Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America: Whether you live in South Carolina or not, you can still vote for your Presidential candidate today and help them win the DFA 2020 endorsement. Bernie and Warren are crushing everyone else so far, but only you
When political maven and American University history professor Allan Lichtman predicted Donald Trump would win the 2016 election, I laughed … nervously. When it turned out he’d been right, I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. When he predicted Trump would be impeached, I was
I think there will be certain things that are predictable for tomorrow night’s Democratic presidential debate. You know you suck as a moderator when you get panned by both Democrats and Fox “News.” And I am talking about Bothsiderist Chuck Todd. Seriously, I don’t normally pay
Back in 2015 and 2016, before a giant art installation made of Saran Wrap, cotton candy, and toenail fungus somehow became president, Donald Trump pretended that his personal fortune made him immune to corruption. Oh, that was a good one. First of all, he’s more
Trump quotes Peter Baker quoting Emerson, as Trump golf trips are 250% of PBO’s at the same moment in their presidencies. x …..biggest test of his presidency emboldened, ready to claim exoneration, and take his case of grievance, persecution and resentment to the campaign trail.†Peter
John Washington of The Intercept recently published this report about the use of prison labor by Mike Bloomberg’s presidential bid to make phone calls on behalf of the Bloomberg campaign: FORMER NEW YORK CITY mayor and multibillionaire Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg used prison labor to
A trailer park could be the site of the IMPOTUS presidential library. It could OTOH, be another real estate grift that could be separate from the plan to put the Trump Tomb at Bedminister NJ near his golf course. Not unlike his proposal to move Seoul,
Archives photo: People walk in Skid Row after new school supplies were donated to thousands at Fred Jordan Missions, on September 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images / Mario Tama) Alan Minsky, the executive director of the Progressive Democrats of America, is also
http://www.surveyusa.com/… The state of Georgia has not voted for a Democrat for President since 1992. But Hillary Clinton came within about 5% of winning the Peach State in 2016 or within 212,000 votes. A Survey USA poll released today shows several Democrats beating Donald Trump
Some Biden supporters who didn’t like my latest diary about Joe Biden got me thinking. One commenter in particular thought it would be better if I focused on Andy Beshear’s electoral victory in the Kentucky governor’s race instead of running down Joe Biden. I’m not
http://www.11alive.com/… The state of Georgia has registered 310,000 additional voters in 2019 through its new law allowing people who receive drivers licenses to be automatically registered to vote if they qualify and don’t opt out. If the trend continues, there could be three-quarters of a million
Actually, there isn’t just one Media narrative on the Democratic presidential race, but I want to focus on this one story from CNBC. It certainly encapsulates the narrative on Joe Biden. Yes, I do not support Joe Biden, BUT I do not think that the
Be still my beating heart. Two climate forums, one from CNN (who refer to it as a climate crisis town hall) and now, news that MSNBC, along with Our Daily Planet, will host their own climate forum with MSNBC hosts, Chris Hayes, and Ali Velshi,
Emily Gorcenski, a data scientist who was assaulted by white supremacists while participating in the counter-protests against the infamous Unite the Right fascist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, has called it “unconscionable” for Joe Biden to continue his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination:
http://www.vox.com/… Donald Trump’s approval rate is quite dismal in many of the key states that will decide the 2020 election, according to Morning Consult. This is one of a series of polls that show Trump in trouble despite an economy that has been doing well
Today, I announce that I endorse Elizabeth Warren for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States! America needs a strong leader with strong political morals and support for democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, and Elizabeth Warren is the strong progressive leader
This headline from The Daily Beast summarizes the pure greed and idiocy behind Howard Schultz’s planned independent presidential bid: x Howard Schultz blames Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for his decision to run as Independent and it has to do with her plan to tax the rich https://t.co/OyWnMKDZGn—
A Presidential candidate who makes flippant jokes about women. Complete with an especially horrific rape joke. Campaigns on explicitly extra-legal solutions to crime problems. Is repudiated by just about everyone else, but the voters keep casting their votes all the same. Is this a diary
