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Diaries

Clinton Camp HEAVILY invested in lies about Jill Stein

The Narrative is: "Jill Stein Is an Anti-Vaccine Advocate".

It's a lie. Snopes Confirms it.

Isn't stopping the Hillary crowd from publishing NEW articles and claiming that since the Snopes article was published before them, the data is now irrelevant. Somehow, the very fact that Stein Doesn't Trust the FDA is "Fear-mongering" and "Pandering to the Conspiracy Crowd".

My Demexit Diary aka The Scream

The very first presidential election I was old enough to vote in was 1972 and my first vote as a Registered Democrat went to Shirley Chisholm. I have never regretted my vote for her or for George McGovern later that year. I came into the party a FDR, Bleeding Heart Liberal (minds gotta think, mouths gotta speak and hearts gotta bleed) Democrat.

Amici

Washington is leading a coalition of 12 states and the District of Columbia opposing the states that have asked for a federal injunction against the guidelines which prevent employers and schools from discriminating against transgender people in bathroom access.

The states which are signatories to the amicus curiae filing by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and Vermont.

Turkish referendum on death penalty likely

From the Frankfurter Allgemeine

F.A.Z. exklusiv
Türkische Regierung erwägt Referendum über Todesstrafe
In einem Interview mit der "Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung" hat der türkische Außenminister Mevlüt Cavusoglu über die Möglichkeit einer Rückkehr zur Todesstrafe in seinem Land gesprochen. Ein Referendum könnte entscheiden.

Turkish government considers holding a referendum on the restoration of the death penalty.

8 reasons for the left to continue working within the Democratic party

No surprise, I’m deeply disappointed Bernie did not win the nomination. I’m also disappointed by the convention which in some ways overtly sidelined the left to appeal to “moderate Republicans”. Tacking to the center is a quite standard strategy when primaries are over. Hillary would not be the first or the last candidate to do it. Back in March, I said it may not be the best strategy for this cycle, since Trump jumps about all over the place on the ideological spectrum. I haven’t seen anything yet that changes my views on the matter.

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