Posts Tagged ‘lynch

04
Jan
16

The President’s Day

By Nerdy Wonka 77 Comments
Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Barack+Obama+President+Obama+Meets+Loretta+PbWD6cNPt_Nl

****

****

Barack+Obama+President+Obama+Meets+Loretta+DoCi5jVTuDil

Barack+Obama+President+Obama+Meets+Loretta+PmddByBSwYJl

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Attorney General Loretta Lynch (2nd L), Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Thomas Brandon (L) and FBI Director James Comey (R) to discuss what executive actions he can take to curb gun violence, at the White House in Washington January 4, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

President Barack Obama meets with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Thomas Brandon, and FBI Director James Comey to discuss what executive actions he can take to curb gun violence

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch (L) looks toward U.S. President Barack Obama during a meeting with other top law enforcement officials to discuss what executive actions he can take to curb gun violence, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington January 4, 2016. Behind Obama is a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

17
Jun
15

Yes. Elections Do Matter

By Nerdy Wonka 36 Comments
Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

****

29
May
15

Picture Of The Day

By Nerdy Wonka 66 Comments
Categories: All Photos
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Barack+Obama+President+Obama+Meets+Attorney+HNu9e7TJ5-Tl

President Barack Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the Oval Office at the White House

27
Apr
15

Loretta Lynch: The First African-American Female Attorney General

By Nerdy Wonka 128 Comments
Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Joe 'Big Deal' Biden
Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by Loretta Lynch’s father Lorenzo Lynch, second from left, and Loretta Lynch’s husband Stephen Hargrove, second from right, administers the oath of office to Loretta Lynch as the 83rd Attorney General of the U.S. during a ceremony at the Justice Department

****

Full video of the swearing in ceremony here

****

After a five-month stall, Loretta Lynch was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week and sworn in today

Loretta Lynch speaks after being sworn in as Attorney General under a portrait of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Justice Department

17
Mar
15

A Tweet Or Two

By Nerdy Wonka 118 Comments
Categories: All Photos
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

****

****

****

****

Epic Fail, Starbucks. You don’t force your baristas who you pay $7-$10 an hour to talk about race, when your practices don’t reflect what you speak. Corporate should lead the discussion

****

****

****

Starbucks says let’s talk about race. People say okay, tell us about your hiring practices, wages and salaries, who sits at the power table, etc. Their corporate dude deletes his Twitter account and locks his Instagram account. That’s how Starbucks talks about race. Congratulations, cowards

****

****

The. Day. Has. Been. Won.

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

Vile scumbags

****

Continue reading ‘A Tweet Or Two’

29
Jan
15

A Tweet Or Two

By Nerdy Wonka 115 Comments
Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: , , , , , ,

****

****

****

One more reason why everyone should be watching a Shonda Rhimes show. She has GREAT shows that include diverse faces, voices, and stories front and center. TGIT is back tonight!

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

15
Sep
11

‘how much more lost can these people get?’

By Chipsticks 63 Comments
Categories: All Videos and Articles
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Steve Benen: For eight years, just about every time George W. Bush was in the same room as someone with a post-graduate degree, the failed former president would tell the same joke: “I remind people that, like when I’m with Condi I say, she’s the Ph.D. and I’m the C-student, and just look at who’s the president and who’s the advisor.”

Republican crowds always cheered the line, reinforcing the anti-intellectual attitudes that too often dominate conservative thought … Rick Perry is cut from the same cloth.

… Perry made the joke during a speech yesterday at Liberty University, a school founded by crazed televangelist Jerry Falwell. The Texas governor didn’t say much about politics, but he spent a fair amount of time talking about what a lousy student he was.

Perry noted, for example, that at his small high school, “I graduated in the top 10 of my graduating class - of 13.” The crowd laughed and applauded.

…. Perry isn’t just celebrating anti-intellectualism; he’s living it. He doesn’t care what biologists, climate scientists, economists, historians, or dictionaries have to offer; Perry already has all the information he needs….

