ââŚDuring that game, while his mother and grandmother were serving long prison sentences for drug-related charges, Thomas caught an 80-yard touchdown pass from Tim Tebow on the first snap of overtime to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers. In many ways, it marked a major chapter in his life. And this week has now done the same. In the shadows of national sports news about Thomasâ new five-year, $70 million contract with Denver, something else miraculous happened two days earlier in what might be one of the most rewarding three-day spans that a man can expect to ever experienceâŚ.
Broncos made @DemaryiusT rich on Wednesday, but 2 days earlier, @BarackObama gave him something $$ canât buy http://t.co/iGm44zP58l via @NFL
âŚOn Monday, President Barack Obama granted commutations to 46 federal prisoners locked up for non-violent drug charges, noting âtheir punishments didnât fit the crimeâ and that they would have received lighter terms under new sentencing guidelines. In a press release from the White House, which lists those 46 names of otherwise unrecognizable citizens, the 33rd name is equally undistinguishable: Katina Stuckey Smith, sentenced to 292 months of prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. Yes, Smith is Thomasâ mom. And sheâs coming home to Thomas in November. âThese men and women were not hardened criminals, but the overwhelming majority had been sentenced to at least 20 years,â said Obama, invoking what he called one of the most profound powers of the Presidential office. âFourteen of them had been sentenced to life for nonviolent drug offenses. So their punishments didnât fit the crime.â Thomas was in just the sixth grade when police raided his home to arrest his mother and grandmother, which means Nov. 15 (when the Broncos play the Chiefs in Denver) marks the first chance Thomasâ mother will have to watch him play football in person. To this point, she has only seen him play on a grainy prison televisionâŚ.continuedâ
White House sets date for #Broncos visit. https://t.co/jG4MHjf08V
— PETER MAER (@petermaer) June 2, 2025
âENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) â The Denver Broncosâ trip to the White House next week holds special meaning for one player in particular. The Super Bowl champions will visit the White House on Monday and wide receiver Demaryius Thomas plans to deliver a hand-written thank-you note to President Barack Obama for commuting his motherâs drug sentence last summer. Katina Smith was able to attend the Broncosâ 24-10 win over Carolina in Super Bowl 50 four months ago after Obama cut short her sentence as part of his push to reduce the prison population of non-violent drug offenders. âI donât know if Iâll say something to him. I might give him a letter,â said Thomas, who figures itâs going to be a quick meet-and-greet and the president wonât have much time to chat with the champs. âThereâs going to be a lot of people there, so I canât waste his time.â Thomasâ mother was released five years early from a minimum-security prison in Florida. She had been serving a 20-year sentence after refusing to testify against her mother, Minnie Pearl Thomas, who is serving lifeâŚ.continuedâ
Live coverage from the White House on NFL Network too (Channel 1630 on AT&T U-Verse)
Wade Phillips is one of the funniest coaches in the league (he has been around for a long time) and his father, Coach Bum Phillips, is one of the all-timersđ
Can't wait to meet the President.i know he is a Denver fan. With a name like Bronc Obama , he has to be!
— Wade Phillips (@sonofbum) June 6, 2025
Is #BroncosCounty at the White House? I'm documenting on the @NFL Instagram handle, so follow along, I'll bring you with us đđż
J chillin with Malia Obamaâď¸ pic.twitter.com/IuM0A88g9B
— Sarah (@cleaaaaver) August 4, 2025
“Chance also acknowledged that President Obamaâs daughter, Malia, came to see a show of his(Lollapalooza) and that heâs met her a few times since his Dad worked on both of the Presidentâs election campaigns.”
Thanks against to @chancetherapper for his rousing visit to @UChiPolitics yesterday. (That's him on the left.) pic.twitter.com/i2WKk5f7nG
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 2, 2025
Me The Rapper at University Of Chicago https://t.co/9j5oiFGZXm
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) June 2, 2025
Well, he can spew off whatever he wants now, but once HRC officially attains the delegates needed for the nomination, which will likely happen by Wednesday, he needs to end it all. Iâm pretty sure PBO put him on notice about that.
An embattled Donald Trump urgently rallied his most visible supporters to defend his attacks on a federal judgeâs Mexican ancestry during a conference call on Monday in which he ordered them to question the judgeâs credibility and impugn reporters as racists.
