On This Day: Pete Souza - “The top photograph shows the President having a water gun fight with his daughter Sasha on her birthday weekend at Camp David. Unbeknownst to me, David Lienemann captured a similar photo of the Vice President on the very same day.” June 11, 2025
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2:35 EDT: The President speaks at a DNC fundraiser; private residence, Washington DC
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On This Day
President Obama talks with Betty White in the Oval Office, June 11, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)
Bo, the Obama family dog, waits to greet President Obama in the Outer Oval Office, June 11, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama visits with Ella Wade, a 7-year-old Make-A-Wish recipient, in the Oval Office, June 11, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Good Morning TOD
Moooooooooooorning Vicki, moooooooooorning everyone!
Gâmorning Chips & TOD! Happy Thursday everyone, and congrats Vicki on #1 :) :)
Gooooooood morning to ya, Hopefruit!
mmm - I blame Dudette - I was looking for the space station from her link
http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/index.cfm#.VXl4F0ayhlN
Congrats Vicki - gm TODers
Good evening 99ts!
Thank you, Chips, Hopefruit, 99.
Sit down. Hold on to your hat. This is big.
Bill de Blasio, Democratic Mayor of New York City has announced that he will not be attending the Clinton rally in NYC this Saturday.
The Mayor also expressed great interest and respect for Bernie Sanders, going back to Bernieâs time as mayor of Burlington, VT.
Wow, Vicki - huge!!
GM Vicki.
This is huge news; amazing to see staunch Clinton allies like deBlasio and Martin OâMalley changing course after 20+ years of loyalty.
But still plan to ignore 2016 Campaign until after Labor Day.
That is a good plan, Arapaho.
As a New Yorker that would be very difficult to do this year.
The NY media hasnât given the Sat. rally any coverage so far but they will.
Maybe itâs one thing to be a Clinton loyalist over the years (perks and retribution for straying) and another thing to really want to see them back in the White House for another 4 - 8 years.
But if he is considering a run for the WH, and just hasnât announced it yet, he wouldnât endorse by going to another candidateâs support rally. Right? Hopeful sign.
GM Chips, Danny & Congrats on your Gold Vicki. GM hopefruit2 & GE 99ts. Have a great Thursday.
Good morning, early birds of TOD family!! Go, Vicki, go! Happy Thursday, mighty and marvelous Chips, creator sustainer and ever-fueled engine of the Good Ship TOD!
Happy Thursday/ good morning TOD ~ Schools out forrrr Summmmer ! Slept in this morning, son still sleeping- he finished his finals yesterday. Yay!
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Thursday morning. Congrats Vicki, on being first this morning.
To all, I hope you have an absolutely exquisite and magnificent day today. <3 <3 <3
Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. âđ âđ âđ
Oh my..
itâs just a lot of dust in my eyes.
Yes, just dust.
thatâs the answer - dust.
Oh…Iâm thinkinâ that wasnât dust:) What a beautiful commercial. Morning, rikyrah. Morning TOD…the dog let me sleep through the night last night so Iâm feeling spry this morning:)
Dang RikyRah your dust just landed In my eyes too~
WET DUST HERE…SO MUCH HERE…I PUT IT ON MY FB!…MAKES MY HEART SMILE!
Thatâs beautiful, thanks rik
GM TOD. Great find Rikyrah.
Iâve shared it everywhere!
Thanks TOD family. Now that everyone got “dust” in there eyes and that the salt water washed them out…Happy Thursday everyone. Wasnât it just Monday? :) :) :)
WOW! Well, as my eyeballs have now been thoroughly “washed,” thatâs one less thing to do as I hit the shower…
That is sooooooo beautiful. Watching this caused a strange continuous salty discharge from eyes. đ đ đ
Wow, theyâve come a long way since the days of Anita Bryant. Thanks for sharing.
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
GOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING TOD FAMILY…ONE OF MY FAVORITE PHOTOS…THE POOL SHOT AND OUR PLAYFUL PRESIDENT…WISH HE HAD ONE OF THOSE WHEN HE WAS WORKING A PRESSER!…HOW MUCH FUN THAT WOULD BE!!!!
Sue, what a great idea. Josh needs one of those too.
Good morning TOD …. another long one already underway …. bbl ….
Reading the newspaper this morning and saw two interesting Iowa-centric items of interest:
Here on TOD the other day, I learned about our new Poet Laureate. So it was fun to learn that he had an Iowa City connection: http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/education/university-of-iowa/2015/06/10/juan-felipe-herrera-iowa-writers-workshop-us-poet-laureate/71027248/
I have long thought the Iowa GOPâs stupid Straw Poll needed to go, since it served no real purpose and actually made the whole state look bad. I mean, Michelle Bachmann is the âwinnerâ â really? So, what a lovely thing to see in the headlines that they may have to scrap it this year, after all. :-) http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/06/10/iowa-straw-poll-fate-revisited/71027116/
Have a great day, all!
