I commend the players on the @Bucks for standing up for what they believe in, coaches like @DocRivers, and the @NBA… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 27, 2020NBA players are courageously on strike (withholding labor), NOT boycotting (withholding their $ /purchase). The dif… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 27, 2020****
Why do the police decide that some threats must be extinguished, while other threats get defused? We know the answe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 27, 2020Ariel Atkins delivers a message for the @WashMystics players. https://t.co/tz5ojpo30A
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(@WNBA) August 27, 2020****
.@E_Williams_1 of the @AtlantaDream reads a statement as a representative for all WNBA players. https://t.co/Gb0fhYM8T9
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(@WNBA) August 27, 2020.@Nnemkadi30 discusses the unity within the league and looking ahead. https://t.co/eeYqWDrzLy
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(@WNBA) August 27, 2020****
United. https://t.co/wRgXRHVUsA
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(@WNBA) August 27, 2020—
NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) August 27, 2020
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Inter Miami and Atlanta United stand together in solidarity as they boycott their match tonight. https://t.co/AuJDSbNvQ1
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ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 27, 2020The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers have voted to boycott the rest of the playoffs and were the first t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 27, 2020****
“It is the young people leading the way and I applaud them.”
@realchriswebber delivers a powerful message in supp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) August 26, 2020****
Today’s boycotts, anniversary of Kaepernick’s protest and it all hovering around the 15th anniversary of Hurricane… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Justin Tinsley (@JustinTinsley) August 26, 2020On August 26, 2020, games and matches in four leagues were boycotted or postponed.
NBA
WNBA
MLB
MLS
An unprecede… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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ESPN (@espn) August 27, 2020
The Obama Diary 
–with you NW.
The nation is tired of weeping. “And all my mother came into mine eyes. And gave me up to tears.”
We are equal absolutely no exceptions…America, Americans stop killing yourself.
“Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.”
…eh from shakespeare.
Carly Fiorina, fmr republican presidential candidate, speaking to Joy Reid:
“Yes I understand and appreciate that due process is necessary for justice to be served.
But as an American watching that videotape (of Mr. Blake being shot in the back 7 times) all I can say is, as I hope all Americans can see with their own eyes: There is no justification for this. Ever. Just as there was no justification for George Floyd. Just as there is no justifications for.so.many.other.of.these.instances. We must grapple with this problem and we must solve this problem. And so I have to say I applaud the NBA players tonight. Because I think it’s one more way to send a message that this isn’t going away. We have to grapple with it and we must make progress.”
So she’s finally speaking out.
Really moved to see professional athletes use their platform and their power to make fans focus on racial injustice and police brutality and weak gun laws.
Thank You, NW. You’ve been amazing.
Keeping me sane.
Thank you.
🙏💪😍🤗😍💪🙏
Thank you.
Speaking with Michael Beschloss,
American historian specializing in the United States presidency, author of 9 books on the presidency:
Joy Reid:
“We’ve seen the ‘wide-eyed worship’ of trump…this use of the White House in a way that I have to say really bothered me. Last night you had this surprise Naturalization Ceremony. Two of the people that were in it didn’t even know, they weren’t warned, at least the two who were able to respond to reporters. We’re told that they were not even told that they were going to be filmed. And that that was going to be used and featured. And that Trump was going to be there. And they’ve said they didn’t mind being featured, but they weren’t told in advance. It was literally staged for tv. While tens of thousands of immigrants are not being able to be naturalized. Because Trump won’t let them. And you know Melania Trump who has the lowest of bars (particularly versus Michelle Obama) because she said a couple of nice things. They said them from the Rose Garden! That they use as their person property.”
Beschloss:
“I agree with you and I heard you last night Joy. I thought you were absolutely right in saying that this was an abuse of the White House. Remember it was just a week ago that President Obama said, “Don’t let them take away your democracy”. So I’ve been watching this convention for reassuring signs that that’s not going to happen if Donald Trump was re-elected, and I have not seen them. I saw a Secretary of State for the first time in at least 80 years, appearing in a republican convention talking about domestic politics. That’s not supposed to happen. This was trump turning the White House last night into a convention hotel with donors, and audience, and clapping. That’s not supposed to happen! U.S. marines were used as props in that ceremony that you were talking about. That is not supposed to happen. The same thing with those new citizens. What this tells me is, these things remind me of what happens in an Authoritarian country, not a Democracy. In a place where the symbols of the state are mixed up with domestic politics. It should make all of us nervous. Democracy and liberty always requires eternal vigilance.”
Those who can, please RT this…if you can.
@WaterDean speaks for me!
Posting again in case you missed it.
Criminal
Mr. Fallwell….
