Over the past several days a number of people have begun to ask how, exactly, it was possible that the US Postal Service’s bipartisan Board of Governors could be stacked full of partisan appointees that Senator McConnell recommended to the President and then approved once the President nominated them. Such as one of Senator McConnell’s …
Bernie Sanders 2016
Factionalism (Open Thread)
Welp: Warren hits back: “I was disappointed to hear that Bernie is sending his volunteers out to trash me. Bernie knows me and has known me for a long time…I hope bernie reconsiders and turns his campaign in a different direction.” Also notes the “factionalism” caused by 2016 https://t.co/ER0Vm6sgJS pic.twitter.com/N8prZdeZk9 — Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) January …
Let’s Not Follow Sanders Off the Cliff
Remember last week when some folks were reassuring us that criticism of “identity politics” in the wake of the Democrats’ loss wasn’t code for throwing marginalized people under the bus? Here’s TPM’s report on a speech Bernie Sanders delivered in Boston yesterday: In a speech Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) urged attendees to move away …
Late Night Open Thread: White Male “Ally” Dives for the Spotlight
Bernie hammered Clinton on $15 min wage – but said today he is willing to work w/ Trump on going from $7.25 to $10. https://t.co/ZhhagExJN9 — Edward M. Davis (@TeddyDavisCNN) November 17, 2016 Sure, Hillary was a Wall-Street-Whore-Corporatist-Shill when she suggested haggling for a mere $12.50 hourly wage in those areas where the cost of …
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Late Night Open Thread: Trump Campaign Still Courting Sanders Voters
This reads like a preemptive defense of Jeff Weaver that offers up Tad Devine as scapegoat. Hmmmmm.https://t.co/0vduiqADPv — Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) August 22, 2016 … Or so I assume, since the Observer is owned by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. … A percentage of every advertisement purchased was paid to Old Towne Media and Devine Mulvey …
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Open Thread: Dodged A Bullet
Bernie Sanders, one of the most vocal advocates of transparency, essentially used the system to avoid transparency https://t.co/UUG2xd51O1 — Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) August 18, 2016 NBC sourced their story from the Center for Public Integrity’s “How Bernie Sanders beat the clock — and avoided disclosure”: … [W]hen federal law required Sanders to reveal, by mid-May, …
Late Night Open Thread: #NotAllBernistas
Behind every instant Internet meme is an actual individual who sometimes turns out to be a standup human being. https://t.co/g7GKigR3Yq — Rob Pegoraro (@robpegoraro) July 26, 2016 From the Yahoo article: …Even in this sea of sadness, Sean Kehren, a 22-year-old Sanders delegate from Minnesota, stood out. For one, he was wearing a Peter Pan-style …
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