President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama watch and cheer children at the White House's #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/C31L5XAa3Q— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama shakes the hands of excited children and parents at the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/UZBJJaGWLp— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama laugh and have fun at the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/uWBdpSWMGI— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
Haha——love that we have a president with a great sense of humor, and that’s on top of having every other attractive attribute known to man…
On winning a point in a tennis game, Pres Obama urged his partner to give him a fist bump, "even though you just wiped your nose."— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama pays no mind to the Easter Bunny and kisses First Lady Michelle Obama at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/dG4UFxVqrB— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
The Easter Bunny better hope Secret Service isn’t around. LOL.
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama enjoy the #EasterEggRoll while the Easter Bunny is…umm…distracted. http://t.co/uTMCFUBLkb— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and the Easter Bunny applaud children at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/oVZqOJ11JM— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama cheer on a little boy to the finish line at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/xmFBDrHIRJ— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
They Better Not!!!!!!!!!!!!House GOP Bill Would Stop Eric Holder From Getting Paid @TPM talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house…— Donna NoShock (@NoShock) April 21, 2025
Can we pass something to stop the GOP from getting paid? After all what are they doing, they are the worst Congress in history, they only work 80 to 90 days a year. They are the one who should not get paid.
The real crime is House TBGOPers and their senate Cohorts getting paid after they coat US over $24B by shutting the Fed Gov;t down in 2013. Lets discuss that. Lets have a law passed on that.
I DOUBT THE GOP WILL BE ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF…IT IS ENTIRELY ILLEGAL…HOLDER IS SO COOL…I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO CIRCULATE PETITIONS REQUESTING THAT THE GOP DOES NOT GET PAID BECAUSE THEY HAVE PRODUCED NOTHING EVEN FIT FOR FERTILIZER!
Get yourself, your neighbors, your coworkers & all of your family ready to vote. elections.mytimetovote.com/dates/default.… #VoteBlue2014 http://t.co/jk7hiWeVF0— Donna NoShock (@NoShock) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama acts out gnashing of terrible teeth while reading 'Where The Wild Things Are' to children. http://t.co/MN1xixAq5d— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Obama and children "roll their terrible eyes" while acting out scenes from 'Where The Wild Things Are.' http://t.co/W5nuBxlBGM— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
And speaking of funny, Chicago is named “America’s funniest city”———by lots of measures—-the “witty banter” and “quick-witted humor” in the population, the number of comedy clubs, all the famous comedians who were born there, many of the most well-known came through Chicago’s famed Second City etc. And just a generalized personal observation, shared by many others as well, Americans tend to laugh more than many other populations.
President Obama delights children while reading and acting scenes from 'Where The Wild Things Are.' #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/BsXmT2BWWc— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama gives a thumbs-up to children participating in the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/uYRHL8erOe— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama cheers on a child as he rolls his egg down the South Lawn at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/jd4qMdEsBk— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
So sweet! This has got to be the most hug-able and hugging presidency! Whatever ‘tonin’ gets released when someone receives/gives a hug has has a blast during the past 5-6 years! :):):)
He made the third shot and walked away. Mrs Greenspan and UpChuck were all over it….of course they had to bring up the missed 22 shots with glee in their voices.
President Barack Obama officiates the #EasterEggRoll at the White House http://t.co/89QbGi4tsS— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama enjoy the festivities at the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/18pVlc5Pjp— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama reads to children and receives hugs from a little girl at the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/aRV27M4xNo— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama aka Hugger-In-Chief, gives one of her famous hugs to a little boy at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/gG3G6YuSyP— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama high-five children at the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/CewEllfP8G— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama does a series of high-fives and low-fives with a little girl at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/SKt8oR53zY— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
Love these Easter Egg Roll photos — so delighted that our FLOTUS and POTUS can still have such fun with each other and all these families. They are the best! Does anyone besides me think that Mrs. O looks incredibly like Malia in these photos?
.@DEmmerich reports, #Sloviansk:
Gunmen before us openly admit that they are from Russia. Kuban, #Stavropol.
"We bring security."
#Ukraine— TDF (@TheDailyFreedom) April 21, 2025
“In the Dnipropetrovsk region, bounties of US $10,000 per person have already been paid for the detention of 8 separatists, Mykhaylo Lysenko, the deputy chief of staff of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast National Defense, confirmed to Radio Svoboda on Monday, April 21.
According to Lysenko, 11 individuals suspected of separatist activities have been detained at roadblocks in the area: 6 in the Donetsk region, 4 in the Luhansk region, and one in the Kharkiv region. All 11 individuals were Russian citizens, Lysenko confirmed.”
