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Congrats CarolMae on your evening gold!
Thanks NCLB. ☺️
Congrats, CarolMae!
Thanks Faith. Did you have a HaPpY Birthday?
Congratulations to Nancie McDermotts daughter Isabelle on graduating from Emory University this year. She’s a beautiful young woman with Nancies smile. ❤️
I’ve got $20. Anybody want to bet that #1 the plane that Comey mysteriously gets blown out of the sky by suspected terrorist (disguised as military jet under 45 control) #2 Comey’s mistresses come out of the woodwork #3 drug charges from years ago made him wholely unfit for the FBI or any of the other “Alternative Facts” that Bannon can make up and leak to his website. This will happen in 3…2…1.
WELL SAID….JACOB..THIS IS WHY I WAS EAGER FOR THE ‘O’ FAMILY TO GET OUT OF THE WH..EVEN THOUGH I WOULD MISS THEM….TIS’ DOG EAT DOG OUT THERE AND YOU DON’T NEED TACO SHELLS.
former president obama. president shrub
former first lady michelle obama. first lady laura shrub.
the fucking pos that is murkkkan media.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer apparently has asked all Democratic Senators to be in their seats on the Senate floor at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, to face Sen. McConnell. Apparently, Schumer may ask for a special prosecutor to be appointed.
My guess is McConnell will go out for breakfast at 9:30.
GE/GM JO’B.
Usually twitter slows down at this hour, but east coasters are still tweeting, after midnight local time.
Awhile ago I mentioned I was compiling info on Watergate, but now I need to find my notes… 😳
But I do remember this from my research:
My favorite thing I learned during my research is that Richard Kleindienst was born in Winslow, AZ — if you’ve ever been there, it’s kind of a sad town, which thrived during the railroad hey-day, but now not much there. It’s sad because they tout Jackson Browne/Eagle’s Take It Easy line (standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona…), and that song is more than 40 years old. 😦
First thing I thought of, when I saw Winslow, AZ - was that song! Just waking up and will say GM to you, as I continue reading!
Saturday night the Obamas dine at the Italian hotspot Masseria and when they were leaving the diners gave them a standing ovation.
Ha. You have my full blessings. He’s a dreamboat (and I’m an old chick!).
Me too.. but I’ve decided I’m IMMORTAL.
Of course!
Sessions is recused from:
1) anything to do with Hillary.
2) anything TrumpRussia related.
He’s a fucking train wreck.
Pure projection; and now the toddler-in-chief is surprised that democrats do not want his poisoned apple as a gift and are coming after him for abuse of power. It is total amateur hour at the white house.
The age of Trump. Unfreakinbelievable.
You gotta love how the press suddenly finds things ‘chilling’. They did everything they could to cover for this gang of thugs during the elections, now they can suffer the consequences like the rest of America.
Ugh.
that tweet tells me that he too is very concerned by these actions. We have smart, good and honorable people all over this country that are paying attention, thank goodness.
Yes, thank goodness! And GM to you!
Good afternoon JO’B… had to lose my mind for a while.. went shopping- my new go to when things become overwhelming in our country and in my neighborhood.. one is a microcosm of the other. I zone out at the thrift store 😉
Sounds good to me! If I were there, I’d go with ya!
I would love that!
I am concern, I was concern January 20th 2017. To be honest Trump is not just the problem, it’s Ryan, McConnell and the Republican Party who doesn’t have anyone who will put this country ahead of their party.
Exactly! To still continue to think it is only Trump involved is self deception. Foreign agents are now in the highest offices of the United States and they mean to stay and consolidate power unless the people rise up and make them afraid. They do not care about votes at this point. They can hack machines and steal votes. The only one left to fear now are the people but they must wake up to this reality before it is too late. The US has never been here before, so it is not business as usual. The enemies are currently within the gates and in the highest offices of the land. In third world countries, this would usually have triggered a military coup!
You are wrong.
Putin is a GINORMOUS DIRTY problem.
-He wants to mess up democratic institutions - especially the United States.
-Republicans haven’t been big on democracy for a LONG time.