Don’t give him the “Mr.” He’s just “Failure-All”. Doesn’t deserve to “Fall Well”. Arse, Grifter. 😖
Thank you Nerdy. Everyday we hope there won’t be more. There seems to be an endless stream of more and the anger, my anger at least is never allowed to lessen.
Mother Nature & Karma were working together & they delivered, period
Precisely.
Yup:)
👏 👏
A dossier on a journalist telling the truth about his lies and corruption.
Very seriously wrong.
BREAKING: VP Mike Pence has been uninvited from making a commencement speech at Wisconsin College.
Bad cops. For a long time.
Just know whatever they say, is a lie.
Because I don’t know how to do this, I am asking if anyone here can. Yesterday on Dateline White House, Michale Steele went through a long litany of “Tell us, America, what we should do? He had a long list of things that Black people are told to do when a cop stops them. After every one, he would say “That doesn’t work.” Sometimes he would add “You shot us anyway” or “You kills us anyway.” It was so damn POWERFUL! Would love it posted here, but would love to be able to share on fb. I do not remember which hour it was, the 4:00 or 5:00 hour. If anyone can find it and post, I would so appreciate it.
Brought this over from last thread. I posted near the end. Please, I hope someone can find the video. It was so powerful and needs to be spread.
I looked for it but couldn’t find it. Maybe someone else will have better luck.
I have searched and search every way possible and nothing.
If you’re referring to Nicole Wallace’s program, I think it’s called Deadline White House. But I’m not sure how else to search because I don’t watch any of these shows.
I am looking for a segment from that show. It was Michael Steele. I will summarize here as best I can, but it will be sorely lacking compared to what he said. I am entitling it: Tell us what we should do, America. Here goes: We put our hands on the dashboard….and you still kill us. Tell us what we should do, America. We put both hands on the steering wheel and you still kill us. Tell us what we should do America. You tell us to step out of the car slowly…..and you still kill us. (same refrain) You tell us to take a step to the left or the right…..and you still kill us. (refrain) You put the handcuffs on us REAL tight so, of course, we are going to resist…..and you kill us. (Refrain) He went on and on with so many other occasions in which we have seen Black men/women get killed instantly with no questions asked. After he finished his long litnay, he said again: So, America, please tell us what we should do because to this point, what we have been doing clearly ain’t working!
It was a very impactful and powerful rant. He talked about having Black sons that he has had the talk with over and over and over. 😦
What the absolute fuck. WHAT. THE. FUCK.
Why is he in restraints. What law did he break. Has he been chargred
A. Comb.
Hi, everyone! Hope you are still maintaining that positive vibe that the DNC convention evoked. I myself do still feel somewhat less stressed.
Check this out – I just stumbled onto this interview that I found quite interesting (in some small part because the subject actually felt that, as part of being genuine, she needed to admit her error). Reminded me of that reconciliation bit we sometimes discuss here in the village.
Sigh! I had my laptop cleaned (by someone else) to speed up performance and have apparently lost my regular TOD persona. I don’t get why they expect me to remember the original password that I used to use. 😦
What was your name before?
I remember the days when we’d love JER’s posts of AF1 landing in all kinds of places & folks everywhere somehow being there (whether they were invited guests on the tarmac or folks somehow figuring out the best spot to be for that landing), it was a joyous addiction! Thank you again, JER, for those moments.
Now, everytime I see Virus45 & Grifters board Marine1 or AF1, all I see is “Air Con”! They all gotta go! VOTE!
❤️❤️❤️
Those were the days my friend…
🎶We hoped they’d never end🎶 😂😘💞
And all the fun motorcades! JER, bring back the fun motorcades!
Wish their arses could be quarantined on that lawn, for safety of the great people of DC, for sure. Just give those Virus45 et al arses bedpans, no shower, cages are yr cribs, y’all …. you skipping thru the tulips yet, MoFo? I could go on. Yup, going back to my corner!
Bless, VOTE! 😘
Let’s see if I remember my regular TOD persona.
Yesssss! 🙂
😍🤗😍🙏💪🙏📯🥁🎺🎶🥂
❤ ❤ ❤ back at you, Nena. 😉
I was so, so relieved to remember the password.
That’s so frustrating! We are glad to have you back whole!
🙂 Hi Marilyn. In fairness it’s actually ‘me ole brain’ (plus me following the ‘rule’ that you shouldn’t write down passwords) that get me into this mess from time to time.
ps: are you sure I’m whole? 😀 😀
Now VC, I know about the ole brain’ and all these passwords. I have tried to write them down. I’ve found I usually need the one I forgot to write down. We’re just glad to have you here. Your whole VC. Your here with the rest of us and of course we are all “whole” ?
🙂 ❤ ❤ ❤ MtM
She was phenomenal today.
Agree. Pitch perfect!
This is so childish.
Apparently, they all have their marching orders regarding the Jacob Blake story.
