The Inflation Reduction Act that just passed the Senate is a major accomplishment. Not only will it reduce inflation and lower the cost of prescription drugs – it also happens to be the most consequential piece of climate legislation in American history. https://t.co/w3s3E8rGoZ
“After an introduction from Descendant executive producer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson,
the Obamas took the stage at Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown, Massachusetts.
Director Margaret Brown’s feature, which hails from Participant Media, centers on residents of Africatown,
a small community in Alabama, who have a shared history as descendants of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to illegally bring captives from Africa to the U.S. The existence of the ship had been a centuries-old open secret that was confirmed by marine archeologists in recent years.
Michelle told the crowd about the film, “It spoke to us immediately, so we wanted to make sure we were here to show our support of everyone involved.”
She explained that the movie is a reminder of the importance of sharing personal information and community history with younger generations. “What Descendant reminds us is, we have to tell our stories to our younger folks,” Michelle said. “We have to be the ones. We cannot follow that tradition of keeping our pain silent. Because what this film shows us is that our stories are the power that makes us seen.”
Barack also took a turn at the podium, where he thanked Netflix, the project’s team and festival founders Floyd and Stephanie Rance. The Promised Land author emphasized “the importance of stories and who tells stories and what stories are valid and what stories are discounted. One of the powers of this festival and the work that the Rances have done is to lift up stories that too often have been lost in the flow of time. Because we believe that everybody’s stories matter.”
In her review of Descendant, The Hollywood Reporter critic Lovia Gyarkye praised it as “a riveting impressionistic doc.”
Maps in Four States Were Ruled Illegal Gerrymanders.
They’re Being Used Anyway.
A Supreme Court shift, frowning on changes close to elections, gives House Republicans a big advantage in November.
What do you do when the deck is stacked against you and when the HIGHEST Court in the land refuses to deliver JUSTICE…..CONGRESS BECOMES THE ONLY HOPE….THEY MUST REINSTATE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT…
“Axios has new photos obtained via NYT reporter Maggie Haberman’s new book t
hat allegedly show documents that Trump allegedly flushed down a White House toilet. If the pictures are real and the chain of evidence strong, it’s a near self-proving felony. It also looks quite nefarious. What would be so bad that Trump would feel the need to flush it?”
4) Taken together, this is one of the most significant, sensitive, and politically explosive actions the US Justice Department and FBI has ever taken—one of a tiny handful of times it's ever investigated a president.
Bottom line: The FBI & DOJ must've known they had the goods.
Eric Lee💛🐝⚖️🍦 (@ericclee1) tweeted at 4:41 PM on Mon, Aug 08, 2022:
The reason Dark Brandon works is because of who President Joe Biden is, and because he has a long relationship with us, the American people. We don’t worship him. We trust him. We know he has the welfare of the country close to his heart.
(https://twitter.com/ericclee1/status/1556757617929748485?s=02)
the "lock her up" crowd is melting straight the fuck down right now and throwing a shit-fit for the ages and I for one could not be more fucking amused. bring it, crybabies
The FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s “home,” is a significant barrier broken – a maiden legal voyage. This increases the odds exponentially (IMO) that Trump WILL be indicted for the crimes he inarguably committed against the United States. Perhaps #JusticeIsComing after all.
Do you guys realize how many skeletons are in the closets of Mar A Lago? Sounds like the FBI does, p.s, Trump has secret microphones & cameras everywhere, get the tapes, all of our favorite GOP’s will be on them. @GOP
Garrett M. Graff
@vermontgmg
·
3h
The FBI raiding Mar-a-Lago on August 8th, the anniversary of Richard Nixon announcing he’s resigning, has a certain poetry to it.
There has never been a search warrant quite like this in American history, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg has been telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
He says this would be the first time a former president’s home has been subject to a search warrant and calls it “a big deal”.
“Local law enforcement and my office were not notified in advance,” Aronberg says, adding: “The feds really kept this close to the chest.”
Aronberg believes the FBI is likely to be investigating “the wilful removal and destruction of classified documents that could jeopardise national security”.
“It’s got to rise to that level, or else there would not have been this kind of unprecedented action,” he says.
///
These guys act surprised even when the traitorous thug had shown his treachery right from day one when he announced his candidacy way back when.
