First Lady Michelle Obama announces the creation of the Mayors Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness in the East Room of the White House June 4
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Text of remarks here
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“When a veteran comes home kissing the ground, it is unacceptable that he should have to sleep on it” —FLOTUS on ending veteran homelessness
— The First Lady (@FLOTUS) June 4, 2025
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First Lady Michelle Obama embraces veteran Chris Fuentes, of Philadelphia, during a Joining Forces initiative event announcing “The Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness” program
White House.gov
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CarolMae you are on a roll. Congrats on #1 :)
A hat trick!
That you obviously learned from the illustrious vc!
:) No from my sons in soccer. :)
So vc might have learned it from you then…I got it backwards! :) :)
No, she’s an original. . .
Okay, I won’t argue with you there. :)
:)
Howdy! :)
Morallie FuRst!
:'(. Why?
Oh, don’t cry, I’m not. You’re morally and factually first!
But I’m a cry-baby. . .
According to some. . .
butt acshully turd :roll:
Careful Danny, some people may think you meant literally.
What generation started using the happy face; Have a good day? ;)
Forest Gump knows!
:)
Brought this over because someone is too quick around here:) As the talkers keep talking out their collective asses…keep this in mind.
h/t Blog for Arizona
Why is FLOTUS talking about ending veterans’ homelessness when we need her standing up for the bees? //snark…
Anyway, jokes aside..thanks Chips for this lovely post. As always, FLOTUS looks gorgeous and such a worthy initiative.
No bees, no food. Everyone needs to stand up for bees.
Be Nice To Bees!
Because Bees are our Bees-knees!
Top 15 Ways Republicans Have Screwed Our Soldiers and Veterans
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Republicans love waging wars, but they sure don’t seem to love America’s soldiers and veterans. Whether they’re getting our soldiers killed in Iraq or cutting their food stamps here at home, here are the 15 top ways the GOP screws those who serve.
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http://www.juancole.com/2014/06/republicans-soldiers-veterans.html
For 99ts if you’re still around—-wonder if you’ve seen this number John Oliver did on your fearless leader on his HBO show Sunday. Wow—-Abbott’s really terrible—-and embarrassing. No wonder you crab.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/262476/speedreads-john-oliver-introduces-america-to-australias-maladroit-prime-minister-tony-abbott#axzz33igrpgAW
Do not tie me up with that man - like you were not responsible for GWB - I am not responsible for the worst PM this country has ever seen. I haven’t seen the clip, but I have no doubt as to its content.
It’s not only the man - but his policies - he has removed any humanity from the country - he has viciously attacked the poor, he has stopped 99.9% of foreign aid and closed the department responsible for same. We are a small country - but per capita wealthy. We can afford to help our poorer neighbors - but Abbott and his party are selfish to the core - if his party gets rid of him, they may win another election. if the Opposition got its act together they would be back in power.
It is funny - as an Englishman John Oliver knows Australia well. If you want to see our equivalent (could he be dumber than) of GWB do watch.
Friend has already sent the fact sheet to her mayor!
So, what’s awaiting LL when he gets home? Glad you asked!
Homemade vegan lentil soup
Crusty french bread
And I’m picking up something red and Chilean with which to wash it down
You’re welcome.
gros
dannystix, you’re funny. Not a very good speller, but you’re funny—-for a dog.
I am glad you have a fine meal because you served up a great feast of on-target, thoughtful insight in your post today. Beautiful fierce commentary on the ugly sorry mess that some people keep making in the public space. Grateful for your words.
They were FOR it before they were AGAINST it: Chips, Nerdy, LL, Amk, zizi, or any other bt who has the time, it would be nice to have a TOD thread devoted exclusively to highlighting Twitter posts (and other items from news reports, blogs) from individuals who were yelling/screaming/ for the return of the POW, and all of a sudden have changed their minds…THUS exposing their rank hypocrisy and cynical political posturing vis-a-vis President Obama.
What a pleasure to see FLOTUS doing good work after all the ugliness today. She is beautiful and caring.
Just getting back here, but this first quote I saw bespeaks the beauty that is First Lady Obama!
“When a veteran comes home kissing the ground, it is unacceptable that he should have to sleep on it.”
we have to connect the dots about the attacks on Sgt. Bergdhal to others that have gone before;
It is important to remember that gop attacks on veterans & POW who don’t conform with their idea of perpetual war is not new;
these gop get uglier in their attacks the bigger the stakes they don’t care who or what they hurt in the process;
families of active servicemen and servicewomen & those of vets need to be concerned about this - next time the gop-target could be a friend or member of your family;
I am a bad speller - meant Gen Shinseki
And the originators of most of these attacks are on that list of Cowards from Arizona Blog Desertflower linked. I looked at that list and their pictures. It is a rogue’s gallery!
Bet dollars to donuts that any one of them has plenty invested in perpetual war…. For other people’s children. ( read little people)
truth!
oh yes it is!
They even swift boated John McCain once upon a time, they are ruthless. John, surely you remember that or are you to bitter and senile.
