During our time in the White House, Michelle and I were proud to display artwork from artists like Alma Thomas and Charles Alston—whose work provoked thought, challenged our assumptions, and shaped how we define our narrative as a country. https://t.co/eDd76kmlc1
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 12, 2021
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The Obama Diary 
Good Evening Family!
Great post Nerdy! Thank you! ❤️
Hello Dudette!
Good Evening TODVILLE!
CNN Politics
Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, is no longer representing the former President “in any legal matters,” an adviser says.
Hi NCLB! 👋🏾
Has any corporation pushed to vaccinate all of ttheir grocery employees?
Good question!
Hey dear Dudette!!!
I wish there would be more and more co-ops, where every employee is a shareholder … something along those lines.
Enough of conglomerates.
Support local and smaller businesses.
SOON: President Biden arrives in Milwaukee – https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-3
What’s with these funny tweets today … oh man, I am having good time laughing. Thanks tweeters … and those who are sharing.
LIVE NOW: President Biden arrives in Milwaukee – https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-3
I miss Milwaukee (in the summertime); I so enjoyed living there.
The Voting Rights Act too, please!!
ROFL … 🤣
She’s about to get her Black folks wake up call; we can’t get away with the same ish that they can…
It was very good.
Just awful what was done to him. There is no justice. There are just no words.
Hope he has good people around him. Its not going to be easy for him to readjust. God bless him and keep His arms around him.
Please share
Vice President Harris will be interviewed on TODAY tomorrow a.m.
President Biden’s town hall on CNN was glorious.
That is all.
Fab…looking fwd to seeing a recording of It, Jo’B.
It’s going to repeat on CNN in an hour, and then they might have the video up!
thanks!
hope you’re keeping warm…we are deeply frozzzen but OK indoors…up nights thinking about newborns and small children in Texas, say you have only body heat to keep them warm, and you’re out of food, for example. Anyone still on the street does not stand a chance – sorry j.
Just seeing this! We had 2 weeks of really cold weather here in Illinois, but we’re on an upswing. So sad what’s happening in Texas!
It’s all so tragic.
yes it is…yes it is…
Break out the tissue box… again! 😔
GQP still at it in Georgia
Nichelle Nichols, history-maker
Dr. Mae Jemison, history-maker
Happy Birthday to My Senator!
Bonus:
Unfreakingbelievable… No, what am I saying? That shit is totally believable. It happens all the time. 🤬
My Goddaughter is a student at Sam Houston in Huntsville, TX; as of tonight, she’s had power a total of about 8 hrs out of the last 48. Rethugs = $$$ over people…
This is not a new thing…the GOP has been pedaling racist conspiracy theories for decades…and prior to that ….there has always been a political party that has disenfranchised blk folks…#1619Project
Good Morning! Have a Dad joke to start your day.😁
I would too! 😆
I didn’t know this.
Georgia ain’t blue enough. We gotta fix that.
“Trump Leaves Record Of Corruption In Justice Department’s Top Offices”
“Rachel Maddow imagines a newly arriving Attorney General getting a tour of the corrupted remnants of the Department of Justice in the wake of the abuses by the Donald Trump administration.”
“ERCOT officials say they have no idea when the Texas power outage will end.”
(https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2021/02/16/ercot-says-they-have-no-idea-when-texas-power-outages-will-end/)
Beto O’Rourke said last night that where he lives in El Paso, they have power OK because it is on the western grid and not part of ERCOT. Putting private over public is costing lives now.
Abbott and crew, and “Charlatans who lie to people for profit and power” (Hayes) will have to answer to loss of life and tragedy in his state.
–unbearable negligence by the Death Party as usual.
“Chris Hayes Debunks GOP, Right-Wing Media Lies About Texas Power Outages”
“It is just a lie that wind turbines, ‘green energy’ are the root causes of the problems in Texas right now.”
Hayes discusses the right wing attempt to turn Texas power outages into a culture war.
“Denmark sources record 47% of power from wind in 2019”
(https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-denmark-windpower/denmark-sources-record-47-of-power-from-wind-in-2019-idUSKBN1Z10KE)
Doesn’t take much to predict that Gop legislatures will do their worst on LGBTQ, women, environment, fossil fuels, climate denial, voting, try to change the Constitution (right now in GA), all across the country.
= Killin’, lyin’ and cha-tin’. (end Citizens United, nail Doom.)
Vice President Harris:
“In her first network one-on-one interview since taking office, V.P. Kamala Harris speaks exclusively with Savannah Guthrie live on TODAY. She talks about vaccine distribution, saying “as quickly as we’re producing it, we’re getting it out.” V.P. Harris begins by speaking about the Emergency in Texas.
Where was this Savannah Guthrie when she interviewed drumpf? She seems quite hostile, or is that me being sensitive?
…know what you mean Betsy.
President Biden:
His interview last night with Anderson Cooper (CNN):
Full: (https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-cnn-town-hall-transcript-full-trump-vaccines-1569872)
Could it be a sign of the time?
Forgive my lack of graciousness. I’ve run out of Effs. So Rush L., recent recipient of fakery medal from Virus45, is dead. Sorry, not Sorry. Carry on, Rush, on yr Dante hell ride. 😠
ICYMI
Speaker Pelosi:
“Dear Colleague: Security, Security, Security”
“It is clear from his findings and from the impeachment trial that we must get to the truth of how this happened.
