It’s the 60th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at Selma, and thus the 10th anniversary of President Obama’s speech there, my favorite of all his public oratory, although it reads differently now. 🧵 time.com/3736357/bara... - ThreadSky

petersagal.bsky.social • 2 days ago

It’s the 60th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at Selma, and thus the 10th anniversary of President Obama’s speech there, my favorite of all his public oratory, although it reads differently now. 🧵

https://time.com/3736357/barack-obama-selma-speech-transcript/

Comments

srivlin.bsky.social•2 days ago

This used to be the standard by which we measured our presidents' speeches: to unite us, encourage us, & bring a sense of honest history to hope for the future.
We've gone a long ways backwards.

gruntmusic.bsky.social•2 days ago

“This is work for all Americans, and not just some. Not just whites. Not just blacks. If we want to honor the courage of those who marched that day, then all of us are called to possess their moral imagination.”

gruntmusic.bsky.social•2 days ago

“All of us will need to feel, as they did, the fierce urgency of now. All of us need to recognize, as they did, that change depends on our actions, our attitudes, the things we teach our children.” - President Barack Obama

gruntmusic.bsky.social•2 days ago

But here we are, 10 years after President Obama’s speech. We don’t “all” agree with anything he said. In fact, it’s not clear whether even a plurality of American voters agree with his words. Simple axioms that I always assumed to be self-evident, are ridiculed.

So then what?

fnaoi.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

jonathons1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes. I miss his presidency. You could sleep at night, but unlike our madness with King Trump. Or is Musk King? Hard to tell.

doc-mac.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was 15 and saw the attacks on the protesters on TV as they happened. I could not believe what I was seeing. But then I lived in Utah at the time.

introvertcollin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks for sharing - I can't tell you how much I miss the Obama years

redwingfaninca.bsky.social•2 days ago

It must be a prerequisite that anyone running for US President must have greater than a 4th grade reading level & vocabulary, must be schooled in debate and have superb oratory skills. Is that asking too much?

barefootsmith.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mine is simpler to measure: name the three branches of government (and give a three-word phrase for why they matter). All but our current President (and his co-President), could pass that test.

redwingfaninca.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unlike the world has ever seen before

televisionary.bsky.social•2 days ago

The torch is in our hands now, it’s our turn to move forward!

"It was not a clash of armies, but a clash of wills; a contest to determine the meaning of America." Obama

“I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.” – Marc Elias

RESIST!!!

https://time.com/3736357/barack-obama-selma-speech-transcript/

littleluigi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Everyone should DELETE their X account.

zaegon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Great read! Thanks for the share.

bamny.bsky.social•1 day ago

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In NYC, the march begins in Washington Square Park at 11am ET.
UNITE & RESIST‼️🗣️

elisewms.bsky.social•1 day ago

Saw a large march in Lisbon!

bamny.bsky.social•1 day ago

Awesome! 💙

rvterrorist.bsky.social•1 day ago

I honestly just can't even bring myself to read this. It takes me back to when I was a child walking past the penny store next to the grocery Mom went to.

The penny store was a candy 🍬 palace. I went in one time just to look and never made that mistake again.

It was the joy I couldn't enjoy.

beckys1313.bsky.social•2 days ago

🩷🩷🩷

natfinplan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Reaffirm civil rights. Tell your reps in DC what you think. It only takes few minutes and it doesn't cost any money. We don't need money in politics. We just need people participate. https://www.nationalfinancialplan.com

cohikr86.bsky.social•2 days ago

Falling on the heels of Passive Monday at the House 2025. Only one black representative, Al Green, kept the spirit of 60 years ago. I agree Obama is a great orator, but he seems to have lost his voice in this time of our greatest constitutional crisis

schnoidl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Obama, the CUNT who stopped Bernie? FUCK HIM.

pthoege.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/they-ve-just-signed-social-security-s-warrant-are-you-ready/?anplus

katmcd-art.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where is he now? Kinda important time in history to speak out.

jenokimoto.bsky.social•2 days ago

10 years ago, a speech about a Bloody Massacre 60 years ago. It is a call for us to remember the need to step into our expected and historical role as warriors of justice. There is work to be done. Are you ready?

s4r1920.bsky.social•2 days ago

My President.

lolamoonxd.bsky.social•2 days ago

srunne.bsky.social•2 days ago

It is a really good speech.

