So thankful we have these true leaders to express the feelings that many of us have, but are not articulate enough to share ourselves. I’m just sick about the loss of this beautiful building. 😦
The more I hear Pete Buttigieg speak and answer questions the more I am impressed with him. I felt that way the first time. My Son-in-Law sent me an article I read but also deleted that said he was not in touch with the poor in his area that he was mayor of. It was making him out to be a privileged White guy. My SIL thinks he is not progressive enough, but in reality I am more moderate than my SIL. I like the idea of keeping ACA and adding a Public Option to eventually get to something like Medicare for all. There are many people just too afraid to throw it all out and be extreme about it. Mayor Pete’s view seems to be very much like Barack Obama’s thoughts were before he won the election.
I like Cory Booker too. The Castro twin, Eric Swallwell, Beto, Insley and Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren. Still like tried and true Biden. It kind of depends who the media shows off as to whom the audience gravitates toward.
I do not like Bernie. He who is not a true Democrat and one that believes it is his way or the highway. I liked how Obama was pragmatic and would try to make changes in small steps if necessary. Bernie is more like Trump than Obama in his record. BS did not vote for the recent Democratic healthcare bill that all the other Dems voted for. BS voted with the Republicans. He wants Medicare for all period. I have also noted he does not walk his talk. I also do not like Tulsa Gabbard from HI. I cannot even remember her name and realize I got it wrong. She seems more like a Republican to me.
BUT bottom line for me is getting Trump out of there even if I have to vote for Bernie Sanders.
1. For those expressing that they do not understand why everyone is so hugely upset about Notre Dame, not only is incredible history gone forever, but amazing beauty, art and architecture. A remembrance thread:… pic.twitter.com/W8OsT19y8z
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) April 15, 2025
72 years ago today, #JackieRobinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball as a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. #HistoryMaker #WorldHistory #BlackHistory pic.twitter.com/J153QcD9b5
Amb Eisen’s book, as is the case with Amb McFaul’s, represents the lethal danger of taking democracy for granted.
And, Sir, your mother impressed me with her exceptionally prescient understanding of the insidious, persistent, lethal malignancy of nationalist, autocratic, white supremacy, anti-Semitic despots like #Putin & #Trump.
— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) April 16, 2025
Dear Amb @McFaul, given the astonishing, ongoing success of #Putin's cyber-info-psyops war against our Democracy, how much longer should Former US Presidents wait before jointly demanding #Trump's resignation?
BTW, it took very few pages into FCWTHP to know why #Putin fears you.
Yeah, but all concerned Americans will put Barr on Candid Camera this time He's gotten away w/being a RW hitman in the past but now we have to unload his watergun https://t.co/sFwPHqGvHN
Don’t get why the NYT did this. It’s cheap, exploitive, and doesn’t doesn’t achieve any real journalistic purpose they couldn’t have accomplished another way. https://t.co/pvNF2riibw
I'm running for the United States Senate. I grew up in Colorado and raised my family here. As @BarackObama's choice for Colorado's US Attorney, I won big fights for Coloradans.
Now, I'm taking on Trump & Cory Gardner. Watch my story: https://t.co/3c4jxUf0Ej #cosen #copolitics
White people want us to put aside Bernie Sanders racict, sexist votes, language and actions. They want us to accept a white man who can't have the leadership skills to tell his base to calm the fuck down. People are telling the base of Democratic party to shut up. Nah. Do better.
Your #TaxDay reminder that undocumented immigrants pay $11.74 BILLION in state and local taxes EVERY YEAR. Read more from @JuanSaaa: https://t.co/Uvs1KqkwyB
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i remember that Pres Obama described how change in the country is incremental…that we do not make turns/changes like a speedboat..but more like an ocean liner…but what happens we need to move with the speed and agility of a speed boat…when we are trying to avoid hitting the shore but there are folks that would rather crash and burn it all down rather then navigate the shoreline to safety….