Bounties paid for 8 separatists in Dnipropetrovsk wp.me/p4bJDw-40W fb.me/2MfoKUexV— (@MaidanOnline) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama gets ready to take a couple of shots while playing basketball at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/sQ1AXBPy5M— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama begin the 2014 White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/FGKaVwHn1u— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama reads 'My Garden' to children at the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/pDLoYAhZoq— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama, President Obama, Sunny, Bo, and the Easter Bunny get ready to begin the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/Uz6Y3shaY1— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama receives hugs from two little girls after reading 'My Garden' at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/ff1HB2ZBsi— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama receives hugs from two little girls after reading 'My Garden' at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/ff1HB2ZBsi— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama prepares delicious healthy foods with the cast of 'Jessie' at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/rVlb6dZtxp— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
Not sure….they taped a notice to the garage door…..
Last time it was for bags of leaves left around…..I told them they are allowed to burn them in the yard…but I see about a dozen new bags in the driveway.
President Obama gets a high-five from Felipe Lopez after sinking a shot while playing basketball. #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/WOtPEvguss— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama plays double tennis with a little boy at the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/W1hFgpQvyb— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama blows the whistle to begin the annual White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/7mA5enPedy— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
.@runmeb became the first American man in 31 years to win the Boston Marathon bit.ly/RFiAOp http://t.co/dr7ns1nTsm— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama prepares to shoot some hoops with Etan Thomas at the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/ddV5D79CVq— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama tries his hand at a game of mini tennis at the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/ZUneto2JCF— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama sits on floor of Library of the White House as she answers question from "kid reporters". http://t.co/FR32Olj8TI— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama lifts a baby up in the air and plays with her during the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/653XrOLiWN— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama shares some laughs with a volunteer at the White House #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/JJ8OqC3Zeh— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
President Barack Obama shares some laughs with Dikembe Mutombo, Felipe Lopez, and Etan Thomas at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/B4pr5DATRz— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama hugs @DebbyRyan after they participated in a healthy cooking segment at the #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/s0BMXAQQfL— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
Coolest FLOTUS Ever: First Lady Michelle Obama takes questions from kid reporters from the White House Library. http://t.co/bidUasjiz0— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
@MichaelStrahan interviews @FLOTUS for @KellyandMichael at the White House's annual #EasterEggRoll http://t.co/k969pO17ap— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) April 21, 2025
“The voter is less important than the man who provides money to the candidate,” he told the New York Times, criticizing what he views as the premise of Chief Justice John Roberts’ controlling opinion. “It’s really wrong.”
Before he retired in 2010, Stevens was outspoken in defending the legality of campaign finance limits. Most famously he wrote the scathing dissent against the Citizens United ruling that opened the floodgates for unlimited independent expenditures to influence elections. Now he’s taking aim at the McCutcheon v. FEC, written by Roberts, in which the same five justices dealt another blow to campaign finance regulations.
Stevens told the Times’ Adam Liptak that the very first sentence of Roberts’ opinion — “There is no right more basic in our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders.” — was misleading. “The first sentence here is not really about what the case is about,” the former justice said.
Congrats to @RunMeb and @ShalaneFlanagan for making America proud! All of today's runners showed the world the meaning of #BostonStrong. -bo— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 21, 2025
There is something about PBO & FLOTUS with babies. I am always in my emotions when I see photos with them and babies/children. They are just do genuine.
I wanted to say a quick thank you to those that sent tweets on behalf to attend the OFA Digital Mentorship Program a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, I am unable to go as the dates for the program changed. The initial dates were 4/21-4/25. I had a phone interview for the program on at the beginning of the month and was actually going to be chosen, but I had to decline because they changed the dates to 4/28-5/2. My 17th wedding anniversary is during that time and I had already planned a trip with my husband. There was just no one that I could back out of that trip. I wish that things could have work out differently, but they didn’t. Hopefully, I will get another chance in the future as I plan to continue to work with OFA. Thank you all again.
Well…..Thanks Chuck Todd. Dems will pay attention, as soon as your thesis on Political Science and Statistical Analysis are completed. The last time a Dem POTUS was in office facing a Midterm elections, many got their predictions wrong in 1998. Media and the GOP were obsessive about Monica, In 2014, the Obsessive drive is on ACA, aka, ObamaCares…….I say: Win Dems Win on No 4th, 2014.
White House.gov
Hello
Hellooooooo Nerdy.
David Moyes? :cry:
I’m going back to bed.
He isn’t getting sacked and that makes you sad.
Enjoy the next 10 seasons in last place.
