- Tulsi Gabbard: Hawaii 2nd Congressional District U.S. House of Representatives
- Keith Ellison: Minnesota 5th Congressional District U.S. House of Representatives
- Zephyr Teachout: New York 19th Congressional District U.S. House of Representatives
- Peter Welch: Vermont At-Large Congressional District U.S. House of Representatives
- Lucy Flores: Nevada 4th Congressional District U.S. House of Representatives
- Tim Canova: Florida 23rd Congressional District U.S. House of Representatives
- Pramila Jayapal: Washington 7th Congressional District U.S. House of Representatives
- Tom Fiegen: Iowa U.S. Senate
- Wikipedia Page for 2016 U.S. Senate Election for Iowa
- Opponent: Chuck Grassley
- Open Secrets Iowa Senate Race Funding Profile
- Bao Nguyen: California 46th Congressional District U.S. House of Representatives
- Preston Picus: California 12th Congressional District U.S. House of Representatives
- Kevin Stine: Oregon U.S. Senate
- Wikipedia Page for 2016 U.S. Senate Election for Oregon
- Open Secrets District Funding Profile
- Alex Law: New Jersey 1st District
Showing posts with label #FeelTheBern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #FeelTheBern. Show all posts
Sunday, May 29, 2016
District Profiles of Progressive Candidates
I found a great list of progressive candidates at Progressive Army's website.* While their personal profiles are interesting, we need to learn about their districts for strategic purposes. I will attempt to compile as many relevant links as I can.
*Alex Law is Running for Congress in New Jersey's 1st District, not for Senate which holds elections in 2018 and 2020.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
The Rich And Powerful Are Getting Into Your Head.
The Guardian
Philanthropists have evolved from unconditional giving to conditional giving.
Tech Times
Professor wrote a book about philanthropic influence on education
Pando.com (02/2014)
The demise of PBS was well underway long ago as underwriting congealed to only a few very large influential donors.
AAUP (2012)
Did you notice more outspoken conservative professors at your college lately?
Crooked Timber
When looking at collges and universities, get a list of the members of the board of trustees, and ask who the big donors are.
In These Times
As long as Progressive professors still remain on campuses across America, the oligarchs must settle for disparaging education and intellectual achievement.
As the middle class alumni of colleges and universities are too far in debt to support their alma maters', colleges are relying on ever-more wealthy "philanthropists" for support.
It seems the common assumption about philanthropy is that donors find a worthy cause to support, and that's it. But it's not it. There are strings attached. More now than ever before.
Institutions of education such as museums, public television, colleges, universities are falling under increasing pressure by rich donors to modify themselves to influence their agenda. Under threat of withholding donations and grants, they influence the makeup of board members, deciding who gets hired and fired, and which professors get tenure, and which professors are relegated to part-time Adjunct work so minimal they are forced to resign.
How does one cut off such tentacles of influence? Literally?
Friday, November 20, 2015
The Clinton Dynasty: What You Need To Know
The Clinton Dynasty
Money In State Politics
Money at the state level
Open Secrets
Some search results may be unrelated. Revolving Door usually implies a political-corporate conflict of interest, AKA Cronyism.
Vote Smart
Hillary Clinton's Biography and More
See also Votes, Positions, Ratings, Speeches, and Funding
In the end you may be impressed or horrified, but at least you will be informed enough to know you made the right decision when you vote for Bernie Sanders. #FeelTheBern
UPDATE: You must see this: Mother Jones: Hillary Clinton's Strange Definition of "Middle Class"
Monday, November 16, 2015
Oblique Political Strategy: Disparage Your Opponent's Staff to the Media
CNN
"A person who was on the call told CNN" Paris is ahead by 7 hours. The attacks occured at 9:20 PM Paris Time which would be 2:20 PM on Friday Afternoon
Yahoo!
"A staffer for one of the other campaigns who was also on the call described the exchange to Yahoo News as “heated” and even “bizarre,” and a second source on the call confirmed the nature of the exchange."
Rolling Stone
"A second source told Yahoo News that both the O'Malley and Clinton campaigns were in favor of CBS's decision,..."
Politico
"But Sanders' team forcefully opposed any changes – and, to the amazement of the network and the other Democrats who decried his tone-deafness, crowed publicly about limiting the foreign policy component..."
The Hill
But Sanders’s aide, the report said, still objected, and “he got very hot and there was like a five- or seven-minute back and forth and he just wouldn’t let it go,” the campaign source told Yahoo News.
