Archives for General News
February 2020
Saturday, February 29:
Superdelegate Pushing Convention Effort to Stop Sanders Is Health Care Lobbyist (1 comments)
Krystal Ball on The Hill is The Most Brilliant Political Commentator in The USA; She Should be in Bernie's Cabinet! (5 comments)
California Spent $300 Million for WHAT?! (9 comments)
A Bellicose Loneliness of Erdogan (1 comments)
Major immigration advocacy group endorses Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders
Trump's Job Approval Drops 9% in One Day
South Carolina Closing Poll Stations Without Notice; Biggest County Greenville closing 52 precincts.
Bloomberg Has Hired Vice Chairs of Texas and California Democratic Parties (3 comments)
Several Key Ann Arbor Michigan Politicos Explain Their Reasons for Supporting Bernie
Vaccine for Corona Virus (6 comments)
Friday, February 28:
Illinois Seeing Strong Intercultural Support for Bernie Sanders: This is a Detailed Analysis
A Wisconsin Victory against Blatant GOP Voter Suppression
There's no vaccine for this diseased and dangerous presidency (1 comments)
Stealing California from Bernie -- again? - Greg Palast
No Privatization of our Public Schools! says Rep. DeLauro to Secretary DeVos-at Budge Hearing (1 comments)
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Smacks Abu-Jamal Again (2 comments)
Bundestag called to suspend Defender-Europe 20
Sanders Blasts Trump's Choice of 'Pray on It' Pence to Oversee Coronavirus Response (2 comments)
Editorial: Bernie for president: Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Massachusetts (1 comments)
Just what is it about Bernie Sanders that young voters love? LA Times Political Analysis
Thursday, February 27:
Bangor Maine Paper Endorses Klobuchar, Rips Bernie, but Not Too Badly
Why Billionaires Have No Right to Their Wealth - by Vince Taylor: (1 comments)
Democratic Establishment Looking to Block Sanders at Convention (5 comments)
Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, Contemplating an Unfounding Father
Chad Won't Leave Votes Hanging in Broward County Florida (6 comments)
An Appeal to Mr. Narendra Modi
Wednesday, February 26:
A progressive movement sweeping through counties Trump won in Pennsylvania could help Bernie Sanders win (1 comments)
Ominous Warnings About The Very Rapid Spread Of The Coronavirus (5 comments)
Election Chief Agrees to Cooperate with Citizen Audit Group (1 comments)
Sotomayor says the Supreme Court puts "a thumb on the scale" for Trump
How to respond to "Bernie Sanders hasn't really done anything" (4 comments)
From almost purple back to red: Has Utah warmed to Donald Trump?
In South Carolina, Buttigieg Faces Black Voters Wary of Candidate Who is Gay
Coronavirus is in Italy, Latvia is next
Philadelphia City Councilmember Helen Gym has endorsed Bernie Sanders
A Trump Sentence Commutation That Most People Missed (6 comments)
Trump is a winner; Modi is a loser !
New England United Auto Workers Join Parade of Local Unions Endorsing Bernie Sanders
Clinton Will Endorse Sanders If He Wins the Nomination (1 comments)
Democratic Debate "Bought" Audience was Pro-Bloomberg (4 comments)
Democratic Debate Recap: Biden Fought, Sanders Took The Heat : NPR (1 comments)
Key Witness in Weinstein Trial, Dr. Barbara Ziv, Hit by Car
Ivanka Trump's latest Dubai trip proves misogyny has powerful Western enablers (1 comments)
Tuesday, February 25:
Hacking Is the New Cold War - OneZero (1 comments)
Veterans coalition condemns Trump's continued attacks on Army officer who testified against him
DEMAND CHARTER TRANSPARENCY: Charter Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency (COAT) Act--"commonsense legislation (1 comments)
The Kids are All Right (4 comments)
Tomgram: William Astore, Stamping Out War
Watch 'Black Lives Matter' co-founder endorse Sanders and Warren
Even Before the Nevada Landslide, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders Were Tied in South Carolina, Poll Finds
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan poll shows Sanders leading, tight general election matchups
