Politics is the art of finding common ground. Bernie's approach doesn't even merit a participation award: Sanders explanation for why he didn't ask Clyburn to endorse him: "Jim is a very nice guy. I like him and respect him. His politics are not my politics. There’s no way in g/d’s Earth he was going to be endorsing me."
https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1235549889003732994
"You miss 100% of the shots you dont take." -- Bernie "Wayne Gretzky" Sanders
Elizabeth Warren Suspends Presidential Campaign
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-drops-out.html
Senate clears $8.3B emergency measure to battle coronavirus; sweeping vote sends bill to Trump's desk. 96 votes for. Rand Paul voted against.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1235648988713385984
Bernie Sanders is cancelling his scheduled speech in Jackson, Mississippi this Friday for stops in Michigan, a Sanders aide tells @GaryGrumbach. His speech in Jackson was aimed at reaching out to the state's African-American voters.
https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1235629982723997697
This was never going to happen given the logistical challenges and that was clear yesterday: The Trump administration won’t be able to meet its promised timeline of having a million coronavirus tests available by the end of the week, senators said after a briefing Thursday from health officials.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-05/u-s-won-t-meet-coronavirus-test-rollout-goal-senators-say
Over the past month, Trump has regularly sought to downplay the coronavirus threat with a mix of facts and false statements.
https://twitter.com/thefix/status/1235648105607057410
Donald Trump Triggers Furious Backlash Over ‘Go To Work’ With Coronavirus Claim
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-coronavirus-work-reaction_n_5e60c482c5b6bd126b761e42
Sen Warren: ”If you say, 'Yeah, there was sexism in this race,' everyone says, 'whiner.' And if you say, 'No, there was no sexism,' about a bazillion women think, 'What planet do you live on?' I promise you this: I'll have a lot more to say on that subject later on."
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1235626396413722624
New Evidence Shows How Russia’s Election Interference Has Gotten More Brazen - The Kremlin-linked operation behind 2016 election meddling is using similar tactics for 2020, plus some new ones
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/new-evidence-shows-how-russias-election-interference-has-gotten-more
This winter in Europe was hottest on record by far, say scientists. Europe’s winter was 3.4C hotter than the average from 1981-2010
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/05/truly-extreme-winter-2019-20-in-europe-by-far-hottest-on-record
Am I hearing this properly. The mayor of New York called black called Black voters "low information"?: Bernie Bot De Blasio repeats racist theory that black people vote for Biden because they are uninformed
https://twitter.com/ctblogger/status/1235572637197193218
Bernie is now trying to falsely claim Obama's endorsement. This blog chronicles his history of lying about endorsements.
https://medium.com/@simoneaiken/endorsement-ethics-bernie-sanders-8252a9c7dd8a
Charles “Chuck” Trimble, a former leader of the National Congress of American Indians and founder of the American Indian Press Assn., has died at age 84. | The Oglala Lakota journalist and activist died of natural causes Monday in Omaha, his daughter, Kaiti Fenz-Trimble, said on Facebook.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-04/native-american-journalist-activist-chuck-trimble-dies
Secretary of State: Minnesota voter turnout up 177% over 2016 caucuses
https://kstp.com/news/secretary-of-state-says-minnesota-voter-turnout-up-177-percent-over-2016-caucuses-super-tuesday-primary/5664893/
Sanders says Biden should be Democratic nominee if he wins plurality of delegates
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-says-joe-biden-should-be-winner-of-democratic-nomination-if-he-has-plurality-of-delegates/
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sanders-agrees-the-person-with-the-most-delegates-at-the-convention-wins-80035909591
French court rules against Uber to class drivers as employees, not independent contractors
https://www.france24.com/en/20200304-french-court-rules-against-uber-to-class-drivers-as-employees-not-independent-contractors
Italy says it's had 41 new COVID-19 deaths in just 24 hours
https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/05/two-more-people-die-from-covid-19-in-france-says-the-country-s-health-ministry
Rats avoid hurting other rats | The new paper shows that male and female rats show harm aversion. This phenomenon depends on the same brain region associated with empathy in humans. This indicates that harm aversion is deeply ingrained in biology
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-rats.html
Romney said there's no question Biden, Burisma probe appears political | “There's no question but that the appearance of looking into Burisma and Hunter Biden appears political, and I think people are tired of these kind of political investigations,” Romney told reporters. | Republicans hold an 8-6 majority on the committee. That means a "no" vote from Romney will result in a 7-7 tie, which would result in the subpoena failing.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/486130-romney-biden-burisma-probe-appears-political
