May 2016

Thank you, Jordan Liles, for this very good journalism documenting what went down at the Nevada Democratic Convention. Your 9-minute video presents a nice contrast to the corporate media’s (stenographic, Clinton Camp-originated) folderol about “violent” Bernie Sanders supporters; rather than spreading David Brock’s latest “artful smear” (nicely debunked by Cenk Uygur) you’ve shed light on a process that was clearly… Read More »Celebrating another citizen journalist, Jordan Liles

[The following rant was in response to this 5/10/16 segment from The Young Turks‘ occasionally excellent program, reporting Bernie Sanders’ 15-point win last night in West Virginia… and the utter hopelessness of his securing the nomination (the nomination he has in all probability already won, had anyone bothered to count the provisional and affidavit ballots). I’ll leave this boastful, wrathful… Read More »High dudgeon (I just lost my shit ranting at The Young Turks and decided to post it on my blog anyway)

(Photo by DSK, AFP/Getty Images) Check out what The Hill and USA Today are reporting, folks: Sec. Clinton is TIED/LOSING to Trump in critical swing states (the raw polling data has shown for months now that Clinton is particularly vulnerable to Trump).  Not only is she the furthest-right Democratic nominee imaginable, nominating Clinton is apparently the shortest path to electing… Read More »Either fight for Bernie or embrace Chancellor Trump!

[This hopeful message was originally composed for our Tri-City FUN for Bernie Facebook page, with some of my local activist cohorts in mind. Even so, the main point of this writing is intended for sharing broadly, and that point is a simple one: it’s time to tell Sen. Sanders that he must demand that our votes are actually counted —… Read More »In order to succeed, it’s time to pressure Bernie to demand an audit of the Democratic Primary

Here’s the latest flier I’ve come up with for our awesome Tri-City FUN (Fremont/Union City/Newark) volunteers: FLIER–Register&Protect_Your_Vote,BERN_Tops_Trump&Righty-HC_LOSES (It’s a two-sided flier, designed for folding in half — and now that you have the instructions…) Print it, friends! Share it widely! CALIFORNIA can put Bernie in the lead and save what’s left of our democratic republic from Trump and Clinton! Come to… Read More »Helping Bernie WIN in CA — essential info for voters: