https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/27/1922439/-Elizabeth-Warren-releases-plan-to-promote-border-communities-halt-border-fencing-construction
Cal Cunningham of North Carolina is seen here in a photo with President Barack Obama. He is a Democrat and veteran running for U.S. Senate to take out Republican Thom Tillis. #FlipTheSenateBlue#CalCunninghampic.twitter.com/7SNkX3a3Zx
Hannity bashed the Obama-Biden record, then asked Trump to compare his own record to theirs. Among other things, Trump said, "We got Choice. Nobody thought we were going to get Choice. They'd been trying to get Choice for over 40 years." Obama signed Veterans Choice into law.
Yep. And Bloomberg is paying me. And I am trying to smile more. And I am self employed but working on not being a corporate shill. And— I never want to pay taxes, I’m working on my vocal fry and I just want to be tough but not too tough and also likeable. Blessings! ❤️ https://t.co/bp81On6ja6
Bernie thinks he can do some damage in Michigan because of his narrow win in 2016. Nope. Not gonna happen.
Detroit News/WDIV-TV poll put Biden ahead of Sanders by nearly 7 percentage points in Michigan. Of voters who had already cast absentee ballots, the outlook was bleaker, with Sanders running behind Biden by nearly 20 percentage points.https://t.co/x3aTTFCH8U
I survived when HRC lost. I will survive.
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Elizabeth Warren on the Democratic nomination coming down to two men: “One of the hardest parts of this is … all those little girls who are going to have to wait four more years. That’s gonna be hard.”
Dudette, seriously I don’t think Warren would even consider it. She gets it that we need a woman of color. Her supporters are all about progress. We need a non-white woman for VP.
imo Joe will do the right thing. Plus as we saw on Super Tuesday:
The African American vote is NUMERO UNO.
!!!!!!!
Somebody on suggested Warren would make a great Senate Majority Leader! I think that position really goes by seniority which makes Durbin next in line, but she is Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus, so not totally improbable. Gotta say the prospect of her as Majority Leader and Kamala as Biden’s VP makes me all bubbly and tingly!
Seniority gives dibs to Durbin, but she IS Vice Chair of the Sen Dem Caucus, so not totally improbable. Gotta say just the idea of the trifecta of Liz in that role with Kamala as VP and Nancy as Speaker makes me all bubbly & tingly! pic.twitter.com/gNJLq3M2Z1
I did not think of Warren as Senate Majority leader but you what … that a great idea. Perhaps Durbin will be on board with the idea of Warren getting the post.
I think people, especially women & girls, would be really excited to see her in that role. Think how it would get more young people paying attention to the Senate.
NBC News @NBCNews · 15m
NEW: US Senate passes $8.3B House-passed emergency spending package to combat the coronavirus; measure heads to the president’s desk.
Let’s hope Orange is not too busy to sign the bill.
"Vote for Bernie and tell Warren to drop out you evil, corporate, neoliberal, establishment, sell out traitor. Do it! Why aren't you doing it? Do it! I hate you! I used to respect you but you're like the rest!"
A nice round up of messages from a few online Bernie supporters.
This Cinderella is a classic fairytale for a new generation. To be able to play this genderless, fabulous fairy godmother – what a gift. Thank you @CBSNews for sitting down with me and catching up about the role❤️ https://t.co/PgVwnhdthIpic.twitter.com/DZNBmRS3CK
I always liked her. I think she is smart and compassionate and genuine. I could have easily and proudly voted for her…. she is not done. In the end, I hope that she supports Biden, as I hope her followers do…. we have to wait, once again, for a woman to be POTUS. Hopefully, in my
Lifetime. We will change the world. Thank you, Elizabeth, Kamala, Kristin and Amy. The other one is just pathetic so she’s not included. Yes, I’m petty now.
The always excellent @megangarber with an especially excellent essay on the anti-Liz Lemon and what happens to women who don't apologize for their accomplishments. https://t.co/M3Akajl9oS
She shied away from showing her chops, even when given the chance in interviews, and kept on repeating the basic stuff. Which is OK for those who hadn’t heard it before.
I so much wanted to hear her Harvard lawyer and academic side. She has it alll. But in the age of Trumsky one is labelled an “Expertariat Uppity Elite” if educated passed high school.
We must change this.
