GM, TOD ohana.
As usua,l I was typing away and missed the door opening to today’s thread. How do I transfer my last comment from the previous thread to this one?
CEB
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 am
Please everyone, lets remember that this is The Obama Diary and devote most of our time to covering what he and MO are doing. We have Veteran’s Day ceremonies, a 3 country trip, PBO’s last, coming up and all of the White House Holiday celebrations, and we may even be able to go with them to Hawaii. I am not saying we should pretend that we are uncertain of and at times fearful about the future, but right now we still have a beautiful First Family headed by the best president in over 100 years. Let’s enjoy them while we can. We can go 1000 places to be up on the latest ugliness. We could also begin on a retrospective of 8 years of this remarkable man and his (still) transformative presidency. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
tnmtngirl
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 am
Good morning. Yesterday I heard an interview/discussion (on Sirrus) with Brian Buelter. They were discussing the media coverage of DT and HC. He talked about how DT did something EVERY day that they covered. The only thing they had to cover about Hillary was emails. So, in trying to make the negative coverage “even”, all the media kept focused on the email story while the negative one about him changed daily. Way to go, media!!!!!!!! Heck of a job……….:( 😦 😦
No. You are not alone. My husband calls it “the hour of the wolf”…I woke before midnight and fell back asleep after 4:37am….only to have the dog wake me at 5:30am. I do not do well without sleep. Not at all. Sorry meta:( It really is awful
Good morning, good people. A special shout out of gratitude to our fearless Nerdy Wonka.
I have to confess I am having a LOT of trouble sleeping, eating, thinking, focusing. This comes over me in waves, like an onslaught of nausea. I don’t know how to really describe what I’m feeling. The stench of this election, in addition to the grief I feel at the end of President Obama’s term is overwhelming.
I was with friends in the East Bay the last couple of days and each time we went out for coffee or meals, all you could hear was talk about the election. There is a heavy pall in the air.
I don’t know what to do with my feelings. But I will find a way, a constructive focus for my energy. I just hope it’s soon.
Love you all for your tremendous community spirit and care for what is important and true.
meta, I am having the exact same feelings. Awoke in the middle of the night very nauseous. Went back to sleep. Got up little after 6:00 and wanted to go to the Y. Every few minutes, that wave of nausea washed over me so I didn’t go. Maybe I should have pushed through and would have felt better. I am unfocused, angry, sad. Honestly, I don’t think it will go away. Why? Because there’s no way to can escape some ‘news’. As he builds his cabinet, we are going to get sicker and sicker and more dismayed and terrified.
OMG, EXACTLY. I’m trying to figure out how to delete the horrific reality from my consciousness. Who do I unfollow on twitter? Which websites are safe from despair? How can we avoid any and every piece of this nightmare?
Meta, unfortunately I am feeling the same way. I have never felt this way about the results of an election. Even more troubling are potential picks for his cabinet.
I’m only on comment 17, and agree with everything said above.
This won’t help, but bear in mind that we KNOW that DJT will pick the most controversial and bat-sh*t crazy people for the most prominent positions because he KNOWS that MSM will take the bait, and DJT will DOMINATE news coverage. His only basis for knowledge is #RealityTV (which, except for Survivor, I never watched), but it’s clear that their mantra is “the more outlandish and outrageous, the better,” especially with Steve Bannon as his lifestyle consultant.
Posted this is in response to ed4PBO on previous thread:
…”Also praying that DC egos (both GOP and MSM) won’t allow DJT and his team of crazies (and you know, from a sales promotion POV, the crazier, the better) bitterly fight to keep him in check.”
I’m feeling this way too. It isn’t just the devastation I feel and sense of horror, but my faith in God is shaken and although I know it isn’t fair to blame him, I can’t help it. How could he allow this when President Obama has faithfully served him these past 8 years? I’m sorry.
I’m sorry you can’t sleep, my sister is having the same trouble. I on the other hand can’t seem to wake up… all I’ve done is sleep, it’s all I want to do. Cover my head, cuddle with my cats and sleep away the hatred, anger, fear that is overwhelming me. Today I am going to go outside and rake leaves. Something mindless and physical and then I’ll sleep some more.
I cleaned out my refrigerator. Then I did something that sounds strange but probably metaphoric so don’t laugh! I ironed some cotton blouses. It was soothing for some reason - eliminating all the wrinkles.
I get it completely. Simple mindless yet focused “tasks”. I’ve literally done nothing but sleep and look after my 17 yr olds minor needs. I’m just in a fog, I know it’s grief and it will take time for all of us to get through it- in whatever ways we need to.