GM muscatinegal.
Back when I was a regular @maddow viewer, she hammered home the point that the Iowa straw poll was simply a fundraiser for the GOP Iowa Party.
But the hordes of national media have to do *something* for the fat paychecks — which for the next 3 months (at least) will consist of gossip, speculation, donor dollars and speculation about gossip and donor dollars.
uh huh
uh huh
Donât delete honey, be honest….
And she doesnât want segregation…she wants what White folks were able to do Black folks during segregation
JHC.
It was a *pool party* on the last day of school, in the middle of the day!!!
How many white people can say they havenât done the same thing?
These people have absolutely no self-awareness, so obviously will never admit their downright bigotry.
This tweet is 100% snark of course:
That man in that beige shirt and jean shorts look creepy to me. I think he is eying those teenage girls in their bikinis too much.
Agree totally. the skive factor is high with him,
Why do these idiots not understand that the internets is FOREVER?
Itâs actually helpful that they DONâT seem to understand it. Itâs been a great way to expose the truth of a personâs attitudes, especially if theyâre in positions that affect the people they denigrate.
Agreed.
Grabbing for her 15 minutes….
Good morning, TOD! I offer my prayers and good vibes for all of the TOD Family who are ill, bereaved, or facing personal challenges.
Off to see the witch doctors; read you later…
Morning, TOD family. the boss is on vacation so I have to put up with a whole lot less crazy at work for the next 10 days. yea!
grrrr…… heâs here! Not leaving until noon!
:D :D :D
Yeah, she thought it was love, but then something in her mind snapped…the watching of too many Lifetime Movies…
After she delivered them to Canada, she was gonna be a ‘loose endâ, and everyone in the movies knows what criminals do wth ‘loose endsâ.
……………………
Officials Say Prison Worker Joyce Mitchell Planned to Be Getaway Driver
‘She thought it was loveâ: Prison worker charmed by escapee
June 11, 2025
Joyce Mitchell, the New York prison worker being questioned in the escape of two murderers, was charmed by one of the inmates and planned to be their getaway driver until she got cold feet, senior government officials told NBC News.
One of the inmates, Richard Matt, established a relationship with Mitchell over a couple of months, the officials said.
“She thought it was love,” one of the officials said.
Instead of being the getaway driver, Mitchell went to the hospital and checked herself in, the officials said. As NBC News has previously reported, Mitchell checked in on Saturday, the day the inmates were reported missing, with “a case of nerves.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-york-prison-escape/she-thought-it-was-love-officials-say-prison-worker-joyce-n373571?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=a4d571f7fd9c4a8b5c2993b3417a69a8
If she got cold feet , why not notify the police that the escape was about to happen ? Now she has put the entire country in danger including her own family….
She was ‘in loveâ…
sigh…
I feel sorry for her son who went on camera down defending his mom and saying how much Hus folks love each other and how his mom is being judged prematurely……
Hi jojo, yeah, I feel sorry for the son too. I went back and listened to his comments and thought, oh boy, he doesnât know what his mom has been up to :-)
Yes indeed!
Itâs morning, so Greetings, TODobots! Of course, it was morning when I went to bed, but whoâs keeping track? My day is going to be another day of constant phone calls and meetings, so Iâll likely be sprinting in and out. Please think of my mental state and wish me luck. Life could be better - but I suspect many people think this so I wonât feel special in this regard.
Sending healing thoughts to EveinGâs Christopher, to GoB, and to JackieG that the news/feelings today will definitely be heading up Positive Street. Also want to remind Africa that she and her son are in my thoughts.
A Blessed Thusday, everyone!
Luck and love to you, VC!
Thanks 57. It sure helps! I suspect this might just be one of those days when I fall asleep sunlight or no sunlight as Iâm so zonked.
You need rest, my friend (says one insomniac to another). The world looks so much better after a good nightâs sleep. Sending positive energy your way.
Thanks fellow insomniac! :)
Thank you, VCPrez. My prayers to you and all who are in a storm right now, God is bigger than storms.
Amen.
Sending positive and healing energy to you and yours, eve.
eve, Prayers for you and Chris {{hugs}}
GM vc, sending positive thoughts and strength your way.
Thanks! For sure the ‘strengthâ piece is needed. Iâve been dancing in and out so much Iâve hardly seen you, even in passing. Allâs well in your drizzling corner I hope?