“We will overcome,” Trump said, according to two supporters who were on the call and requested anonymity to share their notes with Bloomberg Politics. “And Iâve always won and Iâm going to continue to win. And thatâs the way it is.”
There was no mention of apologizing or backing away from his widely criticized remarks about U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is overseeing cases against the Trump University real-estate program.
When former Arizona Governor Jan Brewer interrupted the discussion to inform Trump that his own campaign had asked surrogates to stop talking about the lawsuit in an e-mail on Sunday, Trump repeatedly demanded to know who sent the memo, and immediately overruled his staff.
“Take that order and throw it the hell out,” Trump said.
Told the memo was sent by Erica Freeman, a staffer who circulates information to surrogates, Trump said he didnât know her. He openly questioned how the campaign could defend itself if supporters werenât allowed to talk.
“Are there any other stupid letters that were sent to you folks?” Trump said. “Thatâs one of the reasons I want to have this call, because you guys are getting sometimes stupid information from people that arenât so smart.”
It is wrong of me to want his entire fake world to come crashing down around him?
I watched “Idiocracy” shaking me head thinking this is the dumbest damn movie. Who thinks up this crap? At least thereâs no way our society could devolve to that level of stupidity. Then Donald Trump ran for President and it was like the writers were freaking prophets.
Perfect! 'Idiocracy' Stars, Writers To Create Anti-Trump Ads https://t.co/jVxiiUkpPX
Remember that mother with the mask who had us laughing recently? đ
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Letâs just say this worked out really well for Candace Payne.
Fewer than three weeks ago, she shot to internet fame with a video of herself laughing uncontrollably while wearing a Chewbacca mask.
The video is now the most watched Facebook Live video ever.
Not only did the mask sell out in stores almost immediately, but Payne started to get TV offers, gift cards from various retailers, trips and even scholarships for her children.
But how much is she making off of the 4 minute video?
Timeâs Money estimates that sheâs gotten about $420,000 in gifts since her video went viral. Below is a breakdown of what we know sheâs received.
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Awesome! Itâs refreshing these days to see someone profit from being joyful & fun rather than mean & crass! Iâm so happy for her! I hope good things continue to come her way.
Pure evil paid by taxpayers to do nothing. GOP obstruction is proof they have no intent of doing their job, but of course continue to cash their paychecks.
@metaquest @lawalazu @hmajd @FrankBruni @nytopinion Tom Cotton: 'blocking her was a way to inflict special pain on the president.' #disgrace
Cute snippet on local evening news of Evander Holyfield talking about the huge secret of who would light the Olympic cauldron at the 1996 Games in Atlanta:
“I asked if I could light that thing. They said ‘No, you can carry it, but you canât light it.â At the time, I didnât say anything to them, but I said to myself ‘well, who in the world… in the State of Georgia, as an athlete would be a better choice than me?â When I saw him light it, I said “Ohhh, shoot (shaking his head up & down)…um, yeh, they right!'”
The world agrees with you, Champ. They were right!
đ đ đ
BS: Sorry to interrupt you, Mr. President, after Tuesday Iâll bow out and support Hillary. Can you give me until Thursday to get the Berniebros on board?
Potus: I was going to ask you how everything was going. But Thursday will be fine.
WASHINGTON (AP) â Floridaâs attorney general personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the same time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University and its affiliates
The new disclosure from Attorney General Pam Bondiâs spokesman to The Associated Press on Monday provides additional details around the unusual circumstances of Trumpâs $25,000 donation to Bondi. After the money came in, Bondiâs office nixed suing Trump.
The money came from a Trump family foundation in apparent violation of rules surrounding political activities by charities. A political group backing Bondiâs re-election, called And Justice for All, reported receiving the check Sept. 17, 2013 â four days after Bondi publicly announced she was considering joining a New York state probe of Trump Universityâs activities.
- @POTUS as he's gifted a @Broncos jersey with #44.https://t.co/Fdrn85lFcI
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) June 6, 2025
#Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas wrote @BarackObama a note thanking him for commuting his mom's sentence. They chatted, as well.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 6, 2025
Big day for all of us, but especially @demaryiust88. I joke and call him my son. If you're a fan of his, you'll know why this day was big.#DWareTakeover / @demarcusware
Exactly! And thereâs down ticket races as well that DEMS needs to vote on. I HATE THE MEDIA. Letâs start a narrative and discourage more people to NOT bother voting.