This Thread…
Nothing. nothing happens.
Nothing happens then that didn't happen when an admitted rapist white supremacist became President.
Everyone keeps waiting for the critical moment that signals that it's all gone too far.
I'll say it again. All of this American hoopla over the #NotreDameCathedral is unnecessary. Some lament that but hardly a peep about the white man who burned down 3 historically black churches; and is probably going to get away with it.
— Skats (@sherylk_) April 16, 2025
i think that it is ok to lament about the Catherdral Burning….but she has a point that it appears that most Americans to not bash an eye..about the burning of three black churches..
On this Day , Friends : President Obama listens as Vice President Biden discusses the Obama administration’s plans for promoting high speed rail service in areas of the United States in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 16, 2025
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I AGREE… THAT DEMS STILL DONT GET,THEY’RE PLAYING POLITICS,& trump’s PLAYING BUTCHER YOUR ENEMIES& CREATE CONSTANT MAYHEM. HE’S IGNORANT THUG WITH LIZARD BRAIN THAT GUARANTEES HIS SURVIVAL ABOVE ALL ELSE.IF DEMS R WAITING 4 HIM 2 HAVE EPIPHANY,GOOD FKNG🍀. HE HAS🖤&SOUL OF☠️
The connection between #SanFrancisco & #Paris runs deep. The two are sister cities & San Francisco's Grace Cathedral is a sister cathedral to Notre Dame — its architecture was inspired by the landmark in Paris.#NotreDameCathedralFire https://t.co/YcpN1PsVkY
So it is settled then? This is officially the stuff of dreams for Trump and his vampire base:
“One woman had a baby, a five-month-old baby and said she’d been there for five days,” she said. “The baby had filthy clothes. The situation is unhealthy. People are in a confined space, they’re not getting showers, their clothes are dirty, babies are not getting Pampers like they should be. These ladies were crying and telling us their stories and it was just heartbreaking.”
These families aren’t sleeping on cots but rather “on a temporary floor that covered the asphalt parking lot beneath, with babies sometimes sleeping on their parents’ legs to avoid the hard floor.” It was just days ago that border officials were forcing detained people to sleep on dirt and rocks in a now-closed cage under a bridge, also in El Paso.
Officials were more than happy to allow media to photograph that horror show, as well as to perp-walk children to add some images to the administration’s propaganda campaign. But now “reporters are forbidden from the facility, leaving The Daily Beast to observe the operation through a telephoto lens from nearly a quarter-mile away.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/15/1850492/-Babies-as-young-as-five-months-old-have-been-detained-in-emerging-tent-city-in-El-Paso
-As happened in Germany not that long ago: If such cruelty and sadism is allowed to continue while we look on or look away, we are not only on the list for the chopping block, we’re also complicit. Strategy.
@BetoORourke @JulianCastro Please suspend your campaigns and head for El Paso >>> Babies as young as 5 months old have been detained in 'emerging tent city' in El Paso https://t.co/gbWiOKD8jV
Barr/Trump will let us see what they want us to see. And not before they are ready for us to see it. Where’s Mueller?
Barr is a past master of redaction and withholding the truth until it’s too late - which is why he was hired.
It was foolish to believe in Barr’s “exoneration” story. Why would you do that? And why would you do it all over again on Thursday?