I agree. I heard her passionately speaking about bankruptcy at a troubled time in my life. A lightbulb went off in my head. She is a brilliant and extraordinary woman.
He better be ready with truth and it must be an immediate response. These SOB’s lie and cheat and steal to win… hell, he should hold a damn town hall forum with questions about this if need be. There is no there, there. Manufactured bullshit
NEW: Trump’s factually challenged Burisma attacks are about to rain down on BIDEN.
Capitol Hill Democrats say he must be ready to punch back — hard.
This is where Bloomberg could play a role pointing out something about Trump and maybe those crooked kids of his. I know kids should not be touched, but Trumps kids are public servants getting paid by taxpayer dollars. I know we do not like to get in the mud but sometimes it takes getting in the mud to survive.
“We’re not going anywhere. We will haunt your dreams…Making sure everyone knows what a disaster you are for America and for all of us.” pic.twitter.com/NL4ozHWLnp
So Bill DeBlasio thinks that African Americans voted for Biden are low information voters whose primary reason for voting fr the VP is because of his connection to Obama…I guess POC like myself aren't bright enough to look at someone's political resume. #VettingBerniepic.twitter.com/lAV7dqYAwt
You know, there isn’t a mountain that the African American can climb that will prove to the DeBlasios’ of the world that we are competent enough to make the right decision. I am so done with racist motherfuckers.
I mean really, this motherfucker act as though we haven’t the foggiest idea of what the fuck Joe Biden record is. The African American community vetted Joe Biden a long time ago, we just don’t show and vote for the first motherfucker that has a “D” by his or her name. We got receipts on every motherfucker walking the face of the earth.
.@KamalaHarris on Elizabeth Warren dropping out: "This election cycle in particular has presented very legitimate questions about the challenges of women running for president of the United States" pic.twitter.com/gqSPZZ3LS2
Michael Bloomberg has formed a new independent expenditure campaign that will absorb hundreds of his presidential campaign staff in six swing states to work to elect the Democratic nominee this fall.
Wow!!! @JoeBiden is on his way to dominating Florida and Michigan. Why? Voters are rejecting the nasty and divisive approach of Trump and Sanders. Voters are rallying around Joe in order to restore our American Democracy. https://t.co/69SHaD4ezH
We all loved that event…would that it were just happening today…and PBO in his tux.
But I think when we stop looking back to the mythical past where the Trumputins wants us to live…
And if we can just be clear-eyed about the mess that is now while envisaging our good future…
We will have transcended their agenda. And we will win. And we will live in that good future and not theirs.
Thank you, Michael Bloomberg. You are putting your vast fortune to important use. We only have one chance to fix this, and it is this time.
"Bloomberg's advisers have identified Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Florida and North Carolina as the six states that will decided the electoral college winner this year. Staff in each of those states have signed contracts through November to work on the effort." https://t.co/qfQMgY72Fz
The one no vote in the Senate for extra coronavirus cash? Rand Paul. John McCain was right when he said Rand Paul worked for Putin. The good people in Kentucky need to remember votes like this
“I think we as a nation and as a society need to be more agile in recognizing that new diseases do occur, and once they’ve cropped up, they very well may come again, maybe not the same but very similar,”
said LeDuc, who formerly directed influenza response efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “So it was a shame that we had to stop that work and now are having to try and restart it.”
Really important to get this out there imo. Apparently there’s a new virus in the offing….
–GO SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 2020 !!!!!
⚠️Chinese doctors say autopsies of #coronavirus victims suggest that #COVID19 is “like a combination of #SARS and #AIDS as it damages both the lungs and immune systems,” and can cause “irreversible” lung damage even if the patient survives.@thespybriefhttps://t.co/bmnu8VIf0S
Returning home after traveling far and not so far abroad in 2016 and 2017, I had months of recovering to do both times from serious “flus/pneumonia” with almighty coughs like nothing I’d ever experienced.
The thing was just to get through them. But thinking back they were truly unique in the way the lungs were affected. There are many strains of coronavirus, six besides this one I think, but this is the upfront killer.
Hoping the young and very young will somehow be OK.