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/romney-burima-hunter-biden-probe-political
Biden should debate the issue: 'Give Us an Hour on MSNBC': Sanders Says He Would Love to Debate Medicare for All With Joe Biden
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/05/give-us-hour-msnbc-sanders-says-he-would-love-debate-medicare-all-vs-profit-system
Contaminated cash may spread coronavirus, World Health Organization warns
https://www.fox13news.com/news/contaminated-cash-may-spread-coronavirus-world-health-organization-warns
Former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock's decision to reverse course and run for the Senate this November is a massive recruiting coup for Democrats that not only makes the party competitive in that state but also improves their odds of retaking the majority this fall. Bullock, who left office last year as a popular two-term governor, is widely regarded as the only Democrat with a credible chance of beating freshman Republican Sen. Steve Daines in a state that tends to favor Republicans at the federal level. (Bullock, who ran briefly for president in this election, had repeatedly insisted that he had no interest in the Senate. He has apparently changed his mind.) A Bullock run, which he is expected to announce sometime before Monday's filing deadline, will have reverberations well beyond the Last Best Place. A reminder of the majority math for Democrats makes clear why. To retake the majority, Democrats need to net three seats if their side wins the White House and four if they don't.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/politics/steve-bullock-montana/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/politics/senate-democrats-republicans-2020/index.html
House Democrats should have started an investigation into Trump's kids and their means of profiting off of literally everything they shouldn’t be through the President and his direct influences. You know, when it’s currently happening in plain view, every damn day of this administration. Biden won't bring up Jared, Ivanka, Uday and Qusay and their mountain of nepotism, corruption and conflicts of interests. Bloomberg and Sanders would.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tells-hannity-that-hell-bring-up-hunter-all-the-time-against-biden
Pet dog infected with COVID-19, Hong Kong authorities confirm
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/hong-kong-pet-dog-confirmed-covid19-infection-quarantine-12502690
Far too little and far too late: Sanders condemns his supporters' 'ugly, personal attacks' against Warren
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/486052-sanders-condemns-his-supporters-ugly-personal-attacks-against-warren
U.S. House Democrats launch probe into Nestle water bottling
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/03/house-democrats-launch-probe-into-nestle-water-bottling.html
Here’s Why Texans Had to Wait Six Hours to Vote. The state closed a record 750 polling places from 2012 to 2018.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/texas-primary-lines/
Eric Trump falsely claims his father spoke to 30,000 people at arena with 8,600 capacity
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/eric-trump-fox-news-super-tuesday-results-arena-capacity-a9375156.html
‘Partisan Republican’ Chief Justice Roberts Ripped for ‘Fake’ and ‘Selective Outrage’ After Criticizing Schumer
https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/partisan-republican-chief-justice-roberts-ripped-for-fake-and-selective-outrage-after-criticizing-schumer/
And we need these 600,000+ voters to remain locked into the election race through November to vote for Biden: A Democratic Socialist Damn Near Won the Texas Primary
https://www.texasobserver.org/bernie-sanders-damn-near-won-the-texas-primary/
Anita Hill now says 'of course' she could vote for Joe Biden if he becomes nominee
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/anita-hill-now-vote-joe-biden-nominee/story?id=63699846
Bernie's electability argument fell apart yesterday. He claimed that only he can energize the voters to turn out and that only he could get the youth to come out. The youth vote made up 13% of the voters yesterday. They didn't turn out any more than any other election. They remained an unreliable voting bloc. The states that Biden won last night by the widest margins experienced massively increased turnout. VA was up almost 70% from 2016, Biden won it by 30%. TX up by nearly 40%, Biden won it. SC turnout was higher than 2008 when Obama was on the ticket, Biden won it by just shy of 30%. A Washington Post statistical model suggests Biden won nearly 60 percent of voters who sat out the 2016 primary but cast ballots on Tuesday. Biden won several states that he hadn’t set foot in or ran a single ad in. The turnout candidate is Biden, not Bernie. NOBODY is stopping voters from voting for Bernie when they have that ballot in their hands or when they're looking at the touch-screen ballot.
Roberts Denounces Schumer for Talking About Kavanaugh the Way Kavanaugh Talked About the Senate
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/john-roberts-denounces-chuck-schumer-whirlwind-brett-kavanaugh.html
With players discouraged from signing autographs at spring training because of coronavirus fears, a number of teams are starting to have players sign balls in the clubhouse before games so they can flip them to fans in the stands. Seems like something every team should consider.