The judge told the government that it should start thinking about how he can assess whether they've properly withheld information under FOIA. This could mean "in camera" inspection by the judge — aka, the judge gets to read what's behind the redaction bars
The DOJ lawyer said she couldn't say yet if DOJ is going to represent in court that the version of the report Barr releases Thursday is the same one they're going to release under FOIA. The judge strongly urged the govt to come to the next hearing on 5/2 ready to talk about that
What Walton has made clear that he wants to get litigation moving as quickly as possible over what the govt can withhold in the Mueller report — he just wasn't convinced it made sense to act before Barr releases the report (with redactions determined by the AG) on Thursday
« Society is constantly trying to quiet the girl » #becoming @MichelleObama #empoweringwomen pic.twitter.com/HrdtwpB6Ao
— Danielle McCaffrey (@danymcc) April 16, 2025
"Society is constantly trying to "quiet" the girls" #MichelleObama #Becoming pic.twitter.com/xePwh397My
— Judith Azema (@JudithAzema) April 16, 2025
Who knew so many people would pay to come hear Michelle Obama sell a book?! And she’s even playing lady gaga ‘born this way’ as intro music. I love her! pic.twitter.com/joGbQEFhv7
— le french caravaner (@thegaycaravaner) April 16, 2025
The moment Michelle Obama's Parisian river cruise turns to shock as she and other revelers realize Notre Dame is on fire https://t.co/opIHwQ7Oi8
Oh. They all just look for ways to grift and cheat
One of Erickson's alleged schemes involves fraudulently raising $$ for the Dignity Wheelchair, which lets people use the bathroom without being lifted out of the chair
Money raised ostensibly for this went to pay Maria Butina's tuition at American University
0/50 Why we do think that Mr. Trump owes a debt to Mr. Putin? Here are fifty reasons. All of the facts are a matter of public record, and all of the sources can be found in my book The Road to Unfreedom. #RoadToUnfreedom
Fmr Rep. David Jolly on how the DOJ can give Congress the full-on Mueller report:
“Point of background for how simple the process is to provide an unredacted classified version of the Mueller report to Congress. The full report can be submitted to House Intel as custodian. Members can sign in to read the report w/ no photo/phone devices, and leave w/ no copy.”
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/04/16/congress-trump-mueller-report.html
Fact: “There are no “security concerns” stopping the Justice Department providing Congress access to the full Mueller report.
The real reason why Barr won’t give Congress full access to the report is that it will be damaging for Donald Trump.” (Easley)
-Consigliere Barr has put his arse on the line to protect his mega crime boss. Over to us…
As we hold Paris in our thoughts today, let’s also send some love to our neighbors in Louisiana. Three historically black churches have burned in recent weeks, charring buildings and scattering communities. If you can, contribute to rebuilding funds here: https://t.co/OSteYWzU9v
#SB9 targets people of color, the elderly, and disabled Texans, and criminalizes innocent voting mistakes. It’s up to us to make sure it doesn’t become law. #StopSB9 https://t.co/AlytCHy4Ts
— Texas Civil Rights Project (@TXCivilRights) April 15, 2025
Here's what an administration would do if it wanted to responsibly deal with immigration and asylum requests at the border. The answer does not include separating families and putting babies in cages. @WomenInTheWorld @FareedZakaria pic.twitter.com/TdYWOQdVcf
So important not to forget the congregations suffering the loss of their sanctuaries in Louisiana. A church is a home, whether the edifice is famous or just yours. https://t.co/yUWd4M6pzG
Did you know that cargo vehicles don’t autonomously dock to @Space_Station? Instead, they park close by and we capture them with #CanadaArm2 – called a “grapple.” We're practicing that maneuver a lot this week to be ready for Friday’s planned arrival of #Cygnus NG-11. pic.twitter.com/KPCsFXMkpL
Identity politics is the new race card. Senator and presidential candidate @KamalaHarris joins @jonfavs on #PodSaveAmerica, out Wednesday afternoon! #2020 #kamalaharris pic.twitter.com/Vh1HWyGfq8
— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) April 17, 2025
Michelle Obama told a crowd in Paris to "be strong and have faith" after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral: "We have to believe in each other, we have to use these times to unite." https://t.co/TgsyNYILO7 pic.twitter.com/vMzeiiKnuV
“One of the most famous whistleblowers of modern American politics, Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg, told Newsweek that if Congress can’t or won’t release the full report, a leak might be unavoidable. “ https://t.co/xMOaAt6gNz
Some amazing work from two of the world’s best dancer/choreographers, Keone and Mari Madrid. Their description of this dance:
“Identity” - A piece about mental health, identity, and the dangers of doing it on your own.”