{{{{vc}}}} I have been missing you too :-) Yes, allâs well and itâs drizzling again today too! Weâll take all moisture. Although, Iâve developed a head cold that is out of this world, I cough and I sound like a fog horn. :D :D :D but my doc has given me an antibiotic that should help knock it out by the end of this week. And yes, Iâve been dragging in to work every day with a box of kleenex under one arm and my pocketbook filled with cough drops, & allergy tablets. Would you believe they wonât send me home??!!! SMDH :D
?frowning/ 1. They wouldnât have to send you home IF youâd just *stay* home! :/
2. Have you been colluding with Dudette? She too has been in deep company with coughs, cough medicine, noses that run, antibiotics etc. etc.
3. Iâm not talking to either of you for too long in case the bugs are contagious via the keyboard keys. :D [Nice explanation when I flip in and out, eh?]
I canât stay home. Thereâs no one here who will step up and do my work. I interviewed people each day this week and more today & tomorrow.
I think Dudette gave it to me! :D
I wish someone would take it off my hands, my nose, my head, etc :D :D
Iâll survive, because Iâm going on vacation the first of July and I want to have this all out of my system by then!
Hmmm. What about those people being interviewed?
Better hope the boss doesnât call you on your vacation! :|
Donât worry, Iâm not coughing during the interview and I donât shake hands.
And the boss will be on vacay the same time - so he will not want to talk to me at all - :D
Phew!
Very best wishes for a better day, vc.
Thank you, hon. Iâm hoping.
{{{{{ VC }}}}}
^5, frenâ-a-mine!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/11/michelle-obama-magazine-editor-more_n_7559588.html
Thanks, Annib! Now Iâll have to keep my eyes open and remember to go into the magazine section of Indigo/Chapters at the end of the month. Always appreciate when TODobots give me a heads-up in this regard, as Iâd never know otherwise.
You are welcome vc. :)
What a great idea for FLOTUS! Canât wait to see it. Thereâs a magazine store around the corner from where I live so Iâll have to track it down.
MY GAWD, she is just STUNNING in every way!!!!
Yes she is meta, yes she is.
She looks lovely.
The magazine wouldnât be out yet, right? I have to have *precise* info for magazines of this type at my local Chapters. Their mags come in Tuesdays and get cleared out fairly often, and because Iâm almost at the edge of beyond they bring in only a *couple* of certain mags.
Iâm thinking maybe June 15th or some such? They come out a month ahead and this is the July-August issueâŚâŚ.I dunno!
NP, Meta. Iâm sure the village will send out a newsflash as soon as itâs spotted on the shelf. :D :D :D
If possible, vc, grab two - one for me and one for you, okay?
If possible, okay.
Or, VC, if it doesnât come out in Canada, I will get one here and send it to you. <3
Will keep you posted, Pamela, because Iâd really like to lay my hand on it one way or the other.
July/August 2015 issue of Moreâon newsstands June 23!
TY my BTFâs BFF!
(This answer is for you, JER. Donât know why it showed up elsewhere! )
Thanks for posting, Meta.
What poise and grace Michelle Obama has… she carries herself like a fashion model — those in the fashion industry must be burning with jealousy.
Which, as lovepolitics2008 noted awhile ago — seething with jealousy seems to be a driving factor in MSMâs relentless pursuit to make PBO “look bad.”
MSM know they will never be the writer who connects to his audience in every situation the way that PBO does, effortlessly, every. single. day.
As in: MORE than anyone else, this woman has got it ALL!! And arenât the photographic staffers all in awe and enjoying the heck out of this photo shoot! Bet their dinner table conversations that night were exciting! <3
The people who worked this shoot are definitely having a really great time. What an honor!
Thanks annieb! This is great news. I canât wait for the issue to hit the stands!
This is fabulous. Put it on FB, Google+ and twitter
Show of hands from our stellar MSM (snark) from those who predicted after 2012 election that Paul Ryan would send this tweet, supporting PBO:
Excellent tweet Donna - thanks!
Please pass along to anyone you may know who wants to become a citizen!
This from a teacher. Those poor Black students. She would be the main champion of the school to prison pipeline system.
Absolutely sickening. Another one who MUST lose her job.
She is out of her mind, she says sheâs not racist but she wants segregation. I hope sheâs at home praying that she doesnât get fired, I hope the worrying eats her out alive.
4th grade, like her life is so fucked up that she has to say something so despicable. You better believe that her thoughts dictated how she taught.
She really revealed her true inner self - for all the world to see. Thanks Karen Fitzgibbons, we believe you!!!
The blacks. I despise that term. It just screams racism from the rooftops.
As a teacher myself this is inexcusable.
