I’m beyond thrilled to share that on March 16, I’ll be launching a new show on @Netflix called Waffles + Mochi! I'm excited for families and children everywhere to join us on our adventures as we discover, cook, and eat delicious food from all over the world. pic.twitter.com/dedUWMp9SY
I’m also excited to work with @PHAnews to help kids build healthy habits and help families in need cook with fresh ingredients together at home. I hope you'll join us by watching on March 16! #WafflesAndMochi 💕
Here’s the trailer for #WafflesAndMochi! I hope you’ll join us on @Netflix on March 16 to meet all my new friends and get inspired to start your own kitchen adventures with your family. pic.twitter.com/vRJZTA8WAN
Sarah Rector – “Richest Colored Girl in the World”
Born as the daughter of freedmen in 1902, Sarah Rector rose from humble beginnings to reportedly become the wealthiest black girl in the nation at the age of 11.
Rector and her family were African American members of the Muscogee Creek Nation who lived in the predominantly black town of Taft, Oklahoma, which, at the time, was considered Indian Territory. Following the Civil War, Rector’s parents, who were formerly enslaved by Creek Tribe members, were entitled to land allotments under the Dawes Allotment Act of 1887. As a result, hundreds of black children, or “Creek Freedmen minors,” were each granted 160 acres of land as Indian Territory integrated with Oklahoma Territory to form the State of Oklahoma in 1907.
While lands granted to former slaves were usually rocky and infertile, Rector’s allotment from the Creek Indian Nation was located in the middle of the Glenn Pool oil field and was initially valued at $556.50. Strapped for cash, Rector’s father leased his daughter’s parcel to a major oil company in February 1911 to help him pay the $30 annual property tax.
Two years later, Rector’s fortune took a major turn when independent oil driller B.B. Jones produced a “gusher” on her land that brought in 2,500 barrels or 105,000 gallons per day. Rector began earning more than $300 a day in 1913. That equates to $7,000 – $8,000 today.
In September 1913, The Kansas City Star local newspaper published the headline, “Millions to a Negro Girl – Sarah Rector, 10-Year Old, Has Income of $300 A Day From Oil.”
In January 1914, the newspaper wrote, “Oil Made Pickaninny Rich – Oklahoma Girl With $15,000 A Month gets Many Proposals – Four White Men in Germany Want to Marry the Negro Child That They Might Share Her Fortune.”
The Savannah Tribune wrote, “Oil Well Produces Neat Income – Negro Girl’s $112,000 A Year”.
Another newspaper dubbed her “the richest negro in the world”.
Once this wealth was made known, Rector’s guardianship was switched from her parents to a white man named T.J. Porter, an individual personally known to the Rectors. At the time, a law required Native Americans, black adults, and children who were citizens of Indian Territory with significant property and money to be assigned “well-respected” white guardians.
By the time she turned 18, Rector was worth an estimated $1 million, or about $11 million today. She also owned stocks and bonds, a boarding house, a bakery and restaurant in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and 2,000 acres of land.
She eventually moved with her family to Kansas City, Missouri, where she bought a grand home that still stands today. This home-place was a stately stone house and became known as the Rector Mansion.”
Rector lived a comfortable life, enjoying her wealth. She had a taste for fine clothing and cars. She had lavish parties, entertaining celebrities such as Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
She lost the majority of her wealth in the depression, as did many wealthy Americans. When she died at age 65, she only had some working oil wells and real estate holdings.
Trump got a $72 million tax refund — and the IRS might want that back
Now that Donald Trump isn’t in charge of the IRS, they might be looking to recoup the $72 million refund that the former president got several years ago.
In 2018, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testified that the reason Trump wouldn’t turn over his taxes is due to his fear that he would be outed as a tax cheat.
Cohen testified that Trump mocked the IRS for issuing such a refund in his memoir Disloyal.
“Can you believe how f**king stupid the IRS is?” Cohen recalled Trump saying. “Who would give me a refund of ten f**king million dollars? They are so stupid!”
If the IRS rules against him in the review of his taxes, the former president will owe closer to $100 million in both taxes and penalties.
