2020 Democratic presidential primary

are those all the folks who have officially declared?

btw the local barnes and noble, which as with most barnes and noble locations, has partnered w/ starbucks, was advertising some kind of simulcast meeting/talk with/by Schultz. surely that's violating some campaign finance laws, if he is actually running (even if he hasn't formally declared). i mean, a corporation that's partnered w/ his own business is effectively giving him free, extended nationwide advertising. i'd call that a contribution in kind.

fuck this country. but fuck howard schultz especially.

imagine if jeff bezos was running for prez and amazon offered some kind of bezos livestream with purchase of prime.

it's easy if you try

Among Democrats/likely Democrats it goes Biden-Bernie-Harris-Warren which I'm guessing is pretty much the order of name recognition at this point.

you think harris has better name recognition than warren? that would be surprising if so.

Right-wing outlets have been gleeful today about Harris supposedly lying about...what music she listened to while smoking weed as a young woman. But as @AsteadWesley notes, these outlets omitted a key part of the exchange. It's not at all clear she was dishonest. (Weird thread!)

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 12, 2019

xp warren has barely outside the margin of error better name recognition than harris according to the poll simon posted

"It's not at all clear she was dishonest" might not be the best line to run with.

yes, go with mine instead

Well the thread makes it clear the framing has been dishonest since she was asked two desperate questions. “She’s lying about the music she listened to” may be a worse thing to run with/share in the “being extremely part of the problem” sense.

Right-wing outlets have been gleeful today about Harris supposedly lying about...what music she listened to while smoking weed as a young woman.

I'm not expecting those gleeful right wing outlets to make any retractions or extend their apologies to Harris for getting the story wrong and calling her a liar.

It doesn’t matter if it gets corrected by the right wing. People outside they sphere are too eager to fall for the “Hillary lied about hot sauce” thing again

Well the thread makes it clear the framing has been dishonest since she was asked two desperate questions

I think my use of "different question" is probably clearer tbh

wow fucking inspiring stuff here

Amy Klobuchar on Fox: "The green new deal? I see it as – by the way, I see it as aspirational. I see it as a jump start. So, I would vote yes, but I would also, if it got down to the nitty-gritty of an actual legislation... that would be different for me."

— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) February 13, 2019

Aaaand I’ve shifted from neutral to anti

Same

It’s just the planet guys, chill

Amy Klochubar's vision for America under her leadership: aspirations patted on the head, then kicked to the curb; maximum grit for everyone!

“Better things aren’t possible”

not really bothered by that statement tbh

she's not even canny to bluff on this through the primaries?

This Twitter thread is interesting. Does it help Harris? (Maybe.) Booker? (Probably not.)

This really is an important milestone in American history, and a long time coming.

Let me explain.https://t.co/tJG8a6vQq0

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 14, 2019

I am thrilled to endorse @kamalaharris for our next President of these United States. She has dedicated her life to the pursuit of equality, fairness, and dignity for all. I know Kamala will be a president truly of the people, by the people, and for the people. pic.twitter.com/HSPjr5N0Yo

— Barbara Lee (@BLeeForCongress) February 15, 2019

For the hell of it I scrolled down through the first 60 or so comments. Twitter is a complete dumpster fire.

My favorite are the people who are like “it’s practically a coronation!”

I hate the hot sauce thing like I hate the beer thing like I hate the Snoop thing. Such mainstream shit that got put into a weird niche category of cool/otherness in which you may be allowed to like candidates.

^^^None of these things are representative of anything other than "you are not a Ben Stein-like caricature."

Also I mean she talked about carrying hot sauce around for 20 some years so it’s all stuff that gets spread by people who don’t care whether it’s true or not and that seems bad.

the hot sauce thing has always pissed me off.

I agree w your larger point though about stuff of that nature. It’s annoying

Andrew Yang getting a little more media attention now - wonder if he would make a good running mate for Warren/Bernie

dunno if we've talked about this but it looks like holder might actually run?

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/12/677956774/former-attorney-general-eric-holder-close-to-2020-decision-as-he-heads-to-iowa

lol

Holder and Booker looked at Obama's two terms and said to themselves, what's he got that I ain't got?

seems like a solid leader on voting rights

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Liked by Ilhan Omar

@TuckerCarlson⁩ offers a devastating critique interventionism and shows how much of the foreign policy establishment has failed the American people. There is an emerging, left right coalition of common sense for a foreign policy of restraint.

Tucker Carlson doesn’t represent a district full of DOD contractors

I hate everything pic.twitter.com/zdJYGcIq1C

— Kamala Harris is a Cop (@BethLynch2020) February 15, 2019

I can't help but feel we have the politics we deserve. Also twitter is horrid.

why must you vex me?

TRUMP PUTS KETCHUP ON STEAK.

It’s important to know the full extent people like that are deeply unwell right now

it's actually interesting the physiological reasons that some people prefer high acid foods or obtain pleasure from the burn of spice/capsaisin.

weirdly the only place i regularly encountered texas peter's was in north carolina.

er, texas pete's i guess. although maybe if i'm not too familiar w/ him he prefers "peter."

probably because it's more vinegary than spicy/NC BBQ?

The public bashing of the first serious black female presidential candidate by the armchair online socialists is going to be something huh?

alexandra petri had her satirel column "How To Eat Food and Remain Electable" yesterday?

The public bashing of the first serious black female presidential candidate by the armchair online socialists is going to be something huh?

― Van Horn Street, Friday, February 15, 2019 11:55 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hell is other people IIRC.

Socialists publicly bash all presidential candidates, then hold their noses and vote for the Dem. A tale as old as time.