Emotional exhaustion finally allowed me to fall asleep the last 2 nights. While awake, I have been focusing on my family, especially my mother (errands, small remodel project and just time spent with a vibrant 87 year old who has a wonderful perspective on things in life that feel like a disaster), continuing to avoid the shit show that is supposed to be media coverage, even going so far as to not use the browser that opens with a newsfeed, and picking up the rest of my life. The only postmortems that I have done about the abomination that is this election, is text discussions about the anatomy of those who voted DT, which surprised many. I am also planning my donations to civil justice organizations, and lifting up prayers. I still feel some of the effects of grief and I know that this will be so on and off for awhile, but it will be manageable. As a POC who lives in the South, I have never had that idea that the systems and institutions worked for me because they were not designed with people like me in mind (3/4 of a person in a constitution ratified by a majority of slave holders), so all of this is something that people like me knew to expect because money is the god of this country and people will vote for anyone, no matter how vile they are, if they will protect the status quo. I see PBO’s presidency as an unexpected miracle, but one that I knew that we would pay for in one way or another. So I live in hope and faith and love as I always have; not in institutions or in anyone in the public arena. These three things are bound in family, friends, and the God/spirit that surround us all. POC know how to survive and often times thrive in the face of great odds. Hang in there; remember the best revenge is living well.
I so agree, Meta, I am not sleeping much. I wake up worrying about everything. Worrying about them tearing apart everything PBO and FLOTUS have done. I don’t know if I can ever forgive the msm and all Repubs and the far left. Now I am just getting thru each day with the help of all here.
I’ve got a coworker who’s from Kentucky and is a Trump lover, not supporter, but lover. I was going to tell him that if Obamacare is repealed his family and friends back in Kentucky will be up a creek that goes by the name of shit. But I didn’t tell him because I didn’t want to interrupt his jubilation; I keep my powder dry for another day. I’m going to wait until he’s completely in the center of the bullseye, and them BAM! Middle America has fucked themselves royally.
What was so frustrating was that many Dems were also against TPP. It would be malpractice on China’s part not to plan its own version of a TPP in the Pacific region.
China started working on their version in 2012, two years after we began negotiations. I will never understand how our so-called leadership in Congress contributed to the wholesale misrepresentation and mischaracterization of not only the content but the intent of TPP.
The West is on the decline: Brexit, turmoil in the EU and the U S to be led by a no-nothing and his opportunistic sycophants. I cannot even be mad about all this because imperialism and colonialism made slaves of the brown, black and yellow peoples and plundered their resources and it is now payback time. The awful irony is that the West has brought about its own downfall. The people who will bear these burdens the most are those least able to, the POC and the poor. The worm turns. PBO will truly be a lame duck in that Peru meeting (I know that China and others will barely be able to hold back their gloating). My heart aches for him and for us.
Precisely what Pres Obama, his team & signatories have been warning for months. China's RCEP been in works for years, now free to step in https://t.co/eTh4fnf7g4
I am having a LOT of trouble sleeping, eating, thinking, focusing.
Me too meta. Especially the sleeping part. I have restless nights and every time I wake up the first thing that comes to mind is what happened on Tuesday night. It truly is a nightmare. As far as the five stages of grief are concerned, I am currently stuck at anger and depression.
Nothing is working for me. I can barely get through each day. I had a horrible situation happen at the end of my day in my classroom Weds, boys were cheering the muslim ban and the bell rang before I could do anything about it. After the class cleared out one of my students stayed behind and she asked me if I felt the same way that those boys do because she was a muslim. I exclaimed “NO” and proceeded to say that I believed in the first amendment and religious freedom and that I was so sorry that had happened. I keep hearing her asking me that and crying, crying and I AM SO MAD I COULD SPIT. It doesn’t help, either that I am white, b/c it makes me worse. The only thing I could do is talk to the kids yesterday, but I don’t feel that it had any impact at all.
Why do I keep seeing articles this morning either attacking POTUS or full of doom & gloom that his entire legacy is over.(his own fault of course) The liberal media continues to help the gop to erase PBO from history. On the other hand, not one word about Russia admitting to being in contact with trump’s campaign.
Except for this president winning his last election…Since 2010, the democrats have lost state legislatures, governorships, city councils, mayors, US senate and house majorities and now the presidency?
All in six years?
Maybe democrats need to get priorities straight and figure out post recession what a winning strategy is…
Bc right now… They don’t know abd the last six years proves that. Bc right now… If you look at all above elections in past six years minus one… One could say this is a right wing country(at least the ones who vote)…
Let’s hope somebody comes forward and leads the party to future victories.
And not Kane… Nice guy but truth be told he’s very bland and excites nobody.
So, Stay active everybody democrats need you… 👀
I think this is the thing that is eating at me so much. Democrats insist on remaining fractured and LOSING. I think I’ve been living in a bubble, believing that America was trending left. But now we’ve ceded a LOT of power at every level. The SCOTUS will haunt us for decades.
47 years of Sesame Street: Celebrity guests who have appeared on the longest-running children's show https://t.co/W1MStPRnzo pic.twitter.com/Pj1AyMBSyb
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) November 11, 2025
Is this the same Elizabeth Warren that fought President Obama on damn near everything he tried to do from Obamacare to the Consumer Protection Board to TPP? And who tried to insinuate that because President Obama called her “Elizabeth” that somehow he was being condescending? Her and Sherrod Brown was in on this nonsense.
