With the 2016 Lightning In A Bottle (LIB) festival falling on an election year, a powerful grassroots candidate in the democratic primaries found his message loudly spread in the midst of concerts, workshops, and art installations.
If there was a 'revolution' it was Hillary's as many would consider her being the first woman in 240 years to be the nominee of a major political party in the United States and the odds-on favorite to be our 45th President the real revolution.
The New York Times took a double-barrelled shot at Bernie Wednesday. An op-ed painted him as out of step with real progressives and yesterday's news. An editorial blog speculated on cabinet posts, platform planks and other tangible goods as his goal.
I flirted with the possibility of going to Iowa to work for Bernie Sander's campaign.
Turns out Bernie is like the rest of us. He is currently carrying more than $25,000 of credit card debt.
Hillary Clinton was officially sworn in as the 45th President of the United States Friday, an occasion that was met with rejoicing and celebration from Clinton's supporters. President Clinton is the first woman to be elected to the highest office in the land in all of America's history.
For the first time in our history a woman is the nominee of one of the two major political parties. This is a big deal. We should celebrate. Hillary isn't perfect, but neither were any of the 44 presidents who preceded her.
In all likelihood, Trump is not going to win female voters, or black voters, or Latinx voters, or LGBTQ+ voters, or any other marginalized group of voters. If he wins, it's going to be because of people like you and me.
Bernie Sanders had a "positive meeting" with Hillary Clinton Tuesday night. He announced he would address his supporters online on Thursday. The hand-wringing and rumor-mongering are pure melodrama. Sanders has already made it clear -- repeatedly -- what he will do. The real question is not what Bernie will do -- it is what Clinton will do.
Please Senator Warren we need you to fight for us, for our family, for all in the LGBT community for our civil rights and to make sure that the Republicans are not allowed into a position where they can do more damage.
As we move forward into the future, the movement generated by Bernie Sanders must and will continue to shape American politics and American government. But, at the moment, it is time to take a deep breath and do what is truly essential for our nation.
It is reported that one of the reforms that Bernie Sanders would like to see implemented in the Democratic Party is the idea of "open" primaries. That...
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Forty years after Arthur Kinoy's epiphany, why do we still have a progressive candidate running for president who sees only income inequality, the corporate structures of capitalism?
To those of you who say Berners will have to vote for Hillary because they'll have nowhere else to go, I say you're wrong -- those Berners could go to a third party or the living room couch, to sit out the Presidential election. Walk it back from AIPAC, Hillary, and never again say Kissinger.