Hahahahahahahahahahaa - good news for Chelsea.
yesss
CHECK OUT THE PHOTO…THIRD ONE…UPPER RIGHT CORNER…I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ANGEL WATCHING OVER THE EGGROLL…IF YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE NEGATIVE…CHECK IT OUT.
THOSE PHOTOS OF OUR WOUND UP…KEY IN THE BACK- ENERGIZER BUNNY PRESIDENT READING ARE ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS!
Orale.
Looks like fun!
oh, uh.
Manchester United say David Moyes has not been sacked but declined to comment when asked about the manager’s longer-term future.
National newspapers say the club will dispense with the Scot’s services following a poor season.
However a United spokesperson would only confirm Moyes has not been sacked.
When pressed on whether the manager would leave before the end of the season, the spokesperson added, “we do not comment on speculation”.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26352231
I hate the world. Hate it.
glad to help.
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks and TOD family.
Congrats NW on First!
I only have a short time to play - I want MORE now please :-)
Dayum NW - you’re gooood!!!
Ha. Even Easter Bunny didn’t know where to look.
:-) He blushed, I think!
He did!
Howdy, folks. Looks like everyone is enjoying their Monday, including all the TOD stars at the top of the thread! That;s the ticket!
Haha——love that we have a president with a great sense of humor, and that’s on top of having every other attractive attribute known to man…
Thanks to Mark Knoller for reporting the important news, what a journalists.
What would we do without him?
Thought it was funny, and I like funny—a lot.
I like funny too but Knoller isn’t funny. Not funny.
We actually are doing without him…
No audio or video Mark K? You are not, repeat, Not even close to doing your job. Now try a little harder, idiot.
OMG……They are the cutest!!!!!
The Easter Bunny better hope Secret Service isn’t around. LOL.
Thanks Chips and NW for all the updates. I’m popping in from time to time and it looks like everyone is having a great time at the WH.
Can we pass something to stop the GOP from getting paid? After all what are they doing, they are the worst Congress in history, they only work 80 to 90 days a year. They are the one who should not get paid.
Our only hope is 2014, to get rid of those sorry ass Republicans.
Good luck with your asparagus guys!
May they choke on it, Layla.
It never getting anywhere.
The real crime is House TBGOPers and their senate Cohorts getting paid after they coat US over $24B by shutting the Fed Gov;t down in 2013. Lets discuss that. Lets have a law passed on that.
It’s….. :oops:
bullshit
I DOUBT THE GOP WILL BE ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF…IT IS ENTIRELY ILLEGAL…HOLDER IS SO COOL…I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO CIRCULATE PETITIONS REQUESTING THAT THE GOP DOES NOT GET PAID BECAUSE THEY HAVE PRODUCED NOTHING EVEN FIT FOR FERTILIZER!
He just loooooooves children.
Professionally speaking, he’s doing Storytime right. Making himself big and acting out the book.
Grandma speaking, I agree. :)
This photo just cracks me up!
Love, love those pics. He’s really getting into it.
And speaking of funny, Chicago is named “America’s funniest city”———by lots of measures—-the “witty banter” and “quick-witted humor” in the population, the number of comedy clubs, all the famous comedians who were born there, many of the most well-known came through Chicago’s famed Second City etc. And just a generalized personal observation, shared by many others as well, Americans tend to laugh more than many other populations.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-chicago-americas-funniest-city-20140420,0,1570615.story
Shooting at Fed courthouse in Salt Lake City.
Love my First Couple!!
So sweet! This has got to be the most hug-able and hugging presidency! Whatever ‘tonin’ gets released when someone receives/gives a hug has has a blast during the past 5-6 years! :) :) :)
vc, I know I really love to give and receive Hugs!!!!
How did POTUS do with his basketball shooting this time? Remember last time how the media went crazy cause POTUS missed most of his shots.
He made the third shot and walked away. Mrs Greenspan and UpChuck were all over it….of course they had to bring up the missed 22 shots with glee in their voices.
Gag.
These so call journalists need to get out there and let us see what they will do, stupid people.
They must have Zero, Nothing happening in their lives. How pathetic.
Enjoy the interview FLOTUS had with Mike Strahan.
Chris Cilliza just called our President the ” Mourner in Chief ” for his stop in Washington and the Mudslide
Chris thinks he’s so clever, doesn’t he? Everything these people say or write has a jaded meaning. One of the meanings is to mock the President.
If they had any redeeming qualities as pundits, I’d feel sorry for them and hope they’d keep striving. But they don’t, so I don’t.
