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Hello TODVille!
Hello NCLB. Congrats on first!
Hello Jackie!
Congratsssssss…NCLB
Thank you, PreffyFoot!
congrats on first NCLB š Hope TOD is having a good afternoon. I gotta get back to work! š
What can other states learn for this..
A glimmer of hope.
Diverse Obama Coalition at work &`unabashed support for the rights of all people
Congrats, NCLB on your Goldenā
Nice bunch!! I shudder to think who Trump would give such an award to. Heās such an ogre.
VIN SCULLY!!!!!
Pretty sure nepotism would prevail and since heās not able to be “hired,” how the hell can he first take an oath before being able to see top secret material about the United States of America?
#YouāreFiredPrinceInLawOfDarkness
OMG.
GA TODville.
Hereās the 2 minute video:
Fugly Mike Pence. What a horrible man.
Sorry - dems are kidding themselves if they think the ratās administration + congress will do anything that supports what PBO has done. Dems ALWAYS reach out and republicans always walk away laughing.
I am reading such b.s. in our media about the president elect and his mistress. They are not worthy in any way - I cannot stop alternating between being angry beyond sanity and weeping non stop.
The media is going to legitimise this idiot and dems are going to help the process along.
Comment from WeShallLive on TPV
If you havenāt contacted the Democratic Party, then I encourage you to contact the them and let them hear your voice and what you have to say. We support the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party has the obligation to listen to all of us. Itās as simple as that. It only takes only a few minutes of your time, and itās worth it.
Contact the Democratic Party - Submit your comment online go to: http://my.democrats.org/page/s…
Mailing address: Democratic National Committee
430 South Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC 20003
Main phone number: (202) 863-8000
Also contact your representatives and Senators at their local offices. Call them because getting staffers to hear you is how you get a voice.
I went to that link. Itās only a fund-raising link. I wanted to make a comment.
this is their twitter handle… @TheDemocrats
http://www.warren.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1298
Hereās some photos of PBO at the Acropolis this morning.
more…
And at the Acropolis museum:
And this Iām posting because Chris Jansing and her producer look like theyāre wearing leggings — donāt know about the rest of the country, but thatās all women (all ages, all sizes) wear in SoCal suburbia. Women now really are wearing clothes that look like the ones worn on Star Trek.
Also this (no television, so if anyone sees clips from this interview, would be grateful if you posted hereš ):
Awwww. Souza did a great job documenting our First Family.
We visited their four years ago in Sept.
Holy shit. And Bernie effing Sanders, who demonized HRC, gets a leadership position?!?! This is what he wrought:
Nothing is going to stop the RW hate machine from silencing anyone who is against the dumb going into the white house. Funny how the white folks didnāt get dragged off to psych hospital because they threatened PBO - over and over and over.
And here is the word youāve been searching for:
Bob (or anyone else), PLEASE help-again. I shared all the links you all gave me re the Iran deal with my husband. I asked if he read them. He said he read “most of them.” š¦ Fast forward to few minutes ago. I walked by his desk and saw this article he had printed. The link:
http://www.newsday.com/opinion/a-year-later-why-the-iran-nuclear-deal-has-failed-1.12058250. You can see it says it has failed.
The only conclusion you can draw from that is that the administration was more afraid its critics would tear up the deal than it was of future Iranian violations. It avowedly sees the deal as the foreign policy equivalent of Obamacare: a legacy achievement.
And thatās why the deal is a failure. It was based on a fantasy about the Iranian regime. Now the deal is like a statue in the desert: a legacy that testifies only to the illusions of those who built it.
Thatās the last two paragraphs. Can someone who understands this better than I help me-just me. Iām not saying anything to him. He is convinced it is a failure and nothing will change his mind. Heās convinced Obamacare is a failure too. Sigh…………..Last thing I need to be dealing with.
I can tell you this: Newsday is Fox news on steroids. There is no truth on that site. Literally.
EXACTLY!!! I knew that the minute I saw the source.
Iām sorry, I was thinking of NewsMax, Tnmt, sorry. I donāt know anything about Newsday, however that article your husband printed is an opinion piece. I hope Bob can be helpful on the Iran deal.
Just did a quick search and it appears to be a conservative paper/site.