noodle557.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thing about
President Obama
that bothers
HISROYALASSHOLINESS
the
most
PRESIDENT OBAMA
is
a
MAN

noodle557.bsky.social•2 days ago

Some people learned good
AMERICAN qualities
Dictator donny went to military school instead

jazzrat2000.bsky.social•2 days ago

One of my friends, may he rest in peace, marched across the bridge That day

freepanz.bsky.social•1 day ago

"There are places, and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvAIvauhQGQ

buster-99.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/0p4jZ3X4CKc

itstricky5252.bsky.social•2 days ago

He’s a gifted orator and writer but the message doesn’t hit in these times. Idealist as best. He understands power and has weaponized it for the wrong purposes

drgdave.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's only been 10 years since Obama was president?

Or actually --- just a bit more than 8?

It feels like my grandchildren have had grandchildren since then.

highcountrylass.bsky.social•2 days ago

My husband and I brought our teenage granddaughter to walk the Pettus bridge to show her how vulnerable and brave those marchers were.

agaguk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you for leading me to this film.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

jratrodgerville.bsky.social•2 days ago

God bless the memory of a John Lewis and all those who take up that torch of freedom and truth.

p2water2.bsky.social•1 day ago

he did? why was that not more widely reported? 🤔

fightingfascism.bsky.social•2 days ago

Have you heard the news today,
I can't close my eyes and make it go away.
How long
How long must we sing this song...

vanillarage.bsky.social•2 days ago

We stand at our own Edmund Pettus Bridge, while democracy bleeds and its so-called guardians wave protest signs like paddles at a silent auction for our rights.

Resolve now—cross, resist, fight—because history won’t remember who held the signs, only who had the courage to march through the fire!

isinqueens.bsky.social•2 days ago

What an incredibly moving speech. I miss him so much!!!

beckiy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Love Obama. He will forever be my president.

heatherparrow.bsky.social•1 day ago

We need his leadership NOW! 💔

sosorryaboutthat.bsky.social•1 day ago

His leadership caused at least some of this.
A missed opportunity

clauraform.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for sharing.

niki55.bsky.social•2 days ago

He has been useless during this coup because he is complicit as well.

whingerf.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's incredible how far a nation can fall in a few short years.

nikkiuk.bsky.social•1 day ago

💕
But one “aspect” has been lost with ethics, morals & patriotism:

‘…We know the march is not yet over, the race is not yet won and that reaching that blessed destination where we are judged by the content of our “character”-requires admitting as much.’

Greed/Bigotry/Corruption are killing us all.

juan-alarcon.bsky.social•2 days ago

I understand the significance of the Selma to Montgomery marches and I even think that Obama's specch was good. But we should not be celebrating the anniversary of a speech. That gives weird cultish behavior.

larry715.bsky.social•1 day ago

justice4us.bsky.social•2 days ago

He should reread this weekend.

digtialbootleg.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/gvAIvauhQGQ

mockingfiles.bsky.social•2 days ago

Such a historic speech to make after his bloody crackdowns on OWS and BLM protests and just before his crackdown on standing rock....

leeephillips.bsky.social•2 days ago

" Back then, they were called Communists, half-breeds, outside agitators, sexual and moral degenerates, and worse – everything but the name their parents gave them. Their faith was questioned. Their lives were threatened. Their patriotism was challenged. "

tee-tee.bsky.social•2 days ago

I go to Obama’s speeches often when I feel beleaguered. Thank you-perfect timing 💙 I used to teach Obama in my classes. One student memorized this one and performed it for the final project. It still gives me chills. He is a master speaker & writer. I’m so proud to call him a fellow American.

cherryviolette.bsky.social•2 days ago

The last decent president of our country that had an advance vocabulary and professionalism😪

chipself.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’ve had the honor of being head of audio for the Jubilee stage several times. Few places on earth evoke the sense of history I get standing at that bridge. It’s awe inspiring.

honeyedroots.bsky.social•1 day ago

Waiting for this post. Thx 😊

paulybrowneyes.bsky.social•1 day ago

Once I talked in a car dealership and spoke to this African American car salesman. He told me about his struggle with kids and family, and I believed him because I could feel his torment inside. As for Obama, I think he is good talker, and I don't believe a thing he said. To me, he is the worst..

rush1979.bsky.social•2 days ago

do you remember when... Yes I do!