I need to get my time zones figured out:
The entire mass media jumped on this bandwagon. What kind of story is this? It seems like a swarm of Piranhas to a single drop of blood that may or may not even exist.
It's obvious how complicit most of the media is against Bernie Sanders, how likely would something like this be a complete fabrication?
Saturday, November 14, 2015
My Bernie Sanders Google News Alert: Interesting?
The Los Angeles Times
The first sentence includes "Sanders has not dominated the polls..."
The Washington Post
Cites a New York Times/CBS News Poll. LOL
The Wall Street Journal
This article hinges on two un-named "people involved in a discussion." There are too many assumptions from ignorance to mention. Bernie is an Independent, not a Democrat you morons.
CNN
Who is Ryan Gosling? I looked him up on IMDB and discovered that because of my circumstances, my eyes never crossed paths with any of his performances. Not even for one second.
Huffington Post
Really? Huffington Post Editors allow a Sarah Palin quote back onto the Internet, because the article was written by the "Deputy Politics Editor." You can't wash out this stain.
Alternet
The news here is that Google allowed Alternet to show up in my Bernie Sanders news alert. Congrats to Alternet for making inroads into Google's corporate media salad.
NBC News
The author was apparently born the day after Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy. Adorable.
CBS News
This must be in response to the pile of letters that CBS regularly receives from its audience. Now do you get the picture of CBS polling data?
The Week
Cites an ABC News/Washington Post poll. Since I'm never polled by anyone, I can safely assume that this data source didn't include any of Bernie's millions of donors.
Truthdig
Congrats to Truthdig for making it into Google News Alerts. Now watch the videos.
The Washington Post
A Campaign advertisement spot for Bernie Sanders, sanwiched between an ad for Chevron and a conservative ad for David Vitter getting Christian redemption. After all, "who hasn't made mistakes?"
The Christian Post
This article seems to suggest that being against racism on campus is being "politically correct," and you'll never guess who is "warning Americans about the dangers of political correctness."
What is interesting about these stories is that both Alternet and Trutdig made it onto the top tier of my Google News alert.
The truly weird article on the list is from the Christian Post, The author not only seems to try and conflate the Million Student March with the University of Missouri anti-racism protests which have nothing to do with each-other, but also injects Ben Carson's warning about political correctness on campus into the article, which seems to suggest that being against racism is being politically correct.
How weird is that?
Monday, November 2, 2015
Bernie Under Attack
Huffington Post
The Washington Post
Daily Kos
There comes a point in time where a candidate's message is so simple, so clear and concise, that it becomes the sharpest sword on the field of battle, and can never be dulled by any ambiguity of position,
Bernie Sanders has made up my mind. Unless someone new steps in, or something truly dark from Bernie's past rears its ugly head, there really is no reason for me to follow presidential politics anymore.
The important work lies ahead. As voters we must find a Congress that will work with Bernie.
We must look into our own states and our own congressional districts to find Representatives and Senators who have the courage to endorse Bernie Sanders.
Please use the following resources to find your Legislators:
- https://votesmart.org/
- http://www.opensecrets.org/
- http://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page
- https://www.govtrack.us/
Monday, October 12, 2015
Angus Deaton: Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics
Angus Deaton
2015 Economics Nobel Laureate
Confirms what Bernie Sanders has been saying for years and years!
The New York Times
NobelPrize.org
The Washington Post
Princeton.edu
The New York Times
Robert Reich
A large portion of Bernie Sanders run for the White House in 2015 has been Economic Inequality. Economists Paul Krugman and Robert Reich have been writing about it for years too.
It looks like there is a growing consensus that income inequality is reaching the same ratio that predated the French Revolution that ended the reign of King Louis XVI, and later the Russian Communist Revolution that ended the reign of Tsar Nicholas II.
What's the difference between then and now? The proliferation of firearms among the American people. What's Bernie's position on guns?
So, which way do you want America to go, left or down in flames?
Saturday, October 10, 2015
American Politics Apocalypse
Reverb Press
Reno Gazette-Journal
The Daily Beast
CBS News
Huffington Post
The Washington Examiner
The Wall Street Journal
American Enterprise Institute
Huffington Post
Friday, October 9, 2015
History Is Catching Up to Bernie Sanders
Senator Bernie Sanders (I) Vermont
Running for President in 2016
Huffington Post
BallotPedia
GovTrack
Open Secrets
Politifact
Vote Smart
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