The White House says that Oprah Winfrey will be on stage with Michelle Obama for a conversation about the next generation of women. June 14 in Washington. Iâm looking forward to that.
It is now being reported that Sanders took a call from President Obama on Sunday, stopping his press bus and heading out of earshot of press and aides to speak.
CBS News.
“The Vermont senator took the presidentâs call on the side of the road in the financial district in San Francisco, at around 2:30 p.m. ET. Atwood said that as the press bus drove by, Sanders could be seen standing on Market Street, legal pad in hand, as he talked on a cell phone.”
White House.gov
Thanks NW.
Youâre welcome, COS.đ
ââŚDuring that game, while his mother and grandmother were serving long prison sentences for drug-related charges, Thomas caught an 80-yard touchdown pass from Tim Tebow on the first snap of overtime to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers. In many ways, it marked a major chapter in his life. And this week has now done the same. In the shadows of national sports news about Thomasâ new five-year, $70 million contract with Denver, something else miraculous happened two days earlier in what might be one of the most rewarding three-day spans that a man can expect to ever experienceâŚ.
âŚOn Monday, President Barack Obama granted commutations to 46 federal prisoners locked up for non-violent drug charges, noting âtheir punishments didnât fit the crimeâ and that they would have received lighter terms under new sentencing guidelines. In a press release from the White House, which lists those 46 names of otherwise unrecognizable citizens, the 33rd name is equally undistinguishable: Katina Stuckey Smith, sentenced to 292 months of prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. Yes, Smith is Thomasâ mom. And sheâs coming home to Thomas in November. âThese men and women were not hardened criminals, but the overwhelming majority had been sentenced to at least 20 years,â said Obama, invoking what he called one of the most profound powers of the Presidential office. âFourteen of them had been sentenced to life for nonviolent drug offenses. So their punishments didnât fit the crime.â Thomas was in just the sixth grade when police raided his home to arrest his mother and grandmother, which means Nov. 15 (when the Broncos play the Chiefs in Denver) marks the first chance Thomasâ mother will have to watch him play football in person. To this point, she has only seen him play on a grainy prison televisionâŚ.continuedâ
âENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) â The Denver Broncosâ trip to the White House next week holds special meaning for one player in particular. The Super Bowl champions will visit the White House on Monday and wide receiver Demaryius Thomas plans to deliver a hand-written thank-you note to President Barack Obama for commuting his motherâs drug sentence last summer. Katina Smith was able to attend the Broncosâ 24-10 win over Carolina in Super Bowl 50 four months ago after Obama cut short her sentence as part of his push to reduce the prison population of non-violent drug offenders. âI donât know if Iâll say something to him. I might give him a letter,â said Thomas, who figures itâs going to be a quick meet-and-greet and the president wonât have much time to chat with the champs. âThereâs going to be a lot of people there, so I canât waste his time.â Thomasâ mother was released five years early from a minimum-security prison in Florida. She had been serving a 20-year sentence after refusing to testify against her mother, Minnie Pearl Thomas, who is serving lifeâŚ.continuedâ
Live coverage from the White House on NFL Network too (Channel 1630 on AT&T U-Verse)
Wade Phillips is one of the funniest coaches in the league (he has been around for a long time) and his father, Coach Bum Phillips, is one of the all-timersđ
Hahaha! Very cute!
Have watched little kids say his name this way for years! đ
NOW: Vice President Biden Delivers Remarks at ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL - http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=2
One of Maliaâs favorite rappers…
“Chance also acknowledged that President Obamaâs daughter, Malia, came to see a show of his(Lollapalooza) and that heâs met her a few times since his Dad worked on both of the Presidentâs election campaigns.”
Visit to the woodshed
Yes - I think PBO put him on notice for whatâs about to happen in a few days…
Well, Sanders is still out there today saying the most horrendous things about HRC. Not sure when heâs going to chill the hell out.
Well, he can spew off whatever he wants now, but once HRC officially attains the delegates needed for the nomination, which will likely happen by Wednesday, he needs to end it all. Iâm pretty sure PBO put him on notice about that.
