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Today
9:40 PT: The President attends a DNC fundraiser, private residence, San Francisco
11:15 PT: Departs San Francisco
7:10 ET: Arrives White House
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President Obama walks to Air Force One prior to departure from Los Angeles International Airport, October 10, 2025
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The Week Ahead
Tomorrow: The President has no public events scheduled
Monday: Columbus Day - the President has no public events.
Tuesday: The President will attend a DCCC event in the Washington, D.C., area.
Wednesday: The President will travel to Union, New Jersey, to attend a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee event.
In the evening, he will travel to Bridgeport, Connecticut, for a campaign rally with Connecticut Democrats, featuring Governor Dan Malloy.
Thursday: The President will travel to Rhode Island to deliver remarks on the economy.
Afterward, he will travel to Long Island, New York, to attend a DNC event.
Friday: The President will attend meetings at the White House.
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President Obama holds 22-week-old Lucio Tonatiuh Madrigal at Frank G Bonelli Regional Park, California
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President Obama signing memorabilia backstage at San Dimas (Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Barack Obama arrives at San Francisco International Airport on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014
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A warm San Francisco welcome, from Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Anna Eshoo
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Our Judith!
On the left: Our Judith!
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.@JoeBiden Great speech in support of our terrific .@JeffMerkley. Still have a glowing cheek. #orsen #bidenpdx pic.twitter.com/KOcgGOkgU4
— Judith Fardig (@FardigJudith) October 10, 2025
.@JoeBiden Thanks for supporting our terrific .@JeffMerkley. Such an honor to meet you! #orsen #bidenpdx pic.twitter.com/0cm2b3X2zq
— Judith Fardig (@FardigJudith) October 10, 2025
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Judith’s ticket, signed by the VP
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Judith: “I’ve attached my speech so you know what I said today to merit a hug and kiss from V.P. Joe Biden. It was lovely to have the opportunity to tell him about his ardent fan club at The Obama Diary. He signed my ticket!!”
“We know actions taken by volunteers to register voters and get them to exercise their precious right to vote make a critical difference.
Holding house parties and neighborhood events to raise many small dollar donations will beat the Koch Brothers’ and Karl Rove’s dark money Super Pacs like it did in Jeff Merkley’s first Senate race and in electing and re-electing Obama/Biden.
We need to give them a Congress that will work with them to pass progressive legislation instead of throwing a monkey wrench into the gears of government.
Don’t ride the roller coaster of polls or be depressed by the mainstream media focus on every bit of dismal news.
Don’t boo: VOTE!
Oregon ballots drop on October 15th. We must ramp up our efforts NOW. Before you leave today, pledge to speak to every 18-30 year old in your family circle to make sure they are registered at their current Oregon address by October 14th.
Throw a Voter’s Guide party to discuss the critical importance of voting for Democrats up and down the ticket and collecting a few donations for GOTV.
Sign up for a shift of calling our target voters from one of the campaign offices and/or knocking on doors of people we need to vote.
Together, we will give Jeff Merkley the biggest margin of victory ever and send him back to the Senate to do the people’s, not the corporations’ work.
THANK YOU!”
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Judith’s photos:
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On This Day
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President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughter Malia meet with Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban a year ago, in the Oval Office, Oct. 11, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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MoooOOOooorning! And Happy Birthday again Jacqueline!
White House.gov
Good morning
Morning vetivera24, mooooooorning everyone!
Have a super day!
Chips, I’m humbled and amazed that you included my Joe Biden event in this post! The tall woman in the photo after AF 2 is Tia who had a really compelling personal story, and the guy standing between Beast 1 and Beast 2 in the last photo is “Mr. Judith” A.K.A. Paul who got to drive some of the Veep’s staffers around and took most of the pictures. Such a thrill!
Good Morning, vetivera!!! Congrats on first! :-)
Thanks. Have a super Saturday.
Morning Vetivera, first on this post!
Thanks Judith.
TOD’ers are going places. Way to go, JF.
Thanks, AMK!
No, thank you for all the volunteering. I can only cheer from afar. :)
G’morning Chips & TOD!!! Thanks Judith for all the work you’re doing on the ground for Sen Merkley & for sharing your wonderful experiences on the campaign trail with VP Biden!!!!
