Isn’t it great? Congratulations, Linda. Friends and I are going to hear Pete speak this coming Tuesday - super excited! I hope his signature is on this copy. My brother already gave me one before Christmas but it isn’t signed.
.@Oprah Your #GoldenGlobes speech was brilliant & moving. Thank you! @SethMeyers was teasing you about running for, #POTUS but you should consider how best to leverage your moral authority on behalf of all Americans. pic.twitter.com/afrPj6PVyf
.@TERESATOMLINSON: They’ve gotten 24 of the 32 states they need to get this done… If you open it up to a Constitutional convention, all bets are off. You can amend the Constitution in any way whatsoever. #AMJoy #balancedbudgetamendment pic.twitter.com/MBLgYRjI9t
They had been at 30, but we won 2 states away from GOP, so now down to 28. After the 2018 election, I’m hoping that number goes way down. We have to get everyone out to register to vote!!!
Wanted to wish all of you a happy and healthy New years. Sorry I haven’t been on here in a while. I needed to take a break.
Thank you, Nerdy, for continuing TOD.
The BBC’s superb China editor steps down over equal pay after discovering she is paid 50% less than male counterparts @bbccarrie #istandwithcarrie https://t.co/SirBYwRPjR
— Katty Kay (@KattyKayBBC) January 7, 2025
BBC is State owned, but operates independently of the State.
Last year, there were reports on at least 3-5 main Presenters who were/are Females were making 1/2 of their Male counterparts. There were meetings & then it was reported that they were going to correct this nonsense within a year or so. Hmm? It looks like it’s still rotten in UK’ s BBC Headquarters.
Debra Messing drags E! (while being interviewed on E!): "I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn't believing in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts" pic.twitter.com/HF3B2uhwtF
‘Glowing red herring' alert: Chairman Grassley felt "obliged to pass that information along to the Justice Department." He received that information from the Justice Department. https://t.co/zbIX56GQR1
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) January 7, 2025
"self-absorption, impulsiveness, lack of empathy, obsessive focus on slights, tenuous grasp of facts and penchant for sometimes far-fetched conspiracy theories"https://t.co/LtAEKl5ssa
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) January 7, 2025
And then there’s this. https://t.co/tHKwxYdQOj
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) January 7, 2025
"It was not until 1924 that Congress granted native people the right to vote, and for generations afterward, local and state governments have blocked them from doing so." https://t.co/XNIK5l1HqR
Everyone knows he’s a mess and he is not functioning as a president…hell, he barely functions as a human being as far as I’m concerned. What does that say to the millions of people paying attention? Here, and around the world. Such a fall from the pinnacle. And, what does all this tell these same millions of voters about Republicans doing everything they can to protect the unfit and dangerous impostor? As the days pass, it will just get worse. What is the breaking point? What needs to happen for someone to finally say, “I’m done with the charade!”
It’s clear that the country has reached a dangerous inflection point. Republicans have decided en masse that their best chance at political survival is to hew closely to President Trump. But the president is so clearly unfit for office and in such obvious legal and ethical peril that they cannot protect him without violating basic principles of accountability and democracy.
Unfortunately, there are no mechanisms for accountability while Republicans run essentially the entire country. Democrats and all public officials of decency and patriotism must fight to preserve small-d democratic norms throughout the next year until hopefully Republicans lose control of Congress. But it will be a time of trial and extreme peril. It’s not clear how much longer our institutions can persevere against the strain of Trump’s authoritarianism and a Republican Party that has wholly lost its moral compass.
The FBI is Cracking Under Pressure, and Time is Running Out https://t.co/Izg299p8QB
From all credible accounts, Steele is a solid guy, who was so worried that America’s enemy, Putin, had compromising info on Trump that he exposed himself to risk to bring it to the attention of US law enforcement. That’s the act of an ally not a criminal. @LindseyGrahamSC
Congress will have to move quickly if it wants new recommendations to be ready before the 2018 election—or new voting systems to be in place by November 2020. https://t.co/KOPLOZPzaD
.@violadavis at the #GoldenGlobes: "There's no prerequisite to worthiness. You're born being worthy. & I think that's a msg that a lot of women need to hear: The women who are still in silence bc of trauma, bc of shame due to assault, they need to understand it's not their fault" pic.twitter.com/7iHTy0WWqV
Two sources close to the situation told Business Insider that after Stephen Miller’s CNN taping was done this morning, Miller was politely asked to leave several times.
