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Rafting And A Temple Visit

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The First Family visiting the Tirta Empul Temple in Bali


120 Responses to “Rafting And A Temple Visit”


  1. 1 pkayden
    June 27, 2025 at 9:39 pm

    Glad to see the entire Obama clan having fun together and representing us so well abroad.

  2. 4 Anjo
    June 27, 2025 at 9:46 pm

    Hi All Love from chilly Toronto

  3. 6 CarolMaeWY
    June 27, 2025 at 9:47 pm

    Thanks for all the Obama family vacation photos NW! Time for a breath of fresh air!

  4. 7 CarolMaeWY
    June 27, 2025 at 9:48 pm

    Please consider supporting this legislation. It will only take a minute.

  5. June 27, 2025 at 9:52 pm

    This is the coolest family!

  6. 10 meta
    June 27, 2025 at 10:02 pm

  7. 11 meta
    June 27, 2025 at 10:04 pm

    WHOA

    • 12 meta
      June 27, 2025 at 10:08 pm

    • 13 meta
      June 27, 2025 at 10:09 pm

      FinCEN = Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

      AKA, money laundering………

  8. 14 Judith Fardig
    June 27, 2025 at 10:11 pm

    Well done,pkayden! Today was a good day for lovers of the Obamas and Obamacare!

  9. 15 africatimes2
    June 27, 2025 at 10:25 pm

  10. 16 CarolMaeWY
    June 27, 2025 at 10:37 pm

    I’m still afraid, very afraid.
    Hope Tally is getting her sleep tonight.

    • 17 Tally
      June 28, 2025 at 2:21 am

      No chance. Although I’m currently in a lavender bubble bath on my iPad Mini, better known as Goldilocks. I’m giving it my best shot. 🛀🏼😳

      • 18 0388jojothecat
        June 28, 2025 at 3:07 am

        Don’t drop Goldilocks in the tub 🙂 🙂

        I am up again all night. Have to get out of here at 7am my place is getting fumigated tomorrow morning. Cats going to vet for boarding.

        • 19 Tally
          June 28, 2025 at 4:54 am

          I have a waterproof case (ziplockish bag) for it. 🙂

          So much for all that lavender… it’s 2 hours into tomorrow now. “Le sigh”

    • 21 Dudette
      June 28, 2025 at 9:34 am

      Had to share this!

  11. 22 JER
    June 27, 2025 at 10:37 pm

    On the Truman Balcony after the passage of the ACA in 2010.

    A post shared by Pete Souza (@petesouza) on

  12. 23 meta
    June 27, 2025 at 10:45 pm

    Good night, good people. I leave you with this beautiful scene:

  13. 25 Bobfr (@Our4thEstate)
    June 27, 2025 at 10:53 pm

    Goodnight TOD …

  14. 26 globalcitizenlinda
    June 27, 2025 at 11:39 pm

    am I the only one finding it ironic that a few days ago, we had media giving an over-sized platform to those few democrats who were hysterically criticizing Speaker-for-life Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Party?

    it has been previously reported that Speaker Pelosi:

    …., you know that lady legislator a few were trying to publicly undermine and label as burden;

    ….. was one of the people who never wavered and insisted that the push for Obamacare be completed;

    …… the one legislator who counted and still knows how to count the votes needed and to hold her caucus together;

    and the same democratic party, …… who a few people were trashing with the help of the media as “a toxic brand” …. did manage to pass and implement Obamacare ………. something that had ben tried and failed for almost 100 years;

    you know that the people who were trying to create that division among Democrats and undermine Speaker Pelosi are now going on as if they did not do any public demonizing of her and her leadership of this party;

    that is why it may be best to ignore such pronouncements in the future and just keep doing all we can to get rid of republicans from office;

  15. 27 arapaho415
    June 27, 2025 at 11:55 pm

    GE TODville.

    This is for MightyPamela and BWD, if they’re lurking (I had no idea Twitter did this).

    From the article:
    “On June 17th at around 10 am Doha time (07:00 GMT) the Twitter account of Al Jazeera’s Arabic channel, a verified account with more than eleven million followers, was suspended due to an organised campaign. Engineers at Al Jazeera Arabic who were in communication with Twitter said there was a “storm attack” of mass reports of the account to Twitter, which forced the algorithm to temporarily suspend the account, but Twitter did not immediately respond to request for comment.