How was this done so quickly? Almost as if they “knew” ahead of time…
Trump supporters in Russia unveil triptych portraits of Putin, Trump and Le Pen. In case you were in any doubt as to the trend here. pic.twitter.com/s5BPhejLHz
My dear friends…..We are in deep grief. Everything people say shows that. Yesterday at Whiz Kids, we were all talking about this, and the symptoms of people are the same as expressed here. I am reminded of my visit to the Emergency Room last fall, a few months after my husband died. I didn’t know if I was having a heart attack or what. Turns out it was a panic attack, and I had to get meds to get my blood pressure down. I talked with the ER doctor and told him what had happened to me. He started,, Now, you know there are these stages of grief……I didn’t let him finish, but snapped: And yes, sometimes I go through all of them in a day. He just stared, then nodded. We are doing that. This is going to take time, and at the same time, we are very protective of our beloved PBO and MO. So, we are suffering doubly…..for ourselves and for them.
Eventually, we will come to a place where we will start being constructive and deal with stupid Democrats and mean Republicans, and be the change PBO has always said we are. I’m afraid some of the people are going to have to suffer some to understand what they have done, thing is, that will mean all of us will suffer. As usual, Democrats will look for a “savior” and I’m sure several will present themselves as that person. This is where we will play a part. We need to choose a good person to lead, and one with smarts and, yes, some cunning. What I see in the Senate does not inspire me, but there are some governors who I believe will be able to step in.
We need this period of grief, and this place to express that grief. I looked at the figures for PBO’s approval, and DT’s approval, and know that DT is not going to be a well-liked president……if he makes it to the inauguration. And I truly have my doubts that he will. I don’t know why, but I just have that feeling. He is self-destructive, and the people around him are also.
Thank you Nerdy for this space. Our appreciation for you knows no bounds.
Today will be a good day for me: I am going to my son’s in Dallas for my granddaughter’s birthday. We are both November babies…This will be a wonderful oasis for me. Take your time dear friends…..grieve, grieve, grieve. We have to.
PM Al-Abadi meets with MPs, Governor and Provincial Council members from Nineveh province to discuss ongoing liberation operations pic.twitter.com/hVaD1wXefq
— Haider Al-Abadi (@HaiderAlAbadi) November 10, 2025
I used to be a gun owner. Sold my weapon after I adopted my kids; didn’t want them to have even the slightest possibility of finding it. I last fired a weapon shortly before I retired in 1995. I was an expert shot. Yesterday, I started researching gun shops and clubs. About to become a gun owner again…
I have the cloud of depression that envelops me when I wake and it makes me sluggish and unmotivated. I have to force myself to get off the side of the bed and even a shower doesn’t perk me up. /sigh
{{{meta}}} I spent thousands of hours and many months working on the campaign. We started in peoples homes, then moved to restaurants, to a campaign headquarters and finally to the inside and backyard of a home in South Pasadena and I can’t wrap my mind around the fact that it was all for naught. How?
Sending you hugs and love, sweetie. There’s been a death in the family; we are still processing the loss. Maybe you need to take a mental health day. Self-care, self-care, self-care…
We as a nation must find a way to move forward without consigning those who Trump has threatened to the shadows. Their fear is entirely rational, because Donald Trump has talked openly about doing terrible things to them. Every news piece that breathlessly obsesses over inauguration preparations compounds their fear by normalizing a man who has threatened to tear families apart, who has bragged about sexually assaulting women and who has directed crowds of thousands to intimidate reporters and assault African Americans. Their fear is legitimate and we must refuse to let it fall through the cracks between the fluff pieces.
Greeting from another troubled sleeper who cannot understand *why she* is also having nightmares each night since Tuesday. To give my mind a break, I am heading out in less than an hour to a doctor’s appointment (though she is NEVER on time), then I’m taking my vehicle in for its winter preparation routine. Not that I’m wishing for anything serious to be wrong with my vehicle, but the change of mental input may just help to ‘relieve’ my mind for a bit since I cannot seem to forget the misery of the 2016 election farce for long.
Today, we remember the Canadians who have served our country and fought for freedom around the world: https://t.co/9qw5e6tboP #RememberThem pic.twitter.com/XnS9OgSenp
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) November 11, 2025
Thank you, yes Meta. {{{Meta}}} I did have to wait for close to an hour after my appointed time to see the doc but medical results were all good and I didn’t once think of the evil one while I was out. Now I’m sitting at home waiting for the garage to call with pick-up time for my vehicle. We’ll all go forward step by step, as best we can, picking up the broken pieces this idiot will be bound to create! Part of me is hoping he falls on his face very quickly while another part figures he should get just enough time to show his supporters that he really didn’t/doesn’t have a clue! With the latter scenario maybe they’ll wake up. Or at least the “progressives” who were teaching a lesson will themselves have learned an important one.
