Gaius Publius

Grief at an Orlando vigil. Caleb McGrew, right, wipes tears as he stands with his partner Yosniel Delgado Giniebra, center, during a vigil in Miami Beach, Fla.

Bernie Sanders in March — What we will ask for if we lose. This is apparently still true.by Gaius PubliusNow that all the primary voting is complete, the Democratic Party has the task of uniting itself. In particular, that means uniting the Sanders voters and the Clinton voters into a force to repel the Republican candidate, presumably Donald Trump. How's that going?Depends on who you ask (I know, whom).Here's a good write-up by John Queally at Common Dreams.

Why the Russians take an interest in U.S. political candidates. Do the Russians have a horse in the current race? by Gaius PubliusBefore I present the news part of the story, note the following:

The dogs of war (source)by Gaius PubliusIn the wake of the horrific tragedy in Orlando, in which one man with an AR-15 assault weapon murdered 50 and wounded more than that, many public figures have made statements.

One proposal for Obama's Legacy Library, a building that won't build itself (view 1, discussed here). by Gaius PubliusTurns out that the president, currently Obama, acting alone, could personally end the egregious "hedge fund tax loophole," the one only a certain class of wealthy person qualifies for.

Bernie Sanders, after meeting with President Obama. Obama has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.by Gaius PubliusThis is another installment in our occasional series "The Clinton Server Story for Progressives." Sorry to bring this news to you via a right-wing source, but for some reason, it's not appearing in more mainstream outlets.

by Gaius PubliusKeeping this short, while I try to find out how a candidate who can fill multiple football stadiums per week for months gets beat by a candidate who can't fill college basketball gyms ... by 13% in California. I need to think about that. So, MSNBC. Without intending to (this was written in 2011), Cenk Uygur delivered an indictment of this year's Clinton vs. Sanders coverage on MSNBC.

Voting lines outside a Puerto Rico polling place, 2016 Democratic Party primary.by Gaius PubliusJust three facts and a video. You can add them up as easily as I can.1. Puerto Rican officials expected 700,000 people to vote in the 2016 Democratic primary. Think Progress, from a much longer article:

Since promising Gorbachev "no NATO expansion" the U.S. is pushing NATO to Russia's every European border. If you were the Russians, how would you feel? How would you feel if Russia had missiles in Mexico? Yet we're putting missiles in Poland.

What most of us call "debt" a neo-liberal calls "wealth creation," for the creditor.