I have two coworkers that want to friend me on Facebook. Totally messed up my weekend in that Iām trying to figure out a way to tell them that Iām not interested in anything and everything that they have to say. I thought I had my Facebook settings on the strictest settings that allow someone to see you, but no, these two numbnuts somehow found me anyway. Our political views are totally different, I know this because Iāve talked to both of these numbnuts extensively. I see both of these guys every day, and one of them I work with side by side. Every goddamn syllable that comes out of their mouths is pure unadulterated goddamn nonsense. Every goddamn time I hear their voices it feels like someone scraping a chalkboard with a piece of metal. Why do I always attract the crazies? Isnāt there some sort of Facebook etiquette that covers this sort of thing?
Definitely ignore the request. If they ask why you have not friend them, say to their faces that your policy is to only FB with close friends and family because you donāt want your son and other young people in the family exposed to political stuff. Then walk away.
Thanks Nena for sharing this. Itās absolutely amazing to witness the Obama babies growing into young poised lades before our eyes. But then again, Iāve witnessed my grand niece, who is three months older than Maria Obama, grow into a such loving and thoughtful young lady who cares so much about other people.
“Russia Tasks Hollywood Actor Seagal with Improving U.S. Ties”:
Putin gave Steven Seagal a russian passport in 2016: “Russiaās Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it had made U.S. actor Steven Seagal its special representative for Russian-U.S. humanitarian ties, a role it said was meant to deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries.” https://www.reuters.com/…/russia-tasks-hollywood-actor-seagal-with-improving-u-s-ti..
-What do you think of the angle = Putin trying to influence Arts, U.S. youth and the entertainment industry even as he was attacking our election.
SHOUT OUT to @BarackObama for no particular reason other than I miss intelligence, dignity, gravitas & graciousness in the Oval Office. pic.twitter.com/9r2wZtVBlb
Hillary understood as well…she called them “The Deplorables”
The ones who show up in spittle-flecked rage at his Nuremberg rallies would quite happily see us off to concentration camps. They no longer believe in democracy. They havenāt believed in it in quite a while. Democracy has allowed those they consider inferior and threats to their existence to flourish and attain a modicum of power. They have been yearning for someone to come along and smother this two century long experiment in self-government. This is not hyperbole; this is the evidence of anyone with eyes to see.
On 'understanding the Trump voter' https://t.co/d2Rk8TmBV4
Check out āSouthside with youā. A movie I produced and played a young Michelle Robinson on @netflix. Itās #obamaday #lovestory #wematter pic.twitter.com/6Tz6gbN9DL
I know #ObamaDay is officially over, but since it fell on a weekend, I'm calling for an extension because look how cute this is! pic.twitter.com/aypY8BaI8I
White nationalist provocateurs, a pair of fake news sites, and an army of Twitter bots and other cyber tricks helped derail Democratic Senator Al Franken last year, new research shows.https://t.co/ujuBMNRIsI
— KrisS š„ Your Vote, Your Voice š„ (@MplsMe) August 4, 2025
That was my conclusion at the time. I think he was targeted because he was outspoken on the Trump collusion and on the Mueller investigation and because he was one of the few Democratic members of Congress that the media would talk to. I was very saddened by the rush to judgment by Democratic women senators (was Amy Klobuchar, also from Minnesota, the only man Democrat who did not join the fray?). I understood the pressure they were under by the burgeoning MeToo movement but they should have thought before they acted.
Now that he has admitted to committing a crime, what will his Republican enablers in Congress say? They do know that Mueller is watching all this, right? Trump is finished when Democrats take over Congress in November.
Jasmine Crowe developed and created an app that specifically helps restaurants give all of their leftover food to the needy. pic.twitter.com/QmvZ6ialXR
Sadly, I totally agree. (Iām not as sad for them and their ways and the outcomes that will befall all of them, as I am sad for all of us to have to watch it.)
They later said that report was not accurate, probably because the scope of this VA trial is limited to tax and bank fraud. I think heāll probably testify today.
