In a new article, David A. Fahrenthold, Joshua Partlow, and Jonathan O'Connell review the Trump U grift and draw parallels to the Trump University debacle and the Trump presidency itself during the pandemic. The virus doesn’t care, and we’ve seen how despite the usual disinformation ploys Trump is on the path to fail. In this case,…
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KS-Sen: “Barbara Bollier (D) Is Running for Senate. Her Platform? Congress Is Sick; Send a Doctor”
I feel like I am assigning you all summer reading but then again, I will be taking off for the 4th of July weekend (every please be safe this weekend). With that said, here’s a must read piece that came out earlier this week from Glamour profiling State Senator, Dr. Barbara Bollier’s (D. KS) U.S….
Biden is Running the Right Campaign
There have been a lot of diaries here, and a lot of moaning among the punditocracy, about how Biden should be doing this, or how he needs to do that, or how he’s letting opportunities slip. But from where I sit (stand, squat) it looks to me like he knows what he’s doing and he…
NY-16: PCCC, “Thrown in jail for Driving While Black. Now, running for Congress”
Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of Jamall Bowman’s (D. NY-16) campaign: x YouTube Video As we see videos of the police shooting, beating, and driving through peaceful protesters — and even attacking reporters — we think about how we can redouble our mission to change the world by…
CNN's Harry Enten, “Joe Biden is running ahead of Hillary Clinton's 2016 pace”
Here’s some encouraging news courtesy of CNN political analyst, Harry Enten: Poll of the week: A new national Fox News poll finds former Vice President Joe Biden with a 48% to 40% lead over President Donald Trump. The average of all polls taken at least partially this week have Biden up by a 48% to 41% margin. What's the point: Almost…
is Bloomberg running to destroy the Democratic party
Deep pockets and the cost of campaigning has contributed to a cash crunch as Bloomberg’s media buying combines with the scale of the upcoming super-Tuesday media markets. The price of victory is rising with the next two primaries, as the strategy of planning for a brokered convention features in Bloomberg’s campaign. As with every election,…
Death of a nation..Who is running this country? The Mob or Russia or both?
There is a dark cloud over this country. A deep sinking sense of doom and that comes from fear and uncertainity. Am I trying to be fatalistic. NO. I am trying to wake you up and see the writing on the wall. He is one dictator with a bunch of spineless, enablers with millions trembling…
Biden floats the idea of picking a Republican running mate
CBS News’s Bo Erickson is reporting that Joe Biden, one of over a dozen candidates seeking our party’s nomination, is open to the idea of picking a Republican to be his vice-presidential nominee if he were to win the Democratic presidential nomination: .@JoeBiden was asked if he would consider choosing a Republican running mate if…
Harry Reid, “Democrats running for president need a plan for the Supreme Court”
Former U.S. Senate Majority & Minority Leader, Harry Reid (D. NV), has been coming out of retirement and his presence in the upcoming 2020 Democratic Primary can certainly be felt. While out of office since 2017 and being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the former Nevada Senator has made it his mission to kick Donald Trump…
It's still early for time to be running out
There have been some challenges for the Harris campaign, including some being framed by RW and MSM, with a recent staff shake-up. Some of us want the Harris campaign to overcome difficult internal strife in a fluid and historic year. Many excuses are being made as money becomes more important and there’s the single-digit polling. Yet…
Bloomberg is running
Exactly what we need — another billionaire with more money than sense. Are the billionaires coming out of the woodwork just because they want to keep Elizabeth Warren from becoming president? It sure feels that way. NPR: Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is making a late entry into the presidential race, a move…
Billionaires Running For Office Produce Mediagasm.
Did you know that Michael Bloomberg’s entry into the Democratic presidential race upends it? Really. I’m not kidding. I know because the Media tells me so. And it is especially bad for Joe Biden. Oh, it won’t help Pete Buttigieg either. Bloomberg takes the air out of Biden, political reporters agree From Yahoo News: Analysts…
Pompeo Deputy Philip Reeker’s Testimony Today is Running Long, w/ More Info Than Expected.
Philip Reeker, who, according to The Washington Post… “arrived at the Capitol shortly after 10:30 a.m., accompanied by his personal lawyer. According to an official working on the impeachment inquirer, Reeker gave his deposition under subpoena to get around an effort by the State Department to block him from appearing. Foreign Service officers are required to…
Let's keep a running count of how many times media mentions Whatsapp as opposed to Hillary's emails
So Jared was using Whatsapp to communicate sensitive government business. I don’t use it by my students do and its a fun application. It’s like “Hey everybody, let’s get together for pizza tonight and maybe discuss some nuclear secrets. You never know what deals might come up.” “No man can’t make it unless warheads involved.”…
Democratic candidate in North Dakota running TV ad featuring arrest of her GOP opponent
TRIGGER WARNING: The following blog post contains a video featuring flashing lights. Although I am not a physician, I strongly recommend against watching the video contained in this blog post if you suffer from epilepsy or any other medical condition that causes seizures upon seeing flashing lights.
Why It's Okay that Nader is Running
Nader's entree into the 2008 race has again raised the ire of many on the left for understandable reasons. It is quite clear that his participation in the race in 2000 really did throw the race to Bush, condemning us to 8 years of gross mismanagement and incompetence. That notwithstanding, lets take a little walk…
