2020 Democratic presidential primary

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

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

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, July 1, 2019 7:52 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://news.clickhole.com/shocking-the-average-female-ceo-only-makes-258-times-w-1825122315?_gl=1*148dnxz*_ga*YW1wLWhRRjQ2Y0tUMUVGcVNkSmp2Z2paYlBDTUVCVkFCSklXMEtVNnN0d3R2YXVmZ1VGNEg5VjNaTlpFN18zdlg0cEc.

"electable" is just "my favorite" in a lot of people's minds, but not everyone, so things like this are significant

Here’s another important finding: BIG shifts in who Democratic voters think is electable.

Biden drops from 70% to 57%
Warren jumps from 40% to 51%
Harris jumps from 39% to 49%https://t.co/b2VboAHnr0 pic.twitter.com/u8D1Z21hMy

— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) July 1, 2019

what exactly is supposed to be offensive about that tweet from warren? xxpost

Presumably it's the new version of the Donald the Dove vs Hillary the Hawk narrative

just her repeating conventional DoD-funding 'wisdom'

yeah, Donald the Dove, kma

But that's the point though, right? Warren is the real warmonger.

It is offensive that the US government does more than occasionally smile and nod to NK in a distractedly friendly fashion, as they pass one another wordlessly in the hallway.

Morbs shares Perrin’s viewpoint that any Democrat who mentions “US security” and “our allies” is just another Forever Wars advocate

To be fair, we as a nation are still fully committed to the Forever Wars but I don’t see that changing until we either bring back the draft or run out of money, whichever comes first

Alternatively you could imagine a timeline in which China, Russia, Iran and North Korea all decide it’s more fun to play along than to consistently fuck with the unipolar status quo, to which I say lol

lol Beto (that poll).

can't stand these liberal warmongers always going on about evil monstrous shit like "diplomacy"

It’s just a code word for CIA black bag stuff man don’t you even read the web

say "diplomacy," do kabooming kids w/ drones

That was definitely Obama’s policy against the DPRK during his administration, yes I remember that clearly

xp How many North Korean kids have been killed by US drones so far this century?

That's a direct quote from Warren's platform, right?

xp

"human rights" from prospective presidents always makes me larf, sorta like "I'll say she is"

also I hope you war-librul patriots get to vote for the worst Dem possible

ie whoever gets the nomination