Yes, canât wait for it to end.
Congrats COS
h/t JER (previous thread)
back to work ….
REPEAT:
For Don. The President on the call to Sanders:
LOL! đ
I AM HOWLING!!!!
Prego
Itâs early yet, but yay!
Ah….getting a little hot under the collar:)
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-06/trump-orders-surrogates-to-intensify-criticism-of-judge-and-journalists
An embattled Donald Trump urgently rallied his most visible supporters to defend his attacks on a federal judgeâs Mexican ancestry during a conference call on Monday in which he ordered them to question the judgeâs credibility and impugn reporters as racists.
“We will overcome,” Trump said, according to two supporters who were on the call and requested anonymity to share their notes with Bloomberg Politics. “And Iâve always won and Iâm going to continue to win. And thatâs the way it is.”
There was no mention of apologizing or backing away from his widely criticized remarks about U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is overseeing cases against the Trump University real-estate program.
When former Arizona Governor Jan Brewer interrupted the discussion to inform Trump that his own campaign had asked surrogates to stop talking about the lawsuit in an e-mail on Sunday, Trump repeatedly demanded to know who sent the memo, and immediately overruled his staff.
“Take that order and throw it the hell out,” Trump said.
Told the memo was sent by Erica Freeman, a staffer who circulates information to surrogates, Trump said he didnât know her. He openly questioned how the campaign could defend itself if supporters werenât allowed to talk.
“Are there any other stupid letters that were sent to you folks?” Trump said. “Thatâs one of the reasons I want to have this call, because you guys are getting sometimes stupid information from people that arenât so smart.”
It is wrong of me to want his entire fake world to come crashing down around him?
No itâs not wrong of you to not want that creep to succeed.
Aw! Sweet tribute to The Champ!
Video in the link
And itâs his sentencing mugshot - they still wonât release the arrest one.
I watched “Idiocracy” shaking me head thinking this is the dumbest damn movie. Who thinks up this crap? At least thereâs no way our society could devolve to that level of stupidity. Then Donald Trump ran for President and it was like the writers were freaking prophets.
Remember that mother with the mask who had us laughing recently? đ
—————————————————————————————————————-
Letâs just say this worked out really well for Candace Payne.
Fewer than three weeks ago, she shot to internet fame with a video of herself laughing uncontrollably while wearing a Chewbacca mask.
The video is now the most watched Facebook Live video ever.
Not only did the mask sell out in stores almost immediately, but Payne started to get TV offers, gift cards from various retailers, trips and even scholarships for her children.
But how much is she making off of the 4 minute video?
Timeâs Money estimates that sheâs gotten about $420,000 in gifts since her video went viral. Below is a breakdown of what we know sheâs received.
……………………………. //
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-now/how-much-did-chewbacca-mom-make-from-viral-video/326696928
Awesome! Itâs refreshing these days to see someone profit from being joyful & fun rather than mean & crass! Iâm so happy for her! I hope good things continue to come her way.
To me this sounds like PBO talking, not Bernie.
“They” be in exactly the same place as they are today, give or take a couple of delegates.
Wow. That is shocking. How disrespectful of Republicans. I cannot despise them any more than I already do.
GE pkayden.
Itâs even worse than you can imagine…
Pure evil paid by taxpayers to do nothing. GOP obstruction is proof they have no intent of doing their job, but of course continue to cash their paychecks.
Thatâs some real serious fucked up, right there. Karma WILL find you Tom Cotton! I hope she hits you so hard it takes your breath away.
Go Al!
LOL! Yâall are too mean.
I sort of imagine President Obama getting Sanders on the phone and it going something like this:
POTUS: So hey, Bernie, whatâs your endgame here.
BS: Mumbles some stuff about super delegates and shaking up the convention, yada, yada, yada.
POTUS: Bernie, thatâs not an endgame.
BS: What?
POTUS: Iâm asking you how this all ends, Bernie. The math. The numbers. The 2383.
BS: Well, I have some lawsuits pending and that stuff in Puerto Rico wasnât right. The people deserve better than corporate……
POTUS: Bernie, the endgame. You donât have the numbers now and you wonât have the number then.
BS: This is not over……..
POTUS: Bernie, Iâm going to call you tomorrow and weâll try this again. Do some homework. Talk to some people. Get back to me.