Do they put the inciter-In-chief over their Oath to these United States?
They have been behind trump all the way.
imo
Hawley, Greene, and Cruz
and the other officials behind the gop curtain
would do it again.
NEW: Biden rescinds Trump's Feb. 2019 declaration of a national emergency at the U.S. southern border. Trump had used that rationale to shift $1+ B in Pentagon funds to border wall construction; Biden vows "no more American taxpayer dollars [will] be diverted" to build the wall
(Reuters) Dozens of former GOP officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party
The early stage discussions include former elected Republicans, former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Trump, ex-Republican ambassadors and Republican strategists, the people involved say.
More than 120 of them held a Zoom call last Friday to discuss the breakaway group, which would run on a platform of “principled conservatism,” including adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law – ideas those involved say have been trashed by Trump.
The plan would be to run candidates in some races but also to endorse center-right candidates in others, be they Republicans, independents or Democrats, the people say.
CDC data lags, but 26M doses of vaccine were injected in Biden's first 21 days in office — a pace likely to accelerate as more supply becomes available https://t.co/D8X0OSPNsq
Fauci added that it would still take time to administer, but supply wouldn't be the constraint: "From then on it would likely just take several more months just logistically to get vaccine into people's arms."
GRAB MY HAND: A LETTER TO MY DAD was a gift to my grieving father and now a message to all to cherish every second you have with the ones you love while you still can. #GateCheckpic.twitter.com/fFbVuEReyo
Beautiful!!! My friends mother would call him every night every since he left home at 18 to see how he was and say goodnight. He is now 58 years old, I was there with him one night last year (pre-covid) and witnessed the incoming call from his mom. Short and so sweet. My friend rolled his eyes…”yea…she does this every night.” I was touched by the whole thing. A few weeks ago she stopped calling….just like this little video. She died within a week. I don’t know what my friend now thinks … but I can only imagine how those night calls that he once took for granted now seem like a precious gift.
Heartfelt. I’m sure most of us has a person they [can] do a daily “gate check” with. It can make that person’s day. The routine is a way to know that things are okay, or when something may be wrong.
Unfortunately, I know the feeling. My sister/cousin was named after my Mom. Daily, when my phone announced the incoming call, I was never sure which one was calling. BJ and my Mom would each try to be the first caller of the day. Now, when the phone rings, I know it’s my Mom (will be 89 in July and I’m Blessed to have her still here, in her right mind); however, I so miss their daily competition…
Again I ask, can’t he be disqualified as a juror for the blatant violation of his oath? Yes, there are others but Graham has been very open about his violation.
In what other court can a juror do such a thing and not be removed from the jury?
President Biden made his first trip to the Pentagon as Commander-In-Chief.
He met with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and senior leaders, and made remarks to Department of Defense personnel with Secretary Austin and Vice President Kamala Harris.
A large group of #NeverTrump Republicans reportedly has met to consider launching a third party that would challenge both the GOP and Democrats.https://t.co/Ii9XyA8j2o
Does anyone know if the all the shi* which the insurrectionists left behind in the Capitol was mentioned in the presentation at this hearing? I hope it was left in the Republican side of the Senate floor.
Congressmen Raskin, Lieu, Cicilline, Congresswomen DeGette have shown in 3D,
how trump didn’t not condemn, had no remorse for the injury, terror and death, how he could do it again if allowed. How he must be held accountable, still has not acknowledged losing the election and declared that Jan 6th was “only the beginning”. How he had laid the groundwork over time for the deadly insurrection on our Capitol.
How hIs peeps, the DVEs, celebrated afterwards and boasted on line about the fallout, seeing it as a successful “first stage in a a greater revolution.” Trump orchestrating the various domestic terrorist groups meeting at the Capitol that day was a boon to their future plans. Trump knew what he was doing. Trump’s supporters in Congress can count as well as we can the 5 deaths and 2 suicides. More to come if we do not honor what happened to our Capitol Police, Capitol staff, our congressional leaders. There can be no reconciliation without account. We cannot go back. Never, ever, never, ever, ever again must be the objective – convict and disqualify is a beginning.