"… I think people know he's a deeply decent person, he's a kind person, he doesn't take cheap shots at people, he doesn't insult people as a way to try to put people down & lift himself up…"💅🏿 #Biden2020pic.twitter.com/AHENJj5HlV
Here's a CDC official repeatedly dodging straightforward questions about why the US has been so slow to test people for coronavirus. Yikes. pic.twitter.com/PAVWmuUdfS
We now see the strategy. If you don’t test for it, you don’t increase the count of confirmed and can continue to lie about how significantly it has spread.
So WHO had a test, but CDC didn't like it and thought they could do better if they just took time to play around while people died and we don't have anything in place now … Is that close to the gist of it?
Too many Americans spent hours waiting in line to vote this week. But this should never deter anyone from voting. Your vote is your voice—we must continue speaking out until these barriers to the ballot box are eliminated. pic.twitter.com/7Feom5a86u
"The payments show Trump has an unprecedented — and still partially hidden — business relationship with his own government. The full scope of that relationship is still unknown because the publicly available records are largely from 2017 and 2018, leaving huge gaps in the data." https://t.co/ZbnbtFpUL9
Mark your calendars peeps. Apparently, the event is being streamed as well.
Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi will speak about the Affordable Care Act at American University on its 10-year anniversary later this month pic.twitter.com/wQli7Z5s8u
[gasp!] You know what? Ambassador Rice would be an AWESOME VP pick. Although I had her in mind for Sec of State. Lord knows we need someone with her experience to help heal the damage the Orange Turd has done to our standing in the world. Whatever slot she wants – if she wants in – give it to her.
Warren would lose 49 states, she was 3rd in MA, Republican until she was 60@JoeBiden needs a black woman VP who's under 60@staceyabrams@RepValDemings@AmbassadorRice to energize OUR BASE💃🌊 IMO Kamala Harris will remain on 3 powerful Senate Committees Judiciary, Intelligence
— Jibralta the Deep State Witch💃🌊 (@PeconicLady) March 5, 2020
The judge agrees to take the unusual step of reviewing the full Mueller report to see if DOJ’s redactions are legally correct in a case where journalists seek it. Extraordinary language about the court’s view of how AG Barr handles of the release. https://t.co/jE4n3TImST
HuffPost @HuffPost · 1m
JUST IN: A federal judge laid into Attorney General William Barr’s “lack of candor” in a court opinion on Thursday, accusing him of producing a “distorted” summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
OMG, I just found out there’s an exhibition of Dawoud Bey’s latest work at SFMOMA. He was primarily famous for capturing AA street life but then turned a corner to begin taking photographs of the hiding places along the Underground Railroad, uninhabited. A sort of extremely compelling ghost story.
If you haven’t seen this interview with him, TREAT YOURSELF:
The Affordable Care Act protects Kentuckians with pre-existing conditions. Kentuckians with substance use disorder. Seniors with expensive prescription drugs.
It's been vital to our state's health, all while Mitch has fought tooth and nail to destroy it.
We should not tear down Obamacare. Period. We need to protect and build on it with a new public option to ensure every American has access to the care they need.
— Joe Biden (Text Join to 30330) (@JoeBiden) March 5, 2020
Judge Walton: "The Court has grave concerns about the objectivity of the process that preceded the public release of the redacted version of the Mueller Report" …
Bonnie Castillo is on with Chris Hayes reading an excerpt from this nurse’s statement. OMG, even people at the CDC are screwing us!
.@NationalNurses President Deborah Burger reads a public statement from one of our quarantined #nurses who works at a northern California Kaiser facility.
I heard it while in car, Question: Are they doing this at direction of trump administration, knowing what will happen to them if they go against him? Just asking…….wondering. 😳😥
The Obama Diary 
Good evening! I love the way our 4ever President continues to inform and enlighten his fellow citizens!
Nerdy, as always, thanks for helping to keep me sane! I also convey the thanks of my trump loving neighbor, if you catch my drift…
RT’d all of them ….
Urge all of you to read the entire thread …
Excellent thread. Important thread. Shareable thread. Morning everyone:)
Ha!! Bye Don!! Perfect:)
I love it!
Please protect our presidential candidates!!
““The first step of the process is for a candidate to meet established criteria and formally request protection. Another step of that process is for a group of bipartisan Congressional leadership, in the Congressional Protection Advisory Committee to submit a recommendation to DHS,” Ms. Swift said in an email.
“To date, DHS has not received a recommendation from Congress concerning any candidate.
We stand ready to execute if recommended.”
