On This Day: The President mimics a middle-school student overcome with emotion at meeting him during an ‘Hour of Codeâ event to honor Computer Science Education Week at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Dec. 8, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Today
4:40: The President attends a DNC fundraiser, Washington DC
Sadly, there isnât one Republican candidate who cares about the human cost of the hate they spew. It isnât just Trump-heâs the loudest and most buffoonish of them all. But every one of them is a dangerous bigot who panders to the darkest and ugliest side of the American psyche. My fear is that by blaming Trump alone, Republicans will ‘settleâ on another candidate who will seem not so bad, but will actually be another Trump in a different guise.
Good morning Jackie, you are absolutely right and well said. I hope you donât mind me attempting to put your exact words in a tweet. Again, well said. đđđâ
Cheney, a decisive conservative himself, said on The Hugh Hewitt Show that the ban “goes against everything we stand for and believe in.”
“I think this whole notion that somehow we can just say no more Muslims, just ban a whole religion, goes against everything we stand for and believe in. I mean, religious freedom has been a very important part of our history and where we came from,” Cheney said on a Monday appearance on the radio show. “A lot of people, my ancestors got here, because they were Puritans.
Well, Df, I guess that makes two of us who feel guilty. When Dick Cheney seems moderate and reasonable, you know this country has gone off the deep end.
Of course the Puritans were a bunch of religious nuts, because established Protestantism wasnât exactly the way they wanted it to be.
At least religious tolerance was the message that filtered through to the founding of the nation; and that religion was personal and any one religion or version thereof should not be foisted on the public.
I will Not be quoting nor agreeing with the Dick Cheney.
The reason is one-fold.
On Jan 29th, 2009, Dick Cheney gave a speech blasting and calling 8 days old Pres Obama a comforter to the enemy, Al Qaeda. He solidified the gang of 20 who met on Jan 20th, 2009 to politically undermine a duly elected President with a Nation in a tailspin. He gave Voice to Division, Dysfunction and Hate. The Dick Cheney said Nothing during the Birtherism Fever Pitch Season in 2011. He lied about how Osama Bin Laden was caught……solely to deny Credit to Pres Obama.
Cheney is ONLY speaking out for 2016 maybe a defeat for the GOP and itâs brand.
Since 1964, the GOP has been stoking Hate in order to win elections.
Donald Trump warned Tuesday that there will be additional attacks on the U.S. if his temporary ban on Muslim immigration is not put on place.
“Youâre going to have many more World Trade Centers if you donât solve it - many, many more and probably beyond the World Trade Center,” Trump told CNNâs Chris Cuomo in a contentious interview on “New Day.”
Trump said he believes that there are already terrorists in America eager to harm the country.
“They want our buildings to come down. They want our cities to be crushed,” he said. “They are living in our country and many are outside of our country.”
Then he went off and did the obligatory Obama bashing…..
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Tuesday morning. Congrats Ms. Chips, on being first to open up TODville for your wonderful residence this morning.
To all, I hope that your charm, elegance, and nobility is on full display today. <3<3<3
Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. âđ âđ âđ
Whoâs destroying America? It sure isnât President Obama as the racists right wing haters love to say. Itâs the people who have been in control of it since they stole it from the Native Americans.
These supporters of Trump are the same ones calling President Obama Hitler. Who is the one acting and sounding like Hitler? Donald Trump, and these supporters loves their Hitler.
Bella, if we want to look closer, it is the GOP and its rage since the inauguration of President Obama. First the T-baggersâ invasion of the National Mall using the pretext of the Stimulus against which they were. Then, it was a collection of parrots with big mics and outrageous comments like Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck. Next came Senators like Bachman and Ted Cruz to morph into a complete transformation of a psychopath, The Donald. So, the real answer to who is destroying America is the current GOP stock.
The latest poll of Iowa Republicans from Monmouth, which points to a brand new leader in the GOP field.
1. Ted Cruz: 24% (up from 10% in a Monmouth poll in October)
2. Donald Trump: 19% (up from 18%)
3. Marco Rubio: 17% (up from 10%)
4. Ben Carson: 13% (down from 32%)
5. Jeb Bush: 6% (down from 8%)
Carson was never a real prospect to begin with. Iâve always said this. He was just a distraction and a weak attempt to convince some people that the GOP wasnât racist. It was all a facade.
Suspected American ISIS Recruiter Turns Himself In
An American fugitive, who officials say is suspected of recruiting impressionable young men for terrorist groups including ISIS and was linked to at least one domestic terror attack in the U.S., has turned himself in to authorities, the State Department announced today.
Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, known online as âMiski,â surrendered to the government ofSomalia early last month, a State Department spokesperson told reporters. Hassan has been wanted by the FBI since he left the U.S. in 2009 for allegedly providing “material support” to the al Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia, often purportedly by convincing young American recruits to join. U.S. officials accuse Hassan of since moving on to recruiting for the Syria-based terror group ISIS.
Over the weekend ABC News reported that investigators were trying to determine if the couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino last week had any online connection with Hassan in the months before he turned himself in.
Last night I did something I havenât done for many many months. Which is, I watched MSNBC, specifically Hardball with Chris Matthews.
I tuned in to watch some of Trumpâs rally on CSPAN, and then, just to see, I decided to check if MSNBC was carrying The Donald.
To my horror, MSNBC was not only carrying Trump, Chris didnât get his mike back until 7:56—4 minutes before his hour is finished.
What is happening to this country?
When PBO requested air time to talk about ACA enrollment, The President was denied. But A Full Hour in Prime Time for a Trump rally?????
By now everyone knows that Trump is calling for a ban on All Muslims entering the US.
Less covered, or perhaps not covered, were Trumpâs attacks on Chris Christie. Trump is totally unfiltered and on Christie he said what 99.99% of all Americans think—Christie knew about Bridgegate. He Knew. Period. He allowed it. Period.
Hatefilled unhinged Trump is going to tear the covering off a lot of things many of us prefer to keep hidden.
The attack on Christie came, I believe, because the NY Media has been squawking about a “Christie surge.” Donald will not allow that, now will he——————
Donald Trump has significant pull on NBC and affiliates. MSNBC has become a joke. I think this entire Republican field is going to self-implode. Itâs just a matter of time.
Have you heard that the Bloomberg TV show, “With All Due Respect” starring Marc Halperin and John Heilemann will continue to do their show Live at 5:00 on Bloomberg TV and then run as a Repeat on MSNBC at 6:00?
6:00 was Rev. Alâs spot. Which they are going to fill with another channels repeat.
Socks has been gone for a long time he was given to Ms Curry,BJCs secretary when he got buddy the dog. Thatâs a real cat wonder whose it is and thank goodness Bo nor Sunny were near or that WHGNH would be a disaster. :):)
I see that Carson is slipping off in the polls, so naturally he needs to come up with his own outrageous bs to turn the spotlight on himself again. So heâs going back to the abortion issue and says no to abortion in cases or rape or incest. Wonder what would happen if since the women are going to be forced to have the children of their attackers and evidently, the males bear zero responsibility in the forced pregnancy…how about the women demand that they are free from ALL responsibility after the forced birth and the men can single handedly be responsible for the care and raising of these children until after they become adults…and even AFTER they become adults…because, you know, life is hard sometimes and they could need a hand after this cycle continues… How about that plan??
@thehill UTTER BULLSHIT. Citing a single known Obama-hater Hank Sheinkopf, and passing him off as "Dems" is journalistic malpractice.
— aspirational12 (@aspirational12) December 8, 2025
And hereâs an example of how Mr. Hank Sheinkopf tried to insult our President while praising Bill Clinton to high heavens:
// “There is no center anymore, and what Bill Clinton created to the benefit of this country was a center,” Sheinkopf said Tuesday on “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Newsmax TV….”One can complain about him â like him, donât like him â but politically he did an extraordinarily important thing for this country,” Sheinkopf said. “He created a place where people of different points of view could meet. That no longer exists, and that is the problem, and that is the problem Hillary Clinton faces and thatâs the problem the Republicans face.”
…Sheinkopf said Secretary of State John Kerryâs comment about Israelâs military strike in Gaza being “a hell of a pinpoint operation,” further reveals the Obama administrationâs misguided handling of the Middle East.
“When you have a weak man in the White House who doesnât understand international politics, you have a disaster. This is a disaster,” Sheinkopf said… //
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/Hank-Sheinkopf-Bill-Clinton-center-politics/2014/07/22/id/584221/
this tweet gets to the heart of it for me. If youâve been Black in America longer than 3 days…..you know, it will eventually get around to US..so, we need to shut this shyt off at the path.
……………….
Michael Hargrove @MichaelHargrov1
If you want to know how dangerous Trump is, replace the word Muslims with Jews, Blacks, Catholics or the other people he can ban.
All of this! PBO is NOT the one to fuck with. He goes silent and deep after all of themofos who go after us as he has shown time and again. As Son often observes, PBO is like Michael Corleone; cool, methodical, and relentless. It is so stupid for some to still underestimate him. Hatred truly makes one blind.
