Waffles + Mochi is now streaming on Netflix! If you’ve got little ones or just want to laugh and learn a little about good food, I hope you’ll check it out. This show is so dear to my heart, and I can’t wait for you to watch! #WafflesAndMochi ❤️ pic.twitter.com/8ZfUjx3X1F
People of the World…I hope you tune in tomorrow to watch #WafflesAndMochi on @netflix! I’m honored to be a part of @MichelleObama’s amazing food adventure, sharing stories about the power of fruits and vegetables…and what it means to belong! 🍅🥒🫑🧄😎pic.twitter.com/QjyCnto1a8
— Please wear a mask! Do it for the World please… (@chefjoseandres) March 15, 2021
At a FEMA COVID vaccination site in Jacksonville, the @VP receives a tour run staffed by active duty @USNavy and meets a high school English teacher receiving her second vaccine today — and that’s Mayor Lenny Curry offering to take their photo pic.twitter.com/rKhaYyJvCp
All of the official cabinet. I’m still pissed about Neera Tanden’s treatment by BernieBros and GQP. I haven’t seen who will be put for OMB Director instead and I’m looking forward to seeing where Neera lands – hopefully it’ll still be somewhere in Joe’s circle.
The last time we reauthorized the 1965 Voting Rights Act, it passed the Senate 98-0.
Voting rights are bipartisan. I’m calling on my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to support bolstering the very foundation of our democracy—the right to vote. pic.twitter.com/zmOf3JKimn
— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) March 22, 2021
Arrested alive.
How does that keep happening?
I’ve got several Black brothers & sisters who didn’t commit mass shooting, yet are dead by a police officer.
We want to hear an explanation.
We’ll wait.
I had a feeling that they were losing audiences. I am an avid watcher of MSNBC and I have scaled way back. I do not watch any of the Border Crisis stuff simply because they haven’t given this administration a chance to implement their policy and are not taking in account that we are dealing with a pandemic.
President Obama joins with Protect Our Care at a virtual event:
To celebrate the 11th Anniversary of the ACA with health care advocates,
and talk about the work still needed to ensure all Americans have access to affordable, quality health care.
“Amazon Intimidates Workers Amid Historic Union Vote in Alabama
as Jeff Bezos Makes $7 Million an Hour”
“Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are in the final days of voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and become the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the United States. Ballots have been sent to nearly 6,000 workers, most of whom are Black, in one of the most closely watched union elections in decades. Amazon has fought off labor organizing at the company for decades,
but workers in Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland, Denver and Southern California
are now also reportedly considering union drives.
“Amazon is trying to intimidate workers. They want them to be afraid,”
says Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.”
2nd mass shooting this week.
10 people killed in Boulder, Colorado.
How many more people died yesterday following a brutal attack by another white man?
2020 was a brutally violent year. See: (https://www.gunviolencearchive.org)
Hayes: “We continue to be a country with more guns than any peer country and more gun violence.”
Senator Chris Murphy:
“We are. And we’re also a country that sends an unintended but meaningful message to mass shooters of endorsement. When Congress doesn’t DO anything year after year, decade after decade, in the wake of mass shooting after mass shooting, these minds that are starting to become unhinged imply that it’s OK.
And so it’s not a coincidence that over the last 400 years, the two moments
where Congress passed the most meaningful anti-gun violence statutes
– in the 1930s and the 1990s –
there was an immediate precipitous downturn in the rate of violence.
Yes it’s because the laws changed. But it’s also because the highest level of Government sent a signal
that we didn’t accept this level of carnage in our country. And people took that moral signal and changed their behaviors because of it. My hope is that we’ll be able to send that signal again in 2021.”
imo,
The Boulder Commander was hostile about losing an officer and lacked empathy at the presser.
Pro-gun rights are being exposed for what they are, and Open Carry b-s worn to its last murderous thread. Gop legislatures are now pushing open carry on peaceful College campuses! Look ahead a couple of months/years at what the right wing has in mind for America. When will we act to protect our children via
gun reform laws?
Tell me now was this mass shooter:
HAVING A BAD DAY?
We now have open carry on our college campuses here in Montana. I know several people who have decided not to send their children here to school. I know I wouldn’t want my chlidren on campus with guns.
mtm – so i want that Board of Governors to send their children to that Unversity.
Parents should say No, Security officers should say No, students should say No, the community should say No to risking their child’s life to a Bad Hair Day.
