What a pleasure it has been to have a president who has always been a loving father first.#ThanksObamahttps://t.co/8m0xrcA0GN pic.twitter.com/3peMFVxVCl
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) January 18, 2025
Minted forever.
President Barack Obama's bronze medals as presented by the US Mint. They mark his two terms as POTUS. #ThanksObama pic.twitter.com/3kVERrgl2p
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) January 18, 2025
No matter how Republicans tried to deny it, President Obama has always been and will remain a popular president.https://t.co/VIVCOyRCON
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) January 18, 2025
Jobs ObamaCare LGBT Cuba Climate President Obama will leave office as one of the most popular presidents in historyhttps://t.co/3ZqbWFCNn7
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) January 18, 2025
"IT'S BARACK OBAMA!!!!"
The love that kids have for President Obama is beautiful.#MLKDAY pic.twitter.com/rZOH6cyyyo
Trump is intentionally appointing horribly unqualified individuals to various key cabinet positions so he can destroy government, which is a longterm Conservative goal. Hoping that Democratic Senators do the right thing and vote against them even if their votes aren’t enough to stop the confirmations.
Proud to move with the @womensmarch this Jan 21st, raising my voice for honesty, truth, and compassion against injustice, lying and greed. pic.twitter.com/NJnW4Fgx1X
— Lupita Nyong'o (@Lupita_Nyongo) January 18, 2025
Behold, this gorgeous @KadirNelson cover. Right on time for an inauguration week that will change life for black families. Brava, @EBONYMag. pic.twitter.com/K7mRI8r4OG
Former #Malawi president @DrJoyceBanda "Incorporate #women's voices at all costs to ensure #security & #peace" https://t.co/YmTNV8G7VI pic.twitter.com/hFZQ4YvSw1
— Greg Mortenson (@gregmortenson) January 18, 2025
We will be less safe than we have ever been on 1/20/2017. All of our enemies, everyone who wants to do us harm from outright killings as many of us as possible to ending our influence (62 million voters helped to bring this about) around the world. This clown is scrapping the bottom of the barrel to fill important positions.Left unchecked, their ignorance, arrogance, and greed will be our downfall.
EXCLUSIVE: 5 law enforcement and intelligence agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump https://t.co/eEeIrbOuh4 via @GregGordon2 pic.twitter.com/Vm8hRwUjSV
whoa- to Keith, good job! Seriously… I did not know about this Gannon person. And the heads-up on “more reporters”- gop always trying to pull the wool over folk’s eyes. Unbelievable stuff. Thank you JER
Somebody tweeted that the T-rumps will dance to Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” at some ball somewhere … so I went to look to see how Nancy Sinatra felt about it. She hasn’t commented on that, yet, but I know she’s a strong Democrat and her T/L has several tweets about her appreciation for Mrs. Obama and our dear President. And this one, which made me laugh:
Boycott Trump's Swearing In & Inaugural Address His Nightmare Is Low Ratings - Make Sure That's What He Gets! Please Share / Retweet! pic.twitter.com/LXV0HFGp8J
— Progressive Man 📎 (@WeNeedHillary) January 17, 2025
I wrote a lengthy love letter to you all, thanking each of you by name, from Chips our founder, to Nerdy our current Blogger in Chief, to even AMK.
I thanked each participant, frequent and occasional, personally, for what each of you has brought to me through your participation in this epic, unforgettable, historical blog.
Unfortunately, Word Press has prevented me posting it in seemingly any fashion or from any device.
I am sad that I must give up sharing my individual and heartfelt thanks with you all, but, the main point of my post was to say that, thanks to this place and each of your contributions, big and small, I did not miss a minute, not a law passed, not an executive order, not a picture, not a YouTube, not a press conference, not a state dinner, not one bad-assed, elegant, brilliant, funny, touching and life-changing moment of this amazing Presidency.
For that I am grateful to you all,
I will be following PBO in whatever he does in the future and will be praying and sending light to all those working toward a more compassionate, tolerant, inclusive, prosperous, just and loving world. I know my fellow TODers will be among them.
