Bernie Sanders and the Clinton Wall Street Speeches
by Gaius Publius The recent Clinton Wall Street speeches article by Zaid Jilani has been covered in these pages (see excerpts below), but I want to make one additional point.
by Gaius Publius The recent Clinton Wall Street speeches article by Zaid Jilani has been covered in these pages (see excerpts below), but I want to make one additional point.
Endorsement process when Clinton is endorsed (source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusMoney uses money to neuter Democrats and enable Republicans.You've no doubt heard by now of the dust-up (or "dust-up," meaning the manufactured kind) over Bernie Sanders' remarks when he said, while he'd like the endorsement of all
David Brock, founder of Correct the Record, which is transforming itself into a super PAC that plans to work with Hillary Clinton's campaign. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston / source) by Gaius PubliusA small thing perhaps, but I found it noteworthy. I also think this points to something considerably larger.
Clinton supporters in Iowa. Credit: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times (source)by Gaius PubliusI thought the following was interesting, in that it contained information I wasn't aware of.
Flint water — a weapon of mass destruction (not a metaphor). Source.by Gaius PubliusI'm a former resident of Michigan, in particular, Saginaw and Flint, and in my mind there's never been a question that the Republican and Rick Snyder attack on both Detroit and Flint are racist to the core.
Chelsea Clinton, left, and her mother, Hillary Clinton. Photograph: Jason Decrow/AP (source)by Gaius PubliusSomeone seems to be pulling out all the stops: