Hanging in there. Bronchitis cleared up; now dealing with allergies. Had to replace 100 year old sewer line from house to street. “Life 101,” it’s always something…
Trying to stay sane; hard when facing the twin pandemics of Covid and racism. Wish I could be in the street, lifting my voice…
Sorry about the expensive sewer line – yikes! Also frustrated my health issues mean I need to stay home and avoid the large packed crowds of protesters. Daughter’s orders. She’s a public health nurse running testing sites in south Seattle. She is wearing her surgical mask and scrubs to a march of healthcare workers in Seattle from Harborview Hospital to downtown. White coats for Black lives. Stay safe! XOXO
The people should officially review every single police officer’s record across America.
We want to know who is “protecting” us. We want peace.
Get the violent police offenders and police officers who want to kill and maim us off our streets.
They must be clean and ready to do good or they are OUT.
= Permanently out.
Republicans are always looking for voter fraud. Well here it is, folks, one of your own is the perpetrator… again.
Derek Chauvin accused of illegally voting in Florida — where he was allegedly registered as a Republican | Raw Story https://t.co/FxNZ4aU1oT via rawstory
Fmr. President Obama held a town hall with Rep. John Lewis and young African American men to talk about the death of George Floyd and racial injustice in America. https://t.co/YOwXJpuVpS
“My Brother’s Keeper Alliance town hall series;
Mental Health and wellness in a Racism Pandemic: Men and Boys of Color Talk”:
“The white community oftentimes just doesn’t want to hear it or says you’re playing the race card or you’re exaggerating. But part of what’s happening with videos is now you can’t ignore it.” (President Obama)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B0ILD1wB88&feature=emb_title)
–Very moving and deeply informative, do not miss!
No exceptions.
We must review the records of ALL police officers all over the country.
The corrupt old ways glorified on the television have FAILED big time. We don’t want riot police.
We will create a new culture of peace protection.
= Peace Officers.
Now more than ever it is important to amplify black voices, especially from people with disabilities. One easy and powerful way to do this is by following black people on social media. Check out this list of folks changing the game: https://t.co/5ok4EE30Pe. Who would you add?
Today, the pain is so raw it can be hard to keep faith that justice is at hand or that we will ever achieve the more perfect union we all want. But ours is a union worth fighting for, and we are all called to the cause.
Exactly. Another thought I had, though, was that they may not be able to do this permanently without a change to some code or law or something. I keep telling myself that, just to keep going.
Sure I'm scared of a pandemic spike. But I hope the protests grow. People saying otherwise don't get the stakes. Our society's at a breaking point. If a family member was getting beat up, would they say "sorry, I can't intervene, I'm social distancing"? That's how they sound.
TEAR GAS:
Llachrymator agent or lachrymator (“mace”) is prohibited in warfare by various international treaties.
“During World War I, increasingly toxic and deadly lachrymatory agents were used.”
“As with all non-lethal or less-lethal weapons, there is some risk of serious permanent injury or death
when tear gas is used.This includes risks from being hit by tear gas cartridges that may cause severe bruising, loss of eyesight, or skull fracture, resulting in death. A case of serious vascular injury from tear gas shells has also been reported from Iran, with high rates of associated nerve injury (44%) and amputation (17%), as well as instances of head injuries in young people.”
Use of tear gas in warfare (as with all other chemical weapons) was prohibited by the Geneva Protocol of 1925.
= End the use of tear gas on our bodies.
Candice Owens the black ( who want to be white ) conservative was on Glen Beck show talking about George Floyd. Oh course we know what they were doing, they do it every time a black person is murder by the police. They try to dig up stuff on Floyd, I guess to Owens-Beck it makes it easy for them to trash Floyd if he wasn’t a perfect human being. Then they could start to imply that Floyd deserve to get what he got. The cop was not that bad. Owens is a disgrace. Regardless what Floyd may have done, and I don’t know what he did , he did not deserve to be murder like he was by those racist slime cops..
Going to a #BlackLivesMattters march? Below is a guide to protecting your privacy.
I’m working on legislation to ban @TheJusticeDept from using powerful surveillance devices like Stingrays and Dirtboxes on protestors. These devices can access your phone.https://t.co/tRHrV0Yprz
Black Lives Matter Plaza, WDC. It feels like progress, it feels like change, it feels like an explosion of decency and unity and compassion. It feels like something’s coming. Let’s get after it America . . . pic.twitter.com/0en8Wzly6g
Is there one brave member of Trump’s cabinet who would move to initiate the 25th amendment to remove him from office? Now is the time to save our country before this would-be dictator takes us all down!