God bless each and every one of you,
With love and thanks,
MadameSoph
{{{MadameSoph}}} You are loved. Thank you for taking the time to do that….I hate when that happens/ WP on a tear. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of all my TOD family…love to all.
Sending you my affection. In fact, sending my affection to all members of TODVille, those I come to recognize and those that kept this blog going and going strong. Thanks for all you do. We will remain strong and are moving #Forward as we bless our POTUS Obama.
Thank you for this MadameSoph, and for all of your contributions and support as well. This place allows us to lean on one another when we need it most.
Scott has done great work here. Watch this space. He’s connecting the dots.
All of evidence proving #Trump's #Russian ties will be tweeted from this string. Please RT the entire string! #TrumpLeaks #thursdaythoughts pic.twitter.com/Ys4JGU0pNR
So I posted on the last thread about some Springsteen thing at the WH on January 12 with the 15 song playlist. Turns out he did a private concert to thank the Obama staff for all of their work these last eight years. So sweet. Thank you Bruce!
With Sanders calling the shots, Democrats may never regain power. This is just the way I feel. The damage done during the primaries will be with us for awhile.
This piece really thoroughly captures the anger most people feel about all this.
But I do object to the part about people who deserve to have their heads bashed in. That is off the rails.
This entire confirmation process is fake. All of these nominees are arrogant and could care less about their answers. They know they will be confirmed,
Just watched the National Geographic special, Sea of Hope: America’s Underwater Treasure that featured PBO. It may show again or it may be on YouTube soon. I also watched via YouTube, the CNN special on Michelle that originally aired 1/13/2017. It was well done without snark or qualifiers.
Ambassador Samantha Powers was on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah tonight. She’s is awesomeness. It’s worth watching. I’ll try & post the video when it’s available. Hey Bobfr, this one’s for you, especially. 🙂
Here’s a slide show of FLOTUS’ outfits from J.Crew- all wonderful pictures of her, and beautiful examples of her exquisite grace and style.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/01/see-photos-all-the-j-crew-michelle-obama-wore.html
Morning everyone…it’s our President’s last full day of working for us. I’m sad… I wouldn’t be SO sad if that nasty thing wasn’t getting the keys. Sad and afraid.
WASHINGTON — When Marin Alsop was 9 years old, her father took her to see Leonard Bernstein direct the New York Philharmonic. The next day, she got a bracing response when she told her violin teacher she wanted to be a conductor. She couldn’t. She was a girl.
Today, Alsop is music director and conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Yet despite her own ability to break through that glass ceiling, the 2016 election showed her that one crucial one remains in place.
“We thought we had achieved things, but they weren’t sustained,” she said.
“Some young women probably didn’t realize how stacked the deck is against women in our world,” Alsop pointed out. “This is how it’s been historically. We think, ‘Oh, here’s a breakthrough,’ and then the door slams shut even harder.”
Not only did the first female presidential nominee of a major political party lose after her victory was taken for granted, but she lost to a man caught on tape boasting about groping women. Now the sadness, alarm and ensuing determination that many young American women felt after the door-slam of the 2016 election have become catalysts for a resurging women’s movement.
“We all assumed that it was time for a woman to have this opportunity, and that it was obvious,” added Alsop. “It’s galvanized people.”
President Obama has done his last interview with the Keepin’ It 1600 crew at their new space, POD Save America. It hasn’t officially been released yet so no separate direct link but if you want to listen to it now, go here and scroll down near the bottom and you’ll see it listed at the top in a box with their collected set of podcasts:
As Obama’s administration winds to a close, that remains true. Not one criminal indictment for anyone in the Obama administration over the entire eight years of his tenure. In fact, it is the only Presidential administration since Watergate to end with zero criminal indictments.
The GOP leadership in the Senate is trying to ram through as many as Trump’s controversial nominees as quickly as possible. Most of them have not yet completed FBI security clearance checks or ethics reviews by the United States Office of Government Ethics, something that OGE Director Walter M. Shaub, Jr. has said in a letter has never happened in the four decades since the OGE was established.
