THREAD: Did you know this day is a mammoth one in African-American history? A date that has exposed two Americas. twitter.com/donmsantana/st…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 28, 2025I was invited to make a film for @NMAAHC. I chose to chronicle "August 28" as a day in the life of my people. deadline.com/2016/09/ava-du…
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@NMAAHC On Aug 28, 1833, slavery is abolished in the UK, contributing to the American abolition of slavery. This da… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 28, 2025@NMAAHC On Aug. 28, 1955: Emmett Till, 14, is brutally murdered by three white KKK members, becoming the flashpoint… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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@NMAAHC On Aug. 28, 1961, Motown released its first hit, “Please Mr. Postman” by the Marvellettes. Motown would go… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 28, 2025@NMAAHC On Aug. 28, 1963: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech, bending the arc a litt… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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@NMAAHC On August 28, 2005: Hurricane Katrina makes landfall and the government response reveals massive inequities… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 28, 2025@NMAAHC On Aug. 28, 2008: Senator Barack stuns the world and accepts the Democratic nomination for President of The… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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@NMAAHC The film I made ends there. But I always continue to track August 28. It is a magic date in black history.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 28, 2025@NMAAHC On Aug. 28, 2016, @Kaepernick7 delivers his first official remarks on his reasons for protesting the nation… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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@NMAAHC @Kaepernick7 Written + directed from my heart, "August 28" stars Turman, Bassett, Cheadle, Oyelowo, King, H… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 28, 2025@NMAAHC @Kaepernick7 Check it out exclusively at @NMAAHC. Our history is a treasure trove of knowledge and guidance… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Thank you, NW. This is so compelling!
Bless!❤
Thanks so much for this, NW! I saw a couple parts of it earlier. Fascinating.
Congrats Gazelle on your Au ⭐ Furst and your Ag ⭐
Thanks, NW for a new Post.
I trust that You are doing well, considering. {{{ ❤ NW ❤ }}} Please stay safe.
Hey there, Nena! Thanks so much. I’m hanging tough, gotta … you know?! 🙂 Lies & liars are flying around the WH so fast, the ghosts of who built The People’s House are saying, “Nah, Enough! We’re now taking over, our ancestors have had enough of your craziness.” At least that’s why I think the WH is so dysfunctional & CrazyFoxNewsDood can’t sleep over there. 🙂
“Prosperity Gospel”
The Good Book said: Beware of False Prophets.
That Many are called, but Few are chosen.
Ugliness is not something Karma, Buddha, Jehovah, Allah, God, Creator, etc is fond of.
‘We are not a fragile people.’ Truth dat.
Thank you, Ms NerdyW. I appreciate that in the midst of the devastation Hurricane Harvey has let loose around you (along with your likely worry/concern about family and friends) you are still holding down the TOD fort. Sure hope you feel a measure of our virtual presence and support during these difficult times.
G’Nite TOD
Good hearts
Reports that protesters had blocked emergency crews from reaching people stranded by Hurricane Harvey are — like earlier stories from which they were recycled — completely false.
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The image used by “Our Land of the Free” to illustrate this story does show Black Lives Matter protesters on a highway. However, this image was taken from a July 2016 CNN video, which shows a group of people protesting police shootings in Atlanta (during which time no emergency crews were blocked).
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We’ve encountered no reports of Black Lives Matter protesters interfering with the rescue efforts related to Hurricane Harvey, let alone flipping an ambulance on its side. This rumor originated from a fake news web site, and it featured a still shot from an unrelated video.
Having a group of protesters block major roads or freeway in Houston in the days after Harvey made landfall would be quite a feat at any rate, considering that most of its main thoroughfares and freeways were already underwater.
http://www.snopes.com/black-lives-matter-emergency-crews-hurricane/
and I am outta here.
Hysterical photo!
And see ya next time, amk!
If there is a next time…
Come back, sugar! As in: tomorrow!
GN, TODville. Too tired to think! 🙂
😄
Good morning to you, and have yourself a good Tuesday!
behave yourself ??? why would I not behave myself ???
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oh, you said have yourself …. my bad.
🙄 Why would I waste space to tell you to behave? THAT would be like seed falling on barren ground!
😀 😀 the surrounding space
hopeamk springs eternal.amk summers eternally too. I’ve forgotten how to delete and how to say ‘nothing’. Sigh. Will have to research this again. You are such a disturber-of-my-calm!
Check out the characters in this one (again). LMAO.
Hey, at least my generation thought we were talking everybody into it! #CouldHaveWorked
Awesome post, Nerdy! Thanks!
Ditto!!!
Goodnight TOD …..
Thank you NerdyWonka for this cascade of jeweled goodness. Love Ava Duvernay so much and dazzled by her brilliance and energy and creativity and tenacity.