Bernie Talks Like a Jewish Guy from Brooklyn and You Need to Get Over It (7 comments)
Monday, February 24:
Trump administration targeting 'enemy of America' Julian Assange, court told (1 comments)
Keith Ellison and Cornel West Make Bernie's Case to South Carolina's Black Voters (Mother Jones)
Nate Silver's 538 Forecasts: Bernie has the Best Chance to Win Most Delegates before Convention
Charleston SC ABC News: "Unstoppable? Bernie Sanders heads into South Carolina stronger than ever"
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, When Reality Sneaks Through
Sunday, February 23:
Anti-Sanders Campaign Group, Big Tent, Targets 215,000 Black South Carolina Voters
Buttigieg entered the Navy as a Lieutenant from Day One with no training -brassballs.blog
Marianne Williamson endorses Bernie Sanders in Austin
Digital Edits, a Paid Army: Bloomberg Is 'Destroying Norms' on Social Media - The New York Times
Julian Assange: What's at stake if U.S. prosecutes WikiLeaks founder (1 comments)
Dream Defenders at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Endorse Bernie Sanders
CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper Loses It, Curses In Anger During Rod Blagojevich Interview (6 comments)
Saturday, February 22:
Bernie Sanders scores decisive win in Nevada caucuses
Footnotes in History:The 3 Other B's (Biden, Buttigieg and Bloomberg) take shots at Nevada Landslide Winner Sanders (7 comments)
Buttigieg hits Sanders, Medicare for All in two South Carolina ads about "Progress Not Polarization" (?) (1 comments)
Bloomberg Money Manager Steven Rattner Uses Media Appearance to Attack His Boss's Rivals
When Bloomberg News's Reporting on China Was Challenged, Bloomberg Tried to Ruin Me for Speaking Out (1 comments)
Gideon Levy: Israeli Soldier Kills Palestinian Cop at His Own Station. No Explanation Is Offered
'A Travesty and a Disgrace': Trump Quietly Issues Memo That Could Abolish Union Rights for 750,000 Federal Workers (1 comments)
Nevada Democratic Party asks caucus volunteers to sign confidentiality agreements
Fake News From "The Daily Beast" on Julian Assange & Russiagate
Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle endorse Klobuchar (Seattle Times Endorsed Bernie in 2016) (3 comments)
Humor: Old Clothes in Your Closet? They Will Come Back in Style (5 comments)
Friday, February 21:
After Eviscerating Bloomberg, Warren lands a blow Against Vegas billionaire Adelson in his own Review-Journal (2 comments)
Washington prepares Europe for war
538 Political Forecast: Sanders the favorite to win 11 out of 14 Super Tuesday states (1 comments)
Stephen Miller's uncle had the perfect wedding gift for his nephew
Bloomberg quietly plotting brokered convention strategy (3 comments)
Thursday, February 20:
MSNBC's Anti-Sanders Bias Was on Display in Nevada, But It Hasn't Hurt Him
Tomgram: Danny Sjursen, Why No Retired Generals Oppose America's Forever Wars
MEET THE PRESS: Democrats who don't want Sanders will have to sort out a muddle in the middle
Rep. Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia endorses Bernie Sanders, will rally Latino voters in Nevada (1 comments)
Sanders holds strong as Bloomberg burns in Nevada debate
In South Carolina, Sanders could get a boost from billionaire Steyer (1 comments)
Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid says 'not a chance in hell' Medicare for All would pass (7 comments)
Ahead of South Carolina Vote, Joe Biden Faces Questions Over Claims of Civil Rights Activism
Trump Offered Assange Pardon if He Covered Up Russian Hack, WikiLeaks Founder's Lawyer Claims (6 comments)
Wednesday, February 19:
Court Rules Florida Law Limiting Voting Rights of Poor Ex-cons Unconstitutional
Illinois Republican Delegation Excoriates Trump for Commuting Blagojevich's Prison Sentence
Sanders tells New York Times he would consider a preemptive strike against Iran or North Korea (1 comments)
Neil Young's Letter calls Trump a 'disgrace,' backs Bernie for president
The Junk Bond King is Free, granted Full Presidential Pardon. What did Michael Milken Actually do?