Good Evening TODVille,
If this is a repeat, my apologies. But this is the video.http://www.salon.com/2014/06/04/barack_obamas_paparazzi_weight_lifting_video_is_the_right_kind_of_surveillance/
hope all dem-leaning and/or PBO supporters recognize the urgency of not letting this lunatic gop to be in charge of any arm of government after this November
Dr Maddow is doing a Fantastic Journalism……..Jake Tapper, Tweety and Co should take a LOOK at how Journalism is Done!
Brava Dr Maddow, She is hitting it from all cylinders.
It was pitch perfect. Her short form explanation of ODS was great. I hope everyone will be able to watch it. And Senator Chris Murphy (CT) was terrific as usual.
Except she errs on the Snowden-bandwagon or the privacy issue, she is usually pretty good because she does her research. Her shows are usually educative.
But I hate to disappoint you: Jake Tapper, Tweety and Co, the toddlers from the WHPC, will never learn because they suffer from ADD and couldn’t care less about the quality of their journalism. They prefer to practice gotcha questions to squeeze the President when he travels overseas.
Now is Joy, Ed, Matthews, Rev Al and LOD did that M-F they would have much better impact and they will help shape the DC/NY TBGOPert agenda driven narrative…….this will indeed help shape how the rest of the MSM reports the News.
Wow! TOD is at 25,522,700 hits, almost 20K in less than 12 hours >-I
So after securing $2B, Donald Sterling has dropped his so called $1B suit against the NBA? He has agreed to sell the Clippers. Money Talks, always.
Every greedy person has a Prize. $2B did it. Go directly to Blazes Mr. Sterling. Fortunately, his racist behavior is Limited on this earth…..tops, 10 yrs. And 6′ down, he can’t take the Billions.
OT and really raw. Open in private, bad language.
Since Barack Obama was elected president some people especially the GOP and newly minted far right racist teabaggers have lost their collective minds. The man was born from a white mother and African father, raised lovingly by his white grandparents in Hawaii, went to a predominately white/Asian school, is surrounding with all races all his life, and loves all mankind. Hollywood casting could not make up someone as perfect to be the first African American president if they tried yet he is hated by the GOP and the media because he does not care what they think and they can not stop him from doing what he was elected to do. It breaks my heart that the media is harming this young pow soldier and his family because they hate this president. They can’t bring PBO down so they go after innocent people who they once wanted rescued now he is garbage to them because PBO did not create a war, or drama for their ratings. Another sad day in America.
Yet what would they have been saying if the soldier died in captivity because PBO did not want to trade 5:1? What if he did not do a trade or informed the Congress then waited the thirty days while it was leaked and the deal fell through? This was a total lose lose situation since the press could spin it either way. The GOP were ready to go either way with it against Obama and the press were ready to aid them as usual.
Chips, it’s nice to see a positive can do post, thanks!
Bam!
KaBoom!
Please have this tweet sent to all the MSM Apparatus. TRMS show have it too.
It was an OPEN Secrete. This has been going on since 2011. RollingStone wrote about in 2012. GOP threatened to Willie Horton this deal.
Once again, proving that the US Media is complicit to the madness that has now become the GOP.
Sitting here watching the Stanley Cup finals . Good skating going on…. But for crying out loud, it’s JUNE!!! For the love of $$$$
After a second escape attempt, the American hostage was being moved so often, American commandos would’ve had to raid a dozen safehouses in Pakistan at once. The Pentagon rejected the idea of a rescue mission for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl because he was being moved so often by his Taliban captors that U.S. special operators would have had to hit up to a dozen possible hideouts inside Pakistan at once in order to have a chance at rescuing him. That’s according to U.S. officials, who also say that the Obama administration also did not want to risk the political fallout in Pakistan from another unilateral U.S. raid, like the Navy SEAL raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011……
In his first escape, Afghan sources said he avoided capture for three days and two nights before searches finally found him, exhausted and hiding in a shallow trench he had dug with his own hands and covered with leaves. In his second bid for freedom, which has not been previously reported, Bergdahl made it to a remote village in the mountainous part of Pakistan, the former Afghan official said. The villagers simply returned him to his captors in the Haqqani Network. The U.S. officials were not familiar with details of the second escape attempt…….
….However, three special operations officials say rescue missions to bring him back were contemplated multiple times over the years. When Gen. Stanley McChrystal was in charge in Afghanistan, the U.S. had a better idea of his precise location, and a mission was mapped out and briefed to McChrystal. He rejected it, the officials say, because the mission planners warned of a high probability that Bergdahl and at least two to three special operations troops would be killed in the operation, so well-guarded was he by Haqqani fighters in a hard-to-reach mountain hideout on the Pakistani side of the border.
Sen. Risch R-ID During the years that Bowe Bergdahl was a prisoner, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch and other members of the Senate Intelligence Committee kept an eye on drone attacks being carried out in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other nearby countries. Committee members worked to ensure that Bergdahl wouldn’t become a casualty of one of those attacks carried out by unmanned vehicles, Risch said Sunday. They reviewed documents and videotapes of bombing runs and kept in contact with military leaders overseeing those attacks.