To protect our security, our security, our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission to “investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021 domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex… and relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power, including facts and causes relating to the preparedness and response of the United States Capitol Police and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the National Capitol Region.”
As we prepare for the Commission,
it is also clear from General Honoré’s interim reporting that we must put forth a supplemental appropriation to provide for the safety of Members and the security of the Capitol. We will be forever grateful to the Capitol Police for their life-saving courage and heroism in securing the Capitol and protecting Members.”
From: (https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/21521-0
Timothy Snyder, Yale University history professor,
“talks with Rachel Maddow about why a 9/11-style commission to investigate January 6th is important,
not just for guiding a near term policy response, but for establishing a factual record for future historians.”
wonderful to see Dr. Snyder looking so well…reportedly he’s been recovering from illness.
Oooh! 💞
“The American Abyss” (Timothy Snyder)
“A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/magazine/trump-coup.html)
Just spoke with my Goddaughter; THE POWER HAS BEEN ON FOR 10 CONTINUOS HOURS! Praise the Lord!
Talking Points Memo
TX Mayor Resigns After Telling Texans To ‘Quit Crying’ Over Electricity Loss From Power Outage Crisis.
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The Mayor’s rant was something to be read. What a world of morons!
DHS Sec. Mayorkas holds news conference on counterfeit 3m masks
https://abcnews.go.com/live/video/special-live-07
When you don’t know who’s the baby’s daddy or can’t tell about him, this is as good as an explanation as can be.
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A 25-year-old Indonesian woman claims her newborn daughter was fathered by “wind,” according to the Times Now news in India, citing local reports. The new mom, identified as Siti Zainah, reportedly said she gave birth to a 6.4 pound baby just an hour after becoming impregnated by a “gust of wind” in the West Java province.
Hah! Good one! But what do I know? 😉😎
Once a Waco bird, always a Waco bird.
Jonathan Gaffney: Rick Perry has just suggested that all Texans turn off their lights tonight in honor of Rush Limbaugh.
PBO: “Michelle and I are thinking of everyone across the country braving the winter storms this week.
Here’s an overview of how you can help—or, if you’re in Texas, where you can go to stay warm or get support.”
“How to help, and what to do if you need it, during Texas’ historic freeze”
“If you are in need of food, shelter or other help, consider these resources:
The Central Texas Food Bank announced it will remain closed Monday due to the weather. However, if you are in need of food in coming days you are encouraged to dial 2-1-1 or visit 211texas.org to get in touch with Texas Health and Human Services. The service should be able to connect those in need with a wide range of services, including food, shelter and mental health services.
Austin360 is updating this list with local restaurants and businesses that are offering free meals. If you can safely access one, be sure to check social media or contact the restaurant beforehand to ensure supplies.
If you are without a place to stay during this bout of extreme weather and at risk of exposure, call 512-305-ICEE to get the most up-to-date information about warming and cold weather shelters.”
Info includes a list of how to help others:
(https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/02/15/how-to-help-how-get-food-shelter-resources-during-texas-winter-storm/4486821001/)
Austin Mayor Stephen Adler:
“Calls for conserving power, calls for “systemic change” to ERCOT”
Video: (https://www.statesman.com/videos/news/2021/02/16/ercot-texas-outage-austin-mayor-stephen-adler-conservation/6774132002/)
🤐🤐🤐
“Only the strong will survive”….
resigned TX mayor tells locals.
“As much of Texas struggles with widespread power outages, different officials are responding in different ways. Gov. Greg Abbott (R), for example, is pushing ridiculous rhetoric about renewable energy.
But others have adopted an even less constructive approach. The Washington Post reported on developments in Colorado City, Tex., where locals had no power and no running water.
Boyd, who was Colorado City’s mayor, wrote (on FB):
“No one owes you [or] your family anything;
nor is it the local government’s responsibility to support you during trying times like this!
Sink or swim it’s your choice.
The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING!
I’m sick and tired of people looking for a damn handout!”
Boyd said people who lack power and water
should simply figure out a way to get power and water on their own,
without turning to public departments and agencies that ostensibly exist to meet the public’s needs.
He offered nothing in way of constructive guidance to struggling families.
“If you are sitting at home in the cold because you have no power
and are sitting there waiting for someone to come rescue you
because your lazy is direct result of your raising,” Boyd wrote, without regard for grammar.
“Only the strong will survive and the weak will parish.”
(https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/resigned-texas-mayor-tells-locals-only-strong-will-survive-n1258119)
…sure that one is getting a lift up to the gods.
pkayden thanks for this…laughed like hell.
and you probably posted that one the other day that took me over.
😂 You’re welcome.
Feel so sorry for what Texans are going through right now.
Have to introduce you to this fab young man, in case you haven’t seen his excellence yet. Also a little beauty/fun moment:
More here:
Here we go!
OK, am moving to Canada, y’all! 💃😷😇
He’s really amazing!
Indeed! Love his spirit! 💞
I’m trying not to laugh…
Thread…
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2021/02/18/help-wanted-and-help-given/