–thank you Impeachment Managers all. America is here for you.
Congressman Julián Castro at the beginning of this segment spoke about the message sent by the deadly insurrection to the world. How foreign adversaries viewed it, used it, to undermine America and democracy.
"Thanks to Sens. Warnock and Ossoff, this COVID bill will be bigger and bolder and bring significantly more help to Georgians and to Americans," says @chuckschumer#gapolhttps://t.co/QhvVSy5E9w
The package is expected to include a provision designed to encourage leaders in conservative states to expand Medicaid and reduce the number of uninsured residents. Republican leaders in Georgia currently have final say over who is eligible for Medicaid, but the state stands to receive $2 billion in federal funding if they agree to add hundreds of thousands of low-income residents to the rolls.
Schumer said Americans should be thankful that Georgia voters elected Ossoff and Warnock, which he said has reshaped the discussions surrounding the latest round of COVID-19 relief and allowed Democrats to push for more funding in a variety of areas.
Observations via @elizacollins1 & @jeremyherb: – Scott (Fla.) inspecting map of Asia, "writing on it like he was filling in the names of the countries." – Grassley, Cotton reading things – Blunt missing for first 1/2 hour – Sanders appears to be falling asleep in mitten pose
– 15-17 empty GOP seats "during the end of Raskin and most of Lieu" – "Lots of sleepy folks," including Graham, Carper, Tuberville, Schumer and Toomey. – McConnell "moved not a muscle" during Chao quote. "Kept his hands casually clasped in his lap. No reaction."
The case presented by the managers yesterday should have made up everyone’s mind, unless you have a heart of stone. The evidence and presentation from all of the managers were very compelling. Today was just a formality.
Today’s announcement that HUD will enforce the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is an important step in protecting housing rights for LGBTQ+ Americans. https://t.co/bQ2Y9H5eT9
Dr. Michael Obeng, who performed the procedure, said all it took was a combination of medical grade adhesive remover, aloe vera, olive oil and acetone to remove it pic.twitter.com/vPeZ3Dj2mr
We've received more useful guidance from @CDCgov in the past week than the prior 52 combined. And more coming on schools, what the vaccinated can and can't do, etc.
Nice to see that this national treasure was hibernating and not destroyed. @CDCDirector
Brazen open corrupt collusion to let go a seditious, treasonous, traitorous corrupt thug with zero accountability, supported by nearly half of the murkans.
I know how you feel….really I do…but as a Black Woman…i cannot afford to give up hope…i just can’t…however…i must remain clear eyed about the probabilities…about what is possible…and continue to Work to bend the arc….
I am reminded of a statement by Nelson Mandela…It Always seems Impossible til it is Done!
You can't blame those Senators for this. The true problem is the people who voted for them and will continue to vote for them. Until we find a solution for that, we are fucked.
Glen Kirschner on Joy Reid (whose show I just love), said that he wished they had brought a few of the injured cops in as witnesses. I was thinking the same, show the ppl who were hurt on that day, the missing fingers etc. Put a face(s) to the injured … or maybe none of the cops wanted come as witnesses … who knows.
All said and done … one can only hope that 17 QOP senators will grow a spine overnight but …
amk – You seem much more negative than you used to! I get it, don’t worry – I get it, but don’t go too far on that side, if only to save yourself, sir! Signed: Old Chick
It is not too late to call the @FBI to testify to what it knew BEFORE 6Jan.
And, it's not too late to call @SpeakerPelosi & @MayorBowser from testifying about all their efforts to PROTECT the #USCapitol, Pence & Congress from Trump's Insurrectionists.
The reason the founders gave Senators six year terms is to give them some measure of relief from short term political pressures. In other words, to do the right thing in the next 48 hours.
Biden administration officials are weighing nominating prominent Republicans to ambassadorships — including Cindy McCain and former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake — to highlight the importance of bipartisanship in U.S. foreign policy.https://t.co/WO93dcXs1p
In a shock to the music world, it was announced that Chick Corea died on Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. Winner of 23 Grammy Awards, Corea was one of the most influential pianists and composers of his generation. https://t.co/NbWnd3Eriu
The commute was the thing I hated most. Waste of time and stressful. Having said that, I will have to start commuting again *sigh*.