Let’s all continue to lean on, *and* support, each other throughout this period.
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Friday morning. TGIF>> Congrats Don, on being first this morning.
Nerdy, thanks so much for helping Ms. Chips and the sacrifices you are making for us TOD’ers. 💫🙏👌👊❤
To all, I hope that your wonderful distinguished, peculiar, and unique personality shines through today. ❤ ❤❤
Notwithstanding the nightmare of BuffoonTrump in the Whitehouse, I am more than ever Thankful to God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆
As African Americans that know their history, we can say one thing for certainty, and that is that we’ve seen this movie before. We know an oppressive political system, we know an oppressive legal system, we know an oppressive educational system. There hasn’t been a system invented that black people haven’t seen before. And that is where I draw my strength from; I don’t draw my strength from a political party. I draw my strength from seeing black and white photos and films of MLK standing up to water hoses and dogs and not flinching. I draw my strength from seeing photos and films of my people being beaten bloody but still standing up and not flinching. Am I upset, yes, is my head a little heavy today, yes. But I know one thing, and that is that this is temporary. I grew up very very poor, some days we didn’t eat. And on those days my brother and I still found things to do to ease our hunger because we knew that we would eventually eat. If the lynching and the dogs and the water hoses and the batons didn’t break us, Donald Trump certainly won’t break us.
AMEN, Don! My response to several friends this week has been “I’m an African American woman in the USA. The white population has never valued me as a woman to be ‘protected’ or a human deserving of rights. I had a successful career in an organization that was the last to take Blacks and women. If hard times come, I can do everything from scrub floors to joining the lecture circuit. They will try to break me, but they can’t, because I AM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE USA…”
Yep, Hillary got 93% of black women to voter for her. Trump got 53% of white women to vote for him. I did not make those stats up, I got those stats from the exits polls. Before the polls closed when the exit polls came out I said to my wife “this doesn’t look good at all”. Then you add to that mixture the educated and uneducated and how they voted for Trump. And to top it off the exit polls showed that 54% of the people thought that President Obama did a good job. But the disconnect for me is that how did Trump get elected, because for me you can’t say that 54% of the voters said President Obama did a good job and then they go vote for Trump. What was the bridge from President Obama to Trump?
this is exactly what I fear. Everyone says Trump won’t govern.. he won’t ever have to, these people he’ll appoint have been salivating for years to run this country WHITE into the ground. We all know it.
Adding this to the discussion about head of DNC. First, I’m not black, but think it was pf who said she wanted a black female…….I agree with that.🙂 Second, I heard a long interview couple weeks ago on Progressive Talk radio with Donna Brazil and ????. Don’t remember which show it was on/the host. Anyway, he asked her about staying on as the head of the DNC. She emphatically said “NO!” She went on to talk about it being time to bring in YOUNG ‘blood’, young ideas. She said there’s so many new, creative, promising young people in the DNC and that it’s time to hand it over to them……that they are our future, not just DNC’s future, but the country’s future. She ended that part by saying she wantd/planned to return to doing what her absolute passion is: teaching. She spoke to some extent to that, her passion for doing that, the rewards, etc. It was a very good interview and insightful.
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GM, TOD ohana.
As usua,l I was typing away and missed the door opening to today’s thread. How do I transfer my last comment from the previous thread to this one?
I’ll bring it over. Bringing one of mine too. 🙂
CEB
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 am
Please everyone, lets remember that this is The Obama Diary and devote most of our time to covering what he and MO are doing. We have Veteran’s Day ceremonies, a 3 country trip, PBO’s last, coming up and all of the White House Holiday celebrations, and we may even be able to go with them to Hawaii. I am not saying we should pretend that we are uncertain of and at times fearful about the future, but right now we still have a beautiful First Family headed by the best president in over 100 years. Let’s enjoy them while we can. We can go 1000 places to be up on the latest ugliness. We could also begin on a retrospective of 8 years of this remarkable man and his (still) transformative presidency. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
tnmtngirl
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 am
Good morning. Yesterday I heard an interview/discussion (on Sirrus) with Brian Buelter. They were discussing the media coverage of DT and HC. He talked about how DT did something EVERY day that they covered. The only thing they had to cover about Hillary was emails. So, in trying to make the negative coverage “even”, all the media kept focused on the email story while the negative one about him changed daily. Way to go, media!!!!!!!! Heck of a job……….:( 😦 😦
I just got back, thanks so much for bringing this over for me.
Morning all…Dog woke me up at 5:30am….on a day off…..after I was awake all night….at least I can sneak a nap in later:) Congrats, Don.
So I’m not alone in my insomnia? This is awful.
No. You are not alone. My husband calls it “the hour of the wolf”…I woke before midnight and fell back asleep after 4:37am….only to have the dog wake me at 5:30am. I do not do well without sleep. Not at all. Sorry meta:( It really is awful
Never heard it called “the hour of the wolf”, but okay.
