10/20 News Roundup & Open Thread
Happy Saturday friends! A Couple videos to start things off:
Nina & Bernie speak in Bloomington, Indiana:
Bernie & Liz Watson rally with seniors:
More news/videos/tweets/etc. will be in the comments. See you there!
Tips, Comments, Complaints, Etc!
if anyone can do a test reply to this post when they see it, it would be appreciated!
Here you go. Seemed normal to me.
I see that there are 2 versions of reply. one appears to have what appears to have a “question and answer” image.
Yea! I finally see the comment button back!
Bernie Sanders rallies for Liz Watson in Bloomington, while Donnelly stays away
Bernie Sanders stumps for Gretchen Whitmer in Ann Arbor
‘We’re Voting Them Out’: What It Looked Like When Horde of Hoosiers Marched With Bernie Sanders to Early-Voting Site After Indiana Rally
In Just Three Days, ‘Genius’ Fundraising Campaign by Progressive Group Pours $500,000 Into Overlooked State-Level Democratic Campaigns
Thanks for this! I’ve been wondering where you all, especially you, Benny, mags and a couple of others, find all these little known but worthy candidates. So glad some people around here know what’s up! :O)
Ive found most candidates rather early by using certain keyword searches for content on various sites (youtube, news sites, twitter, etc, etc) and then basically stumbling across them. Other times people have added me on twitter, or I’ve been directed to by emails or other people on social media.
I find most of them on twitter when people I follow retweet them. I’m usually maxed out on how many people I can follow (5,000), so between fellow lefties, journalists & reporters I learn a lot.
Bernie Sanders swings through Iowa in final midterm sprint
Speaking about South Carolina.
Cramer is so annoying. I’m surprised she said anything positive about Bernie.
The comments under that tweet make it clear that a good part of Cramer’s followers supported Hillary.
One commenter, in the midst of all the ‘He’s not a Democrat!’ idiots, says something about Cramer still showing she’s a Clinton shill since Cramer didn’t even mention the three candidates who spoke before Bernie (so no, it wasn’t just about Bernie as too many of the commenters rudely claimed).
Bernie Sanders rallies for Gretchen Whitmer, rails on President Trump
Climate Activists Occupy Greenpeace UK Headquarters—Wait, That Can’t Be Right
The Most Strategic Midterm Race: A Progressive Challenges Steny Hoyer
Sign me up! I think of Hoyer as a Repub, literally sometimes, i forget. haha.
Bruno Latour in VT over the weekend. I called his campaign office and let them know about the conference and that Bruno will be there
I don’t know which day he will be there
https://ecoculturelab.net/feverish-world-symposium/
fun!
“heavy drone band”?
Who Is Bernie Sanders’ Wife? New Details On Jane O’Meara Sanders
Bernie Sanders joining gubernatorial candidate David Garcia in Tucson, Tempe rallies
Beto was on Pod Save America broadcasted via HBO last night. It was fun to watch.
It’s nearly an hour long, but if you want to see only Beto, he arrives at the 36:44 mark.
Bankers of the World, Unite!
What the progressives need to do – namely address the local
I won’t be marching for a people’s vote. There has already been one: Saturday’s march in London shows that progressives still refuse to listen to those who pressed the Brexit button
Like those who who still refuse to listen to those who voted for Trump.
Bruno Latour has published a more general book “Down To Earth”. It is out in England, but not yes for delivery in US. In any case, he tweeted that progressives have criticized the book because he didn’t bash their usual opponents. His views are related to the tweets he posted about the Guardian article posted above.
Bruno is calling for a return to Earth, Gaia.
Hear, hear. I hope to read the book. Down to Earth.
huh. we have a funky/cool store here by that name, mostly home and gardening things with a hippie flavor. Not cheap but not sky high either.
Can you visualize Gaia?
Can you get your head around Gaia which will cause a profound adjustments in earth wide politics, religion, science, states, economy, law, etc?
Bruno Latour has been on a multi year effort to enlist scientists, artists, and others to create ways to grasp Gaia a little better.
He is in NYC for a conference and as part of it he gives an auditorium presentation.
Here is the link to the conference at NYU
FRENCH NATURES – CONFERENCE-FESTIVAL
This is the first presentation of the INSIDE event in the US. It was presented in Europe last March. Here is Bruno giving the presentation. I found that Closed Captions, CC at the bottom of the page is helpful.
And the page first comes up in French and may have to do an automatic translate. I did. The text is similar to that above.
INSIDE
Yes! Cool. And the way we are so connected on the atomic/quantum level–how electrons can influence each other at great distances. And how important microbes, fungi and little tiny things are. i don’t understand the half of it, but it’s very juicy and exciting.
TX candidate radical approach to election
I have been in Greece the last couple of weeks and this might have already been posted. Excellent article.
Texas Candidate’s Radical Approach to Turning Out Asian-American Non-Voters: Talking to Them (in 13 Different Languages)
oh that’s right! hope you had a great time. welcome home.
