If the superdelegates are going to overturn the pledged delegate result . . .
. . . why would they choose Bernie Sanders? Seth Abramson lays out the Sanders argument on this:Sanders and his supporters believe that the super-delegates — placed in a situation which, to be clear,...
View ArticleIs Hillary Campaign Squandering Puerto Rico?
The Puerto Rico Democratic primary (well it WAS a primary, now more of a caucus) will be held on Sunday, June 5.A few weeks ago, I would have confidently predicted a huge Clinton victory for a number...
View ArticleWill Open Primaries Shield A Voter from Political Reprisals?
The premise of this diary appears to be that an Open Primary permits voters who fear retaliation based on their Party registration to avoid this by registering unaffiliated. In North Carolina political...
View ArticleWhen Trump Didn't Know What Brexit Was
Hollywood Reporter:I ask if he sees himself as having similarities with leaders of the growing anti-immigrant (some would say outright racist) European nativist movements, like Marine Le Pen in France...
View ArticleInstitutionalists v. "Insurrectionists"
Today on Kagro in the Morning, in the midst of a discussion with David Waldman on the Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Women’s Health v Hellerstedt (PDF) (discussion begins (begins at 46 minute mark...
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More Discontent In Puerto Rico Democratic Party Splashes on Clinton
One of the problems with big organizations is oftentimes folks in it will act in their own interests, rather than the organization as a whole. Previously I wrote about this phenomenon regarding the...
View ArticleThe Trump appeal is based on hatred of PoC
If you think Donald Trump’s “appeal,” such as it is, is based on trade agreements, I have a bridge to sell you. Any analysis or arguments based on the idea that this is what drives Trump support is...
View ArticlePoll indicates Clinton needs to drive turnout of PoC, women
For USA Today, Suffolk University conducted a poll from June 26-29. The results, if you accept them, indicate Clinton should concentrate on driving the turnout of PoC and women, and put the pitch to...
View ArticleWhy Trump would love to talk about Obama being from Kenya, but won't
Brian Stelter:in a recent interview with CNN, he said "I would love to" talk about the subject.Trump suggested the reason why he doesn't engage in "birther" speculation anymore is because it gets too...
View ArticleThe dishonest insistence on dishonesty from Supreme Court Justices
In the latest of the nonsensical vapors from the Establishment, the New York Times editorial board writes a truly idiotic editorial critical of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:There is no legal requirement...
View ArticleScott "Chachi" Baio Being Unavailable, Trump Provides Omarosa As Foreign...
x.@OMAROSA discusses @HillaryClinton foriegn policy failures @GOP response at @DemConvention#DemsInPhillypic.twitter.com/q4qLQaPGyeâ Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) July 26, 2016
View ArticleE-Ghazi: The FBI report that exonerates Clinton
On Friday, Sept. 2, the FBI released a report (Part one and Part two) on its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of email on a private server to conduct government business while she was secretary...
View ArticleCan the New York Times be prosecuted for releasing part of Trump's tax...
In a change of pace, the public was the beneficiary of some good journalism from the New York Times. Yes, they wrote about some copies they received of Donald Trump’s 1995 New York, New Jersey, and...
View Article'Man of the World:' An interview with Joe Conason on his new book about Bill...
What follows is a conversation with Joe Conason about his new book on Bill Clinton, which covers his post-presidency and the election.Joe, this is definitely an election where you have become maybe the...
View ArticleThe romance of the working class does not extend to nonwhites for Tweety and...
I know all you folks love Joe Biden. I don’t. One of the reasons why is his phony white working class schtick. Watch him on with Tweety last night The whitewashing of the racial element of why “white...
View ArticleKeep in Mind
Hillary Clinton didn’t just lose the Electoral College. Donald Trump won it.He won it with a message of naked bigotry.So when you’re planning Dem comeback strategies for 2020, explain to me how you win...
View ArticleIf you discount racial disparities and say simply address inequality by being...
you are camouflaging white supremacy.”— Rev. Dr Willaim J. Barber. Read the enttire Tweetthread- starts here.xI wish white progressives would stop thinking they are addressing racism when they talk...
View ArticleShould the civility rules be modified?
While this diary asserts that a contributor was placed on time out because of his diary content, it seems more likely (I do not know) that he was placed on time out because of comments like this one:As...
View ArticleWin It, Destroy It or Change It ?
You’re not happy with the Democratic Party.You think it is not sufficiently progressive on NAME YOUR ISSUE.So what’s the plan? Win the Party? Destroy it? Change it?If it is to win it, what’s the plan...
View ArticleViolating the Constitution on Day One
On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump will take the oath of office and become the 45th president of the United States. That oath states:I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the...
View ArticleTYT Reporter Attacks Warren in CNBC Article
A TYT reporter wrote this for CNBC:[A]s the mainstream media opportunistically tries to Feel The Bern after ignoring Sanders when it mattered (both CNN and MSNBC recently held primetime town halls with...
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White working class is Trump's base
PewOverall, more hold an unfavorable (57%) than favorable (41%) view of Trump. Views among demographic groups largely mirror patterns in presidential job approval.For example, most blacks (80%),...
View ArticleAlt Left and the Comey Hearing
So what is Alt Left? In the most crude form, it is Michael Tracey.But I characterized Matt Taibbi’s piece on the Comey hearings as Alt Left. He asked me to explain myself. Here’s my shot at it.Taibbi’s...