    It has been a high profile case of an already well established pattern: Twitter receives significant numbers of complaints at the same time, a mass reporting of an account, and automatically closes it. No warnings, no checks, no costumer’s guarantees whatsoever.”

    😦

    • 28 whenpamelawandered
      June 28, 2025 at 11:16 am

      Well, as all I did was RT a tweet of CarolineO @RVAwonk, they must have been targeting her. My pathetically minimal account couldn’t cause a ripple in puddle! I’m burning out on twitter anyway, didn’t close it but still considering to. I’m losing ground, do better if I carry the Light in silence, at the center of the turmoil. Hoping I still contribute in that way. ❤️

  16. 29 globalcitizenlinda
    June 28, 2025 at 12:12 am

  17. 30 arapaho415
    June 28, 2025 at 12:16 am

    Here’s information on the international front, from @w7voa’s Twitter timeline:

    Venezuela:

    😦 !

    And in Australia, Harry B. Harris, Commander of US Pacific Command (I have no idea what he’s referring to… FUBAR?):

    France:

    more…

    • 31 arapaho415
      June 28, 2025 at 12:22 am

      North Korea…

      😦

      😦

      😦

    • 32 arapaho415
      June 28, 2025 at 12:27 am

      And yes, things are going swimmingly (not) for our contradictory Qatar vs. Saudi Arabia position:

    • 33 Tally
      June 28, 2025 at 2:33 am

      A Frenchman inviting a rich ignorant narcissistic tyrant who squeezes everyone for money…to BASTILLE DAY.

      I wonder if he’ll be offered cake?

      (I know she never said that.)

      Still. Macron is trolling and Donny is too stupid to see it. Hilarious.

      • 34 arapaho415
        June 28, 2025 at 11:19 am

        GM Tally.

        I’m with you, my (non?) sleep patterns have been awful since Nov 8, 2016.

        Agree with you, DJT is too dense to understand, but he would leave France with steam coming out of his ears if he takes Macron up on this offer.

  18. 35 CarolMaeWY
    June 28, 2025 at 12:50 am

    Goodnight

  19. 36 bridgeriverpass
    June 28, 2025 at 12:51 am

    See Lawrence tonight! On section called “Republicans Revolt Against Mitch McConnell”: Lawrence explains that 90% of GOP
    Senators were willing to KEEP the ACA. He said that McConnell was going to get 5 Yays and 95 Nays for the Deathcare bill,
    so he had to pull the bill rather than let us see Republicans lose face bigtime on TV. Remember the 60+ votes to repeal the
    ACA since 2010? GOP has spent $mega-millions playing intimidation games with healthcare. Yes Americans have stood up.
    Now we must stand up to this psychopathic Dicktraitor, the disgraceful abuses of McConnell’s grossly corrupt Death Party,
    the KOCH/Putin plutos who are pulling the strings. And give them the Giant boot.

  20. 39 Tally
    June 28, 2025 at 4:54 am

    Yeah…. I’m still up.

  21. 40 globalcitizenlinda
    June 28, 2025 at 7:14 am

    good morning everyone!

    have a great day

  22. 41 jojovie131
    June 28, 2025 at 7:30 am

    This guy senator Johnson on tv just now ..
    I have news for you all, he says… the cbo score is from march of 2016 not today so the baseline score is actually zero people being thrown off Obamacare not 23 million people!
    This is what he just said !
    Are you kidding me?
    Are you kissing me?
    Lie spin lie spin lie spin lie spin…

  23. 42 JER
    June 28, 2025 at 9:06 am

    Good Morning Everybody.

  24. 43 rikyrah
    June 28, 2025 at 9:26 am

    THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 6/27/17
    Manafort files retroactively as foreign agent
    Rachel Maddow relays reports that former Donald Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort has filed retroactively as an agent of a foreign government, the second top Trump aide to do so.

  25. 44 rikyrah
    June 28, 2025 at 9:27 am

    THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 6/27/17
    Deutsche Bank adds lawyer with financial crime background
    Rachel Maddow reports that Deutsche Bank, at the center of a lot of questions about its business practices and loans made to both Donald Trump and Jared Kushner, has hired a new lawyer with a background in tax crimes and money laundering.

  26. 45 rikyrah
    June 28, 2025 at 9:28 am

    THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 6/27/17
    Victorious activists stay vigilant for next GOP health bill
    Senator Cory Booker talks with Rachel Maddow about the public activism that contributed to the Republican failure to pass their health/tax plan and why it’s too soon for opponents of the Republican bill to celebrate.

    THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 6/27/17
    Health care activists press on as GOP stumbles
    Rachel Maddow looks at continued activism against Republican dismantling of health benefits even as Senate Republicans have failed in their first effort to bring a bill of their own.

  27. 46 swbluega
    June 28, 2025 at 9:30 am

    You mean like the GOP stopped with all the obstruction over the previous 8 years?!?!?!?

  28. 52 swbluega
    June 28, 2025 at 9:36 am

    If it’s business as usual for the GOP, all their concerns and criticism are just lip service. Perhaps that’s what Johnson and McConnell expect. Or maybe McConnell is allowing Senate Republicans the time to give their academy award performances that voting for the bill was such a difficult decision for them.

    • 53 swbluega
      June 28, 2025 at 9:40 am

  29. 54 swbluega
    June 28, 2025 at 9:39 am

  30. 55 swbluega
    June 28, 2025 at 9:44 am

  31. 56 swbluega
    June 28, 2025 at 9:47 am

    In the “take credit for something started under the Obama administration” column…

    • 57 Dudette
      June 28, 2025 at 10:05 am

    • 58 Dudette
      June 28, 2025 at 10:05 am

    • 59 Dudette
      June 28, 2025 at 10:06 am

  32. 60 swbluega
    June 28, 2025 at 9:54 am

    WV…voted for 45???

  33. 61 swbluega
    June 28, 2025 at 9:54 am

  34. 62 swbluega
    June 28, 2025 at 9:59 am

    No respect

    U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ video address to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s political party’s business conference in Berlin was cut off on Tuesday after Ross went over his time limit, prompting conference attendees to laugh and cheer.

    Ross’ video feed at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) conference was faded out after roughly twenty minutes for going over his time limit…Attendees then began to applaud and laugh at the move.

    “That was the U.S. secretary of commerce, who had promised us a 10-minute statement,” the head of CDU Economic Council Werner Bahlsen said.

    “As you saw, he spoke a bit slowly, so it took a bit longer. Now we look forward to the chancellor’s speech,” he continued.

  35. 63 Dudette
    June 28, 2025 at 10:18 am

    ❤️

    • 65 arapaho415
      June 28, 2025 at 11:28 am

      GM Dudette.

      It’s so much worse than we thought (given MSM coverage of encroaching #SheriffClarkeBestPractices):

      Not quite as bad as dying, but how we treat people who overstay Visas is an affront to humanity — that’s what bothers me most about DJT/ICE’s #JackbootedThugs — they have no respect for the dignity of the person involved, apparently don’t consider them human, a violation of what it is to be human.

      more…

      • 66 arapaho415
        June 28, 2025 at 11:29 am

      • 67 Dudette
        June 28, 2025 at 11:40 am

        Shaking my head in agreement Arapho. This is not who we are. This cruelty must stop.

        • 68 Sandy1110
          June 28, 2025 at 2:09 pm

          Good day to all!

          Unfortunately, it may take this example of someone who ought to resonate with the “white working class” crowd to bring scrutiny on this program.

          It’s all good for the Trumpsters when someone they think “deserves” it (clearly that means Hispanic, black, “other”) gets harassed, traumatized, and dehumanized. But this man looks like “one of them”. That can’t be right!

    • 69 Sheila
      June 28, 2025 at 12:29 pm

      incredible…..

    • 70 SUE DUVALL SMITH
      June 28, 2025 at 2:14 pm

      THANK YOU…IMMIGRANTS PULL MY HEARTSTRINGS..ON MY FB…WITH HITLER BLAMED JEWS..TRUMP BLAMES IMMIGRANTS..JESUS LOVES EVERYONE!

  36. 71 meta
    June 28, 2025 at 10:20 am

    Great thread. Reminds me of Bernie Sanders.

    • 72 meta
      June 28, 2025 at 10:28 am

  37. 73 Dudette
    June 28, 2025 at 11:00 am

    🤓

  38. 76 Dudette
    June 28, 2025 at 11:08 am

    • 77 bridgeriverpass
      June 28, 2025 at 11:21 am

      Extremely wealthy Paul Vampire Ryan would have us believe that parents want their children to die.
      Obamacare’s preventive care and early detection of cancer last year saved my daughter.
      Preventive care treatments for women under the ACA:
      -https://www.healthcare.gov/preventive-care-women/

    • 80 whenpamelawandered
      June 28, 2025 at 1:03 pm

      Wonder if squeaker-of-the-house will be wearing a smirk in his mug shot?

