Open Threads 6.14-16
‘The Guardian’ had a decent summary of the Bernster-Lindsey Graham debate. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/13/bernie-sanders-lindsey-graham-republicans-fox-news-debate
Needless to say, Bernie won it. On POX, too. 🙂 Graham is such a corrupt, backwards, FRightwing yahoo! The Nest is Open. Take care you all.
The Lever’s video on Biden’s Medicare Premium Hike
Behind a paywall, unfortunately.
I posted it the other day plus the Intetcepy is free.
I’m always reticent about any paywalls even if they are free.
Karen Bass has taken the lead in the LA mayoral race (41-38). The late arriving vote has been very progressive.
Meanwhile in Adam Schiff’s district 😎😎😎
Did Schiff have any serious competition?
Not a great showing by Vilela.
https://rollcall.com/2022/06/14/key-results-from-tuesdays-primaries-and-special-election/
😭😭😭
I am sorry Vilela didn’t prevail. Bernie’s endorsement came rather late and I suspect voters had already made up their minds.
I saw an article that a lot of mail ins were already sent in so that was a yuge factor, Hopefully Vilela tries again -next election.
I think this was Vilela’s third go. She was one of the first tpw candidates and we have communicated on twitter, but she’s never really been able to ‘create a presence’ for lack of better words. Her story of fighting for m4a due to her daughter’s death is quite righteous, but she must expand beyond just this. And engage in less twitter drama.
Low turnout? Guess who might be running down here to replace the abysmal Stephanie Murphy? Alan Grayson.
Education Department Won’t Hold For-Profit College Executives Personally Accountable
https://www.goerie.com/story/news/politics/state/2022/06/15/suffolk-university-usa-today-poll-pennsylvania-senate-governor-oz-fetterman/65360594007/
Shocking that they admitted that
Poll: Half of Americans now predict U.S. may ‘cease to be a democracy’ someday
Andrew Romano West Coast Correspondent
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that most Democrats (55%) and Republicans (53%) now believe it is “likely” that America will “cease to be a democracy in the future” — a stunning expression of bipartisan despair about the direction of the country.
Half of all Americans (49%) express the same sentiment when independents and those who do not declare any political affiliation are factored in, while just a quarter (25%) consider the end of U.S. democracy unlikely and another quarter (25%) say they’re unsure.
At the same time, however, a large number of Americans seem indifferent to the high-profile hearings by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — an effort to get to the bottom of one of the most dramatic assaults on the democratic process in U.S. history.
I dont fine this “stunning” at all. We have a corrupt political 1 party system that kow-tows to every whim the rich want. We had a coup d’etat that 148 congresscritters supported. And now were waiting to see if the DOJ will do its job and charge Cult -45 or not. If not that should put a final nail in the coffin as it were as in this country as long as your rich you can do anything your heart desires and get away with it -only us little people will face justice. It was a nice run; our experiment in democracy but voter apathy and low info voters didnt want to keep it. I doubt i’ll be around to see how our new crapate fascist govt works out over the long haul. Climate change will raid thier game if they continue to sit on their asses.
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/06/13/chris-hedges-society-of-spectacle/
https://www.ktvu.com/news/californias-first-two-latina-sheriffs-beat-incumbents-in-stunning-upset
🙂 FWIW.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3526036-special-election-campaign-manager-for-floress-opponent-rips-democratic-leadership-after-loss/amp/
Too busy fighting Cisneros/funding Cuellar.
Theres a lawyer at the firm I work at who worked for Pence when he was governor. Very nice guy despite our differences in politics, we were talking about the Cuellar campaign and the recount, etc etc. At some point I mentioned how dems would rather lose in a general than let a progressive win a primary, and the idea had never occured to him. This is another example.of backing the ‘dem they know’ and potentially losing a seat, instead of letting in new new b
lood