my girls join other #kids to lead #BlackLivesMatter #Ferguson2Cal #MillionsMarch #MillionMarchOAK #ICantBreathe http://t.co/GOu0UkQ7ma
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(@nancynetherland) December 14, 2025Georgetown University #ICantBreathe http://t.co/Kby9AYUxtt
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) December 14, 2025****
The Berkeley women's hoops team will be wearing shirts like this tonight. #BlackLivesMatter #TamirRice http://t.co/oqMc645Yks
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Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) December 13, 2025Notre Dame #ICantBreathe http://t.co/mEOzUeUAiq
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) December 13, 2025****
#MillionMarchNYC #ICantBreathe http://t.co/ISKO9RfUm0
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Karεn Ciѵil (@KarenCivil) December 14, 2025Marching down flatbush in brooklyn #millionmarchnyc #BlackLivesMatter http://t.co/BNEyl3Tate
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NYC Light Brigade (@NYCLightBrigade) December 14, 2025****
This is powerful to see. So awesome! #MillionMarchNYC m.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz7hkf…
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Kevin Westendorf (@tonedeafvoice) December 14, 2025#OITNB actresses spotted at #MillionMarchNYC #WeCantBreathe http://t.co/mPQ2gLEyz6
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Karεn Ciѵil (@KarenCivil) December 14, 2025****
The entire Charlotte Hornets basketball team is wearing #ICantBreathe shirts in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter. http://t.co/xdNtjNefcY
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LaSanya Rucker (@sanacardi) December 14, 2025#BlackLivesMatter http://t.co/lIeeTyEJQy
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Karεn Ciѵil (@KarenCivil) December 13, 2025****
"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." #NDWBB #ICantBreathe http://t.co/W3M1q5kuKY
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NOTRE DAME WBB (@ndwbb) December 13, 2025Demonstrators march to #NYPD headquarters to protest police brutality #MillionsMarchNYC on.wsj.com/1yNNozf http://t.co/qxSQ4BKXoK
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Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 13, 2025****
Huge Crowd Marches In Washington DC Against Police Brutality
#DC2Ferguson http://t.co/0Ty1Y20xnk
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(@Lnonblonde) December 13, 20251000s march with families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice in DC: abcn.ws/1sqoU7Y http://t.co/6U9eIB18Ir
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ABC News (@ABC) December 13, 2025****
Our badass Secretary of Education @arneduncan marching in the #MillionsMarchNYC today #BlackLivesMatter http://t.co/jBmDbc04sX
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Dillon Nettles (@Dylawn4) December 13, 2025#BlackLivesMatter http://t.co/NXZcZf3Jk4
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justified agitator (@Awkward_Duck) December 13, 2025
This is great NW.
High praise indeed coming from you.
Thanks, JER.
Congrats JER :)
Thank you for all your very helpful posts!!
In? His jammies? A few minutes? In the bathtub? In good time?
I think Markie thinks government is a game show … and one of them made you “sign in.” Maybe that’s it. Or he’s a dolt. One of them.
Side note, but phew!
YEAH!!!! :)
Awesome tweets Nerdy. Thanks.
You’re welcome, COS.
Well thank goodness for that. I hope the Surgeon General is one of those confirmed.
The Senate rules are indeed arcane.
This is the best explainer I’ve yet seen (though mostly read articles linked to by TOD), thankfully isn’t written by Mr. White Elite Snob himself, Ezra Klein.
If I read this right, essentially there’s a waiting period required to vote on nominees and Harry Reid was able to kick-start that process today, so that votes for cloture can begin on Monday. It’s still very confusing to me.
Do we get the feeling many GOP are beginning to realize they have no effing clue what governing is all about? Stupid is as Stupid does. Sez Forrest Gump’s Mama.
Always MP - I do believe - with my education at TOD - I know much more about how the US government/congress works than do all the johnny comes latelys in the congress - and I still have masses to learn
The difference between you and the johnny comes is that you want to learn, TS. I have this strong suspicion that even the Repubs (and some Dems too) who have been in office for years - like Graham, McCain, Boehner et al haven’t a clue about the under-workings of their House/Senate, much less the newcomers! I think they function like that description Carolyn (?) gave of Dumbo Bush - they only want the Coles notes version which they then can’t bother to read. I bet you their aides could tell some interesting tales!
And we know momma was right :)
lol! Thanks Ted Cruz for the help!
So Ted Cruz is ignorant of Senate rules as well as obnoxious beyond words. I’m glad his fellow senators turned against him. You don’t start an action like this in the Senate unless you know what you’re doing and have the votes. This was pure stupidity on Cruz’ part.
Excellent selection of tweets, NW, as always. And, yes, what we’ve observed today should make Graham and others very, very concerned.
I shed a tear for Mitch, earlier ….
#BackBarack
There is God! and he loves the righteous
LOL! Go get his sorry ass, NW!
Too radical - because he thinks guns cause deaths! - the GOP war on women and those who are not millionaires is too radical - not this nominee!
Thanks NW, for the flurry of tweets on this thread and the previous one.
Love your responses to Miss Lindsey too.
Have the emoprogs come to their senses yet?
Combine brilliant strategy on the part of the president with what I suspect is a deep loathing of Ted Cruz among his colleagues and you’ve got the formula for the win on immigration. It would be wonderful to head into Christmas week for once without obsessing over Congressional stupidity.
