1 hour ago, JaneAusten said:

They already did lose them in 2016 and we all saw the result. Bernie Sanders lost the democratic nomination by 4 million votes not because of rigging. Much of that was due to turning off the democratic base. What politician running under the democratic umbrella intentionally turns off he party’s voting base and calls them low information voters. The guy who didn’t  bother to campaign in the south, lost those primaries, and then called black folks stupid that’s who. And those white lefties who didn’t get their way did what? Didn’t vote or  voted for Stein. A temper tantrum because they didn’t get their way. And deliberately wanted to hurt the people who didn’t vote for their savior.

 

black people have different interests? Yeah survival. Where these white lefties know they won’t be hurt. Look at Georgia a state where the first black woman ever in the country  can be elected Governor . She’s doing it by working the party base hard and democrats. She’s not going after voters she knows won’t vote for her no matter what. And what do black voters get in return? Georgia announcing the closure of dozens of voting sites in black communities. I wonder what those white lefties will do about this?  My guess not a thing. But would expect black folks to turn out in record numbers in that state to vote for someone who wasn’t even interested enough to visit the state in the primary and calls them stupid. 

 

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4 hours ago, JaneAusten said:

They already did lose them in 2016 and we all saw the result. Bernie Sanders lost the democratic nomination by 4 million votes not because of rigging. Much of that was due to turning off the democratic base. What politician running under the democratic umbrella intentionally turns off he party’s voting base and calls them low information voters. The guy who didn’t  bother to campaign in the south, lost those primaries, and then called black folks stupid that’s who. And those white lefties who didn’t get their way did what? Didn’t vote or  voted for Stein. A temper tantrum because they didn’t get their way. And deliberately wanted to hurt the people who didn’t vote for their savior.

 

black people have different interests? Yeah survival. Where these white lefties know they won’t be hurt. Look at Georgia a state where the first black woman ever in the country  can be elected Governor . She’s doing it by working the party base hard and democrats. She’s not going after voters she knows won’t vote for her no matter what. And what do black voters get in return? Georgia announcing the closure of dozens of voting sites in black communities. I wonder what those white lefties will do about this?  My guess not a thing. But would expect black folks to turn out in record numbers in that state to vote for someone who wasn’t even interested enough to visit the state in the primary and calls them stupid. 

 

+1 on your entire post here.

 

I read about the closure of voting sites yesterday in Georgia and don't expect it to get much notice at all, and the "progressives" of the party are no exception to this neglect.

In fact, I don't remember Bernie or his "Revolution" mentioning Abrams at all but that's no surprise, this falls into his usual pattern of indifference.

Halliburton - The Sequel

 

NBC News exclusive: Trump eyes Erik Prince plan to privatize U.S. war in Afghanistan https://t.co/8Fgb9HLUAE via @carolelee @ckubenbc @joshNBCNews

— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) August 17, 2018

^ Good lord, that is just nuts.

The police used a taser on an 87 year old Syrian woman with dementia who was cutting flowers with a knife.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/us/georgia-police-taser-woman-dandelions-knife/index.html

 

Trump blasts the D.C. mayor - who brilliantly blasts right back - after poor toddler's military parade goes bust and Spanky the Treason Yam (not my creation, but brilliant!) gets a case of the madz and sadz.

Please, don't let this trial go sideways.

16 minutes ago, Juliajms said:

Please, don't let this trial go sideways.

 

I think it's already toast. Bet Manafort walks. And there have been numerous reports about this judge's bias. While it is not supposed to sway a jury, let's be real. That bias will have some influence.

Omorosa plans to drop recordings as if they're the hottest mixtapes of the summer.

 

AP source: It’s not just audio, Manigault Newman has video.
By @dsupervilleAP.https://t.co/cpiRwqwd5S

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 17, 2018

12 hours ago, JaneAusten said:

They already did lose them in 2016 and we all saw the result. Bernie Sanders lost the democratic nomination by 4 million votes not because of rigging. Much of that was due to turning off the democratic base. What politician running under the democratic umbrella intentionally turns off he party’s voting base and calls them low information voters. The guy who didn’t  bother to campaign in the south, lost those primaries, and then called black folks stupid that’s who. And those white lefties who didn’t get their way did what? Didn’t vote or  voted for Stein. A temper tantrum because they didn’t get their way. And deliberately wanted to hurt the people who didn’t vote for their savior.

 

black people have different interests? Yeah survival. Where these white lefties know they won’t be hurt. Look at Georgia a state where the first black woman ever in the country  can be elected Governor . She’s doing it by working the party base hard and democrats. She’s not going after voters she knows won’t vote for her no matter what. And what do black voters get in return? Georgia announcing the closure of dozens of voting sites in black communities. I wonder what those white lefties will do about this?  My guess not a thing. But would expect black folks to turn out in record numbers in that state to vote for someone who wasn’t even interested enough to visit the state in the primary and calls them stupid. 

 

I could definitely see this being an even bigger fault line in the 2020 dem primary than it was in the 2016 dem primary. 

5 hours ago, Wendy said:

 

I think it's already toast. Bet Manafort walks. And there have been numerous reports about this judge's bias. While it is not supposed to sway a jury, let's be real. That bias will have some influence.

 

Manafort is on trial for 18 different charges. That bias can have all the influence in the world but he's not going to "walk" on all of them. Based on what I'm reading on the law blogs, it will probably be 10-8. 

Edited August 18, 20187 yr by marceline

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/639147599/colorado-baker-sues-state-again-after-refusing-to-make-cake-for-transgender-woma

 

 

The Colorado baker who won a Supreme Court case over his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple is suing state officials, alleging religious discrimination over his refusal to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.

Some of you may remember Grechen Shirley as the Democratic candidate who petitioned the FEC to be able to use some of her campaign funds for childcare. 

She's running against that xenophobe Peter King. 

I wish her well, King represents a district that has repeatedly sent him back to Congress for at least two decades now, so I can only guess that much of his constituency represents his worldview or some variation of it--if not xenophobic like King, then certainly completely insular and quite close-minded which has been the hallmark of a sweeping portion of Long Island.

 

She’s Trying to Pull an Ocasio-Cortez. Her Target: Pete King.

In a blow to the Trump admin, a federal court has thrown out the admin's attempt to delay an Obama-era chemical plant safety regulation. https://t.co/M4RdlNIFAX

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2018

Wow, we're not hearing anything that's going on in Yemen these days.  

 

Also, last year, the U.S. government decided that the number of casualties in Afghanistan will no longer be made public.