5/22 News Roundup & Open Thread – Rob’s Weekend With Bernie, Quist Wraps Up On A Healthy Note & More
Rob Quist’s Weekend with Bernie Sanders
They called it the “Weekend with Bernie.”
Senator Bernie Sanders criss-crossed Montana for a rapid-fire series of events over the weekend to boost Rob Quist, the folk-singing Democrat on the ticket for Thursday’s special election to replace now-Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, for the state’s seat in the House of Representatives.
“Rob and I are going to do everything we can to bury that horrific, disgusting piece of legislation that passed two weeks ago,” Sanders bellowed, referring to the recent House passage of the American Health Care Act, during the duo’s final stop together in Bozeman on Sunday morning.
From Missoula to Butte to Billings and Bozeman, the primary rallying cry for this race was health care—and the skyrocketing costs for care that could result if AHCA is signed into law.
During the second-to-last stop of the tour in Butte on Saturday, a union stronghold that was formerly a copper boomtown throughout the end of the 19th century, some 2,500 or more poured into the Butte Civic Center in the late afternoon.
Rob Quist Wraps Up on a Healthy Note
To the bane of Congressional Republicans, the Congressional Budget Office score on the GOP’s new health care bill will be released next Wednesday. On Thursday, the polls will close in Montana’s closely watched congressional race between Democrat Rob Quist and Republican Greg Gianforte.
Hoping to get a boost from the inevitable Democratic outrage over the health care news next week, Quist is releasing his last few political ads; with two of them focusing entirely on health care.
In his ad, “Half,” Quist addresses the pre-existing condition rates in his state. Serving as his own narrator over b-roll of a picnic with the stunning Montana skyline painted behind them, Quist says, “Did you know half of all Montanans have a pre-existing condition? One out of every two.” Quist goes on to tell the story of a few other people attending the picnic, including one woman who survived breast cancer, and a man who made it through a major back surgery. “One thing I can tell you,” Quist says, “we’re all thankful to be here.”
“Greg Gianforte says he’s thankful for the new healthcare bill,” he continues. “The one that eliminates protections for pre-existing conditions and raises premiums on every Montanan who has one. I think Greg’s thankful because he gets another big tax break at our expense.”
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Good morning all, hope you had a great weekend!
Photos: Bernie Sanders campaigns for Rob Quist in Montana
Rob Quist: I’m running to represent all Montanans
Deep in the red: Sanders stumps for Democrat Rob Quist in Montana
‘A fight for the soul of Montana:’ Bernie Sanders rallies Bozeman crowd in support of Quist
Lama lama Bernona ona (pronounced Bernana ana) ?
Bernie Sanders Rallies Montana Voters to Support Rob Quist
excellent ad
Sen. Bernie Sanders wraps up Montana tour at MSU
Thanks for these videos, I had only seen pictures, but not videos of the overflow crowds yesterday.
Bernie was definitely on fire Saturday night. His energy is amazing.
Quist is still the underdog. I hope there is some GOTV in Helena and a few other places.
Thanks for your weekend coverage! Don’t tell JD but I may have snuck on to read it! 🙂
Senator Tester holds Quist Rally in Great Falls
wow.
Sanders stumps for Quist in Montana
LTE’s:
Grassroots is only thing working well
Organizers call on marchers to support Quist
Quist for Congress
Quist confronts opposition with dignity
Quist will speak out against real threats
Quist can represent Montana values
Quist would stand up for Montana
Bernie Sanders backers say Democrats are ‘in absolute crisis and denial’
Hell Yea!
Can I get a witness?! Amen, sister! 🙂 T and R to the usual suspects!!
Witness! :O)
Feinstein scalded by anti-Trump fervor
“no issues, no politics”
What if we Talked Politics a Little?
Big surprise, huh? 🙁
Democratic divisions on display as Bauman wins California party chairmanship
The whole thing smells fishy.
I heard that Ellis was ahead enough after 60% of the vote that it was thought she would win relatively easily. But nope.
i don’t doubt much of anything re counting votes anymore. it’s pretty much been established that the duopoly will do anything to stay in power and keep populists out. FDR must be spinning in his grave.
Bernie Sanders is America’s most popular politician – and he’s coming after Donald Trump
Biden fuels 2020 speculation with remarks, schedule
lord help us. Biden is a creature of the financial industry.
He won’t be the candidate. More DLCraporate baloney,
I rather enjoyed that rant!
🙂 🙂
Actually, I wouldn’t mind if Soros and others would help progressives get that state and local “infrastructure” that the Koch brothers and others have built so well with right wingers.
Assuming they sign some sort of transparency and “hands-off” pledge, allowing progressives to back what they want….. i don’t know, maybe that’s not wise, but it’s been so successful for the other side….
Bernie Sanders supporters are suing the DNC: Here’s what you need to know
Amid F-Bomb and Uproar, Dems Face Demands to Get Behind Single Payer
‘Unconscionable’ Arms Deal Inked, Trump Delivers Remarks in Saudi Arabia
Notre Dame Students Stage Walkout During VP Pence’s Commencement Address
Sad day when one of the premier Catholic universities invites Pence for this.