—The trashing of Education and faculty = cut up and eliminate departments, gauge staffing, turn research universities into community colleges. The right wing board is opportunizing on the Covid fallout, ignoring that a jump in the economy is in the offing. And pushing for cut, cut, cut before that happens. In this case the idea is to drop attendance and mess up that community.
Prince Harry will become chief impact officer of BetterUp, the fast-growing coaching and mental health firm plans to announce Tuesday, in his latest foray into business https://t.co/iILatjXklP
Reverend Senator Raphaeil Warnock after the Atlanta massacre:
“This shooter was able to kill all of these folks the same day he purchased a firearm,
but right now what is our legislature doing? They’re busy under the golden dome here in Georgia trying to prevent people from voting the same day they register.
I think that suggests a distortion in values,
when you can buy a gun and create this much carnage and violence on the same day
but if you want to exercise your right to vote as a U.S. citizen, the same legislature that should be focusing on this is busy erecting barriers to that Constitutional right.”
(Meet The Press)
President Obama:
Just now issued a Statement following this tweet:
“A once-in-a-century pandemic cannot be the only thing that slows mass shootings in this country. It’s time for leaders everywhere to listen to the American people when they say enough is enough.”
I am really IMPRESSED with Sen Rev Warnock….he says what needs to be said in a way that is grounded in humanity…
Not even a week after tragedy struck Atlanta, my heart breaks for our grieving brothers & sisters in Boulder.
As Dr. King said, hatred darkens life but love illuminates it. We must commit to being the love that lights the way out of these recent dark moments in our nation.
— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) March 23, 2021
I am heartbroken to announce that my Dad, my hero, Kevin Mahoney, was killed in the King Soopers shooting in my hometown of Boulder, CO. My dad represents all things Love. I'm so thankful he could walk me down the aisle last summer. pic.twitter.com/SLS2bdm5Hc
11 years ago today President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, a law that reformed the health care system and allowed more than 20 million Americans to gain coverage. Hear from him why passing ObamaCare was more meaningful than the night he was elected president. #ACA11pic.twitter.com/7ZaARgKuN6
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) March 23, 2021
I’m heartbroken by these recent tragedies of gun violence, and I just keep thinking about all the leaders who won’t take a stand to save lives and yet line up to pass bills that make it harder for us to vote.
“Eleven years of the Affordable Care Act”
By Valerie Jarrett, President, The Barack Obama Foundation.
“11 years ago today, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law.
What I remember most about that week is standing on the Truman Balcony the night the ACA passed, listening to the President explain why that moment meant more to him than the night he was elected.
(VIdeo here…)
Today, the impact of the ACA is well established:
more than 20 million more Americans have received health insurance coverage, people with pre-existing conditions do not have to worry about paying higher premiums or being denied coverage, insurance companies may no longer limit coverage with annual or lifetime caps, young adults have the right to stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26, women can no longer be charged more for insurance than men, essential women’s health services are guaranteed, and nearly 40 states have expanded Medicaid, allowing millions of low-income Americans access to health care.
But looking back, it’s easy to forget just how broken our health insurance system was before the Affordable Care Act. As a candidate in 2008, President Obama heard story after story from Americans who had been denied insurance based on “pre-existing conditions” like asthma, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, even pregnancy. He met uninsured people who were forced to declare bankruptcy due to health care debt and Americans who had insurance but quickly hit the lifetime cap on their coverage after becoming sick. He came to the White House determined to deliver for those families.
The odds were against him — seven previous presidents had tried and failed to pass a national health insurance program. But he wasn’t alone; the White House was backed by a movement and Democratic Congressional majority determined to make sure this time was different — a coalition of union members, local advocates, members of Congress, and even ordinary people.
One of those people was Natoma Canfield,
an Ohio woman who wrote the president a letter about how she was unable to afford health insurance due to a pre-existing condition. Natoma became the face of the ACA debate when President Obama read her letter to a group of insurance executives to make the case for why we needed to act now. He held a rally in her hometown and Natoma’s story helped persuade her local member of Congress to vote for the bill. He hung Natoma’s letter in the Oval Office as a reminder of why he was fighting so hard for reform.”
We’ve all lost people in many ways,
but how was it to lose your Mom, Dad, or child – this way?
The things you did not say, or do… if you could’ve been there to hold them and protect them.
