John Fetterman

Henrik and Lana cover the latest news in Flashback Friday September 22, 2023.
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21WIRE + TGP | Scandal for the ages: where Democrats' Ukraine 'aid' converges with a multibillion dollar crypto ponzi scheme.

21WIRE | Just how bad can this state of affairs get?

What is the worst crime anyone can be accused of in any modern day Western society? It is usually some form of discrimination, something that is often regarded as little better if not worse than murder. This started with discrimination on religious grounds. First non-conformists were persecuted, then Catholics, of which next month’s Guy Fawkes […]

21WIRE | This latest train wreck in Pennsylvania's US Senate race really takes the biscuit.

Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman said that “lies” about the legitimacy of the election were not protected under the Constitution. He said, “This idea that saying that Pennsylvania was rigged, or that we were trying to ‘steal the election, that’s a lie.” He said: “That is not protected speech."

Progressive champion Kara Eastman defeats the DCCC, the Blue Dogs and the New Dems-- our heroAll across the country there are counties and districts where Bernie beat Hillary in 2016 (and many where Bernie got more votes on primary day than Trump as well).

Bernie's point this week, when he asked his supporters to back 3 candidates in Pennsylvania, was that "if we are going to defeat right-wing Republicans in 2018 and 2020, we need to win in states that Trump won, like Pennsylvania.

Kara Eastman (Democrat) and Brad Ashford ("ex"-GOP Blue Dog)Alixandria Lapp, a poster child for the DC Dem's revolving door problem worked for New Dem Adam Smith (WA) from 1997-2005 and then went to work for the DCCC. In 2007 she became executive director of the New Dems, the Republican wing of the Democratic Party.

Few people remember Joe Biden's Senate record. But I'm one who does. "Corporate whore" comes rapidly to mind. Biden was a right-of-center establishment Democratic who represented Wall Street interests while painting himself as a man of the people who road Amtrack. Outside of Delaware-- where he was a sentaor from 1973 'til 2008-- no one ever bought the hype back then, though Politico, which wasn't around then, does today.