Mooooooorning everyone, gotta rush, see ya later!
GM! Hour of Code today!!
yer in my spot.
HA! Be faster next time. Great toons…I guess gathering them made you slow….
yup.
Does this mean Iâm first?
furst.
LOL. Had to laugh.
I feel dirty agreeing with Dick Cheney…
this is twitter truth.
Sadly, there isnât one Republican candidate who cares about the human cost of the hate they spew. It isnât just Trump-heâs the loudest and most buffoonish of them all. But every one of them is a dangerous bigot who panders to the darkest and ugliest side of the American psyche. My fear is that by blaming Trump alone, Republicans will ‘settleâ on another candidate who will seem not so bad, but will actually be another Trump in a different guise.
yup. 2016 must be the worst kkklowns candies.
Maybe that was the plan all along….
Exactly. What better way to make Jeb Bush seem like a “statesman.”
Or Ted Cruz…
Isnât this the same Guardian that heralded Snowden? Oh, OK.
where have they been for the past 7 years
Good morning Jackie, you are absolutely right and well said. I hope you donât mind me attempting to put your exact words in a tweet. Again, well said. đđđâ
Well said JG.
OMG, Df. I must have missed what Cheney said. What do you agree with????
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/dick-cheney-donald-trump-muslim-ban-extreme
Cheney, a decisive conservative himself, said on The Hugh Hewitt Show that the ban “goes against everything we stand for and believe in.”
“I think this whole notion that somehow we can just say no more Muslims, just ban a whole religion, goes against everything we stand for and believe in. I mean, religious freedom has been a very important part of our history and where we came from,” Cheney said on a Monday appearance on the radio show. “A lot of people, my ancestors got here, because they were Puritans.
Well, Df, I guess that makes two of us who feel guilty. When Dick Cheney seems moderate and reasonable, you know this country has gone off the deep end.
TOTALLY off the deep end!! I never thought Iâd see the day that I agreed with that pos evil man. Ever.
Of course the Puritans were a bunch of religious nuts, because established Protestantism wasnât exactly the way they wanted it to be.
At least religious tolerance was the message that filtered through to the founding of the nation; and that religion was personal and any one religion or version thereof should not be foisted on the public.
Oh, wait…….
I will Not be quoting nor agreeing with the Dick Cheney.
The reason is one-fold.
On Jan 29th, 2009, Dick Cheney gave a speech blasting and calling 8 days old Pres Obama a comforter to the enemy, Al Qaeda. He solidified the gang of 20 who met on Jan 20th, 2009 to politically undermine a duly elected President with a Nation in a tailspin. He gave Voice to Division, Dysfunction and Hate. The Dick Cheney said Nothing during the Birtherism Fever Pitch Season in 2011. He lied about how Osama Bin Laden was caught……solely to deny Credit to Pres Obama.
Cheney is ONLY speaking out for 2016 maybe a defeat for the GOP and itâs brand.
Since 1964, the GOP has been stoking Hate in order to win elections.
Someone needs to shut this dangerous man up. He can run his mouth and say whatever he wants with no consequences….THEY MADE THIS!
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/politics/donald-trump-ban-muslims/index.html
Donald Trump warned Tuesday that there will be additional attacks on the U.S. if his temporary ban on Muslim immigration is not put on place.
“Youâre going to have many more World Trade Centers if you donât solve it - many, many more and probably beyond the World Trade Center,” Trump told CNNâs Chris Cuomo in a contentious interview on “New Day.”
Trump said he believes that there are already terrorists in America eager to harm the country.
“They want our buildings to come down. They want our cities to be crushed,” he said. “They are living in our country and many are outside of our country.”
Then he went off and did the obligatory Obama bashing…..
No words
Nancy shares some truth..
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2015/12/trump-wasnt-first-to-call-for-total-ban.html
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Tuesday morning. Congrats Ms. Chips, on being first to open up TODville for your wonderful residence this morning.
To all, I hope that your charm, elegance, and nobility is on full display today. <3 <3 <3
Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. âđ âđ âđ
Iâd say that this GOP world vision is pretty spot on. Scary.
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/columnists/ron-eachus/2015/12/08/collective-view-gop-candidates-promises-scary-future/76944850/
Good article.
It sums up the GOPâs plans, character and fabric very accurately.
This is who they are.
Good Morning, Everyone :)
2015 and this has to be said. Shame on these cretins.
Whoâs destroying America? It sure isnât President Obama as the racists right wing haters love to say. Itâs the people who have been in control of it since they stole it from the Native Americans.
