Krystal Ball

Dunn And Biden-- A Love Story

TIME Magazine, July 1942: "The richest gossip of his time died last week. On his deathbed, fat, vain little Maury Henry Biddle Paul, "Cholly Knickerbocker" of the New York Journal-American, could well reflect that he had made himself more famous than most of the puppets he wrote about in his quarter century as a society reporter."Fast forward to today when SKDKnickerbocker, (did they name themselves after Cholly?

We All Want To See The Last Of Trump. Would You Vote For A Corpse Instead Of Him? The Democratic Establishment Wants To Give You Just That Choice

Krystal: "Just ask yourself-- Is that the man you want leading this response to this crisis right now? If you're a person like me, you're looking at him, you're looking at Trump, you're going 'My God! What a choice is laid before us!' It's honestly horrifying."Saagar: "This guy can get away with pretty much anything, as long as he just stays alive. That's all they want. He's like an empty husk to which the establishment can project whatever they want-- tax cuts, the Obama era neo-liberalism, continuing their grip, continuing the gate flow, all of that. That's what he represents.

An Invisible Hand In The Miraculous Resuscitation Of The Comeback Codger?

Yesterday, Bernie told the media that "what has become more and more apparent, with each passing primary, is that while we are currently trailing in the delegate count, we are strongly winning the debate about the future of our country. In poll after poll after poll, including exit polls, a strong majority of the American people support our progressive agenda. The American people are deeply concerned about the grotesque levels of income and wealth inequality in this country. The American people believe it is time for the wealthy and profitable corporations to be paying their fair share.

The People, Yes! Let’s Crush the Woke Plutonomy! An Interview + Review Of "The Populist’s Guide to 2020: A New Right And New Left Are Rising" By Krystal Ball And Saagar Enjeti

-by John SimanAs I reread in his book, Hate Inc. Matt Taibbi’s analysis of how the corporate media have worse-than-cynically divided our nation into mutually-despicable but highly profitable demographic silos, and as I await the publication of Thomas Frank’s forthcoming book The People, No!, which will, I believe, be about the grim suppression of Populism in Amer

Will Michigan Workers Put Bernie Back On Track Tuesday?

Bernie and Biden will face off in a one on one debate on Sunday, March 15 in Phoenix (with CNN and Univision hosting-- Jake Tapper, Dana Bash and Jorge Ramos moderating). Before then, though, we have a big day this Tuesday when Michigan, Washington state, Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho hold their primaries, also the day of North Dakota's primary and the last day of Democrats Abroad primary. Michigan is the big prize-- 125 delegates. Before Super Tuesday, Bernie was leading Biden 25-16% with Bloomberg and Elizabeth both at 13%, Mayo Pete at 11% and Klobuchar at 8%.

The Democratic Party Grassroots Dream Ticket: Bernie + Elizabeth

Elizabeth Warren ended her campaign this morning and will hold a press conference later today. Listening to the corporate media since Tuesday, you would think that Bernie was no longer in the running and that the nomination was all sewn up by the Republican wing of the Democratic Party's candidate, Status Quo Joe. That's what the establishment wants you to think. But it just isn't true.