I had no idea of the importance of August 28th. Thank you Nerdy!
Arapaho - Not gonna be a night owl tonight, but here’s one for you! #KeepSmiling #ChinUp
Just heard Lawrence on Trump’s gross lie about Chelsea Manning.
In fact PBO didn’t pardon her. President “Obama in fact COMMUTED Manning’s 35-year sentence, meaning her prison sentence was cut short but the conviction stands.”(Newsweek) A pardon is very different. A White House apology is in order.
This is where Congressional Dems should be standing up to support their President’s record.
If PBO had misspoken about a Republican president, the GOP would be demanding apologies nonstop.
If they don’t get airtime from MSM, they should tweet what Lawrence said.
PBO IS FILLED WITH GRACE..THERE IS NOTHING ‘TRUMPIAN’ IN HIM!
Sue, yes he is trumpless.
1000 + ministers and persons of faith march in Washington DC for Peace and Justice…was there any coverage of it yesterday..As Always …We Have to be the change that we seek…
After hearing about this event from Rev Al on the news I looked and looked for coverage. Found just one article before your posting on Think Progress. My heart sank as I realized this got little attention in the media given everything else that is happening. As a person of faith I consider these my folks my community and my heart is with them as they march. Also I believe that where we gather in love and justice we will have our voiced amplified just not in ways we can at first foresee. We do everything we can but there’s more to things than meet the eye. That’s what people of faith are tapping into.
Amen! With you all the way - and them, even though I’m only marching in my heart and mind.
this from Rev Barber:
Because, I listened to Maddow last night, as she linked story after story of banks and the Trump Crime Family…..
and, I just sigh…thinking about what would have happened if JUST ONE of these stories had come up during the time of 44.
JUST.ONE.
THIS is why they have to go to jail. The entire lot of them. Not only will their vote for this clown be held against any Dolt45 voters…we must be able to snidely and with condescention, tell them, that they are bad judges of character. I have no interest in ‘moving on for the sake of the country’.
Uh uh.
These people must be beaten over the head with the Dolt45 club.
The Maddow segment:
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/28/17
Trump sought Moscow business deal while campaigning for president
Rachel Maddow reports on the myriad ties between Donald Trump and Russia that have come to light in contradiction of Trump denials, with the latest being the pursuit of a real estate deal backed by a state-run Russian bank while Trump was campaigning for president.
Right ON!
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/28/17
Trump Moscow deal pushed as asset to campaign
Carol Leonnig, staff writer for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about new revelations that Donald Trump was pursuing a business deal in Moscow while campaigning, and why his aides saw a Russian deal as an asset to the campaign.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/28/17
Trump exposed to new obstruction charge over Arpaio queries
Rachel Maddow looks at legal opinions on whether Donald Trump’s inquiries into dropping the case against Joe Arpaio would constitute yet another act of obstruction of justice for which Trump might be legally exposed.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/28/17
Hatch would vote yes on release of dossier testimony transcript
Rachel Maddow reports breaking news that Senator Orrin Hatch has told TRMS that he would vote in favor of releasing the transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee testimony of Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson on the Trump dossier.
Morning, rikyrah:) All the pieces RM spoke about last night were amazing….watch that space. These crooks and liars are up to their eyeballs in shit.
Morning everyone. Let’s count the days until they all go to jail….
Correct, but then, we have seen him(the big orange ass) say as much in conversation.
There he goes again. MAGA. NOT!
THESE are great Americans! Great human beings:)
LOL. Because you should ALWAYS wear 6 inch heels to a disaster zone. WTF.
So is he trying to buy the election or something else?
Those tweets NEVER hold up well, do they? Morning, JER:)
Good Morning DF.
{{{JER}}}
HONESTLY….THIS IS EMBARRASSING!
She’s got her faux military jacket and aviators, too.
And he’s got his $40 hat product placement.
These people are despicable, though and through.
She is always, always, modeling.
How much you wanna bet she’s hawking some Ivanka shoe line?
He’s got the boots on, she’s got the 4 inch heels ready for Vogue. Cripes.
Well, if you’d like to go see Hillary and buy her book…and get it signed:)
https://www.hillaryclintonbooktour.com/
She is coming to Philadelphia….
there are a few folks coming to the Philadelphia Area…
Hillary Clinton…Joe Biden….POD saves America crew and all the other pods including DeRay Mekesson….and Ta-Nehesi Coates…what a bounty…FL Michelle Obama is coming as well…but i did not move fast enough to get tickets to see her… 😦
No shit.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/08/24/545619525/environmental-nightmare-after-thousands-of-atlantic-salmon-escape-fish-farm?
And you know that every kind of religiosity is being taken care of in those mosques.
Goes w/o saying.
Tears from these eyes on that one.
{{{bridgeriverpass}}}
Prof. Tribe is feisty! I like it!