These supporters of Trump are the same ones calling President Obama Hitler. Who is the one acting and sounding like Hitler? Donald Trump, and these supporters loves their Hitler.
Bella, if we want to look closer, it is the GOP and its rage since the inauguration of President Obama. First the T-baggersâ invasion of the National Mall using the pretext of the Stimulus against which they were. Then, it was a collection of parrots with big mics and outrageous comments like Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck. Next came Senators like Bachman and Ted Cruz to morph into a complete transformation of a psychopath, The Donald. So, the real answer to who is destroying America is the current GOP stock.
Best caption.
The latest poll of Iowa Republicans from Monmouth, which points to a brand new leader in the GOP field.
1. Ted Cruz: 24% (up from 10% in a Monmouth poll in October)
2. Donald Trump: 19% (up from 18%)
3. Marco Rubio: 17% (up from 10%)
4. Ben Carson: 13% (down from 32%)
5. Jeb Bush: 6% (down from 8%)
What happen to Ben Carson?
Carson was never a real prospect to begin with. Iâve always said this. He was just a distraction and a weak attempt to convince some people that the GOP wasnât racist. It was all a facade.
hopefruit2 I agree. Those racists GOP wanted to try to convince others that they werenât racists, Carson never stood a chance.
Agreed - Iâve been saying since forever - the GOP will NEVER elect Carson (or any other non-white person).
CNN poll has Trump up by a large margin.
Gâmorning Chips, TOD, lurkers, etc, and congrats Chips & df on #1! Happy Tuesday everyone. :)
Suspected American ISIS Recruiter Turns Himself In
An American fugitive, who officials say is suspected of recruiting impressionable young men for terrorist groups including ISIS and was linked to at least one domestic terror attack in the U.S., has turned himself in to authorities, the State Department announced today.
Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, known online as âMiski,â surrendered to the government ofSomalia early last month, a State Department spokesperson told reporters. Hassan has been wanted by the FBI since he left the U.S. in 2009 for allegedly providing “material support” to the al Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia, often purportedly by convincing young American recruits to join. U.S. officials accuse Hassan of since moving on to recruiting for the Syria-based terror group ISIS.
Over the weekend ABC News reported that investigators were trying to determine if the couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino last week had any online connection with Hassan in the months before he turned himself in.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/suspected-american-isis-recruiter-turns/story?id=35633352
Good day TOD
Congrats Chips ;) and thank you!!!
Quite accurate and clear ….
GM Meta, TODville.
Stupid GOP, stupid MSM.
Consequences of not taking candidates for the Presidency of the USA seriously.
Reasonable Dems (like TODville) are now agreeing with Cheney and Cilizza. SMH.
For amk, upthread:
No better for them.
Correct …
Yup …
In other news ….
Thank you President Obama ….
many in the base and media like.
nice try, kapur. You built this fuckward and you own this pos.
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
Trump is Rush Limpballs, JoeScar & Howard Stern all rolled into one loudmouth ASSHOLE
This is how propaganda works.
BUT I WON! BUT I WON! BUT I WON! Jesus…heâs a damn 2 year old! (sorry 2 yo. I would trust all of you more than this guy)
clink the Trump link…I donât know how to show this LOLGOP reply to his tweet
Trump cannot stand for anyone else to get coverage.
See my comment just below on how Trump reacted to the NY Media praising Christie.
yup. all the omgâs should be actually votes to shut down these racists and their venom.
Last night I did something I havenât done for many many months. Which is, I watched MSNBC, specifically Hardball with Chris Matthews.
I tuned in to watch some of Trumpâs rally on CSPAN, and then, just to see, I decided to check if MSNBC was carrying The Donald.
To my horror, MSNBC was not only carrying Trump, Chris didnât get his mike back until 7:56—4 minutes before his hour is finished.
What is happening to this country?
When PBO requested air time to talk about ACA enrollment, The President was denied. But A Full Hour in Prime Time for a Trump rally?????
By now everyone knows that Trump is calling for a ban on All Muslims entering the US.
Less covered, or perhaps not covered, were Trumpâs attacks on Chris Christie. Trump is totally unfiltered and on Christie he said what 99.99% of all Americans think—Christie knew about Bridgegate. He Knew. Period. He allowed it. Period.
Hatefilled unhinged Trump is going to tear the covering off a lot of things many of us prefer to keep hidden.
The attack on Christie came, I believe, because the NY Media has been squawking about a “Christie surge.” Donald will not allow that, now will he——————
Donald Trump has significant pull on NBC and affiliates. MSNBC has become a joke. I think this entire Republican field is going to self-implode. Itâs just a matter of time.