He ignored those requests.
Security was apparently called and he was escorted out. https://t.co/0aKdYlHx0G
ICYMI: Watch Democrats unveil legislation aimed at improving Washingtonians’ access to voting and making government truly representative. https://t.co/eESIobYt9f #waleg pic.twitter.com/u6KTb4qIce
— WA Senate Democrats (@WASenDemocrats) January 5, 2025
The most important characteristic of any good cardboard cutout is that it’s very stable. All these years later, this one of @BarackObama is still standing strong. Whoever designed it must’ve been, like, really smart! pic.twitter.com/zfAoqf9MAu
🙌💅 Just when you were already out of oxygen from screaming YAS and crying from @Oprah's speech, #NataliePortman serves some tea with "And here are the all-male nominees for Best Director." #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/sceehQlJPm
It makes me feel inspired when my 9y/o sees #Oprah on the #GoldenGlobes and says, “one more reason to know I can do anything” 🙌🏾
— Janell ✊🏾💜 (@jwalls619) January 8, 2025
Last time I was at the Golden Globes, it was as a Best Director nominee for SELMA and it was all about #OscarSoWhite. Tonight, it’s to celebrate @oprah and it’s all about #TimesUp. Let’s keep these conversations going. Here’s as good a place as any. 👊🏾 pic.twitter.com/XtDe5iYEEX
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) January 8, 2025
Let me tell you this room is still vibrating like electricity from that speech. #OPRAH #micdrop #TimesUp #MeToo #GoldenGlobes
From the AtlanticCouncil’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, an analysis:
Statements by @RT_com’s editor-in-chief indicate the station’s mission is not journalistic but military, and it serves as an “information weapon” parallel to the @mod_russia in times of conflict — including at present.
Courting the AA votes, one stupid tweet at a time!
African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote! #NeverForget @foxandfriends
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2025
So I take it that the unemployment numbers from the BLS are accurate, because all I heard coming from Trump during the Obama Administration were that the numbers were a fake and shouldn’t be trusted.
Which one does not belong??#StableGenius #MondayMotivation #AlbertEinstein #SteveJobs #Resist#Trump #1u #tcot #maga #mapoli #NewDay #MorningJoe #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/A1P2Hcv75I
Democrats are appealing the court ruling against them and are requesting a do-over in the Virginia state House district where 147 people were given ballots for the wrong district. (The Republican won by just 73 votes.) https://t.co/7stwqd1gm6
Full bit of Oprah's speech tonight: "I've interviewed and portrayed people who've withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning, even during our darkest nights." pic.twitter.com/7kfD4GpxIR
Because this next 10 minutes is just as important: Oprah Winfrey - 2018 Golden Globes - Full Backstage Speech https://t.co/qzJiRc8UGv (h/t @PrettyFootWoman)
… and because I cannot edit my butt-headed self for squat, here’s another try:
Because the next 10 minutes are just as important: Oprah Winfrey - 2018 Golden Globes - Full Backstage Speech https://t.co/qzJiRc8UGv (h/t @PrettyFootWoman)
Oprah Winfrey claims lifetime award at the #GoldenGlobes, delivers an impassioned speech in support of those who have exposed sexual misconduct in Hollywood and beyond https://t.co/5IC8veQhJz pic.twitter.com/JiPPhQbhUI
— Reuters Showbiz (@ReutersShowbiz) January 8, 2025
In summary, Hispanic unemployment went from 10.1% to 5.9%. under Obama. It has gone from 5.9% to 4.9% under Trump. Trump tweets, "Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 8, 2025
Here is the chart of the Hispanic unemployment rate. It too was cut nearly in half under Obama, going from 10.1% to 5.9%. pic.twitter.com/vL6fDPcCIa
Big ups to Aziz Ansara and Sterling K. Brown for their historic Golden Globe wins!
A night of firsts at the #GoldenGlobes …
• Sterling K. Brown: first black actor to win for leading performance in a TV drama. • Aziz Ansari: first Asian male actor to win best leading performance in a TV comedy. • Oprah: first black woman to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award. pic.twitter.com/8JsbOTcxM4
In summary, African-American unemployment went from 12.7% to 7.8% under Obama. It has gone from 7.8% to 6.8% under Trump. Trump tweets, "Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 8, 2025
Trump is taking credit for the record low in the African-American unemployment rate, saying "Dems did nothing for you."