Goooooooood morning Hopefruit!!!!
Thanks, Hopefruit. House 75% up to snuff and RSVPs for tomorrow’s party up to 64. They’ll be stacked like cordwood to hear Senator Merkley’s wife talk!
Good morning, Ms. Chips!
Congratulations vetivera 24!
So we meet again……..it is damp and raining here in NYC.
There will be no walk in Central Park today. Back to bed with a cup of green tea and dram about breakfast.
Thank you all for a great week here at TOD.
POB and FLOTUS are working so hard for us. I am so proud of them and I truly appreciate having them as my POTUS and FLOTUS.
Have a great weekend everyone!
It is time for me to clean out some closets. Too much stuff. Hoarding is NOT an option.
“dream” about breakfast…..
Thanks for sharing Judith’s speech and pictures from the Merkley event where Joe Biden spoke.
Judith, you go girl!!!! Thanks for the work you are doing.
Blushing … thanks swbluega!
for job
Thanks, amk! Thanks, Chips! See you later in the day, TODville!
I was just watching msnbc… And the guy for the ny times says that republicans will do better than the six seats that they need, to regain control if the senate.
He points to Colorado, saying Udall isn’t running a good campaign and will not get the needed indes to win.
Then, he said it’s bc republicans have a +6 Voter ID advantage in the state???
+6?
+6??
+6???
Wtf is he talking about?
Jovie you know the score with these fools…they’re bankrolled to spread a very specific message to make the GOP look FAR better than they are…
Yup. But KornHacky didn’t push back he just said oh ok great.
Bye bye.
Lol.
In florida, Crist finally took the gloves off. You know he came to visit in the Tampa office.
And we all told him that Scott has a lot of weaknesses and that he should go negative.
He did ! And is now winning! :)
Good for Crist! I see that the TampaBay Times endorsed him over Scott.
KornHacky is a Libertarian Hack so he’s only too happy to have his GOPer friends on his show attacking Dems and PBO with lies.
I stopped watching tv news because it seemed like every single show became “how has President Obama failed you today”. I don’t have the time for that nonsense.
MomSense!
So many dittos to that…ad infinitum! Sick of listening to every problem in the world heaved onto President Obama’s shoulders. I’m watching old reruns of Law and Order now to keep my sanity. And those Dems who back away from the President’s incredible record are cowardly to say the least. One great disappointment to me is listening to Leon Panetta blame the President for making a sound call. So uncharacteristic of Panetta. His luster is now gone. He joins the ranks of the pathetic whiners who “time their whines” to disrupt whatever good they can. Obviously stayed too long at the dance.
it’s weekend jovie. go have fun.
I am playing golf at the base… We need one more for a foursome.
You want to play?
You probably have a 25 handicap? :)
A bunch of Cardinals got together with the Pope and decided that they wanted to have a golf game against the other religions. The only problem was that none of the cardinals were very good golfers.
One Cardninal turned to the Pope and suggested, “We could get Tiger Woods and ordain him as a Cardinal. He would ensure our victory.”
“That’s a great idea”, said the Pope.
A few weeks later, the cardinals returned from their golf game and the Pope was anxiously awaiting the news of the match.
“So, how did it go?” asked the Pope.
One of the cardinals replied, “Well, it went alright. We played pretty well, but we lost.”
“How could you lose? We had Tiger Woods as our secret weapon.” gasped the Pope.
The cardinal shook his head and replied, “Tiger lost to Rabbi Greg Norman!”
Hahaha! amk, do you make these up??? :D
Morning, GGail! Me, I was momentarily stuck at the idea a bunch of birds wanted to play golf. :grin:
Morning vc! You too funny! :D
GM TODville.
Wow, R&S is early this morning, didn’t think it would be up before I’m off for another busy Saturday morning.
Posted this at the end of the Early Bird thread:
I know TODville shares my scorn for @jodikantor (recall she *knows* personal things about PBO and FLOTUS’ marriage / snark) but really, she is scraping the bottom of the barrel (or perhaps that “crabs in a barrel” metaphor might work here?) with this offensive headline on @nytimes home page this morning.
I doubt she would have written such a negative piece (that ignores that the fact that Malala is getting a chance to pursue her childhood goal of an education for herself and other girls/women across the globe) about a boy that age.
