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Early Bird Rise and Shine

On This Day: President Barack Obama greets students during a surprise stop at La Follette High School in Madison, Wis., Sept. 28, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Today (all times Eastern)

10:0: The President delivers remarks at the Opening Session: 70th Session of the General Assembly

11:0 Holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.

1:15 Attends a luncheon hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon

3:0 Chairs the United Nations Peacekeeping Summit

5:05: Holds a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia

7:0: Vice President Biden Speaks at a Reception in Honor of the 21st Anniversary of the Passage of the Violence Against Women Act

7:30: The President delivers remarks at a reception for foreign heads of delegations to the United Nations General Assembly. The First Lady will also attend.

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MoooOOOooorning!


73 Responses to “Early Bird Rise and Shine”


  1. 1 COS
    September 28, 2025 at 8:56 am

    GM Chips and TOD.

  2. September 28, 2025 at 8:57 am

    Good Monday, Chipsticks…TOD Family!!!

    Congrats on FIRST COS! :-)

    Everyone enjoy your day.

  3. 6 GGail
    September 28, 2025 at 9:02 am

    Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
    I. Dislike. Monday

  4. 17 prettyfoot58
    September 28, 2025 at 9:10 am

    • 18 99ts
      September 28, 2025 at 9:17 am

      From LGF - Poll shows 69 percent oppose shutdown over Planned Parenthood

      http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/45094_New_Poll_Shows_Overwhelming_Opposition_to_Government_Shutdown_Over_Planned_Parenthood

    • 19 jackiegrumbacher
      September 28, 2025 at 9:34 am

      PF, there’s something so fundamentally hateful about the glee the far right takes in depriving health care for women. It’s as if they really want people to do just so they can win.

  5. September 28, 2025 at 9:11 am

    10:0 EDT: The President delivers remarks at the Opening Session: 70th Session of the General Assembly

    • 21 99ts
      September 28, 2025 at 9:19 am

      President Obama does not know the meaning of “slow down”. He obviously doesn’t need my afternoon siesta. Hard to believe how much he achieves - day after day.

      GM TOD and Ms Chips. My Monday is almost gone. 4 more days till the weekend. :)

      • September 28, 2025 at 9:22 am

        “4 more days till the weekend.”

        You CANNOT be wishing your days away like that, 99ts!!

        • 23 99ts
          September 28, 2025 at 9:31 am

          moving day November 18 - I would like to give the days in between to someone else - anyone else - or perhaps I can take advice from the soon to be ex speaker of the house & spend the next 6 weeks in an alcoholic haze.

      • 24 jackiegrumbacher
        September 28, 2025 at 9:37 am

        PBO is driven, 99ts. He know how much has to get done and how little time there is to do it. I think he doesn’t want to have regrets when he leaves office that he could have done more.

  6. 26 RanMan (@ranman09)
    September 28, 2025 at 9:20 am

    Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Monday morning. Congrats COS, on being first this morning.

    To all, I hope you have one of the most exciting and joyous days of your life today. <3 <3 <3

    Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America.

  7. September 28, 2025 at 9:22 am

    Good morning, TODville.

  8. 32 Don
    September 28, 2025 at 9:24 am

    Today I took the day of from work, and you’re probably wondering why I took the day of from work. I’ll tell you why, I’m Don goddamnit!

  9. 37 meta
    September 28, 2025 at 9:24 am

    Hmmmm……wonder if that even motivates him at all. He’s on his own clock.

  10. 43 amk for obama
    September 28, 2025 at 9:45 am

    so, shutdown happenin’ or not? all this dumbass speculation is boring.

    let’s shut down the gobinment and also too impeach the kenyan dictaytor.

  11. 45 rikyrah
    September 28, 2025 at 9:45 am

    Good Morning, Everyone :)

  12. 46 africatimes2
    September 28, 2025 at 9:46 am

    Happy Monday TODers!!

    Heeeeeeya Chips.

    Raining cats and dogs in my neck of the woods.

    Wishing everyone a blessed day.

  13. 47 amk for obama
    September 28, 2025 at 9:54 am

    • 48 99ts
      September 28, 2025 at 9:58 am

      He forgot about Australia under Abbott - lots of party members are still deniers - despite the new leader.

      • 49 amk for obama
        September 28, 2025 at 10:13 am

        but did they have that as their electoral platform?

        • 50 99ts
          September 28, 2025 at 10:25 am

          I believe they did - removing the carbon tax set up by Labor was in his policy - the current PM - Turnbull - supported the carbon tax 2009 - which was why he lost job as part leader to Abbott. Now he is back, he says he is following the party policy - most think the policy will change.

        • 51 99ts
          September 28, 2025 at 10:26 am

          MALCOLM Turnbull is looking for a chief business adviser as the climate change sceptic appointed by Tony Abbott, Maurice Newman, has ended his controversial two-year term. …
          The man who had the former Prime Minister’s ear on how to boost business firmly rejected climate change, and claimed it was a plot for a United Nations takeover, saying it was aimed at “a new world order�?.
          http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/turnbull-to-seek-new-chair-of-pms-business-advisory-council-after-newman-leaves/story-fnjwvztl-1227547715770

          Talk about RWNJs

    • 52 jackiegrumbacher
      September 28, 2025 at 10:10 am

      Well, you know, AMK, the US is #1, so it stands to reason it would have the number one dumbest party in the world. We should all be so proud!