wbb20-25.bsky.social•2 days ago

"It was not a clash of armies, but a clash of wills; a contest to determine the meaning of America."

liblar.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Light the Bridge!

emmastl.bsky.social•2 days ago

I was there that day. It was life changing to see and hear Obama and John Lewis.

jadanschmaydan.bsky.social•1 day ago

‘We are the people Emerson wrote of, “who for truth and honor’s sake stand fast and suffer long;” who are “never tired, so long as we can see far enough.”’

sailingbubbles.bsky.social•2 days ago

I want Obama back. Please, please, please. I miss the Obamas. 😭

greyallday.bsky.social•2 days ago

desertcactus621.bsky.social•2 days ago

I miss term one Obama. I think he changed quite a bit in term two.

aerosenko.bsky.social•2 days ago

He really knows how to “deliver” a great speech!

transcommiescum.bsky.social•2 days ago

Regressives love a good war criminal

donnayoungdc.bsky.social•2 days ago

The deal Putin made with Elon: Pour $300 million into putting my useful idiots Trump & Republicans in control of the U.S. government & get TRILLIONS back from U.S. taxpayers to fund your Mars pursuit by turning the U.S. Treasury into your personal piggybank. In exchange, I get to dominate the world.

sarikaarina.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sounds like a conspiracy theory
Sounds and actually the actions witnessed make it look very real

rst-one.bsky.social•2 days ago

And now one of the strongest voices supporting Democratic ideals remains silent as our institutions are torn down around us.

desertcactus621.bsky.social•2 days ago

I know…why? Our Democracy is hanging on by threads and current Dem Leadership thinks it’s 1999…

claudia02.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was thinking the same thing. Where are the Obamas, the Clinton’s, even the Bushes? The silence is deafening.

mfitzbluesky.bsky.social•2 days ago

Your point about progress not being permanent is a good one, but I have to admit that reading his words gave me a bit of hope.

sarikaarina.bsky.social•2 days ago

Never give up
Never lose hope

We may not agree with a person’s faith
But it would be a mortal crime to take a person’s faith away from them

mfitzbluesky.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good perspective. These are certainly tough times in which to keep the faith.

wthigo25.bsky.social•2 days ago

The speech https://youtu.be/gvAIvauhQGQ

katefox1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Something tells me this is going to look like a picnic after what we have coming at us.

angiesuniverse.bsky.social•2 days ago

I ❤️ him.

silencenotanoption.bsky.social•2 days ago

I got choked up reading this, realizing how far we've fallen since then. We're going to have to fight again to regain what so many others fought so hard to acquire in the first place.

captainelertis.bsky.social•2 days ago

Peter, not only was that a great display of his oratory skills. Watch his address to the Cuban Government...and there lies the difference between
Class,dignity and grace and a paesant occupying the White House...and then the Obama's went to watch a local baseball game.

https://youtu.be/Swoh52VsPGI?si=qwNU4hkjsMjXPqhl

noontil3.bsky.social•1 day ago

Now that’s a leader.

mark1962b.bsky.social•2 days ago

I drove across that bridge a few months back, I loved Selma.

kylesails.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh really ?

demgirl24251.bsky.social•2 days ago

How I miss him! He was smart, funny, had empathy for his fellow man, understood the Constitution, and wasn't a felon. Oh, how I miss him.

sportstalkmike.bsky.social•2 days ago

He definitely didn’t have empathy

lovemywildbirds.bsky.social•2 days ago

Me too! Trump will never, ever hold a candle to the ever intelligent, eloquent, witty and thoughtful Obama. I'm sure it endlessly tears idiot Trump up inside. Poor baby.

missgorgeous8.bsky.social•2 days ago

It sure does. Obama lives rent free in his head always.

crowtr0bot.bsky.social•2 days ago

How low a bar did Trump set that we describe The Deporter-in-Chief, who poo-pooed progressive candidates and helped crush Bernie Sanders, struck down the Occupy protesters as "having empathy for his fellow man?"

noorange.bsky.social•2 days ago

He needs to give it every year and rile up people to force some changes.

amsam.bsky.social•2 days ago

Perhaps now is the time for another Obama speech...

shanel58.bsky.social•2 days ago

And what will the current president be doing this day, oh yeah golfing with white people.

she-ll.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank You ✌️🌷

she-ll.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank You for this post✌️

gdoodle2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Teachers read it out loud at school

amandaryd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks for this. All races and originations, all denominations, all levels of society, I hope will come together and March in a similar manner all over the country to protest, repeatedly the current regime of ego, mindlessness and heartlessness.