I am having a very hard time handing this shooting in Boulder. We lived there for 10 years before we moved here. Still have many friends there. I was so afraid to hear the names, afraid it would be someone I knew. I knew none of them, but they all have families who are suffering. It is so hard to believe this could happen in Boulder. It is a very liberal town. People there don’t carry guns. Why is it easier to buy a gun than it is to vote. I am so heartsick.
Such an awful thing to happen anywhere; even when you don’t know anyone involved, it hits hard, when this kind of violence happens in places we hold dear and thought of as safe and welcoming. May God bless the families and friends of those lost, and those in the community touched by this heinous act. ((((( ❤️mtm❤️ )))))
What we know — – Boulder suspect Ahmad Alissa, 21 – Bought Ruger assault rifle AR-15 just last week – Wore body armor – Started with elderly man, several shots – Moved on to inside, stalking shoppers – SWAT dragged officer's body out—after shot in head 💔https://t.co/QXhpdqdqv1
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has unveiled a 10-year strategic plan for the U.S. Postal Service; includes higher postage rates, some slower services and reduced post office hours. https://t.co/kSqBiVmIwQ
He’ll be gone soon, hopefully. If he hasn’t done so already, believe President Biden is appointing two additional members of the board or whatever it’s called, who can vote #DeJoyToDePrison out.
Today marks eleven years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law. The landmark legislation has changed countless lives, but our work isn’t done. I’m committed to ensuring every American has the peace of mind that comes with quality, affordable health care. pic.twitter.com/mOlb6nWUTF
The San Francisco grandma that beat up her attacker last week is donating the nearly $1M raised for her on GoFundMe back to the AAPI community to combat racism.
“Manchin Again In The Way Of Broadly Popular Gun Reforms After Another Deadly Mass Shooting”
“Maddow reports on how Manchin’s lack of support for the gun background check bill that passed the House sets up the broken Senate to once again take no action at all in the wake of a tragic gun massacre.”
Rachel Maddow reminded us how the Biden Task Force worked “like a whirlwind”
in response to the Sandy Hook massacre. “And at the end of thirty three days had a set of twenty three recommendations for everything from new federal research funding to things that could only be done by Congress.” PBO proposed universal background checks, background checks on the buyer, which had over 90% support across America. Rejecting all of that, Toomey and Manchin focused on background checks for gun show and internet purchases –which failed. Failed.
This time all Manchin has to do is vote for background checks,
ending high capacity magazines, closing the Charleston loophole, banning assault rifles. Basic. Senate should pass the 2 House passed bills. We can do it this time if he votes for it, but Manchin still doesn’t support background checks. (After saying he was FOR it following Sandy Hook.)
How many thousands of Americans will die by the gun every year if Manchin DOESN’T VOTE for this?
Ah but he knows, he knows.
Pls don’t tell me he goes to church on Sundays.
If he does attend a church maybe you could tell me where that is.
.@VP Kamala Harris called up to the station and talked to @NASA_Astronauts Shannon Walker and Kate Rubins about inspiring girls to dream, lead, and become scientists and astronauts. pic.twitter.com/yc9Dio3O5B
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) March 24, 2021
#EqualPayDay is a call to action. As @POTUS says, it’s about living up to our values. That’s why we need Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to help hold employers accountable and prevent them from retaliating against workers who discuss what they earn with colleagues. https://t.co/SprPf3JgLv
The San Francisco grandma that beat up her attacker last week is donating the nearly $1M raised for her on GoFundMe back to the AAPI community to combat racism.
I'm getting the feeling that's the same kind of way President Obama "passed" the challenges to then-VP Biden! Two good men, now joined at it by one good woman! Plus Joe's "building the back bench," as he promised.
Of the 20 guns confiscated – including pistols, rifles and shotguns – one was a Glock with a 50-round drum magazine made to look like a Nerf gun. “The guns aren’t illegal to possess, but are concerning to law enforcement,” North Carolina police. #ncpolhttps://t.co/kW1zlhIJg5
Oh snap! #maddow just drew the map from that Tulia TX scandal to Sen Cornyn to Vanita Gupta and why he is trying to stop her nom to DOJ. It goes all the way back to 2003. Dayum. I was wondering where she was going with this story. Brilliant!