Here is the chart of the African-American unemployment rate. It plummeted from 12.7% to 7.8% under Obama. pic.twitter.com/8xvuaDBmRf
Other awards created by presidents: President's Volunteer Service Award (GW Bush) Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Reagan) President's Education Awards Program (Reagan) President's Environmental Youth Award (Nixon) Presidential Medal of Freedom (Kennedy) https://t.co/qhTqaoVCcg
Because I have two daughters I appreciate Ann Coulter. Coulter stands as a shining example of everything I hope they will not be. Coulter is nasty, cruel, vicious and racist. She has accomplished nothing of meaning-ever and she has stained and harmed the fabric of America
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 8, 2025
You know, I appreciate this and many of the sane things he says nowadays, but I WILL NEVER forget that he & Nicole Wallace helped John McCain hoist Sarah Palin onto the national stage and possibly putting that woman in the White House, essentially paving the way for the current TURD FEST that we have now
Good luck in your quest for redemption, Steve, but you will always get the side eye from me.
Any other president but this DOTARD would use that information and adjust the national budget priorities.
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Natural disasters caused $306 billion in U.S. damage in 2017, the largest amount for one year
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria combined with devastating western wildfires and other natural disasters to create the most expensive year on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Monday.
Hurricane Harvey, which included extreme flooding in Houston and the surrounding area in August and September, caused $125 billion in damage, the year’s most expensive disaster.
The amount raises concerns about future disaster damage, as scientists fear climate change could make extreme weather events more damaging in the future. The previous most expensive year in history was in 2005, when disasters — including Hurricane Katrina — caused $215 billion in
JUST IN: BIllionaire Dem donor to spend tens of millions to boost 2018 turnout to try to flip control of the House https://t.co/9RtpKTXMMb pic.twitter.com/7sSYNQ9erV
I read today that the execrable Kochs are reaching out to Puerto Ricans displaced to the mainland to try to co-opt them. I hope Steyer and others go all in the counteract this!
This is where the Dems need to get off the pot and drum home the message that Trump, his administration, and the GOP Congress are “in charge” and RESPONSIBLE for the horrific lack of non-response to American citizens.
3 years ago, @BarackObama & I announced a plan for #FreeCommunityCollege.
Today there are free tuition programs in 16 states & over 200 communities.
We won't stop working until every hardworking student in America has access to #FreeCommunityCollege. Join us @College_Promise. pic.twitter.com/iqMvEGu3ee
One year ago today I had the honor of visiting The White House to see @MichelleObama last speech as our First Lady! @ReachHigher What an inspiring & memorable day!✨ pic.twitter.com/V5Wg768XgN
"So don’t be afraid — you hear me, young people? Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered. Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise." pic.twitter.com/T2Kk7SBZMa
— Better Make Room 🎓 (@BetterMakeRoom) January 6, 2025
After gutting Voting Rights Act, Republicans now trying to kill National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Pay attention to this week's SCOTUS case challenging voter purging in Ohio https://t.co/E292xFFFSy
They are afraid of us, they do not want us voting. WE WILL PREVAIL NO MATTER WHAT. I saw a RM video where there are 371 Democrats running for office for 2018 and only 71 Republican. Woman, AA’s, Gays, Transgender, Veterans, all spectrums of our society has had enough of the Rethugs. It’s a shame this did not happen while PBO was in office. Just think what we could have done for this country! I am hoping enough people are waking up NOW!
It's amazing that felon disenfranchisement still gets so little attention. In 2016, Clinton lost Florida by 112,911 votes. There are 499,306 black people permanently barred from voting in FL. Assume 35% turnout and a 95%/4%/1% vote split and you get a a net of 158,592 votes.
During her campaign for Cincinnati City Council, @tamayaforcincy often used the Shirley Chisholm quote: "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
At her swearing-in ceremony, she did just that by bringing the chair. https://t.co/mtjzQ5vP5V
Erin Jackson has only been long track speed skating for four months, but she just became the first AA woman to qualify for the U.S. Olympic long track speed skating team. https://t.co/m2BM75Oov1
— #becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) January 6, 2025
After gutting Voting Rights Act, Republicans now trying to kill National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Pay attention to this week's SCOTUS case challenging voter purging in Ohio https://t.co/E292xFFFSy
No Democrat should vote to fund a government that will deport young immigrants it promised to protect. https://t.co/qphJiEjWW5
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) January 7, 2025
If you care about #DACA, the govt funding bill due January 19 is probably the last train leaving the station. Hoping more Dems will withhold their votes this time unless #DACA is resolved
Oprah’s interview is a challenge to us all to not keep secrets about abuse. My sister took her own life after years of abuse from her husband.
And I learned something just a few months ago that I can say on here – but not to my children. My Dad was one of the most handsome men
(filum star looks) I’ve ever seen…just an anomaly from a dirt poor family of 13. He inherited the dark skinned Irish look, and my Mum the auburn Irish. Almost zero schooling - but he’d an unusual intelligence and way of seeing. Anyway he never found any direction and I just didn’t get it when he seemed to have it all. A close family member disclosed that Dad’s eldest brother abused him from the time he was very young.
So now it makes sense, just wish I’d known while he was alive. Thanks for listening, here goes.
(((HUGS))) bridgeriverpass. Don’t you think many families have things similar to this in their history? So sad, so wrong. Destroys many lives. Isn’t it good that you know you can share that here and feel safe and loved?
So sorry to hear your Dad had to experience this. Sounds as though you all provided him with a loving family, which no doubt enhanced his adult life greatly, even though it may not have been something about which he could have spoken.
I have declared January as Customer Appreciation Month, which is part of my ongoing commitment of putting people first. If you are a business and need to renew your license, don’t delay. Head down to the first floor of City Hall today! #PuttingPeopleFirst pic.twitter.com/G1xx5czy1y
— Randall Woodfin (@WoodfinForBham) January 8, 2025
Lindsey Graham on Trump calling himself 'a very stable genius': "If he doesn't call himself a genius, nobody else will." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/IG9hjEsOuL
What would Little Lindsey say if Barack Obama called himself a genius? I saw that he was going to be on the View and I decided not to watch Trump’s Little Lindsey.
Obsession w/ deporting nonwhite immigrants-no one's talking about profiling or deporting Irish immigrants here illegally- & building a physical wall on the southern border is 100% about white supremacy & maintaining the myth of USA being a "white country" https://t.co/v6DCCZiM9V
For those that believe in the Intelligence Community, this is the sort of tweet they will believe.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo says he’s concerned about continued efforts by Russia and others to undermine American elections, including 2018’s contests. https://t.co/beoEmGyxgC
Another moment of courage and sanity from the Senator from Arizona. (But his political stump with the half governor from AK cannot be forgotten.)
7 years after the senseless rampage in #Tucson that killed 6 Arizonans & injured 13, including my friend @GabbyGiffords, we pray for the families of those who died & remember with great admiration the heroic actions our fellow citizens took to save the lives of others that day.
Oprah’s speech was really good, but it resonates so much because we didn’t hear anything even remotely close to this since Obama left. We really are leaderless and in a terrible hopeless place. #GoldenGlobes
— BWD 🤢 You People Replaced Obama With This (@IrisRimon) January 8, 2025
My friend recommended Oprah’s speech to me, with similar wording. But I still have HOPE. Had it before President Obama, and caught a helluva lot more of it when he graced us with his presence in the White House. We The People are not going down just because of trump.
Pardon my side-eye as I recall your role in hoisting Sarah Palin onto the national stage & a potential heartbeat away from the Oval Office; thereby IMO paving the way for the current Turd Fest we now endure. I do, however, wish you good luck on your laudable quest for redemption.
I wonder what the families of these six sick white men must think? Are they still around? How could they possibly tell their maker? The State of Alabama just apologized six years ago for this injustice…..yet they want to call the USA a “Christian” nation. NO WHERE’s CLOSE TO HAVING A RIGHT TO CALL ITSELF THAT ESPECIALLY HOW THEY TREATED PBO AND 2016 VOTED IN THE ORANGE RACIST IN THE WH.
GA, TODbots.
Oprah, Oprah, Oprah! Wow!
Got to 33F yesterday. It will hit that again today before Winter re-asserts itself again tonight. Oh well, 2 Days of Winter Summer 😉 Thanks Mother Nature! Or was it, Climate Change 😳
❤ TODville Community.