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ogihotu.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don't really like Obama that much

climatewho.bsky.social•2 days ago

These are the moments that produced the America we were proud of, that is now being stripped away.

The key difference now is we have a president that is the opposite of LBJ.

We must march, but also know that there will be no help from a president who has no decency or compassion left.

razorgasm.bsky.social•2 days ago

angelogiganti.bsky.social•2 days ago

I liked his speech in South Africa commemorating the late great Nelson Mandela. Thats also up there in my book.

msbehaving33.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is a President. Dignified, respectful, intelligent, funny and handsome on top of all that! I wish we could go back to that! I hate the MAGA and the autocracy that will soon be our new way of life in America.

genxprincess.bsky.social•2 days ago

They will never believe that people of color love this country because they don't believe we belong here to begin with and, they feel we don't have the right to complain about how this country has historically treated us poorly. They believe we should be grateful for the crumbs they give us.

bettertrouble.bsky.social•4 hours ago

"Touching our Better Angels,
To build bridges, not walls"
Take a Knee
https://www.tiktok.com/@bettertrouble2025/video/7479142579435556126

#selma #bloodysunday #takeaknee #goodtrouble #johnlewis #civilrights #colinkaepernick #nateboyer

bettertrouble.bsky.social•2 days ago

bargdaffy.bsky.social•2 days ago

sarikaarina.bsky.social•2 days ago

Part of the speech was that the work is not done

We the people

The “we” not the president need to ensure the government and judicial system are fair to all

spruce112358.bsky.social•2 days ago

That's the John Robert 'Good Trouble' Lewis bridge in the background. We renamed it.

yossarian34.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fancy words from a war criminal. Libs are so easily impressed by optics

teamx2024.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where is Obama today? The country is on a slippery slope and there are no safety nets.

celt1888.bsky.social•2 days ago

Obama’s speech was amazing 💙🇺🇸🇨🇦

silevey.bsky.social•2 days ago

I was 7 years old

tymcbray.bsky.social•2 days ago

Were it we could rise to be those people now, in this moment. Rise we must.

lgilman.bsky.social•1 day ago

And where, by the way, is Obama's public oratory now, while democracy is being beaten to death with a two by four?

sosorryaboutthat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Doing something profitable (for him). No doubt

randocollision.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm never going to not be pissed off that some of the descendants of Bloody Sunday's protestors felt entitled enough to vote in a way that will require a similar sacrifice of their grandchildren. I'll bet the mortgage not one person bit by a dog that day voted for Trump.

geographyisdestiny.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks for sharing...I could read up to the part about God, which loses me all the time. But I get the message.

Religion has become the biggest procrastination on the human project. It is no longer useful if it cannot be improved through amendment. It makes good people do and say bad things.

4joedirt.bsky.social•2 days ago

Time to protest, 3/14.
Calling all veterans!
Time to suit up, so they shut up!

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8228cbk/

alvarezcyntia.bsky.social•1 day ago

🥰🥰🥰

praiseyevon.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm not even American and I miss Obama so much. When he was elected I had so much hope for America, but it's all gone downhill so fast after he left.

matthewwinston.bsky.social•2 days ago

Social media is a platform for sharing information, it is not a platform for change. Initiate at least one act of social change for every post. But, do not let your passion and patriotism lie impotent on the stage of social media.

john-sup.bsky.social•1 day ago

...tRump would show up at a match and ask where the golf carts are🤣💩🤨

erikam123.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh I forgot about Obama, and Clinton, and bushy and Harris and Biden

ryenflint.bsky.social•2 days ago

The war on woke has just started, no clear winner yet.

eric2718.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why the hell is that bridge still named for a racist asshole? It should have been renamed the John Lewis Bridge a long time ago....

missgorgeous8.bsky.social•2 days ago

What's the point? Hegeseth would have renamed it anyway. He's busy returning all the forts old names.

alwaysbebrave.bsky.social•1 day ago

I feel like I'd be torturing myself reading this now. Like remembering how much happier you were with the ex you're still in love with and wish you could get back because your current is a literal abusive monster.

