nepotism

by NoahOn the one hand, there's Hunter Biden. On the other hand, we have a whole White House chock full of grifters. Grifting is just another evil endorsed by Republicans, for Republicans anyway.The whole Hunter Biden thing is a Karl Rove-style move; accuse your opponent of that which you yourself are guilty. It doesn't matter if your opponent is guilty of anything or not.

Schweizer further disclosed that during the 2016 campaign, $83 million was channeled through a mysterious media-buying company called Old Town Media. The company was run by two of Bernie Sanders’ wife’s friends out of a suburban house in Virginia.

I think of Rick Wilson as one of the MSNBC resident #NeverTrumpers who wants to push the Democratic Party far right enough-- it's almost there-- to be the pre-Trump Republican Party. He and Jim Messina could start a transpartisan status quo firm.

by NoahHaving worked in the corporate world in my career, I've seen more than my fair share of bubble-headed idiots who got their job only because a successful daddy pulled some favors or asserted some power and got the job for them. Once in whatever the business is, they just trade on daddy's name and launch some sort of income stream.

I was happy to see a George Washington University Politics Poll Tuesday morning showing Biden cratering. The two progressives in the race are tremendously outpacing the 3 corporate Dems still in contention:

Nita and HillaryDon't we all really hate nepotism and political dynasties? If we didn't before, the advent of the Trump family should have put that in everyone's minds. And that Liz Cheney thing in Congress! Yeccchh. The Clintons have been wanting Nita Lowey to retire so their daughter Chelsea could take her House seat (NY-17) in northern and western Westchester County and all of Rockland County.

Vanessa Beeley
21st Century Wire

Nuclear nepotism, unarmed patriots and mystery metal towers + this day in history w/the Black Sox scandal and our song of the day by Protomartyr on your Morning Monarchy for October 9, 2017.

Liberal meritocracy in action. Slick new buses like these ferry high tech workers to and from Bay Area jobs, using city bus stops as pickup points.