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two wonderful. classy women!
❤
Congrats dee, we’re twins on First 🙂
Thanks NW! ❤
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-market-has-already-started-to-dump-trump-1484238205
Markets responded to Donald Trump’s rambling news conference on Wednesday by dumping Trump. The dollar and pharmaceutical and biotechnology stocks were sold, bonds were bought and stocks once regarded as out of favor with the president-elect outperformed.
We keep talking about Joe and PBO’s bromance, but Jill & Michelle have a sisterhood that’s the envy of the world!!! 🙂
❤🌹 🙏🏻 for my brother ongoing, it won’t be much longer 🙏🏻 🌹❤ thank you, TOD, and May God Bless.
Prayers for your brother and for you & your family Pamela. ❤
keeping your brother in our thoughts and prayers.
praying for you and your family and friends to be one and together.
hold on strong, share the love and hope eternal
{{{MP}}} In my thoughts.
Praying, Pamela dear. Hugs to you and your brother - always. ❤
Still can’t believe it will all be changed next Friday. Very weepy here lately! Love seeing the great friendship between the Obamas and the Bidens….such wonderful, kindred spirits. ❤❤
My prayer is the man realizes how over-his-head this position is and resigns, quits , etc. Yes that would leave us with Pence, but I’d rather see his face at the post office, etc, much less sitting in the Oval Office, Situation Room than an incompetent, loose cannon DT.
he loves the limelight too much to make the honorable decision to withdraw
Pence’s ideology and goals are horrific. But I agree, I don’t see him launching nuclear weapons because he was slighted. Geeeezus! This is so unthinkably horrid it makes me miss Willard Romney……
https://www.democrats.org/page/dnc-future-forum-livestream
DNC Forum
Thanks PF. I realize that I only know two of these people.
I went to the link and still can’t read the names of the person speaking.
Geez DNC 😯
And sometimes people are just amazingly wonderful:) PS. Jill and Michelle are awesome:)
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/trump-trolled-by-john-lewiss-constituents-after-insulting-their-district-as-horrible-and-crime-ridden/
Continued awesomeness….karma wins again
https://thinkprogress.org/amazon-sells-out-of-rep-john-lewis-biography-after-trump-attacks-him-af4739ce4ee4#.f3jyk3g00
Love the pictures of Michelle and Jill.
As will I Pete. Have followed your amazing photography throughout the Obama years ❤
alot of post presidency info in this article….bookmark it
Oh, God, I love that woman!
Heads up, Bob! @SamanthaJPower ❤
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Two beautiful w omen inside and out. They will be missed.
I adore them both. Gorgeous, good, brilliant ladies. The best First & Second Ladies America has ever had. I, too will miss them deeply.
Poetic justice.
had to post this…
I’m glad you did PF
the numbers seem to be growing
I sent a tweet to my Rep. Napolitano.
I’m looking for a response…
there it is- DT holds a grudge a long time
YUP. YUP ….
So, Bob, just between us 🙂 - is it your assessment the noose might possibly be tightening around Trump’s deep throat?
And the Band played on!
bravo.
and just on queue, the rightwingers are angry about this
Do we know whether Congressman Lewis plans to attend Jan 20th?
He is not. His declaration is what has triggered the rising number of D reps willing to boycott.
Do you have the link where he says he will not attend? I know what he said about Trump, but, I don’t see his declaration to not attend.
Thanks
I don’t have a direct quote - but this article states that he will not be attending.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/john-lewis-skip-trump-inauguration
Yea, I can’t find where he pointedly says he will not attend, but, this infers that he will not, but, I would feel better if I could see his direct statement…”The inauguration, set for Friday Jan. 20, will be the first Lewis will miss since he came to Congress in 1986.”
“You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right,” Lewis said.
Lewis said it would be “very difficult” to forge a relationship with the incoming president.
“I believe in forgiveness,” Lewis said. “I believe in trying to work with people.”
- See more at: http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/john-lewis-skip-trump-inauguration#sthash.w6b3kV54.dpuf
Thanks hopefruit!
from the article
Lewis told NBC News that he does not plan on attending President-elect Trump’s swearing-in next Friday.
“It will be the first one that I miss since I’ve been in Congress,” he said. “You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.”
Thanks PF. I copied that sentence also from the link HF provided. I guess, that means he will not be attending. This time the words are a direct quote from him.
Gail, I think it is part of the Meet the Press interview. I think I saw it initially in the transcript of the interview which was posted somewhere yesterday.
Sorry - hadn’t refreshed the page and didn’t realize you’d already posted this. Had found the same link. 🙂
Also this:
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Lewis told NBC News that he does not plan on attending President-elect Trump’s swearing-in next Friday.
“It will be the first one that I miss since I’ve been in Congress,” he said. “You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/john-lewis-trump-won-t-be-legitimate-president-n706676
Yup, that’s good enough for me. It is a direct quote, which is what I was seeking.
You guys are good! 🙂
We double posted on ya, because I hadn’t realized it was already posted in reply to your request! I heard him say it when they played that on MSNBC earlier, so I knew it was out there somewhere.
That is no problem at all. I would rather have double post, then no reply at all! LOL!
Apparently, this guy’s a Republican U.S. Representative for Michigan. I might buy him a beer.
Good evening TOD! Nerdy, thank you for spotlighting the remarkable relationship between these two women.
For those just joining Twitter, even if you don’t tweet it is a wonderful news feed, which is primarily what I use it for. I joined in 2009, almost never tweet, but use it religiously for news and analyses.
Attended the Indivisible meeting this afternoon and it was interesting. For any of you that have looked at it, it is primarily focused on the federal reps in keeping with the tea party model. There were only 8 of us but a good group and I suspect it will grow quickly. A couple of people who were quite involved in Hillary’s campaign, and some other new people who have not been politically active previously.