upwardspiralfit.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yep same.

tailofanomad.bsky.social•2 days ago

I can’t. I miss him so much and my mental health is hanging by a thread. If I remember what we had, the hope I had for the world in those 8 years, I might break. Though a break from this “reality” might not be the worst thing.

lacgfy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is the Nazi bombing America with these continuous space x explosions? Perhaps the FAA should ground this subpar, cosplaying company.

risklady.bsky.social•2 days ago

And the US is almost back to that period. May Trump find himself a poor woman with kids in his next life.

rikkitrevi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Please don’t make President Obama a blip.

mariamscog49.bsky.social•2 days ago

God, how I miss this man. Wish he could have run for a 3rd term. And for the record. I truly believe this election was really stolen by Musk and his little teenage wizz kids for the Orange Felon. I only wish someone would investigate it.

zentrillz.bsky.social•1 day ago

He was a terrorist, like all presidents. Stop this culty bullshit.

ledflashing.bsky.social•2 days ago

Johannesburg in July of ‘18 is my goto when I need to put on some inspirational oratory from PBO’s oeuvre, and who doesn’t right now? https://www.youtube.com/live/XkHjrKDrhjg?si=qHE0_qYa6A_Vtw7Z

thomasjheaney.bsky.social•2 days ago

IT was great having a president who could give a good speech

northernpeach.bsky.social•1 day ago

I miss that man!

jazziknits.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

christyo47.bsky.social•14 hours ago

📌

ggrandma3.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow that’s why he’s my favorite president. I wish he could serve as many terms as possible but Michelle wouldn’t have like that! But you there is NO way trump could have read that speech it has too many big words and he wouldn’t have been able to understand it!

dr-shel.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for posting / reposting. So powerful.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...These are not just words. They are a living thing, a call to action, a roadmap for citizenship and an insistence in the capacity of free men and women to shape our own destiny"

crazycatlady6.bsky.social•1 day ago

I miss a sane president

thekingjackal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Literally one the worst presidents this country ever had.

progn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Where the fuck have you been lately? Under a rock?

thekingjackal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oops, sorry, I forgot about sleepyhead Joe.

irinag129.bsky.social•1 day ago

Cool stuff you got to write.

janna3.bsky.social•2 days ago

Man how I would love to see him back in the peoples house!

annacartierx.bsky.social•1 day ago

history hits different when you're living it

lemstraw.bsky.social•1 day ago

We have entered Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Dystopian World where God is the Dock and is being judged by Koch's #Project2025 on behalf of wealthy demagogues and demi-gods like Koch, Elon, Putin, and Trump.
#ResistProject2025
#ResistTrump
#ResistPutin
#ResistDarkMoney
#ResistElonMusk
#EndCitizensUnited

hear-ye--hear-ye.bsky.social•1 day ago

The famous march that took three attempts to complete.
Until news of racism and victims of a simple march made it across the country.
The event was not completed without new media showing how violent the area was for minorities.

hear-ye--hear-ye.bsky.social•1 day ago

Congressman John Lewis Front row Left of MLK.
White coat.

hear-ye--hear-ye.bsky.social•1 day ago

Congressman John Lewis is in the first photo.
Racist cop striking him.
Senator Bernie Sander is in the third photo next to the flag with glasses on.

limerinc.bsky.social•2 days ago

The speech at the bridge was quite searing
Important and well-worth rehearing
He’s certainly great
At rhetorical weight
And also, of late, disappearing

maggyw.bsky.social•2 days ago

He warned us about Trump. Lots of you didn’t listen. Would you now?

yayacanfixit.bsky.social•2 days ago

What a great speech! I think we should MAPA...Make Articulate
Presidents Again.

hughjacks-again.bsky.social•1 day ago

Cool. We have no reason to celebrate anything with Putin in the office.

willifs.bsky.social•1 day ago

You might as well put the film footage of the march in reverse because 40% of the country & the GOP have moved backwards for the last nine years. It is grotesque.

chuckwatkins.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thankfully, the Republican Party is keeping the march relevant by Making American Racism Great Everyday (MARGE, like the mulefaced Moscow mouthpiece!)

yyzbound.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe it’s time for former presidents to break with time honoured conventions and to become politically active again.

All hands on deck.