Trump is ‘child who cried wolf’, says former district attorney
More now from former district attorney Wendy Olson – this time on Trump’s claims of a witch hunt.
“It’s not uncommon for people who are subjects and targets of investigations to suggest that the government has improper motives,” she says.
“And certainly Donald Trump has used that time and time again.
“But pretty soon it becomes sort of like the ‘child who cried wolf’.
“It’s hard to believe time and time again that federal law enforcement – many of whom who were very sympathetic, or appeared to be sympathetic to Donald Trump – would take these extraordinary steps if there wasn’t substantial evidence.”
to the conservatives freaked out about the fbi raid: my understanding is that if you've done nothing wrong and you comply with their instructions you have nothing to worry about
After prosecutors and law enforcement allowed Trump to get away with one crime after another for decades, librarians are the ones who finally step up to hold him accountable.
Calling it a “raid” on Mar a Lago is a gross exaggeration. The Secret Service escorted plain-clothed FBI agents in an orderly search to collect certain documents pursuant to a valid warrant signed by a federal Judge. Not exactly a siege with guns a blazing.
The FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago could have a chilling effect on future presidents’ ability to hide classified materials detailing their efforts to overthrow the government.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) August 9, 2022
The @FBI didn't raid Mar-lar-go. They obtained a legal search warrant, signed off by a Federal Judge to recover classified documents because Trump violated the Presidential Records Act. #FactsMatter when #maga Republicans are pushing a false narrative. #nc08#ncpol
— Scott Huffman #ProChoice (@HuffmanForNC) August 9, 2022
“My father never got so much as a speeding ticket in his life,” says Eric Trump, whose father paid $25 million to people he defrauded through Trump University.
We are witnessing the difference between an honest system and a corrupt one. In 2020 Donald Trump brought us dangerously close to a permanently corrupt America. The rule of law is taking shape. And accountability is coming.
Do you know how fucking guilty you have to be for a federal judge that you appointed to sign off on a search warrant issued by an FBI director that you also appointed and executed by a DOJ attorney that you also appointed?
I don’t remember many people crying and wailing about “civil war” when a Republican FBI Director announced a criminal investigation of the Democratic nominee 11 days before the 2016 election.
— Christian Vanderbrouk 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 (@UrbanAchievr) August 9, 2022
You don’t become the first FBI Director, the first Attorney General and the first Federal Judge in our nations history to grant a search and seize warrant for the home of a former President unless you’ve seen the smoking gun.
The current FBI Director was 1) appointed by Trump, 2) served with Kavanaugh in the Bush administration, and 3) was a member of the Federalist Society.
It’s absolutely laughable for Republicans to try paint him as some deep-state liberal and shows just how desperate they are.
Trump's attorney general wouldn't back his stolen election claims. Trump's three Supreme Court justices wouldn't hear his case challenging the election results. Trump's FBI Director wouldn't terminate an investigation into him.
What the FBI needed to have on Trump to obtain a search warrant to raid Mar-a-Lago
“Former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence Frank Figliguzzi details what the FBI needed to prove
to obtain a search warrant to raid Mar-a-Lago, what the search may mean,
and the next steps in the investigation. ”
They really did it. The Inflation Reduction Act, which is mainly a climate change bill with a side helping of health reform, passed the Senate on Sunday; by all accounts it will easily pass the House, so it’s about to become law.
“This is a very big deal. The act isn’t, by itself, enough to avert climate disaster.
But it’s a huge step in the right direction, and sets the stage for more action in the years ahead. It will catalyze progress in green technology; its economic benefits will make passing additional legislation easier; it gives the United States the credibility it needs to lead a global effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions.”
Schumer: GOP’s indulgence of ‘MAGA Republicans’ will backfire
“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer talks with Rachel Maddow about the way the Republican Party has embraced the “MAGA Republicans” of Donald Trump’s base and predicts and electoral backlash as traditional Republicans come to realize what has happened to their party.”
‘Yes, Democrats can get things done’: Schumer hails recent string of successes
“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer talks with Rachel Maddow about overcoming the challenges and setbacks in order to pass the landmark budget reconciliation bill, and the importance of Democrats showing voters that they are capable of getting things done in Washington with or without the cooperation of Republicans.”