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1235364396102225920?s=20
"I'm sorry y'all but I can't keep quiet any more. Sanders supporters are right. A year ago, we all got together at the annual Black People convention and hatched a grand scheme to make Joe Biden the Democratic nominee for president. I tried to stay silent as long as I could."
https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1235230382460751872
Happy Reminder: ‘The Young Turks’ Founder Cenk Uygur Loses Bid for Katie Hill’s Congressional Seat
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/young-turks-founder-cenk-uygur-150428300.html
Texas school shootings stopped by armed teachers: 0; Guns left lying around unattended in school bathroom by negligent vice principal: 1 Good job, @GovAbbott ! #txlege
https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/police-whitney-hs-vice-principal-left-gun-unattended-in-bathroom
Here's Nina Turner chastising candidates for using Obama in ads. Lol, the hypocrisy!
https://www.twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1235441015378661376
Bernie supporters seem to be astonished that saying, "So you're going to let poor people die from lack of healthcare just because a Bernie bro was mean to you" does fuck all to mollify peoples' concerns, and if anything just confirms the toxicity of Bernie's campaign
https://twitter.com/JusticeTyrwhit/status/1235381600407388167?s=20
Republican Who Is Repeatedly Re-Elected In Kentucky Rand Paul threatens to hold up coronavirus emergency bill over vote on amendment. The same Kentucky where Bernie thinks Kentuckians will rise up and demand the very Senators they repeatedly vote for (McConnell and Paul) embrace Bernie's legislative agenda and pass it.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/05/coronavirus-outbreak-rand-paul-threatens-block-emergency-bill/4961989002/
Trump’s Plan to Help African-Americans Is a Corrupt Scam to Enrich His Family | It is typical of Trump that he stacks one mind-boggling lie atop another. The man who built a career as a racist crime-fearmonger, calling for the execution of innocent teens in New York, who built his nominating speech around promises to unleash law enforcement in response to a phantasmal urban crime wave, who has urged police to abuse criminal suspects, and who continues to call for stopping the drug trade through draconian sentencing — is somehow now running as a criminal-justice reformer. That Big Lie is simply the backdrop, into which Trump adds the even more bizarre fabrication that the 1994 Crime Bill was in fact masterminded by then-community organizer Barack Obama. (“Somebody said he was talking about it.”) | Opportunity Zones are in fact a corrupt scam to enrich Trump’s cronies. The provision, added to his 2018 tax cut, sounds appealing on the surface. It gives a capital gains tax cut to developers who build new projects in poor urban areas. The problem is that, even conceptually, the incentive is not going to drive investment in the poorest areas. Developers will look for the least-poor blocks that qualify for the tax cut and build there. In practice, the designation of which areas get the tax credit has been hopelessly (and predictably) abused, so that well-connected builders can go into already-gentrifying neighborhoods and get lucrative tax breaks for projects they wanted to build anyway, including Jaguar dealerships, pet spas, and other luxury playgrounds for the rich. This program is, or should be, a massive scandal. The New York Times has detailed extensively how it is working across the country, and virtually every example consists of dumping windfall benefits that primarily or exclusively help rich people. The most damning quote in the damning stories is from Aaron T. Seybert, the social-investment officer at the Kresge Foundation, who supported the proposal. “Capital is going to flow to the lowest-risk, highest-return environment,” he said, “Perhaps 95 percent of this is doing no good for people we care about.” This is a supporter of the bill! Among the insiders who have cashed in on the sam, one in particular stands out: Jared Kushner. Coincidentally, the Associated Press reports today that the president’s son-in-law has cashed in his stock in a company that invested heavily in “Opportunity Zones.” Kushner’s share rose from $5 million to $25 million. That is the sort of rate of return that is possible when you’re either a business genius, or the son-in-law and adviser to a President who can design special laws to funnel tax money into your pockets.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/trumps-win-for-black-people-is-scam-to-enrich-his-family.html
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/10/trump-the-central-park-5-are-guilty-despite-dna-evidence.html
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/full-transcript-donald-trump-nomination-acceptance-speech-at-rnc-225974
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/trump-calls-for-more-police-brutality.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/business/michael-milken-trump-opportunity-zones.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/business/tax-opportunity-zones.html
https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2020/03/jared-kushner-sells-stake-in-firm-that-benefited-from-trump-tax-breaks.html
Bernie's Toxic Base: Massive amount of people have a social media account, from Facebook for the older people on down to Twitter and reddit. Believe me, very few people are unaware of the Berner bullying going on. It made it onto SNL for a skit. A lot of people are aware of it. It has come up at multiple debates. The major media networks report on it. And a lot more than .001% of voters spend time on social media. I'd say the vast majority of people are "extremely online" nowadays. Hell, some of the 60+ year olds that I know spend more time on social media than I do. There's a reason you see "boomer" Trump voters holding up Q signs at his rallies, and it ain't cause they read it from a book.