Today we remember our colleagues, neighbors, and friends who lost their lives and those whose lives were forever changed. Every day I fight in their honor to prevent another community from having to endure a senseless gun violence tragedy. https://t.co/beitmmVq5N
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) January 8, 2025
The world needs to come to grips with this threat to democratic self-government https://t.co/21TM8XiRtR
— Derek Cressman (@DerekCressman) January 8, 2025
H.R. McMaster: The Russian government has launched a sophisticated campaign to influence Mexico's 2018 presidential election and stir up division. https://t.co/7ebVNyhg3b
I had no plans to open the email w/ subject line: Spicer on Oprah Then i did… “Sean Spicer says Oprah Winfrey doesn't have the political experience to be president”#serenitynow #openmindopenheart #itsonlymonday
Why would Republicans of @senjudiciary make a criminal referral to @FBI concerning information we know @FBI already has? Is this an attempt to undermine the Trump-Russia investigation? https://t.co/UVzkVONJTJ
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) January 8, 2025
.@SenBlumenthal and I are demanding that @ChuckGrassley release the transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s FULL 10-hour interview with the CEO of Fusion GPS. Americans deserve the full truth — not selectively leaked testimony. https://t.co/MF4fmF61g4
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) January 8, 2025
We have been warned by our national security experts: Russia interfered in the 2016 election and will do it again. This should be our focus — not Glenn Simpson or Christopher Steele. Make the transcripts public and let Americans decide for themselves. https://t.co/MF4fmF61g4
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) January 8, 2025
1. "Its", not "it's". 2. Colon (or comma), not semicolon, before "God". 3. Missing adjectival en-dash in "same-sex". 4. No comma after "couples". 5. Missing end quotation mark after "Civilly United". 6. Wrong, hateful and insane. https://t.co/qnhw6CyYnD
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) January 8, 2025
I still want "marriage" returned to it's rightful owner; GOD. You can call same sex couples, "Merged", "Conjoined", "Civilly United. Marriage is not meant to be edited by @SCOTUSPlaces .
Not going to the game, but way to go NAACP Atlanta for being there to protest Drumpolini.
I still want "marriage" returned to it's rightful owner; GOD. You can call same sex couples, "Merged", "Conjoined", "Civilly United. Marriage is not meant to be edited by @SCOTUSPlaces .
REALLY???? The “stupid” white man who got rich because of his daddy, who doesn’t read, is lazy, is racist, hired the most corrupt people into his administration, threatens an unstable hostile foreign power daily yet you question HER soundness for President because she is an African American woman, truly self-made billionaire, reads, helps others less fortunate, you QUESTION her about two white men who became popular and famous BECAUSE OF HER SHOW, then gave them a vehicle to get THEIR OWN SHOW? MF’ER PLEASE!
"I just hope that Recy Taylor died knowing that her truth…goes marching on": What to know about Recy Taylor, whose story Oprah Winfrey highlighted in Golden Globes speech. https://t.co/1clzbSe8il pic.twitter.com/SBLGodmQrR
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 8, 2025
Mary Tyler Moore was one of @Oprah's heroes. She had never met her in-person until MTM surprised her while she was taping her show. pic.twitter.com/SuAlJkKSgc
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 25, 2025
Nice palate cleanser after some of the nonsense that’s been swirling around today.
This would be the only reason I’d watch any part of that game. But I’ll wait and catch the video later.
Tune in TONIGHT to the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at 8PM ET on ESPN for a special look at Marvel Studios' #BlackPanther! pic.twitter.com/tj6uPIKNYX
— Black Panther (@theblackpanther) January 8, 2025
#Remembering musician David Bowie on his #birthday #OTD in 1947. Who can forget @csa_asc astronaut @Cmdr_Hadfield's performance of Bowie's "Space Oddity" aboard the @Space_Station in 2013? #GroundControlToMajorTom pic.twitter.com/IoWgmxvOpf
— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) January 8, 2025
Yes, the water is still unsafe in large parts of #PuertoRico—and that’s why #OperationAgua will continue working to bring safe, reliable water to the island. https://t.co/WUBfUOFXRS
Mr. Souza never skips a bit …. he is in “it”, every day… and I really like that
And Pete ALWAYS does such a classy job! I really like that too.
Hello, Linda.
Hello VC! Rather late in my response …. something came up…
Imagine you’re staring off into the blue…when PBO moseys along by on his dapple grey.