Good morning, good people.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited New Orleans for the fifth anniversary commemoration of Hurricane Katrina in 2010. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, and killed more than 1,800 people.
Love this one: NPR reporting that ‘Mattress Mack’ Jim McIngvale has turned his 2 furniture stores into temporary shelters. They’re clear and dry
and full of mattresses! His trucks go out and bring flood victims back to his place and he’s laying food on for them. Beautiful.
Or maybe “heals” because they don’t know the diff….
https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/heel?utm_term=.rm80r80dY#.tiq9459J3
Trump Took Three Tries To Spell “Heal” Right In A Tweet And People Had Jokes
He knows words, he has the best words.
4 inch heels that is.
Again, just because I cannot believe it. What an utterly clueless pair they make. Does she have any idea how ridiculous she looks????? Apparently not.
How’s THAT for clueless entitlement??
Girls definitely do rule - but how did she fit her brains into those heels.
FHOTUS hopes her ho’ rain gear will be on the news tonight to distract us from TrumpRussia.
I know right? I’m like “Shh, don’t say anything about the stupid shoes, just snicker quietly when the damn things get stuck in something and she trips.”
Good people of Texas… MAKE THEM PAY FOR THIS AT THE BALLOT BOX!
Didn’t see your post on Girls Really Rule when I posted comment above. T’is the gurly magic no doubt.
Have a good day everyone. Duty calls:) Stay safe, Texas.
Have a good day, df!
Thanks, Booms! You too
2015 PBO signed an EO to restrict weapons like grenade launchers.
However looks like Hurricane Harvey has got Trump dreaming about his violent faction to doing their worst. Here’s the list of weaponry that Trump has just reauthorized: http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-just-reauthorized-police-to-use-high-tech-military-gear-2017-8
Please refresh my memory. Are we in Iraq or Afghanistan right now? Stop this illegitimate president civil warmonger.
STOP TRUMP.
You may want to check out his timeline from yesterday for ALL the photos, if you haven’t seen them yet!
Can you imagine the conversations that our PBO, FLOTUS and people like Ms. Jarrett are having these days 🙀 🙀🙀
They must be so happy and relieved (while just as disgusted - or more so - than the rest of us!).
From tan suit to a klan brute. What a shameful fall.
Probably something like horror, anger, tears, laughter and back to mostly horror.
You never know when stuff like this will come in handy…
Hollering 🙂 🙂 🙂
“I don’t know how long the sh$$ gonna last cause it’s a dollar tree battery but you get the point”
I love people!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Yup! 😄
I’ve watched this like 10 times and I laugh louder everytime.
😆🤣😆🤣🤣
LOLz. She sounds so serious and then, BOOM, drops the truth bomb!
Hey! Cool!
Who knew?
Sometimes you just gotta let things go. Am I right?
Nemo is a handsome, good boy!
daymn, didn’t even know there was a perfect word for the kkklown.
I like this dude!
Me, too! He’s been wanting to challenge 45 to a duel for a long time!
The effects of climate change aren’t just happening in Texas and Louisiana. It’s all over the world.
So of course he got sneaky with it. CRIMINALS.
Utah voted him in, therefore they voted for this. This is shameful.
High school in Sugarland, TX helping those who need help. 👏🏾
Good Afternoon, Good People of TODVille.
Sad images coming from Houston. Meanwhile, the world is moving on.
But at home, insanity is digging deeper.
ugly on the outside, uglier on the inside.
These folks are beyond words…their Inhumanity has no bottom
Let’s focus on the kind hearted people who are out there helping one another in Houston.. Let us not focus on that witch Ann Coulter.
This must be part of a syndrome, a derangement of some sort.
Oh boy! Isn’t it true?
The base may be people of color…but the hierarchy of the DEM Party is dominated by white men……this is a battle between the white men of the DEM Party…they are the ones sitting at the table….POC have not even been invited into the room..
From the article:
But while both of these systems help Bernie Sanders supporters, they do not help the Democratic base. You know, the ones who actually voted for Hillary Clinton. The 94% of African-American women who voted for Hillary. The 82% of African-American men who voted for Hillary. The 75% of Asian-Americans. The 66% of Latinos. The reliable voting bloc of the Democratic Party that has now overwhelmingly become people of color and not White men and women, who failed to support Hillary Clinton at the levels needed. In fact, 53% of White women voted for Donald Trump and 63% of White men did the same. The base, the all-important and necessary supporters of the Democratic Party no matter what, has officially become people of color and these are the people who represent the present and future of the Democratic Party.
How about everything?
It’s not we don’t know who the hell the fake president is?
every gopee mofo is a pathologically lying sociopath.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/08/29/chat-away-946/
honestly…why are folks still looking for more than is there…
.I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are. Michelle Obama