JMA-PSOS

I fully agree with Bernie Sanders' position. Clinton lost for many reasons, one of which is the strong shift to the right of the Democratic Party that has peaked with Bill Clinton and Obama and is still happening today, in large part courtesy of:

1. the superdelegate system which has picked a corrupt pro-Wall Street insider over an unabashed pro-working class populist, and also in part by

2. controlling prevailing narratives in the public discourse, e.g. free trade mythology, treasury-draining foreign policy positions, Wall Street treated with kid gloves after policies and actions which have left tens of millions homeless and poorer, half-ass social programs that keep bankrupting more Americans every day and shift the poverty, education and war costs to the middle class instead of the rich, etc.

Hillary's pivot to the left in the general election was seen as hollow by many as she is of the same fabric as her husband and Obama which have not done anything in the past 20 years when they had the White House and Congress beyond enriching themselves and throwing crumbs to the masses.

I will agree that the Democrats were forced to shift to the right starting with the Reagan era and after the GOP's nearly complete anexation and appropiation of America's libidinal core (i.e. manifest destiny patriotism bordering on racism, jingoism and over-reaching militarism, family/Christian values in public policy that are often homophobic and mysoginistic, tough on crime/illegal immigration stances that have made a mockery of human rights values, conservative fiscal policy save for the military iceberg-sized spending).

The Democrats have been playing catch up with the GOP since 1984 and they have only temporarily borrowed the White House when the right was split (1992) or when the economy faltered (1992 and 2008). They have not projected a strong countervailing narrative to the GOP narrative and they will continue to suffer in the wilderness until they redefine their message and who they are really fighting for.

Continuing down this path of being pro-working class in rhetoric, but simply GOP-lite in practice will not bode well for the future of the Democratic Party.

"You cannot be a party which on one hand says we’re in favor of working people, we’re in favor of the needs of young people but we don’t quite have the courage to take on Wall Street and the billionaire class,” Sanders wrote today. “People do not believe that. You’ve got to decide which side you’re on.”

It looks like the independents voted mainly Libertarian and partly Green (instead of Dem as in the past two presidential elections) and the main reason that I can see for this change is HRC's political baggage especially as highlighted lately by Comey and wikileaks. That or senile dementia is a more serious and fast advancing epidemic than previously thought. There is also a pattern here: Reagan, W, Trump, ... Elmer Fudd?

Watched the debate live on BBC4 and I am amazed that those two were the best the two parties could put forward. They did the nearly impossible: they managed to lower to bar even further than the Bush-Gore debates, especially Agent Orange.

I just realized that a more appropriate ending to last night's debate would have been the revelation that HRC is actually Lisa (played by Laura Vandervoort in the V remake) still getting used to her human skin but getting better at expressing human emotion, and Double Agent Orange is actually Anna, the queen bee of the V species...

I am a Bernie Bro 100%, I think Hillary is just another cheap band aid for what ails America and up until now I was still considering whether I should vote for HRC or not. After this revelation, I know that I MUST vote for Hillary or I won't ever forgive myself: "Trump asked why he couldn't just use nuclear weapons 3 times in a national security briefing"

Best signal-to-noise ratio post on DNC leaks (even if Gucifer 2.0 was not the only leaker): Gucifer 2.0

Rep: În această perioadă s-a vorbit foarte des despre fermele de troli. Aceste postări vin din partea unor oameni? Sunt conturi reale? Ce ați descoperit?

ACL: Sunt foarte multe. Noi am analizat cât am putut aceste conturi. Am văzut că o parte dintre aceste conturi sunt persoane reale. Au fotografii, se vede după tipul de postări pe care le fac pe conturile lor sau că erau activi dinainte.

Dar există și foarte multe pagini, conturi care se vede din titlu și de la fotografia de profil că nu ar fi o persoană reală. Dacă te uiți în istoricul conturilor poți vedea că ele au fost activate de puțin timp și că principalul lor scop este să inunde TikTok-ul cu #CălinGeorgescu.

Nu aș putea spune că este 100% o fabrică de troli, că tot e la modă acum să vorbim despre asta. E ceva combinat între persoane reale, fani și niște conturi nou făcute tocmai pentru asta.

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Rep: Practic îl „ajutați” să crească și în acest moment. Dar ca mecanism așa funcționează?

ACL: Exact ăsta este modul de funcționare al mecanismului...

There are ways to resolve this problem, as two other states with early deadlines have already done. Washington state officials said they will accept a provisional certification of Biden’s nomination before the convention. And Alabama’s Legislature shortened its deadline so that Biden could qualify for the ballot there.

Neither solution seems likely in Ohio, where Republicans may be seeking to make life harder for the Democrats’ presidential nominee. The attorney general says the state can’t accept a provisional certification. And the Legislature couldn’t come up with a timely fix to the law.

Ohio laws generally take effect 90 days after passage. So a change to the deadline had to pass by May 9, but the Legislature wound up doing nothing.

• "Trump Tops Biden in Nevada by 11 Points; Georgia by 7; Arizona by 5; Pennsylvania by 4; Michigan by 3; Biden Up in Wisconsin by 3 Points"
  
• If Democrat Other than Biden Runs Against Trump, the Dem Leads in All 6 States: WI by 12 Points; PA by 10; AZ by 8; GA & MI by 7; NV by 3
  
• Across 6 Battleground States: 59% Disapprove of the Job Biden is Doing as President; 71% Say He’s Too Old & 62% Say He Lacks Mental Sharpness to be Effective President; Only 38% Say Trump Too Old to be Effective President & 54% Say He Has Mental Sharpness