Night all…I’ll catch up on all the Senate festivities tomorrow…up since 4am today…beat:)
Nerdy, you are on fire and unstoppable tonight just as if you were marching with the protestors and taking us along with you. Thanks to you, I really feel we’re a part of it all-an amazing feat on your part.
Thank you, Jackie.
Well, if we’re really lucky, LL, Congress will get out of town and leave us in peace for a couple of weeks. I always feel safest when they’re not around to screw things up and make our lives miserable.
LL posted this on the last thread. It’s really worth reading the article:
From the article (the cat was adopted as a kitten by a Catholic friary next door, but spends his days in the University library):
“Father Dermott Martin, one of four friars at the chaplaincy, said: ‘He ignores us when he sees us in the square.
He ignores us indoors as well unless he wants feeding.’”
LOL.
Love this story!!! I am a cat person.
Me too.
Cracks me up that Jordan ignores the friars both inside and outdoors, except for when he wants dinner. ;)
#BackBarack
Bob you are so right. Everyone knows the House Speaker is called Speaker Pelosi
:)
Bill,
Your state is in the news today!
Did you see your Senator’s tweet on the last thread?
And TNmtnGirl informed TODville that University of Oregon (go Ducks!) Samoan-American QB won the Heisman Trophy.
It’s well worth viewing the short video — both Marcus and his Dad teared up (and others) with his heartfelt thanks. The audience looked like the Obama Coalition.
He reminded me of President Obama, thanking everyone who made his accomplishments possible — and you just know that PBO was cheering too, to see such a humble young man from his home state win such an honor.
After a constant stream of bad news from the sports world, this was a refreshing change.
That’s our Oregon quarterback, bringing my alma mater to victory.
My parents taught me to always say thank you ….
#TrustBarack
This is a great tweet. It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy! As always Bobfr, you are spot on!!!!!
Thank you Marilyn :)
A very powerful tweet ….
Bobfr, you are Bad! And we love you for it!! IN. THEIR. FACE! <3 :bear: :) I have a feeling PBO is smiling away to himself in that Oval Office which suits him so well. Or maybe he and the beautiful women in his family are walking in that wonderland of Light down on the main floor. Goodnight, TOD, I think this has been a good day in America. <3
Wishing you a restful night, MP!! And, thank you :)
Funny, Cruz has this, “Did I do that?” Look on his face.
ROTFL That’s what I was thinking. OMG! no wonder he was reading Green Eggs and Ham on the Senate floor.
Of the 40 no votes on the spending bill, 16 were GOPers.
Of the 56 yes votes on the spending bill, 32 were Dems/Indies.
4 Senators didn’t vote.
If all DEMS who voted no had voted, the tally would have been 72 no, 24 yes.
Even adjusting for the shift in total number of Dems and GOPers in the 114th, and, importantly, recognizing that more crazies will join with Cruz, et al., in the 114th, well, that’s what Mitch will spend two more years of his miserable life confronting. Scum meet Karma.
#BackBarack (and Senator Reid and Nancy Pelosi)
So well said Bob!!!! It is going to be an interesting 2 years.
Fell off my chair with your “Scum meet Karma.” Love it!
me too. DEfinitely my new phrase for all GOP cray cray
When Bob’s inspired …
Ha!
Thank you Marilyn, Jacqueline and idon!!
So, let’s do this #ScumMeetKarma ….
Fired Up …..
#TruthAndReconciliation
#TribunalTimeUSA
#EndTooBigToFail
Yes We Can
good night TOD ….
RT’d
Wow! I’ve been away for a few hours and come back, and so much has happened! The protest marches…….are astounding….I cried as I looked at the pictures and read the tweets. This is an amazing phenomenon!
Then, the funding bill passed, PBO’s nominees are going to be voted on and confirmed, so much goodness. Once again Harry Reid showed his knowledge of and how to use the arcane Senate procedures. Senate acknowledges PBO’s executive order is constitutional. Also, Miss Lindsey is peeved…..all good.
Thank you for this place chips, and for all the hard work NW and other bts. I am amazed at what happened today. It is good…..and portends good things, I firmly believe.
Good night, and congratulations to the Heisman trophy winner, and best wishes to our POTUS and family for a wonderful vacation FINALLY! in Hawaii!!! Oh yes, this is the President Chuck Todd proclaimed a lame duck on November 5.
You’re welcome, Carolyn.
Thank you Nerdy. Great posts tonight. I am so overjoyed to see the amazing turnout for all the marches. People who care will always rise up against injustice.
You’re welcome, Vetivera24.
Hi! Those of you who are still here could go back to the end of the last post and choose your pic of the month for Jan, Feb and Mar then come back and share your choices. I’ll record them….oh, somewhere. My goal is to have the top 12 chosen by the end of the month so that TOD can choose its pic of the 2014 year somewhere around the 30th or 31st.
I’m going to decompress by reading for a while. G’Night/Morning all!
Thanks again, NerdyW, Chips-yDoodle, and everyone else who was in the village today - a good day… a very uplifting day!
Poor Santa.
Somebody’s not kidding!
wow, bob. “scum meet karma” could be a new hashtag right there. only thing maybe to add is “bitchez” #ScumMeetKarma. Perfectly sums up the republican/libertarian mind meld.
#ScumMeetKarma …. see upthread 4more …. let’s make it trend :)
Rest well ….
Well, this is about all I can take for one evening. Heartbreaking, burning into the consciousness of America, one hopes. See y’all tomorrow.
Wishing you a long, restful night, Jacqueline ….
Thanks, Bob (a little late!).
Mooooooorning!
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