This actually puts Trump’s nominees at personal considerable risk. The OGE serves to protect them from potential violations of ethics laws. An ethical review before Senate confirmation allows them to address potential ethical conflicts by, for example, divesting themselves of their stock holdings or even withdrawing their nomination. But if an ethical violation is discovered after confirmation, it could result in criminal indictments and potential jail sentences for those individuals.
If Obama’s administration is considered to be the least scandal-ridden,….. (more at the link)
White House.gov
And thank you Nerdy ❤
Repost.
‘Inspiring, determined, kind’: Who are these London schoolgirls describing?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38657875
Our wonderful First Lady
Nerdy, thanks so much for this and for everything, every day.
😀
That was beautiful. Lovely that the play set used by Malia and Sasha will now be used by homeless children.
The sheer ignorance from top to bottom is astounding.
Trump is intentionally appointing horribly unqualified individuals to various key cabinet positions so he can destroy government, which is a longterm Conservative goal. Hoping that Democratic Senators do the right thing and vote against them even if their votes aren’t enough to stop the confirmations.
What a gorgeous and meaningful painting! The father looks like one of my nephews. Will be picking up this issue this weekend.
The various members of the family have their eyes focused in different directions; I am especially intrigued by the look in the mother’s eyes.
HOW GOD WILL SAVE THE BLACK COMMUNITY……………….AMEN..<3
❤👊🏼❤
Wow
We will be less safe than we have ever been on 1/20/2017. All of our enemies, everyone who wants to do us harm from outright killings as many of us as possible to ending our influence (62 million voters helped to bring this about) around the world. This clown is scrapping the bottom of the barrel to fill important positions.Left unchecked, their ignorance, arrogance, and greed will be our downfall.
Yup …
We are fucked.
This is in reference to the article from politico.com on the transition that Bob posted above.
Only 28!! The man is lazy as hell. He really thinks this is all a big joke. No wonder he bankrupted so many businesses.
Increase the number or reporters? What could possibly be alarming about that?
whoa- to Keith, good job! Seriously… I did not know about this Gannon person. And the heads-up on “more reporters”- gop always trying to pull the wool over folk’s eyes. Unbelievable stuff. Thank you JER
Can’t trust that lying bastard President to keep his dam mouth close. Isn’t that something?
lying bastard President Trump
My last try for tonight:
kinda funny that your plaints about the posts go through but not the posts themselves. 🙂
Inorite? 😾😉
Somebody tweeted that the T-rumps will dance to Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” at some ball somewhere … so I went to look to see how Nancy Sinatra felt about it. She hasn’t commented on that, yet, but I know she’s a strong Democrat and her T/L has several tweets about her appreciation for Mrs. Obama and our dear President. And this one, which made me laugh:
I had no plan of watching anything going on in DC that day. Netflix for me on Friday, then Rigoletto at the Met.
Hi JoBoomer, Still can’t post my comment! I rewrote it too! Oh well, I remain frustrated.
I remember seeing Nancy Sinatra say in a tweet not long ago, that her father would have detested DT’s racism.
Yes, ol’ Frank wasn’t half bad, back in those days!
Love the picture of POTUS and FLOTUS standing there on the balcony looking at the Washington Monument
Hi TOD,
I wrote a lengthy love letter to you all, thanking each of you by name, from Chips our founder, to Nerdy our current Blogger in Chief, to even AMK.
I thanked each participant, frequent and occasional, personally, for what each of you has brought to me through your participation in this epic, unforgettable, historical blog.
Unfortunately, Word Press has prevented me posting it in seemingly any fashion or from any device.
I am sad that I must give up sharing my individual and heartfelt thanks with you all, but, the main point of my post was to say that, thanks to this place and each of your contributions, big and small, I did not miss a minute, not a law passed, not an executive order, not a picture, not a YouTube, not a press conference, not a state dinner, not one bad-assed, elegant, brilliant, funny, touching and life-changing moment of this amazing Presidency.
For that I am grateful to you all,
I will be following PBO in whatever he does in the future and will be praying and sending light to all those working toward a more compassionate, tolerant, inclusive, prosperous, just and loving world. I know my fellow TODers will be among them.
