Here's a pic of Obama kitesurfing across the tears you shed over his $400,000 fee for giving a speech https://t.co/0zzr0Fbqf1
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Excellent! Aaallllll that salt water! Thank you Nerdy!
Breaking on Maddow tonight and to me a confirmation of something that has bee bugging me - the mediaās acceptance of lies told to protect pence by trying to isolate him from his being complicit in Russian scandal:
—- flynn did not lie to pence and the homegrown demagogueās team because they already knew;
—- meaning that pence lied about being lied to by flynn;
Yes, I knew it and wrote about it here a number of times;
—- now Maddow is reporting that Mitchell has reports that someone from the transition team has confirmed that all these scumbags have been lying about pence not know;
—— so the reason they gave about WHY the fired flynn => and media accepted without question and have been repeating since is wrong;
—- they are all liars;
- like I said here before, I suspect that Ms. Sally Yatesā testimony was cancelled s because she was going to say that pence was in the room when she reported to this demagogueās team that Flynn could be compromised;
I wonder why we did not get the report from Mitchell. Yes, these people are scoundrels.
it seems that she just got the information late this evening and they decided to give it to Rachel Maddow because of her big audience;
may be someone got angry about how they whole demagogueās team has now been pushing that Flynnās vetting was PBOās fault
Love!!!!!
Trevor had the best of all the responses on this from the comedy guys. Love that Tweet you front-paged, Nerdy!
BTW, if I havenāt told you in awhile, thank you for maintaining TOD. I check in every day, even if I donāt comment.
You rock, girl!
Awww…thanks!
Seriously girl. Youāre keeping us all sane.
She does rock!!
Bravo, Trevor Noah !!!
Amen Trevor
After reading about Cantor-Fitzgerald, catching up with their story and their guaranteed healthcare for their employees for ten years, and being that this is a health care conference it seems even more despicable that Warren, Ellison and Sanders could not look at the importance of this opportunity and the appropriateness of it given President Obamaās expertise and the company that was hosting. I expect the Right to demonize everything. I donāt want any more friendly fire and trying to gain momentum with the racist, reactionary leftist babies by jumping on a bash Obama moment once again. Will it ever end? Also Stephen Colbert was doing so well and he blew it on this issue. Totally blew it.
Itās fucking baffling.
kitesurfing across the tears you shed.
LOL. Perfect.
Guess Iām in need of a big olā laugh on the 99th day, because Iām LMAO at this. Can you imagine the first person in the research lab who announced this was going to be a study of great importance? And whatās even funnier is the reply to the tweet (below).
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what Rachel Maddow said to her audience about the reason given by WH explaining WHY Flynn was fired;
if anyone was wondering about why the demagogueās team has now been pushing that Flynnās vetting was PBOās fault it seems we now have the answer;
because Mitchell communicated that someone from the transition team itself gave her this information, if true, it may signal someone got angry by this new attempt to lie some more by assigning blame to PBO;
since some of us do not watch a lot of tv, we must have missed noting that the racist sessions, who committed perjury, has been all over the channels today, perpetuating this lie. what ever the Russians have on this sessions must be bad enough for him to be willing to add more lying to his rap sheet ;
Correction: Mitchell got the information from someone close to the investigation
#FelonSessions is the GOP Hans Brinker with his finger in the #TrumpRussia dyke. Heās the human firewall at the moment. If they canāt find someone else who is also deeply Russia compromised, the entire House of Cards will collapse. Itās why they havenāt hired more staff and made more appointments - they canāt. They need insiders (Russia-specific) and theyāve run out of them. Tillerson wants to cut jobs at State by some 2300 jobs. How is that possible?
What I find sad, is that McConnell, Ryan, Trump, et al, think that if they pretend all of this treason is ‘no big dealā, we wonāt notice how theyāve destroyed democracy, and itās all a show - no more legit elections ever because the own the machines.
So true. A treasonous treacherer in office. Yes, todayās wĪ¦rd.
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Agree 100% Sarah Smarsh
We can only hope.
and
Itās getting hot in the kitchen!!!
https://patribotics.blog/2017/04/29/sources-boris-epshteyn-paid-russian-hackers-for-both-team-trump-and-fsb/
https://www.lionsroar.com/vatican-message-for-vesak-calls-on-buddhists-and-catholics-to-work-together-to-promote-nonviolence/?
I found this fascinating, and a sign of hope for the turning of the cusp of the ages. You all are aware of my affinity for astrology, and lunar/solar phenomena -well, coming up on 10th May is the Full Moon called Wesak, sun in Taurus, moon in Scorpio, and is celebrated as the Buddhaās birthday. For Pope Francis to lead toward the path of harmonious Goodwill between these two religions symbolizes to me a pivotal stage where humanity may finally turn to fully face the new age of individuality, intelligence, higher mind and heart-centered effort for the benefit of all life forms. The Age of Aquarius is not fully with us yet, but what we are seeing, and are witness to with the current state of affairs, are the death throes of the remnants of the dark ages. So, let us each Anchor the Light, Keep Us the Heart, and hold fast to Truth and to the inherent goodness of the true human spirit. ššā¤ļøšš»šš¶
Beautiful!