Michael Bloomberg's education 'reforms' would be a disaster for public schools; by Dr Heather Gautney & Eric Blanc (1 comments)
Florida: Charter Drain Causing School Closures in Broward County; by Diane Ravitch
The Planned Demolition of Public Education in America;by Diane Ravitch (2 comments)
National Debt Increased by $3 Trillion in 3 Years
The Manchurian Candidate (4 comments)
Tuesday, February 18:
Hope You Had a Happy Final Presidents' Day
The Latest TV Awareness Ad? Tardive Dyskinesia (3 comments)
U.S. Judges Call Emergency Meeting Over Fears About William Barr And Trump (1 comments)
Mijente, Major Latino group, backs Sanders just before Nevada caucus, their first Presidential endorsement (3 comments)
Levels of stress and worry in USA are increasing (1 comments)
WATCH: With 'First Jewish President' Ad, Sanders Shifts the Debate
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Torture's Legacy of Impunity
Monday, February 17:
Mike Bloomberg Exploited Prison Labor to Make 2020 Presidential Campaign Phone Calls (1 comments)
'A complete disaster': Fears grow over potential Nevada caucus malfunction - POLITICO
Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to combat climate change (2 comments)
An Army is coming (1 comments)
University of California's Largest Union Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
Houston Chronicle snubs Biden for lack of 'fresh vision' and endorses Klobuchar instead (2 comments)
Lithuania: to serve or not to serve in the army (2 comments)
Euroleaks: Why release? And why now? - by Yanis Varoufakis
Sunday, February 16:
Sanders Beats Trump in National Polls
Sanders Leads in Latest Nevada Poll 25% vs. Biden 18%
Lawmaker proposes bill requiring men to have vasectomies
Will Bernie Sanders Destroy the Economy? (3 comments)
Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press for Barr to Step Down (1 comments)
Ukrainian President Zelensky rejects Trump's claim in CNN interview with Christiane Amanpour (3 comments)
American Israel Public Affairs Committee Airing Bernie Attack Ads paid for by Mark Mellman, Buttigieg Supporter (1 comments)
Watch the Crowds (2 comments)
Bloomberg Is Emerging as Corporate Media's Preferred Opposition to Sanders
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows Sanders's strength going head-to-head with rivals
Is Iran really the No. 1 sponsor of terrorism? There's another contender closer to home (2 comments)
Saturday, February 15:
Polls show Bernie Sanders is beating every other candidate in Nevada (2 comments)
'Grotesque Corruption': Emily's List, Center for American Progress Sold Out to Michael Bloomberg
How corporations are forcing their way into America's public schools; By Jeff Bryant
Friday, February 14:
US Congresswoman Betty McCollum Blasts the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Calling AIPAC a Hate Group (6 comments)
Is the Democratic Party Dumber Than Trump? by Emily Jane Fox and Nick Bilton at Vanity Fair (2 comments)
NORTH CAROLINA Biden keeps sliding in new North Carolina poll as Sanders edges toward lead
Bernie leaps to 1st among Texas Democrats in latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll
NJ Democrats are splintered over who gets their support and nervous about Bernie
Relax, Democrats: Primaries Working the Way They Should (4 comments)
What did we tell you? Documents Reveal DNC 'Intimately Involved' with Nevada Dem. Party In Developing Iowa Caucus App (8 comments)
Mike Bloomberg Is Paying Influencers to Post Fake Messages to Make Him Look Cool
Nevada Culinary Union lays into Sanders supporters after health care backlash (2 comments)
Why did the[NH} primary go smoothly with record turnout? Low tech is good tech
Thursday, February 13:
Tomgram: Engelhardt, War Addicts, Inc.
L.A. County DA has 66,000 Marijuana Convictions Dismissed (1 comments)
Switzerland Abandons 5G after People get Sick (1 comments)
Common Defense Veterans Group Issues Joint Endorsement Of Warren, Sanders: Ending "Forever War"
Wednesday, February 12:
Sanders can unify Democrats and beat Trump in 2020
Trump says military may consider disciplinary action against Vindman - POLITICO (2 comments)
Bernie Sanders is now the front-runner. And moderates may be too divided to stop him.