(https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-urges-administration-to-weigh-secret-service-protection-for-democratic-candidates)
“The Secret Service has had teams identified, trained, and ready to deploy for months. Our men and women stand ready to execute this vital mission when a candidate makes a request through the Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the Congressional Candidate Advisory Panel,” spokeswoman Cathy Milhoan said. (CNN)
Good riddance to her.
Dateline: November 2018
More excellent news!!
Music to my ears.
Good morning TOdville.
Music to my ears.
Good morning TOdville.
Last night I couldn’t stomach TRMS interview of the Senior Senator from Vermont and took a pass. Thank God for Amazon Prime!
This morning my Twitter feed is telling me some Bernie leaning folks have had it with the-holier-than-thou candidate who got all red because he is not used to scrutiny.
Has anyone watched the show?
Last night I couldn’t stomach TRMS interview of the Senior Senator from Vermont and took a pass. Thank God for Amazon Prime!
This morning my Twitter feed is telling me some Bernie leaning folks have had it with the-holier-than-thou candidate who got all red because he is not used to scrutiny.
Has anyone watched the show?
Before flying to Texas, Amy cut tv and radio ads, and did a round of interviews, encouraging her voters to flip to Biden!
Thanks for posting. I’ll try to make it; can kill a couple of birds with one stone — my father is buried there so I can visit his grave, then I can stop at my Aunt’s home .
🙏🏾
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My understanding is each kit can do 500 tests, so all together 1,250,000 tests.
That sounds better but scare me is that you could be walking around with the virus and not having any symptoms. That means we shouldn’t wait until someone’s at deaths door before they get tested. We should have drive-thru testing like in South Korea.
https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/02/28/the-first-man-to-reach-the-north-pole-was-an-african-american-desk-clerk-the-world-forgot
♥️💞🕊🌏💞♥️
Yes it would!
We can send Moscow Mitch packing!
For real ….
Goodnight TOD
Just saw this and didn’t want to wait until tomorrow to share it …
Am sending the Mayor a thank you note.
We think alike, Bob. I have wanted those two since the beginning.
Damn, 59 years worth of receipts…
ICYMI… another lie revealed
More here
Sanders will be having a rally today in Phoenix. I’ll be sure to avoid the news
Yeah. Jackass
Good morning, TODville.
On my list now!!❤️
Mine, too. I’m obsessed with Kehinde Wiley’s portrait. Obsessed.
Funny, because when I first say this portrait of President Obama it didn’t sit well with me. I thought it was good, but I think I was expecting something way different….Now, I’m obsessed with this portrait and I think it reflects him perfectly:) Thanks so much for bringing this here, meta:)
First SAW:)
I think it defied every convention in such hugely strong terms, a lot of people had to take a step back and think about what it portrayed. But i believe the use of color, the gentle imagery of a garden; PBO’s open, leaning forward position; the central beauty of his elegant hands; the gorgeousness of every line in his face – it just feels magnificent to me.
I was Dean of Students at the San Francisco Art Institute, where Kehinde Wiley graduated, and I saw just about ever kind of art work imaginable. I learned a lot of myself in the process.
I thoroughly agree:) This was the exact thought process I went through to see the sheer magnificence of this master work of art. You are one lucky person to have been surrounded by all that beauty ❤️
I know it. I really, really know it. I walked there the other day, it’s just a few blocks from where I live, and I was filled with tthe beauty of the architecture of the buildings, he smell of paint, the studios filled with work and the commitment of every single student to pursue a dream our culture doesn’t value. I miss being surrounded with all that.
I have thought since I first saw him that his hands are beautiful. Strong, graceful, elegant….they speak volumes about the man..
Absolutely!
HOW DARE YOU POST THIS WHEN I’M ON A SELF-IMPOSED NO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING KICK!
(Oh, that’s right, you were on hiatus when I made that pledge… FORGIVEN!)
Just ordered five copies; birthday gifts for the four relatives that I give to… Now closing the wallet, don’t want to help minus 45’s economic talking point, although, dumb ass is doing pretty good at screwing it up all by his lonesome…
#sorrynotsorry XOXO!!
LOL
Ordered last night, around 9 pm; arrived today at 3:16.
YAYAYAYYYYYY!!!!
These guys really do make some of the best ads.
Worthy cause, to be sure! Slap some $$ down on them, for us, if you can
According to Bernie Sanders I’m part of the establishment, good to know.
It’s hilarious. What a damn dipshit. He just spews the same bs on a conveyor belt, hoping no one will really listen and comprehend what he says. I swear Joe better take this thing because I would have to swallow REALLY REALLY REALLY hard to choke down voting for this fraud
PS. I find him a fraud AND insulting at the same time
“we’re going to do it together, and we’re go(ing to do it with one another.”
…..Feels good to laugh and I literally cannot stop.
Here for gentleman Joe!!!
-It’s Thursday plus it’s the day before Friday.
Scales Bernie. Please Go Home. It’s Over. Scales @KHiveQueenB · 9h
Nina Turner is disgusted with candidates making campaign commercials with Barack Obama in them.
This was obviously before Bernie made a commercial with Barack Obama in it.
SOON: Pelosi holds news conference on 2020 census – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-5
Thank you, JER.
❤️
Good Morning!
Elizabeth Warren is ending her presidential campaign.
For some reason, this blog won’t let me post this tweet but the contents are uplifting to share:
#Florida
@StPetePolls @Fla_Pol
Poll (3/4):
Biden 61%
Bloomberg 14%
Sanders 12%
Warren 5%
Buttigieg 1%
Klobuchar 1%
Steyer 0%
Elizabeth Warren can play this two ways, be a good soldier and not throw anyone under the bus or go out with a bang. But she also has an opportunity to present her vision of what she thinks American can become with the right type of leadership. Make no mistake Warren is highly intelligent, you don’t get President Obama to create a whole new agency on a whim, was because of Warren we have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
I hope that she remains neutral and insists on getting the next president to enact most of her policies.
I also would be surprised if she endorsed anyone at this point in time. I’d be even more shocked if she endorsed Sanders, he’s toxic on so many levels.
Senator Warren has a massive if not the foremost credentials in academia on bankruptcy, 6 books, etc.
Before the Senate was a Harvard prof. Family was not well off, first college cost $50 a month is why she could attend.
My mother…from very poor background and denied higher education despite scholarships because her parents, at fourteen years of age, required her to bring in a factory paycheck. She was brilliant however. Ended up in a job in charge of the payroll of millions, stunning math, verbal, and leadership skills as well as beautiful and funny as hell. Between housework, children, she had zero time and apologized for it later on. Running, running from first light. She trained up guys who would then take rank over her. And even after she trounced them all in exams, they refused to promote her over and over.
There was a family accident, then she lost triplets due to poor hospital birthing options. It was the final straw and she lost it. They retired her from work – done. I was 10 years old. Not piercing that glass ceiling after deserving it for so long sent her round the bend for 20 plus years.
Women get openly marginalized as if they are nothing.
Warren was written off by the media when she was coming for the lot of them.
She was made invisible early and demonized by fictitious stuff and memed without fact check.
Today I honor Elizabeth Warren and all the women who failed to overcome.
She is incredible.
And all those women who like to extoll about feminism and then are the worst supporters of other women.
..Mean Girl memes…
Yep, Hillary was exhibit #1. If Kamala gets the nod we will see.
Don,
If Kamala or Stacie or another woman of color is named…we will be rallying big time!!!
I’m more sold on Kamala than I am of Stacie, I just think Kamala checks all the boxes. Kamala could be the first woman to break the VP glass ceiling, if every demographic comes out and vote for her.
A beautiful tribute to Elizabeth and your mom.
wow, thank you.
Liz to announce out.
The fight to remove Orange man from the office continues. The fight for universal access to better healthcare, decent paying jobs, improved water and air quality, affordable college education, the fight to combat climate change and the effects of the oil and gas industry continues.
Welcome to all previous supporters of Elizabeth Warren. Join us to win in November 2020. Join the movement of Joe Biden supporters and grassroots.
Now, on another worthy news…
Mary Emily O’Hara @MaryEmilyOHara
Breaking: Republican former congressman Aaron Schock, long criticized for a conservative voting record and long accused by the LGBTQ community of being closeted, has come out as gay.
Good for him, now he can live his life on his terms. As far as his politics goes, that’s between him and his god.
Don,
His sexual orientation is between him and his god. But his voting records and his politics are between me and my healthcare, my ability to vote, my immigration status, my economic status, etc.
