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3:50 AKT: Participates in a boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park; Seward, Alaska
On This Day: President Obama in Sioux City, IA, September 1, 2025 (Photo by Scout Tufankjian)
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Morning!!
Goooooooooooooooooood moooooooooooorning DF!!!!
Morning to you, Chipster:) Hope you have a FABulous day!
Thank yooooou DF, may your day be even FABber!!!
I thought that “Flabbier” and I was going to be upset:) Iām flabbier enough, thank you very much! Have yourself a terrific one, too:)
Hmmm, shouldnāt that be FABulouser….or maybe FABberulous? Iāll have to think about this.
Have a FAB….er, a fantabulous day, TODobots, wherever you happen to reside!
:)
:D
Folllowed your link about the idiot congressman and IMO the teacher/school/principal shouldnāt have been surprised by his actions. How could he have spoken to the kids about how a bill becomes law - had any of them been following the “work” Republicans have (not) been doing in Congress they would have known this. :roll:
Congratulations, DF!
I surprised myself! I actually have this photo of the family…look how the girls have grown….
Good Morning BFF and DF.
Thanks, JER! Morning to you:) Yeah, I could live there….
Oh my, what a home and what a glorious view!
Morning JER. Beautiful location, but, itās Alaska, which means it gets mighty COLD during winter. š³
AH yes, Arizona…this is what you voted for!
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-congressman-asks-small-children-about-suicide-bombers#break
Good grief, df. Is there a form of mental illness required to run as a Republican Congressman? This Salmon guy was so far out of line, the parents should sue him for causing their children emotional distress.
I wish they would!! In this state, how crazy you are, no matter how far gone your ideas…if thereās an “R” behind yours name, you must be fine! This guy is batshit crazy…along with just about every other R rep in this state….and the state lege is filled to the brim with Teabaggers…. I am in the wrong place. Truly.
Just FYI, there is not a peep about this in any online local news site…not a one. We have storm news, shooting news, and mom drowning her kids in the tub news, but nothing about the US Rep that visited an elementary school to talk about how a bill becomes law and ends up talking about suicide bombers and death….wonder how much he paid them to bury that story? Should have shown the Schoolhouse Rock version and called it good. At least they would have always remembered it and not been terrified in the process. All they have is fear. Even when little kids are involved. Shameful.
Whatās worse, his office issued a statement that the children would hear the same elsewhere. Cannot stand this guy.
Taking responsibility, I see.
DF, heās an idiot and should not be allowed to speak to school children ever again.
This is Arizona…another school will invite him. No worries
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
Congrats DF on First!!!!
Tell me again, is Alaska one hour ahead or behind California? Whereās meta???
Thanks, sweetness:) Have a great day….we got LOTS of rain last night! You get any?
No, got no rain last night. You guys hogged it all ! š
Oh well, have a great day tooš
What? Calif didnāt get any rain. Wawawa not fair :( :(
Good morning TOD family. Everyone have a wonderful day.
Parents wouldānt allow their kids to hear a message on first day of school but congress men can frighten young kids about the Iran Deal. I think kids from that school visited the WH garden once the name sounds familiar. I am glad the parents spoke up.
Iām glad the teacher put the kabosh on his stupid ass!
Hhahaaa! Good morning, GGail, Chips and TODers.
Yes, it goes like this:
12:00 AKT: President Obama hikes to Exit Glacier; Seward, Alaska
1:00 Pacific
4:00 Easter
3:50 AKT: Participates in a boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park; Seward, Alaska
4:50 Pacific
7:50 Eastern
I donāt see any lifestream info up so weāll probably have to rely on local media.
Whew! Iām glad to see that youāre awake - thanks meta šš
Youāre welcome!
Your up early posting and stuff. You best get some sleep before you go on vacay. :) :) :)
Morning JoJo, I am on my way to work. Vacation starts Thursday morning - early š
Hope you have as wonderful time on your vacation as we had on ours. I have learned the best way to start and finish a vacation is with a massage at the beginning and at the end. Arrived home relaxed and ready for the craziness of fall. Where are you going? Hope you both have a great day.
Hello my friend MtMarilyn!
Iām on my way to visit with family in Georgia. Letās see how many people I can
a) make laugh
b) piss off
before I return home :D :D :D
You have a wonderful day today too and I hope the smoke blows away from your home <3
I love how you know what it is like visiting relatives!!!! Hope your visit is a resounding success!!!
We are having wonderful cool mostly clear days. The cool weather and alittle rain have helped slow the fires. Still there, smoke coming back. Love watching the beautiful skies of Alaska and PBOās smile.
Morning, meta. This is certainly going to be a physically rigorous trip for our President. Iām sure he prefers that to sitting around a conference listening to endlessly boring speakers.
He must be in heaven, surrounded by endless beauty, the silence of nature and clean air!
PBO IS NOT A COUCH POTATO………………:)
thanks meta
THANK YOU FOR THIS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY LOST….:)
Iāve taken the Kenai boat tour. Itās utterly fantastic!
Oooo, wonderful!