Hopefully the traffic wont be bad. Tho there are days when it feels like everybody and anybody is out driving. ☺
I am with you on that. I think it is nicer to work from home. If only my flatmate wasn’t too happy with me being home 24 x 7 … 😂. There was hardly any ‘me time or me place for roomie … LOL … probably sighing with relief at the knowledge that I will be out for better part of the day. LOL
Donald Trump and his entourage have illuminated crucial vulnerabilities in our political system that will probably be exploited in the future by someone more intelligent, shrewd and effective. Beware.
There was a bill introduced by Adam Schiff..to take on the cracks that were exploited by Trump…i hope that he reintroduces it…this is the time to push this legislation…along with the John Lewis Voting Rights bill…and the George Floyd policing bill
NEW VIDEO📽️: We all know who's to blame for the deadly act of sedition at the capitol. When he couldn't get the courts to overturn an election he tried to rig, he tried to take the country by force. Republicans swore an oath.
Few Capitol Police fired shots when the force was totally justified—why? National Guard was slow walked as Leader Hoyer called Gov Hogan of Maryland pleading for help-why? Why was the Capitol deliberately left so vulnerable? We were such important leaders left on their own?
Too many of us are too conspiratorial these days but something is not right. VP-Speaker-Pro tempore should not have been so endangered, esp given how much was known about the intentions of the terrorists. We’re in a Constitutional crisis, thank God our line of succession lives.
Thanks for reading. As a recovering journalist who covered Capitol Hill for 7 years and saw all safeguards & norms eroded, I’ve been worried about this for awhile. https://t.co/24OE2MS9Gk
Rachel @maddow tells @Lawrence that she thinks of Donald Trump's future "differently now" after interviewing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis about her criminal investigation of Trump's phone call threatening the Georgia Secretary of State. https://t.co/cRRujXqjR8pic.twitter.com/nfghk4JwME
“President Biden warned that logistical hurdles would most likely mean that many Americans will still not have been vaccinated by the end of the summer.”@katierogers @noahweiland https://t.co/xkoGZRm3AA
The takeaway GOP senators should have today is simple: Trump incited an insurrection and tried to get his own VP (and the Speaker) killed. There is no loyalty test that is enough for Trump. So y'all might as well do the right thing and #ConvictHim for what he did to America. pic.twitter.com/DujI7H6D78
In 2008,a young member of the Judiciary Comte said “The business of high crimes&misdemeanors goes to the question of whether or not the person serving as president of the US put their own interests,their personal interests,ahead of public service" That congressman was Mike Pence
. @FLOTUS overnight had giant hearts installed on the North Lawn of the White House – strategic placement will have them seen via TV cameras as backdrop to reporters’ hits. (📷 by @betsy_klein) pic.twitter.com/vhGUd1N54F
The Obama Diary 
Good Morning, TODers!!! Thank you, Nerdy!!!
Waffles and Mochi…sort of an extension of the Kids’ State Dinners Michelle Obama used to host at the White House.
Sarah Rector – “Richest Colored Girl in the World”
Born as the daughter of freedmen in 1902, Sarah Rector rose from humble beginnings to reportedly become the wealthiest black girl in the nation at the age of 11.
Rector and her family were African American members of the Muscogee Creek Nation who lived in the predominantly black town of Taft, Oklahoma, which, at the time, was considered Indian Territory. Following the Civil War, Rector’s parents, who were formerly enslaved by Creek Tribe members, were entitled to land allotments under the Dawes Allotment Act of 1887. As a result, hundreds of black children, or “Creek Freedmen minors,” were each granted 160 acres of land as Indian Territory integrated with Oklahoma Territory to form the State of Oklahoma in 1907.
While lands granted to former slaves were usually rocky and infertile, Rector’s allotment from the Creek Indian Nation was located in the middle of the Glenn Pool oil field and was initially valued at $556.50. Strapped for cash, Rector’s father leased his daughter’s parcel to a major oil company in February 1911 to help him pay the $30 annual property tax.