Over 50 years ago, Americans across the country fought for the passage of the #VotingRightsAct. But our work isnāt over. Join @MichelleObama and our entire team for a #WhenWeAllVote Week of Action this September! Sign up to attend or host your own event: https://t.co/92nuLIb3mx pic.twitter.com/C8QzfwHgcb
— When We All Vote (@WhenWeAllVote) August 6, 2025
Day 5 of Paul Manafort's trial start at 1pm. We'll kick off with the defense questioning of Manafort's former accountant. Want to catch up in the meantime? Day 1: https://t.co/AyO564va4d Day 2: https://t.co/1I4l2N46A6 Day 3: https://t.co/eWPoCuZ5Rp Day 4: https://t.co/XoJCJSqWks
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TURNOUT OHIO!! TOMORROW IS YOUR DAY TO USE YOUR VOICE! VOTE!
BOOM: @dannyoconnor1 pulls into the lead just barely. Turnout is everything. Bring it home Ohio! This could mean control of the House. https://t.co/UStjHYDDHe pic.twitter.com/pgqbI6Q8W0
#OTD in 1965, Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act to enforce the 15th amendment of the U.S. Constitution. #APeoplesJourney pic.twitter.com/RF3IgT9eUZ
— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) August 6, 2025
The violence from voter registration protests in Selma added pressure on Congress to act, & the bill passed in four months. #APeoplesJourney pic.twitter.com/gbGVlJAM1A
— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) August 6, 2025
The law outlawed literacy tests, poll taxes, and other obstacles to voting. See related objects in our collection: https://t.co/fim1eN1lsY pic.twitter.com/A7C01hzQ45
— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) August 6, 2025
The pen used to sign the Voting Rights Act is on display in our "Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom" exhibition. pic.twitter.com/B7L9BzvPBd
I was watching Jeopardy a couple days ago, which I havenāt done in some time. But, lo and behold, there was a whole category on the NMAAHC museum, with Alex Trebek in person at the museum providing the clues. At the end of the category, he said he wanted to take a personal moment and highly recommended the museum to anyone who may be living or visiting DC. Interesting.
True - I donāt trust these ‘Never Trumperā Republicans as far as I can throw them.
While I agree with pretty much everything Joe Walsh has said about Trump, ha affirmed that he remains a Tea Partier, and thereās no reason to believe heās changed his attitude about PBO despite hating what Trump is doing.
Scarborough was trying to disavow Trump as a former Democrat earlier on.
Itās here! @Beyonce stars on the cover of our September issue. Read the full story, in her own words: https://t.co/T7E2FbGDPn pic.twitter.com/GcX0ziiJD7
Skater, Instagrammer, politically engaged artist, Vogue-cover photographer . . . meet @tyler_mitchell_, the 23-year-old who teamed up with @Beyonce in this monthās issue. https://t.co/Se40gGmbpk
I cried 3 times already this morning. Hereās Beyonce by me for the September 2018 cover of American Vogue.https://t.co/S7JiYGDAG5 pic.twitter.com/l1ZsfvaK6G
— Tyler Mitchell (@Tyler_Mitchell_) August 6, 2025
Bobby Kennedy was one of my heroes. He was someone who showed us the power of acting on our ideals, the idea that any of us can be one of the āmillion different centers of energy and daringā that ultimately combine to change the world for the better. https://t.co/nAiPiGercs
Start your week off strong, like this mini warrior. š (Video via: https://t.co/u0DzNoKD9d) #happymonday #becauseofthemwecan pic.twitter.com/QG1YOldJBL
— #becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) August 6, 2025
But a Republican can tell these so-called educated people that itās because of the illegals and refugees that take your jobs and why you canāt enjoy the American Dream, while giving huge tax cuts to the wealthy and destroying unions is really the reason. Two teachers making over $138K has to work as an Uber driver to make ends meet in San Jose, CA? Professors being paid by the number of classes they teach making less than $25K a year while they owe $200K in student loans? When will people wake up and stop voting GOP?
