There are several narratives being pushed by the media in order to discourage and/or derail a Sanders campaign for President. These narratives are not to be confused with the Troll Smears that are all over social media, and which I have previously debunked in a separate post. These narratives are…
Tr🍩ll Smear #18: “Bernie also voted for the 1994 Crime Bill that he criticizes the Clintons for ”
This is also a very cynical and misleading smear that needs to be explained and debunked just as much as any other. The 1994 Crime Bill was an unmitigated disaster for POC and the poor. It led directly to the mass incarceration problem that we have today, and it started…
Tr🍩ll Smear #16: “Bernie has no support among African Americans”
This is perhaps the most hurtful and outrageous attack on Bernie — and is also the one that is most easily debunked. As the 2020 race starts to heat up, one of the main attack lines on Bernie Sanders is that he cannot win because he just doesn’t have the support of…
Tr🍩ll Smear #17: “Bernie is not a Democrat!”
Centrist Democrats love to pillory Bernie for not being on their Team. This particular “attack” is so stupid that I resisted writing an answer to it for a long time, thinking that it would go away. Alas, there seems to be mo end to the stupidity of the centrist CorpDems…
13 Reasons Why Obama was a Horrible President
The following are 13 reasons that I believe make Obama one of the worst Presidents in history. The reason he was so bad is that he promised hope and change and delivered the exact opposite, thereby paving the way for Donald Trump. He inherited military actions in 2 Muslim countries…
2018 Will Be a Banner Year for Blue Dogs and Conservative Democrats
Democrats are unique in their willingness to sabotage their own legislative priorities in order to win seats. A question was recently asked on Quora as to why there were no Republican candidates who supported Medicare for All, free college, ending the wars, green energy, etc. There are no Republicans that are…
To My GOP Friends: I Remember 1980, Do You?
I know what it’s like to have your world turned upside-down; soon you will, too. In 1980 I was simply amazed when Ronald Reagan, whom I and all my Leftie friends considered to be an absolute joke, somehow won the Republican nomination for President. I thought: the GOP is imploding and…
Was America Ever This Polarized? Yes, but It Was an Honest Divide
The Vietnam War saw Americans divided, but at least it made sense In answering a recent question on Quora, I was asked if the US was ever as polarized as it is now. I answered that the closest parallel in time would be during the Vietnam War, when young people had…
Why Andrew Gillum’s Primary Win is So Important
The unexpected victory reflects a new paradigm in voter participation The Florida gubernatorial primary victory is a huge win for Andrew Gillum, but it is also a significant win for Bernie Sanders and his Our Revolution organization, as well as all the other progressive groups that were supporting Gillum. This…
Democrats Must Abandon Identity Politics and Run on Actual Policies
A Return to FDR-Style Progressivism will Return Dems to Electoral Victories for Generations to Come Identity Politics has formed the basis of the American political system since the 1990’s. It is enshrined in both parties’ political narratives, and it has become a major animating factor and GOTV (Get Out The…
Why are Christian Republicans so Pro-Israel?
Republicans are motivated by two large and powerful groups: the Evangelical Christian movement, which believes that the Jews must return to the Holy Land in order for Christ to return (and either kill or convert the Jews), and the extremely powerful Jewish Lobby in the form of AIPAC, who are…
The Democratic “Civil War” Has a Lot to Do with Actual War
The struggle is about whether to be the Party of War or the Party of Peace Wednesday night, 27 July 2016: At the Democratic National Convention, Leon Panetta, longtime Democrat who served as Director of the CIA as well as Secretary of Defense, takes the stage to deliver a rousing…
Yes, There is a Civil War Within the Democratic Party — it’s Just Not What You Think
The popular narrative about the Democratic Divide is all wrong and it’s important that we realise the truth — before it is too late. The Mainstream Media, aided by the political pundit class, is pushing a narrative these days that claims the Democrats are being “pushed to the Left.” In this scenario, the…
“Blue Dogs” Have Destroyed the Democratic Party and They Need to Go. NOW!
The Democratic Party can no longer afford to be held hostage by a conservative group of greedy DINOs. You may have heard of the Blue Dog Democrats, those shadowy spectres of conservatism who haunt the halls of Congress, pushing Democratic policy positions ever rightward and demanding all the while that their…
For Democrats, the Russian Investigation Is More About Politics than Patriotism
After a year of #RussiaGate, the Democrats have both their base and the entire country right where they want them. It started out with a clear and forceful assertion: Vladimir Putin personally directed a cyber attack against the Democrats in order to damage Hillary Clinton and swing the 2016 election to…
Tr🍩ll Smear #14 [UPDATED]: “Russian Trolls Helped Bernie; Bernie is a Russian Stooge, a Putin Plant, a Kremlin Puppet, etc.”
I suppose it was only a matter of time before the “Russia-Gate” hoax spread to Bernie Sanders. Apparently Putin was not just working overtime to get Trump elected, he was already hard at work in 2015 sending out his flying monkey trolls to support Bernie Sanders. Sigh. The Russia-related attacks…
This is Neoliberalism, Part III: How We Build Empire
When your only chance at social and economic mobility lies in killing people or possibly being killed yourself. Anyone who remembers the Iraq War of 2003 remembers Jessica Lynch, the first “American hero” of that conflict. Her convoy had been ambushed behind enemy lines and she was the last soldier…
This is Neoliberalism, Part II: Alienation and Mass Sociopathy by Design
Human evolution taught us to work with each other. Neoliberalism teaches us to compete with each other. In Part I of this series, in which I listed the 10 Tenets of Neoliberalism, I stated the following as the third tenet: 3. Because the Market is an impartial and efficient distributor of…
Troll Smear Nr. 15: “Bernie and Jane are Corrupt”
The screwy accusation of “bank fraud” started by right wing smear merchants and now pushed by anti-Bernie Democrats. This smear has two iterations: 1) Jane Sanders committed bank fraud to obtain a loan for her employer, Burlington College, based on false income projections from donors. 2) Bernie Sanders worked with…
The Troll Smears Against Bernie Must Be Stopped — Here’s How to Do It
A rapid response guide to 18 classic anti-Bernie smears Roy Delfino is typical of the critics of Bernie Sanders, and his baseless propaganda and misshapen worldview embodies everything that is wrong with the current Democratic Party. Normally, I would not pay Roy Delfino much attention at all, because he appears…