The Great Lady herself - that is, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton - deigned to address the subject of potential third party voting yesterday in an impromptu exchange with reporters on her campaign airplane.
I was reading an Article in Slate and that sort of simplistic cover all title really annoys me.
Jimmy Dore and his guests debate this age old conundrum. The first 3 minutes lays out Jimmy's argument for voting Green and why voting Lesser Evils is simply shooting yourself in the foot. But the subsequent debate with one of his "Lesser Evil" guests is quite good as well. Those of you still thinking you need to vote for Hillary to save us all from Trump, you might want to watch this video. Jimmy really whacks the Neoliberal Dems for what they have done under Bill Clinton and Obama. And why Hillary has already proven that she will be as bad, but more likely worse than Trump.
First a blockade:
According to the independent journalism outfit Unicorn Riot, which has been reporting live on the Dakota Access protest from the camps, after praying at the second site, "a large amount of police vehicles arrived and blockaded the only exit on the public road leading to the DAPL work site."
Then a seriously militarized police raid:
Unicorn Riot continued:
Ah yes, Vox... that institution of journalistic excellence we've all come to know and love. Well, it would appear that Vox doesn't like the notion that there is systemic corruption in DC.
(I'm late getting this up. Sorry but the last couple of days have been frantic.)
Welcome to Thursday Coffee Hour. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a spell and let us know what is new with you. With the weather changing it becomes soup season in my house. I have so many different recipes for soup I thought I'd post this in two parts. More Soups will be coming up during Sunday All Day Brunch.
The General Accounting Office, the government’s non-partisan watchdog agency, issued a ruling today holding that the Obama administration’s diversion of billions of dollars from the United States Treasury to insurers selling individual policies on the ACA Exchanges was illegal.
h/t mouselander
Bruce Springsteen did not insult Donald Trump on Twitter, then sign off with the pro-Clinton hashtag #ImWithHer.
CLAIM: Bruce Springsteen called Donald Trump an "asshole" on Twitter, signing off with the pro-Clinton hashtag #ImWithHer.
