"You Aren't Entitled to Anything From Us"
The title of this piece is an exact quote of a comment I received from a Clinton supporter, directed to Sanders supporters. Taking the lead from Clinton herself, the response to us from Clinton...
View ArticleBernie Wins West Virginia (Again Since the Front Page Forgot)
This election season we are treated to the eighty seventh story this week gracing the front page; (whose keeping count) — on various stupid things republicans do and say. One wonders how much of a...
View ArticleA memo from Robby Mook
Robby Mook shot out a memo to Clinton fundraisers today, with some encouraging perspective for Hillary supporters. x Some delegate math from Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook's memo to top...
View ArticleDelegate Race: Bernie takes WV, Hillary +276, How 2008 Really Ended.
Sen Sanders won yesterday’s West Virginia primary by a margin of 51%-36% for a delegate split of 18-11. However, the basic state of the race is unchanged as even the 18-11 delegate split was slightly...
View ArticleSome not so random thoughts on politics and more
jotted down and shared in part as a result of reflecting both about the results of last night and looking ahead over the next few weeks or so.First, while I congratulate the Sanders campaign on winning...
View ArticleEither You Are Helping Defeat The Neo-Fascist, Or You Are Helping Him Win.
This is a binary choice. Either you are helping defeat the Neo-Fascist White Supremacist supported SOB who has won the Republican nomination, or you are helping him win. You cannot have it any other...
View ArticleDays Like This (Thank you, West Virginia!)
"Days Like This"When it's not always raining there'll be days like this When there's no one complaining there'll be days like this When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch Well my...
View ArticleBNR - 'Sanders Speaks In Oakland, Stockton & Salem' & 'Bernie Wins West...
Sanders Wins West VirginiaBernie Sanders will win the West Virginia primary Tuesday, CNN projects, besting Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.Sanders' victory serves as a reminder to Clinton that...
View ArticleHillary News & Views 5.11.16: West-by-God Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, and...
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View Article"... And We Aren't Entitled to Anything From You."
There was a diary on the rec list yesterday that may have been quoting something I said in a comment, entitled “You Aren’t Entitled to Anything From Us.” It’s possible the diarist was referring to a...
View ArticleWTF is going on here?
So the other day I get a notice from Admin that my commenting privileges have been revoked for 24 hours. Supposedly because I had uprated a comment critical of ONE of the two remaining Democratic...
View ArticleHow you can help Don Siegelman
I met Don Siegelman in 1978 when I was a prison reform activist in Montgomery, Alabama and he was a rising young star in the state Democratic Party. I was very impressed with his earnestness and his...
View ArticleClinton's donor base stats
Some stats on contributions to Hillary Clinton per the FEC filing of March 31, 2016. The histogram above show the number of contributions by amount, $1 to $2700, in bins of $100. By far the largest...
View ArticleThe one-word response to "Why Do Millennials Want Democratic Socialism?"
That was a question asked of me at work. Actually, the question was “Why is my kid a Socialist"?I try very hard to keep my politics separate from my work life. I hypocritically lecture some of the...
View ArticleHe murdered Trayvon, and now he seeks to auction the bloody gun
How does one even begin to process the news that george-fucking-zimmerman plans to auction off the gun that he used to murder Trayvon?In the auction description, Zimmerman calls the gun “a piece of...
View ArticleFAIR.org: “Washington Post Squeezes Four Anti-Sanders Stories Out of One Tax...
Washington Post Squeezes Four Anti-Sanders Stories Out of One Tax Study Over Seven HoursBy Adam JohnsonFAIR.orgMay 11, 2016 A study released by the Urban Institute this week, writes Johnson, "was...
View ArticleDonald Trump learned a very important message today—do NOT pick a fight with...
This past weekend, Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren had a Twitter fight. Given that his orange skin is notoriously thin, he simply had to have the last word and he went back to attacking Warren this...
View ArticleTrump’s false claim that ‘there’s nothing to learn’ from his tax returns
is the title of this Fact Checker column by Glenn Kessler in today’s Washington Post. I strongly suggest that everyone take the time not only to read it, but to distribute it, especially to any...
View ArticleInaugural full-stop head-to-head general election polling roundup
Welcome to week one, as we track movement in the general election presidential polling, based on the RCP aggregate. I will eventually shift to Pollster.com when there is enough data for their model to...
View ArticleOne of these Things is Not Like the Other
Quick headsup to my reality-based peeps.I’ve read a few folks around here make assertions like: “Trump can get away with not releasing his taxes because Clinton won’t release her speech...
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