We need a president who will show up and fight for Michiganders, and @JoeBiden has proven time and again that he has our back. I am proud to both endorse him and announce that I will be joining his campaign as a co-chair.
https://twitter.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/1235559583038373888
Pissed about Super Tuesday? Suck it up: Beating Trump means supporting the Democratic nominee | Don't allow bitterness over the Democratic primaries to re-elect Donald Trump. That's exactly what he wants
Scientists were close to a coronavirus vaccine years ago. Then the money dried up.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1150091?__twitter_impression=true
With Biden Ascendant, Republicans Suddenly Cares About His Ukraine Connections Again
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/with-biden-ascendent-gop-suddenly-cares-about-ukraine-again.html
Tulsi Gabbard’s $50 Million Suit Against Google Is Dismissed
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/technology/google-tulsi-gabbard-lawsuit.html
Appeals court lets Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy continue, despite saying there is no "real possibility" it is legal
https://www.newsweek.com/appeals-court-lets-trump-admins-remain-mexico-policy-stand-despite-ruling-unlawful-1490644
Sale said he’ll know if he needs Tommy John in two or three weeks when he starts throwing again.
https://twitter.com/JMastrodonato/status/1235585737501925378
Chris Sale literally destroyed his arm pitching in the Boston Red Sox World Series
If Warren drops out, I’m not so sure Bernie can necessarily count on those voters. Many are educated liberals who like Warren because they’re attracted to her *practicality,* alienated from Bernie’s sometimes-aggressive base, and want Trump gone more than they want revolution.
https://twitter.com/charlottealter/status/1235246862287777792?s=21
Sanders blames failure to grow African-American support on Biden association with Obama
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sanders-blames-failure-to-grow-black-support-on-biden-association-with-obama-80040005598
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the integrity and courage that Pete and Amy and Beto have for uniting to stop a Sanders/contested convention?
Polish MP says pogroms were good for Jews, assisted natural selection
https://www.jpost.com/International/Polish-MP-says-Pogroms-were-good-for-Jews-assisted-natural-selection-619640
Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners. That's the conclusion of Hong Kong's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department after a dog in quarantine tested weakly positive for the virus Feb. 27, Feb. 28 and March 2, using the canine's nasal and oral cavity samples.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/dogs-cats-pass-coronavirus-test-positive-69404960
It should be noted that's what the Dept says. This Dept is usually responsible for garbage on the streets, wet market, ripping up Lennon Walls, clearing flowers from the memorial of dead protesters, that kind of thing. They're not a scientific or research body and they are not any kind of medical experts. Can dogs pass it on to other dogs/cats/etc?
Warren was the ideal candidate to unite the Hillary and Bernie camps after 2016
U.S. EPA to reduce/eliminate biofuel waiver programme, mulls other measures to help oil refineries
U.S. EPA to slash biofuel waiver program, mulls other measures to help refiners
Bernie Sanders redirected to go to Michigan to campaign there ahead of Tuesday's vote. Biden campaign announces Amy Klobuchar will now spend Friday and Saturday campaigning there for Biden.
https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1235642192548352000
Hello. A. The numbers are low because we haven't done adequate testing. B. You're working hard to keep those numbers low by not testing. @realDonaldTrump
PENCE asked AZAR to sit out yesterday’s coronavirus press briefing - the latest in series of White House efforts to sideline health secretary amid frustration.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/white-house-alex-azar-coronavirus-122250
It's amazing that John Cusack was in "The Grifters" but he doesn't seem to know a grifter when he hears one. (he's a Berner....). One of my fave actors but his Bernie support is sick.