— Stef with an F 👩🏾🍳🔪🔥☁️🏳️🌈 (@stef2dotoh) March 25, 2021
This Tulia, TX cop story is so outrageous and almost unbelievable. They arrested 10% of all the Black people in the town. Some were convicted based on his “word” on bogus drug charges. John Cornyn gave him the “Lawman of the Year” award. Vanita Gupta helped free them. #maddowpic.twitter.com/mdFATLgFcC
Sen John Cornyn is and always has been the worst. He is leading the charge on blocking Vanita Gupta’s confirmation. She helped overturn all those ridiculous charges that he had celebrated. This is a vendetta. Texas senators are trash. https://t.co/jxGu4aNLsJ
To mark Equal Pay Day, @FLOTUS and I are hosting an event with Megan Rapinoe, Margaret Purce, and members of the U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team. Tune in. https://t.co/fZBqoOLBv5
It doesn’t matter if you’re an electrician, an accountant, or part of the best soccer team in the world — the pay gap is real. But with Megan, Margaret, and countless others leading the fight for equal pay, I’m confident we’ll finally close it. pic.twitter.com/lJOTc0HeVB
The burden of ensuring equal pay isn't on women alone. It's on all of us. And equal pay will benefit all of us, too. Because when we lift up women, we lift up families, we lift up communities, and all of society is better off. #EqualPayDay
Woah. Megan Rapinoe: “Despite those wins I’ve been devalued, I’ve been disrespected & dismissed because I am a woman…I am still paid less than the men who do the same job that I do.”
Equal Pay Day represents how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year — and the disparities are worse for most women of color. The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to closing the gap and ensuring equal pay for equal work. pic.twitter.com/WB64c7WRCI
My good friend for roughly 40 years, actor, and comedian Arsenio Hall and actor, entrepreneur, activist, and my brother Danny Trejo with our vaccination cards! pic.twitter.com/hGaPyHtOqy
Senate rules cannot take priority over the very foundation of our democracy. It is past time to pass the John Lewis #VotingRightsAct and the For the People Act.
All options must be on the table in order to do so.
— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) March 24, 2021
“When she speaks, she speaks for me. Doesn’t have to check with me. She knows what she’s doing.”😭
.@POTUS asked me to lead our diplomatic work with Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. To address the situation at the southern border, we have to address the root causes of migration. It won’t be easy work—but it's necessary.
The WH said it’s holding the Passover celebration a few days earlier so that members of the Orthodox community, who will not be online when the festival starts on Saturday night, could also participate. https://t.co/WKNYp44Llq
Senate rules cannot take priority over the very foundation of our democracy. It is past time to pass the John Lewis #VotingRightsAct and the For the People Act.
All options must be on the table in order to do so.
— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) March 24, 2021
Sore arm both times. 2nd shot: Two days of overall achy muscles and a little sniffle (which really might’ve been due to pollen), but otherwise totally fine. One more week and I can hug my parents til they beg me to stop! 😁
“White House holds Equal Pay Day event with U.S. women’s soccer team.”
“President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden host an event with Margaret Purce, Megan Rapinoe, and members of the U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team to mark Equal Pay Day.”
We are thrilled to announce our newest board member, Broderick Johnson. @gobluebrod currently leads the @MBK_Alliance’s Advisory Council and previously served as Cabinet Secretary and Chair of My Brother’s Keeper Task Force during President @BarackObama's administration.
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) March 25, 2021
Let’s be clear: This is a deliberate attempt to undermine our democracy by making it harder to vote. That’s why passing the For the People Act is so important, and why every one of us needs to keep up the fight. Our future depends on it. https://t.co/YwBib0JYZw
PBO on The Affordable Cate Act and The American Rescue Plan
As part of the American Rescue Plan, @POTUS just signed the largest expansion of health care since the Affordable Care Act. It’s an example of how government is supposed to work, and exactly what I hoped would happen when I signed the ACA into law 11 years ago today. pic.twitter.com/G7WUgYdxOp
The Affordable Care Act has helped 20 million Americans get coverage—and up to 130 million Americans can no longer be denied coverage because of a preexisting condition. It has been a lifeline for Americans who've lost their jobs and their health insurance during the pandemic.
And now, thanks to the hard work of President Biden, Senator Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and Americans all across the country who have spent years fighting against repeal and pushing to improve the law, our starter home is starting to look pretty spacious.
The American Rescue Plan lowers premiums for millions of families, makes health insurance more affordable for low-and middle-income Americans, and provides incentives for states to expand Medicaid and cover as many as four million additional Americans.