Yes, precisely the hour of the wolf. It’s a misery.
LIkewise.. I’m only sleeping five hours a day.
{{{{Bill R}}}}
Good morning, good people. A special shout out of gratitude to our fearless Nerdy Wonka.
I have to confess I am having a LOT of trouble sleeping, eating, thinking, focusing. This comes over me in waves, like an onslaught of nausea. I don’t know how to really describe what I’m feeling. The stench of this election, in addition to the grief I feel at the end of President Obama’s term is overwhelming.
I was with friends in the East Bay the last couple of days and each time we went out for coffee or meals, all you could hear was talk about the election. There is a heavy pall in the air.
I don’t know what to do with my feelings. But I will find a way, a constructive focus for my energy. I just hope it’s soon.
Love you all for your tremendous community spirit and care for what is important and true.
all of this.
meta, I am having the exact same feelings. Awoke in the middle of the night very nauseous. Went back to sleep. Got up little after 6:00 and wanted to go to the Y. Every few minutes, that wave of nausea washed over me so I didn’t go. Maybe I should have pushed through and would have felt better. I am unfocused, angry, sad. Honestly, I don’t think it will go away. Why? Because there’s no way to can escape some ‘news’. As he builds his cabinet, we are going to get sicker and sicker and more dismayed and terrified.
Jesus take the wheel.
OMG, EXACTLY. I’m trying to figure out how to delete the horrific reality from my consciousness. Who do I unfollow on twitter? Which websites are safe from despair? How can we avoid any and every piece of this nightmare?
Meta, unfortunately I am feeling the same way. I have never felt this way about the results of an election. Even more troubling are potential picks for his cabinet.
I know, right? Every piece of news is worse than the last. I JUST CAN’T.
GM Meta.
I’m only on comment 17, and agree with everything said above.
This won’t help, but bear in mind that we KNOW that DJT will pick the most controversial and bat-sh*t crazy people for the most prominent positions because he KNOWS that MSM will take the bait, and DJT will DOMINATE news coverage. His only basis for knowledge is #RealityTV (which, except for Survivor, I never watched), but it’s clear that their mantra is “the more outlandish and outrageous, the better,” especially with Steve Bannon as his lifestyle consultant.
Posted this is in response to ed4PBO on previous thread:
…”Also praying that DC egos (both GOP and MSM) won’t allow DJT and his team of crazies (and you know, from a sales promotion POV, the crazier, the better) bitterly fight to keep him in check.”
I’m feeling this way too. It isn’t just the devastation I feel and sense of horror, but my faith in God is shaken and although I know it isn’t fair to blame him, I can’t help it. How could he allow this when President Obama has faithfully served him these past 8 years? I’m sorry.
I understand. We are facing such blatant evil in the aftermath of so much intentional good. It’s wrenching.
I’m sorry you can’t sleep, my sister is having the same trouble. I on the other hand can’t seem to wake up… all I’ve done is sleep, it’s all I want to do. Cover my head, cuddle with my cats and sleep away the hatred, anger, fear that is overwhelming me. Today I am going to go outside and rake leaves. Something mindless and physical and then I’ll sleep some more.
That sounds GOOD.
I cleaned out my refrigerator. Then I did something that sounds strange but probably metaphoric so don’t laugh! I ironed some cotton blouses. It was soothing for some reason - eliminating all the wrinkles.
I get it completely. Simple mindless yet focused “tasks”. I’ve literally done nothing but sleep and look after my 17 yr olds minor needs. I’m just in a fog, I know it’s grief and it will take time for all of us to get through it- in whatever ways we need to.
A normal reaction to an abnormal event.
Emotional exhaustion finally allowed me to fall asleep the last 2 nights. While awake, I have been focusing on my family, especially my mother (errands, small remodel project and just time spent with a vibrant 87 year old who has a wonderful perspective on things in life that feel like a disaster), continuing to avoid the shit show that is supposed to be media coverage, even going so far as to not use the browser that opens with a newsfeed, and picking up the rest of my life. The only postmortems that I have done about the abomination that is this election, is text discussions about the anatomy of those who voted DT, which surprised many. I am also planning my donations to civil justice organizations, and lifting up prayers. I still feel some of the effects of grief and I know that this will be so on and off for awhile, but it will be manageable. As a POC who lives in the South, I have never had that idea that the systems and institutions worked for me because they were not designed with people like me in mind (3/4 of a person in a constitution ratified by a majority of slave holders), so all of this is something that people like me knew to expect because money is the god of this country and people will vote for anyone, no matter how vile they are, if they will protect the status quo. I see PBO’s presidency as an unexpected miracle, but one that I knew that we would pay for in one way or another. So I live in hope and faith and love as I always have; not in institutions or in anyone in the public arena. These three things are bound in family, friends, and the God/spirit that surround us all. POC know how to survive and often times thrive in the face of great odds. Hang in there; remember the best revenge is living well.
Thanks so much for sharing all that. It helps a lot.