I misspoke, you are correct.
PP’s obsession with PBO is rather unhealthy. Makes me wonder sometimes.
SOON: Speaker Pelosi’s weekly news briefing – https://abcnews.go.com/Live/video/speciaL-live-5
Someone won’t be happy
“in the Senate”……..
Doomsky on bringing Americans infected by COVID-19 back to American soil:
“I felt we had to do it. And, in one way, I hated to do it statistically. I hated to do it from the standpoint of having people coming in. It’s going to be — is it going to look bad?”
(Americans go ahead and die, but for my sake, don’t do it here.)
Sheila I was just having this same conversation with my wife last night. Joe might be even more progressive than President Obama, “unleashed” in a sense. He will also have the best advisor a phone call away, call it the Obama Administration 2.0
Folks always want to surmise how progressive Pres Obama was …is… he governed pragmatically. He is not an ideologue. He is a pragmatist. He was about getting things done. I think that folks have select memory. At times Pres Obama was obstructed by his own party aka “the public option”…closing Guantanamo Bay.
Yes I believe Joe will listen, see reality, and let himself be updated dramatically.
The last 10 years have seen rapid change on all fronts.
This is not 2008 or even 2016.
For example,
I believe he will surround himself with experts and young people who will guide him for example,
on climate change.
And insist on Carbon Neutral by 2030…and… Zero Carbon by 2050.
Ending oil subsidies, the ending of fossil fuels is the only option we have.
Because there is no option, I trust that Joe will listen.
And then act rapidly.
Remember How we Started!
John Legend stumped for Senator Warren several times:
“She supports creating a commission on reparations for the descendants of enslaved people.”
“Unlike [former New York] Mayor [Mike] Bloomberg, she knows that housing discrimination through redlining has been a national tragedy.”
“Her housing plan creates a first of its kind program to help first-time home buyers living in formerly redlined areas buy a home and start building the kind of wealth that government-sponsored discrimination denied their parents and grandparents for decades.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/27/elizabeth-warren-john-legend-south-carolina
“Massachusetts senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren
has released an expansive Justice for Border Communities Plan that notably seeks to “build a 21st century border economy,” as well as roll back the Trump administration’s increased militarization of the region,
including reining in out-of-control border agents, the protection of the rights of people in the borderlands, and an immediate halt to the environmentally and culturally devastating construction of border fencing.
“We need a federal government that’s accountable to our border communities,” Warren’s plan states. “That means an immigration system that keeps families together, preserves our security, grows our economy, honors our Constitution, and reflects our values. That also means an approach to national security that respects the rights of people and our fragile border ecosystems.”
(https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/27/1922439/-Elizabeth-Warren-releases-plan-to-promote-border-communities-halt-border-fencing-construction)
Warren plan to stop Trumpsky:
“The plan will immediately stop construction of impeached president Donald Trump’s border fencing
that Mexico was supposed to pay for, for which he’s raided military funds, waived laws left and right, and blasted through national monument land and sacred American Indian tribes in order to erect (and all with the consent of congressional Republicans).
“Long-time residents are seeing their property carved up,” the plan states. “Wall construction puts border communities at risk of severe flooding. The Trump administration has ignored critical federal environmental protections, damaging wildlife refuges.”
“I’ve listened to communities at the border when they say we do not need Trump’s failed wall, and I will immediately stop the construction of Trump’s wall on the border between Mexico and the United States.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/27/1922439/-Elizabeth-Warren-releases-plan-to-promote-border-communities-halt-border-fencing-construction
Boom!
I doubt if any of you have ever seen anything like this ….
Mike B is going to be an amazing force/resource for Team Biden …
He’s liking this:) Mike unleashed:)
YUP 😀
Receipts for the Berners claiming 2016 primary was rigged
Transgender folks (seriously) support Ms. Warren:
(https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/28/elizabeth-warren-trans-lgbtq-supporters)
I hope Biden campaigns in MI, OH, and PA like there is no tomorrow. We can’t repeat the mistakes of HRC.
Bernie thinks he can do some damage in Michigan because of his narrow win in 2016. Nope. Not gonna happen.
I survived when HRC lost. I will survive.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar · 1h
Elizabeth Warren on the Democratic nomination coming down to two men: “One of the hardest parts of this is … all those little girls who are going to have to wait four more years. That’s gonna be hard.”