“They knew if they endangered Sergeant Bergdahl it would be a bad day for them,” Risch told the Idaho Statesman. http://t.co/bkrjx0oy5j
On Sunday, a day after the U.S. Army sergeant from Hailey was released after nearly five years of captivity, Risch said he was thankful for Bergdahl’s safe return. “The focus for all of us in Idaho should be on the celebration,” Risch said……As a member of the Intelligence Committee, Risch said, he was privy to information on Bergdahl’s whereabouts. He said senators weren’t aware of his precise location but had a sense of what region he was in within a country. “There wasn’t a week that went by that we didn’t get a briefing,” Risch said.
“There wasn’t a week that went by that we didn’t get a briefing,” Risch said. At least some tell the truth.
The best antidote to the ugly is the smiling and beautiful face of our First Lady working to help veterans. She, in her very person, is a rebuke to all that the haters stand for. That she appeared today, with such shining humanity on her face, is a visible symbol of the light overcoming the darkness. Brava, Michelle!!
Thank you jackiegrumbacher, for such lovely words for our FLOTUS.
Well my heart breaks because of the damage that has been caused to this young soldier and his family. I hope something not so nice happens to the people who have caused such damage since PBO’s announcement!
So do I, Layla. So do I!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the campaign trail for 2016, but crickets for 2014…
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That bi……!!!!!!!!
Time zone confusion…is my President sleeping
I would hope so.
I wish we had a national platform to publish these inconsistencies from the hypocritical GOP for everyone to see. Something like a TOD Times with nationwide circulation.
KEEP PEELING THAT ONION …..
The hits just keep coming. We have GOP pols flip flopping about doing everything possible to secure the release of Bergdahl, deleting congratulatory tweets, showing fake outrage about not being notified when they were informed and updated since 2011, and Fox with a specific poll question on the issue as far back as June 2013. And the media reporting is all about how the Bergdahl release is a problem for President Obama and the Democrats.
Zero Taliban YouTube Videos (until his release) + 2 Escape attempts = this is not going to end well for the HATERS ….
#TrustBarack
#TrustBarack
I’m thinking we just sit and watch the facts come out, and soon Chips will have to get out her egg on the face picture.
Roger that, Carolyn!
As PBO says ‘let them talk’! Now the President will take them down one by one once he hits the campaign trail for the Nov elections!!! There are plenty of tweets, statements, articles around to make his case to the American people
https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/474376839553511424
What a heartless GOD!
We are seeing proof of how low down disgusting dirty the Republicans are, and that goes for any Democrat who side with them (Sen. Feinstein).
…and the MSM
I hope I am not being politically incorrect by posting this article. It is a good reminder of some historical facts.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/04/1304455/-I-m-so-angry-with-Chris-Mathews-I-could#
“What really chaps my ass is that if Mathews was worth his paycheck, he might have mentioned that Richard Nixon freed McCain from the POW camp, by trading Vietnamese POWs for him. Yes he did. And no one questioned it. Because those were the days when you brought your boys home, and figured out the rest later.
And, check out/and or remember Taibbi’s 2008 article on exactly why McCain ended up in that POW camp, and I think you’ll find as many questionable issues as w/Bergdahl.”
McLoss was freed against many Vietnamese, the same man who is now questioning the nature of the Taliban exchange.
So I guess Lara Logan is done writing sentences on the board. CBS announced her return. Unfreakinbelievable.
Maddow is reporting that the teen mother school-Catherine Ferguson is finally closing in Detroit. The charter firm hired to run it, ran it into the ground, and a school that as recently as four years ago sent 90% of its students to college is CLOSING. Nobody ever answered the question as to HOW THE HELL a school graduating 90% of its students gets on anybody’s CLOSURE LIST!’ So, they closed a WORKING PUBLIC SCHOOL, and turned it over to the scam known as Charter Schools. To the scam of a for profit company that didn’t dedicate 30 years of their lives serving those young women.
I saw that. Very sad. Anything that benefits minorities is no worthy program for the GOP.
I don’t know much about Chess………But I think The Queen just got Moved to “Check Mate”.
Don’t Mess with President Obama………Not with “The Closer”…..On Stand By.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/06/04/here_s_how_quickly_conservatives_turned_on_bowe_bergdahl.html
BadabingBadaboomBob!!!!!!
Night owls activate! http://theobamadiary.com/2014/06/04/night-owl-chat-the-four-seasons/
Omg! They’re working OT to try to make this administration look inefficient. :(
Problem for the media is that the Obama administration has been so competent and so scandal-free, that they have to SEARCH for something controversial to say. They find themselves relevant only if they can find some “fault” somewhere. So the minute they think they have found a “problem” or a “scandal” they jump on the bandwagon. Boy, they must miss the Bush administration; at least during that period they had REAL, UGLY scandals to cover….
For too many years anything the Bush administration did was A okay - and now they insult everyone on the planet by bringing in Bush administration people to attack PBO. When the media was given the “freedom to lie” they sure took that idea in their stride.
They want them free but not really. They are probably thinking….”that’s ok just leave me here so my family won’t get death threats when I am free because it wasn’t done the way YOU wanted it”:”….asshole media.