Some of the people that are overall very active are very focused on TX politics as well, and it is going to be a challenge to keep this group focused on the federal level. I suspect I will be the one keeping that focus, but it works as we have quite a number of other groups focused on TX state level politics.
We managed in a short period of time to come up with our starting point. Our rep is so deeply embedded in the GOP here, she has refused for years to meet with constituents or do any type of town hall meetings. So that is our starting point, forcing her to have to publicly address her vote to repeal the ACA and the other issues that will be coming up. We will be traveling to her office once a week requesting a meeting, intend to increase the size of the group attending, and if she has not committed to a town hall by the third time two weeks from this coming week we hope to have a group of 35-50 and will try to get the press there. She apparently intends to retire after this term so not sure how successful we will be but it is a starting point. It is very different than anything I have done previously on the political side which, for the most part, centered around elections. But it will be interesting. And it is far past time to make these GOP members of Congress have to account to the people that they represent.
At a minimum, it is an outlet for my frustration:-)
YAY!!!!! Good for you Foxfire!
Excellent!
STANDING O, Foxfire!!!!
I love that you have mapped out attainable goals and objectives as well as tactics. Very smart group. I also love how you’ve targeted a high profile issue that will certainly interest the press. Please keep us posted on your progress!!
LOVE this!
Fabulous! Could be anyone, but looks a bit like Linda Sarsour, who’s one of the co-chairs of the Women’s March on Washington. The planners were asking for artwork from around the country. (I’m guessing, obviously.)
funny, but when I saw this picture, I immediately thought of her …. probably because I know how involved in activism she has been
wow! this guy is exceptional ….
note to self: Linda, remember to do and say everything to remain on the good side of Mr. Fairey’s artistic pen/pencil & brain
I have cabin fever (outside: frigid temps, more ice expected), so I’m looking up everything tonight! (If you say hello, I’ll look up the origin of hello!) Here’s the grand backstory on the grand tweet you shared.
Also, just a reminder for tomorrow night and for your dvr, both the History channel and NatGeo are airing two hour specials on PBO. it will be a big night:-)
Thank you so much for that reminder. I thought I had already set them to record but hadn’t! I’m IN! 🙂
ALSO!
PBO will be interviewed on both CBS Sunday Morning and 60 Minutes.
This weekend, I am taking some few hours to write a longer note to each of PBO, FLOTUS, VP, Dr. Biden thanking them for their service to the nation and world.
Although I have occasionally done this before, I fell that I should take one more time to expressing what their leadership has meant to me and others I know and highlight how specific actions have made my own life better.
The letters are not a goodbye, but markers of how my life has been enriched by them all and their teams.
I want my thoughts to be part of the historical record marking this extra-ordinary time and quality of leadership.
You are a very special person, Linda (trust me - I know things 🙂 ) and I’m sure your letters will be, as well!
oh, Dear, now you are making me tear-up.
Having read and shared all your poems here, I know that I stand way behind you in the writing department.
You have a way of beautifully getting to the heart of the matter such that one just says: “that is exactly what I feel”.
thanks a lot for your contribution
❤
Thank you for doing this, gcl. I hope they are so flooded with thank you letters to the Obamas in the WH, they’ll need to create a special place in the mailroom for years to come. HA!
Trump…..NotMyPresident
Okay, off to make hot chocolate. Or wine. Well, guess I don’t have to make the wine!
Later.
P.S. 🙂
The Fairey’s HOPE poster of Obama in the 2008 campaign is on display in one of the D.C. Museums. It is fabulous. He was sued by an AP photographer that took the original photo much earlier. He decided to go ahead and fight it on the grounds that an artist is not able to get close enough to a famous person to take their own photo. I wish he would have won as an artist I agree with his sentiment. Unfortunately he lost.
Ya know, DT’s obsession with President Obama is going to leave him looking incredibly foolish. Apparently, this search for performers is because he is going to try to replicate the Obama “We Are One” concert from 2008. It cannot be done, he can’t get the performers, and won’t have the turnout. The smart thing to do would be to skip it and just focus on Inauguration Day but who ever said he was smart. Instead, he will look like even more of a fool and invite even more comparisons to his detriment.
if true….how pathetic
This is incredibly scary. Those who wish to do us harm must be salivating.
and to make matters worse, he is being so vindictive as to fire the people currently in place who would serve as “place holders” until he can find a proper extended relative/friend or person he owes to fill the seat.
Goodnight TOD ….
One more thing before departing ….
Today I got a real emotional boost. A coalition of progressive groups organized a rally and march at the state capitol building here in Salem, Oregon of solidarity with immigrants. It was very cold 30degrees, but sunny and dry, and there was a large crowd. The signs they were waving were uplifting, like “Somos One Oregon”. It was a very diverse crowd, with more Latinos of course, but so enthused and supportive. Our dem congressman Kurt Schrader was there and outspoken in his support of immigrants and opposing Trump on deportations. A number of other officials and legislators were the, as well as union and business people speaking, with translations in Spanish. I was so moved I was crying a good deal of the time, so touched by the unity and good will of the people. This was the face of the Resistance and it is beautiful in its diversity and oneness.
Wow, that is simply beautiful, Bill. I believe we are going to be seeing more and more of this activism as the days of Trump fascism roll on. I hope people of all good faith come together to publicly resist. We are going to need each other in a way not previously seen in the United States of America. UNITY.
One part I don’t agree w/ is that’s he’s going away. But this was interesting:
Just because this makes me smile & we need those smiles right now, & shake a leg, OK?:
needing this right now
A close friend of mine worked as this guy’s legislative director when he was in the CA Senate. He has his emo left moments about PBO but he is likely to be among one of the loudest voices against Trump in the future.