View ArticleSenator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Announces He Will Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination
xSen Bill Nelson D-FL to oppose Gorsuch nomination and will support Senate filibuster pic.twitter.com/96wcFQvX7tâ Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 27, 2017 Big news! Senator Nelson is up for...
View ArticleIs it correct that Heath Mello is Anti Choice?
I read this diary and think it dishonestly elides the question of whether Heath Mello is anti choice. In particular I found this quoted passage truly dishonest:[Ilyse] Hogue [of NARAL] , on the other...
View ArticleTrump/Sessions selection of the acting and permanent FBI director is a...
President Donald Trump and Attorney General Sessions are reported to be engaged in the process of choosing both an interim FBI director (who can serve for a period of 300 days) and a new permanent FBI...
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78% of Americans Favor an Independent Investigation of TrumpRussia
According to a newly posted story on daily kos- “Progressives are blowing 2018 by focusing too many resources to Russia story.”Unidentified in the story is what resources are being focused, by whom,...
View ArticleResolved - we should not devote fewer resources to the TrumpRussia Issue
Just to cut to the heart of the question —Who agrees with the title?Take the poll.
View Article'The Resistance': a discussion
Today in Washington, a panel discussion was presented to discuss a timely topic: The Resistance. Part of the Center for American Progress Ideas Conference, the panel featured Leah Greenberg of...
View ArticleThe importance of defending internationalism
It’s a long running discussion in Democratic and progressive circles — is internationalism good or bad?I’ve been sort of lonely on this site defending internationalism — in trade especially. But also...
View ArticleCan The Resistance Be About Resisting Trump And Complaints About The Dem Party?
To me, the Resistance is about resisting Trump and the Republicans.Because of that, I do not believe it can be about who should not be a part of it. That means for me even NeverTrumper Republicans who...
View ArticleDoes Supporting The Resistance Require Supporting a Faction of the Democratic...
In response to this diary a good longtime kossack commentedAnd therein lies the problem….“I am enthused and will attend a march on June 3 in support of the Resistance.I am not enthused and won’t attend...
View ArticleIs there a scheme to replace closed primaries with caucuses afoot in...
Last night I had an exchange on Twitter with Nomiki Konst, a Bernie Sanders designated member of the Democratic Unity Commission. At the time of the naming of the members of the commission, DNC...
View ArticleExplaining California Democratic Party v. Jones
In discussions on possible reform to the Democratic Party’s system of selecting nominees, the 2000 Supreme Court case California Democratic Party, et al v Jones is an important talking point regarding...
View ArticleWhat Do You Call Hating Hillary Clinton More Than You Feared The Racism and...
What would be the acceptable term for folks of the Left who hated Hillary Clinton more than they feared the racism and bigotry of Donald Trump? What would be the acceptable term for folks who even...
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View ArticleElizabeth Warren at Netroots Nation 2017: A clarion call for coalition politics
Read this:Me, I’ve been shouting about this crisis from every rooftop I could find for years – talking about how our middle class was squeezed to the breaking point, how chances to move up in this...
View ArticleWhat the DNC Unity and Reform Commission Is Mandated To Do
A story in 23 tweets:xSection 2 of DNC enabling resolution for the URC states it "shall make recommendations to encourage expanded use of primary elections."/2.â Armando (@armandodkos) October...
View ArticleReforming the presidential nomination contest: the mandate of the DNC Unity...
(First of a series)On Dec. 8 and 9, in Washington, D.C, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Unity and Reform Commission (URC), a commission created by DNC at the 2016 national convention in July...
View ArticleIs the DNC Unity and Reform Commission Fatally Flawed?
In my first article in my series on the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) Unity and Reform Commission, I went through the the enabling resolution and its clear mandate and objectives:In sum, the...
View ArticleWhat Is Bernie Sanders Proposing For Reform Of the Democratic Presidential...
Part 3 of my series on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Unity and Reform Commission (URC). Parts 1 and Part 2 discuss the mandate of the URC and how it was created. PArt 3 now discusses in depth...
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DNC to take up 2020 presidential nomination rules, must reject voter...
(First in a series.)On Jan. 19-20, 2018, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Rules and Bylaws Committee will take up the Unity and Reform Commission’s (URC) proposed recommendations for reform of...
View ArticleWhere do we go from here? The Supreme Court has been stolen.
In 2005, I wrote my first piece on then Judge John Roberts’s confirmation hearing for his nomination to the Supreme Court. It was this one:In his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee,...
View ArticleRevisit
Haven’t been around in a while. Trying to reconnect. Probably an imperfect way to do it and I’ll delete the diary (such as it is) but what’s happening at this web site?Forgive the indulgence.
View ArticleTrump's state of emergency would be the Constitution itself
In his capitulation to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump has threatened to declare a state of emergency in order to divert funds to build his wall, if no wall funding is included in the...
View ArticleButtigieg Open To Expanding the Supreme Court
Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has become the first of the candidates to express a willingness to expand the Supreme Court after the Republican Party stole a seat in...
View ArticleThe other mayor running for president: A conversation with Wayne Messam
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Miramar, Florida, Mayor Wayne Messam, who recently announced his candidacy for president of the United States. Mayor Messam happens to be from the same area...
View ArticlePersuasion: How the new mayor of Hillburn, NY, convinced voters to make a change
The essence of politics, local, state and national—is persuasion. How do you convince people to vote for you and all that entails—registering to vote, voting on Election Day, picking the candidates to...
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