Two of America's biggest steel manufacturers ā both with deep ties to Trump officials ā have successfully objected to hundreds of requests by American companies that buy foreign steel to exempt themselves from Trump's stiff metal tariffs. https://t.co/dmgRpx8Ntv
Nearly three weeks after we revealed that the NRA's top election contractor could be a shell company that exists principally on paper, the firm wonāt provide documentation or answer questions from journalists. https://t.co/Xyao6HtRnX
Trump signed on to sanctions against Iran today and threatened allies who wonāt side with him. As with everything else he does, this will not end well.
The Iran Deal JCPOA signatories: Iran, the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security CouncilāChina, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United Statesāplus Germany) and the European Union. https://t.co/Qejele5ewh
52 USC 30121(a)(2) outlaws what POTUS has tweeted Don Jr did in soliciting campaign help from Russian nationals. 18 USC 371 makes all who agreed to this unlawful act guilty of a felony punishable by 5 years in prison if any conspirator did anything overt to further the plot. QED.
Of course, Trump too was guilty of these federal crimes if he approved the illegal meeting, as Cohen claims he did, or helped Don Jr concoct the fake cover-up story, as Trump provably did on AF1. Even if a POTUS canāt be tried while in office, he can be tried after heās out. https://t.co/RX4S7O9XBA
WOOH! If THIS does not sink him I donāt know what will. Representative wearing a T-Shirt that heād rather be a traitor to our country than an American Democrat……My GOD, they are propping up a foreign country who attacked us.
Canadian foreign ministry & Canadian embassy urged the Saudi authorities to āimmediately releaseā civil rights activists. Saudis now suspending new trade and investment with Canada, and are expelling Canadian ambassador while recalling their own. https://t.co/9DEesHmfzg
Former first lady Michelle Obama is set to hit the road to register voters before the midterms: "Thereās too much at stake to sit on the sidelines, not just in this election but in every election, and we need your help right now" https://t.co/WUeVxFxvsa pic.twitter.com/9tIVVS36B4
Do you remember that time Mrs. Obama tried to go out, incognito, to a “regular store” (although going with Secret Service agents around you wasnāt regular for any of us) during her time in the White House, and a woman tapped her on the shoulder when she was looking at something in one of the aisles … believe Mrs. Obama thought to herself, “Oh no somebody recognized me,” but then the woman who tapped her on the shoulder said something like, “Can you help me reach something on that high shelf?” because she was so much taller.
"When our government separates families - we turn out & vote!ā - DioMarvellous, our youth development program leader & rising senior spoke at @GranniesRespond caravan on behalf of Houston youth who have promised to #vote. Register to vote TODAY: https://t.co/yGBhg91xl6 pic.twitter.com/wAdLD37N6D
Oh. Oh. perfect signing on timing. š š Lifeās good; thanks NerdyW.
Wowser, look at those pics! Really, really perfect signing on timing. /great big SIGH/ Thank you, NerdyW!!!!
SIGH of happiness. Nothing can spoil my afternoon now. š š ā¤ ā¤ ā¤
“Down, girl.” Ha! Good afternoon.
Truly enjoyed seeing those calming and wonderful pics before my “goddess nap”!
“Down, girl.” LOL!!!
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How was the nap; any sunshine falling on your face during?
Ha. Yes, darlinā - the best kind of nap!
-man how he didnāt get the Vogue contract in that suit is beyond me-
š He prolly didnāt want it.
-just kidney vc.
Yea, I know. Thatās the spirit in which I responded. š
VC š Has secured the Furst Au ā
Congrats!
Thanks, NW!
And what a steal it was; enough to keep me out of trouble and smiling for the rest of the day!