Tuesday, February 11:
Media's 'Cynical' Coverage of Sanders Pushes NH Voter to Vote for Him
Bernie Sanders is 2020 frontrunner
Biden's SC Firewall: Chris Cillizza Interviews Schuyler Kropf, Political Editor, Charleston Post and Courier (1 comments)
Sanders, Warren Get Top Marks in Environmental Voter Guide
Bernie Steps up Super-Tuesday Primary Campaign in Texas, Expounding on Texas GOP (3 comments)
The Money Behind Trump's Money: The inside story of the president and Deutsche Bank, his lender of last resort. (3 comments)
What does History Tell Us About the New Hampshire Primary?
The Long Shadow Documentary will Air in almost 70% of the US on PBS Stations! Please Watch by Monday February 18th. (3 comments)
San Francisco Bay Guardian Endorses Bernie for President: "The 2020 Election will be About Turnout" (1 comments)
Interview with Charlotte Laws, a Warrior against Revenge Porn
Tomgram: William Hartung, Are Military-Funded Jobs a Key to Election 2020?
Native burial sites blown up for US border wall
Team Bernie Blasts Chuck Todd for Segment Likening Supporters to 'Brown Shirts' (1 comments)
Monday, February 10:
World War III's Newest Battlefield
Voters concerned after NV Dems hire former Buttigieg campaign staffer for Voter Protection Director
Biden calls voter a 'lying dog-faced pony soldier' at New Hampshire event (6 comments)
Pete Buttigieg Staffer Physically YANKS Status Coup Cameraman Jamal Jones' Press Credentials
Executions on the National Mall? : Red-Baiting of Bernie Sanders has Started and is Already Becoming Laughable (5 comments)
Laurie Dobson: Report from the front lines: Looking for Media Manipulation and Fraud in in the New Hampshire Democratic Primary (2 comments)
Sunday, February 9:
Tomgram: Michael Klare, War in the Arctic?
Never-Trump Republican Kristol asks Independent NH residents: Vote against Sanders and Progressives
Sanders brings in record crowd of 1981 at Keene State College in New Hampshire
The Trump & Sanders cults: Similar tactics, same idol worship (4 comments)
Kemp Loses Vote Purge Suit Brought by Reporter Palast (3 comments)
How national security mandarins groomed Pete Buttigieg and managed his future
The Guardian: The secret behind the Sanders campaign: people before tech
Charlotte Observer: The Carolinas could be Joe Biden's firewall, but cracks have started to emerge
NJ Dems Grimly Watching Biden's Dropping Numbers in NH and SC
Tom Steyer: This Billionaire Mega-Donor Gets It: The Democrats Need Bernie Sanders
Election Analyst Delves into Bernie's "Electability" (16 comments)
Saturday, February 8:
This is NOT the way to get Bernie Elected: Subset of Supporters Using Hostile Tactics to Drown Out Critics (8 comments)
Trump Fires EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland After Impeachment Acquittal
Friday, February 7:
The Dangerous Case of Espinoza v. Montana, Now Before the US Supreme Court: National Education Policy Center: (2 comments)
'Preach it, sister!' Why the Trump base loves Betsy DeVos - POLITICO (2 comments)
In State of the Union, Trump makes clear his aversion to public schools - Valerie Strauss (1 comments)
A New Bernie Endorsement from Illinois Group, One People's Campaign
Don't Let Corporate Media or DNC Fool You - Sanders Scored a Big Win in Iowa
The U.S. conquers new territories in Europe (1 comments)
Chairman Mao and Coronavirus: A Step Back in Time to Silencing by Rigid Ideology: David Leonhardt
Sanders Wins as the Democratic Party Leadership Has Done the Impossible, Disgracing Itself! (5 comments)
Yovanovitch blasts Trump for 'making the public question the truth' (3 comments)
Thursday, February 6:
Embittered Failed Nominee and Establishment Figurehead Clinton Again Lashes Out at Sanders, on Ellen DeGeneres Show (4 comments)
Buttigieg falsely accuses Sanders of "accepting dark money" from the Sunrise Movement!!! (10 comments)
Democrats Mistakenly Award Iowa Delegates for Bernie Sanders to Deval Patrick
Bernie Sanders Gets 6000 More Votes, Declares Victory in Iowa Caucus
Tomgram: Andrea Mazzarino, Living in a World of Trauma
The Wrenching Truth About Mitt Romney's Impeachment-Trial Vote Is That It Doesn't Matter (1 comments)
Voter Suppression Helps Florida GOP Maintain Power, Abrams Says
Trayvon Martin is not Here to Celebrate His 25th, but the World Can Celebrate the Life He Lived
Sanders scores 2 major California teachers' union endorsements (Oakland and Richmond)
Liberals praise Romney 'courage' for voting to impeach Trump as conservatives slam him
"Slaying Goliath: The Education Reform Movement Has Failed America"; "by Diane Ravitch. (5 comments)
Bloomberg Surrogates Have Seats on DNC Rules Committees - Sludge
ERROR: Iowa Democratic Party issues "minor correction' to Black Hawk County results (3 comments)
Wednesday, February 5:
Youth Climate Activists Have Endorsed Bernie Sanders. Can It Tip the Scales?