So glad we have a Democratic President back in the White House!
I literally started crying when I saw the two Marines salute our President, as he walked back into the WH after his bill signing this morning. "America can be described in one word: Possibilities." Thank you for caring so much about our country to always show up for us, @POTUS!
If there were any doubts big names would get behind Johnny Depp again following his legal win over Amber Heard, lay them to rest … Dior is betting big on JD with a new contract.
Sources directly connected to the deal tell TMZ … Johnny just signed back with Dior to be the face of their Sauvage men’s scent. We’re told in all, it’s a multi-year deal worth 7-figures.
We’re told the deal recently came together, and was cemented after Dior honchos and famous fashion photog Greg Williams attended one of Johnny and Jeff Beck’s rock concerts in Paris as a show of support for JD.
The Obama Diary 
Big thanks NW for being here.
And to you, for all your contributions!
you too j’ob, thank you.
“After an introduction from Descendant executive producer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson,
the Obamas took the stage at Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown, Massachusetts.
Director Margaret Brown’s feature, which hails from Participant Media, centers on residents of Africatown,
a small community in Alabama, who have a shared history as descendants of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to illegally bring captives from Africa to the U.S. The existence of the ship had been a centuries-old open secret that was confirmed by marine archeologists in recent years.
Michelle told the crowd about the film, “It spoke to us immediately, so we wanted to make sure we were here to show our support of everyone involved.”
She explained that the movie is a reminder of the importance of sharing personal information and community history with younger generations. “What Descendant reminds us is, we have to tell our stories to our younger folks,” Michelle said. “We have to be the ones. We cannot follow that tradition of keeping our pain silent. Because what this film shows us is that our stories are the power that makes us seen.”
Barack also took a turn at the podium, where he thanked Netflix, the project’s team and festival founders Floyd and Stephanie Rance. The Promised Land author emphasized “the importance of stories and who tells stories and what stories are valid and what stories are discounted. One of the powers of this festival and the work that the Rances have done is to lift up stories that too often have been lost in the flow of time. Because we believe that everybody’s stories matter.”
In her review of Descendant, The Hollywood Reporter critic Lovia Gyarkye praised it as “a riveting impressionistic doc.”
(https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barack-michelle-obama-surprise-festival-crowd-descendant-1235194169/)
The Election Has Swung:
For The First Time Since November Democrats Lead On Average Of All Congressional Ballots
(politicus.usa)
Woooooot! Let’s Go!!!
Good news all over the place!!!
Like dancing in the streets good! 🙌🏾
Maps in Four States Were Ruled Illegal Gerrymanders.
They’re Being Used Anyway.
A Supreme Court shift, frowning on changes close to elections, gives House Republicans a big advantage in November.
Michael Wines: (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/us/elections/gerrymandering-maps-elections-republicans.html)
What do you do when the deck is stacked against you and when the HIGHEST Court in the land refuses to deliver JUSTICE…..CONGRESS BECOMES THE ONLY HOPE….THEY MUST REINSTATE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT…
“Axios has new photos obtained via NYT reporter Maggie Haberman’s new book t
hat allegedly show documents that Trump allegedly flushed down a White House toilet. If the pictures are real and the chain of evidence strong, it’s a near self-proving felony. It also looks quite nefarious. What would be so bad that Trump would feel the need to flush it?”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2022/08/08/trump-pic-flushed-docs.html)
….remember when Doomsky complained about having to flush the toilet 15 times ?
Giant congrats to the Democrat community for the recent great good news…. bravi, bravi !!
FBI Raiding Mar a Lago
(Daily Kos)
Jason Johnson reporting…
fyi,
Frank Figliuzzi saying that the term preferred by FBI
is not “raid”
but “execute a search warrant’.
—This was about a court authorized search warrant, so hopefully we can use that term.
Eff! I’m all in w/ Raid! Cockroaches be gone!😂😜
heh, hi Gazelle !
Fiiiinally. Lock the motherfucker up.
Lock him up!