Where the hell are you? You should come with your daughter and I for massages and lunch on my birthday 5/17.
Aww, that is so beautiful of you! Iām in Seattle, Tally, not a chance I can make it to your special day, but D might be around. Check in with her after the 3rd. āļøā¤ļøšŗ
If you mean me and my son ( š ), Iād love to … but Iām in Central Illinois! Happy early Birthday!!!!
squee.
GE TODville.
It looks like PBOās engagement fee per appearance is equal to one-yearās salary as CIC.
A nice, round non-negotiable figure that should do wonders to boost The Obama Centerās bottom line.
Posted this on the previous thread, but since itās relevant to the topic of this thread, am posting again.
From the article:
āFormer President Barack Obama was asked during a talk hosted by A&E Network on Thursday how he dealt with frustration during his time in office.
āFor starters, by not having a Twitter account,ā Obama said, according to the New York Post.ā
snip /
“Obama was reportedly paid $400,000 to appear at the 90-minute History Channel event, called a “History Makers lunch,” during which he was interviewed by presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.”
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(Not sure if this conversation with Doris Kearns-Goodwin will be [or was?] broadcast.)
And as I said to SWBG earlier, critics will just have to get used to PBOās engagement fee because heās going to be doing a lot of fundraising for the Obama Foundation. #MoneyDoesnātGrowOnTrees (also repeat posting…):
Good article excerpt about DJT at 100 days:
Setting aside #Kremlingate (which is comprised of many “high crimes and misdemeanors”), itās true that: “Impulsive, egocentric, and mendacious, Trump has… set fire to the integrity of his office.”
And sadly, @ddale8 is spot on:
THIS
and whatās worse, the gong isnāt working
Or
Or a bong show?
just a reminder since this sat night is White House Correspondents Dinner:
remember when PBO joked that his last WHCD would be THE LAST WHCD ….;
well, with the homegrown demagogue refusing to show up, it might end up being the last WHCD attended by a POTUS that follows
No matter what, I wonāt be watching it - and Iāve watched that for decades! President Obama will always have “the final show” in my heart! ā¤
Getting rid of childrenās school lunches is an example of what sociopathic abuser TRUMPUTIN calls a win:
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to ease school lunch regulations created under former President Barack Obama.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-eyes-loosening-school-lunch-regulations-n752756
Another is drilling the Arctic in areas currently protected by PBO.
Fact: Under President Obama oil imports went from 55% in 2010 down to 28% in 2015. Projected to drop to 11% in 2020.
NYET TO TRUMPUTINāS ILLEGAL ATTACKS ON OUR OCEANS, REVERSING CRITICAL ARCTIC OCEAN PROTECTIONS: https://wilderness.org/blog/arctic-ocean-trouble-trump-expand-offshore-drilling
EPA website removes climate science from public view after two decades:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/28/epa-website-removes-climate-science-site-from-public-view-after-two-decades
Repealing Obamacare and axing schools for needy kids I guess is a way for Trump to show those red state voters how much he doesnāt give a fuck about them. I am sick and tired of the Democrats bending over backwards and pleading with red state voters not to shoot themselves in the foot. If a person doesnāt want to be saved why should the money I give to my party go towards outreach to voters hell bent on suicide?
Don - axing schools for needy kids is what Trumputin the Oinker calls “Loyalty”.
Good morning TOD!
So, are there any more fainting couches not being used by the purity patrol over President Obama getting his chips? I wish I owned a furniture store, Iād make a killing off of these assholes.
Good Morning,Everyoneššš
good morning everyone.
have a fantastic day.
Hello all and thanks for keeping TOD strong! I haves out not understand the outrage at Pres. Ibamaās speaking fees. If youāre a Repug, this is business and supposedly what is great about our country and #45. If youāre an upset liberal, why wouldnāt you want PBO to talk to people he could possibly influence? I never bought into the argument that youāre selling out just because you talk to someone. If they want to pay him and thatās his market rate, go for it!!
I can see that there are some people whose ODS is in full display;
there is simply no way to reach the PBO-haters and make them see how ridiculous their attacks on him are;
so, I am just going to ignore them for now
they will do anything to take him down
Sorry for the typos-meant to write I cannot I understand the outrage at Obamaās!
if this turns out to be true, we can just remind this racist scumbag that : he has met his Water Loo => some of us keep receipts of what he told PBO and worked so hard to achieve
He will probably surface somewhere on faux news or Breitbart,
you are right about that - evil scumbags stick together fleecing people
So Trump has to have a big rally tonight to boost his fragile ego. Because after 100 days in office he hasnāt done a darn thing to make this country better, only worse. So the idiots that elected him will cheer for him and make him feel better, ( maybe I should not call them idiots ).
“maybe I should not call them idiots”
Um, no, they are indeed idiots, idiots of the highest order. Like the midichlorians that gave life to Darth Vader, so too are these idiots imbued with a midichlorian like force that makes them the idiots that they truly are.
Recap: You said nothing wrong, and they are idiots.
Don, I agree.
The KOCHPutin people behind this Administration DO know what they are doing.
Tearing down America and democratic institutions everywhere.
