(ANTIMEDIA) Early Tuesday afternoon, interim chair of the DNC, Donna Brazile, issued a statement indicating the Democratic Party was bracing for a new batch of email leaks to be released. About an hour later, Wikileaks delivered, tweeting a link to a 670 MB file, along with instructions for downloading.
America the inexorable By Philip Giraldi • Unz Review • August 16, 2016 I had the misfortune of watching a recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. For those who are not familiar with the show, it is an HBO weekly one hour long feeding frenzy consisting of a series of rapid fire overwhelmingly […]
(ANTIMEDIA) Anyone expecting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to quietly wait in the wings and let his opponent take center stage has either not been paying attention… or has sorely underestimated his campaign strategy.
For decades, Democrats like Republicans have shied away from talking much about poverty, but America’s severe income inequality has made the plight of the poor a national crisis, notes Dennis J Bernstein. By Dennis J Bernstein True concern about the plight of America’s…Read more →
As the Cabaret song observes, “money makes the world go ‘round,” and that’s especially true of American politics with the Democratic platform objecting to lobbying only sotto voce so as not to offend, says Michael Winship. By Michael Winship In all…Read more →
Eager to hold the political “center,” Hillary Clinton has budged little on Bernie Sanders’s policy proposals beyond nice-sounding platitudes, a strategy that could lead to clashes at the Democratic convention, says Lawrence Davidson. By Lawrence Davidson There has been close coordination…Read more →
Exclusive: The U.K.’s “Brexit” vote underscores the power of this year’s anti-establishment politics, a warning to Democrats as they nominate status-quo candidate Hillary Clinton, a “safe” choice who may prove very risky, says Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare With Hillary Clinton the…Read more →
June 23 2016 — This is a choreographed stage play. All the players have their roles and colored hats. Its a farce.
As this post is written, Paul Ryan, the embattled Speaker of the House, is calling the Senate police to clear the room of the Democrats who have staged a “sit in.” It is a “sit in” of nothing. In the past, these were meant to block something. it was a means of making life less convenient for all involved. In this case, they’re just sitting on the floor. Why bother calling the police?
Exclusive: Democratic “super-delegates” – hundreds of party insiders – tilted the presidential race to Hillary Clinton though not chosen by voters, an undemocratic idea that was never intended, says Spencer Oliver who was there at the creation. By Spencer Oliver The issue…Read more →
By Sam Husseini | June 12, 2016 Media report that presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is meeting with advisers in Vermont on Sunday. This last week, many spoke laudingly of the recently deceased Muhammad Ali. As some noted, Ali’s great contribution was not being a talented athlete, heavy weight champion — there are many such prominent […]