Yup. And throw away the key. Fucker deserves to die in prison.
our PRESIDENT and the DEMOCRATS did this 🙂
Hey rikyrah, it’s good to see you! 💖🙋🏾♀️
Wassup Sis!!! 🤗😘
This is truth👏🏾👏🏾
Eric Lee💛🐝⚖️🍦 (@ericclee1) tweeted at 4:41 PM on Mon, Aug 08, 2022:
The reason Dark Brandon works is because of who President Joe Biden is, and because he has a long relationship with us, the American people. We don’t worship him. We trust him. We know he has the welfare of the country close to his heart.
(https://twitter.com/ericclee1/status/1556757617929748485?s=02)
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Beautiful!
Dan got jokes😂😂😂
Dan Rather (@DanRather) tweeted at 6:37 PM on Mon, Aug 08, 2022:
(Overhead in Florida)
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
The Feds.
(https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1556786593356058624?s=02)
IKR?!! 😂🤣
😁
No knock preferred,?? 😉
Lol. She really should. Enrage the racist motherfucking base to the point of their collective heads explosion.
That’s because no president has colluded with known enemies and sold the state secrets to them, you traitorous pos.
“how difficult would it be for @CNNPolitics @msnbc to clarify that it wasn’t a “raid” it was a court authorized search”
Liz Marks Slava Ukraini
@quiltsbyliz
Vindication for the Vindman’s. Finally.
Raid on 8/8. Don’t the nazi trumpturds celebrate those numbers as some of sorta ‘secret coda’? Enjoy, you the scummy pos.
heil hitler, indeed, motherfuckers.
Make. It. Happen. Long due. The traitorous thug’s fugly ass should rot in jail till he dies.
Say Whaaaat?!!!!
Garrett M. Graff
@vermontgmg
·
3h
The FBI raiding Mar-a-Lago on August 8th, the anniversary of Richard Nixon announcing he’s resigning, has a certain poetry to it.
LOL!
Big time.
Yup, she did. Like against the chinks.
beebs
There has never been a search warrant quite like this in American history, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg has been telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
He says this would be the first time a former president’s home has been subject to a search warrant and calls it “a big deal”.
“Local law enforcement and my office were not notified in advance,” Aronberg says, adding: “The feds really kept this close to the chest.”
Aronberg believes the FBI is likely to be investigating “the wilful removal and destruction of classified documents that could jeopardise national security”.
“It’s got to rise to that level, or else there would not have been this kind of unprecedented action,” he says.
///
These guys act surprised even when the traitorous thug had shown his treachery right from day one when he announced his candidacy way back when.
Trump is ‘child who cried wolf’, says former district attorney
More now from former district attorney Wendy Olson – this time on Trump’s claims of a witch hunt.
“It’s not uncommon for people who are subjects and targets of investigations to suggest that the government has improper motives,” she says.
“And certainly Donald Trump has used that time and time again.
“But pretty soon it becomes sort of like the ‘child who cried wolf’.
“It’s hard to believe time and time again that federal law enforcement – many of whom who were very sympathetic, or appeared to be sympathetic to Donald Trump – would take these extraordinary steps if there wasn’t substantial evidence.”
///
That’s the corruptest part.
Hello TOD Fam! Hope I can post this tweet. I’ll never look at a pepper the same way again! Or veggies in general! 😂
Hello TOD Fam! Hope I can post this tweet. I’ll never look at a pepper the same way again! Or veggies in general! 😂
If the traitorous thug had complied or better yet, hadn’t committed treason in the first place, none of this would have happened.
librarians are bad asses as usual.
The only difference was one was asking him to protect the law and the racist nutsos are asking him to protect the traitorous thug.
fuck ’em, fuck ’em all.
How many pot bellies showed up yesterday I wonder.
Lol.
Lol. I can totally see that. What a monster to have as father.
Lol. trumpturds losing their minds.
She was right lady deserves to sell these.
not to forget porn star ‘fees’.
yup, yup, yup.
of course, these are whole lot reasons I want that fucker gone too.
What the FBI needed to have on Trump to obtain a search warrant to raid Mar-a-Lago
“Former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence Frank Figliguzzi details what the FBI needed to prove
to obtain a search warrant to raid Mar-a-Lago, what the search may mean,
and the next steps in the investigation. ”
Jason Johnson/ReidOut: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fae6-4AXQPo)
Chuck Schumer, the ‘Happy Worrier,’ Delivers
Carl Hulse: (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/07/us/politics/schumer-climate-tax-bill.html)
Did Democrats Just Save Civilization?