I figured as much, sorry you have to go through this.
GE TMG.
Gotta run, light is fading fast here, still need to do patio work…
Google “George W Bush nuclear proliferation,” first article is NYtimes, didnāt have time to read.
Hereās another…
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-07-14/blame-george-w-bush-for-iran-deal
Will check back with you later…
GE TMG.
Sorry this reply is so late, but this was published by Politico tonight. Lots of quotes from your junior Senator, @SenBobCorker:
(Click on the timestamp in the upper-right corner of the tweet to open it in a new tab.)
Link to Politico article w/ quotes from your Senator:
Hereās a link to 2008 article on how badly the GWB administration botched things up (pretty long and dense article though):
Donāt know if thereās many @Dodgers fans here (waving to MTMarilyn, who I would have been soooo jealous of in the 1960s/70s because she attended many Dodger home games), but this made our much-loved Josh Earnestās day:
Hereās the video:
I grew up in southern CA in the 60s and 70s, so of course the Dodgers were our team.. so much so that our teachers would often put their games on the radio during classes.
Wow, sherijr, had no idea youāre a SoCal gal.
Vin was an institution at LA Dodgers games. Back in the day, when I could tolerate the horrific traffic jams to watch the games at Dodger stadium, seemed that his broadcasts were playing throughout the stadium (people with their transistor radios). Pretty hard to beat sunsets and views from Dodger Stadium.
Is it culture shock living on the east coast now?
I grew up in Westminster from 1961 to 1972- we moved up to northern CA when I was 15. I then raised my two eldest kids up there. Weāve moved a lot since those days. CA will always be my home. Nothing compares, no place compares. Iāve lived in FL, ND, AZ, MD and CO since 1996 and CA is still the best imoš and yes culture shock everywhere Iāve been, lol.
More good news (in the Obama Era):
Another Thanks Obama!!
What she said.
š He is our Ambassador to the World. Love him.
Would some please tell me how this is even remotely legal?
A “form of identification!” What, a white crescent????? How horrible these people are! Do people not understand what this is????? “Kristallnacht” all over again.
it canāt possibly be legal. But that didnāt stop W and his gang from doing whatever crazy bs they wanted to do. It sure isnāt going to stop this gang of loons. The people being talked about for his administration will have zero qualms, imo, about breaking/creating their own laws.
Someone on twitter was pushing a petition of some sort for folks to sign stating they were Muslims- meaning for all of us to sign it- so weād all be on the Muslim listš Weāre all Muslim now.
Iāll sign it. Let them come after over 40 million people.
Iāll look for it & post it here for you.
here it is via moveon http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/i-pledge-to-register?source=s.icn.tw&r_by=1709603
Done.
awesome, dfš
Just signed. Actually used to follow the faith.
glad you did, thanks, ed.
I signed it. If theyāre taking Muslims, then theyāre taking me.
Yes folks, you are now living in Germany circa 1933 …..
Trump must never be inaugurated President ……..
Sounds like blatant religious discrimination to me and very unconstitutional. If he does that, i will sign up as Muslim even though Iām not to stand in solidarity with my Muslim Brothers and Sisters. That is not American. That is fascist.
Wish I could say “I cannot believe this” Are they going to stampa crescent on their foreheads?
And there were we all, counting the days until we never had to hear the vile name of trump ever again. Almost unbearable to go online for a few minutes any more. Big hugs all around!
Keep You The Heart. ā¤ļø
Here ya go
720 days until Election DayGTuesday November 6, 2025 (11/6/2025)
1448 days until Election Day November 2020 (Tuesday November 3, 2025 (11/3/2025)
do you by any chance have a number I can call for OFA (preferably Ohio). I need to get a few people registered for volunteering & training.
thanks a lot O-Sister
You and me both. I thought after November 8th, Trump would be just a pimple on our historical records. But no, now he is President. **shudders** Hugs to you too.
