Bernie this morning on ABC, clearly and toughly stating his case, and why he'll take it all the way to the... https://t.co/58CM9NSrSs— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 24, 2016
Is that Trump flying home, or Clinton heading off to give a speech? Hard to tell from this angle (source).by Gaius PubliusA tale of two links. In the first, Clinton pivots to the general election and plays the populist vs. Donald Trump and his "lavish lifestyle," according to CNN (my emphasis):
Senator Sanders telling Andrea Mitchell he will campaign until the last primary vote is counted; also, that's it's on Clinton to convince his supporters she's offering policies they can vote for.by Gaius PubliusEarlier I said I wanted to take a "look ahead" at what's likely to occur in the next few months and also in the next few years, since we're clearly at a major crossroads in the nation's (and the world's) future. In particular:
Reuters Five-Day Tracking Poll through April 19, showing Sanders leading Clinton since early April (source; click to enlarge). Notice that Sanders also led Clinton through most of March, when she was banking all those Deep South delegates.by Gaius PubliusThat's not my headline at the top of this piece; it's the Washington Post's.
Preliminary weekly (red line), monthly (blue line) and daily (black points) atmospheric CO2 averages at Mauna Loa for the last year (my annotation; source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusI've likely said too many times to count that (1) the degradation in our climate won't be either linear or gradual; and (2) most estimates of the rate of decay are wrong to the slow side, too
In this instance, the big boys are all software companies (source; click to enlarge).by Gaius Publius“During the term of this agreement, the IRS will not compete with the Consortium ["of tax software companies"] in providing free, on-line tax return preparation and filing services to taxpayers.” –IRS and Free File Alliance, LLC, Free On-Line“I’
High rollers at the big table. Only Sanders wants to break up the DC insider game (source; click to enlarge).by Gaius PubliusAn essay with a title like "The Democrats' 10-Point Plan to Lose in November" (the actual title is longer) is certainly provocative. Turns out it's an excellent analysis.