Now we need to keep it up. Because until every single American has access to quality, affordable health care, we have more work to do—and I’m grateful to President Biden for continuing to lead the fight.
A once-in-a-century pandemic cannot be the only thing that slows mass shootings in this country. It’s time for leaders everywhere to listen to the American people when they say enough is enough. pic.twitter.com/7MEJ87Is3E
“Do You Care More About Filibuster Or Democracy Protection?”
Eric Holder Makes The Case For HR 1
Fmr Attorney General Eric Holder joins The ReidOut to talk about the nationwide effort by Republicans to suppress the vote: “This is all about power … The Republicans understand the demographics are changing, the ideologies are changing away from them.”
The Obama Diary 
Good West Coast afternoon Nerdy sister & TOD family.
I have it loaded up to watch today 💃🏾🙋🏾♀️💖
Have imbibed going on 2 episodes, not rushing it! T’is whimsical, informative, funny and adorable.
Waffles and Mochi, ya got me.
Yaaay! Happy Spring Monday!
Active shooter reported at grocery store in Boulder, Colorado…
We have a Labor Secretary!
👍🏿
Oh wow – ALL members of the cabinet, finally confirmed. Hooray.
All of the official cabinet. I’m still pissed about Neera Tanden’s treatment by BernieBros and GQP. I haven’t seen who will be put for OMB Director instead and I’m looking forward to seeing where Neera lands – hopefully it’ll still be somewhere in Joe’s circle.
I’m with you!
Dream Team!
Love them all!
Dear God!
MVP in FL
Arrested alive.
How does that keep happening?
I’ve got several Black brothers & sisters who didn’t commit mass shooting, yet are dead by a police officer.
We want to hear an explanation.
We’ll wait.
They are up to 10 dead, announced tonight, including the first police officer to arrive on scene. So very tragic. Didn’t have to happen.
I had a feeling that they were losing audiences. I am an avid watcher of MSNBC and I have scaled way back. I do not watch any of the Border Crisis stuff simply because they haven’t given this administration a chance to implement their policy and are not taking in account that we are dealing with a pandemic.
Ditto. I stopped watching the news once we had a sane adult as President.
President Obama joins with Protect Our Care at a virtual event:
To celebrate the 11th Anniversary of the ACA with health care advocates,
and talk about the work still needed to ensure all Americans have access to affordable, quality health care.
“Amazon Intimidates Workers Amid Historic Union Vote in Alabama
as Jeff Bezos Makes $7 Million an Hour”
“Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are in the final days of voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and become the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the United States. Ballots have been sent to nearly 6,000 workers, most of whom are Black, in one of the most closely watched union elections in decades. Amazon has fought off labor organizing at the company for decades,
but workers in Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland, Denver and Southern California
are now also reportedly considering union drives.
“Amazon is trying to intimidate workers. They want them to be afraid,”
says Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.”
(https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/23/amazon_workers_union_drive_bessemer_alabama)
President Biden: On Workers’ Rights to Organize & Unionize.
(February 28 2021)
—can we get this gold plated?
Um.
“Prisoners also got relief checks from the pandemic bills Trump signed and Cotton voted for”
(CNN March 8)
2nd mass shooting this week.
10 people killed in Boulder, Colorado.
How many more people died yesterday following a brutal attack by another white man?
2020 was a brutally violent year. See: (https://www.gunviolencearchive.org)
Hayes: “We continue to be a country with more guns than any peer country and more gun violence.”
Senator Chris Murphy:
“We are. And we’re also a country that sends an unintended but meaningful message to mass shooters of endorsement. When Congress doesn’t DO anything year after year, decade after decade, in the wake of mass shooting after mass shooting, these minds that are starting to become unhinged imply that it’s OK.
And so it’s not a coincidence that over the last 400 years, the two moments
where Congress passed the most meaningful anti-gun violence statutes
– in the 1930s and the 1990s –
there was an immediate precipitous downturn in the rate of violence.
Yes it’s because the laws changed. But it’s also because the highest level of Government sent a signal
that we didn’t accept this level of carnage in our country. And people took that moral signal and changed their behaviors because of it. My hope is that we’ll be able to send that signal again in 2021.”
imo,
The Boulder Commander was hostile about losing an officer and lacked empathy at the presser.
