“Americans are used to the idea that other countries may be vulnerable to such movements, but while figures like Father Charles Coughlin, the demagogic radio broadcaster, enjoyed wide followings in the 1930s, neither major party has ever nominated anyone quite like Mr. Trump,” writes Peter Baker.
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KING5’s Natalie Brand talks to NPI boardmember and Washington for Bernie Sanders organizer Mario Brown about the movement’s plans to organize on behalf of downballot
LaunchIt was a very bad week for Tim Eyman
The Stranger’s Heidi Groover recaps Tim Eyman’s very bad, awful, no-good week.
LaunchBusinessweek profiles RNC Chair Reince Priebus
Businessweek profiles RNC Chair Reince Priebus Bloomberg’s Joshua Green reports on how the Republican establishment, and the RNC in particular, is coping with Donald Trump’s
LaunchElizabeth Warren razes Donald Trump in brilliant speech at Center for Popular Democracy
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke at the Center for Popular Democracy’s annual gala on May 24, 2016. She discussed Donald Trump rooting for the 2008 housing market crash, his plans to dismantle Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform, and his decision not to release his taxes.
LaunchJon Stewart joins David Axelrod on “The Axe Files”
On May 9th, 2016, the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics (IOP) welcomed former Daily Show host Jon Stewart for a special live taping of
LaunchRight wing white supremacists hail the ascension of ‘Emperor Trump’ as Republican nominee
“White supremacists, nationalists and antigovernment conspiracists feverishly embrace the Republican candidate as their Great White Hope, not to mention a ‘Patriot sleeper cell’,” David Neiwert reports.
LaunchMcCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes
If Donald Trump is at the top of the ticket, here in Arizona, with over 30 percent of the vote being the Hispanic vote, no
LaunchAs Trump clinches nomination, some Republican operatives refuse to get on board
The Republican Party is Donald Trump’s party now, and that has some Republican operatives vowing to vote for Hillary Clinton or stay out of the presidential contest altogether. One despairing operative told his Twitter followers “I’m drinking wine directly out of the bottle right now.
LaunchNew York Times editorial board calls on Democratic Party to listen to Bernie Sanders and his supporters
Unlike the voices on the Republican side, Mr. Sanders’s has elevated this campaign. The Democratic Party should listen. — The New York Times Editorial Board:
LaunchPresident Obama’s complete remarks at the 2016 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Courtesy of C-SPAN, here are President Obama’s remarks at the 2016 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, in which he skewered himself, the Republican Party, and Democratic
LaunchJohn McCain fundraiser and Republican operative Emily Pitha arrested in Phoenix meth lab bust
John McCain fundraiser and Republican operative Emily Pitha arrested in Phoenix meth lab bust “A Phoenix woman who has worked for top Arizona Republicans and
LaunchDesperate Ted Cruz unveils Carly Fiorina as his running mate
An increasingly desperate Ted Cruz, who was shut out on Tuesday as Donald Trump swept five Republican primary states, today named Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential running mate, in a move that smacked of Joementum. Cruz has almost no chance now of going into the convention with more delegates than Trump, and so will be attempting to wrest the nomination away from Trump at the convention.
LaunchBernie Sanders is profoundly changing how millennials think about politics, poll shows
He’s not moving a party to the left. He’s moving a generation to the left… Whether or not he’s winning or losing, it’s really that
LaunchTed Cruz and John Kasich to coordinate against Donald Trump
“Ted Cruz and John Kasich of Ohio have agreed to coordinate in future primary contests in a last-ditch effort to deny Donald Trump the Republican presidential nomination, with each candidate standing aside in certain states amid growing concerns that Mr. Trump cannot otherwise be stopped,” The New York Times reports.
LaunchDemocratic Party, Clinton and Sanders campaigns to sue Arizona over voting rights
“The Democratic Party and the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will sue the state of Arizona over voter access to the polls after the state’s presidential primary last month left thousands of residents waiting as long as five hours to vote,” The Washington Post reports.
LaunchConservative lose key Supreme Court voting rights case
Another right wing political power grab has ended in failure after the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that states may draw legislative districts based on total population, not merely the population on the voter rolls. The opinion in the case, Evenwel v. Abbot, was authored by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
LaunchDonald Trump abandons pledge to support Republican nominee; Cruz and Kasich hedge
So much for that “loyalty pledge” cooked up by Reince Priebus and the Republican National Committee last year. Donald Trump says it means nothing to him now, and Ted Cruz and John Kasich are also backing away from it.
LaunchA roundup of mass media coverage of Bernie Sanders’ visit to the Evergreen State
Today, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders embarked on a grand tour of the Evergreen State, holding big rallies in Vancouver, Seattle, and Spokane. Here is
LaunchI-1366 threat is too big for court to abide
In a new editorial, The Tacoma News Tribune is urging Washington’s highest court to see to it that Tim Eyman’s hostage-taking I-1366 is relegated to the dustbin of history. “The Supreme Court should leave no doubt that I-1366 is unconstitutional. The sooner, the better,” the paper declared.
LaunchTimothy Egan on why Bernie Sanders should stay in
He’s done a real service, for the party he only recently joined, and for the country. Clinton is a far better candidate because of him.
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