Two years later, Rector’s fortune took a major turn when independent oil driller B.B. Jones produced a “gusher” on her land that brought in 2,500 barrels or 105,000 gallons per day. Rector began earning more than $300 a day in 1913. That equates to $7,000 – $8,000 today.
In September 1913, The Kansas City Star local newspaper published the headline, “Millions to a Negro Girl – Sarah Rector, 10-Year Old, Has Income of $300 A Day From Oil.”
In January 1914, the newspaper wrote, “Oil Made Pickaninny Rich – Oklahoma Girl With $15,000 A Month gets Many Proposals – Four White Men in Germany Want to Marry the Negro Child That They Might Share Her Fortune.”
The Savannah Tribune wrote, “Oil Well Produces Neat Income – Negro Girl’s $112,000 A Year”.
Another newspaper dubbed her “the richest negro in the world”.
Once this wealth was made known, Rector’s guardianship was switched from her parents to a white man named T.J. Porter, an individual personally known to the Rectors. At the time, a law required Native Americans, black adults, and children who were citizens of Indian Territory with significant property and money to be assigned “well-respected” white guardians.
By the time she turned 18, Rector was worth an estimated $1 million, or about $11 million today. She also owned stocks and bonds, a boarding house, a bakery and restaurant in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and 2,000 acres of land.
She eventually moved with her family to Kansas City, Missouri, where she bought a grand home that still stands today. This home-place was a stately stone house and became known as the Rector Mansion.”
Rector lived a comfortable life, enjoying her wealth. She had a taste for fine clothing and cars. She had lavish parties, entertaining celebrities such as Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
She lost the majority of her wealth in the depression, as did many wealthy Americans. When she died at age 65, she only had some working oil wells and real estate holdings.
Thank you SW … for sharing these with us.
You’re welcome, todjey!
Can’t wait to watch Michelle’s new show! @NancieMcDermott – I’ll bet you feel the same!
Raw Story @RawStory
Trump got a $72 million tax refund — and the IRS might want that back
Now that Donald Trump isn’t in charge of the IRS, they might be looking to recoup the $72 million refund that the former president got several years ago.
In 2018, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testified that the reason Trump wouldn’t turn over his taxes is due to his fear that he would be outed as a tax cheat.
Cohen testified that Trump mocked the IRS for issuing such a refund in his memoir Disloyal.
“Can you believe how f**king stupid the IRS is?” Cohen recalled Trump saying. “Who would give me a refund of ten f**king million dollars? They are so stupid!”
If the IRS rules against him in the review of his taxes, the former president will owe closer to $100 million in both taxes and penalties.
But will the number of GOP Senators who thinks he’s guilty rise enough to convict him???
Wow. Good for her dad. Keep praising her.
Sign of the times….
Do they put the inciter-In-chief over their Oath to these United States?
They have been behind trump all the way.
imo
Hawley, Greene, and Cruz
and the other officials behind the gop curtain
would do it again.
🕊🙏🏼🕯💙🕯🙏🏼🕊
John Kruzel@johnkruzel – 2h
(Reuters) Dozens of former GOP officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party
The early stage discussions include former elected Republicans, former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Trump, ex-Republican ambassadors and Republican strategists, the people involved say.
More than 120 of them held a Zoom call last Friday to discuss the breakaway group, which would run on a platform of “principled conservatism,” including adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law – ideas those involved say have been trashed by Trump.
The plan would be to run candidates in some races but also to endorse center-right candidates in others, be they Republicans, independents or Democrats, the people say.
Love that!
Just now seeing the last sentence in Bakari’s tweet, which is appalling yet true. But I love the way he “shared the knowledge” with Mitt!
This is phenomenal.
Beautiful!!! My friends mother would call him every night every since he left home at 18 to see how he was and say goodnight. He is now 58 years old, I was there with him one night last year (pre-covid) and witnessed the incoming call from his mom. Short and so sweet. My friend rolled his eyes…”yea…she does this every night.” I was touched by the whole thing. A few weeks ago she stopped calling….just like this little video. She died within a week. I don’t know what my friend now thinks … but I can only imagine how those night calls that he once took for granted now seem like a precious gift.