I have no doubt that just like the Obama Administration, the Biden Cabinet will be full of smart, competent women, one of whom WILL BE President soon.
Kamala or Stacie (anyone else?).
Yep, soon.
I prefer Kamala as VP. Would rather see Stacey as Governor or Senator for GA. Wouldn’t be mad to see Liz as VP.
Dudette, seriously I don’t think Warren would even consider it. She gets it that we need a woman of color. Her supporters are all about progress. We need a non-white woman for VP.
imo Joe will do the right thing. Plus as we saw on Super Tuesday:
The African American vote is NUMERO UNO.
!!!!!!!
Somebody on suggested Warren would make a great Senate Majority Leader! I think that position really goes by seniority which makes Durbin next in line, but she is Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus, so not totally improbable. Gotta say the prospect of her as Majority Leader and Kamala as Biden’s VP makes me all bubbly and tingly!
EEEK !!!!
In triplicate.
Is that a good eek or a bad eek? 🙃
heh a fantasmo-super-good wun!!
😃👍🏾
Oh wow. That would be FANTASTIC!
I did not think of Warren as Senate Majority leader but you what … that a great idea. Perhaps Durbin will be on board with the idea of Warren getting the post.
I think people, especially women & girls, would be really excited to see her in that role. Think how it would get more young people paying attention to the Senate.
Me thinks Warren is angling for a VP position.
Don two elderly white folks….come on.
I don’t think they’re compatible.
NBC News @NBCNews · 15m
NEW: US Senate passes $8.3B House-passed emergency spending package to combat the coronavirus; measure heads to the president’s desk.
Let’s hope Orange is not too busy to sign the bill.
AFP news agency @AFP · 2h
#BREAKING Italy unveils 7.5 billion euro coronavirus rescue plan
Of course they have, and we’ve got a guy that won’t touch his face and who runs the country on hunches.
Anyone think the mean, foul mouthed Bernie Lefties could actually be GOP supporters or Russian hackers trying to stir up dissent?
Some of them but I’d guess not all. This is a replay from 2016.
Alright Fab G! Love it!
I always liked her. I think she is smart and compassionate and genuine. I could have easily and proudly voted for her…. she is not done. In the end, I hope that she supports Biden, as I hope her followers do…. we have to wait, once again, for a woman to be POTUS. Hopefully, in my
Lifetime. We will change the world. Thank you, Elizabeth, Kamala, Kristin and Amy. The other one is just pathetic so she’s not included. Yes, I’m petty now.
She shied away from showing her chops, even when given the chance in interviews, and kept on repeating the basic stuff. Which is OK for those who hadn’t heard it before.
I so much wanted to hear her Harvard lawyer and academic side. She has it alll. But in the age of Trumsky one is labelled an “Expertariat Uppity Elite” if educated passed high school.
We must change this.
I agree. I heard her passionately speaking about bankruptcy at a troubled time in my life. A lightbulb went off in my head. She is a brilliant and extraordinary woman.
He better be ready with truth and it must be an immediate response. These SOB’s lie and cheat and steal to win… hell, he should hold a damn town hall forum with questions about this if need be. There is no there, there. Manufactured bullshit
This is where Bloomberg could play a role pointing out something about Trump and maybe those crooked kids of his. I know kids should not be touched, but Trumps kids are public servants getting paid by taxpayer dollars. I know we do not like to get in the mud but sometimes it takes getting in the mud to survive.
Zacklee
So great when we all come together.
Tim O’Brien was and perhaps still is working for Bloomberg.
What the actual hell?
You know, there isn’t a mountain that the African American can climb that will prove to the DeBlasios’ of the world that we are competent enough to make the right decision. I am so done with racist motherfuckers.
I mean really, this motherfucker act as though we haven’t the foggiest idea of what the fuck Joe Biden record is. The African American community vetted Joe Biden a long time ago, we just don’t show and vote for the first motherfucker that has a “D” by his or her name. We got receipts on every motherfucker walking the face of the earth.
All of THIS!
Same as you Dudette. I watched De Blasio this morning and could not believe what he was saying. Is he popular as mayor in NY?
Thank you. This is why we love you here.
Go Don!! Too fab.
I am so sorry for my language but this is infuriating.