I hope this works. If it doesn’t, please delete, NW.
This man, this voice, this message, this teacher (special ed), this amazing human is a member of my church and he also sings all over this region. If this doesn’t work, those of you that are friends with me, can see and hear this there.
You know, EW is exhausting! She knows damn well that on Monday the CBC, ans Sens Harris and Booker will be introducing identical comprehensive bills in the House and Senate. Rather than be an ally and sign on to the bill after it’s introduced, she lifts a single item from Kamala’s website and makes a big production of supposedly doing something. She is EXHAUSTING!
YOUR Police Department HORIZONTALLY LYNCHED A BLACK MAN & the world witnessed it.
Pro-tip: before arriving at a peaceful protest YOU should have prepared a comprehensive statement of how YOU would hold YOUR Police Department ACCOUNTABLE.
A former housekeeper at Trump's Las Vegas hotel claims she was fired for refusing to work Sundays so she could attend church. She is now suing over alleged religious discrimination. https://t.co/gtyK4m6Ur7
You are to be honored, irrespective of how long your journey was, for speaking factually & compassionately to ALL @NFL Players, their families & the entire American Family about the horror of CENTURIES of CRIMES Against Black Americans.
"Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us." —General James Mattis pic.twitter.com/4OHA4FbSDh
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 5, 2020
Reminder – these are Republican Operatives creating these ads.
Something I saw today brought activist Jane Elliott back to my mind so I went back and looked at a couple of her interviews. She makes some ‘interesting’ points – Part 2 of a 2017 interview.
Interviewer: ‘How would he ( Donald Trump – bring the country together) go about doing that?
Jane Elliott: ‘Resign ……. and take his…what do you call it ….. (Mike Pence) with him…’
Please, watch this: @CarolineGoggin interviews a Providence FIREFIGHTER who, while ON THE JOB and IN UNIFORM last week was racially profiled by the police who drew their weapons on him. pic.twitter.com/LCzd0IKYLT
George Romney was an amazing man. I went through his archives at U of Michigan and saw the vile and racist letters white constituents sent him calling in him to violently suppress protests. His responses were to tell white voters *they* contributed to the riots. https://t.co/lIeFVTlZsx
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette allegedly has decided black journalists can’t cover these protests because being black makes them biased https://t.co/AfIfSePeQu
Also, these statues of Confederate traitors are not as old as some think and not made of sturdy stuff for a reason. Most are cheaply made and were hastily put up to reinforce white supremacist ideals and intimidate Black people as the movement for Civil Rights started to build. https://t.co/C0F99AardJ
racism…white nationalism…white supremacy..the 3 pillars that prop up Trump and Trumpism…your silence was deafening when they were used against Pres Obama…but i will accept temporary allies in an effort defeat Trump and Trumpism…#AllHandsOnDeck
This is INCREDIBLE…i remember when the TOD met in DC…there was no barbed wire…
We are at a point where our president is in a bunker, guarded by Prison cops, rage tweeting behind a fence topped with razor wire…w.t.f. pic.twitter.com/d7BYaRY9EC
I looked for our picture,,,but alas i could not find one….we had taken a picture in front of the White House…needless to say it did not look like this…
I hear lots of people comment what if Trump loses and stays in the WH not leaving. Here’s my idea: Let him stay in the WH. He has expressed many times how he hates the WH and thinks it is a piece of crap. Leave the extra fencing and barbwire up acting as his own private prison keeping him inside. Evacuate the WH help, secret service and all those wanting to leave. Set up the presidential winner and new administration in another site temporarily. Have media ignore Trump completely. When he begs to leave the WH either deport him to Russia or let his crimes be tried in court. The media needs to quit amplifying his manipulative messages. Okay, okay it is just a Dream of mine.
I have heard folks talk about that too…but keep in mind…the presidency is not the White House…it will be where ever Pres Biden would be…in fact..let him stay…i would love to see the Secret Service escort him OUT..
Congressman John Lewis visited now Black Lives Matter Plz this AM. Told me on protests: ‘It’s very moving. Very moving. Impressive. I think the people in DC and around nation are sending a mightily powerful and strong message to the rest of the world that we will get there.’ pic.twitter.com/6MhdcGsaQ0
— Stephanie Ramirez (@RamirezReports) June 7, 2020
Obama on John Lewis: "John's tough, but he's a kind of a little dude. You would not know that that young man could awaken a nation. And that's an example of the power that we each have. And that's why when I see these young people … now, I am inspired." https://t.co/8902WbbLuy
Tonight, President Obama will offer a special message to this year’s graduating class of high school and college seniors, as part of YouTube’s virtual commencement, “Dear Class of 2020.” You can watch President's message today at 6:40 pm ET. A message from Mrs. Obama at 3 pm ET.
