Since Bruce @springsteen and I first sat down to record our podcast Renegades: Born in the USA, folks have asked about the stories we told and the people and places that shaped us, and we’re excited for this new book to continue the conversation we started last summer. pic.twitter.com/h0FuZyNJQc
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 22, 2021
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The People’s View
- Follow me at my new venture: Reclaim the Fight Spandan Chakrabarti
- Ignore the bait: Why it’s the right strategy for Democrats to focus SCOTUS fight on health care Spandan Chakrabarti
- BIG: Judge halts Trump administration attempt to shortcut the census Spandan Chakrabarti
- Trump doesn't want peaceful transition of power. Legally, it doesn’t matter. Spandan Chakrabarti
- Fauci goes off on Rand Paul Spandan Chakrabarti
Steve Benen
- Shooting at Nashville Christian school leaves 3 children and 3 adults dead, officials say
- Claire McCaskill: Democrats need to run on banning weapons of war
- Michael Tomasky: Unlikely Trump will retake WH, but unlikely isn't impossible
- Politicians need to follow will of the people, says gun safety group president
- A majority of Americans think Trump investigations are fair, polling shows
The Obama Diary 
—And the children will be next if we do not protect them.
We can still join the dots and see the death count even if Death Santis refuses to do so.
“DeSantis has rejected coronavirus restrictions or mandates
as a greater threat than rising infections fueled by the highly transmissible delta variant.
Florida is the epicenter of a summer coronavirus spike in the United States, recently reporting a fifth of all new U.S. infections and current hospitalizations.”
(https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/desantiss-battle-against-mask-vaccine-mandates-approaches-boiling-point-in-florida/)
—Say it out loud.
—DeSantis has a lot of sickness and death on his hands.
Happy Friday, TOD! This book will be another pleasure to anticipate. After today the heat may dissipate some, but the smoke may linger.
‘Republicans Have To Cheat In Order To Win’
Fmr AG Holder on gerrymandering:
“Former Attorney General Eric Holder, chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee,
talks with Rachel Maddow about why Democrats benefit from fair voting district maps
and the importance of Americans keeping the pressure on politicians to make a priority of passing legislation to protect voting rights.”
Summer of direct action.
AG Holder:
“The numbers that we saw today show that the country is younger, it’s more diverse, it’s more urban, it’s more suburban. It’s less rural. Those numbers should be used in a way that comes up with representative democracy in both our state legislatures, as well as the United States House of Representatives.
And the way to do that is to ban partisan and racial gerrymandering. This bill would ban partisan gerrymandering.”
“Power seeks nothing without a demand.”
“Raising the consciousness of people by demonstrating, by getting arrested, by doing the things that ended segregation. If you had asked people in the 1950’s, ‘Do you think marching, demonstrating is going to bring down the system of American apartheid?’ They probably would have said ‘No that’s not going to happen’. And we shouldn’t lose faith right now…citizens can make a change.
Citizens need to be in the streets.
Citizens need to be demonstrating.
Citizens need to be calling their representatives to demand the kind of change that will make this country more representative, make our democracy more fair.”
Hamish Mitchell
It was the largest audience to ever witness a reinstatement, period, both in person and around the globe.
– Sean Spicer
Good afternoon TODVille!
Happy Friday!!
Teachers Union Leader Says Vaccine Misinformation ‘Has Seeped Into Our Union’
Huffpost: “Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers,
made headlines on Sunday when she came out in support of vaccine mandates for educators after having previously opposed them. Weingarten drew praise for reevaluating her stance, since AFT is the second largest teachers union in the country, with 1.7 million members, and has played a prominent role in shaping school policies amid the pandemic.
But the union itself has not changed its position on mandates ― only Weingarten personally.”
–????????
Every teacher should be vaccinated, imo anybody and everybody around children should be vaccinated.
According to a doctor on NPR yesterday, get vaccinated or you will get Delta.
G’day, thank you NW,
big hugs but from a safe distance!! Lol.. love Y’all!
{{{TOD}}}
Up yore nose!!
Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine Reduces Disease Severity and Blocks Transmission
“Lancaster University Scientists have developed a COVID-19 vaccine that can be delivered via a nasal spray.