Our beloved Professor Charles Ogletree is missing. Please circulate. Sending prayers up asking God to light a safe & easy path home for him, praying for he & his family's strength #Cambridge Police Seek Missing Man With #Alzheimer's https://t.co/MPXATRSNTM via @nbc10boston
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) April 17, 2025
Dear Career @FBI @TheJusticeDept Honorable Public Servants, Are you going to halt #AGBarr from further enabling #Trump's criminality including #ObstructionOfJustice? We know his proclivity for cover-ups. https://t.co/fLs03DQxDV
Rachel Maddow spoke to the author of an article about Barr’s redaction summary and cover-up strategy. I look fwd to reading it and will post a link. On Tuesday night Lawrence O’Donnell’s guest Ryan Goodman confirmed a pattern in Barr’s suspicious behavior.
Ryan Goodman, Professor, NYU School of Law:
“That`s right. So there`s a remarkable episode that is very similar to today. 1989, William Barr had actually issued or written an opinion for the Justice Department highly controversy. It looked like it paved the way for the United States to forcibly abduct the leader of Panama. So Congress wanted the full opinion and Barr said, no, you can`t have the full opinion but I`ll give you a summary of its principal conclusions, which is the same language he used for the Mueller report - that he`ll give a summary of the principal conclusions. It ends up that he gives a 13-page report and then only three years later do we actually find the full opinion and it turns out that he did not give Congress the principal conclusions. He left some major conclusions out.”
Schiff: "We have a constitutional obligation to do oversight, and in the area of the intelligence committee, we have an additional mandate to protect the country if there was a compromise of the president or people around him by a hostile foreign power." https://t.co/CyOZuOmDHq
.@Beyonce: “I am so grateful that my daughters and my son live in a world where @MichelleObama shines as a beacon of hope who inspires all of us to do better and to be better” #TIME100 https://t.co/xszSg8J5In
If you admire Sir David Adjaye, this is a wonderful interview where he speaks about all the elements that went into his design for the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Glorious! https://t.co/TJdosrDWH7
Dear Mrs @MichelleObama it is an honor to welcome you to our wonderful city of #Amsterdam today. A city of which I am proud of, just as, if I may say so, I am proud of you! You are an amazing example of intelligence, kindness and class rolled into one! Thankyou! @hwaspeakers pic.twitter.com/w4EvTXgqrO
— Audrey (@EXPATinAms) April 17, 2025
One of my favourite quotes from @Michelle. Can’t wait to hear more tonight!!! #Becoming #MichelleObama #Amsterdam pic.twitter.com/1Fyq3hzk8v
.@KamalaHarris on Christine Blasey Ford: “Through her courage, she forced the country to reckon with an issue that has too often been ignored and kept in the dark” #TIME100 https://t.co/oGvaKmCfbf pic.twitter.com/3CI34H3mos
An #abortion clinic is suing to open in Pete Buttigieg’s city. It could test his skills on a national stage. https://t.co/HxnGZdphVi via @voxdotcom #choice #roevwade #reprorights #healthcare
So thankful we have these true leaders to express the feelings that many of us have, but are not articulate enough to share ourselves. I’m just sick about the loss of this beautiful building. 😦
Oh I love that. My son played with his band at another club in Ybor City a couple times, back in the ’90s!
The more I hear Pete Buttigieg speak and answer questions the more I am impressed with him. I felt that way the first time. My Son-in-Law sent me an article I read but also deleted that said he was not in touch with the poor in his area that he was mayor of. It was making him out to be a privileged White guy. My SIL thinks he is not progressive enough, but in reality I am more moderate than my SIL. I like the idea of keeping ACA and adding a Public Option to eventually get to something like Medicare for all. There are many people just too afraid to throw it all out and be extreme about it. Mayor Pete’s view seems to be very much like Barack Obama’s thoughts were before he won the election.