I have two coworkers that want to friend me on Facebook. Totally messed up my weekend in that Iām trying to figure out a way to tell them that Iām not interested in anything and everything that they have to say. I thought I had my Facebook settings on the strictest settings that allow someone to see you, but no, these two numbnuts somehow found me anyway. Our political views are totally different, I know this because Iāve talked to both of these numbnuts extensively. I see both of these guys every day, and one of them I work with side by side. Every goddamn syllable that comes out of their mouths is pure unadulterated goddamn nonsense. Every goddamn time I hear their voices it feels like someone scraping a chalkboard with a piece of metal. Why do I always attract the crazies? Isnāt there some sort of Facebook etiquette that covers this sort of thing?
Thatās what you tell them when you see them. You need space
Iām thinking about just ignoring their request as if I didnāt even get the request.
Just ignore it and walk on down the road.
Definitely ignore the request. If they ask why you have not friend them, say to their faces that your policy is to only FB with close friends and family because you donāt want your son and other young people in the family exposed to political stuff. Then walk away.
Exactly. Just say you need to keep work and family separate.
Thatāll work:)
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Oooooh, hot buttered soul. One of my favorite albums š thanks Dudette
Thanks Nena for sharing this. Itās absolutely amazing to witness the Obama babies growing into young poised lades before our eyes. But then again, Iāve witnessed my grand niece, who is three months older than Maria Obama, grow into a such loving and thoughtful young lady who cares so much about other people.
“Russia Tasks Hollywood Actor Seagal with Improving U.S. Ties”:
Putin gave Steven Seagal a russian passport in 2016: “Russiaās Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it had made U.S. actor Steven Seagal its special representative for Russian-U.S. humanitarian ties, a role it said was meant to deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries.” https://www.reuters.com/…/russia-tasks-hollywood-actor-seagal-with-improving-u-s-ti..
-What do you think of the angle = Putin trying to influence Arts, U.S. youth and the entertainment industry even as he was attacking our election.
tooooo much
It sure does!!!šš
Thatās hysterical! And how we all feel!
Until the votes are counted w/o any Voter suppressions, manipulations and Cross Checks schemes. Vote Lefties, Vote them all out in 2018.
Hillary understood as well…she called them “The Deplorables”
The ones who show up in spittle-flecked rage at his Nuremberg rallies would quite happily see us off to concentration camps. They no longer believe in democracy. They havenāt believed in it in quite a while. Democracy has allowed those they consider inferior and threats to their existence to flourish and attain a modicum of power. They have been yearning for someone to come along and smother this two century long experiment in self-government. This is not hyperbole; this is the evidence of anyone with eyes to see.
I have no desire to understand EVIL!
Watch it again and smile!
With so many truly frightening fires going on in California, I am taking refuge in this Beauty Break, which I share with you:
What a sweet little face say, “see my new dress”?
A massive crime ….
Beautiful.
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Worth a read?
That was my conclusion at the time. I think he was targeted because he was outspoken on the Trump collusion and on the Mueller investigation and because he was one of the few Democratic members of Congress that the media would talk to. I was very saddened by the rush to judgment by Democratic women senators (was Amy Klobuchar, also from Minnesota, the only man Democrat who did not join the fray?). I understood the pressure they were under by the burgeoning MeToo movement but they should have thought before they acted.
TRUMP CONFESSES HIS CAMPAIGN TURNED TO RUSSIA FOR HELP. (ThinkProgress, other.)
-says it was “totally legal”.
-so why is he telling the truth now?
Now that he has admitted to committing a crime, what will his Republican enablers in Congress say? They do know that Mueller is watching all this, right? Trump is finished when Democrats take over Congress in November.
The jig is up.
Trump trying to reframe.
— As he is lurched off to prison the Dicktraitor will be bleating “fake news!”
Receiving stolen goods from a hostile foreign power is the definition of ILLEGAL.
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Oh yes, it does! Happy Birthday, Mr. President!
Such goodies in this thread to lift us up. Thanks Nerdy and all contributors.
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With the name she was blessed with…..she was destined to do good things. God Bless her!
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https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/report-kushner-worked-to-strip-status-of-palestinian-refugees-1.6341143
Iām sure at some point in time if it hasnāt already happened, Trump and his lawyers will talk about giving up Don Jr.