Pro-gun rights are being exposed for what they are, and Open Carry b-s worn to its last murderous thread. Gop legislatures are now pushing open carry on peaceful College campuses! Look ahead a couple of months/years at what the right wing has in mind for America. When will we act to protect our children via
gun reform laws?
Tell me now was this mass shooter:
HAVING A BAD DAY?
Mass murderer.
We now have open carry on our college campuses here in Montana. I know several people who have decided not to send their children here to school. I know I wouldn’t want my chlidren on campus with guns.
mtm – so i want that Board of Governors to send their children to that Unversity.
Parents should say No, Security officers should say No, students should say No, the community should say No to risking their child’s life to a Bad Hair Day.
—The trashing of Education and faculty = cut up and eliminate departments, gauge staffing, turn research universities into community colleges. The right wing board is opportunizing on the Covid fallout, ignoring that a jump in the economy is in the offing. And pushing for cut, cut, cut before that happens. In this case the idea is to drop attendance and mess up that community.
🕊🙏🏼🕯⏳🕯🙏🏼🕊
Reverend Senator Raphaeil Warnock after the Atlanta massacre:
“This shooter was able to kill all of these folks the same day he purchased a firearm,
but right now what is our legislature doing? They’re busy under the golden dome here in Georgia trying to prevent people from voting the same day they register.
I think that suggests a distortion in values,
when you can buy a gun and create this much carnage and violence on the same day
but if you want to exercise your right to vote as a U.S. citizen, the same legislature that should be focusing on this is busy erecting barriers to that Constitutional right.”
(Meet The Press)
Raphael.
Malcolm Nance, fmr counterterrorism and intelligence officer, to Dr. Jason Johnson:
“What’s going on is that Ron Johnson
decided that he’s going to be the executor of Donald Trump’s big lie.”
Here: (https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/malcolm-nance-ron-johnson-is-the-executor-of-donald-trump-s-big-lie-108942917678)
President Obama:
Just now issued a Statement following this tweet:
“A once-in-a-century pandemic cannot be the only thing that slows mass shootings in this country. It’s time for leaders everywhere to listen to the American people when they say enough is enough.”
I am really IMPRESSED with Sen Rev Warnock….he says what needs to be said in a way that is grounded in humanity…
Thread… 😥
😢
Thank you President Obama!
Best former First Lady Ever!
🤣🤣🤣
“Eleven years of the Affordable Care Act”
By Valerie Jarrett, President, The Barack Obama Foundation.
“11 years ago today, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law.
What I remember most about that week is standing on the Truman Balcony the night the ACA passed, listening to the President explain why that moment meant more to him than the night he was elected.
(VIdeo here…)
Today, the impact of the ACA is well established:
more than 20 million more Americans have received health insurance coverage, people with pre-existing conditions do not have to worry about paying higher premiums or being denied coverage, insurance companies may no longer limit coverage with annual or lifetime caps, young adults have the right to stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26, women can no longer be charged more for insurance than men, essential women’s health services are guaranteed, and nearly 40 states have expanded Medicaid, allowing millions of low-income Americans access to health care.
But looking back, it’s easy to forget just how broken our health insurance system was before the Affordable Care Act. As a candidate in 2008, President Obama heard story after story from Americans who had been denied insurance based on “pre-existing conditions” like asthma, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, even pregnancy. He met uninsured people who were forced to declare bankruptcy due to health care debt and Americans who had insurance but quickly hit the lifetime cap on their coverage after becoming sick. He came to the White House determined to deliver for those families.
The odds were against him — seven previous presidents had tried and failed to pass a national health insurance program. But he wasn’t alone; the White House was backed by a movement and Democratic Congressional majority determined to make sure this time was different — a coalition of union members, local advocates, members of Congress, and even ordinary people.
One of those people was Natoma Canfield,
an Ohio woman who wrote the president a letter about how she was unable to afford health insurance due to a pre-existing condition. Natoma became the face of the ACA debate when President Obama read her letter to a group of insurance executives to make the case for why we needed to act now. He held a rally in her hometown and Natoma’s story helped persuade her local member of Congress to vote for the bill. He hung Natoma’s letter in the Oval Office as a reminder of why he was fighting so hard for reform.”
More: (https://www.obama.org/updates/aca-11-years)
See ya later alligators.
See you in a while.
SORRY,
by 2F.
sorry we’re here again, again….see you soon.
That’s really pretty. ❤️
We’ve all lost people in many ways,
but how was it to lose your Mom, Dad, or child – this way?