Isn’t it great? Congratulations, Linda. Friends and I are going to hear Pete speak this coming Tuesday - super excited! I hope his signature is on this copy. My brother already gave me one before Christmas but it isn’t signed.
That’s wonderful, Judith that you are going to hear Pete speak on Tuesday. Please let us know all about it.
Thanks a lot. Responding late … I had to attend to something
Wow Oprah!
Judith, GGail and I are going to hear Pete in Los Angeles on Jan 17th!!
Congrats, Linda, aka, GCL on your Au ⭐
Thanks for a new post, NW.
Thanks a lot.
This was the most important segment Joy had on this morning.
They had been at 30, but we won 2 states away from GOP, so now down to 28. After the 2018 election, I’m hoping that number goes way down. We have to get everyone out to register to vote!!!
Hello, TOD!
Wanted to wish all of you a happy and healthy New years. Sorry I haven’t been on here in a while. I needed to take a break.
Thank you, Nerdy, for continuing TOD.
Hello, Terri. Wishing you and yours a hopeful, productive and HAPPY 2018! 🙂
Thank you.
BBC is State owned, but operates independently of the State.
Last year, there were reports on at least 3-5 main Presenters who were/are Females were making 1/2 of their Male counterparts. There were meetings & then it was reported that they were going to correct this nonsense within a year or so. Hmm? It looks like it’s still rotten in UK’ s BBC Headquarters.
It seems the best way to take out the GOP is to destroy those businesses who support them. How could we do that?
Very good leg position, Mr. President. Now let’s get those heels down.
Just couldn’t resist.
Senator Whitehouse on a roll, today ….
Everyone knows he’s a mess and he is not functioning as a president…hell, he barely functions as a human being as far as I’m concerned. What does that say to the millions of people paying attention? Here, and around the world. Such a fall from the pinnacle. And, what does all this tell these same millions of voters about Republicans doing everything they can to protect the unfit and dangerous impostor? As the days pass, it will just get worse. What is the breaking point? What needs to happen for someone to finally say, “I’m done with the charade!”
It’s clear that the country has reached a dangerous inflection point. Republicans have decided en masse that their best chance at political survival is to hew closely to President Trump. But the president is so clearly unfit for office and in such obvious legal and ethical peril that they cannot protect him without violating basic principles of accountability and democracy.
Unfortunately, there are no mechanisms for accountability while Republicans run essentially the entire country. Democrats and all public officials of decency and patriotism must fight to preserve small-d democratic norms throughout the next year until hopefully Republicans lose control of Congress. But it will be a time of trial and extreme peril. It’s not clear how much longer our institutions can persevere against the strain of Trump’s authoritarianism and a Republican Party that has wholly lost its moral compass.
The Fierce Urgency of NOW
Terrifying!
seth meyers at golden globe awards
Good evening ladies and remaining gentlemen.
For the male nominees, this will be the first time in three months it won’t be terrifying to hear their name read out loud.
wow
Isn’t VD supposed to be 50 something. Damn. Black women must have an anti-aging elixir in their genes. Just beautiful.
There is a saying that “Black does not crack.” Most Black women I know do not look their ages.
Queen! 👑
That’s one of the best tweets I’ve seen today. Escort ’em all out!
I just watched the video. These people are insane.
I want to watch it, but haven’t been able to force myself yet. Ugh.
oyyyyyy. He was practically frothing at the mouth. (Shudders)
I hope CNN has better sense than to invite him back.
CNN confirmed it.
Like this right? 😀
I couldn’t resist! 😆
This should be used in TV ads. Over and over.
Gee, and it’s only 2018.
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Oprah’s speech at the Golden Globes was on point. Oprah for President!
One more….
Wow Oprah, what a speech. Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✊🏾
I have a smirk on my face, caused by the thought of that racist pompous punk, steve miller being escorted off the CNN premise by security
Goodnight TOD ….
Yes We Can
YES WE CAN!
One more observation before departing ….
From the AtlanticCouncil’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, an analysis:
Literally, on fire.
Metaphor? Morning everyone.
Its probably an insurance scam.
That HE initiated! LOL
Either that or his shredder blew up.
Good Morning TODVille.
You, my friends, are too much… for a Monday morning. But I bet either one of you is right!
May be “All of the Above” 🙂
Burning all the evidence against him and his rotten kids got out of hand………….