Just an overly paid DC Village Idiot. That’s all :lol: :roll: :lol:
Love these Easter Egg Roll photos — so delighted that our FLOTUS and POTUS can still have such fun with each other and all these families. They are the best! Does anyone besides me think that Mrs. O looks incredibly like Malia in these photos?
They aren’t even trying to hide it …
“In the Dnipropetrovsk region, bounties of US $10,000 per person have already been paid for the detention of 8 separatists, Mykhaylo Lysenko, the deputy chief of staff of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast National Defense, confirmed to Radio Svoboda on Monday, April 21.
According to Lysenko, 11 individuals suspected of separatist activities have been detained at roadblocks in the area: 6 in the Donetsk region, 4 in the Luhansk region, and one in the Kharkiv region. All 11 individuals were Russian citizens, Lysenko confirmed.”
Well, Bob, I hope the Ukrainians laughed in their faces when they said that.
What a deadly trio!
Look who is in the background…..it is Daddy Warbucks !
Ronan Farrow just said that the underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, ” took down ” the Northwest Jet on Christmas Eve 2009.
I want to scream.
Screams would be appropriate. Ronan really said that the underwear bomb succeeded??? Hard to believe
I am a happy camper - while - at - work!
These pictures have put me in such a great mood :-)
Thanks Chips and NW (hugs)!
I love these pics of Flotus with the children…thanks so much to both you and NW…..for such Joyous pics…they warm my heart!
County code enforcement is trolling the neighborhood. My next door neighbor just got nailed.
Nailed for what Linda
Not sure….they taped a notice to the garage door…..
Last time it was for bags of leaves left around…..I told them they are allowed to burn them in the yard…but I see about a dozen new bags in the driveway.
This is cool!!
Congratulations. Wow. since 1983?
Congratulations!
I <3 <3 <3 Kid reporters.
They are the best these days.
Loveee this…..that sound you hear is the MSM whining about not having access…. :-D
What a down to earth First Lady. She just warms my heart ♥
They just looooooove children.
Makes me think of our collegekay
Viva la France ….
Yes indeed! Vive la France!!!
BOOM!
Perhaps Tsar Vlad needs a history course in what France did to their absolute monarchs…………
Kick them while they are down ???
Florida City About To Make It Illegal For Homeless People To Have Possessions In Public
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/21/3428899/fort-lauderdale-criminalize-homelessness/
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-paul-stevens-campaign-finance-mccutcheon-john-roberts
“The voter is less important than the man who provides money to the candidate,” he told the New York Times, criticizing what he views as the premise of Chief Justice John Roberts’ controlling opinion. “It’s really wrong.”
Before he retired in 2010, Stevens was outspoken in defending the legality of campaign finance limits. Most famously he wrote the scathing dissent against the Citizens United ruling that opened the floodgates for unlimited independent expenditures to influence elections. Now he’s taking aim at the McCutcheon v. FEC, written by Roberts, in which the same five justices dealt another blow to campaign finance regulations.
Stevens told the Times’ Adam Liptak that the very first sentence of Roberts’ opinion — “There is no right more basic in our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders.” — was misleading. “The first sentence here is not really about what the case is about,” the former justice said.
Videos added to the post!
There is something about PBO & FLOTUS with babies. I am always in my emotions when I see photos with them and babies/children. They are just do genuine.
New post, black later
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/04/21/chat-away-357/
I wanted to say a quick thank you to those that sent tweets on behalf to attend the OFA Digital Mentorship Program a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, I am unable to go as the dates for the program changed. The initial dates were 4/21-4/25. I had a phone interview for the program on at the beginning of the month and was actually going to be chosen, but I had to decline because they changed the dates to 4/28-5/2. My 17th wedding anniversary is during that time and I had already planned a trip with my husband. There was just no one that I could back out of that trip. I wish that things could have work out differently, but they didn’t. Hopefully, I will get another chance in the future as I plan to continue to work with OFA. Thank you all again.
Thanks for the update. I was wondering if you got to go!
I’m sure you’ll have another chance. Enjoy your anniversary! And thanks for all you do for OFA.
Republican Puppet Chuck Todd Says Democrats Will Lose On Health Care In Midterms
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/04/21/republican-puppet-chuck-todd-democrats-lose-health-care-midterms.html#comment-354609
Well…..Thanks Chuck Todd. Dems will pay attention, as soon as your thesis on Political Science and Statistical Analysis are completed. The last time a Dem POTUS was in office facing a Midterm elections, many got their predictions wrong in 1998. Media and the GOP were obsessive about Monica, In 2014, the Obsessive drive is on ACA, aka, ObamaCares…….I say: Win Dems Win on No 4th, 2014.