We should celebrate the fact that Malala survived a gunshot to her head.
Malala will now have the network and support to actually see her wish become reality for millions of girls.
And Malala has the opportunity to be a symbol and reference point for peace between two nuclear powers — India and Pakistan.
@jodikantor and @a_stanleyNYT are poster women for the toxic old-girl-network at the nytimes — bitter, jealous, pampered women which include the queen of bitter, Maureen Dowd.
Kantor was probably hoping for a Snowden win….and her hopes were dashed, hence this spiteful commentary. ROTFLMAO!
Cantor seems to like reaching above herself to try and pull someone down. Or maybe she reaches above herself to hang on to them so that some of their glow will reflect in her direction? Isn’t that her ‘normal’ reaction to the Obamas? My response on the previous thread =
Where the hell did they did that thing up from? Our beloved Jodi Kantor.
Happy Bday to JOB! Reminding her she can do WHATEVER she wants today! Fun!
And a big hooray to Judith! Most excellent dedication and good deeds!
Hoping mr. dote-ster can depart his non-luxurious accommodations at the local hospital today and just annoy me at home and not the entire medical staff there. Food must really be bad there as he admitted preferring my meager simp-dimp non-gourmet presentations. Yay me! I am Super Foodie now! The world is very perplexed by this surprising development. :)
Hope your husband continues to improve;
Please hang in there and also remind him to be patient as the medical staff takes the necessary steps of putting him back into his usual healthy self;
as for you, enjoy these “miraculous” moments during which you are heralded as the “best cook ever!”
dotster, I’ve been out of the loop for I was unaware your husband had been hospitalized. Happy to hear he’s improving!
GGail x 2 - I have definitely been out of the loop, Dotster. I suppose you are even now cooking up a storm to welcome Mr. D home.
I hope he gets out soon!!
Hospital food is the worst! I’d rather eat Papa John’s.
Thanks, dotster! I shall!
Dotster, big hugs for you and your Mr.
Morning everyone…computer just ate my comment. Congrats, to you,, V on being first….Happy, Happy Birthday, J’OB !!
And reposting for JO’B, who is no doubt ignoring TOD for other pursuits (like birthday breakfast in bed, or other forms of pampering on her special day — waving to JO’B, wishing her a wonderful b-day).
This made me laugh…
Be safe AMK! :)
More than 1000 klicks away. It’s afraid of me.
This was stupid and ridiculous from the start. “Religious freedom” just another word for fleecing taxpayers Where’s those bootstraps they always talk about?
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/week-god-101114
He started praying, so they flagged him.
Hamilton wins russian pole.
But the sporting battle of the giants today is: The Republic of Ireland v Gibraltar!1!1!
island vs a rock. how fitting.
If Ireland screw up (ie win by less than five), I want 100 bucks if the headline is ‘Between A Rock And A Hard Place.’
:)
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
Just want to let y’all know that we are taking very good care of PBO and he will return to the East coast eventually :-)
Way to go Judith!!!! WOW!
Happy Birthday Jacqueline!!
Goooooood morning GGail! You are indeed looking after him very well, he looked positively GQish yesterday!
Inorite?!!! :D
Good morning my dear Chips :-)
Ur-rite! I mean, holy smokes:
Indeed! See that spring in his step & cool smile…that’s West Coast swagger :D
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
POTUS loves our sunshine and Democratic air!! It gives him a special feeling of love and magnetismsssss!
Good morning, TODville!
I always relax when he’s in California, because, for some reason, I feel like he’s under less threat of any kind there……and Californians always love to have him visit.
We lived about ten miles from San Dimas before we moved. The San Gabriel mountains were part of our lives, and we were happy to see part of them declared a national monument.
Let’s just hope and pray the Secret Service does their job regardless whereever POTUS is at. Because we know haters are every where.
Oh my. A sight for sore eyes. Love our handsome President.
Hi GGail - enjoy your proximity to our gorgeous POTUS!
JUDITH!!! You & VP Joe!!! OoooooWeeeeee!
Jacqueline: May this year bring with it all the success and fulfillment your heart desires. Happy Birthday.
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Saturday morning. Congrats vetivera24, on being first this morning.
Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America.
Goooooooood morning RanMan, I hope your weekend is purr-fect!
Same to you Ms. Chips.
Judith: You are doing such great work. I am glad you had the opportunity to be with our wonderful Vice President.
Thanks, JER!
Photo: @nikkithomas1029
Thank you and goooooood morning BFF!!
Good Morning Chips and TOD.
Happy Birthday Jacqueline! May you have many more happy years and a great life
Good morning, TOD.
Judith—you are so awesome! And TY to Chips for front paging Judith.
Today, for the first time in a while my NYTimes on my doorstep did not bring on higher blood pressure.
Not stories with anti-President slants.
People—let’s not get worked up about negative Press/polling.
Remember—-Eric Canter’s polls had him up 30%.
I do not understand why the MSM is successively highlighting state elections in the way they are.
It reminds me of the huge fuss made over successive GOP “candidates” in 2012. (Michelle Bachmann week. Rick Santorum week. Herman Cain week. And so on.)
All that matters to me is that more (D)s are elected that (R)s in the Senate and the Governors seats. More (D)s in the House would be good, too.
sp—no stories
and
than (R)
I must check my work. I must check my work. I must check my work. I must check my work…….
Vicki, I think it’s a matter of just volunteering a lot so it comes naturally and being energized by fellow Obots (here online and in person in my neighborhood team and at the campaign office
Judith, you’re a rock star and I’m so incredibly thrilled for you that you got so close to our VP Joe. Thank you for all you do for all of us Democrats.
JO’B, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, you rascal!! I know you’re going to make the most of this day with your family, surround by lots of love and laughter. 68 looks good on you!!
Meta - right back at you!
TOD :star:
Morning, JudithF - excellent work yesterday and a hard-earned kiss! Well done!
ps: May I get your autograph?
But of course! :)
Happy Birthday to JO’B!!! :) :) Hope Chips & Meta have made you a special cake!
JO’B can have any sort of cake she wants, straight up!!
:) :) :)
Jacqueline, Happy Birthday…..you are STILL a youngster, from my perspective! Enjoy your special day.
Judith…..all I can say is lucky, lucky you……although I know luck wasn’t the reason for your wonderful day. It was the result of your hard and magnificent work. Way to go!
Thanks, Carolyn. Our ballots drop for OR vote by mail on Wednesday, so it will be pedal to the metal until 8 p.m. on November 4th!
GM TOD! Thanks for the schedule Chips, Judith congrats & thanks for all your hard work…..JB Happy 34th??? B-day :cool: Hope everyone enjoys their weekend……..I will biting my fingernails until the Auburn game is over (starts at 3:30 EST)….they haven’t lost yet….War Eagle!
Thanks, guys (yes, LP - 34 … or 68 … one of them!) … BBL <3
GM TOD and Happy Birthday Mrs. OBoomer. Have a wonderful day and enjoy every minute.
Our beautiful Birthday Girl is here - have a marvelous day, Jacquelineoboomer!
Happy Birthday Jacqueline and hope you and the family are having a delightful time together.
What a beautiful way to wake up on a Saturday morning. Love this R&S. Our Judith is a wonder. That kiss is a treasure. Thank you for all the work you are doing!!
Happy birthday to JOB! Hope you have a fantastic day.
The good news from Montana is that the Billings Gazette has endorsed Dem John Lewis over the Repub for Congressperson. Billings is a more conservative town so this is very good. John Lewis is a very hard working man of the people. My husband is doing phone banking for him and Amanda Curtis. I will be starting now that I am back from my trip.
Is Lewis a sitting member or a noobie?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_%28Montana_politician%29
so a noobie. Thx smarty pants.
:) :) #yvwsir. #justfollowingyourpastexamplefriend
Plus, I didn’t know myself as I was thinking of the other John Lewis who was not, to my knowledge, from Montana.
Also. Too. [ a la @WaltzingRhino above]
Why is it only an answer when you offer a link to the wiki-p but
when I follow your model I’m smarty pants?
Your judgement is weirdly biased.
#dontknowacomplimentwhenyouseeonedoya.
#no-youshouldntputcomplimentinsnarkmode
:grin: I’m curious, do you have as hard a time as I do writing without spacing? I can’t tell you the number of times I automatically space and have to go back. Plus, I have no reason why I do either - you are a terrifically bad influence!
#noandmissionaccomplished.
You light up the phones, mtmarilyn! I’m hoping for a Montana surprise for the Dems
We all are. Get mad at all the money on ads that out and out lie.
Hi Marilyn if you see this.
I’m at working so I just lurk. Hope your doing well.
lots to do today as part of GOTV
Go Fedex. Beats Joker in shangai semis 6-4 6-4
amk, tennis is a lot like soccer…it never ends!
Good morning! Judith is amazing, love the autograph ~ Joe ~ because there is only 1! Best Happy Birthday wishes to J’OB, hope there are balloons awaiting ye!! And VC :star: on taking that woman (whose name I will not type) down to her low-level reality - seems some people just try to grap their miserable clicks wherever they can. Shame on her. With that, I am off. Please tell Japa I have been thinking of him a lot this week, and MrsJapa, as I know he said they might have to make the decision about Maggie. Maybe I have missed it, but I’ve been aware of it. Bye for now, back in a few hours! Big hugs all round! :bear: <3
MP - have a great day. You are right - there is no one like Joe, especially working a rope line. He just loves people!
Belgium’s King Philippe has sworn in a new centre-right government, more than four months after the general election.
It is led by French-speaking liberal Charles Michel, 38, who will be Belgium’s youngest PM since 1841.
The government is the first to include ministers from the separatist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) party. It has vowed to cut government spending and balance the national budget.
Belgium is notorious for long political deadlocks following elections.
It took 541 days to form the country’s previous, Socialist-led government.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29581784
with that fine image, gunnite folks.
Good night, and rest well! (As you settle in, say a prayer for Ji’Runt and his siblings, tossed out early into the larger world, and poor, lonely Jenny.)
I am waiting for Lib_L to surface with his report on his first CPAP night.
Nerdy’s tweets!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/10/11/a-tweet-or-two-139/
Which TOD is going to try?
Which TODobot…….?
Ooooooh, I could have my stickman ask a question!1!1!
/smh - won’t even bother praying for your sanity/
:oops: I did suggest you try a wider audience earlier, didn’t I?
I. TAKE. THAT. BACK!
Working on it right now, will unveil it in five-ish minutes.
DIDN’T YOU HEAR ME???
I. TAKE. BACK. MY PREVIOUS SUGGESTION. LET’S KEEP YOUR TALENT TO OURSELVES.
/guys- it’s better to keep her insanity under wraps here where she’s loved, don’t you think?/
Gotta run!
Excellent question! :-)
BRB - it’s lunchtime
Great R&S. Thank you Chips.
Happy B-Day J’OB.
JF, you are a Super Star. Congrats. Thank you.
Gold :star: to Vetivera24 .
Good Afternoon TOD Family.
Been under the weather for a few days, but wanted to emerge to wish Mrs. JO’B the happiest of birthdays! Celebrate to the fullest!
And Judith Fardig!!! What an honor to meet VP Joe and get a smooch as well! I’m soooo jealous! Many Thanks for all that you do.
Have a great day everyone!
Dakota - yes it was!!!
Good Day my Chips and TOD family. Been out and about trying to move some pebbles from the road to our victory path for Nov. Good work is happening, but we will all continue to do our best in whatever way we can.
A beautiful Happy Birthday to our lovely J’OB. Enjoy all of it with much vigor and happiness.
A grateful Big Thank You to our wonderful Judith. You are so dedicated and lots of these from my heart to your space.(((((((To Judith.)))))))
Mrs. Dotster, loving hugs of healing to Mr. Dotster. Hoping for a wonderful recovery for him. Keep those culinary gems ready for his arrival home.
Our wonderful President just always looks so great in our neck of the woods. I was just 15 minutes away from him during the visit to San Dimas. I am grateful for those who worked so hard to get this done during his presidency. Cali., weather greeted him with lovely hugs during his visit. So wonderful to see one of our very loving and hard working senators greeting him. Love her so much. She really does work hard with PBO and for our state.
Hope that everyone will have a lovely weekend and enjoy your space. Please keep POB and his Administration in your space of meditation. He is the hardest working president in my lifetime. We will continue to work hard and we will do fine for so many who really do need us to win this one. Love you all so dearly. HZ
Thanks, HZ. You never fail to lift us up.