I like Cory Booker too. The Castro twin, Eric Swallwell, Beto, Insley and Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren. Still like tried and true Biden. It kind of depends who the media shows off as to whom the audience gravitates toward.
I do not like Bernie. He who is not a true Democrat and one that believes it is his way or the highway. I liked how Obama was pragmatic and would try to make changes in small steps if necessary. Bernie is more like Trump than Obama in his record. BS did not vote for the recent Democratic healthcare bill that all the other Dems voted for. BS voted with the Republicans. He wants Medicare for all period. I have also noted he does not walk his talk. I also do not like Tulsa Gabbard from HI. I cannot even remember her name and realize I got it wrong. She seems more like a Republican to me.
BUT bottom line for me is getting Trump out of there even if I have to vote for Bernie Sanders.
Obama Grandmama, I am with you. You expressed my sentiments EXACTLY.
Trumps MO is to say he will donate. Then never actually do it.
Oh, boy! Our Nancy never misses a beat.
I love her!
This is so wonderful.
Goodnight, TODville. Sweet dreams when y’all get there!
Amb Eisen’s book, as is the case with Amb McFaul’s, represents the lethal danger of taking democracy for granted.
Goodnight TOD ….
Morning everyone
So the NYT is a tabloid now?
Hey, Colorado!!
Yes
This, this and this
Bernie Sanders is to arrogant for my taste.
😡😡
That is beyond cold. Our tax dollars shouldn’t go towards such outrageous deportations.
…
i remember that Pres Obama described how change in the country is incremental…that we do not make turns/changes like a speedboat..but more like an ocean liner…but what happens we need to move with the speed and agility of a speed boat…when we are trying to avoid hitting the shore but there are folks that would rather crash and burn it all down rather then navigate the shoreline to safety….
This Thread…
Speaking Truth to Power…
i think that it is ok to lament about the Catherdral Burning….but she has a point that it appears that most Americans to not bash an eye..about the burning of three black churches..
I am here for this.
In Venezuela. Thanks
LIVE NOW: Former VP Biden delivers eulogy for Sen. Fritz Hollings in Charleston, South Carolina - https://abcnews.go.com/Live
Good morning TOD …
LIVE NOW: Sen. Booker campaigns in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa - https://abcnews.go.com/Live
We’ve said this all along
I wonder why folks always say this…do they want the dems to be playing Emperor too…to disobey Rule of Law…
So it is settled then? This is officially the stuff of dreams for Trump and his vampire base:
“One woman had a baby, a five-month-old baby and said she’d been there for five days,” she said. “The baby had filthy clothes. The situation is unhealthy. People are in a confined space, they’re not getting showers, their clothes are dirty, babies are not getting Pampers like they should be. These ladies were crying and telling us their stories and it was just heartbreaking.”
These families aren’t sleeping on cots but rather “on a temporary floor that covered the asphalt parking lot beneath, with babies sometimes sleeping on their parents’ legs to avoid the hard floor.” It was just days ago that border officials were forcing detained people to sleep on dirt and rocks in a now-closed cage under a bridge, also in El Paso.
Officials were more than happy to allow media to photograph that horror show, as well as to perp-walk children to add some images to the administration’s propaganda campaign. But now “reporters are forbidden from the facility, leaving The Daily Beast to observe the operation through a telephoto lens from nearly a quarter-mile away.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/15/1850492/-Babies-as-young-as-five-months-old-have-been-detained-in-emerging-tent-city-in-El-Paso
-As happened in Germany not that long ago: If such cruelty and sadism is allowed to continue while we look on or look away, we are not only on the list for the chopping block, we’re also complicit. Strategy.
To shine more light on this atrocity …
Barr/Trump will let us see what they want us to see. And not before they are ready for us to see it. Where’s Mueller?
Barr is a past master of redaction and withholding the truth until it’s too late - which is why he was hired.