  39. 81 Dudette
    June 28, 2025 at 11:09 am

    • 82 whenpamelawandered
      June 28, 2025 at 1:08 pm

      This one too, will she assume this arrogant asshole facial expression when they haul her off in handcuffs?

  40. 83 bridgeriverpass
    June 28, 2025 at 11:11 am

    Yep they are revolting.
    Republicans revolt against Mitch McConnell: See Lawrence on Deathcare vote that drops like a rock.
    McConnell Deathcare-in-Chief failed. Fail, fail, fail. Clear opposition in Senate. 9 GOP said they wouldn’t vote. But McConnell wasn’t
    going to come close to 41 votes. Was facing only 5 yays and prospect of losing 95 to 5. Only 5 gopers said they would vote for it.
    Never seen less support. No space between 49 and 5 votes — they would defect on TV on the Senate floor so he pulled the bill.
    The “repeal and replace” was always a lie. 90% of gopers were willing to vote to preserve Obamacare. Resistance won again.
    -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2MvD7geGF8

  41. 84 Dudette
    June 28, 2025 at 11:13 am

    Love this!

  42. 85 meta
    June 28, 2025 at 11:19 am

  43. 86 JER
    June 28, 2025 at 11:27 am

    …The Obamas visited a Buddhist temple Wednesday in Central Java, just west of Bali, and the proof is in the pics … Malia’s a growing young lady! She’s now less than a couple inches shy of 44’s 6’1″ height. … Too bad she doesn’t hoop. Malia might mess around and get a triple-double! …
    http://www.tmz.com/2017/06/28/malia-barack-obama-indonesia-temple/

  44. 98 whenpamelawandered
    June 28, 2025 at 11:57 am

    We have no president. We have a world class jackass being led by his nose, who gets uglier every every damn day, along with the dregs of humanity surrounding him. Bannon and Miller are driving this train wreck. We do live in interesting times. May we survive it and sooner get to work cleaning out the Aegean stables. We face a Herculean task, together. #YesWeCan ❤️

  45. 101 Sheila
    June 28, 2025 at 11:58 am

  46. 103 JER
    June 28, 2025 at 12:33 pm

  47. 104 Dudette
    June 28, 2025 at 12:34 pm

    Mom had chest pains and sky high blood pressure over the weekend, so we took her to the hospital. They did a bunch of tests to rule out a heart issue and kept her for two and a half days. No conclusion as to the cause, but she’s ok now, which is everything. I just took her to get her hair done. Life is good.

    • June 28, 2025 at 12:42 pm

      Dudette, I’m so glad to hear that your Mom is doing well and is able to get-out-and-about. {{{ Dudette & Mom}}} 🙏👏👍👊👌

    • 109 meta
      June 28, 2025 at 12:44 pm

      LOVE your tweet! Thank goodness she is OK. Take good care.

    • 111 whenpamelawandered
      June 28, 2025 at 2:27 pm

      I would LOVE to hear her sing that song, one of my classic favorites! And Bridge Over Troubled Water. Maybe time for your Mum to launch her career as a singer? Jus’ sayin’! 💐🙌🏼🎶🎵

      • 112 Dudette
        June 28, 2025 at 2:51 pm

        LOL! Um, I think she’s satisfied with her “singing career” around the house (and occasionally the car). She’s not much into the spotlight. She’s so cute though. I don’t think she knows I could hear her down the hall. 😄

    • 113 CarolMaeWY
      June 28, 2025 at 4:00 pm

      Glad your mom is feeling better and is home.

    • 115 jacquelineoboomer
      June 28, 2025 at 7:53 pm

      Oh my goodness. So happy to hear your Mom is home, and I wish her all the best. Please tell her I love her choice of melodies. In fact, I once took my older sister to see the Righteous Brothers, in their prime (hey, we were all “in our prime” back then - ask Mom!). They walked through the venue and around our table and right past us singing Unchained Melody. Ahhh …

  48. 117 57andfemale
    June 28, 2025 at 2:26 pm

  49. 118 globalcitizenlinda
    June 28, 2025 at 2:29 pm

    Sometimes I wonder why people like condoleezza rice don’t realize that the search for money & power should never be used as a substitute for your reputation. Her firm, with gates, must really want that oil pipeline so badly.

  50. 119 JER
    June 28, 2025 at 2:33 pm


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