Evening TOD. pkayden, if eyecandi wonāt mind, thought Iād re-post what she shared with us on Veteranās Day, here:
“eyecandi
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 pm
I remember a CNN article in 2008. CNN reporter traveled to China to talk with a man that had a gift of predicting the future and he can also
tell you everything about a persons personality by looking at a picture of them. He said that people are drawn to Obama. His eyes and eyebrow
draws people in. Huckabee was very weak and Romney was secretive. He told them the winner of the election for 2008 but the reporter will not
say who.. they did use Obamaās picture for the article so i thought he was the one. The end of this interview is what got my attention and
stayed with me all these years. The Chinese gentleman said that Obama will be the most powerful man in the world in 10 years time!
That is 2 years away. What do you think about that? I am hoping that someone else would have seen this as well.”
So, I believe this with all my heart. Just today, the Greek president (I believe it was) asked PBO to stay in the public eye for the sake of our future. Trust that he will be “That One” !
All doubts obliterated ….
Itās happening ….
back to work ….
Bob, I posted a “need your help” up thread. Can you check it out, please?
I didnāt check this out, but I figure one or two of you here may just be interested enough to do so. š
WOWZERS
Bit late with the support - mob of idiots - just discovering what they have lost
Find some joy in knowing that these polls are quoted for decades after, as part of his legacy, and cannot be changed once he hits the ultra-high marks.
Yay!
Itāll be 78 by January! Maybe higher! Wowzers is right.
Sad that such a popular President is being followed by such an odious bigot. But at least President Obama is going out on a high note in the ratings. He has never been this popular.
Given the John O clip up top, this Olbermann clip likely fits in this post. š
Pres. Barack Obama makes his way to his car after disembarking from Air Force One, Wednesday, November 16, 2025 at #Berlinās Tegel airport. On his last foreign trip as head of state, Pres. Obama is paying a farewell visit to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who heās described as his “closest international partner.” (RAINER JENSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
What a beautiful picture of the President
President Obama Arrives In Berlin.
Thanks for posting these photos Jer!
wow - thank you jer - beautiful
GM 99ts.
Left you a message below…
FYI …
back to work ….
As much as I will miss FLOTUS, eight years is enough,
As much as I will miss FLOTUS, I agree eight years is enough.
Love you FLOTUS.
one day, I will stop bursting out at random and crying about the 2016 US election …. just when I think I have made it through a couple of hours, I am back at it again.
really fellow citizens … what have you done to the country and the world???
Right there with you! Right there! š°š°š°
Hugs to you, Linda. Take care of yourself. ā¤ Think many of us are in the five stages of grief - and I personally will never get to the last stage of "acceptance," I don't think. Yesterday, I accidentally heard (from another room) Mark Halperin's voice asking somebody if President Obama was responsible for something or other … immediately I flipped off the teevee, but within minutes started to get a vascular headache and even saw stars for a bit. Took a couple of aspirins and it went away. I have only gotten that type of headache when I am really upset about the unfairness of somebody to somebody in my real life, and then only maybe once a year or something! So, today, I avoided allowing myself to listen to more, and have only come online to TOD and twitter this evening.
Of course, arriving at TOD is like meeting friends at the ice cream parlor! So glad we have this meeting place. I'll take salted caramel topping on mine, please.
LOLz. You da best, Booms.
LOL.
GE JOāB.
Wow. If Halperin took “gifts,” Iād add Todd, Tapper, Cosca, and a bunch more to the list.
thank for those words of encouragement.
I will join you in the ice cream with caramel … but no salt for me (I have a very, very, …, very sweet tooth)
All my life I didnāt care much for what my mother just named, in general, “sweets.” (And she ate them 5 times a day, until age 84. She even named her evening snack “Bed Lunch.” Ha.) But now? With you on that “very, very” part. Not in huge amounts, but daily. Very, very.
‘Saltedā caramel on your ice cream? Eeks! …..š š š Whatever floats your boat, I guess. Iāll simply have some French vanilla. š
I wouldnāt turn that down, either.
Hey, wait a minute; you canāt have both!
And butter pecan. Iāll have a banana split! Thatās the ticket.
You know, I think Iāll go ahead of you … to be on the
safeserved side.Is 99ts lurking?
Whatās up with this?
(Damn obstructionist GOP, who would vote for TPP in a heartbeat if it hadnāt been negotiated and closed by PBO.)
China is stepping in to fill the void of the demise of TPP. Their agreement is called RCEP and it covers trade in goods, services, investment, econ & tech co-op, IP, competition, dispute settlement
GE Meta.
