Young people like @JackHarries and our @ObamaFoundation leaders are using their platforms to pressure the world on climate change. As we move forward with the Glasgow pact, we must listen and follow through on our commitments to protect our planet and secure a better future. pic.twitter.com/rNS08lWEuK
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 14, 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
- Voters swing back toward Democrats ahead of midterms, polling shows
- West has to be clear about red lines in Ukraine, says analyst
- An argument for fixed terms and expanding the court
- Steve Kornacki: Colorado Senate race is 'marquee race' for primary day
- How Democrats can bring Republican women to their side
The Obama Diary 
Good West Coast morning Nerdy & TOD family. Thanks Nerdy sista for doing what you do so well. We would be lost without you 🌟💖
Yesterday, JoJotheCat & I went to the LA County Museum of Arts and saw the Obama Portraits! They were awesome to view in person. Such a treat! 💖😻
That is so great you got to see the portraits! Oh my goodness.
And good Midwest evening to you, Nerdy, and TODville!
😘🥰
thanks so much NW for being here.
Hi Everyone! Hope you all had a great holiday weekend!
Thank you for the new post Nerdy! 😘❤️
Hey Dudette! 🙋🏾♀️
Had a wonderful & thankful holiday weekend. Hope you did too. 💖😘
Glad to hear it ggail.
Hung out with the folks eating, watching the parade and movies and reminiscing. It was great and I’m definitely grateful. ❤️
Support Black-Owned Businesses
This holiday season, check out three Black-owned businesses on the South Side of Chicago—and support those in your own community.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered thousands of small businesses across the United States, but Black-owned businesses are closing twice as fast as others. That’s why this holiday season, we hope you’ll support Black-owned businesses in your community. Check out these three vibrant South Side establishments that are near the site of the future Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
(https://www.obama.org/covid-community-care/business/)
“Clad in African-American portraiture and culture,
South Shore Brew is in the heart of Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood and is known for its delicious lattes, heavenly pies, and rib-sticking sandwiches. Educators-turned-entrepreneurs Jennifer and Cory Barnes founded the independent coffee shop to serve up good coffee, but they also founded it to provide jobs for young people and to create a space that would make their neighbors proud.
“In light of the pandemic, everything about our business is different. Our team. Our menu. Our pathway to our daily sales targets. In some ways, the experience of managing risks and adapting to change isn’t that new to us as small business owners. We will name that not having the neighborhood gather in the shop has been very tough on our morale, though, and we’re still exploring ways to account for it.
Additionally, 2020 has been Critical Race Theory in real time.
We are reminded that racism is inherently woven into every structure of our society.
The persistent efforts of folks to maintain historical advantages over other groups is incredible, and shows up when we talk about business loans, grants, and access to capital.”
—Jennifer and Cory Barnes
This SNL skit is quite clever. Well done to the writers. Kenan is excellent as always. 😁
WOW
Anthony Huber Was a Hero:
Victim of Kyle Rittenhouse Remembered for Trying to Save Lives At Protest
Joseph Rosenbaum was the first person Rittenhouse shot with his AR-15-style rifle.
Joseph Rosenbaum was 36 years old. He had been released that same day from a Milwaukee hospital where he had been treated for a suicide attempt. He was unarmed when he was shot by Rittenhouse.
Rosenbaum was shot four times, first in the groin, then in the hand and thigh as he faced Rittenhouse and then was shot in the head and in the back.
After Rittenhouse killed Rosenbaum,
several protesters who believed Rittenhouse was an active shooter begin chasing him.
26-year-old Anthony Huber tried to disarm him by hitting him with what he had in his hand, his skateboard. Rittenhouse shot and killed him within seconds.
Gaige Grosskreutz was the only person who survived being shot by Rittenhouse.”
(https://www.democracynow.org/2021/11/22/anthony_huber_kyle_rittenhouse_verdict)
—–Huber and 5′ 4″ Joseph Rosenbaum were unarmed.
—-Rosenbaum also made an heroic attempt to stop Rittenhouse and his assault rifle.
—-Both men must be honored.
More WH Christmas decorations
so lovely…thx Dudette.
👍🏾
☺️
That’s so whimsical!💞
Presidential.
Bravo President Biden!
Look how far we’ve come since trump left office:
On “the day Mr Biden became President, about 16.5 million vaccines had been administered in the US,
according to official statistics.” (bbc)
It’s time for the Jen Psaki show. Get your popcorn. Watch the excellence!
Some things change. Some things stay the same.
Spacewalk Talk
Mr. Clarke is about to go through some things.