Warren expressed regret that the race had narrowed to two white men "I was told... there are two lanes. A progressive lane that Bernie Sanders is the incumbent for and a moderate lane that Joe Biden is the incumbent for and there's no room for anyone else
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/elizabeth-warren-declines-endorsing-sanders-biden-122238
WH Coronavirus Coordinator Dr Debbie Birx said she learned important differences between green face masks for surgical use and white ones for health care workers and persons infected by Coronavirus, to keep from spreading the illness. Stressed healthy people don't need them.
https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/1235639687773065216
The richest person in every state, mapped
https://digg.com/2020/richest-person-united-states
And I literally give the SAME advice—all the time: do not alienate people whose support you’d like to have. That’s it. That’s the tweet. Appeal to people: ‘we know it’s a tough day if you supported Warren, but we hope you’ll give our guy a chance’. So easy. And yet...
https://twitter.com/soledadobrien/status/1235638877022498816
Funny how when you spend months regaling her with snake emojis and suggesting she's not a "real" progressive, Elizabeth Warren doesn't just jump when you now say jump and tell her who she must endorse...weird how not being an asshole tends to be more effective. Who knew?
https://twitter.com/timjacobwise/status/1235650445047205889
Can't imagine anything less helpful! At some point you guys will realize you are leaders and not just Brooklyn dummies, but seems like it will be after you personally helped set a tone that did real damage to a campaign you genuinely believe would build a better world.
https://twitter.com/jonlovett/status/1235648677831536640
"The National Security Council this week launched an interagency review to determine what military and intelligence assets need to be removed from the U.K. if Huawei participates in building the 5G network...."
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-05/u-k-huawei-decision-prompts-u-s-review-of-intelligence-assets
The College President Who Simply Won’t Raise Tuition | Mitch Daniels has frozen Purdue’s tuition—at less than $10,000—for seven straight years.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/04/mitch-daniels-purdue/606772/
Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida says tests for 14 patients hospitalized with "unexplained respiratory illness" have come back negative for coronavirus. The hospital says it has no presumptive or confirmed positive cases right now.
https://twitter.com/PatriciaMazzei/status/1235652221372518400
If you’re not noticing the girls and women in your life, your office, your timeline who are feeling deep disappointment, you’re not paying attention. This is not because they may have supported @ewarren but because they despair their time will never come.
https://twitter.com/AMLwhere/status/1235636696110247939
Remember after Hurricane Maria, Trump flew down to Puerto Rico where he bragged about a death count of 15 that everyone knew was wrong. He then faced ZERO consequences when it turned out the # of deaths caused by the hurricane and aftermath was more like 3000.
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1235653169570406400
“So if you leave with only one thing, it must be this: Choose to fight only righteous fights, because then when things get tough—and they will—you will know that there is only one option ahead of you: Nevertheless you must persist.”
'A wasted decade': Time left for climate action has shrunk two-thirds in 10 years | Based on a synthesis of all ten editions of the Emissions Gap Report, nations must now do four times the work—or do the same work in one-third of the time—to comply with the climate pact they made in Paris.
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-decade-left-climate-action-shrunk.html
Coronavirus could cost airlines $113B in lost revenue, industry group says
https://globalnews.ca/news/6634345/coronavirus-costs-airlines/
Veterans' Administration unlawfully turned away vulnerable veterans for decades, study says, with 400,000 more at risk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/03/05/veterans-va-bad-paper-study/
Texas lawmakers to hold hearing into excessive Super Tuesday voting lines
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/05/texas-lawmakers-excessive-voting-lines-primary/
Newly obtained documents show $157,000 in additional payments by the Secret Service to Trump properties
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/newly-obtained-documents-show-157000-in-additional-payments-by-the-secret-service-to-trump-properties/2020/03/05/7da2a610-5cbd-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.html
Judge voids oil and gas leases on almost 1 million acres of public lands
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/485133-judge-voids-almost-1-million-acres-of-oil-and-gas-leases-on-public
Biden's Plan Would Raise Taxes on Top 1% by 17%. Would also increase corporate tax rates from 21% to 28%.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-05/biden-plan-would-raise-taxes-on-top-1-by-299-000-study-says
Holocaust denier Arthur Jones targeted with ‘Say No To The Nazi’ ads by Illinois Republican Party
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/3/4/21165146/illinois-republican-targets-holocaust-denier-arthur-jones-say-no-nazi-ads-primary
Kelly leads GOP incumbent McSally by five points in Arizona Senate race
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/486186-poll-democrat-kelly-leads-gop-incumbent-mcsally-by-5-points-in-arizona-senate
Tulsi Gabbard is still in 2020 the race because her staff, her campaign, her consultants are all members of the Science Of Identity Foundation. She's staying in the race to keep the cash grab going to funnel money to that cult. It's nothing more than a grift.