God bless each and every one of you,
With love and thanks,
MadameSoph
heh, I can’t EVEN ….
wut!
egg.sack.lee
Thank you for being you, AMK 😉
{{{MadameSoph}}} You are loved. Thank you for taking the time to do that….I hate when that happens/ WP on a tear. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of all my TOD family…love to all.
Love to you, desertflower!
Sending you my affection. In fact, sending my affection to all members of TODVille, those I come to recognize and those that kept this blog going and going strong. Thanks for all you do. We will remain strong and are moving #Forward as we bless our POTUS Obama.
I strive to remain strong, too, nclb! As our POTUS said yesterday, “It’s not the end of the world until the end of the world” 🤗
Thank you, MadameSoph, for all the wisdom and light you have shared with us.
E grazie a te, per le parole in italiano e anche la tua luce!
Amen to all of this, MadameSoph ❤
❤️💛💚💙💜 you to, susanne!
Thank you for this MadameSoph, and for all of your contributions and support as well. This place allows us to lean on one another when we need it most.
Thank you for your legal perspectives, Foxfire. They have been helpful.
((((((((((((((((MadameSoph)))))))))))))
Hugs to you, too, africa 🤗
You are a very valued member of our community. I believe there will be a way for us to stay together.
You just reminded me of PBO singing Al Green 😉Thanks, mtmarilyn!
What a lovely reminder!
Thank you so much! I hope we can continue to meet here and continue our wonder friendship.
*wonderful
😊 I would have had to go back and correct my typo too, Betsy! Thanks for your “wonder friendship” also! 😉
Wow, you are incredibly generous. I know we all feel the same way about you and about your description of TOD. HUGS.
Thank you for the delicious pastry photos, my fellow Californian!
My pleasure.
MadameSoph, your thanks and warm thoughts are reciprocated and reverberated. {{{{MadameSoph}}}}
{{{{{{swbluga}}}}}} reverberating back to you!
Scott has done great work here. Watch this space. He’s connecting the dots.
JUST LOOKING AT HIM MAKES ME WANT TO VOMIT……………..
God bless and keep you all, TODers, now and always!
And God bless and keep you, Bill, now and always!
So I posted on the last thread about some Springsteen thing at the WH on January 12 with the 15 song playlist. Turns out he did a private concert to thank the Obama staff for all of their work these last eight years. So sweet. Thank you Bruce!
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/springsteen-played-secret-white-house-gig-for-obama-staff-w461748
plus the new chief executive will be on vacation- perhaps stealing the election turned out to be something like stealing a sleeping tiger?
How’s that for an understatement: “Seems odd.”
Thinking he meant T-rump could be planning on not having an actual Executive “branch.”
Saw some video of this party on FB- large group having a great time! I’m guessing/hoping protests will continue.
At least through tomorrow evening - Yay!
Something for everybody, looks like. 🙂
I hope we can see it online or on C-Span.
I’m sure this one will be covered!
❤🙏🏻🌹🙏🏻❤
There is much truth in that article. The same purity that sent some Democrats away from HRC because she wasn’t progressive enough, at la Sanders.
With Sanders calling the shots, Democrats may never regain power. This is just the way I feel. The damage done during the primaries will be with us for awhile.
This piece really thoroughly captures the anger most people feel about all this.
But I do object to the part about people who deserve to have their heads bashed in. That is off the rails.
That is a bit harsh Meta.
This entire confirmation process is fake. All of these nominees are arrogant and could care less about their answers. They know they will be confirmed,
THIS!!!!
I agree with the Esquire tweet Jacqueline.
Thanks, COS!
Goodnight TOD …..
Just watched the National Geographic special, Sea of Hope: America’s Underwater Treasure that featured PBO. It may show again or it may be on YouTube soon. I also watched via YouTube, the CNN special on Michelle that originally aired 1/13/2017. It was well done without snark or qualifiers.
Goodnight, Nerdy, TODville, and all the ships at sea (still under the command of President Barack H. Obama!!!!) ❤
Meanwhile….