Heartfelt. I’m sure most of us has a person they [can] do a daily “gate check” with. It can make that person’s day. The routine is a way to know that things are okay, or when something may be wrong.
Unfortunately, I know the feeling. My sister/cousin was named after my Mom. Daily, when my phone announced the incoming call, I was never sure which one was calling. BJ and my Mom would each try to be the first caller of the day. Now, when the phone rings, I know it’s my Mom (will be 89 in July and I’m Blessed to have her still here, in her right mind); however, I so miss their daily competition…
Beautiful. Grab a tissue…
This dude ….
Again I ask, can’t he be disqualified as a juror for the blatant violation of his oath? Yes, there are others but Graham has been very open about his violation.
In what other court can a juror do such a thing and not be removed from the jury?
President Biden made his first trip to the Pentagon as Commander-In-Chief.
He met with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and senior leaders, and made remarks to Department of Defense personnel with Secretary Austin and Vice President Kamala Harris.
It won’t challenge Democrats because we’re not going to vote for any third parties.
Why put on a serious defense when you feel certain that an acquittal is a sure thing?
I am not going to watch the trump liars tomorrow!!!!!!
Neither am I. I’ll just read the highlights from trusted (safe) blogs/twitter accounts.
Does anyone know if the all the shi* which the insurrectionists left behind in the Capitol was mentioned in the presentation at this hearing? I hope it was left in the Republican side of the Senate floor.
Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
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Rep. Cicilline highlights how the insurrection affected Capitol employees, like the janitorial staff:
“But we don’t talk about them and the harm they suffered often enough.”
Cicilline notes how workers were “forced to clean up the mess left by the mob of white nationalists.”
Thank you WP.
Bienvenue! 🕊
Interesting !!!
this is the Interesting
Congressmen Raskin, Lieu, Cicilline, Congresswomen DeGette have shown in 3D,
how trump didn’t not condemn, had no remorse for the injury, terror and death, how he could do it again if allowed. How he must be held accountable, still has not acknowledged losing the election and declared that Jan 6th was “only the beginning”. How he had laid the groundwork over time for the deadly insurrection on our Capitol.
How hIs peeps, the DVEs, celebrated afterwards and boasted on line about the fallout, seeing it as a successful “first stage in a a greater revolution.” Trump orchestrating the various domestic terrorist groups meeting at the Capitol that day was a boon to their future plans. Trump knew what he was doing. Trump’s supporters in Congress can count as well as we can the 5 deaths and 2 suicides. More to come if we do not honor what happened to our Capitol Police, Capitol staff, our congressional leaders. There can be no reconciliation without account. We cannot go back. Never, ever, never, ever, ever again must be the objective – convict and disqualify is a beginning.
–thank you Impeachment Managers all. America is here for you.
end of 15 minute recess imminent…
Remarkable Congressman Neguse speaking again now.
Congressman Julián Castro at the beginning of this segment spoke about the message sent by the deadly insurrection to the world. How foreign adversaries viewed it, used it, to undermine America and democracy.
Correction: …how trump didn’t condemn, had no remorse for the injury
The package is expected to include a provision designed to encourage leaders in conservative states to expand Medicaid and reduce the number of uninsured residents. Republican leaders in Georgia currently have final say over who is eligible for Medicaid, but the state stands to receive $2 billion in federal funding if they agree to add hundreds of thousands of low-income residents to the rolls.
Schumer said Americans should be thankful that Georgia voters elected Ossoff and Warnock, which he said has reshaped the discussions surrounding the latest round of COVID-19 relief and allowed Democrats to push for more funding in a variety of areas.
The case presented by the managers yesterday should have made up everyone’s mind, unless you have a heart of stone. The evidence and presentation from all of the managers were very compelling. Today was just a formality.
Complicit QOPoohs (not the dems – just need a naptime 😁).
Thank goodness! I thought he was gonna have to take part of her scalp off. Poor baby!
The saga ends happily!
Way to go Dr. Obeng. I can’t believe after all that she’s talking about needing to get her hair done. 😳
Brazen open corrupt collusion to let go a seditious, treasonous, traitorous corrupt thug with zero accountability, supported by nearly half of the murkans.