Good Morning, Everyone :)
No more words are needed. Beautiful
When Poppy Bush change The Kennedy Space Center back to Cape Canaveral I didnāt hear any outrage from the Left. Maybe we just donāt care about these things, even though I was ticked.
I LOVE THIS….WOW..THE HATRED IS CLEAR WHEN I POST PBO ON MY FB…THESE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY MAKE ME ILL…………………………….MORE ILL THAN I ALREADY AM….THEY DISGUST ME WITH THEIR JUDGMENT OF THIS PRESIDENT AND I AM VERY ANGRY! THEY DESERVE DONALD TRUMP AND THEN SOME!
GM all - just love that photo - thanks Ms Chips
Delightful piece on our news this evening about PBO hiking in Alaska & how he is being very proactive about Climate Change - unlike any politicians in Australia.
Goooooood evening to ya, Ms Australia!
You should see what the empogs are saying that PBO is a hypocrite for allowing Shell to drill. One poster pushed back saying PBO put heavy restrictions and these leases were granted already.
This is proof that Americans didnāt pay any attention to what the Bush administration did to us. But when the black man gets in office…he gets blamed.
I better get to work
Bye yal
No doubt if he had said not to drill - but we need the oil!
And how many of those emos have a phone, use a computer, etc., all petroleum products. Rachel is the worst, sitting in a studio full of petroleum products, including the mascara she is wearing, yet call POTUS a hypocrite!
Gāmorning Chips, TOD, lurkers, even amk, and congratulations df on #1! Happy Tuesday everyone :) :)
And a miiiiiiiighty fine morning to you, Hopefruit!
Morning all. Our local weather has returned to the worst of the hot, humid days typical of August. I pity the school children who have to go back to all day classes on days like this. On the plus side, it looks as if our soon-to-be three years old granddaughter will be celebrating her birthday with us this Saturday. Fingers crossed that it all works out.
Iām so overwhelmed by this trip, all the good PBO is trying to do for our planet and for native people. The conference is really terrific and the terrain is incredibly majestic. Iāve only ever gotten as far as the Canadian Rockies and Mt. Assiniboine and was bowled over by the beauty there. I know POTUS will be so thrilled. Really looking forward to Peteās photos as he journeys along with PBO.
Me too meta. Looking forward to Peteās pics.
PBO is going to be Photographer-in-Chief this trip…..canāt wait to see his artistic take on AK (Hope Pete takes backup pics just in case).
This is a historic and emotionally significant trip. And itās a trip that will produce real and POSITIVE results for all parties involved. No wonder the corporate media is blacking it out (MSNBC Iāmā looking at you).
Yesterday while our President was delivering important remarks on climate change at the GLACIER conference, MSNBC found it necessary to not air his speech live and instead run useless recycled PPP polls on Republicansā racist beliefs. And that was after they falsely claimed that no one in Alaska wanted PBO there….
Gawd, I canāt believe how useless our media has become. Itās a total waste of time and completely manipulative. Itās like twitter and youtube are our only hope of getting the truth out a LOT of the time.
Indeed meta.
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Cute picture but it sucks that the dog is tied up outside in the snow.
INot sure if this has been posted before, but Charles Pierce expresses a lot of our collective frustration over DWSā chairmanship of the DNC and wonders why she hasnāt been fired. I had no idea that Jennifer Granholm was a potential replacement. Has anyone else heard about this?
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a37542/dnc-chairperson/
Um..supposed to read “Not sure..”
I havenāt heard Granholmās name floated before I read that piece. But sheās very close to HRC so that makes sense.
The move to get rid of DWS is now a petition at the WH. I donāt think itās actionable because I donāt see POTUS removing her when it will look like retaliation. But perhaps it will send a message far and wide. DWS is tone-deaf to this so she needs to be pressured unrelentingly. The petition currently has 6,484 signatures. 100,000 are needed.
Hereās the wording. Note that it was submitted before it was known that she refused a DNC vote on the Iran Deal.
Remove Debbie Wasserman-Schulz, effective IMMEDIATELY, as chairwoman of the DNC, Democratic National Committee
We are asking President Obama, as the current leader of the Democratic Party, to please remove Debbie Wasserman-Schulz as chairperson of the DNC, Democratic National Committee, due to her very apparent bias as former 2008 presidential campaign manager for Hillary Rodham Clinton. Ms. Wasserman-Schulz has scheduled only 6 debates between Democratic Party 2016 presidential candidates, scheduled AFTER some states such as New York have already closed their voter registration process. In 2008, the DNC allowed over 20 debates between Democratic presidential candidates, including YOU, Mr. President, which actually helped you win the Democratic Party nomination for President. This is an obvious attempt by Ms. Wasserman-Schulz and her close friend, Hillary Clinton, to unfairly treat other candidates
Published Date: Aug 18, 2025
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-debbie-wasserman-schulz-effective-immediately-chairwoman-dnc-democratic-national-committee
I was about to post that one jackie, Pierce has it right as usual - it is insane that the GOP has taken over the airwaves. Mr 99 is thinking Trump will be the next President because it is all we are reading. We hear nothing about the democrats other than a note that one of our ex PMs made a fool of himself in relation to a Clinton email.
