Progressives (Liberals)

Furthermore, many Brazilians are upset that Greenwald published stolen material (phone conversations) from a then Federal Judge that is for many a hero. This anger toward Greenwald has less to do with Bolsonaro and more to do with the fact that Greenwald is not respecting Brazilian law. Now let's imagine if a Brazilian journalist had got together with American hackers and published stolen phone conversation from an American Federal judge! Just because GG is called a journalist and won a Pulitzer prize he is not above the law. It is illegal in Brazil to listen to private conversation. Nunes and millions of Brazilians are outraged with what Greenwald is doing and have asked authorities to either arrest or extradited him, not because people who support Bolsonaro are "fascists" but because Greenwald did something that is against the law. This article is an exercise in distortion.

Oh, please. Greenwald and Assange have done everything in their power to tear down the liberal world order. Compared to his rhetoric, the GOP’s attacks on the Democratic Party look tame. He dismisses Russian interference in electoral politics as a fantasy of the American left and opposes attempts to hold Trump accountable for flagrant abuse of office. He sees no difference between Hillary and Putin, Obama and Assad, Democrats and Republicans. He’s the brave truth-teller on Tucker Carlson taking his supposed side to task. (Remember, Greenwald used to be openly libertarian. He started masquerading as a progressive during the Obama administration so as not to seem like another conservative reactionary.) He wanted Trump to win, though he likes to pretend otherwise. But Trump has encouraged rightwing populists across the globe, including Greenwald’s adopted home country. Looks like the chickens are coming home to roost. At least he’ll be safe in his gated community, figuratively and literally high above the city’s destitute, from which he funds his young husband’s political career.

“The fact that Bloomberg was willing to throw his money into it gave Toomey a talking point to appeal to suburban voters in Philly, and ultimately one of the reasons we lost is that he outperformed Donald Trump in the Philly suburbs,” said Mike Mikus, McGinty’s former campaign manager. “I’m certain his hand in giving Mitch McConnell a majority in the Senate will be remembered by a lot of Democratic voters.

Obama ‘Would Speak Up to Stop’ Bernie Sanders if He Were Getting the Nomination, Politico Reports

“There is one potential exception: Back when Sanders seemed like more of a threat than he does now, Obama said privately that if Bernie were running away with the nomination, Obama would speak up to stop him,” Lizza continued, adding, however, that “a spokesperson for Obama pointed out that Obama recently said he would support and campaign for whoever the Democratic nominee is.”

ATLANTA — The night before Democratic presidential candidates took to a debate stage here last week, black and Latino charter school parents and supporters gathered in a bland hotel conference room nearby to make signs they hoped would get the politicians’ attention.

“Charter schools = self-determination,” one sign read. “Black Democrats want charters!” another blared.

At issue is the delicate politics of race and education. For more than two decades, Democrats have largely backed public charter schools as part of a compromise to deliver black and Latino families a way out of failing district schools. Charters were embraced as an alternative to the taxpayer-funded vouchers for private-school tuition supported by Republicans, who were using the issue to woo minority voters.

But this year, in a major shift, the leading Democratic candidates are backing away from charter schools, and siding with the teachers’ unions that oppose their expansion. And that has left some black and Latino families feeling betrayed.

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Perhaps because he is aware that nuclear weapons are actually more dangerous than beneficial.

pride and ego

He could fund the DNC into the next decade to make their delegates choose him.

he managed to get the NYC City Council to overturn term limits

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He could fund the DNC into the next decade to make their delegates choose him.

They can get funding without him as they've done throughout the past. And pushing him forward would be self-defeating. It ain't going to happen or even be considered.

Are you aware that Hillary Clinton was able to take over the DNC precisely because they were floundering financially and she infused them with her own money—and took the reins?

And the decision by the Clinton campaign to help bail out the DNC gave them control over three important departments.

...I discussed the fundraising agreement that each of the candidates had signed. Bernie was familiar with it, but he and his staff ignored it. They had their own way of raising money through small donations. I described how Hillary’s campaign had taken it another step.

I told Bernie I had found Hillary’s Joint Fundraising Agreement. I explained that the cancer was that she had exerted this control of the party long before she became its nominee. Had I known this, I never would have accepted the interim chair position, but here we were with only weeks before the election.

Bernie took this stoically. He did not yell or express outrage. Instead he asked me what I thought Hillary’s chances were...

I don’t know which Dark Lord is running them now in a similar deal, but where they get their money is widely known to be very sketchy and attached to big strings.