Yesterday, on Twitter and Facebook a post was making the rounds that Bernie had been "threatened" by the Clinton campaign" with losing all the concessions he achieved on the DNC platform, unless he endorsed Clinton. Here is a screenshot of the text of that post:
Good Morning 99%'ers. Today's Open Thread topic in another in the series on neo-liberalism. For those who may be interested in previous essays on this subject, here are the links to those essays.
Mahakali Overdrive (of LOF past history) was on Bernie's quickly formed conference call with delegates tonight and has "leaked" her first-hand summary as well as posting a second thread on the same topic, with extra details from another delegate on FaceBook.
I don't know much about the UK's politics, but it appears that their "Bernie" is not so willing to throw in the towel. I could be completely misunderstanding this, but it sounds to me like the MP's (super delegates?) have just been handed a defeat.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/12/jeremy-corbyn-must-be-on...
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bernie-sanders-rules-out-c...
Last chance for a progressive platform is gone.
Bernie, age 74, has clearly given up the fight. Sad.
Is an ass. She just announced Bernie no longer has secret service protection.
WHAT IS THE POINT IN DOING THAT?????
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As Tim Black says "It was never about one person."
So tune in tonight and listen to what Jill has to say. Here's an excerpt from an email I received today that will probably be touched upon in tonight's live show:
We are the last campaign standing that is running a clean-money campaign - the only one.
First we had this insult this morning:
Amid protests, panel finds that LAPD did not violate deadly force rules in shooting of black woman in South L.A.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lapd-shooting-redel-jones-20...
And more :
"Logic Volcano" is my new metaphor for a situation fraught with hazard and the danger of self-immolation for any participant who is forced by circumstances to explain seemingly illogical behavior logically.