Are u a bot or what?
I think his point is that Russia isn’t a problem if the US Government doesn’t ALLOW it to be.
We weren’t in crisis mode with Russia with PBO at the helm.
But now that ‘resident’ Trump is there letting Russia operate out of the Oval, it’s up to the other branches of the Government to stop it.
But we can’t trust that to happen with these treasonous, opportunistic Repubs in the majority in both houses.
Russia has been messing with elections and setting up righties like Trump for quite some time.
Russia is the problem. GOP is also the problem.
Seems that being supported by Sanders means losing. Dems running in 2018 should note.
GE/GM TODville.
Every day, every week is so drama-filled and exhausting with FUBAR president.
I think the Senate cannot ignore the need for a Special Prosecutor/Counsel to investigate #KremlinGate, and I know who that person should be.
Drumroll please…
Merrick Garland, the lead prosecutor for the OK City Bombing (among other qualifications 😉 ).
#Genius #KarmaBaby
LAWD! I can’t sleep. What happened yesterday is the stringest indication our democracy is no longer.
“strongest”
She is another Kellyanne.
I love Forever FLOTUS 😍😍😍
Me too 🙂
Me three.
“Regardless of how you think Director Comey handled the unprecedented complexities of the 2016 election cycle, the timing of this firing is very troubling. Jim Comey is an honorable public servant, and in the midst of a crisis of public trust that goes well beyond who you voted for in the presidential election, the loss of an honorable public servant is a loss for the nation. As the chairman of the Judiciary Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee, I have reached out to the Deputy Attorney General for clarity on his rationale for recommending this action.”
Morning everyone. Tossing and turning last night, I’m exhausted. Feels like I MAYBE took a nap. I think that Tim Kaine nailed it….
Any questions?
He is mentally ill.
I saw a tweet talking about Spicer hiding in the bushes and thought it was a joke. Apparently, Spicer was literally hiding in the bushes to avoid talking to the press. Another Melissa McCarthy SNL moment. 😀 😀 😀
OMFG! People that have nothing to hide, hide nothing! This jackass was HIMSELF hiding in the bushes?????? Get these crooks and liars out of there! This is ridiculous!
45 seriously thought that he would not get any backlash from firing Comey…especially from the Democrats, much less from any Republicans.
They thought that “avenging” HRC for the way Comey handled the email investigation would appease Democrats and he could get away with his cover-up.
Instead, it drew more unwanted attention and more questions about what he is trying to cover-up. This attempt to interfere with an investigation [further] raises cause for impeachment.
CONGRESS IS FILTHY DIRTY..YOU WILL HAVE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE!
President Obama is too good of a man. I would have left Manning rot in jail for the rest of his life.
Are you terrified and angry yet?? Fucker.
Valdimir Putin told Roger Stone to pass it on to Trump.
I hope Comey saw this coming and stashed away what needed to be stashed away.
I doubt (or at least hope) there is anyone in this administration (especially carryovers from previous administrations) who feels that their job is secure and therefore are probably doing what is necessary to make sure certain information or records are not lost or destroyed.
It’s time to call upon republicans to choose country over party … repeatedly until the message sinks in. Got to bring them around, somehow.
As if we needed a reminder.
By my watch, just about the time all the Dem. senators should be seated in the Senate
All these horror stories about passengers experiences with airlines makes me hope I don’t *have* to travel anywhere by air anytime soon — or ever.
“After explaining that I have an overactive bladder and would either need to use the restroom or pee in a cup, I was handed a cup by flight attendants,” Harper wrote.
In a report by The Root, American Airlines passenger Rane Baldwin, who is black, said she had her first-class ticket demoted on May due to supposed overbooking while her white friend’s ticket was not — and the allegedly poor treatment that ensued appears to Baldwin and her friend to be the work of racism.
Baldwin told The Root that despite upgrading two tickets for her and her friend Janet Novack, she was given a boarding pass with a seat at the back of the plane. After questioning the ticket agent, she was offered an explanation: that a “plane change” made for fewer first-class seats.
n a report by The Root, American Airlines passenger Rane Baldwin, who is black, said she had her first-class ticket demoted on May due to supposed overbooking while her white friend’s ticket was not — and the allegedly poor treatment that ensued appears to Baldwin and her friend to be the work of racism.