It was foolish to believe in Barr’s “exoneration” story. Why would you do that? And why would you do it all over again on Thursday?
ALRIGHTY THEN!!!!
INcredible……This is all so surreal…..like we are in an episode of the Twilight Zone
Judge Walton is a Black judge appointed by W. He’s also a former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA).
thanks for the info
LIVE NOW: Beto O’Rourke holds meet and greet in Williamsburg, Virginia - https://abcnews.go.com/Live
Oh. They all just look for ways to grift and cheat
Thread
Thread
Michelle Obama is in Paris tonight for her book tour.
Fmr Rep. David Jolly on how the DOJ can give Congress the full-on Mueller report:
“Point of background for how simple the process is to provide an unredacted classified version of the Mueller report to Congress. The full report can be submitted to House Intel as custodian. Members can sign in to read the report w/ no photo/phone devices, and leave w/ no copy.”
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/04/16/congress-trump-mueller-report.html
Fact: “There are no “security concerns” stopping the Justice Department providing Congress access to the full Mueller report.
The real reason why Barr won’t give Congress full access to the report is that it will be damaging for Donald Trump.” (Easley)
-Consigliere Barr has put his arse on the line to protect his mega crime boss. Over to us…
LIVE NOW - Pete Buttigieg campaigns in Fort Dodge, Iowa - https://twitter.com/PeteButtigieg - https://abcnews.go.com/Live
Tuesday in Paris.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6928937/Michelle-Obama-Paris-cruise-Notre-Dame-caught-fire.html#i-c4b707e15436b595
Thanks jer44.
Thank you Madame President!
WHAT NEXT!!!
Every week you think eventually they’ll just get tired of doing so much evil, and every week they, they prove it never ends.
I know, I know. Ugh.
Be strong and have faith people of France.
This is one of the best things I’ve seen all week!
This
Counting on it!
Rachel did a great job in breaking down Barr. I don’t think he’s going to get away w/ same crappola as in 1989.
Some amazing work from two of the world’s best dancer/choreographers, Keone and Mari Madrid. Their description of this dance:
“Identity” - A piece about mental health, identity, and the dangers of doing it on your own.”
Oh my goodness. Professor Ogeltree is missing.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charles-ogletree-harvard-law-professor-who-taught-obama-reported-missing
I even checked before seeing that to see if he’d been located, but didn’t spot anything right away. HE’S BEEN FOUND.
OH, THANK GOODNESS!!
Yes!
Rachel Maddow spoke to the author of an article about Barr’s redaction summary and cover-up strategy. I look fwd to reading it and will post a link. On Tuesday night Lawrence O’Donnell’s guest Ryan Goodman confirmed a pattern in Barr’s suspicious behavior.
Ryan Goodman, Professor, NYU School of Law:
“That`s right. So there`s a remarkable episode that is very similar to today. 1989, William Barr had actually issued or written an opinion for the Justice Department highly controversy. It looked like it paved the way for the United States to forcibly abduct the leader of Panama. So Congress wanted the full opinion and Barr said, no, you can`t have the full opinion but I`ll give you a summary of its principal conclusions, which is the same language he used for the Mueller report - that he`ll give a summary of the principal conclusions. It ends up that he gives a 13-page report and then only three years later do we actually find the full opinion and it turns out that he did not give Congress the principal conclusions. He left some major conclusions out.”
-Goodman interview was on Monday night.
Yes, bridgeriverpass, I saw it. Thank you!
Nothing about trump is funny, but this tweet about the Seven Dwarfs is!
…”May God Rest Their Soul” ????
What does that even mean?
He sure doesn’t know! Ugh.
Morning everyone
Our fearless leader, traveling the world being feted and mending fences.
VERY NICEEEEEEEEEEE,,,
That is so wonderful what Beyonce wrote about our Forever First Lady.
I love that quote too.
Good
Yes…let’s watch this response. Very important
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2019/04/17/michelle-obama-a-beacon-of-hope/