January 2017 – The Motley Moose

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 29th through Feb. 4th

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Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

Fighting Back: Nancy Pelosi – “The Republican Administration has mistaken cruelty for strength and prejudice for strategy.””

January 28, 2017 JanF 20

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the Democratic Leader of the People’s House – Pelosi Statement on Trump’s Executive […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 22nd through Jan. 29th

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Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

Barack and Michelle Obama: “We’ll be back to work with you on the issues we care about”

January 21, 2017 JanF 8

From the Obama Foundation … and the Obamas: “What’s Next from Barack and Michelle Obama” The Obama Foundation will be a living, working startup for citizenship — an ongoing project for us to shape, together, […]

President Obama’s Final Press Conference: “I think we’re going to be okay”

January 19, 2017 JanF 5

President Obama held the final scheduled press conference of his administration yesterday. He spoke of the role of the press, his plans for the future, including when he would speak out, and once again expressed […]

The Obama White House Archives

January 18, 2017 JanF 4

As the Dark Times approach, we may need to re-visit the daily doings of the Obama White House: the speeches, the policy initiatives, the joy of watching the First Family living in the house that […]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: “We shall always march ahead, we cannot turn back”

January 16, 2017 JanF 5

Today, the day set aside to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, is a good day to reflect on the power of resistance, the power of peaceful demonstration, the power of We The People to […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 15th through Jan. 21st

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Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

Final Weekly Address of President Obama – The Honor of Serving You as President

January 14, 2017 JanF 3

This will the final Weekly Address of President Barack Obama’s Administration. Thank you, President Obama. From the White House – Weekly Address This week, President Obama delivered his final weekly address thanking the American people […]

President Obama: “I will be right there with you, as a citizen, for all my remaining days”

January 12, 2017 JanF 3

On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama delivered his farewell speech, marking the end of his time in the Oval Office. He will, however, always be Our President. President Obama: My fellow Americans, it has been […]

Holding Vigil for One of Our Founding “Meeses” – Denise Velez (Updated)

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Back in September 2008, a group of like minded people gathered at the Motley Moose to talk about politics and how they could promote politicians and political causes that would change people’s lives for the [...]