Upon boarding the flight, Baldwin said she was ignored by the flight attendant while Novack was not….
“As she asked questions, she was ignored. However, whenever I asked the same questions, I received thorough answers,”
Moreover, Novack added in the long tweet thread to American Airlines, “the whole reason that I was flying first class was because I was associated with her and her reservation. They were ignoring the card holder.”
Baldwin said she issued a complaint to American Airlines, but hasn’t yet gotten a response. Novack, on the other hand, got immediate responses from American Airlines after tweeting to them.
Yeah, he was really shocked.
That Russian guy suppose to be joking, he wasn’t joking, he knew Comey was fired. Putin probably order Trump to do so.
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All we need to do is change the date, the names, the pictures, and the reasons, and we’ve got today’s front page! I cannot wait for 45’s impeachment. Nixon’s was horrible for the country, I remember it well, but this one will be SWEET.
Women have spent so much time justifying their truths that they can sit in front of Congressional folks for hours - answering each and every insane accusation. Sally Yeates and Hilary Clinton were amazing. This makes democrats proud of them - it makes republicans insane and increases their attempts to take them out of public office.
Dirty Turtle
Mitch McConnell like power, he is just as disgusting as Trump. If Russia had help Hillary win these Republicans would be having a dam fit.
Um hmmmmm
Apparently, they’re crediting John McCain with causing the surprise defeat by his vote. Maybe the old McCain anger is bubbling up inside him, and he’ll start working against his party’s wrong ideas. Maybe not. Depends on what’s in it for HIM, of course.
METHANE is a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than Carbon Dioxide.
Last month attorneys and governors from fossil fuel states asked Trump’s EPA director and climate denier Pruitt to stop collecting data on methane emissions at oil and gas operations. So now 15,000 oil and gas operators/producers no longer document their methane leaks.
Pruitt CUT 9 out of 18 key EPA board of scientific counsellors and plans to replace them with “industry-aligned figures”. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/08/epa-board-scientific-scott-pruitt-climate-change
PBO’s strategy to cut Methane Emissions: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/03/28/strategy-cut-methane-emissions
THIS WON’T BE EASY..TRUMP IS INSANE AND HE WILL TRY TO CONTROL THE FBI AND OTHER INTEL..SERVICES..REMEMBER?..HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO REPLACE INTEL..TO HIS LIKING..THIS IS A HITLERESQUE MOVE AND PENCE IS A LINTBALL ON TRUMP’S TINY PRIVATE PARTS.
You nailed it, as usual, Sue. 🙂
PENCE BEING INTERVIEWED ON Capitol Hill ON CNN..I THINK I’LL TOSS MY BREAKFAST…
Of course, this guy made mistakes that caught up with him, too, so still has an ax to grind.
TRUMP AT ALL COST DOES NOT WANT TO BE INVESTIGATED BY ANYONE..HE WANTS TO CONTROL ALL INTEL..HE’S JUST STARTED…
So true.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/05/10/curious-times/
There’s not a damn thing McTurtle or LyinRyan can do about Trump’s lack of propriety, etc., either. They’ve already sold their souls to the devil.
Hope that one day, we see a bunch of these scumbags, who make up Team Traitor being led away in handcuffs & we later have their mug shots & photos of them in prison garb as they stand behind prison bars
We are having election in the Bahamas today. A lot hangs in the balance. If the present government wins, we will be in deep trouble.
Sometimes as a group of people the only thing you know is fight, from the moment you wake up until the time you go to sleep. The one constant in your life is fight, fighting becomes routine and commonplace.
For anyone (like Terrell Starr) who tries to say it is “not about Russia”:
Read how our democracy was hijacked: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/
Links to Russia from multiple directions. See the diagram lower down linking Trump, Bannon, Mercer, Farage and Banks to Cambridge Analytica, (owned by Mercer and Bannon) and Aggregate IQ (owned by Mercer).