On ReidOut:
Scaramucci saying when speaking about Trump America,
use the following words over and over:
-POORER
-WEAKER
-SICKER
Says it will drive Doom crazy.
I forgot to write those down – so thank you!
Eh the audience for trump’s speech is dooooomed….squished up and quacking all together.
…All his own work.
And whatever they get will be well deserved, if they are there on their own free will!!
His leadership. He is to blame. By now they are absent free thought.
Hell’s bells…Mary Trump on MSNBC shortly.
REMEMBER, make sure your TV is NOT tuned to the orange shitgibbon when he comes out tonight!! No free TV ratings!
Not going anywhere near it. Been watching HGTV – which, luckily, I love!
I’m either going to carpenter a whole house (HGTV) or create a whole cooking challenge for Me, Myself, & I (Food Network) by midnight Thursday! 😂 Thank God this Shitshow (aka Virus45 Cultfest) is almost over. At least on our teevees. Uggh!
Is he gone yet?
Don’t know! Busy building a something (HGTV), in tandem w/ some cooking challenge on Food Network! Might have more success w/ FD. It involves some kinda yummy looking drink! 😂😷
Not *FD*, but *FN*! 😂
LOLz. At least you were doing something constructive. I was just writhing!
With you all the way on those emotions!
Mary Trump is gutsy and smart.
Fabulous that she is interviewing.
She said that Trump “feels no shame, has no humility, and that’s part of the reason were in the mess we’re in.”
That he “has been rewarded for bad behavior his entire life.”
“No way to shame him. And that is another thing that makes ‘love of his family’ so absurd over the last three days.”
What if Trump were getting cornered and about to be exposed?
Mary: “We should be afraid quite honestly. We need to be prepared…continue keeping pressure on Donald, investigations, truth telling…danger that he is going to lash out…use the power of his office to commit atrocity…hundreds of thousands dying because he is doing nothing, which needs to be seen as a deliberate act.”
“The only thing that matters is that he’s winning in the moment.”
By not doing anything about COVID-19 Trump is committing mass murder.
(Possibly 250,000 dead by Election Day.)
–Certainly a few more will die as a result of the WH event today.
Here’s McConnell who has blocked every piece of legislation for 12 years,
(except naming post offices and free cash for the wealthy),
teling serial whoppers.
—annyeonghi gyeseyo !!
Sad!
Voting is real
Smart:) Good for Biden/Harris
https://keepamericagreat.com/
Anybody know if it’s safe to come out yet? Is the convention over?
He was still talking a minute ago. I instantly turned.
Ugh – but thanks!
I kept checking every few minutes to see if he’d shut up because he’s messing with my PBS show, Vera. Nope, still talking an hour later. I immediately turned it off each time. I can’t stand the sight of his gross sweaty face and lifeless lying voice. UGH UGH UGH.
(Just seeing this … ) Don’t hold back, meta! Ha!
Please let him move to Scotland and please don’t let them consider sending him back.
Still talking Jacqueline.
OMG.
He is still at it, I just started watching / listening 2 minutes ago.
Emperor America die has lied himself into oblivion…
Maddow just did an incredible fact check!! Wow.
Excellent
Wonderful!!!
thx Bob Marley…you dance so, you dance so!
Did anyone else feel a certain kookiness today? Held my bright blue shirt out of the car window in the breeze and laughed hysterically while driving home just before the Doomwit’s speech. Good knowing that right now as we speak, his Majesty is cramming himself back into the fridge.
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19—27-august-2020
Breathe, everybody.
Here’s a beautiful rant from good ol’ Daniel, to listen to tomorrow! Goodnight, TODville and all the ships at sea!
From the dog whistle to the wolf whistle …
Very well put! 💞
Good Morning TODville.
Good Morning, Nerdy! Goo Morning, TOD Family!!!
Morning everyone. Do it
I dunno if there is a bigger or better liar in history than PP.
I was watching CNN this morning, Jacob Blake’s dad was being interviewed. So heartbreaking.
All I am going to keep repeating is ‘A Bigger Blue Tsunami this November’, and WHEN President Biden and VP Harris take over, revamping of PDs everywhere.
How do you prepare to debate a liar?!?!?!
You plainly state that what he said is a lie. Then you site your source and fact. Over and over and over and over again.
Unfortunately, I think that’s the strategy. The lies are meant to throw you off of your game. [Remember President Obama’s first debate with Romney?] While you’re disputing the lies — especially if it includes citing sources, you are not talking about the things that will make you stand out as the best candidate.
There has to be some hybrid…call out the lie and move to what you need to talk about….I think.
Nice gesture. A national holiday is the only way
WATCH LIVE | The 2020 March on Washington
All violating Hatch Act
Some places, three or four hours may not be enough.
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/08/28/systemic-dehumanization-is-the-root/