Hah! 🎶Bad boys, bad boys, watchu gonna do when they come for you?!🎶
🙂
Hah! 🎶Bad boys, bad boys, watchu gonna do when they come for you?!🎶
Get boosted!
I got my booster and my flu shot the same day. Only effect was sleeping for an full day.
Have mine scheduled for this week. Hope I sleep as MT! 💞
Got mine.
Wear your mask
I definitely am still wearing my mask! Never even open my front door without it!
Me too! 👊🏾
Same.
More Trump mess
Long thread…
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Thanks for sharing this!
This is great! 😁
I love this. Hope it goes viral!
BOOM! It’s that simple
🙌🏾
🚨🗣A reminder to check the condition of food packaging and expiration dates BEFORE you buy!
This is great information. I am most fortunate to live and work where I know farmers and ranchers and get my meat eggs, milk and veggies from people I know. I feel blessed this way.
That IS a blessing!
Give me a “boring” President who is competent and compassion any day!
FLOTUS live 🎄
Claire McCaskill Tells The DOJ To Get Moving And Prosecute Trump
“Move it.
My message to the Department of Justice is get on it. Do not act like feds here.
Act like state prosecutors, go fast.”
Easley, politicus.usa:
“We don’t know what the D.O.J. is doing, but all indications suggest that they are not investigating the Trump coup or the masterminds of the 1/6 attack on the Capitol.
There is no indication that they are investigating Trump for election interference in Georgia.
Time is of the essence, but there are too many Democrats in Congress and people at the Department of Justice who are treating the threat to democracy as business as usual.”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2021/11/29/claire-mccaskill-tells-the-doj-to-get-moving-and-prosecute-trump.html)
There’s an existential threat to our democracy, we’re calling for the DOJ, WH and Congress to act.
(Charlie Sykes)
Thank you for being a Leader. Rest well Mr. Elder 💖🙏🏾🕊
She’s a dynamo! This is so wonderful!
Rep Underwood is awesome!
Facts
Not sure if this was posted yet. Wow!
Administration Coolness!
NASA Coolness! 😎
Ya think President Joe will want to take this baby for a spin?
Space Art Coolness
Is it a photo? Zoom in for your answer.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. David Bowie!
He was nobody’s fool. That’s why he received love from the Black c0mmunity and musical artists.
From Day One and Forever ❤️
Yes 💜
People in Minnesota, these are Councilmembers in your local cities. Know who they are because Voting Matters.
Look at this! This difference is stunning!
King! 😔🕊
🚨SCOTUS watch this week!
Barbados says Bye Liz!
MVP and Secretary Pete roadtrip this week
Interesting
The Right Honourable Robyn Rihanna Fenty!
Congratulations to
Miss USA 2021, Elle Smith, a TV reporter from Lexington, KY.
🩰🩰🩰✨
Imagine being in a hospital bed and this guys shows up as your nurse. Oh hell no!
There is no way I would accept him as my nurse or for anyone I knew.
Guilty of two murders but not permitted to acknowledge to self or others.
imo the R gun nut ideology guys who put him in this entitled position know what they have done.
Ban military style weapons before…
Good Morning Everyone! Please take care of yourselves and your loved ones.
I always make sure I have an extra one in my purse, if I need to share.
I do too! 🙌🏾
Thread
Another big SCOTUS case
Georgia Votes today! Special elections and runoffs!
A message from Mrs. O
No exemption for you, Boston healthcare workers! Get vaxxed or get sacked! 👏🏾
Predator’ Ghislaine Maxwell
‘served up young girls for Jeffrey Epstein in a pyramid scheme of abuse’,
jury told
(https://www.nytimespost.com/predator-ghislaine-maxwell-served-up-young-girls-for-jeffrey-epstein-in-a-pyramid-scheme-of-abuse-jury-told/)
—-Bring out the Epstein Black Book and don’t mess with us.
—-fyi we don’t forget.
where are the men that she served them to….they should be on trial too
In the Black Book.
sorry for the descriptor.
Here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRp_W-VGw5s)
“Infighting Among QAnon Luminaries Roils Delusional Movement”
“Will Sommer, political reporter for the Daily Beast, talks with Rachel Maddow about infighting among the celebrities of the QAnon delusion and what dangers may come with the fracturing of the movement. (Edited for length from the original broadcast.”
….Flynn, possibly the “biggest ‘QAnon celebrity’ that there is” and part of the grift, says “QAnon is…(listen)”.
QAnon Hero Michael Flynn Secretly Said QAnon Is ‘Total Nonsense’
by Will Sommer
“Lin Wood released a recording of a call in which Flynn says QAnon is ….”