I so agree, Meta, I am not sleeping much. I wake up worrying about everything. Worrying about them tearing apart everything PBO and FLOTUS have done. I don’t know if I can ever forgive the msm and all Repubs and the far left. Now I am just getting thru each day with the help of all here.
Fight the hatred with light and love….organize on the issues that move our country Forward..
I’ve got a coworker who’s from Kentucky and is a Trump lover, not supporter, but lover. I was going to tell him that if Obamacare is repealed his family and friends back in Kentucky will be up a creek that goes by the name of shit. But I didn’t tell him because I didn’t want to interrupt his jubilation; I keep my powder dry for another day. I’m going to wait until he’s completely in the center of the bullseye, and them BAM! Middle America has fucked themselves royally.
Pardon my manners, Good Morning TOD!
Don, you put a smile on my face this morning.🙂
TRUTH.
I’ve been an hardcore advocate for TPP in support of PBO and all the hard work of his team.
President Obama warned us about this.
He pleaded with us and begged us, but to no avail.
Omg, did he ever.
What was so frustrating was that many Dems were also against TPP. It would be malpractice on China’s part not to plan its own version of a TPP in the Pacific region.
China started working on their version in 2012, two years after we began negotiations. I will never understand how our so-called leadership in Congress contributed to the wholesale misrepresentation and mischaracterization of not only the content but the intent of TPP.
Because China understood what President Obama was saying, they followed his script.
Exactly! They watched the master and saw a loose end, which is our political horror show.
The West is on the decline: Brexit, turmoil in the EU and the U S to be led by a no-nothing and his opportunistic sycophants. I cannot even be mad about all this because imperialism and colonialism made slaves of the brown, black and yellow peoples and plundered their resources and it is now payback time. The awful irony is that the West has brought about its own downfall. The people who will bear these burdens the most are those least able to, the POC and the poor. The worm turns. PBO will truly be a lame duck in that Peru meeting (I know that China and others will barely be able to hold back their gloating). My heart aches for him and for us.
Precisely, of course China is going to step in. It would be malpractice on their part if they didn’t step in.
I’m so furious!!
Sorry. Don’t be mad.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-dangerous-man-20161109-story.html
Good Morning Everybody.
I am having a LOT of trouble sleeping, eating, thinking, focusing.
Me too meta. Especially the sleeping part. I have restless nights and every time I wake up the first thing that comes to mind is what happened on Tuesday night. It truly is a nightmare. As far as the five stages of grief are concerned, I am currently stuck at anger and depression.
oops, this was meant as reply to meta up thread.
doesn’t matter where you put it, you have lots of company. Sorry, Ladyhawke😦
I’m so sorry. You accurately express what I’m feeling, too.
I want to thank everyone for sharing their feelings about this. I know I’m not alone and sometimes it helps to acknowledge that.
I also want to encourage everyone to make suggestions about what’s working for them to alleviate these awful feelings.
Nothing is working for me. I can barely get through each day. I had a horrible situation happen at the end of my day in my classroom Weds, boys were cheering the muslim ban and the bell rang before I could do anything about it. After the class cleared out one of my students stayed behind and she asked me if I felt the same way that those boys do because she was a muslim. I exclaimed “NO” and proceeded to say that I believed in the first amendment and religious freedom and that I was so sorry that had happened. I keep hearing her asking me that and crying, crying and I AM SO MAD I COULD SPIT. It doesn’t help, either that I am white, b/c it makes me worse. The only thing I could do is talk to the kids yesterday, but I don’t feel that it had any impact at all.
OH, NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!
I think the only thing we can do is show the most vulnerable our love and compassion.
My friends invited me to a meditation group yesterday and I went. Everyone was crying. It will take many, many steps to even be able to clear my head.
My base line of normalcy has been totally undone. Functioning much like yourself.
Why do I keep seeing articles this morning either attacking POTUS or full of doom & gloom that his entire legacy is over.(his own fault of course) The liberal media continues to help the gop to erase PBO from history. On the other hand, not one word about Russia admitting to being in contact with trump’s campaign.
Except for this president winning his last election…Since 2010, the democrats have lost state legislatures, governorships, city councils, mayors, US senate and house majorities and now the presidency?
All in six years?
Maybe democrats need to get priorities straight and figure out post recession what a winning strategy is…
Bc right now… They don’t know abd the last six years proves that. Bc right now… If you look at all above elections in past six years minus one… One could say this is a right wing country(at least the ones who vote)…
Let’s hope somebody comes forward and leads the party to future victories.
And not Kane… Nice guy but truth be told he’s very bland and excites nobody.
So, Stay active everybody democrats need you… 👀
THIS THIS THIS!!! Its like they refused to copy President Obama formula for winning.
I think this is the thing that is eating at me so much. Democrats insist on remaining fractured and LOSING. I think I’ve been living in a bubble, believing that America was trending left. But now we’ve ceded a LOT of power at every level. The SCOTUS will haunt us for decades.
