2020 Democratic presidential primary

Pareene modestly proposes

https://newrepublic.com/article/154389/take-marianne-williamson-seriously

"and to try to take joe biden down in the process"

don't you know it's not how hard you get hit it's how you get up or some other bullshit joe always says

tbrr I don't think being a crook or lightweight cypher disqualifies you from being a decent Vice President (see: Joe Biden)

(I also fundamentally disagree with the characterization of Booker as a "crook" considering that the business interests he has served are also part of his constituency)

loved last night how often Biden said "we" did this or accomplished that during Obama's term.

look buddy, we all watched Veep, we know you spent 97% of your time asking if Barry called and berating your subordinates.

a substantive debate on politically realistic things that could be done to improve struggling public schools.

Not going to happen during a presidential campaign.

the business interests he has served are also part of his constituency

hmmm, I'm talking about some other things, like machines and bosses

https://newrepublic.com/article/154305/booker-wrong-side-new-jersey-fight

https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2019/06/25/bookers-problem-with-new-jersey-progressives-1072617

Maybe i missed this clip being posted already but wow

Marianne Williamson's first order of business as president would be to call the Prime Minister Of New Zealand pic.twitter.com/dJHX574o8c

— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) June 28, 2019

GURLFRENDURSOAWN

joe biden continues to be a device designed to convert oxygen into saying the wrong thing

Joe Biden: "We've got to recognize that kid wearing a hoodie may very well be the next poet laureate and not a gangbanger." 😬 pic.twitter.com/67HFGjPON8

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2019

Pardon

Joe Biden: "That buck that bought a bottle could have struck the lotto."

any day now he's going to start talking about his Ronaldinho bottle opener or something

"That buck that bought a bottle could have struck the lotto."

should've been in the Nas poll

The more we joke about Marianne Williamson the more certain I am that she is going to be the next President of the United States

— Quinta Jurecic (@qjurecic) June 28, 2019

Luckily the president is stepping up with this helpful cosmic brane take on the busing question

Asked again about busing, Trump says: "It has been something that they've done for a long period of time. There aren't that many ways of getting people to schools."

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) June 29, 2019

lol

incredible

Frank Bruni hasn't written an interesting thing in 20 years. Not one thing. Even the restaurant stuff. pic.twitter.com/xJBzFzWKhY

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) June 28, 2019

Yes. It helped Harris more than it hurt Biden. Biden wasn't elegant and didn't sum up well, but he doesn't entirely need to. https://t.co/SrMCPVat9s

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) June 28, 2019

alien (1979) dir. ridley scott https://t.co/dvHOssLCm0

— Nick Usen (@nickusen) June 28, 2019

An excellent exploration of NYT reporter Sydney Ember's (@melbournecoal) use of publicists and lobbyists as “sources” in attacking Sanders, by @kthalps https://t.co/8yTF0JzweG

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) June 29, 2019

I know nobody wants political content on this account but it's 2:30am and I am awake and putting Marianne Williamson's speech to Twin Peaks music pic.twitter.com/fSjP5wzrnR

— I will meet you on that field. (@BoxrecGrey) June 28, 2019

berniebros sharing the shit out of this today...

https://medium.com/@westonpagano/a-guide-to-the-2020-democratic-candidates-you-should-not-vote-for-c1c6e4c9c26

just enough truth mixed in with super-misleading interpretations of data and/or quotes out of context etc to make my propaganda sense tingle. there are already perfectly good reasons to not vote for these particular candidates without fabricating bullshit ones.

Hey, 'Bernie bros'? I resemble that comment. But yeah not a good look in that piece there (and Bernie didn't exactly crush anyone during the debate either):

Nothing was included without a source for evidence, and unsubstantiated or sketchy claims were left out...KAMALA HARRIS would be the first female President who is also a corrupt cop.

Basically seems like they've adopted a Gish gallop strategy there overall. At least they didn't sink to smearing Warren, yet.

they claim Biden "led the fight against desegregating schools"

Bernie is more than usually unfortunate in the followers who claim him as their champion. They aren't anywhere comparable to being championed by the KKK and Neo-Nazis, so I'm not surprised he hasn't repudiated them, for very few politicians repudiate loyal followers, but some of them are very reactionary.

Biden — speaking at fundraiser hosted by Seattle gay-rights leader — suggests that mocking “a gay waiter” was seen as OK just five years ago, leading to crowd objections, per pool report. pic.twitter.com/eu02HpAlq4

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 30, 2019

The gaffes were never cute were they

the extended part of the obama meme has him going "joe. joe. joe SHUT THE FUCK UP and GO HOME I FUCKING HATE YOU"

What does being a "good VP" really mean beyond doing as little as possible

you always have to worry about if the president called

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/449af513-9306-4b4b-be29-85cb027f3caa

We should just ditch this whole primary thing and just have a small panel of Never Trump Republicans solomonically decide which Democrat would make them most comfortable.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 28, 2019

dark!

iirc the preferred word hereabouts is "trenchant."

Kamala Harris opposed a prisoner release program because it would deprive California of near-slave labor (paid 8–37¢ an hour). https://t.co/X6uceT9ESr

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) June 30, 2019

who is Doug Henwood other than being a bald white guy?

i don't give a shit about Doug Henwood but I do give a shit about Kamala's atrocious record.

that's cheap of you, Soto

(Left Business Observer)

Bald people have nothing to say about anything.

dude I have so much bullshit left to say

Can you please wear a wig while you say it?

hmmm slide into my dms we can talk

Kamala's atrocious record

Going a bit far isn't it. That one prisoner release issue was obviously a serious misstep but she claims she wasn't aware beforehand that members of her office would use that argument.

It's worth keeping in mind that the California justice system and in particular the prisons are a MASSIVE rolling clusterfuck that's been under attack by the Feds over overcrowding issues etc for decades, and Harris was the top attorney defending that system.

I'm not trying to give her a free pass but I do think we should extend the benefit of the doubt here somewhat. Personally I'd prefer to have a fair-minded prosecutor in the WH than a carnival huckster/grifter. Regarding Harris' record as DA/AG, this piece seems to give a fairly balanced overview:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/23/18184192/kamala-harris-president-campaign-criminal-justice-record

willing to listen on "fair-minded," not persuaded yet

we're really gonna keep using the 'better than Trump' angle huh

the California justice system and in particular the prisons are a MASSIVE rolling clusterfuck that's been under attack by the Feds over overcrowding issues etc for decades, and Harris was the top attorney defending that system.

so that makes her blameless? shoulda gotten a different job.

Probably should have followed the career paths of the other female black presidents

har dee har

or "Clinton was just implementing Obama's war crimes" yeah exactly

yeah, not a Warren fan on this palaver

Savage Mules, 2019 Edition https://t.co/vzfb8fMgAb

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) July 1, 2019