Full post here

18
Aug
11

afternoon massachusetts

By Chipsticks 76 Comments
Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Secret Service stands guard as the Lynch triplets - Cameryn, Nora and Corinne - sleep on the tarmac after Air Force One touched down at Air Station Cape Cod

Eleanor Lynch hands one of her triplets to President Obama. Eleanor’s husband is a Marine who flies with the Marine One detail

Part of a convoy of helicopters bringing President Obama to Martha’s Vineyard Airport in Vineyard Haven, Mass

President Obama arriving at Martha’s Vineyard Airport in West Tisbury

President Obama’s motorcade turning into Blue Heron Farm after arriving in Chilmark, MA

30
Apr
11

good grief

By Chipsticks 31 Comments
Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Articles
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

(Thank for the video link, TeamObama)

The Boston Globe: Expected Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney tread on socially dangerous ground last night as he talked about the need to “hang” a misery index around the neck of Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president.

Romney almost immediately caught himself, with the English major declaring “metaphorically” speaking, but the mix of nervous laughter with applause indicated at least some in the audience realized its potency.

Romney said: “You remember during the Ronald Reagan/Jimmy Carter debates? That Ronald Reagan came up with this great thing about the ‘misery index,’ and that he hung that around Jimmy Carter’s neck, and that had a lot to do with Jimmy Carter losing. Well, we’re going to have to hang the ‘Obama Misery Index’ around his neck. And, I’ll tell you, the fact that you’ve got people in this country, really squeezed, with gasoline getting so expensive, with commodities getting so expensive, families are having a hard time making ends meet. So, we’re going to have to talk about that, and housing foreclosures and bankruptcies and higher taxation. We’re going to hang him — uh, so to speak, metaphorically — with, uh, with, uh — you have to be careful these days, I’ve learned that, with an Obama Misery Index.”

A video of the remarks posted on YouTube cuts off at, “you have to be careful,” without the final 10 words.

2007

****

Thank you Kelly

11
Feb
11

‘vindication’

By Chipsticks 11 Comments
Categories: All Photos and Articles
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Marc Lynch (ForeignPolicy.com): …This was an unprecedented victory for the Egyptian people, and at last a vindication of the Obama administration’s patient and well-crafted strategy.

There is no question that the first, second and third drivers of this Egyptian revolution were the Egyptian people. The creativity of the youth and their ability to mobilize a wide range of Egyptian society around a common demand against daunting odds are simply an inspiration. The fact that these massive crowds avoided violence under incredibly tense conditions and under great uncertainty speaks volumes.

…The Obama administration also deserves a great deal of credit, which it probably won’t receive. It understood immediately and intuitively that it should not attempt to lead a protest movement which had mobilized itself without American guidance, and consistently deferred to the Egyptian people. Despite the avalanche of criticism from protestors and pundits, in fact Obama and his key aides backed the Egyptian protest movement far more quickly than anyone should have expected.

Their steadily mounting pressure on the Mubarak regime took time to succeed, causing enormous heartburn along the way, but now can claim vindication. By working carefully and closely with the Egyptian military, it helped restrain the worst violence and prevent Tiananmen on the Tahrir - which, it is easy to forget today, could very easily have happened.

No bombs, no shock and awe, no soaring declarations of American exceptionalism, and no taking credit for a tidal wave which was entirely of the making of the Egyptian people - just the steadily mounting public and private pressure on the top of the regime which was necessary for the protestors to succeed.

The Obama administration also understood from the start, and has consistently said, that removing Mubarak would not be enough. It has rejected “faux democracy,” and pushed hard for fundamental systemic reforms….

By the way, for those keeping score in the “peacefully removing Arab dictators” game, it’s now Obama 2, Bush 0. The administration has been subjected to an enormous amount of criticism over the last two weeks for its handling of Egypt, including by people inspired by or who worked on the previous administration’s Freedom Agenda. It was also attacked sharply from the left, by activists and academics who assumed that the administration was supporting Mubarak and didn’t want democratic change. In the end, Obama’s strategy worked. Perhaps this should earn it some praise, and even some benefit of the doubt going forward….

Marc Lynch is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University.

Full article here

29
Jan
11

‘obama’s handling egypt pretty well’

By Chipsticks 15 Comments
Categories: All Photos and Articles
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

President Barack Obama is briefed on the events in Egypt during a meeting with his national security team in the Situation Room of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Marc Lynch (Foreign Policy): After President Obama spoke last night about the situation in Egypt, my Twitter feed and inbox filled up with angry denunciations, with lots of people complaining bitterly that he had endorsed Mubarak’s grim struggle to hold on to power, missed an historic opportunity, and risked sparking a wave of anti-Americanism.