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/34293687/state-senate-opens-legislative-session-without-a-single-republican
Just checked the cspan coverage for confirmation hearings, AND the Women’s March is scheduled to be broadcast all day on Saturday!
Thanks so much for the info. will be recording while I am out and about to enjoy later in the evening. This is awesome!
Ambassador Samantha Powers was on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah tonight. She’s is awesomeness. It’s worth watching. I’ll try & post the video when it’s available. Hey Bobfr, this one’s for you, especially. 🙂
Here’s a slide show of FLOTUS’ outfits from J.Crew- all wonderful pictures of her, and beautiful examples of her exquisite grace and style.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/01/see-photos-all-the-j-crew-michelle-obama-wore.html
good night todville ❤
he has been one staunch supporter of our side and has been ‘telling like it is’ when it comes to the racist, rapist pos.
Yes, he’s been a voice.
Morning everyone…it’s our President’s last full day of working for us. I’m sad… I wouldn’t be SO sad if that nasty thing wasn’t getting the keys. Sad and afraid.
I hope so! RISE UP!!
http://www.nationalmemo.com/trump-created-new-womens-movement/
WASHINGTON — When Marin Alsop was 9 years old, her father took her to see Leonard Bernstein direct the New York Philharmonic. The next day, she got a bracing response when she told her violin teacher she wanted to be a conductor. She couldn’t. She was a girl.
Today, Alsop is music director and conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Yet despite her own ability to break through that glass ceiling, the 2016 election showed her that one crucial one remains in place.
“We thought we had achieved things, but they weren’t sustained,” she said.
“Some young women probably didn’t realize how stacked the deck is against women in our world,” Alsop pointed out. “This is how it’s been historically. We think, ‘Oh, here’s a breakthrough,’ and then the door slams shut even harder.”
Not only did the first female presidential nominee of a major political party lose after her victory was taken for granted, but she lost to a man caught on tape boasting about groping women. Now the sadness, alarm and ensuing determination that many young American women felt after the door-slam of the 2016 election have become catalysts for a resurging women’s movement.
“We all assumed that it was time for a woman to have this opportunity, and that it was obvious,” added Alsop. “It’s galvanized people.”
Good morning, NW and TODville.
President Obama has done his last interview with the Keepin’ It 1600 crew at their new space, POD Save America. It hasn’t officially been released yet so no separate direct link but if you want to listen to it now, go here and scroll down near the bottom and you’ll see it listed at the top in a box with their collected set of podcasts:
https://getcrookedmedia.com/here-have-a-podcast-78ee56b5a323#.arhfmq547
It’s a fun conversation. POTUS is loose and reflective and positive.
I’ll post the direct link when they release it.
Here it is:
I know where it came from, but totally interesting, yet not surprising:)
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/11/1619079/-Comparing-Presidential-Administrations-by-Arrests-and-Convictions-A-Warning-for-Trump-Appointees
As Obama’s administration winds to a close, that remains true. Not one criminal indictment for anyone in the Obama administration over the entire eight years of his tenure. In fact, it is the only Presidential administration since Watergate to end with zero criminal indictments.
The GOP leadership in the Senate is trying to ram through as many as Trump’s controversial nominees as quickly as possible. Most of them have not yet completed FBI security clearance checks or ethics reviews by the United States Office of Government Ethics, something that OGE Director Walter M. Shaub, Jr. has said in a letter has never happened in the four decades since the OGE was established.
This actually puts Trump’s nominees at personal considerable risk. The OGE serves to protect them from potential violations of ethics laws. An ethical review before Senate confirmation allows them to address potential ethical conflicts by, for example, divesting themselves of their stock holdings or even withdrawing their nomination. But if an ethical violation is discovered after confirmation, it could result in criminal indictments and potential jail sentences for those individuals.
If Obama’s administration is considered to be the least scandal-ridden,….. (more at the link)
❤
Further proof that they don’t much care about real children.
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/01/19/the-trump-agenda-poses-a-major-threat-to-americas-children/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+washingtonmonthly%2Frss+%28Political+Animal+at+Washington+Monthly%29
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/01/19/greatest-first-lady-ever/