https://medium.com/@lalitamann/an-insiders-perspective-on-tulsi-gabbard-and-her-guru-e2650f0d09
37 Republicans File Supreme Court Brief Arguing Trump Can't Block Manhattan DA's Tax Fraud Investigation | A number of former Republican lawmakers recently filed a Supreme Court brief arguing that President Donald Trump cannot stop the Manhattan District Attorney's tax fraud investigation. The brief, which was filed on Monday, was signed by 37 Republicans, including former members of Congress and the Executive Branch, as well as Trump critics George Conway and John Dean. According to the brief, the former Republican lawmakers, "are concerned that President Trump's assertions of absolute immunity from process, while in office – and more generally his arguments against accountability in any forum – could impose lasting damage on our constitutional system of checks and balances as well as on the rule of law."
https://www.newsweek.com/37-republicans-file-supreme-court-brief-arguing-trump-cant-block-manhattan-das-tax-fraud-1490794
In an interview after Warren’s departure was announced, Toni Van Pelt, the president of the National Organization for Women, urged her not to back Sanders. “She has a lot of leverage right now. We do trust her to make the right decisions on how to proceed. But we’d like her not to rush into this,” Van Pelt said. “We think that our constituents, our members, will not necessarily think of Sanders as the best choice. We wouldn’t have the Violence Against Women Act if it wasn’t for Biden’s leadership. So, we know that he’s performed. Sanders doesn’t have a record. He’s really, as far as we know, done next to nothing for women and for our issues and for the things that are our priorities.”
https://apnews.com/7b475643fb3faf2ab543b68da8743308
Romney indicated to me today that he is still weighing whether to vote for a subpoena in Burisma probe. (He could kill the effort if he votes 'no' on Wednesday.) "There's no question the appearance of looking into Burisma and Hunter Biden appears political," he said
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1235698216336633856
GOP lawmakers with lease oversight directed $110,000 in contributions to Trump Hotel DC. Five out of six GOP members of a House subcommittee with jurisdiction over the Trump Hotel DC’s lease have spent campaign funds at that business
https://1100pennsylvania.substack.com/p/gop-lawmakers-with-lease-oversight
Quarantined nurse who cared for coronavirus patient & exhibits symptoms: "The national CDC would not initiate testing. They said they would not test me because if I were wearing the recommended protective equipment, then I wouldn't have the coronavirus."
https://act.nationalnursesunited.org/page/-/files/graphics/NU-Quarantine-RN-press-conf-statement.pdf
Bill Barr under fire from a federal judge for his handling of the Mueller report. "These circumstances generally, and Attorney General Barr’s lack of candor specifically, call into question Attorney General Barr’s credibility"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mueller-report-attorney-general-william-barr/2020/03/05/3fa7afce-5f2c-11ea-b29b-9db42f7803a7_story.html
A GOP-appointed judge’s scathing review of William Barr’s ‘candor’ and ‘credibility,' annotated
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/05/gop-appointed-judges-scathing-review-william-barrs-candor-credibility-annotated/
This is notable. I served with Judge Walton in the Bush 41 administration. He's a person of integrity; his pronouncements are measured, thoughtful and honest.
https://twitter.com/Peter_Wehner/status/1235694940090482689
I am about 2/3 of the way through George Packer's Our Man. It's just spectacular. You may wonder: do I need to read 600 pp about Richard Holbrooke? But the book's not about him, not fundamentally. It's about human self-sabotage, personal and national. The slow sunsetting of American purpose and power - the successes and failures of one of the last people to believe both fully *and* intelligently in that purpose and power: this is Packer's theme, and so superbly executed. So here's the deal to people who care about America in the world, but doubt they need quite so much Holbrooke as Packer offers ... Read the first 4 or 5 pp in Amazon's "look inside" feature. If you're not hooked, then it's not for you. My guess though is you wont be able to stop.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215731/our-man-by-george-packer/
We joke, but latest Florida polls (even if you factor in some Warren voters) show Bernie could struggle to get 15%. If Tulsi pulls her usual 1-2% she could potentially Jill Stein dozens of delegates from Bernie.
https://twitter.com/DGisSERIOUS/status/1235693757963661312
Attorney General Bill Barr must resign. Click here to sign the petition: | Attorney General Barr’s efforts to mislead the public about the contents of the Mueller report, and his repeated interventions on behalf of the president's associates, have demonstrated that he is more committed to protecting the president than protecting the rule of law. Barr’s actions are a continuation of President Trump’s efforts to obstruct justice, from smearing the investigation into his campaign and his conduct, to trying to shut it down and shorten the sentences of the president's close associates. Barr must resign as Attorney General immediately to restore public confidence in the integrity of the Department of Justice.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/attorney-general-barr-must-resign
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over a copy of the unredacted Mueller report, accusing AG Barr of misrepresenting its findings, and saying Barr lacks both candor and credibility.