Maybe the lack of fundraising will get rid of DWS - democrats donāt seem to care that their senior folks donāt support the President.
Iām not ready for JG as DNC chair. I like her, but sheās in Hillaryās camp right now and I donāt think she could refrain from being bias.
If Trump builds his wall & Mexico refuses to pay for it - will he declare the US bankrupt?
will he declare war on Mexico? why would Mexico pay for a USA wall anyway because it has to be on US side. I canāt see the UN not saying something about this….just goes to show you that there are really GOP voters that would prefer to elect someone who has NO idea what they are doing than someone who is supposed to know the constitution and how our government works. If Trump or Carson get elected they have to take a crash course in government and history or hire people who will tell them what to do even if itās wrong….like itās ok to torture people.
Carson will NEVER get elected - Trump is possible
99ts, Trump may be the GOP nominee but he will never be elected either. Carson……Hell No. Republicans thinking, we have to show we are not racists, so we will pretend we want the black guy elected.
I would hope heāll never be elected bella - but with so many states controlled by RWNJs - it is a worry. It has been amazing to see the GOP take over the state legislatures and congress over the past 4 years.
if that was the case Obama wouldnāt have been able to get re-elected.
the entire white race from eewrup to murka to downunder seem to have caught the immigrants gonna kill us all hysteria.
Our lot are disgusting - they have all these secret laws - will not disclose ANY details of who is where & they are paying millions to “farm people out” to pacific nations. It is truly disgusting. We support these wars - but refuse to accept the massive refugee problem they have created.
I like it!
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/08/open-thread-modest-proposal
Itās a great proposal DF.
I think so!
JER, Starting with John Boehner and the House Republicans.
Can we deport Anchor Husband Trump and Anchor Baby Jindal? And Cruz?
YOU ARE LOVED MR. PRESIDENT…BE SAFE! X0X0X0…:)
Good Morning TOD
I greet you with this scrumptious tweet!
Lights up the world:)
This tweet makes me smile….. :-) thanks Donna
Good morning and thanks for this, GDD! Whenever PBO smiles I smile too. :)
{Been thinking of you! }
<3
I havenāt been a fan of MoveOn since PBO took office but what they did to Schumer yesterday was priceless. Here is their twitter account to see all the activity that went along with their launch of the SchumerMobile that took place at his NY Senate office yesterday. https://twitter.com/MoveOn
To Our NY TODāers did any of this make the local NY news?
Awesome!
I keep hearing from VPOTUS but…he isnāt saying what I want to hear, like, Iām running. It made me angry to hear HRC say she has a political machine and a ground game that will last way after sheās out of office. Really! It took some time for OFA to formulate a solid 50 state ground game. It didnāt happen before the first primary. And if I remember correctly, POTUS didnāt have 20 super delegates before Iowa. Sorry for the rant, I just feel like my vote is being locked in a box I donāt want it to be locked into.
She said that? Well, thatās funny because itās really PBOās machine and ground game that sheās emulating. If she didnāt have that along with so many of PBOās staff, I donāt doubt sheād be running her same old playbook from 2008.
Hillary just thinks she lost last time cuz he had a better ground game so getting PBOās people to be in charge and playing the same game in her eyes makes her the winner this time. She seems to ignore the better person winning meme.
Placing his here for anyone who needs some ‘happyā! :)
gary t.
BRB in …….50…49….. :D
Chat away!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/09/01/chat-away-656/
Scott Walker Campaign Says Heās Not Advocating For A Border Wall With Canada
He just said it was “a legitimate issue” to consider.
After critics mocked Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for saying a wall between the U.S. and Canada was a “legitimate” idea, his campaign said Monday that he is not pushing for such a policy.
“Despite the attempts of some to put words in his mouth, Gov. Walker wasnāt advocating for a wall along our northern border,” Walker spokeswoman AshLee Strong said in a statement.
The controversy followed the typical politician walk-back formula: a quick uproar over his comments to a reporter — in this case, made Sunday during NBCās “Meet the Press” — followed by parsing of his words and, eventually, a clarification.
Depending on how you parse those comments — and much of politics depends on this — the Walker campaign is right: He wasnāt advocating for a border wall between the U.S. and Canada. He didnāt bring up the idea at all. “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd pressed Walker on northern border security, asking why itās discussed so little when candidates like Walker speak so frequently talk about the risk of terrorists crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.
“Do you want to build a wall north of the border, too?” Todd asked.
“Some people have asked us about that in New Hampshire,” Walker replied. “They raised some very legitimate concerns, including some law enforcement folks that brought that up to me at one of our town hall meetings about a week and a half ago. So that is a legitimate issue for us to look at.”
In other words, Walker wasnāt out there demanding a wall be built between the U.S. and Canada — he just said the equivalent of “maybe” when asked about it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-walker-border-wall-canada_55e4ce83e4b0b7a9633a0498