HA HA HA - yeowtch!
Oprah’s speech was incredible. I cried and felt powerful, all at the same time.
ICYMI, an amazing actor speaks the truth:
😍 SKB
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My son gave me a subscription to The New Yorker for Christmas, so luckily I get to see this one up close! Love it.
The New Yorker is still a great magazine worthy of reading each week. Hope you enjoy it.
Agree! I try to make sure I get it every year from “somebody” - Ha! And I love the cartoons.
Courting the AA votes, one stupid tweet at a time!
So I take it that the unemployment numbers from the BLS are accurate, because all I heard coming from Trump during the Obama Administration were that the numbers were a fake and shouldn’t be trusted.
Have I mentioned lately I hate him with the heat of a thousand suns? If I were going to waste my hate on somebody that low, that is.
Yup!
the backlash is directed towards Oprah Winfrey…a Blk Woman
This too!
DT is a chronic liar. So very stable genius = unstable idiot. Remember, every time he says ‘believe me’ …. Don’t
Watch this space
after her vicious baseless attacks against Hillary, why was sarandon, the turd enabler, even feted at the awards show?
Sarandon should have been told a long time ago to get the fuck on down the rode.
Good Morning Fam! 😘
Hope
This was Oprah’s backstage Q & A…very Illuminating
I could just sit at her feet and listen and learn for, like… ever!
… and because I cannot edit my butt-headed self for squat, here’s another try:
Thanks for posting this
Big ups to Aziz Ansara and Sterling K. Brown for their historic Golden Globe wins!
Arrgh! Ansari… sorry. Y’all already know I’m terrible. 🙄
Btw, a few days ago, I binge-watched both seasons of his show, Master of None. It is SO good and SOOO funny!
I know someone who exhibits both.
Ain’t no shade like dictionary shade!
WOW>>>Steve Schmidt…has almost redeemed himself for Sarah Palin…almost
Nawp! Everybody knows Ann Coulter is trash. Big whoop that he says so too.
You know, I appreciate this and many of the sane things he says nowadays, but I WILL NEVER forget that he & Nicole Wallace helped John McCain hoist Sarah Palin onto the national stage and possibly putting that woman in the White House, essentially paving the way for the current TURD FEST that we have now
Good luck in your quest for redemption, Steve, but you will always get the side eye from me.
amen
#MeToo, Dudette!
Any other president but this DOTARD would use that information and adjust the national budget priorities.
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Natural disasters caused $306 billion in U.S. damage in 2017, the largest amount for one year
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria combined with devastating western wildfires and other natural disasters to create the most expensive year on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Monday.
Hurricane Harvey, which included extreme flooding in Houston and the surrounding area in August and September, caused $125 billion in damage, the year’s most expensive disaster.
The amount raises concerns about future disaster damage, as scientists fear climate change could make extreme weather events more damaging in the future. The previous most expensive year in history was in 2005, when disasters — including Hurricane Katrina — caused $215 billion in
Love this guy. He #resists and #persists.
I read today that the execrable Kochs are reaching out to Puerto Ricans displaced to the mainland to try to co-opt them. I hope Steyer and others go all in the counteract this!
Hi Judith, good thoughts to you!
This is where the Dems need to get off the pot and drum home the message that Trump, his administration, and the GOP Congress are “in charge” and RESPONSIBLE for the horrific lack of non-response to American citizens.
They are afraid of us, they do not want us voting. WE WILL PREVAIL NO MATTER WHAT. I saw a RM video where there are 371 Democrats running for office for 2018 and only 71 Republican. Woman, AA’s, Gays, Transgender, Veterans, all spectrums of our society has had enough of the Rethugs. It’s a shame this did not happen while PBO was in office. Just think what we could have done for this country! I am hoping enough people are waking up NOW!
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BIG HEARTS/LOVES to you Dudette!
{{{{{ ❤️❤️ Jojo ❤️❤️ }}}}}
https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/950383203910672387….
Oprah’s interview is a challenge to us all to not keep secrets about abuse. My sister took her own life after years of abuse from her husband.
And I learned something just a few months ago that I can say on here – but not to my children. My Dad was one of the most handsome men
(filum star looks) I’ve ever seen…just an anomaly from a dirt poor family of 13. He inherited the dark skinned Irish look, and my Mum the auburn Irish. Almost zero schooling - but he’d an unusual intelligence and way of seeing. Anyway he never found any direction and I just didn’t get it when he seemed to have it all. A close family member disclosed that Dad’s eldest brother abused him from the time he was very young.