I give up. Nothing can save murkkka now.
I know how you feel….really I do…but as a Black Woman…i cannot afford to give up hope…i just can’t…however…i must remain clear eyed about the probabilities…about what is possible…and continue to Work to bend the arc….
I am reminded of a statement by Nelson Mandela…It Always seems Impossible til it is Done!
True. We cannot give up despite the current horrible and horrid political climate.
Yup. The enablers are the citizens themselves.
THIS!!!!!!!
There is enough blame for them both
The current population of U.S. in 2021 is 332,915,073.
This coming from a Republican strategist (dunno if she is still a Republican…?).
so is the reelection of other corrupt rethugs. problem is murkans themselves.
Glen Kirschner on Joy Reid (whose show I just love), said that he wished they had brought a few of the injured cops in as witnesses. I was thinking the same, show the ppl who were hurt on that day, the missing fingers etc. Put a face(s) to the injured … or maybe none of the cops wanted come as witnesses … who knows.
All said and done … one can only hope that 17 QOP senators will grow a spine overnight but …
amk – You seem much more negative than you used to! I get it, don’t worry – I get it, but don’t go too far on that side, if only to save yourself, sir! Signed: Old Chick
To paraphrase erudite Prez Truman, I just tell the truth and you think negative.
Ha. Got it!
The ones who are likely to not run again … grow a spine and convict PP.
What ard these idiots fearing? Do the right thing for ONCE.
Nope, the ‘founding fathers’ fucked up big time thinking the senators will be honorable, which was a stupid thing to assume even in their times.
ugh. his achilles heel.
I hope someone talks him out of that.
My, my, my, he’s fine! Seems he’s a good doctor, too…
Well hello, Doctor! 😄
Another legend has left us. Rest in peace, Chick Corea! 🙏🏾😔
her wiki bio is insane.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_D._Cook
This one has me literally vibrating with happiness!
My sister-in-law, and several friends are working remotely. Only one friend is receiving an incidentals stipend to cover increase in utility bills.
Thread 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
The commute was the thing I hated most. Waste of time and stressful. Having said that, I will have to start commuting again *sigh*.
Hopefully the traffic wont be bad. Tho there are days when it feels like everybody and anybody is out driving. ☺
my ‘commute’ is literally 10 steps and yet I chose to work from home.
I am with you on that. I think it is nicer to work from home. If only my flatmate wasn’t too happy with me being home 24 x 7 … 😂. There was hardly any ‘me time or me place for roomie … LOL … probably sighing with relief at the knowledge that I will be out for better part of the day. LOL
looks like project lincoln has become project sexual scandals and is unraveling.
oh well, rethugs will be rethugs.
Ugh!
didn’t blunt emcee the Biden inauguration? wtf happened to him?
He was the rethug co-chair.
so much for biden’s ‘bipartisanship’.
Not Biden; Senate starts planning inauguration before election.
Newspapers alone are not enough. Hammer away with billboards and tv ads and other media. These guys need to be shamed into go away.
yup, the inept corrupt traitor was just a dry run.
Exactly!
There was a bill introduced by Adam Schiff..to take on the cracks that were exploited by Trump…i hope that he reintroduces it…this is the time to push this legislation…along with the John Lewis Voting Rights bill…and the George Floyd policing bill
She is amazing.
Good Morning Beautiful Family! How about a short walk down memory lane?
If you’re like me, you probably can’t hear that song without thinking of this too! 😁 it’s that little nod afterward for me. 😆
Love!
Fulton County DA Fani Willis is not playing.
Vaccine update
the corrupt thug had ‘signature health policies’? fucking 3rd rate gopolitico.
Our FLOTUS is an adorable romantic. ❤️
Finally some normalcy in the world. Thank you FLOTUS.
Can’t wait to watch this movie:
Vox.com: Judas and the Black Messiah review: Already one of 2021’s best movies.
https://www.vox.com/22272309/judas-black-messiah-review-hbo-max-black-panthers-kaluuya-stanfield
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2021/02/12/gatecheck/