2020 Democratic presidential primary

Warren knows what’s up. That announcement speech shouldn’t surprise anyone.

The popular impression of her is stupid. She is a formidable enemt of the GOP, corrupt business interests, and everythinn that makes America a hellhole.

I'm only slightly surprised at how tough some of the language is. (there is of course the usual "small business" pandering but wtv)

I mean, she isn’t a marxist. But in this phase of history the big challenge is dismantling the robber baron ethos we’ve allowed to take over every single one of our institutions like a weed. She might even be the best person to take that on—speaking dialectically, sb me if you want—because with her what always stands out is how our society has failed to live up to its own standard.

not saying this is *why* she's doing it necessarily but the aggressive positioning will make it a little tougher for Sanders to stand out this time around unless he can make a simple, persuasive case as to what makes his solution set and record compellingly different (I would think, anyway)

Pretty much anyone can get on board with her critique if american capitalism.

xpost I am ok with normal dress codes. Otherwise adults wear some freaky shit to corporate offices. It only takes one to ruin it for everyone.

I’d probably rather have bernie, still, but i think a warren presidency could be the start of some seriously positive changes in america too

None of the other candidates seem like they get it the way she and bernie and people like aoc do

It’s more than just this or that policy—it’s an understanding of how things work structurally, who the enemies are

at this point my only real preferences for Bernie over Warren are 1) I'm worried about her instincts when it comes to attack deflection and 2) Sanders has made breaking up massive tech companies and banks a repeated priority which, if Warren has as well, then I've missed it. I also like that he's pretty much had the same principles more or less forever but that's not really important as a selling point, just nifty and unusual.

It’s more than just this or that policy—it’s an understanding of how things work structurally, who the enemies are

Idk abour tech companies but i am fairly certain warren wants to break up the banks

If Warren can deliver that speech several hundred more times in the next year and that message be heard by enough voters, she stands a good chance of pulling the whole party with her and overcoming the smears and FUD that will be thrown at her by the right.

I think she can. In the senate she stays on message. I think ppl counted her out too soon.

If anything we should be glad the fucking DNA fracas happened so early

since we were talking about what "progressive prosecutor" could mean earlier itt, I found this piece on Krasner's office and their struggles balancing perception and action re: the Abu-Jamal case worth a read

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/09/larry-krasner-mumia-abu-jamal/

Warren's emphasis on banning foreign governments from lobbying in Washington is, and always has been, the correct response to Russiagate and the other big Trump scandals.

— David Klion (@DavidKlion) February 9, 2019

now confirmed by a couple of ppl who would know.... the idea of Amy Kloubacher making a staffer shave her legs while she berates them is just fucking my mind up

Definitely uncool

so while she's berating the staff member the staff member is shaving her legs?

yes apparently this has been one of the great insider stories in MN DFL circles, I guess it was a known thing

...huh

I dont think we need more senators as candidates

There is already a good mix of these

Elizabeth Warren: "Some rich guys scream 'CLASS WARFARE!' But let me tell you something, these same rich guys have been waging class warfare against hard-working people for decades. I say it's time to fight back." pic.twitter.com/6TCIIFxs63

— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) February 9, 2019

I am so confused about this leg shaving story.

People are kink shaming klobuchar.

It was a sex thing? I can't even figure out what is going on with it. It's so stupidly ridiculous it sounds like what an incel thinks 'ladybosses' make subordinates do.

Really, i think she made her female employees shave their legs if they weren’t going to wear pantyhose.

I thought m@tt was joking? is this serious?

I don’t think she made men shave their legs—theyre usually wearing pants i’d imagine. I dont know minnesota though

the story sounds like BS btw

i dunno the ppl posting about it were 3 DFL ppl and one current city council member (and some of these ppl are women who are saying this not men)

obv i cannot say if it's true or not but that is indeed what ppl who are involved in DFL politics are saying

the staff shavers are women not men (according to the story)

it's fucking bizarre but i dunno ppl who are passing it around like it was some kinda known thing, insane if true

def not the thing i expecting to see this morning

so yeah...who the fuck knows just reporting from the polar vortex here

and to be clear the story is AK made staffers shave HER legs (AK's legs) which is super fucking bizarre

godspeed

The real explanation here is very simple. Klochubar not only hates shaving her own legs, but is a very busy and important woman, so she chose to save her valuable time by having staff shave her legs in spare moments at the office rather than going to a spa or some other place where that service might be available. If she had switched to pants suits as an alternative solution, she was afraid this would damage her image among church-going, elderly, Minnesotan women.

if this happened it doesn’t seem like it should be too difficult to get someone on the record. maybe that will still happen

Not if they want to continue to work in the very small and insular world of MN DFL politics though

that is fucking weird. my hope is that story is false.

*rushes to shave own legs*

Having someone else shave your legs would be 100xs more of a hassle than the 2 minutes it takes to do it yourself.

Unless it is a mobility or ableness issue.

If it’s true, it’s obviously more of an abusive kink than a matter of convenience. If it’s false, what a heckin weird story to spread around

see you on the TRAIL

Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2019

She should scalp him.

Really tough to imagine the leg shaving story just getting dreamt up out of nowhere, though I suppose stranger things have happened

the legs shaving thing sound LBJesque

than the 2 minutes it takes to do it yourself

maybe she thought she would rush it and cut herself

in this capitol hill culture of turning underlings into life-aides (cf. scott pruitt and ryan zinke)

Nice that she's getting ahead of these, but when you gotta start off with your own Snopes page...

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