Why I left the Democratic Party

But Kissinger’s indiscretion was a personal foible, while Trump’s “shithole” remark speaks to his broader beliefs. Trump sees the world through a racial lens, which fuels not just his desire to keep out non-white immigrants, but also his contempt for the nations they come from. Unlike the Cold War presidents, Trump doesn’t care about America’s international reputation. He demonstrates no appreciation of soft power or the value of America holding the high moral ground—and the nation slipped further from that perch with Trump’s comments on Thursday.

Why is America’s leading liberal magazine publishing its pieces with a Russian propaganda outlet?
Pieces from The Nation are popping up on RT

The past year and a half has been a busy one for RT. Early last year, the United States’ director of national intelligence described the outlet, formerly known as Russia Today, as Moscow’s “principal international propaganda outlet.” A few months ago, RT registered with the Department of Justice as a foreign agent.

And now, RT has a new contributor: Stephen Cohen, a contributing editor with liberal magazine The Nation.

A number of Cohen’s pieces from The Nation have been cross-posted on RT’s website since January. A note at the bottom of each of the articles alerts readers that the piece in question “was originally published by The Nation.”

Many of the pieces fit within Cohen’s reputation as a vocal critic of the ongoing investigations into Russia’s interference efforts during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The articles Cohen has published on RT also happen to fit within Moscow’s denials of any interference efforts.

To wit, Cohen’s most recent piece on RT described the ongoing investigations as “the number-one threat to American national security, a reality for which the Democratic Party, though not solely, bears a very large responsibility.” Another June piece noted that the “core narrative” of the ongoing investigations “has always lacked actual evidence.”

And one of the first pieces Cohen — a professor emeritus at both Princeton and New York University — elected to publish with RT appeared to equate those covering and highlighting Russia’s social media interference campaigns to those who purveyed the so-called “Red Scare” of the 1950s.

But not all of Cohen’s pieces with RT have focused on the ongoing investigations. For instance, one pointed to the recent poisoning in the United Kingdom of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal. British authorities have blamed Russia for the poisoning of Skripal — who worked as a double agent for London — but Cohen claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin “had no conceivable motive” to poison Skripal. (In another recent piece at The Nation, which was not cross-posted on RT, Cohen wrote that Russia’s 2018 presidential vote was, contrary to Western observers’ analysis, neither a sham nor a fraud.)

I can’t believe it. That cryptkeeper Tom Perez admitted that Alexandria (Bernie types) are the future of the party.

It’s refreshing that the gloves are coming off between the left and the right.

I’m ready for BOTH of them to make their cases to the electorate absent the thick wall of bullshit they help each other hide behind.

Krugman has signed on to the winning branch of the D party.
He’s a socialist now.

http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/03/paul-krugman-democratic-socialism/

A group of black women sent a letter this week to the two top Democrats in Congress demanding that they apologize for their veiled criticisms of Rep. Maxine Waters and threatening repercussions at the ballot box in November if they do not.

“For Black women, who are the most loyal base of the Democratic Party and the Progressive Movement, Congresswoman Waters is our shero [sic],” declared the letter signed by nearly 200 people, mostly black female academics, activists, local elected officials, political consultants, and religious leaders, along with a few male allies.

The letter, a copy of which was posted by Politico on Wednesday, accused House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, both of whom are white, of racial insensitivity and expressed “our profound indignation and deep disappointment over your recent failure to protect Congresswoman Waters.”

In June, Ms. Waters called for people to drive any Trump administration official from any public space, prompting Republicans to begin making political hay on those comments.

The Democratic leaders in Congress distanced themselves from Ms. Waters. Mrs. Pelosi said calls for incivility in response to President Trump are “predictable but unacceptable,” and Mr. Schumer said calling “for the harassment of political opponents [is] not right. That’s not American.”

The black women were having none of that.

Congresswoman Waters is our shero [sic],”