(https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-hero-michael-flynn-secretly-said-qanon-is-total-nonsense)
As Iran talks resume, Trump’s failure starts to look even worse
As international nuclear talks with Iran continue, Donald Trump’s spectacular failure in this area is coming into sharper focus.
“Two and a half years after the Trump administration abandoned the international nuclear agreement with Iran, diplomats returned to the negotiating table yesterday in Vienna, hoping to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).”
Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/iran-talks-resume-trump-s-failure-starts-look-even-worse-n1285087)
For the unvaccinated, the GOP changes its tune on jobless aid
In the spring,
Republicans were desperate to end jobless benefits.
Now, they’ve changed their minds — but only for the unvaccinated.
“Republican officials around the country are testing a creative mechanism to build loyalty with unvaccinated Americans while undermining Biden administration mandates: unemployment benefits…. Florida, Iowa, Kansas and Tennessee have changed their unemployment insurance rules to allow workers who are fired or quit over vaccine mandates to receive benefits.” (Axios)
Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/unvaccinated-gop-changes-its-tune-jobless-aid-n1285082)
Netherlands says omicron variant was within its borders
a week before South Africa sounded the alarm
“Dutch officials said Tuesday that they detected the omicron variant in samples collected almost two weeks ago, days earlier than the arrival of two flights from South Africa carrying infected passengers.”
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/netherlands-omicron-covid-origin/2021/11/30/edbc63e0-51e0-11ec-83d2-d9dab0e23b7e_story.html)
FACT SHEET:
Virtual Engagement with Indigenous Women Leaders
in Preparation for the Fourth Convening of the Trilateral Working Group on
Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls
(whitehouse.gov)
Remarks by President Biden at Signing of Veterans Bills
(4 bills signed)
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/11/30/remarks-by-president-biden-at-signing-of-veterans-bills/)
Remarks by Vice President Harris at a Build Back Better Virtual Rally
“And I don’t need to tell you that this is a pivotal moment in our nation’s history. In many ways, the actions we are taking now demonstrate who we are and embody our character as a nation.
In the United States, we are believers.
We are as bold as we are determined to do big things.”
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/11/30/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-a-build-back-better-virtual-rally/)
Roe v. Wade hangs in balance
as reshaped court prepares to hear biggest abortion case in decades
by Amy Howe
(https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/11/roe-v-wade-hangs-in-balance-as-reshaped-court-prepares-to-hear-biggest-abortion-case-in-decades/)
Congresswoman Barbara Lee:
We must codify Roe v. Wade into law with Women’s Health Protection Act
“The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the Mississippi law that prohibits nearly all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy, on Wednesday. Rep. Barbara Lee, co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus,
joins The ReidOut regarding concerns that the court could deliver a disingenuous decision that would gut the constitutional right to abortion.”
(https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/supreme-court-hearing-arguments-about-mississippi-abortion-law-discussed-by-rep-barbara-lee-127479877707)
Here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y289p4WOjLk)
NIH head on how boosters can protect against omicron: ‘Get your system revved up’
NIH director Dr. Francis Collins:
“People who get a booster, there’s something about that that both boosts the level of antibodies, but also the breath of their protection against other spikes that we haven’t even seen before.”
South Africa Raises Alarm Over New Coronavirus Variant
Government to consider new restrictions to contain fast-spreading strain; WHO calls urgent meeting to discuss
“JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s government is considering new public-health restrictions to contain a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus that scientists say has a high number of mutations that may make it more transmissible and allow it to evade some of the immune responses triggered by previous infection or vaccination.”
(https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-africa-raises-alarm-over-new-coronavirus-variant-11637862061)
—Thank you S. Africa for giving us the heads up and following up on the science right away!!
—Netherlands says Omicron was within its borders before S. Africa sounded the alarm.
Chai Komanduri with Ari Melber saying why Dr. Fauci is responding to right wing attacks at the moment.
A badly informed citizen has consequences.
Thx Dr. Fauci.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KooOv9RYYo)
‘We have the tools to handle this.”
“Dr. David Kessler, chief science officer for the Biden administration’s Covid-19 response,
answers questions and concerns from Rachel Maddow about the current state of vaccines and treatments for Covid and how the Omicron variant changes the picture.”
Dr. David Kessler:
“We have the tools to handle this. We may have to fine tune the tools, we may have to adapt those tools. We do not have to change our course.”
“I think the good news is we have additional tools to our armamentarium. Let`s just use the tools we have wisely.”
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