Why aren’t Americans marching in the streets?

zettafrag.bsky.social•2 days ago

They are, all over the place, and it's growing. The 50501 movement is just one of many, small cities like mine are also organizing protests.

mcspocky.bsky.social•1 day ago

I keep posting about the protests/marches/Boycotts as I find them. 😊

zettafrag.bsky.social•1 day ago

yyzbound.bsky.social•2 days ago

Awesome to hear it!

Fight the good fight!

skimac22.bsky.social•2 days ago

Barely makes the news

yyzbound.bsky.social•2 days ago

When women marched during DJT’s first term or when Americans marched for George Floyd it was newsworthy.

Why isn’t protest newsworthy any more?

knowledgethief.bsky.social•1 day ago

Because they don't want to see how many Americans the viewer might identify with.

And they don't want those viewers to see that either.

knowledgethief.bsky.social•1 day ago

They may be waiting for instability to brew.
Look at Occupy Wall Street to see how nationwide protests unfolded and figure some of that may echo here.

People may try to "co-opt" any appearance of a movement. People will pretend to be part of the protests and act violently to make all look bad.

jvaaas.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/zVefPv0Vylg?si=a4QMft_fAFdstkH-

laqwan.bsky.social•1 day ago

No one died there though

johnnyho34.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump can never be a third of the man Obama is.

What a cruel joke we’re living through.

collaterly.bsky.social•1 day ago

yes, now we know he does not mean a word he says

thankyoublackwomen.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ3jgVmdLVU

rexreynoldslives.bsky.social•1 day ago

Democrats are racists.

joelcarrillo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fuck this guy. Where is he when he needs to speak out on all the crimes that Trump is committing now? Guess he was wasn’t paid enough.

abewust.bsky.social•2 days ago

💙🫂💙🫂
https://youtu.be/UEaJQGE4sn4?si=D9Ot5xIh0pHXAt0t

twistedsister77.bsky.social•2 days ago

I miss listening to that kind of unity. Would be great to hear him come out and speak for what's going on now.

olepal.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is brilliant.

olepal.bsky.social•1 day ago

💙

dhaugeranville1786.bsky.social•1 day ago

Big words that did not prevent the destruction of America.

stevehartzler.bsky.social•2 days ago

Great at giving speeches. Could've been an amazing press secretary.

guero-gordo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Has it only been 10y?

fcracoalitionep.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where is Mr. "O". Can we get him on the horn?
We could use the leadership.

kalyhex.bsky.social•1 day ago

I miss him. And Michelle 💙💙💙

kjsch.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

belgram.bsky.social•2 days ago

I miss him more every day.

mmdoza.bsky.social•1 day ago

A fantastic speech!

plc2024.bsky.social•2 days ago

i would like to see him speak in flint.

steeleleets.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://electiontruthalliance.org/videos

millermarkg.bsky.social•2 days ago

This horrifying monster Obama killed thousands of totally innocent people. The civil rights protesters in heaven detest him.

jimiri.bsky.social•2 days ago

“thousands of totally innocent people”?

millermarkg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes

genx2024.bsky.social•2 days ago

Miss this guy as President everyday. I think Michelle would have been even better.

haleema78.bsky.social•1 day ago

Alra TV is the Place to connect with God 💖💖https://youtube.com/@alratv?si=FGdJW8c5q6Ub1GUq

leslie996611.bsky.social•1 day ago

I so miss President Obama. Haven’t heard from him in a while.

jmc993.bsky.social•2 days ago

Remember Presidents with integrity, intelligence and honor? Lately,I’m finding it hard

jadelotus1997.bsky.social•2 days ago

Time flies people change, 3/7 is quiet. Where are the tax Payers funded and voters selected John Lewis 2025 or American Zelenskyy? Anyone else is doing something to rock the orange Dictatorship boat? Pursuit Justice and Equality for all? Carry forward the American spirit?

petersagal.bsky.social•2 days ago

A few weeks before the day, Rudy Giuliani, then a still admired figure on the right, made a shocking (for then) accusation: “I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/rudy-giuliani-president-obama-doesnt-love-america-115309

meltingpot-head.bsky.social•1 day ago

Guilty as charged, but to my defense I must clarify that when I said all that I've just been visited by my older 2025 version.
Very unpleased with the performance of then president Trump, so truth needed be told...just forgot I'm in the present & mixed up the presidents

stormyblue.bsky.social•2 days ago

and thus the fall from grace. America's mayor became America's fool.

