The main stream centrist corporatists who run the Democratic Party are reacting to the rise of likely Democratic nominee Bernie Sanders as though it were some sort of emergency. All that’s really happening here is democracy.
If You Can’t Join Them, Be Them
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Democrats want to elect a candidate who is electable. But what exactly does their conception look like of a candidate who can take on Trump? Like Trump.
A New Plan for Mike Bloomberg: Stay inside
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After Mike Bloomberg delivered a historically disastrous performance at his first Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, you have to wonder how it was possible for him to get 19% in the polls purely on the strength of TV ads. From now on, if he wants to survive, he has to stay indoors.
The Ambivalence of a Nice Day in February
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2019-2020 appears to be likely to become another non-winter winter with little snow and high temperatures. But good weather comes at an awful price.
Wanted by the DNC: Someone, Anyone to Stop Bernie Sanders
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Bernie Sanders is now the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. But the DNC is still trying to recruit someone to stop him. First it was Kamala Harris. Then it was Joe Biden. Now it’s Mike Bloomberg.
Bernie Sanders Gets Screwed Again
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Bernie Sanders were supposed to win big in the Iowa caucus. Then the vote count got totally messed up by an app company owned by a bunch of Bernie Sandersâ political enemies. And then they wonder why progressives don’t trust corporate types?
Anti-Bernie Sanders Attack Ads Are Going to Be Awesome
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Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls and might be the Democratic nominee for president of United States. If that happens, you know that Republicans will go after him for being a “democratic socialist.” Soviet nostalgia, here we come!
Why Is Elizabeth Warren Hiring so Many Right Wing Foreign Policy Hacks?
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Elizabeth Warren has positioned herself as the progressive alternative to Bernie Sanders. But a list of her foreign policy advisers reads no differently than it would if she were Hillary Clinton.
You Shall Know a System by its Enemies
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Establishment politicians and media journalists are increasingly concerned and hysterical about the possibility that the increase of Bernie Sandersâ performance in the Democratic primaries means that he could end up being elected president. Why are they so worried?
How to Game the Popularity Voter Whores
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In the same way that Google Maps suggests a short cut around a traffic jam and thus causes more traffic on the alternate route, voters who chase the most popular candidate end up having unforeseen effects on political races.,