Sadly, I totally agree. (Iām not as sad for them and their ways and the outcomes that will befall all of them, as I am sad for all of us to have to watch it.)
Gates may be testifying in the Manafort case this week. Hold onto to your hats.
I thought that the prosecution was going to hold Gates from testifying as to not tip off what they have on Trump?
They later said that report was not accurate, probably because the scope of this VA trial is limited to tax and bank fraud. I think heāll probably testify today.
THANK YOU, FLOTUS!!
Yep, Mueller is methodically stitching a prison uniform on Manafort, tailor made.
Ostrich cuffs.
Morning everyone. Another week of ^%&$*#(%&
TURNOUT OHIO!! TOMORROW IS YOUR DAY TO USE YOUR VOICE! VOTE!
The month of August is a very important month in Black History, many significant things happened this month.
I was watching Jeopardy a couple days ago, which I havenāt done in some time. But, lo and behold, there was a whole category on the NMAAHC museum, with Alex Trebek in person at the museum providing the clues. At the end of the category, he said he wanted to take a personal moment and highly recommended the museum to anyone who may be living or visiting DC. Interesting.
Thatās so cool!
It really was!! Each of the questions were also very good.
Lord have mercy…..I can believe Joe Scarface had a compliment about PBO. Only because itās the truth and get make Orange Satan mad.
True - I donāt trust these ‘Never Trumperā Republicans as far as I can throw them.
While I agree with pretty much everything Joe Walsh has said about Trump, ha affirmed that he remains a Tea Partier, and thereās no reason to believe heās changed his attitude about PBO despite hating what Trump is doing.
Scarborough was trying to disavow Trump as a former Democrat earlier on.
I thought for sure that Che Sanders would dominate the early polls for 2020.
“Che Sanders” LOLOLOLzzzz
No, thanks. š
LOl!
Got to pick up a copy
More beautiful stuff to greet us on this Monday morning!
https://rfkhumanrights.org/awards/ripple-of-hope-award
https://rfkhumanrights.org/people/barack-obama
SO SO SO SO AWESOME!!!!
OMG š
But a Republican can tell these so-called educated people that itās because of the illegals and refugees that take your jobs and why you canāt enjoy the American Dream, while giving huge tax cuts to the wealthy and destroying unions is really the reason. Two teachers making over $138K has to work as an Uber driver to make ends meet in San Jose, CA? Professors being paid by the number of classes they teach making less than $25K a year while they owe $200K in student loans? When will people wake up and stop voting GOP?
Trump signed on to sanctions against Iran today and threatened allies who wonāt side with him. As with everything else he does, this will not end well.
OMG
Thatās why I only do business with credit unions.
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The man on the right is @DanaRohrabacher Congressional Rep for CA48: OC Beach cities, who went for Obama & Clinton by almost 50%.
WOOH! If THIS does not sink him I donāt know what will. Representative wearing a T-Shirt that heād rather be a traitor to our country than an American Democrat……My GOD, they are propping up a foreign country who attacked us.
Do you remember that time Mrs. Obama tried to go out, incognito, to a “regular store” (although going with Secret Service agents around you wasnāt regular for any of us) during her time in the White House, and a woman tapped her on the shoulder when she was looking at something in one of the aisles … believe Mrs. Obama thought to herself, “Oh no somebody recognized me,” but then the woman who tapped her on the shoulder said something like, “Can you help me reach something on that high shelf?” because she was so much taller.
Ha.
Yes! That was hilarious! Can you imagine FLOTUS helping get that jar way up there?!!
Yes, I do! She was wearing a baseball cap but she had Bo with her. So funny. I would have recognized who she was right off.
Yes, and being a tall person, that kind of request has happened to me! Probably one of the few things FLOTUS and I have in common, but Iāll take it!
Sweet.
JHC
Then we should make T-Shirts that say Russian-Republicans Rather be Traitors than Patriots.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/08/06/ripple-of-hope/
donāt make me laugh. McConnell and the Little Russians leave Putin kissy faces under their pillows at night