Mitt Romney's Full Speech On Voting To Convict And Remove Donald Trump (1 comments)
The DNC Cheats, and There's an App for That, Thanks to the Sanders Campaign (13 comments)
Trump: The President Without Character; Schiff's final speech (1 comments)
Sanders is Actually Leading in the Popular Vote Count in Iowa (1 comments)
The Baltic States are Target Number One
Teachers, Farmers, Veterans, and Grassroot Leaders: Sanders Campaign Unveils Yuuge Slate of California Endorsements (3 comments)
Campaign's on to deny Sanders the Dem nomination: The Iowa Caucus is Corrupt and the Whole Process Stinks to Hell (26 comments)
Tuesday, February 4:
Donald Trump's jokes about defying election results could create chaos. (1 comments)
2020 Iowa caucuses app Shadow debacle: end computerized elections. (2 comments)
Facebook Shakes Initial Version Of Aleksandr Kogan's Defamation Suit
Idlib Residents Welcome Syrian Arab Army
Tech firm started by Clinton campaign veterans is linked to Iowa caucus debacle
The Creation Myth of the Buttigieg Campaign - LA Progressive (1 comments)
Tomgram: William Astore, The Self-Defeating Military
She May Just Be a Republican, But Man This is Good! (2 comments)
After Epic 'Nightmare' in Iowa, Dem App Built by Secretive Firm Comes Under Scrutiny (1 comments)
Amid Iowa Results Debacle, Sanders Campaign Releases Data, Signals Victory (2 comments)
Uof I Expert Says Coronavirus is a Bioweapon (4 comments)
Monday, February 3:
New South Carolina poll is a disaster for Joe Biden (1 comments)
Hillary Clinton's old campaign manager, Robby Mook, is now the biggest villain of the Iowa caucus (20 comments)
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (6 comments)
Police handcuffed teenage boy after seizure in fast food restaurant in California, according to mom
Ignoring Ratification, DOJ Circumvents Equal Rights Amendment
Trump's Impeachment and the Degrading of Presidential Accountability; By Amy Davidson Sorkin (1 comments)
Joni Ernst Warns GOP Could Weaponize Impeachment 'Immediately' If Democrat Wins White House;Common Dreams (1 comments)
Klobuchar Asked to End Campaign Due to Questions about Teen Myon Burrell, Erroneously Jailed for Life (2 comments)
Tomgram: Rajan Menon, No Trump Towers for Poor Kids
Trump Trashes Sanders as "Communist" During Superbowl Interview with Hannity, Calls Warren a "Fairy Tale" (3 comments)
Barbara Smith, Who Helped Coin the Term 'Identity Politics,' Endorses Bernie Sanders
The Simple Reason Trump Does What He Does: Because he can; by David Leonhardt (2 comments)
A Dishonorable Senate abdicated their duty by refusing to seek the truth. (2 comments)
Sunday, February 2:
It's Official: US is a "Flawed Democracy" (3 comments)
Suicide Epidemic in the US (2 comments)
Yes, These Drugs Are in US Meat (3 comments)
Trump admin reveals existence of emails about Ukraine aid freeze, including President's role
Saturday, February 1:
Corporate Media Are the Real 'Sanders Attack Machine'
The Major Pre-Iowa Caucus Poll Delayed Because of "Mishap" (1 comments)
Major union flips support from Sanders:"We won't say anything bad about Sanders, but this is about beating Trump" (13 comments)
Bernie Sanders Endorsed By Muslim Group and by Iowa's Sole Muslim State Lawmaker