Pence is Catholic, which is probably why he was invited. He also was at no-cost except for security. There needs to be more Martin Sheens out there to invite!
I think unless one is a conservative Christian college or university, universities need to give up on trying to “open a dialog” with anyone who has been known to be very conservative or lightning rods in views. I’m for free speech, but campuses have immigration/identity politics issues at the forefront and will have them as long as Trump keeps up the noise.
When I was growing up, Catholics were more inclusive, even some “liberal” churches. No more, it seems.
Me too, I grew up Catholic and at that time we were considered more permissive than the other churches around us, except for maybe the United Church around the corner. They were great. Very welcoming-that’s where I went to kindergarten.
Trump Admin. Now Deploying Controversial Surveillance Tool in Immigration Crackdown
No Hunting Undocumented Immigrants With Stingrays
Global Study Shows Americans Dying from Preventable Causes at Shocking Rates
Incredible article! Scientist who got lead out of gas in cars!!
The Most Important Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of
He literally had to go to the ends of the earth to construct data that showed the dangers of lead in humans. And especially to children.
Started the work in the 1960’s. Got push back from corps and health officials bought the pseudo science work that made money on lead. Cars. Gas. The same people who are holding US action on climate change in limbo.
Article long but reads like an adventure story
A small scale victory when work done on one variable, lead. Climate science is so complex that denialists can use science to justify their position because not totally certain about human caused climate change.
I am a climate alarmist. Are you?
Thank you! I recall that this work was also mentioned in one of the Neil deGrasse Tyson Cosmos episodes “The Clean Room” dealing with geologic dating methods:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clean_Room
Climate alarmist over here.
Been on planet long enough to see changes with my own eyes and also to see that warnings/predictions from scientific community that were considered to be far-fetched are now thought of as overly conservative.
Remember how back in the day a scientist saying that temps could go up 2 degrees Celsius were being laughed out of the room?

Whatever Happened to Peace? Arms, Oil and War by Proxy
Great question. Right now, it looks like it is gone forever.
Billionaires Lay Siege to State Governments by Jim Hightower
iirc, they helped defeat M97 here, which we desperately need, bringing in a small tax of yuge corpses.
They have reduced WI to a shell of its former Progressive values. They own Rural WI lock stock and barrel. Sadly these people will have to die off before it changes here.
Another tribe endorsed Greg the same day (or possibly the day before). I’ll see if I can find the clip of that. I was surprised.
Chelsea Manning Is Free–but Whistleblowers Still Face Prison
“Fossil Fuels Have Lost. The Rest of the World Just Doesn’t Know It Yet”
Even Exxon is only projecting out until 2040.
http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/energy/energy-outlook
‘Spiteful and petty’: Maine governor bans signs to Obama-designated monument
Revealed: Google tried to block media coverage of gender discrimination case
oh geez, wtfrack happened to you google?
Being evil can be profitable as it turns out.
The Rev. William Barber Is Bringing MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Back to Life
Great. Can’t help wish that Barber had done this, oh, about two years ago though.
I seem to recall quite a hullabaloo at TOP after what some called the Valentine’s Day Massacre in Feb 2016 before that Moral Monday march when that one person managed to alienate many of its participants against Bernie. All the claws came out at TOP (and it was awful).
But, I’m all for more focus on ‘The Souls of Poor Folks’.
Joe Lieberman Is a Civil Libertarian’s Nightmare
Joe Lieberman’s Benghazi Connection
To be fair, George Sr. served prior to becoming prez, iirc.
George Sr also was Director of the CIA for a time. I’m not sure that voters would be so willing to make an ex-CIA Director the President nowadays.
Yeah, that’s what i was referring to. i get in such a hurry these days i barely make sense sometimes. i don’t know about voters. they are so busy–we are the lucky ones, i suppose, who’ve had some kind of wake up, some kind of critical eye–maybe some extra time to see how the MSM and the duopoly manipulate us in the worst ways.
But I like your optimism! Hell, no, we don’t want an ex-CIA director to be Prez! :O)
True Climate Justice Puts Communities of Color First
The Next Standing Rocks: 4,800 Miles of Oil Pipelines Planned Under Trump
Planting a symbolic protest to the Keystone XL Pipeline
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Paging Rahm: House Dems revive 2006 playbook for 2018
There goes MoveOn again. It just can’t help itself.
Advice from Rahm Emanuel?!
This Rahm Emanuel?
Meet The Man Who Refused To Shake Rahm’s Hand
Cool.
Trump and Islam and war and …
Juan Cole today
Trump on Islam: Neo-Orientalism and anti-Shi’ism
Our “leaders” have a long history of “connecting” people who have no connection so that we give out more yellow ribbons.
Impeach Trump? Houston lawmaker holds unusually agreeable town hall