  14. 53 JER
    September 28, 2025 at 9:55 am

    Good Morning BFF and TOD.

    President Obama looks at display of women who have been imprisoned around the world. The poster was outside of UN Ambassador Samantha Power's office. #FreeThe20

    A photo posted by Pete Souza (@petesouza) on

    • 54 JER
      September 28, 2025 at 10:02 am


      President Obama looks at display of women who have been imprisoned around the world. The poster was outside of UN Ambassador Samantha Power’s office. petesouza

  15. 55 0388jojothecat
    September 28, 2025 at 10:00 am

    Did anyone see tRUMPs “Tax Plan” on TNN this morning. It looked ALOT like candidate Sen. Obama’s back in 2007/8. I think tRUMP is stealing much of PBO’s platform when he was running back in 2007/8. tRUMP wants to exempt Fed Income taxes on anyone making less than 25K and exempt seniors making under 50K, then lower the take rate to 25% on everyone and do away with exemptions on people earning in the millions and no more tax breaks for the Hedge fundies.

    • 56 Linda
      September 28, 2025 at 10:08 am

      Interesting.

      I am a senior making less than 50k and already pay no Federal taxes….I am part of Romney’s 47 % !

    • 58 amk for obama
      September 28, 2025 at 10:15 am

      the only difference is Obama was sincere (and couldn’t make it happen for the 1%ers) and dreck is lying since he knows he can do jacksquat in that front especially if the goppers retain at least one house majority

    • 59 57andfemale
      September 28, 2025 at 10:41 am

      jojo, it may have some similarities, but it is a flat tax plan that hurts the middle class and makes the millionaires even richer. Hedge funds paying income tax is a PBO idea. I’m not sure what he means by “do away with exemptions”. does it mean closing all the loopholes or literally, just taking away the paltry exemptions.

      We do need to be very vigilant though: a lot of the RWNJ’s who got into office in 2014 said a few sane things and fooled the voters. The GOP learns what works.

  16. 60 amk for obama
    September 28, 2025 at 10:04 am

    so with the CA toddys, it’s partay, partay, partay all the time?

  17. 62 meta
    September 28, 2025 at 10:10 am

    Well, well……

  18. 63 amk for obama
    September 28, 2025 at 10:10 am

    was looking at the ages of candies from both parties.

    under 50 - thugs have 4 while dems have none

    50-60 - they have 3 while we have just one - o’malley

    60-70 - they have 7 while we have only two

    over 70 - they have donald dreck and we have webb, sanders & biden

    http://www.p2016.org/candidates/ages.html

    this doesn’t bode well for dems in 2020 and beyond. Whoever is the nominee in 2016, they need a young face as veep.

  19. 70 africatimes2
    September 28, 2025 at 10:14 am

    Hmmmmm

  20. 71 Vicki
    September 28, 2025 at 10:17 am

    PBO Right Now C-SPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • 72 jacquelineoboomer
      September 28, 2025 at 10:26 am

      Loved the look on his face when he was sitting in the chair, being introduced. Calm, cool, and collected. The man’s amazing!!!!

  21. 73 rikyrah
    September 28, 2025 at 11:21 am

    Found this at POU:

    Sepia

    Designer Phillip Lim shares a cool moment he had with FLOTUS…

    From WWD:

    Lim said he was floored when Mrs. Obama walked out wearing one of his designs. “I had to do everything in my ability to hold it in. I wanted to scream,�? said Lim, who was asked to work on an ensemble two weeks before his September runway show. It was an honor that he said his parents, who came to the U.S. as immigrants, “never in a gazillion, trillion years�? could have imagined their sacrifices would ever lead to.

    …The New York-based designer got another jolt at Friday night’s state
    dinner before Ne-Yo performed. After chatting with such tablemates as
    Misty Copeland and Stephen Schwarzman (who made no mention of his morning at an East Harlem school with Pope Francis), Lim was tapped on the shoulder by FLOTUS’ social secretary because the First Lady wanted to see him.�?I was like, ‘Oh my God, what?’ They pulled me into a room alone. I was like, ‘OK, no one else is here. I’m in trouble, uh-oh,’�? Lim said. “Then they come in — Barack, Michelle, Xi Jinping and his wife. Michelle said, ‘I just wanted to make sure I found you tonight to say, ‘Thank you.’ and ‘Did you like it?’�?

    “How amazing is that?�? Lim said. “It was only me and them in the room. How do you respond to that? I just gave her a hug and she gave me a
    hug and said, ‘Thank you babe.’�? Lim said. “I mean, this lady rules the
    world. You don’t even expect a single word because of all the formalities. For her to take a minute out…I mean, there were 100 people there — Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook…and I got tapped on the shoulder.�?


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