Gaius Publius

Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs. Why isn't he in prison?

Party identification is way down. Neither party can win without winning independents (source; click to enlarge)I want to start taking a look ahead, not in a long essay but in chunks.

A first-time voter and Sanders supporter tells Thom Hartmann what it will take to keep him in the Democratic Partyby Gaius PubliusI know for sure that a Republican in the White House would be a disaster of monumental proportions.

Bernie Sanders criticizes Donald Trump's remarks on punishment for abortion, and criticizes the media for fixating too much on Trump's distractions and not focusing enough on issues of substance. I cued this up at the "media criticism" part.by Gaius PubliusI'll have a lot more to say about this terrific piece by Seth Abramson in the Huffington Post in the coming days.

Markos Moulitsas says these are your Democratic choices unless Sanders wins the pledged delegate count (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo; source)by Gaius PubliusI didn't mean to do this twice, but events compel a few questions.

Monthly mean global surface temperature since 1996 (source; my annotation; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusI know most of us in the current generation of Americans expect the climate to deteriorate, from a livability standpoint, at some reasonably slow rate over the next century or more.

Sanders shows he knows he has an ace. Will he play it?by Gaius PubliusSanders has more leverage than he's ever had in his life. He has the right vision and the right goal. He's also holding the right cards — all he has to do is play them. In particular, he has an ace. Will he play it if he loses to Clinton?To understand what I just wrote, listen to the short video clip above.

At a Hillary Clinton rally at SUNY Purchase campus on March 31, the candidate lost her patience with a Greenpeace activist who asked her whether she'll reject fossil fuel money moving forward.

One of the other species, besides man, which preys on itself (source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusI want to elevate this from the comments to this piece because it's so appropriate.

 Because I wanted to give you something nice to look at (click to enlarge; source)by Gaius PubliusI had something else set up for today, but I couldn't resist this. Carl Beijer has a good set of graphics comparing Sanders' and Clinton's voter bases and how they compare. I'll show a few then direct you to his site for the rest.