Voters go the polls in four states today. Democrats and Republicans will vie for delegates in Michigan and Mississippi while just Republicans are holding caucuses in Hawaii and Idaho. Up for grabs for the Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are 166 delegates and 150 for the remaining four Republicans. Republican Donald Trump and …
March 2016 archive
Mar 08 2016
Thumb on the Scale
Washington Post Ran 16 Negative Stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 Hours by Adam Johnson, Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Tuesday, March 08, 2016 In what has to be some kind of record, the Washington Post ran 16 negative stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 hours, between roughly 10:20 PM EST Sunday, March 6, …
Mar 08 2016
International Women’s Day March 8, 2016
On March 8 in 1911, International Women’s Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women’s Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. International Women’s Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day is marked on the 8th of March every year. It is a major day of global celebration …
Mar 08 2016
The Breakfast Club (Dream)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Mar 07 2016
The Daily Late Nightly Show (The Real Deal)
So I have a new subtitle. The Real Deal Texas Style The New Guy Look at these Guns Bill de Blasio Exclusive Extended Trevor’s guests this week are- Monday 3/7: Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson Tuesday 3/8: Ellen Page Wednesday 3/9: Sacha Baron Cohen Thursday 3/10: Padma Lakshmi Mr. Continuity Reparations Larry’s panelists this week …
Mar 07 2016
Our First ‘Black’ President
Clinton-era welfare reforms haunt America’s poorest families, critics say by Chris McGreal, The Guardian Monday 7 March 2016 11.28 EST In 1996, when welfare reforms were introduced in a coalition between President Bill Clinton and Republicans, 68% of families in the US living below the poverty line received cash assistance. That has since fallen to …
Mar 07 2016
Leverage
Since it is Monday and not Friday as Atrios constantly insists I occasionally like to draw your attention to things economic. This piece appeared over at New Economic Perspectives and while it’s slightly wonky at the beginning it gets more lucid toward the end and is overall a good explanation of the basics by a …
Mar 07 2016
The Breakfast Club (Wandering)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Mar 06 2016
2016 Primaries & Caucuses + Democrats Debate
It’s the silly season and there is no escape since it the stupidity and schoolyard banality of the GOP candidates has infected the air. Today there is the Democratic caucus in Maine and Republicans hold a primary in Puerto Rico. Apparently there is a very large turn out in Maine where there are 30 delegates …