greyallday.bsky.social•2 days ago

Always running his mouth...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rudy-giuliani-florida-condo-world-series-rings-trial-defamation-rcna187881

oblio.bsky.social•2 days ago

Giuliani was absolutely correct - just ten years too early.

oblio.bsky.social•2 days ago

In 2025, the President of the United States of America does not love America.

creamwallabees.bsky.social•2 days ago

FUCK RUDY GIULLIANI

dogsdadbod.bsky.social•2 days ago

All I ever needed to know about Giuliani was his keynote at the 2008 RNC, reciting Obama's history and sneeringly deriding his community organizer work. His looking up from the page and releasing a breathy, hateful, dismissive "hWhat?" in false confusion with his palms out is seared upon my brain.

tonygonzalezwrites.bsky.social•2 days ago

Creep.

texasgeologist.bsky.social•2 days ago

Links to when most Republican politicians were still telling the truth about Trump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y6WL3pmSxk

https://youtu.be/P43wDpKQxaM?si=yXxNXSz07Kw--6ZY

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/15/jd-vance-donald-trump-comments-00168450

petersagal.bsky.social•2 days ago

According to later reporting, Obama decided to use his Selma speech as a response to this accusation, and personally took over the drafting. He meant the speech to lay out exactly why, and how, he loved America.

https://wapo.st/4bwdUmQ

tonygonzalezwrites.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's disgusting that garbage accusations like this get plenty of media life, putting dems on the defensive. But rethugs get a pass. Kamala had to be flawless while Trump continued to be lawless. It's really screwed up.

petersagal.bsky.social•2 days ago

He begins with a tribute to John Lewis and the history of the March, and then links it to a long history of Americans protesting, speaking, organizing to constantly improve America, by expanding rights, by working for justice, in an ongoing struggle in which progress is never easy and never smooth.

petersagal.bsky.social•2 days ago

And then, the rebuttal to Giuliani et al:

torie717.bsky.social•2 days ago

We have fallen quite far.

joesegal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh I remember him! Gee would be so nice if he showed up to use his voice and eloquence to speak out on the massive harms being done to our country and citizens.Oh but there are rules for not being impolite to the new president so I guess we'll just have to reminisce about the old days ...

petersagal.bsky.social•2 days ago

At the time, when Donald Trump had not yet descended the escalator, it seemed that although his view was (obviously) not universal, it was ascendant. Most people thought of history as a ratchet. Progress may not be easy, and it never would be, but once made, it was permanent.

cosmopolite.bsky.social•2 days ago

I've heard people say "the genie is out of the bottle" about LGBTQ rights, but rights are fragile and reversible. We have to remain vigilant, or what we're seeing right now happens.

paisherenow.bsky.social•2 days ago

too soon to tell tho..patience, grasshopper

pklinkne.bsky.social•2 days ago

Some of us have been trying to tell you. https://www.amazon.com/Unsteady-March-Decline-Equality-America/dp/0226443418

uptown-thunk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Was just explaining this idea to my kid yesterday when she asked if I ever thought we'd see this in the US. No matter what side you were on, 20-30 years ago we all thought more progressive ideas were slowly becoming the norm. We didn't expect a silent, critical mass of bigotry just waiting to emerge

realbenisons.bsky.social•2 days ago

Are you saying Obama’s view was that history is a one-way ratchet? You seem to imply that

The transcript of Obama’s Selma speech does include criticism of complacency and also an acknowledgment that the Voting Rights Act had been weakened by the Supreme Court

petersagal.bsky.social•2 days ago

That view was, as we know now, incorrect. In fact, Obama’s speech, if made now, would most likely be attacked as an example of DEI, in that it argues that expanding rights and privileges to a more diverse population in the name of civic equity is a public good.

goodytwo.com•2 days ago

This was before Giuliani became the Elmer Fudd of politics…

fedora8.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ah to have a president you can respect. The good old days

skyskyskyskysjysky.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://youtu.be/2t5Z4CRHlYg?si=sc6M-2yhXPHjXy4G

bslkuye1.bsky.social•2 days ago

💖💖💖

sjablonski.bsky.social•1 day ago

I really needed this. Thank you. I had forgotten what a great leader sounds like, and more importantly how hard Americans had to struggle for equal rights. It’s now clear that the struggle was not over. The duty to work for change has been passed on to us.