I just do want to insert a personal word here, since we worry about each other. Many of you have probably seen the weather news about Oklahoma. Crazy dangerous weather from snow in the panhandle to dangerous 80 mph straight winds in Oklahoma City. Buildings that have withstood tornadoes for over 100 years have fallen, grave stones have been uprooted…..incredible damage. I want to assure you that I am fine. No damage, and I even still have my power, which thousands of people lost.
We are in the middle of our spring arts festival, and tomorrow is the Memorial Marathon. It is dark and cloudy and about 45 to 50 degrees. Not April…..more like February.
We truly are the weather mixmaster.
Sounds like what has been described as the result of climate change. Everything, from cold to hot, from wind and rain to drought will be larger and more extreme. Stay safe and am holding you in my praryers.
Thanks for the update Carolyn, I have been thinking of you. Stay safe. But hope you have a great day.
Glad youāre safe, Carolyn. Please keep us in the know. Climate chaos will only worsen until our government deals with reality.
Thanks to all of you. Yes, I agree about the climate chaos, and of course you all know that the new head of EPA is Scott Pruitt from Oklahoma, a total climate change denier! YUCK!!!
Chanel and I are safe and warm. The winds seem to have passed, only rain now.
{{{ ā¤ Carolyn ā¤ }}}
My Thoughts & Best Wishes to You & All Oklahomans affected.
Morning everyone. carolyn, stay safe!
A race to the bottom.
As in grave
GM TODville.
Gotta run, BBL — hereās proof of @maddowās report last night (open tweet and scroll up to see portion of @maddow segment).
Well, THIS is creepy and hypocritical!
Iām surprised he hasnāt asked his followers to take “omerta.”
COHERSED LOYALTY is not patriotism. It is characteristic of authoritarianism.
COHERSED LOYALTY is not patriotism. It is characteristic of authoritarianism.
Thatās why I found it creepy.
well this is one veteran that will happily defend the Constitution from him & his “limited govt” loyalty bs.
BwaHaHaHA!! A weally, twuly, totully incompetent fucking asshole, pwetendinā to be prezinent. I guess a long as they stick something under his nose with his name on it, he will think heās getting it done
Imagine that:) SO proud that he signed his name to a piece of paper he didnāt read/understand….as if to say, ” Look! Arenāt you proud of me?!”
President Obama averaged FEWER EXECUTIVE ORDERS per year than any U.S. president in 120 years.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/23/obama-executive-orders/
Good morning, bright lights. Hope you have a great weekend planned and are already enjoying it.
Hereās a chuckle.
Canāt top any of the above tweets but hereās a contribution.
Iām sorry. What the FUCK is he doing??????
Doesnāt look good but we donāt know the background. What we do know is Trumputin is an oinker.
Sorry. I feel like I have to redeem myself.
JER thanks for your incredible photos and posts. Please print this one again on the next thread today.
AWESOME
Thanks meta!
http://www.kcci.com/news/longtime-iowa-farm-cartoonist-fired-after-creating-this-cartoon/39337816
GM/GA!
And on the 100th day the People stood up and said “Not In Our Country”.
On Rachel last night:
Vladimir Kara-Murza was very moving on the people of Russia standing up today. And how previously they stood in the path of hundreds of tanks with nothing but their dignity to their name. And the tanks turned around. People power.
Yes!!!
You really canāt make this stuff up.
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Very Nice & Pleasant in my Neck of the Woods.
TOD, Rocks, thanks to NW.
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You all know how Much I love Prince…..Pardon me.
My Favorite song of his is: The Beautiful One.
I swear, I found this Yesterday. I canāt stop Listening to it.
I miss Prince š¦
I just have to vent and say that it is worrying that so many on the so called left are just as ill-informed as those on the right.
Many are on Twitter ranting about PBOās payment for his upcoming speech is payback for not prosecuting Wall Street bankers in 2009.
They are totally unaware that there were no laws in place to do so,didnāt know about Glass-Steagall being repealed and about Dodd- Frank being enacted to remedy that.
PBO was never condemning Wall Street irrationally but said they have to operate by certain rules and never professed to be a socialist like Bernie Sanders . He believed in the American system but that there needed to be rules so that all strata of society should have a fair shot at living a decent life and given access to the tools and means to progress and be the best they can be and that Governmennt should assist as it serves the people.
If Dems are not, careful, they are going to alienate many POC and not capitalize on the opportunities this Trump Presidency may give them.
Some of the journalists are just as bad with their comments and articles but their motives are quite different , I think.
They Know that.
The selective willful amnesia is NOT by accident.
They want total Control of how the Obamas should behave.
They feel that Hey, It was them who made their Presidency possible (NOT)……therefore, they get to dictate their Private Citizen Lives after the WH. I am Not shocked.
The sad thing is that These so called Progressives are Never able to ask themselves Who died and made Them Kings & Queens of The Obama Household?
Focus, this is another way of Blaming Pres Obama for Nov 8th, 2016 election loss. The far Left must always find a Person to Blame. This is how they Donāt Focus, hence elections are lost.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/04/29/make-that-money-president-obama/
the homegrown demagogue and his fellow liars