In a preclinical trial, the vaccine was found to decrease both disease severity and transmission of the virus.
The study results are published in the journal iScience.”
(https://www.technologynetworks.com/biopharma/news/intranasal-covid-19-vaccine-reduces-disease-severity-and-blocks-transmission-351955)
“Cities That Reduced Arrests For Minor Offenses Also Saw Fewer Police Shootings
And crime in those cities wasn’t worse.”
(https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/police-arresting-fewer-people-for-minor-offenses-can-help-reduce-police-shootings/)
TX State Senator Carol Alvarado, brava and congrats!!
TX direct action strategies…
How about GOP go on the floor and filibuster for 15 hours?
And wot she said to Maddow last night about: “The big lie told by the Big Liar himself.”
I Saw A Vaccinated Tiger
Colbert — pre show hilarity last night.
nasa.gov
Loved the Cool Science Radio Q & A event yesterday on NASA Live yesterday!!
…thank you.
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
“In the past week, Florida has had more COVID cases than all 30 states with the lowest case rates combined. And Florida and Texas alone have accounted for nearly 40 percent of new hospitalizations across the country.
We all know that vaccinations are the very best line of defense against COVID and how we end this pandemic. That is why we’ve been tireless in our efforts to get more and more Americans vaccinated.”
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/08/12/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-49/)
Readout of the Fifth National Climate Task Force Meeting
(whitehouse.gov)
Black History, Continued Event Series
(NYT)
“Black History, Continued is a yearlong series in which we explore pivotal moments and transformative figures in Black culture and examine how the past shapes the present and the future.”
Here:
(https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/us/black-history-continued-events.html)
2020 Census Redistricting:
First Look at American Indian/Alaska Native Population Data
“NCAI is excited to see the 2020 Census results that show a more diverse America,”
said NCAI President Fawn Sharp. “We are also excited that the official redistricting season can now begin with today’s release of the redistricting data. We are encouraging all Tribal Nations to participate in their local and state redistricting efforts to ensure that Tribal Nations are fairly represented and have access to the resources they need and deserve.”
(indianz.com)
Am hearing about: “Reservation Dogs” on Hulu…
Anthony Middleton – Magic Touch [Do Not Sit On The Furnture]
Friday the 13th…!!!!
–Wishing a very fab Friday to all.
Thinking about this authoritarian playbook.
Proud Boys (part of the insurrectionist) and Trump supporters threatening violence against our nurses, and doctors, Dr. Fauci, the CDC…
Isn’t this what happened under Stalin and Hitler?
As in the emerging regime tries to kill off anyone with an intelligent critique or alternate vision, such as discrediting
and getting rid of Doctors, Professors who can inform the public.
imo TrumpQ and their failed coup outrage still engaging in disinformation,
Is how you know they plan to do Jan 6 over again.
Ding, ding, ding! I think you are 💯🎯. It really isn’t rocket science. Remember, if we don’t learn from history we are doomed to repeat it. 😢
Where are the FBI and police to arrest those who make threats of violence?
hugo chavez was not a mass murderer, george.
Happy Left-handers Day!
evolution at work
lol.
Hysterical.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
😂🤣
Yes, Please
I’m so glad she’s in that role!
💖💃🏾
That’s the cutest!
Awwwwwww 🙂 Adorable!
Recovery of what, lost profits?
All civil servants in Canada must be vaccinated by the end of October or risk losing their jobs, the government has announced.
The mandate also applies to workers in federally regulated sectors, like rail.
Commercial air, cruise and interprovincial train passengers must also be vaccinated to travel.
Canada has one of the highest Covid vaccination rates in the world, with 81% of eligible people having received at least one dose.
“This is the best way to end the pandemic and allow the economy to safely remain open,” said Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc on Friday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58208791
#commonsense
Loony left is the mirror image of trumpturds.
Yup, at this point covid is your best friend if you’re vaxed and masked.
Scary
JHUD, Jon & Stephen! 🎤🎹🎶❤️
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Stephen
Wild fires.
Hottest July ever.
Incessant rains.
Massive land slides.
Huge ice bergs weighing millions of tons breaking away and melting.
Mass migration over water and food scarcity.