Uh huh!
Bernie, Iâm going to call you tomorrow and weâll try this again. Do some homework. đ đ
Hee hee.
ha! thatâs my momâs birthday too
Cute snippet on local evening news of Evander Holyfield talking about the huge secret of who would light the Olympic cauldron at the 1996 Games in Atlanta:
“I asked if I could light that thing. They said ‘No, you can carry it, but you canât light it.â At the time, I didnât say anything to them, but I said to myself ‘well, who in the world… in the State of Georgia, as an athlete would be a better choice than me?â When I saw him light it, I said “Ohhh, shoot (shaking his head up & down)…um, yeh, they right!'”
The world agrees with you, Champ. They were right!
đ đ đ
Potus: So um…..
BS: Sorry to interrupt you, Mr. President, after Tuesday Iâll bow out and support Hillary. Can you give me until Thursday to get the Berniebros on board?
Potus: I was going to ask you how everything was going. But Thursday will be fine.
LOL!
Who should be in jail again???
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida-ag-asked-trump-for-donation-before-nixing-trump-u-lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) â Floridaâs attorney general personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the same time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University and its affiliates
The new disclosure from Attorney General Pam Bondiâs spokesman to The Associated Press on Monday provides additional details around the unusual circumstances of Trumpâs $25,000 donation to Bondi. After the money came in, Bondiâs office nixed suing Trump.
The money came from a Trump family foundation in apparent violation of rules surrounding political activities by charities. A political group backing Bondiâs re-election, called And Justice for All, reported receiving the check Sept. 17, 2013 â four days after Bondi publicly announced she was considering joining a New York state probe of Trump Universityâs activities.
Wait, how come Google already shows Hillary with 2383 delegates?
AP polled all the SDs in her column and they unequivocally said they will support at the convention.This takes her over.
Yep, I went on to Twitter and saw the announcement from the AP. They have polled Superdelegates.
JUMPING JEHOSEPHAT! Itâs DONE!
I guess weâll be hearing more about this soon! đ
LOL!!!!
Yup
So true, meta!!
Posted this yesterday …. totally disgusting, criminal enabling #WhitePrivilege behavior by the family ….
So disgusting I canât even find the words.
Potus:
BS: Thank you for taking the time to see me, Mr. President.
Potus:
BS: I think Iâve got a real chance to pull this off, Mr. President.
Potus:
BS: I think the Superdelegates once they hear my story they will switch and vote for me, Mr. President.
Potus:
BS: I think that Wall StreetâŚ..
Potus: What?!?!
BS: I think that Wall StreetâŚ.
Potus: Say ‘Wall Streetâ again. Say ‘Wall Streetâ again, I dare you, I double dare you, say âWall Streetâ one more Goddamn time!
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Chris Hayes is announcing that NBC News concurs that the threshold has been met also.
I think Iâm going to go hang out over at Daily Kos tonight, itâs going to be an orgy of finger-pointing and conspiracy theories run amok.
Quick! Somebody go check on Brother West!
LOL! I suspect someone is handing him a paper bag about now.
BWWAAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Some lady on MSNBC saying White House wonât endorse until after the DC primary on June 14th. I didnât catch her name.
Iâm thinking she be wrong - but then again that is the norm for the political media
Yeah, this is kinda the deal, people.
Exactly! And thereâs down ticket races as well that DEMS needs to vote on. I HATE THE MEDIA. Letâs start a narrative and discourage more people to NOT bother voting.
The White House says that Oprah Winfrey will be on stage with Michelle Obama for a conversation about the next generation of women. June 14 in Washington. Iâm looking forward to that.
Yep, thatâs what that United State of Women video was about — promoting the Womenâs Summit at the White House on June 14.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/06/the-president-and-first-ladys-day-32/
It is now being reported that Sanders took a call from President Obama on Sunday, stopping his press bus and heading out of earshot of press and aides to speak.
CBS News.
“The Vermont senator took the presidentâs call on the side of the road in the financial district in San Francisco, at around 2:30 p.m. ET. Atwood said that as the press bus drove by, Sanders could be seen standing on Market Street, legal pad in hand, as he talked on a cell phone.”
Oh, man, If only I couldâve known and been there to witness………..WOW!! LOLz.