Who is Bernie Sanders? On the surface, it seems obvious. He’s the democratic socialist who will deliver free healthcare of every kind from dental to mental, guaranteed jobs, 100% renewables, justice for everybody, and do it all by taxing
Nate Silver is the best meta-pollster in the business. He follows every political pollster and learns their biases and accuracy. Then he weights their results accordingly and takes an average.
Today was a terrible day for Democrats.
Trump and Brexit are just part of a global populist wave that’s been building for 25 years. Here’s where populist have taken over so far: Italy in 1994; Venezuela in 1999; Turkey in 2003; Bolivia in
First things first. Can any Democrat beat Trump? The polls say yes, but those are popular-vote polls and we know the popular vote doesn’t decide the election. So let’s take account of the Electoral College.
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We shouldn’t be. A lot of Democratic programs are popular. No, I’m not talking about pie-in-the-sky promises. But down-to-earth policies like raise-the-minimum wage, save Obamacare, add a public option and a path to citizenship — those are
Back in April, Obama warned us. And now it’s happened. Here’s what he said:
“One of the things I do worry about among progressives is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, ‘Uh, I’m sorry,
When Tulsi Gabbard first entered politics, she focused on promoting anti-LBG causes. This reflected her upbringing in a cult that is an offshoot of the Hare Krishna movement, which her parents joined soon after they moved
The New Jim Crow, a block-buster NY Times bestseller, kicked off the Biden-Clinton crime bill myth. Authored by Michelle Alexander, with an introduction by Cornel West (Sanders’ #1 surrogate) and edited by Maya Harris (Kamala’s sister and campaign chair),
Cory Booker has smeared Biden for supposedly passing a racist crime bill in 1994. What Booker and the radicals always “forget” is that Biden’s bill was backed by:
Her campaign slogan is, “TOUGH. PRINCIPLED. FEARLESS.” No one doubts “Tough.” And “Fearless” is a good bet. “Principled” is the puzzler. It’s quite likely true, but her own mother had a heck of a time with that one.