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Brett Logiurato: The Budget Deficit Just Fell To Its Lowest Level Under Obama
The US budget deficit fell to about $483 billion in fiscal year 2014, almost a $200 billion drop from the previous year and the lowest level of President Barack Obama’s six years in office. The US Treasury Department released the official figures on Wednesday, generally confirming figures released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office last week. It’s the smallest deficit recorded since 2008.
FY2014 was the fifth consecutive year the deficit declined as a percentage of GDP. It is now an estimated 2.8% of GDP, a percentage that puts it below the average of the past 40 years. The Treasury’s figures chalked up the shrinking deficit to increased revenues from taxes and slowed growth in government spending. “It’s really a rise in revenues because of economic growth, because of the policies the president pursued, that we’ve made progress on the deficit,” said Shaun Donovan, the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
More here
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Healthcare? Check!
Jobs? Check!
Deficit? Check!
Report: Lowest Deficit Since 2008
read.bi/1sSMuOq
http://t.co/LZn4wrD5fh
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Kennett Area Dems (@KennettDems) October 16, 2025
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Go Charlie, GO!!!
And congrats, Donna
Congrats Donna and thank you for all your GOTV efforts!!!
Congrats Donna!!! :star:
Good Afternoon, NW!
Good Afternoon TODVille!
LL…there are many more loveable good “baldies” than bad “baldies”. You being one of our very own loveable good ones. :) :) :)
Aw, thanks.
But Rick Scott does look like the prototypical evil bald guy.
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQ8aogC6_YX6YWPDaMylXjHaFZt1Y8xQQkTVXez75dXGKuCRLH3l8-LVeD
You mean this guy? :)
That’s close enough :-)
As Kojak would say, “Who loves ya Baby?”! :lol:
There are so many opportunities for ‘thumbs up’ provided by President Obama and his administration! Thanks for pointing out so many of them NerdyW. You can easily (continue to) do a drip by drip of accomplishments heading into the election! We are so lucky to be in the age of Obama …. and NerdyW! ;) ;)
Thanks, VC.
Awesome Post, NW. Thanks a lot.
Gold for Donna ;)
GE TOD
Martin O’Malley and Elizabeth Warren are appearing together to raise funds for congressional Democrats. Hard not to envision a winning team here. Elizabeth may not want to run for President but how about with Martin as his VP??????
o.m.g. be still my beating heart. what a powerhouse team that would be. wouldn’t mind having senator warren at the top of the ticket either!
@jeffersonobama is on a roll now.
He’s getting his info for his tweet series from this article.
This is what to say to anyone who hesitates to vote Dem, especially if the economy is their number one concern.
Obama’s Fault.
POTUS and several members of his cabinet are convening a meeting this evening.
Too mean?
Too mean? No. Truth.
Negative.
Thank goodness.
Breaking.
Ed Gillespie has pulled his ads in Va. This could be the reason
SuperPAC down! Republican candidate Ed Gillespie’s SuperPAC “We Can Do Better” raised zero dollars in the third quarter. This is rather embarrassing for the “dark money guru” of the Republican Party. (co-founded by Karl Rove )
Back when Romney hired Gillespie, he was hailed as a “dark-money guru”:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/sunday-show-ratings-october-5-2_b241717
To my continued delight……MTP keeps taking a nose dive ;)
The numbers for October 5:
Network Program Total Viewers A25-54
CBS
“Face the Nation” 3.337M 935,000
ABC
“This Week” 2.91M 840,000
NBC “Meet the Press” 2.51M 663,000
FOX “Fox News Sunday” 1.18M 365,000
UNIV “Al Punto” 815,000 409,000
Nena, I join you in the delight!!!!!
Me too!
WASHINGTON — A soon-to-be released Senate report on the CIA doesn’t assess the responsibility of former President George W. Bush or his top aides for any of the abuses of the agency’s detention and interrogation program, avoiding a full public accounting of one of the darkest chapters of the war on terror.
“This report is not about the White House. It’s not about the president. It’s not about criminal liability. It’s about the CIA’s actions or inactions,” said a person familiar with the document, who asked not to be further identified because the executive summary – the only part to that will be made public – still is in the final stages of declassification.
The Senate Intelligence Committee report also didn’t examine the responsibility of top Bush administration lawyers in crafting the legal framework that permitted the CIA to use simulated drowning called waterboarding and other interrogation methods widely described as torture, McClatchy has learned.
“It does not look at the Bush administration’s lawyers to see if they were trying to literally do an end run around justice and the law,” the person said.
As a result, the $40 million, five-year inquiry passed up what may be the final opportunity to render an official verdict on the culpability of Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney and other senior officials for the program, in which suspected terrorists were abducted, sent to secret overseas prisons, and subjected to the harsh interrogation techniques.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/10/16/243669_senates-inquiry-into-cia-torture.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
$40.00 million dollar coverup….