….I think the instant analysis badly misread his comments and the thrust of the administration’s policy. His speech was actually pretty good, as is the rapidly evolving American policy. The administration, it seems to me, is trying hard to protect the protestors from an escalation of violent repression, giving Mubarak just enough rope to hang himself, while carefully preparing to ensure that a transition will go in the direction of a more democratic successor.

….What they do need, if they think about it, is for Obama to help broker an endgame from the top down … and that’s what the administration is doing. The administration’s public statements and private actions have to be understood as not only offering moral and rhetorical support to the protestors, or as throwing bones to the Washington echo chamber, but as working pragmatically to deliver a positive ending to a still extremely tense and fluid situation.

…anything short of Obama gripping the podium and shouting “Down With Mubarak!” probably would have disappointed activists. But that wasn’t going to happen, and shouldn’t have. If Obama had abandoned a major ally of the United States such as Hosni Mubarak without even making a phone call, it would have been irresponsible and would have sent a very dangerous message to every other U.S. ally. That doesn’t mean, as some would have it, that Obama has to stick with Mubarak over the long term - or even the weekend - but he simply had to make a show of trying to give a long-term ally one last chance to change.

Marc Lynch is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University

Fascinating article - read it all here

Thank you so much for the link Carole

Protesters at a demonstration in Cairo January 29

Robert Fisk (UK Independent): A people defies its dictator, and a nation’s future is in the balance …. It might be the end. It is certainly the beginning of the end. Across Egypt, tens of thousands of Arabs braved tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades and live fire yesterday to demand the removal of Hosni Mubarak after more than 30 years of dictatorship.

Read the full article here

@POTUS

@BarackObama

@WhiteHouse

@FLOTUS

@blog44

@PeteSouza

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email.

@TheObamaDiary

@NerdyWonka

@Lib_Librarian

@Our4thEstate

@DaRiverZkind

@zizii2

RSS White House.gov

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

RSS WH Tumblr

  • In less than a week, President Obama will give his final State...
  • Good news: The American auto industry is stronger than ever with...
  • Fort Hood. Binghamton. Aurora. Oak Creek. Newtown. The Navy...
  • One week from today, President Obama will deliver his final...
  • “Our unalienable rights to life, and liberty, and the...

RSS The People’s View

  • Open thread - Pres. Obama announces new gun safety measures Liberal Librarian
  • On #YallQaeda and its discontents Liberal Librarian
  • Open thread - It's on like Donkey Kong Liberal Librarian
  • On the Mic: Comedians Flock to New Hampshire for Quadrennial Festival Trevor LaFauci
  • Open thread - Another day, another dead black child with no justice Liberal Librarian

RSS Smartypants

  • In Defense of Partial Victories
  • When Republicans Supported Common Sense Gun Safety Laws
  • Trump Could Do to Texas What Pete Wilson Did to California
  • President Obama Put it All on the Table
  • Disagreeing with Someone is Not the Same as Silencing Them

RSS A Writing Corner (LL)

  • #Pixels: A sign of the Apocalypse?
  • Annals in “WTH Were You Thinking??” – Potty Training
  • For the young lady and her love of Seamus Heaney
  • On compassion
  • A Mass for the Dead

RSS Greg Sargent

  • Happy Hour Roundup
  • Republican Congressional leader has insane idea that Congress can do something about gun violence
  • Paul Ryan’s tricky balancing act is working. So far, anyway.
  • Ted Cruz is refusing to take Trump’s chump bait. Here’s why.
  • Happy Hour Roundup

RSS Steve Benen

  • Citations for the January 6, 2025 TRMS
  • Burlington braces for looming Trump-storm
  • Stock plunge triggers emergency shutdown of China markets
  • Flint water concerns 'blown off' by state: Snyder staffer e-mail
  • North Korea nuclear claims doubted, alarming nonetheless

Categories

Archives

Blog Stats

  • 33,716,644 hits
January 2016
M T W T F S S
« Dec    
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031