They’re all rotten through and through. None of them have integrity or a moral compass.We really need to clean this swamp out.
Pence's Chief of Staff appears to have violated criminal conflict of interest law by holding stock in companies directly affected by the gov't pandemic response and participating in meetings with those companies, per a complaint sent to the FBI by CREW. https://t.co/mwspP9KPin
The irony is, that if all these other issues were equitable, then the money spent on police would not even come CLOSE to this! This is all assbackwards!!
80% of Americans say the country is out of control, and a majority are more troubled by police actions than by riots, a new WSJ/NBC News poll finds https://t.co/BK6814u7Um
A senior Trump campaign advisor used her Twitter account Saturday to amplify an encouraging tweet of a video of a Texas man yelling about “fucking n———“ as he wielded a chainsaw to chase away anti-racism demonstratorshttps://t.co/5LKTOyvkYf
‘You wanna f*cking do something? Make sure you’re registered to vote. Don’t start another goddamn fire,’ — This Bla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 07, 2020
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The Obama Diary 
Props to Mayor Muriel Bowser and to the protesters in DC, across the country, and around the world!
Wow! How are you doing, Alycee?
Hanging in there. Bronchitis cleared up; now dealing with allergies. Had to replace 100 year old sewer line from house to street. “Life 101,” it’s always something…
Trying to stay sane; hard when facing the twin pandemics of Covid and racism. Wish I could be in the street, lifting my voice…
How are you and your’s?
Sorry about the expensive sewer line – yikes! Also frustrated my health issues mean I need to stay home and avoid the large packed crowds of protesters. Daughter’s orders. She’s a public health nurse running testing sites in south Seattle. She is wearing her surgical mask and scrubs to a march of healthcare workers in Seattle from Harborview Hospital to downtown. White coats for Black lives. Stay safe! XOXO
Oh my goodness. My eyes are leaking!
thank you NW, thank you.
The people should officially review every single police officer’s record across America.
We want to know who is “protecting” us. We want peace.
Get the violent police offenders and police officers who want to kill and maim us off our streets.
They must be clean and ready to do good or they are OUT.
= Permanently out.
Republicans are always looking for voter fraud. Well here it is, folks, one of your own is the perpetrator… again.
And trump and his press secretary, too!
Yep
Watch what they DO, not what they SAY!!
“My Brother’s Keeper Alliance town hall series;
Mental Health and wellness in a Racism Pandemic: Men and Boys of Color Talk”:
“The white community oftentimes just doesn’t want to hear it or says you’re playing the race card or you’re exaggerating. But part of what’s happening with videos is now you can’t ignore it.” (President Obama)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B0ILD1wB88&feature=emb_title)
–Very moving and deeply informative, do not miss!
I urge everyone to see this. It’s so uplifting and healing. Just warm and honest and illuminating.
I think Bryan Stevenson was there as well..
Hell no!!
each polling place does that already…there are DEMs and GOP in the polling places…Majority and minority
Sheila, this is what I was referencing when we last spoke. Their plan is to hire at least 50,000 poll watchers.
hmmmm…even MORE reason to vote by mail
but for the record…they do not want to come to the community…this is not JIM CROW days…folks are Not Here for the BS
This is very interesting!
No exceptions.
We must review the records of ALL police officers all over the country.
The corrupt old ways glorified on the television have FAILED big time. We don’t want riot police.
We will create a new culture of peace protection.
= Peace Officers.
Silliness Break
Do NOT be silent.
Maybe they ran out and are waiting for new stock.
Exactly. Another thought I had, though, was that they may not be able to do this permanently without a change to some code or law or something. I keep telling myself that, just to keep going.
How about forever?
You know that’s asking too much.
I hope everything that CAN go wrong for them, does. They deserve all a that.
I am moved by how fast some cities took up the #8CantWait…either some or all…
TEAR GAS:
Llachrymator agent or lachrymator (“mace”) is prohibited in warfare by various international treaties.
“During World War I, increasingly toxic and deadly lachrymatory agents were used.”