Good job Sen Feinstein……Grrrr.
Do any of you agree with this? 😁
Once again, those brought back to US under the CDC directives the 5 Ebola infected Americans, 4 recovered, One currently recovering. Zero Deaths and Zero Transmissions.
I remembered when a sizable few from the right said…..leave them be…..Trump said they went there, they should be left there.
Thank goodness, help came and this doctor has donated blood 3X now.
Okay TOD you all have got to read some of the responses to Chuckie’s tweet. Some of them are hilarious! :) :) :) :) :)
I am currently R/Ting all of the responses until I get to the carpal tunnel syndrome stage.
Are these replies….I did indeed read them!…..perhaps an indication that more people are catching on to upchuck Todd? MTP is sinking…..his entire schtick is about demolished, I’m hoping.
I’m hoping, too. I will NEVER watch MTP with him on it (and gave up on David Gregory a long time ago). Used to be a worthwhile show, of course.
The responses are hilarious, Donna. Chucky is not going to live that “disqualifying” statement down. May it continue to haunt him, the arrogant twit.
Awesome sauce!
War on nurses??
It’s Goober..so consider the source. That man is dumber than a box of rocks.
And he was talking to the OTHER box of rocks, Glenn Beck. He must not read the Texas newspapers…because they had the hospital saying they apologized for breaking protocol…as the nurses described the careless and reckless behavior that was forced on them…. what a moron. Texas…WTF! Get rid of this jerk!
LIVE NOW: Dallas Ebola patient being transported to airport - http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
No question about it ….
It’s a really nice picture …. awaiting freedom ….
Beautiful image and thought.
Yes the one from T is, Jacqueline.
The one I was referring is still in “moderation” … it’s quite delightful, so hopefully it’ll emerge sometime :)
Did you notice my comment was nowhere near yours (the one I was responding to), in any event? Ah, WP strikes again! :)
(Bob - This is in response to the tweet you posted about the 5 brothers … just in case my reply doesn’t land there, thanks to WP!)
Reminds me of the 5 Sullivan Brothers of the U.S. Navy, during WWII.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq72-1.htm
Interesting you’d make that comparison, Jacqueline, and thank you for doing so.
All of them braver than I’d be.
“Their sister Genevieve enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a Specialist (Recruiter) Third Class and, with her parents, visited more than two hundred manufacturing plants and shipyards under the auspices of the Industrial Incentive Division, Executive Office of the Secretary, Navy Department. According to a 9 February 2025 Navy Department Press Release, the Sullivans “…visited war production plants urging employees to work harder to produce weapons for the Navy so that the war may come to an end sooner.” By January 1944, the three surviving Sullivans had spoken to over a million workers in sixty-five cities and reached millions of others over the radio.”
Quite a special American family, Jacqueline, to say the least.
Their story always fascinated and saddened me. There have been two ships named for them, as you may know. Here’s a link about the latest destroyer, commissioned in 1997 (apparently the granddaughter of one of the brothers was the ship sponsor):
“Upon her commissioning, the ship was given the motto that is thought to have been spoken by the brothers when asked to separate during World War II, ‘We Stick Together.'”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_The_Sullivans_(DDG-68)
Hello all…came out of hiding to share a conversation I just had….Phone rings…I say Hello…she says…My name is _____ and I am the ground coordinator for the Democratic Party in your area and I wanted to invite you to an event in —— NC to reelect Kay Hagen…to which I said, I intend to vote for Sen. Hagen, what is the event?…..she says…..Sen Joe Mancine of W. Va will be here to excite the base…..after I stopped laughing, I said I wouldn’t go to my carport door to see Mr. Mancine…..she said WHY?….I nicely responded…..Because he has been unsupportive of the administration and further more if Democrats think that by running away from Barack Obama is going to excite the base and get people out to vote, they are dumber that I thought they are….Since Barack has his hands full with Ebola and Isil, and Michelle is I am sure booked to places that appreciate her, why don’t you all see if you could get Bo and Sunny here before the election?….otherwise I expect the base will stay home but thank you for your kind invitation and bless your heart for your efforts……..Joe Fing Mancine…..I can’t believe it……not a woman…not an AA…not a Hispanic…not an Asian……which is the core of “the base” that got PBO elected….but Joe Mancine….If Kay Hagen get reelected, it will be by the skin of her chinny chin chin.
“Bo and Sunny…” LOL! I had to come out of hiding to tell you that you owe me a keyboard! ROFLMAO
Sorry about the keyboard…blow it with a hair dryer ; ^ )….now my phone is pretty messed up from when she said Joe Mancine and I spit up on it.
Good to see you, Kathryn!
Recall fondly the times we conversed at TOD during the 2016 DNC.