Is this the same Elizabeth Warren that fought President Obama on damn near everything he tried to do from Obamacare to the Consumer Protection Board to TPP? And who tried to insinuate that because President Obama called her “Elizabeth” that somehow he was being condescending? Her and Sherrod Brown was in on this nonsense.
WORD
yup…
oh please. At this juncture, America deserves everything it gets and the global ridicule it of it all.
we must not forget those who resisted and do not vote for hate and racism…
Good morning, TOD! I hear you… posting good times…
Posting this here
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157855450785389&id=614520388
It is this. Quite disturbing…but makes so much sense
i don’t think that is the case at all. The man won. Folks didn’t turn out to vote for Hilary. It is what it is.
How was this done so quickly? Almost as if they “knew” ahead of time…
My dear friends…..We are in deep grief. Everything people say shows that. Yesterday at Whiz Kids, we were all talking about this, and the symptoms of people are the same as expressed here. I am reminded of my visit to the Emergency Room last fall, a few months after my husband died. I didn’t know if I was having a heart attack or what. Turns out it was a panic attack, and I had to get meds to get my blood pressure down. I talked with the ER doctor and told him what had happened to me. He started,, Now, you know there are these stages of grief……I didn’t let him finish, but snapped: And yes, sometimes I go through all of them in a day. He just stared, then nodded. We are doing that. This is going to take time, and at the same time, we are very protective of our beloved PBO and MO. So, we are suffering doubly…..for ourselves and for them.
Eventually, we will come to a place where we will start being constructive and deal with stupid Democrats and mean Republicans, and be the change PBO has always said we are. I’m afraid some of the people are going to have to suffer some to understand what they have done, thing is, that will mean all of us will suffer. As usual, Democrats will look for a “savior” and I’m sure several will present themselves as that person. This is where we will play a part. We need to choose a good person to lead, and one with smarts and, yes, some cunning. What I see in the Senate does not inspire me, but there are some governors who I believe will be able to step in.
We need this period of grief, and this place to express that grief. I looked at the figures for PBO’s approval, and DT’s approval, and know that DT is not going to be a well-liked president……if he makes it to the inauguration. And I truly have my doubts that he will. I don’t know why, but I just have that feeling. He is self-destructive, and the people around him are also.
Thank you Nerdy for this space. Our appreciation for you knows no bounds.
Today will be a good day for me: I am going to my son’s in Dallas for my granddaughter’s birthday. We are both November babies…This will be a wonderful oasis for me. Take your time dear friends…..grieve, grieve, grieve. We have to.
THANK YOU, CAROLYN!
You are so wise and so very appreciated. XOXO
Have a great trip and enjoy your precious family.
{{{carolyn}}} wise words…I agree with him not making it to the inauguration….same doubt as you have.
Carolyn, thank you for your wise words and have a wonderful time with your love ones 💕
OMG, now I see Dems are pushing for Keith Ellison to be DNC head. MAKE IT STOP.
why not keep Donna Brazile
JER, THANK YOU! I, too, am one who can appreciate a little levity in between the tears!
It is tough right now.
Which is why we need momentary laughter through the tears…
Good morning TOD!
If only. What hope looks like:)
I used to be a gun owner. Sold my weapon after I adopted my kids; didn’t want them to have even the slightest possibility of finding it. I last fired a weapon shortly before I retired in 1995. I was an expert shot. Yesterday, I started researching gun shops and clubs. About to become a gun owner again…
I have the cloud of depression that envelops me when I wake and it makes me sluggish and unmotivated. I have to force myself to get off the side of the bed and even a shower doesn’t perk me up. /sigh
{{{{GGAIL}}}}
{{{meta}}} I spent thousands of hours and many months working on the campaign. We started in peoples homes, then moved to restaurants, to a campaign headquarters and finally to the inside and backyard of a home in South Pasadena and I can’t wrap my mind around the fact that it was all for naught. How?
I’m so sorry I don’t even know how to answer that. It plagues me, too.
Oh GGail, what are we going to do?????
Sending you hugs and love, sweetie. There’s been a death in the family; we are still processing the loss. Maybe you need to take a mental health day. Self-care, self-care, self-care…
More from Harry Reid’s statement
We as a nation must find a way to move forward without consigning those who Trump has threatened to the shadows. Their fear is entirely rational, because Donald Trump has talked openly about doing terrible things to them. Every news piece that breathlessly obsesses over inauguration preparations compounds their fear by normalizing a man who has threatened to tear families apart, who has bragged about sexually assaulting women and who has directed crowds of thousands to intimidate reporters and assault African Americans. Their fear is legitimate and we must refuse to let it fall through the cracks between the fluff pieces.
Good on Harry for saying this. The “normalizing” of Trump by the media is extremely frightening.