The signs are already here.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58208792
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58212803
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58192348
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58160257
Politico is a prime example of the media wagging the dog. This story is full of conjecture. Do not be slanted to believe the hype.
fiiiinally.
racism t@#&*ps all
I don’t see how any decent human being is voting Rethugs.
“masking of the donors’ true identity”. I thought they didn’t believe in masks? 🙂
#metoo. Thankfully both the kids share that animal love.
lol. true.
WOW!
Good Morning!
Love them! 💖😎🤘🏾
They gave everything possible and they get to have fun. Covid put a spoke in the wheel of their wish to celebrate in a big way…understood.
–Love!
…their work continues here and around the world.
Morning everyone. Happy Saturday. My thoughts are with the people of Haiti …I hope that they do not have many deaths from the quake…we can fix the buildings. Can’t bring back the people.
Truth. I am listening to the news on my Sirius app and seeing pictures. Heartbreaking 💔.
Maureen Dowd, go eff yourself.
Deconstruction is easy. Words are easy to do. What about all the years of hard work up to now?
She still has so much envy towards Pres Obama…these things that she writes are so predictable…
the party was also a fundraiser…
Obama urges people to sign up for ObamaCare before Sunday deadline
“”Go and join the more than two million Americans who have gotten covered over the last six months, ”
Obama tweeted along with the link to the registration site.”
(https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/health-insurance/567885-obama-urges-people-to-sign-up-for-obamacare-before-sunday)
My sentiment – exactly and period!
👆🏽
THISSS
🚨If you’re getting ACA now and haven’t tried already, it’s worth a call to see if you can save on or change your plan. I took a chance and called. Had a rep walk me through options and switched me to a new plan saving me $100/mo premiums with lower co-pays, lower out of pockets and better coverage. I thought the $10/mo savings my carrier gave me after the Biden Rescue Plan was the best I could do. Call, don’t do it by yourself. Deadline is tomorrow August 15th.
Are you smarter than someone who goes to Daycare??
he found an easy solution to the problem. so what’s the problem?
wimmin are mean.
herd mentality than herd immunity.
and texas. and kentucky. and all the red states.
Well done.
Boom, indeed!
I’m saddened, but not surprised. The Teacher is going along with the edict from her Superiors so she can keep her job.
It is not an unusual frame of thought – especially in the South.
Hard to believe, but true.
Good West Coast Sunday morning Nerdy & TOD family.
I’m including President Biden in my daily prayers. I don’t think he expected it would be this tidal wave of challenges so early in his Administration; Afghan, Haiti, Delta variant.
Soldiers and Leaders abdicate
The President has LEFT THEIR COUNTRY, yet I am arguing with people on Twitter because evidently 20 years, a shit ton of taxpayer $$$ and tens of thousands of lives just isn’t enough. WTAF.
Presidet Carter is Trending thanks to idiots at Fox, so we can turn it into a positive. Btw, President Carter is alive and well at the age of 95.
Imagine…
Thanks ggail,
In the future will we be astonished to remember such goodness in Presidents Carter and Obama?
–We must act fast!
New post.
Bayer to pull glyphosate from stores due to cancer lawsuits
“Bayer announced it would take glyphosate off of store shelves by 2023 to avoid future costly lawsuits related to the chemicals potential to cause cancer.”
“Jennifer Sass, with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in 2018 that Monsanto and other companies were undermining objective scientific inquiry into the correlation between the chemical and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
“We must continue to resist the endless lobby campaign of Monsanto and the chemical industry
and protect government scientists and chemical assessment programs,
to let them do the important work of generating credible publicly available chemical hazard assessments on glyphosate, and all the other chemicals to which we are routinely exposed in our food,
our drinking water, in household products,
in building materials and through so many other everyday routes of exposure,” Sass wrote.
(https://www.courthousenews.com/bayer-to-pull-glyphosate-from-stores-due-to-cancer-lawsuits/)
—-Of course Monsanto/Bayer are still trying to claim there is ‘nothing wrong’ with glyphosate while undermining scientific enquiry. Users who have contracted non-Hodgkin lymphoma around the world continue to sue. Let’s make sure they pull it off the shelves permanently. We are eating and breathing this toxic stuff everywhere in our fields, schools, parks and crops.
Talking about ROUNDUP.