Good wishes to you. Drop by more often, since NC is the King of gerrymandered states, would love to hear a local perspective — from you, Bill, Annieb or anyone else from NC.
How’s Clay Aiken’s campaign going? I was smitten by his intro video, and am pulling for his win. Also would be great to have a person in the House with singing talent, he could probably come up with some good ditties ridiculing the GOP.
Nice to see y’all too…basically don’t have time to compose posts….Clay is in the Raleigh news cycle and I am in the Charlotte area and never the twain shall meet…but…according to relatives in the area that are basically non political, Renee Elmers was so disrespectful and snarky in their debate that she might have lost some independent votes…their district is gerrymandered and red as they come……really like him, not especially for his singing, which is great, but for his heart that is in the right place…
Great response, Kivett. I hope the caller passed it on.
From whitehouse.gov
Here’s What You Need to Know About Our Response to Ebola Right Now:
The Turkey problem …. thoroughly being exposed ….
To which France and US are responding in a very interesting way ….
WOW! Really yucking it up!
Yep.
his tweets are always spot on humor
PBO, live MSNBC
Awesome post - thanks NW :)
You’re welcome, HF.
GM From my world. So I’m reading at TPM and at BJ about private hospitals and ebola - and than I link to a “statement from RN’s at Texas Pres Hospital
http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/blog/entry/statement-by-registered-nurses-at-texas-health-presbyterian-hospital-in-dal/
So I get to the end and
“SIGN THE PETITION AND TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA TO PROTECT OUR NURSES”
Why is it ALWAYS PBO? How about telling Gov Goodhair to actually govern in his state - how about telling the hospitals to spend some of those billions of profit to train their staff - but NO - the only person on the planet who can do anything is President Obama.
I swear 99ts…long after PBO leaves office in 2017 and beyond, we will still be getting petitions and emails with “Tell President Obama/Obama to do this, that or the other…”
He’s like a damn pacifier they can’t let go of….
Hi hf - I was thinking that when PBO leaves office much of the US (all of the media) will have NO idea as to how to live, what to say and who to blame for their self inflicted stupid.
Exactly!
If the next President is a Republican (God forbid) he will have a 4 year honeymoon with the media. So long as the corporations, MIC and 1% are getting what they want, the media will fill all that airtime with glowing portrayals of the white knight who saved the country.
No-one outside of the US will believe them Eric - well maybe Putin - no-one else
I agree. Putin and the idiots who watch FauxNews.
True, and the people will not tolerate bullying from the media/GOP as they did back in 2000-2004 when the people were easily manipulated by the media, and there were hardly any significant Internet social media/blog sites.
Let’s hope that means an increase in DEM voters.
I am impressed by the Kurds.
More DIRTY TRICKS from Republican candidates. And they photoshop a woman who has a striking resemblance to Valerie Jarrett of the Obama administration. That is too blatant to be an accident.
No idea if true, but it could be a cottage industry.
I would vote for true JoB - that woman looks intelligent - cannot imagine she would want to be anywhere near Corbett.
True!
Just be glad they didn’t photoshopped a black woman who look like the First Lady. Isn’t that what Mitt did in 2012, were ever he spoke he had that same black woman at his rally.
Look at my comment above anniebella - she looks like Valerie Jarrett - someone from the Obama administration. That wasn’t an accident.
I’ve forgotten about that one, but I wouldn’t be surprised. Ugh.
Corbett’s stooges can photo shop til the cows come home. No one in PA is going to be fooled by this or suddenly decide to vote for this hateful man and his disastrous administration.
I cannot wait for Election Day! Like everyone else, I’m a bit apprehensive, but surely to God people are awake this year! (And it’s especially good that because of social media, voters are finding out about things like photoshopping in black women to get a damn crooked vote!)
As I think Tip O’Neill joked, “Vote early. Vote often.”
Also, my comment on the Kurds was placed after the Tweety one, instead of in the dialogue about Kobani. Makes no sense where it is, but, oh well…….placement does not change my sentiment.
This Congresswoman from Colorado, a Democrat was on Chris Hayes show and she said that she asked the Republican leader of the committed for a hearing to be held September 2 concerning ebola, but no hearing was held. Instead they all went off to campaign for the elections.
Bella,
This is not the first time the GOP blows it. Remember when Bobby Jindal criticized the Obama Administration for funding studies of volcanos? Karma was there too because a few weeks later, there was some volcano erupting somewhere in the USA.
With the GOP, there is no vision, no long term planning, no strategic imagination. There is only obsession with vagina affairs, women issues, guns, and religiosity.
Good Evening TODVille!
What a shame that Hunter Biden was thrown out from the Navy!
Now, Hunter Biden is making it in MSNBC breaking late news. I am sure it’s all over at Faux and NBC.