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Greeting from another troubled sleeper who cannot understand *why she* is also having nightmares each night since Tuesday. To give my mind a break, I am heading out in less than an hour to a doctor’s appointment (though she is NEVER on time), then I’m taking my vehicle in for its winter preparation routine. Not that I’m wishing for anything serious to be wrong with my vehicle, but the change of mental input may just help to ‘relieve’ my mind for a bit since I cannot seem to forget the misery of the 2016 election farce for long.
{{{{vc}}}} I hope your day goes well and there are more than a few bright spots.
Thank goodness you have a rational, progressive leader..
Thank you, yes Meta. {{{Meta}}} I did have to wait for close to an hour after my appointed time to see the doc but medical results were all good and I didn’t once think of the evil one while I was out. Now I’m sitting at home waiting for the garage to call with pick-up time for my vehicle. We’ll all go forward step by step, as best we can, picking up the broken pieces this idiot will be bound to create! Part of me is hoping he falls on his face very quickly while another part figures he should get just enough time to show his supporters that he really didn’t/doesn’t have a clue! With the latter scenario maybe they’ll wake up. Or at least the “progressives” who were teaching a lesson will themselves have learned an important one.
Let’s all continue to lean on, *and* support, each other throughout this period.
Thank you for all the members of the TOD community (thinking of you, in particular, Sailor) who have served in the US Armed Forces!
Also ….
Very long day ahead … bbl ….
#FORWARD Together
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Friday morning. TGIF>> Congrats Don, on being first this morning.
Nerdy, thanks so much for helping Ms. Chips and the sacrifices you are making for us TOD’ers. 💫🙏👌👊❤
To all, I hope that your wonderful distinguished, peculiar, and unique personality shines through today. ❤ ❤❤
Notwithstanding the nightmare of BuffoonTrump in the Whitehouse, I am more than ever Thankful to God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆
I prefer the BJ reference to the idiot that is NOT MY PRESIDENT. Shitgibbon
Recap from Kurt Eichenwald
https://storify.com/clair3/kurt-eichenwald-s-tweets-listing-his-findings-from
REQUIRED READING/ TWEET FORM
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As African Americans that know their history, we can say one thing for certainty, and that is that we’ve seen this movie before. We know an oppressive political system, we know an oppressive legal system, we know an oppressive educational system. There hasn’t been a system invented that black people haven’t seen before. And that is where I draw my strength from; I don’t draw my strength from a political party. I draw my strength from seeing black and white photos and films of MLK standing up to water hoses and dogs and not flinching. I draw my strength from seeing photos and films of my people being beaten bloody but still standing up and not flinching. Am I upset, yes, is my head a little heavy today, yes. But I know one thing, and that is that this is temporary. I grew up very very poor, some days we didn’t eat. And on those days my brother and I still found things to do to ease our hunger because we knew that we would eventually eat. If the lynching and the dogs and the water hoses and the batons didn’t break us, Donald Trump certainly won’t break us.
I was right about you. You ARE a treasure.
Amen, amen, amen!
AMEN, Don! My response to several friends this week has been “I’m an African American woman in the USA. The white population has never valued me as a woman to be ‘protected’ or a human deserving of rights. I had a successful career in an organization that was the last to take Blacks and women. If hard times come, I can do everything from scrub floors to joining the lecture circuit. They will try to break me, but they can’t, because I AM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE USA…”
Yep, Hillary got 93% of black women to voter for her. Trump got 53% of white women to vote for him. I did not make those stats up, I got those stats from the exits polls. Before the polls closed when the exit polls came out I said to my wife “this doesn’t look good at all”. Then you add to that mixture the educated and uneducated and how they voted for Trump. And to top it off the exit polls showed that 54% of the people thought that President Obama did a good job. But the disconnect for me is that how did Trump get elected, because for me you can’t say that 54% of the voters said President Obama did a good job and then they go vote for Trump. What was the bridge from President Obama to Trump?
Today is Veteran’s Day; thank you to all who have served and to your family members who have done so as well. Have we missed the wreath-laying?
this is exactly what I fear. Everyone says Trump won’t govern.. he won’t ever have to, these people he’ll appoint have been salivating for years to run this country WHITE into the ground. We all know it.
Adding this to the discussion about head of DNC. First, I’m not black, but think it was pf who said she wanted a black female…….I agree with that.🙂 Second, I heard a long interview couple weeks ago on Progressive Talk radio with Donna Brazil and ????. Don’t remember which show it was on/the host. Anyway, he asked her about staying on as the head of the DNC. She emphatically said “NO!” She went on to talk about it being time to bring in YOUNG ‘blood’, young ideas. She said there’s so many new, creative, promising young people in the DNC and that it’s time to hand it over to them……that they are our future, not just DNC’s future, but the country’s future. She ended that part by saying she wantd/planned to return to doing what her absolute passion is: teaching. She spoke to some extent to that, her passion for doing that, the rewards, etc. It was a very good interview and insightful.
Some point real soon, we have to get into some “good trouble”…entire country depends on it
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/11/11/president-obama-delivers-remarks-at-the-veterans-day-ceremony/
Celebrate veterans