“As with all non-lethal or less-lethal weapons, there is some risk of serious permanent injury or death
when tear gas is used.This includes risks from being hit by tear gas cartridges that may cause severe bruising, loss of eyesight, or skull fracture, resulting in death. A case of serious vascular injury from tear gas shells has also been reported from Iran, with high rates of associated nerve injury (44%) and amputation (17%), as well as instances of head injuries in young people.”
Use of tear gas in warfare (as with all other chemical weapons) was prohibited by the Geneva Protocol of 1925.
= End the use of tear gas on our bodies.
Ban its use in America.
Candice Owens the black ( who want to be white ) conservative was on Glen Beck show talking about George Floyd. Oh course we know what they were doing, they do it every time a black person is murder by the police. They try to dig up stuff on Floyd, I guess to Owens-Beck it makes it easy for them to trash Floyd if he wasn’t a perfect human being. Then they could start to imply that Floyd deserve to get what he got. The cop was not that bad. Owens is a disgrace. Regardless what Floyd may have done, and I don’t know what he did , he did not deserve to be murder like he was by those racist slime cops..
She’s an idiot.
That tweet speaks truth. Thanks Nerdy for posting it.
👏🏿 👏🏿
BLM Plaza:)
Outrageous.
Wow!!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158031252455469&id=602495468.
I hope this works. If it doesn’t, please delete, NW.
This man, this voice, this message, this teacher (special ed), this amazing human is a member of my church and he also sings all over this region. If this doesn’t work, those of you that are friends with me, can see and hear this there.
Yes! It worked. Please don’t miss this friends. “Make Them Hear You”
You know, EW is exhausting! She knows damn well that on Monday the CBC, ans Sens Harris and Booker will be introducing identical comprehensive bills in the House and Senate. Rather than be an ally and sign on to the bill after it’s introduced, she lifts a single item from Kamala’s website and makes a big production of supposedly doing something. She is EXHAUSTING!
UGH.
sighhh…
I am tired of being exhausted….need a plan ..moving Forward
Damn right, “Go home Jacob,” there is no safe harbor for racist and those that keep the status quo alive.
Why aren’t they being held accountable for their actions?
No surprise
Reminder – these are Republican Operatives creating these ads.
Something I saw today brought activist Jane Elliott back to my mind so I went back and looked at a couple of her interviews. She makes some ‘interesting’ points – Part 2 of a 2017 interview.
Interviewer: ‘How would he ( Donald Trump – bring the country together) go about doing that?
Jane Elliott: ‘Resign ……. and take his…what do you call it ….. (Mike Pence) with him…’
Dudette ad others who love good music, please checkout the link i posted. You will be glad you did. 🙂
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🤣🤣🤣
He’s the bandleader from Late Night with Stephen Colbert. Just saw him interviewed on CNN.
I think that’s what we have to do…😂😂😂😂
Goodnight, TODville – and all the ships at sea!
Thank you for giving us this friendly platform, Nerdy darlin’ !!!
What a Black Man’s Capable OF………….
He is Capable being The President Of the United States…
there are folks today who want to erase that
But
But We Will NOT Allow Them To Erase the Presidency Of Barack Obama
Goodnight TOD.
Two of the best shade throwers and Trump trollers connect in this historic place at this historic time.
This is Where I am AT!
This is INCREDIBLE…i remember when the TOD met in DC…there was no barbed wire…
I looked for our picture,,,but alas i could not find one….we had taken a picture in front of the White House…needless to say it did not look like this…
He terrified. So many angry black people outside his window. What a pathetic loser.
If He is Pathetic…what does that make the people at his beck and call
I hear lots of people comment what if Trump loses and stays in the WH not leaving. Here’s my idea: Let him stay in the WH. He has expressed many times how he hates the WH and thinks it is a piece of crap. Leave the extra fencing and barbwire up acting as his own private prison keeping him inside. Evacuate the WH help, secret service and all those wanting to leave. Set up the presidential winner and new administration in another site temporarily. Have media ignore Trump completely. When he begs to leave the WH either deport him to Russia or let his crimes be tried in court. The media needs to quit amplifying his manipulative messages. Okay, okay it is just a Dream of mine.
I have heard folks talk about that too…but keep in mind…the presidency is not the White House…it will be where ever Pres Biden would be…in fact..let him stay…i would love to see the Secret Service escort him OUT..
TODAY YAY
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They’re all rotten through and through. None of them have integrity or a moral compass.We really need to clean this swamp out.
It’s striking. As a teacher…. look where education is. Now you know:(
The irony is, that if all these other issues were equitable, then the money spent on police would not even come CLOSE to this! This is all assbackwards!!
great discussion
This should not be a surprise
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