Betsy, youhoooo, are you still around? I sent you an email :-)
As a retired elementary teacher her views sicken me.
Good morning TOD folks!
<3
Morninâ. Another day and Barack Obama is still POTUS! Yeehaw!
Let Me Tell You What a Poem Brings
BY JUAN FELIPE HERRERA
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/183577
I love this poem. Heâll be a wonderful Poet Laureate.
Agree. Iâm going to read more of his poetry throughout the day!
TODAY is the day of action to MOVE our Dems to vote YES on TPA and TAA.
Jonathan Allen is a jerk I know, but if this is true, itâs infuriating.
You are fired up, Meta! Itâs all so infuriating, I agree!
The vote likely takes place tomorrow and these wimps are on my last nerve!
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Frenship and Bennett are amazing places full of people (teachers, administrators, custodial staff, cafeteria staff, parents, and others) who love, care about, and go the extra mile for all students, regardless of race. As a teacher and lifelong educator, I strive to do the same. I always tell my students that once they are my student, they will always be my child. As an educator, I do teach my students about treating all people fairly and with dignity.
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Am curious to learn how she teaches her ‘students about treating all people fairly and with dignityâ - something she is still struggling with herself. Plus, she speaks angrily, directly, and specifically about ‘blacks …. and what happens when you drop out of school and have no educationâ, yet her apology is addressed ‘to anyone, of any race, that I have offended, I sincerely apologizeâ. I guess it was too much to sincerely apologize directly TO *the blacks*.
There is no way that she has treated her students equally and as “her children” and spew this kind of vitriol. If itâs not in your heart, it wonât come out of your mouth.
Exactly, Dakota. I suspect several of her (black) students know her well enough to give her the side eye quietly.
I love this look, when merited; I really do.
TY my BTFâs BFF!
Why the retraction now? Thatâs the way she feels. way you feel? She was very good at saying exactly how she felt; own it and stand up for what you believe.
She didnât anticipate the push-back, I suspect. Which is kind of simplistic when you consider that teachers have been warning students about smart use of social media since its arrival on the scene.
Good Morning Everyone.
My husbandâs cousin lives in Lubbock and his wife is a retired teacher. We love them dearly and have been to visit them on several occasions. Lubock is only a 5 hour drive from here. Theyâve tried to get us to move there, but neither one of us have ever felt Texas. Now we donât feel like we ever want to set foot there again no matter how much we love them. With due respect to my TOD Family in Texas…
I have said this before….folks say the most despicable things and then issue an apology. It is not worth the time it takes to read. As has been mentioned before, only apologize because they are getting the backlash, not because they mean it in any way!
Please post.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017271366
Bo, move your lazy ass. Your boss is home. #friggindogs
Manley used to work for Reid.
We each need to call our Congressmen and women and ask them to grant President Obama TPA. Democrats need to support their own leader on this. Please do it today. U.S. Capitol switchboard # 1-202-224-3121. Ask to be connected with your Representative.
Hello TOD.
Fine post, Chips.
Congrats Vicki on your Au :star:
If Only the comments made by GOP chairman will come true in 2016?
I have welcomed interracial, inter religious marriages and diversity in general with my kids friends and spouses. My view is the more blending the less bigotry. I know historically people with blended identities have not been treated well. But I believe when the racially “pure” are in the minority the bigotry will lessen if only due to the numbers.
Pardon me, but this story makes it abundantly clear how Dick*sh Putin really is……
He really loves hanging around child molesters….
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/11/first-lady-michelle-obama-editor-in-chief/
Maybe $$$$$$$ will make these stupid climate change deniers change their minds…. Bloomberg says theyâll lose LOTS OF MONEY by denying this!
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/06/11/3668115/climate-change-deniers-money-losers/
Our magnificent Amb Power in Ukraine ….
More Ukraine updates via RT in the sidebar ….
Beautiful new thread about First Lady Obama, NW! TY!!
bbl ….
20 EU countries ratify Association Agreement with Ukraine
As of today, 20 European Union member states have ratified the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, according to Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration Valeriy Chaly.
The ratification process with Germany was completed on Wednesday with the transfer of the instruments of ratification in that country, he said.
Another four countries â the Czech Republic, France, Belgium and the Netherlands â have ratified the document by one of their parliamentâs chambers, and preparations for the ratification are under way in the remaining EU member states, namely Austria, Greece, Italy, and Cyprus.
Chaly said he hoped that all the EU member states would ratify the Association Agreement by the end of 2015. “The political phase of the ratification is nearing completion; and Ukraineâs task is to effectively implement this Agreement,” he said.
Read more on UNIAN: http://www.unian.info/politics/1087981-20-eu-countries-ratify-association-agreement-with-ukraine.html