The things you did not say, or do… if you could’ve been there to hold them and protect them.
I am having a very hard time handing this shooting in Boulder. We lived there for 10 years before we moved here. Still have many friends there. I was so afraid to hear the names, afraid it would be someone I knew. I knew none of them, but they all have families who are suffering. It is so hard to believe this could happen in Boulder. It is a very liberal town. People there don’t carry guns. Why is it easier to buy a gun than it is to vote. I am so heartsick.
So sorry to hear this! So sorry it happened in Boulder … and every other place it happens. We must get new gun control laws immediately.
Such an awful thing to happen anywhere; even when you don’t know anyone involved, it hits hard, when this kind of violence happens in places we hold dear and thought of as safe and welcoming. May God bless the families and friends of those lost, and those in the community touched by this heinous act. ((((( ❤️mtm❤️ )))))
Sorry to hear that, m, I have a brother that lives in Denver and it is a very liberal area. I hope that something can come out of this tragedy.
LOL! 😆
He’ll be gone soon, hopefully. If he hasn’t done so already, believe President Biden is appointing two additional members of the board or whatever it’s called, who can vote #DeJoyToDePrison out.
MoFo needs to be kicked to a sewer curb. Pronto! 😠
Not soon enough!
Ain’t this some ish…
even before reading the article , i knew the suspect had been taken alive…
Of course; and note the “mental illness” narrative…
So sick of that shit
Dear God!
He included beautiful words about President Obama in that presser! (Of course!)
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
😍
Goodnight, TODville (sweet dreams, Nerdy!) – and all the ships at sea.
Love this:
I hope so and I hope he does it quickly, we cannot wait any longer for those in power to grow a conscious.
Love him!!
“Manchin Again In The Way Of Broadly Popular Gun Reforms After Another Deadly Mass Shooting”
“Maddow reports on how Manchin’s lack of support for the gun background check bill that passed the House sets up the broken Senate to once again take no action at all in the wake of a tragic gun massacre.”
Rachel Maddow reminded us how the Biden Task Force worked “like a whirlwind”
in response to the Sandy Hook massacre. “And at the end of thirty three days had a set of twenty three recommendations for everything from new federal research funding to things that could only be done by Congress.” PBO proposed universal background checks, background checks on the buyer, which had over 90% support across America. Rejecting all of that, Toomey and Manchin focused on background checks for gun show and internet purchases –which failed. Failed.
This time all Manchin has to do is vote for background checks,
ending high capacity magazines, closing the Charleston loophole, banning assault rifles. Basic. Senate should pass the 2 House passed bills. We can do it this time if he votes for it, but Manchin still doesn’t support background checks. (After saying he was FOR it following Sandy Hook.)
How many thousands of Americans will die by the gun every year if Manchin DOESN’T VOTE for this?
Ah but he knows, he knows.
Pls don’t tell me he goes to church on Sundays.
If he does attend a church maybe you could tell me where that is.
Squeeeeeee! 😁❤️😁
Great News, Georgia!
Great picture!
What an awesome segment about Vanita Gupta…on Rachel Maddow ‘s show….
Ditto. Very informative.
Good evening TODVille.
Yes. I don’t remember that story so it was extremely informative and educational for me.
She is quite the woman!!!! So proud of all she has done. She deserves to be there. What a great role model!!!
What an incredible woman!
I love this!
Did you see this?
Confirm Vanita Gupta Now!
Here’s the segment:
Equal Pay Day at the WH yesterday.
Too cute! 😁
Rapinoe is so freakin’ cool…what a star.
Get a load of Purce and Rapinoe walking!!
Right? 😄
“When she speaks, she speaks for me. Doesn’t have to check with me. She knows what she’s doing.”😭
A Virtual White House Seder hosted by the Second Gentleman.
This is My Senator!
“White House holds Equal Pay Day event with U.S. women’s soccer team.”
“President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden host an event with Margaret Purce, Megan Rapinoe, and members of the U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team to mark Equal Pay Day.”
PBO on The Affordable Cate Act and The American Rescue Plan
“Do You Care More About Filibuster Or Democracy Protection?”
Eric Holder Makes The Case For HR 1
Fmr Attorney General Eric Holder joins The ReidOut to talk about the nationwide effort by Republicans to suppress the vote: “This is all about power … The Republicans understand the demographics are changing, the ideologies are changing away from them.”
New post.