They really did it. The Inflation Reduction Act, which is mainly a climate change bill with a side helping of health reform, passed the Senate on Sunday; by all accounts it will easily pass the House, so it’s about to become law.
“This is a very big deal. The act isn’t, by itself, enough to avert climate disaster.
But it’s a huge step in the right direction, and sets the stage for more action in the years ahead. It will catalyze progress in green technology; its economic benefits will make passing additional legislation easier; it gives the United States the credibility it needs to lead a global effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/opinion/climate-inflation-bill.html)
By Paul Krugman.
Schumer: GOP’s indulgence of ‘MAGA Republicans’ will backfire
“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer talks with Rachel Maddow about the way the Republican Party has embraced the “MAGA Republicans” of Donald Trump’s base and predicts and electoral backlash as traditional Republicans come to realize what has happened to their party.”
Here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyz8eKhD7g)
‘Yes, Democrats can get things done’: Schumer hails recent string of successes
“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer talks with Rachel Maddow about overcoming the challenges and setbacks in order to pass the landmark budget reconciliation bill, and the importance of Democrats showing voters that they are capable of getting things done in Washington with or without the cooperation of Republicans.”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDVJK0cd22M)
FACT SHEET: U.S. STRATEGY TOWARD SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
AUGUST 08, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/08/fact-sheet-u-s-strategy-toward-sub-saharan-africa/)
Remarks by Vice President Harris Before Roundtable Discussion with University Presidents
AUGUST 08, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/08/08/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-before-roundtable-discussion-with-university-presidents/)
So glad we have a Democratic President back in the White House!
thx for this j’ob, we’d be in the deep soup without President Joe Biden for sure.
Congrats to him, Dems in Congress, the WH, and every support employee !!
With you all the way on that! ❤
The rethyglican noise machine is shriller than usual.
Good West Coast morning Nerdy & TOD family.
Today is glorious after the last couple of victories for President Biden and the FBI. YES. WE. CAN!
Newsweek has gone off the rails and completely lost it’s sense of reality in this article. SMH
OPINION
FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Raid Presents a Time for Choosing: The Regime, or America | Opinion
BEN WEINGARTEN , FELLOW, CLAREMONT INSTITUTE
ON 8/9/22 AT 6:00 AM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/fbis-mar-lago-raid-presents-time-choosing-regime-america-opinion-1731983
YES! This is right on time!
Biden signs China competition bill to boost U.S. chipmakers
PUBLISHED TUE, AUG 9 20229:36 AM
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/09/biden-to-sign-chips-act-china-competition-bill.html
I’m happy for Johnny Depp
If there were any doubts big names would get behind Johnny Depp again following his legal win over Amber Heard, lay them to rest … Dior is betting big on JD with a new contract.
Sources directly connected to the deal tell TMZ … Johnny just signed back with Dior to be the face of their Sauvage men’s scent. We’re told in all, it’s a multi-year deal worth 7-figures.
We’re told the deal recently came together, and was cemented after Dior honchos and famous fashion photog Greg Williams attended one of Johnny and Jeff Beck’s rock concerts in Paris as a show of support for JD.
https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/09/johnny-depp-signs-new-deal-dior-sauvage-fragrance-cologne/
FACT SHEET:
CHIPS and Science Act Will Lower Costs, Create Jobs, Strengthen Supply Chains, and Counter China
AUGUST 09, 2022
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/09/fact-sheet-chips-and-science-act-will-lower-costs-create-jobs-strengthen-supply-chains-and-counter-china/)
Obama among international dignitaries expected at Abe state funeral
(https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/08/09/national/obama-among-international-dignitaries-expected-abe-state-funeral/)
magat math. so right… wing.
And a smarmy coward at that.
Trump Just Lost His Appeal: The House Can Get His Tax Returns
The House Ways and Means Committee has been trying to get Donald Trump’s tax returns, and today Trump lost his appeal.
The ruling:
Easley: (https://www.politicususa.com/2022/08/09/trump-loses-tax-returns-appeal.html)
New post.