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A Primary In Review: Was the Democratic Primary Rigged?

Submitted by sandernista on Fri, 08/26/2016 - 4:14pm

Throughout the Democratic primary, many raised doubts as to the impartiality of the process. These doubts stemmed primarily from grievances regarding systemic issues like superdelegates and closed primaries as well as concerns surrounding the Party Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who had co-chaired Clinton’s primary run in 2008. The media’s seemingly slanted coverage only added to suspicions.

Stein--Two New States and Two New States

Submitted by apenultimate on Fri, 08/26/2016 - 4:10pm

Yet another daily update on the Jill Stein and the Green Party front!

Today, Stein gained ballot access in two additional states--Idaho (4 electoral votes) and Alabama (9 electoral votes). These additional 13 votes bring her total electoral vote ballot potential count up to 438 as she now has direct ballot access in 37 states plus Washington D.C.

Crickets on the Supreme Court...

Submitted by Szaephod on Fri, 08/26/2016 - 1:50pm

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Hey, I'm kinda curious… there have been a couple of essays, and a few comments - one or two by me - that received little or no comment. Jus' crickets.

The gist of it is this: why can't an enterprising group (read 'class') - say, like c99p - sue the DNC and one or more states, , for defrauding the set-up for the election we're about to enter?

The Hierarchy of Lies and Modern Politics

Submitted by k9disc on Fri, 08/26/2016 - 6:28am

I had a major epiphany while reading a recent piece by George Lakoff about the sophisticated message coming from Donald Trump.

I really loved the piece, and while I can't quite buy the main idea "Trump is a maestro of human emotion", preferring some kind of idiot savant explanation, this idea jumped out at me:

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