PBO has made it clear that this is Chinaās intent, but was wondering why Australiaās trade minister would rather align with China than the US.
Is it a matter of geography, because Australia is in a similar (though far southern) part of the world?
Now that the TPP is dead, thereās nothing to align with.
GE Arapaho. Donāt think that they would, China had started this push a number of years ago but it was stalled while PBO worked on TPP. Since the election, it seems pretty clear that TPP is dead so China started pushing again on November 9. This is perhaps going to be a our biggest foreign loss given the accelerating trade in that part of the world. Fools, all.
Why was he meeting with a foreign leader at this time? He canāt even handle his transition.
Exactly. It doesnāt make any sense. But then heās thoroughly disorganized, not a logical person capable of understanding what it means to prepare for the presidency. So many mental deficiencies……
And no prep by State so who knows what he will say that is contrary to US interests. The most dangerous thing about DT is he is wholly ignorant of what he doesnāt know, and still is too stupid to keep his mouth shut. Crazy to do this without State involvement and briefing, most of those folks are not political.
I think as these meeting roll along, heās going to look more and more like a deer in headlights. Remember when he met with Pena Nieto? Can you imagine him at the G7 (without Putin) or G20???
Honestly? No,my imagination is not big enough to contemplate this. All I can think of is how all the world leaders wanted to be with PBO and hung on every word he said. The contrast consistently is going to be both striking and embarrassing.
Not sure what the protocol is for this, but it appears that PM Abe announced to Parliament on Monday that he would meet with DJT tomorrow.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-14/japan-s-abe-to-make-free-trade-case-to-trump-in-new-york-meeting
And, what about this?
Horror show indeed. And our frigging MSM are eating it up — really thought they would change after they were duped into an informercial for Trump DC hotel (when he said 6 words and was absolved for 2+ years of leading #birtherism).
This pretty much sums up MSMās twitter timelines today — 100% tabloid gossip, and they eat it up and spit it out like the parrots that DJT wants them to be.
What *natural*, warm smiles on all their faces!
Good for Hillary. She is giving her speech tonight, being covered by MSNBC.
Good because (and forgive me for even bringing this shallow thought up) she appears to have absolutely no makeup on, but for a little blush, and her hair is just combed but not styled. I think sheās sending a signal. Who knows! The signal might be I am no longer a public figure, I shall be myself. Or - unfortunately - she just may be as tired as she appears tonight, and isnāt up to anything much.
I wish her all the best.
Hillary looks like sheās been doing lots of crying…oh my!!!!
Yes.
Yes. She looks worn and weary.
As do I and I guess a great many of us.
I know Iāve complained about so much discussion of DJT, since MSM right now is pretty much updating us now on so much gossip and BS (my twitter timeline is filled with celebs going in and out of T tower — about to scream because who the hell cares?
As we expected, DJTās team has taken the office of the presidency straight into the gutter:
What a nightmare.
Thanks for this Arapaho! Iām sorry, it is a nightmare but these tweets made me laugh. We are seeing incompetence at a never before level.
Laughter is actually a good response. Iām trying to get myself there!
Trump i a NIGHTMARE AND I AM SCARED TO DEATH at what this country may turn into!!!!
All these lovely Putin relationships. This will send a wonderful message to our allies.
Apparently, GMA has DELETED this tweet.
What a horror show.
Flynn was in lots of hot water while a general for national security “choices.” Terrific.
He was busted for giving top secret information to PAKISTAN.
Why he isnāt in jail, I have no idea.
Found this at BJ:
Some of us have set up a blog where people can share their stores about how they need their Obamacare, Medicare, and Medicaid and CHIP programs.
Could Happen to You
Please join us.
GAAAAH
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/11/16/the-presidents-day-two-in-greece/
Thank goodness theyāre on it.
You may know that the head of ACLU was on Rachelās show … I think he said that since last week, theyāve gotten $9 million in donations and (donāt quote me) I think about 150K new members. Think Iāll join myself. He said membership is $20 but theyāll take any amount, since they are looking for people not dollars, at this point.
Wow, that is very encouraging. Which we really need at this moment in time.
Was also just wondering if the President will be issuing his final pardons, as I think most do right before the next inauguration.