So now it makes sense, just wish I’d known while he was alive. Thanks for listening, here goes.
(((huggs))))
(((HUGS))) bridgeriverpass. Don’t you think many families have things similar to this in their history? So sad, so wrong. Destroys many lives. Isn’t it good that you know you can share that here and feel safe and loved?
{{Bridgeriverpass}}, I’m so sorry that you and your family had to go through this.
That is a profoundly sad and all-too-common family tragedy. The cycle must be broken.
So sorry to hear your Dad had to experience this. Sounds as though you all provided him with a loving family, which no doubt enhanced his adult life greatly, even though it may not have been something about which he could have spoken.
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Wow thank you all for your kindness, insight and sweetness. With love to you all.
My heart goes out to you, bridgeriverpass. I hope for healing for all families.
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— Randall Woodfin (@WoodfinForBham) January 8, 2025
Well! See, deep down I knew not everyone from Duke is a preening, obnoxious asshole. Nice to have that affirmed.
You can say that again, Lind!
I see Whoppie was not laughing. Will have to ask my mom whether she commented.
What would Little Lindsey say if Barack Obama called himself a genius? I saw that he was going to be on the View and I decided not to watch Trump’s Little Lindsey.
Putin and Trump’s new Russian lackey obviously Kompromized by Putin.
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Oh, oh, oh!
Racists bigots.
eating pizza in joburg with fork and knife. eatcher heart out, bt.
Enjoy.
I thought I will bait unohoo with that post. Bummer.
More “Oh, oh, Oh!”
An insult to 4th graders, everywhere.
For those that believe in the Intelligence Community, this is the sort of tweet they will believe.
Another moment of courage and sanity from the Senator from Arizona. (But his political stump with the half governor from AK cannot be forgotten.)
Empty words when he TAKES NO brave actions to VOTE against the evil NRA.
My friend recommended Oprah’s speech to me, with similar wording. But I still have HOPE. Had it before President Obama, and caught a helluva lot more of it when he graced us with his presence in the White House. We The People are not going down just because of trump.
#Obama44 ❤
So I told him.
You’re good, Dudette. I still don’t know how to “like” your blogs.
Thanks NCLB. Trying to follow your example. ☺️
Brava, Dudette.
Waiting for the movie. If there is one.
I wonder what the families of these six sick white men must think? Are they still around? How could they possibly tell their maker? The State of Alabama just apologized six years ago for this injustice…..yet they want to call the USA a “Christian” nation. NO WHERE’s CLOSE TO HAVING A RIGHT TO CALL ITSELF THAT ESPECIALLY HOW THEY TREATED PBO AND 2016 VOTED IN THE ORANGE RACIST IN THE WH.
GA, TODbots.
Oprah, Oprah, Oprah! Wow!
Got to 33F yesterday. It will hit that again today before Winter re-asserts itself again tonight. Oh well, 2 Days of Winter Summer 😉 Thanks Mother Nature! Or was it, Climate Change 😳
❤ TODville Community.
They’re doing it to everybody
Who cares what an irrelevant MORON has to say?
Her hashtags (and convos on her show) show that she doesn’t! Love her.
They NEED to make the information they have PUBLIC themselves!
Gossip MSM pretending to know, while setting up Oprah for their own sinnester games?
I’ll wait to hear it from Lady O! Anything else is gossip and rumor that goes NOWHERE.
For you grammar sticklers out there! 😄
Not going to the game, but way to go NAACP Atlanta for being there to protest Drumpolini.
Smh and laughing kinda
REALLY???? The “stupid” white man who got rich because of his daddy, who doesn’t read, is lazy, is racist, hired the most corrupt people into his administration, threatens an unstable hostile foreign power daily yet you question HER soundness for President because she is an African American woman, truly self-made billionaire, reads, helps others less fortunate, you QUESTION her about two white men who became popular and famous BECAUSE OF HER SHOW, then gave them a vehicle to get THEIR OWN SHOW? MF’ER PLEASE!
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/01/08/obamcare-is-good/
This would be the only reason I’d watch any part of that game. But I’ll wait and catch the video later.
It’s Bowie Day! 🚀