Don’t be sorry. I can’t be the only one here that uses saucy language! Sometimes it’s all that really conveys:)
No apologies necessary… AT ALL!
There’s nothing wrong with your language here. Perfectly said.
Heard that Bloomberg’s campaign people have top notch digital expertise….good.
I heard that too
We all loved that event…would that it were just happening today…and PBO in his tux.
But I think when we stop looking back to the mythical past where the Trumputins wants us to live…
And if we can just be clear-eyed about the mess that is now while envisaging our good future…
We will have transcended their agenda. And we will win. And we will live in that good future and not theirs.
Thank you, Michael Bloomberg. You are putting your vast fortune to important use. We only have one chance to fix this, and it is this time.
Guess who’s watch THIS happened on??
“I think we as a nation and as a society need to be more agile in recognizing that new diseases do occur, and once they’ve cropped up, they very well may come again, maybe not the same but very similar,”
said LeDuc, who formerly directed influenza response efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “So it was a shame that we had to stop that work and now are having to try and restart it.”
Really important to get this out there imo. Apparently there’s a new virus in the offing….
–GO SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 2020 !!!!!
Oh boy:)
Oh my
Returning home after traveling far and not so far abroad in 2016 and 2017, I had months of recovering to do both times from serious “flus/pneumonia” with almighty coughs like nothing I’d ever experienced.
The thing was just to get through them. But thinking back they were truly unique in the way the lungs were affected. There are many strains of coronavirus, six besides this one I think, but this is the upfront killer.
Hoping the young and very young will somehow be OK.
super chatty today…thanks!
Michigan ✅
What if the entire country turned blue in November:) what if the entire map was beautiful blue???❤️❤️❤️
“I think to myself, what a wonderful world.” 🎶🎵
Dudette, just can’t help myself on this: “Run Joe, Run Joe”!
Heeeey! Love me some Chuck Brown! 🙂
😂😂😂😂
sweet j.
thanks mp.
if I laugh any louder today sure I’ll wake the Venusians.
Ewww, DF, that’s a terrifying vision! 👀😳😏 But washing hands all the time anyway! 😇
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Liz Warren’s dog Bailey knows what’s up! 😄
Bill Clinton is truly as diseased a narcissist as Trump.
Bill Clinton can GFH.
He still won’t stop dragging Monica Lewinsky – even after 40 years.
Seriously, it’s psycho. The neediness is gross.
What has he done now?
I found the story about Bill Clinton. Barf.
That’s a fantastic video, meta. Thank you!!
Mon plaisir!
bbl …
Perfect. Thanks.
Fucker
Mark your calendars peeps. Apparently, the event is being streamed as well.
[gasp!] You know what? Ambassador Rice would be an AWESOME VP pick. Although I had her in mind for Sec of State. Lord knows we need someone with her experience to help heal the damage the Orange Turd has done to our standing in the world. Whatever slot she wants – if she wants in – give it to her.
Amb. Rice is razor sharp. Her intelligence is off the charts. She’s been in the room. She knows how to talk about all these subjects.
Something that is a great comfort to me today is knowing that PBO will be there for Joe. Simpatico.
Yes indeed!
So true!
YEAH, WE KNOW.
Su Mohan #WinBlue Statue of liberty #DemsWork4USA Flag of United States @SuMoh7 · 7m
Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D, PA) endorses JOE BIDEN!
HuffPost @HuffPost · 1m
JUST IN: A federal judge laid into Attorney General William Barr’s “lack of candor” in a court opinion on Thursday, accusing him of producing a “distorted” summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
OMG, I just found out there’s an exhibition of Dawoud Bey’s latest work at SFMOMA. He was primarily famous for capturing AA street life but then turned a corner to begin taking photographs of the hiding places along the Underground Railroad, uninhabited. A sort of extremely compelling ghost story.
If you haven’t seen this interview with him, TREAT YOURSELF:
https://www.pbs.org/video/capturing-history-1552694294/
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/03/05/promchallenge/
Get used to saying it: President Biden
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Bonnie Castillo is on with Chris Hayes reading an excerpt from this nurse’s statement. OMG, even people at the CDC are screwing us!
I heard it while in car, Question: Are they doing this at direction of trump administration, knowing what will happen to them if they go against him? Just asking…….wondering. 😳😥
Dunno. Either way it’s outrageous and infuriating!