Yes MSNBC is a darn joke.
Have you heard that the Bloomberg TV show, “With All Due Respect” starring Marc Halperin and John Heilemann will continue to do their show Live at 5:00 on Bloomberg TV and then run as a Repeat on MSNBC at 6:00?
6:00 was Rev. Alâs spot. Which they are going to fill with another channels repeat.
Is that the Clintons cat?
Socks has been gone for a long time he was given to Ms Curry,BJCs secretary when he got buddy the dog. Thatâs a real cat wonder whose it is and thank goodness Bo nor Sunny were near or that WHGNH would be a disaster. :) :)
I see that Carson is slipping off in the polls, so naturally he needs to come up with his own outrageous bs to turn the spotlight on himself again. So heâs going back to the abortion issue and says no to abortion in cases or rape or incest. Wonder what would happen if since the women are going to be forced to have the children of their attackers and evidently, the males bear zero responsibility in the forced pregnancy…how about the women demand that they are free from ALL responsibility after the forced birth and the men can single handedly be responsible for the care and raising of these children until after they become adults…and even AFTER they become adults…because, you know, life is hard sometimes and they could need a hand after this cycle continues… How about that plan??
GM TODville.
My tweet homage to amk (deleted tweet in reply to meta upthread which referred to wrong year… duh…).
And Gâday mates……….will we get more from the Obama Hatred Machine(OHM) today?
Gâday Sailor and thanks for these words :-)
DMI…….get to work! :lol:
Hush! :D
Ainât! ;-)
Shouldnât YOU be at PT????
Naw…..even a mule gets a rest sometime!
And hereâs an example of how Mr. Hank Sheinkopf tried to insult our President while praising Bill Clinton to high heavens:
// “There is no center anymore, and what Bill Clinton created to the benefit of this country was a center,” Sheinkopf said Tuesday on “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Newsmax TV….”One can complain about him â like him, donât like him â but politically he did an extraordinarily important thing for this country,” Sheinkopf said. “He created a place where people of different points of view could meet. That no longer exists, and that is the problem, and that is the problem Hillary Clinton faces and thatâs the problem the Republicans face.”
…Sheinkopf said Secretary of State John Kerryâs comment about Israelâs military strike in Gaza being “a hell of a pinpoint operation,” further reveals the Obama administrationâs misguided handling of the Middle East.
“When you have a weak man in the White House who doesnât understand international politics, you have a disaster. This is a disaster,” Sheinkopf said… //
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/Hank-Sheinkopf-Bill-Clinton-center-politics/2014/07/22/id/584221/
I thought it was Obamacare that was supposed to be a liability for the party, oh well.
ANOTHER muthaphucka scared of his shadow.
Because nothing says strong like willing to be able to put other peopleâs children on the ground where we have no business being.
Muthaphucka, go sit down and shut the phuck up.
edited to add: where was this muthaphucka when Shrub lied us into 2 UNNECESSARY WARS?
I know where Barack Obama was - telling us that it was all bullshyt and that this was NOT the war to fight.
Giving the interview to Newsmax is a dead giveaway.
ICYMI
this tweet gets to the heart of it for me. If youâve been Black in America longer than 3 days…..you know, it will eventually get around to US..so, we need to shut this shyt off at the path.
……………….
Michael Hargrove @MichaelHargrov1
If you want to know how dangerous Trump is, replace the word Muslims with Jews, Blacks, Catholics or the other people he can ban.
May as well throw Latinos and AAs in there, too.
Pathetic #NEWSTAINERS …
take care everyone ….
#Hope4ALL
BOOM
You tell it Harry!
Thanks meta :-)
Yes! Yes! Yes! Senator Reid you are so right. The Republican Party is responsible for this Frankenstein.
“Yes I Can”!
Mr. Bojangles
Thank you Steph!
And how sweet PF :-)
:)
Awesome, pf.
:D
Get with the program.
Mic Drop, Yardarm!!
Yup!
As always, wishing you ‘fair winds and following seasâ.
You ladies are FIERCE! Tell It!
All of this! PBO is NOT the one to fuck with. He goes silent and deep after all of themofos who go after us as he has shown time and again. As Son often observes, PBO is like Michael Corleone; cool, methodical, and relentless. It is so stupid for some to still underestimate him. Hatred truly makes one blind.
Should be: As Don often observes…”
Good Morning Chips and TOD.
Anyone surprised at this…
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/08/chat-away-727/