Some bullshit about his son using cocaine. No doubt it’s coming from a hater right before the midterms. And so what if his son uses cocaine…Wasn’t Laura Bush addicted to prescription pain meds from abuse?!?
Rachel just reported that afew minutes ago about VP Biden’s son.
Nancy Reagan had another sort of addiction, too.
It’s fair to report. And it is fair he was thrown out of the Navy. Those are the rules. He made a mistake and he will suffer for it.
I have known a lot of times when some GOPer’s family member has been caught doing something illegal, etc., and w always considered that fair game.
I am not gleeful about it happening, but I can guarantee you 2 things. 1. He knew if he was caught this could happen and 2. If he had self reported and asked for treatment, he would not have been thrown out.
You’re right japa.
But did the cable TV media gleefully report breaking news that Jeff Flake (R)’s son was charged with cruelty to 21 dogs the way they’re salivating over Biden’s son’s cocaine use?
No, although it was reported. But if Flake were VP, it would have been covered in a lot more depth. I know the media is a GOP tool and will make more out of a story when it is regards to a Dem. But your comment I was responding to made it sound as if his using cocaine was no big deal. In today’s military it is. And I can guarantee you, this has nothing to do with the midterms.
And, maybe… 3. He had had enough and wanted out so he (sub)consciously chose this quick - though not optimum - method.
I think there is something wrong with this post. I don’t see some comments. Where have they gone?
Now, why is my comment here???
LL,
I read the previous post you wrote. Nice job! I will share it with someone close to me that is closed to being a conspiracy theorist adept. She is the type that sees doomed day every morning.
Some of the Democrats might end up regretting not having POTUS campaign for them.
Alphonso Toweh was riding a bus when a man sitting next to him politely asked where he was from.
“Liberia,” said Toweh, a writer from Monrovia who is visiting the Washington area, home to the nation’s second-largest population of African immigrants.
“At that point, the man went far from me,” he said. “He did not want to come close to me. People, once they know you are Liberian — people assume you have the virus in your body, which is not the case.”
Irrational fears about the deadly Ebola virus are running rampant across the country and the Washington region even as health officials try to quell them with assurances that the virus is transmitted only by contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person who is symptomatic. The fears have been fueled by the death of a Liberian man with Ebola at a Dallas hospital last week and the news that two nurses who cared for him now have the virus. One of those nurses flew from Cleveland to Dallas with a 99.5-degree fever before being diagnosed, potentially exposing the other 132 passengers to the virus.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/west-africans-in-washington-say-they-are-being-stigmatized-because-of-ebola-fear/2014/10/16/39442d18-54c6-11e4-892e-602188e70e9c_story.html?hpid=z2
This made me laugh. Sharing…
Picasso Kat @Picassokat · 47m47 minutes ago
Reuters poll: teabaggers, who’ve never been been farther than 100 miles from home, are now avoiding all international travel due to Ebola.
ut/bt, you need to free Bob from the mod monster so that posts get in line.
WHY is WordP not updating the post? I find it hard to believe no one has made a comment since JO’B’s over an hour ago!!!
Would it be any help for me to say “Mercury Retrograde”? It just loves to mess with communication, all sorts of communication. Ends 10/25.
‘Mercury’? Sounds science-y. Nope, no help at all. You have to use English when talking to moi! :grin:
Good evening all. I swear, I don’t know how PBO does it. Dealing with everything he has on his plate not even counting the crybabies in Congress from both parties. I don’t remember a time when more things have been being dealt with by a president.
Yet, he never fails to smile. He may look tired at times, but I would be totally unconscious if I had to face two days of what he has to face.
Agree with your assessment, John!!!!
Too true japa21 - every last man woman and dog seem to think PBO is the ONLY person in the world who can fix things - and in the USA - no-one else tries. Perry has a medical emergency in his state - is is handled in the same way anything gets handled in Texas - badly - so he flies out to Europe. PBO cancels trips WITHIN the US because of the issue
Ice Age on the horizon …..
Worth repeating … a lot …. between now and 4 Nov ….
REALITY SUCKS …..
America will be a far greater country the day it can report something like this ….
And, of course, a woman!!!!!!!!
New thread: http://theobamadiary.com/2014/10/16/night-owl-chat-dizzy-gillespie-1966-bbc-jazz-625/
CBS News medical correspondent Jon LaPook corroborated Phoenix Air’s account on Thursday, saying that no one working for the company has caught the virus following any of the company’s 11 Ebola patient transfers this year.
Alrighty then, I’m giving up on this dancing post - off to read myself to sleep. Good night/morning all, and have yourself a wonderful Friday! (I has to works again tomorrow. Would be suh-weet if I got another early start but late lunch like I did today!)
Toodle-di-doo!
sweet dreams vc