OK. White guy here stepping into a racial issue: police shootings of unarmed black men. According to Politico, Julian Castro has “blindsided” Pete Buttigieg over accepting a donation from an infamous character in Chicago, a man by the name of Steve Patton. For those of you who don’t know Steve Patton or remember what he…
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Police violence is also gun violence
When presidential candidate Julian Castro said “Police violence is also gun violence”, I nearly jumped out my seat. Castro also said” I’m not going to give these police officers another reason to go door-to-door in certain communities because police violence is also gun violence While Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar fought over the white working-class vote,…
Julián Castro buys ad on Fox & Friends to speak directly to Trump about his racism
Since it’s still cost-prohibitive to print ads on every Chicken McNugget box or porn star’s bum in the nation, Julián Castro did the next best thing. He took out an ad on today’s episode of Fox & Friends, which everyone knows is Donald Trump’s go-to infotainment show. Here’s the ad and the transcript: x A message…
You can't win the primary, Beto. But you CAN win the Senate. We need you
When Beto O’Rourke announced he would run for president, I was genuinely excited. He was my top choice. Yet Beto made a fatal mistake: He decided to engage in what he referred to as an “anti-media” strategy. In other words, he refused to go on national TV. While his rivals held televised town halls that reached…
A few reflections on the state of the Democratic primary contest
in which I am making no commitment to any candidate, but am laying down several markers, at least as I consider my support. And I will preface this by noting my spouse is quite impressed by Buttigieg and has contributed to him (2x) and to Inslee (b/c of Jay’s commitment to the environment). First, unless…