Leaked Trump Administration Memo: Keep Public in Dark About How Endangered Species Decisions Are Made
shouldn’t that be illegal?
how can anyone be anti-wildlife? does not compute. really. didn’t he ever see Bambi? did he cheer when the mom died?
Trump White House Pushes to Let Minors Spray Brain-Damaging Pesticides on Farms
Brazil’s First-Ever Indigenous Congresswoman, Joênia Wapichana, is Warrior for Indigenous Rights
Bolivian coca crops follow a planned highway through indigenous lands
Indigenous Writers & Activists on Indian Child Welfare Act & Ongoing Struggle for Native Sovereignty
Swedish student who grounded deportation flight faces prosecution
so brave!
Thanks, again, Kennedy. You may have done more than most to barrel us all down the tube.
‘Disgraceful and Enraging’: Supreme Court Halts Youth Climate Case After Last-Ditch Trump Effort to Kill Suit
Plaintiff lawyer thinks there is still a chance.
The Americans, the Saudis, and the Israelis: Assassins Without Borders
Lots of examples. Here’s a couple.
Your missing one country. The USA is pretty good at eliminating those that they don’t like by whatever means whether it is legal or not.
He does mention us, iirc, in the article. 😉
I like how Cooper makes me think here. “Tribalism!” sounds all perfect to describe the country’s split, but it’s way too easy an answer. And although I’m not sure that he touches on it, it also provides the perfect excuse to be “civil” and “friends” with those who are working completely against what we value.
The rest of the the article really adds to this bit and the graphic at the beginning is pretty funny.
Charlie Pierce at Esquire writes:
I do not have a linky as I got this another way paywall free.
For any one interested –here’s the link
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a23899689/scott-walker-losing-wisconsin-governor-race-associates-abandon/
I commented about Jadin the other day this just confirms it:)
This would be the ideal outcome!(ending the war in Yemen)
This is what is likely happening.
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Trump wasn’t the only one influenced by MBS.
All for HIll, iirc?
I think Branson is feeling some remorse about that relationship. He too pulled away from that conference and I believe I read he was withdrawing/severing some business ties with the MBS oligarchy.
good for him. i don’t get Oprah’s anti-Bernieism, love for neoliberalism, and now, apparently, going gushy over MBS. she does these free 21 day meditations online with Deepak Chopra and I can’t seem to square her seeming (supposed?) ability to access her universal self with her political policy preferences, which harm people.
surely these jet-setters know that Saudi Arabia funds terrorism and that most? all? of the hijackers came from there? and that it is a very oppressive government? what were they thinking? or not.
i did enjoy the new A Wrinkle in Time movie on NF, though, with Oprah as a diety.
Its simple, she is now a Billionaire and well represented.
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It is good to see these trigger happy people get charged. Next we need a conviction.
Bernie could have easily inserted Steve King’s name for “the President of the United States.” 🙂
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/jd-scholten-ben-and-jerrys/article_3e85b28a-ca9f-11e8-9195-fb74e8041cfa.html
I like this approach.
Maybe orlbucran will know if this is significant.
One more for orl.
Once again Republicans are resorting to dirty tricks.
someone please step in here. court? someone? anyone? how many repubs might it take with it? except you can bet a lot of the election officials making the decisions are repubs.
Not much help will be on the way. Abram’s opponent for Governor Brian Kemp just happens to be secretary of state who runs the election.
I hope that this is impactful.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/how-the-demise-of-an-online-charter-school-is-roiling-ohio-politics/2018/10/20/1e9f55d2-c1d7-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html?utm_term=.238adfdd1445
Let’s hope it goes viral.
Sanders: Trump setting ‘terrible example’ for our children
I don’t know if being an underdog is a good thing or not as this juncture, but no one expected Gillum to win either…
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412342-orourkes-rise-raises-hopes-for-texas-dems-down-ballot
I’ve seen some narratives already that Beto’s campaign is similar to Ossoff’s–lots of money, but still won’t be elected. Ossoff did not live in the district where he ran. period.
If he only needs to do six points over Hillary, I’d bet on him winning. He’s got the enthusiasm that Bernie had, which Hillary did not.
And he hasn’t even said that he is running. LOL
And the district King represents is hugely dependent on “illegal” workers. Another unspoken secret in plain view.
A recent Esquire article does the deep dive on the Iowa district and CA Rep Devin Nunes’ family farming interests in that area:
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a23471864/devin-nunes-family-farm-iowa-california/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top
This 5 minute video is worth watching.
A comment under the youtube video:
That’s our Bernie.
BTW is that Jeff Weaver in the image?
Yep it is.The only way Walker gets that close to the public is if they are waving a fist full of $100 bills
I haven’t watched this debate on socialism v. capitalism yet, but I’m intrigued by this partial description.
oops wrong thread. catch it on 10/21. 😉