https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1235693132081229832
As you can see from the filings, this case was brought and pushed forward by @JasonLeopold and BuzzFeed as well as the good folks at EPIC. We owe them a debt of gratitude for persevering in court for nearly a year.
https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1235693375744954369
DOJ has been ordered to submit the unredacted Mueller Report to the court for review by March 30th.
https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1235688319348092930
Founder of Russian Bank Charged with Tax Fraud. He owned more than $1 billion worth of shares, but allegedly filed a false 2013 tax return with the IRS that reported income of less than $206,000:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/founder-russian-bank-charged-tax-fraud
"Everybody knows what this jig is, especially given that the subpoenas were issued within 24 hours of Joe Biden's big win in South Carolina, and they insisted that this has no political motive behind it..." - @HeidiNBC w/ @NicolleDWallace
https://twitter.com/DeadlineWH/status/1235692834247839745
Gadgets for tech giants made with coerced Uighur labor
https://apnews.com/3f9a92b8dfd3cae379b57622dd801dd5
This is the danger with Trump’s claim the US has few cases: if you’re not testing, you’re not identifying and treating the infected.
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1235692532434169857
For months, the Biden campaign kept saying Twitter wasn't real life, and they were endlessly mocked for it. Then again...Bernie won Twitter. Biden won everybody else. In TX, NC, and TN, voters were asked, "Do you regularly use Twitter for political news?" Sanders won users by 6, 6, and 9 points, respectively. Biden won non-users by 5, 21, and 18. Only 12-15% of voters were users. So Bernie lost.
https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1235206344673722369
"@AndrewYang today launched Humanity Forward, a nonprofit organization intended to embody the spirit of the Yang 2020 presidential campaign, which focused on issues like the impact of automation on humans."
https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/05/andrew-yang-creates-new-organization-focused-on-data-privacy-ubi-and-the-future-of-work/
Why Alaskans Are Trying to Recall Their Governor | Mike Dunleavy slashed public services in Alaska under the guise of populism. Now a statewide movement wants to remove him from office.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/why-alaskans-are-trying-to-recall-their-governor?
Biden tired of Bernie's whining: "Bernie, you got beat by the overwhelming support I have from the African American community. You got beat because of suburban women. You got beat because of hardworking, middle-class folks.”
https://twitter.com/reilyseanconn/status/1235556964941336576?s=19
Today is a hard day for so many people who love and respect @ewarren and admire her campaign - and I include myself in that. Elizabeth Warren is a progressive lion, a champion for working families, and her commitment to inclusivity is exemplary. Thank you for being a role model.
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1235626368630689792
Top Green Party Candidate Says He’ll Run Against Dems Even If They Nominate Sanders
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-green-party-candidate-says-hell-run-against-demseven-if-they-nominate-sanders
Why Democrats Are Still Not the Party of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | But it played out at the congressional level as well. On Tuesday, Jessica Cisneros in Texas, the highest profile primary challenger of the Justice Democrats, a very progressive group, lost to the moderate Democratic incumbent, Henry Cuellar. Left-wing-activist-backed Senate candidates in Texas and North Carolina were crushed by more moderate candidates. The first dress rehearsal for this battle was the 2018 midterm elections, when the Justice Democrats put its muscle behind nearly 80 Sanders-like insurgent candidates to target House seats, many of them held by less liberal Democratic incumbents. That year, scores of Democrats ranging from left of center (like Katie Porter of California) to fairly conservative (Anthony Brindisi of New York) took advantage of waning support for Mr. Trump in America’s suburbs to make a run for House seats held by Republican incumbents. The results were pretty unequivocal. Justice Democrats lost virtually every primary race in 2018 when they fielded a homegrown liberal candidate, but they won one very important race: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez upset Representative Joe Crowley in a New York seat he had held for years. At the same time, scores of middle-of-the-road Democrats were able to get through crowded primaries and win over Republican and independent voters in the general election, giving their party a net gain of 40 seats and flipping the House. | Looked at another way, in this Congress, the size of the Progressive Caucus, representing the House’s most liberal members, reached historic size — just under 100 of the chamber’s 235 Democrats — but the New Democrat Coalition, a more moderate group, also grew to historic levels, to roughly 100 members. | The 116th Congress also demonstrated that political influence outside of Washington does not always translate into legislative victories, as progressives are promising. Without question Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s influence on the Democratic Party also is striking in modern politics for a freshman House member. In her first few months in office she got normally skittish Democrats and some early presidential candidates to sign on to her Green New Deal (introduced with Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts), forced a national conversation about marginal tax rates and Medicare for All, helped tank a plan for Amazon to move to Queens, and catalyzed a vast rejection of corporate PAC money for incumbents who had just a year ago eschewed that plan as impractical at best, unilateral disarmament at worst. But here was the reality for progressives: Medicare for All got little more than a hearing or two, while the House passed bill after bill pressing more incremental health care changes (but none of which the Republican-controlled Senate would even entertain). The Green New Deal had a messy if high-profile roll out, then fizzled. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez did not have even the modest legislative victories enjoyed by other freshman Democrats like Joseph Neguse of Colorado, Deb Haaland of New Mexico and Lauren Underwood of Illinois, who ran on getting health care bills on the floor. What is more, many Democrats began to fret early on that the far left was going to do to them what the Tea Party had done to Republicans a few years back: Run them out of town, one primary at a time. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez previously suggested that Democrats who were not sufficiently loyal to an emergent brand of progressive politics should have others like her run against them in a primary. She is now suggesting that, exit polling be damned, Mr. Biden’s latest string of successes is because of the strong-arming of corporate lobbyists, something Mr. Sanders has underscored by repeatedly calling Mr. Biden the establishment candidate. But the results speak for themselves. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez threw her weight behind Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez in her Senate primary campaign in Texas to defeat the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s chosen candidate, M.J. Hegar. Ms. Hegar ended up easily outpacing a crowded Democratic field.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/sunday-review/democratic-party-ocasio-cortez.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/03/us/elections/results-texas-house-district-28-primary-election.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/03/us/elections/results-north-carolina-senate-primary-election.html
https://quorum-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/blog/2019-08-20T171215.242336_2019_August_Recess_Report_FINAL.pdf
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-bernie-sanders-establishment
Since Berners are smearing Biden as "having dementia", then what about Bernie?
Bernie ran into a shower door.
Go to 1:04:30. Bernie literally says "In 1941, we were at war with China and Hitler". Doesn't correct himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-iLk1G_ng
At one minute in, Bernie calls Robert Reich "Robert Rubin"
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1235676209192853504?s=19
Bernie said he graduated high school with a ton of black students. He graduated with three black students. That's a clear memory lapse.
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/watch-bernie-sanders-said-he-graduated-high-school-with-a-lot-more-than-1-black-student-he-did-not/
Bernie said 10,000 Palestinian civilians were killed in 2014 when it was 1,000. Later said he got his facts mixed up.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/massively-inflating-death-toll-sanders-says-israel-killed-over-10000-innocents-in-gaza/
In a debate, instead of saying "those countries opposed to ISIS", he embarrassingly said "those countries opposed to Islam"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-debate-transcript-clinton-sanders-omalley-in-iowa/
Bernie says Bush is the president instead of Trump in a debate and doesn't correct himself
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/14/democratic-debate-impeachment-jolt-iowa
He did the same thing twice in a hearing and only corrected himself after laughter./saying it the 2nd time
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4654899/user-clip-bloopers-bernie-sanders-elderly-moment
Got into the wrong plane. Even pro-Bernie TMZ called it a "brainfart".
https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/29/bernie-sanders-boards-wrong-gulfstream-private-jet-campaign/
Proclaimed that "we will pass gay marriage in all 50 states" nearly 11 months after the SCOTUS ruling. Makes no sense under any context
https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/717543128794861568
In live interview, Bernie Sanders called Wolf Blitzer "Jake" 3 times before Wolf corrected him. Then he still called him "Jake" 2 more times
https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-calling-wolf-blitzer-jake-politics-election-campaign-2016-7
Urged voters to support him in the Iowa caucus instead of the Nevada caucus when he was doing a rally in Vegas.
https://twitter.com/meganmesserly/status/1231064738789912577
Confuses the Iowa caucus with the Nevada caucus again..
https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1230985873979854848
Bernie asked "who's the biggest threat between Russia, Iran, and North Korea". Answers ISIS multiple times until asked a 4th time by Chuck Todd
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2016/02/05/daily-202-bernie-sanders-trips-up-on-foreign-policy-during-democratic-debate/56b3e57a981b92a22df3af09/
Said he was in Sioux City in Iowa instead of Sioux Falls in North Dakota
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/05/13/oops-bernie-sanders-makes-geography-gaffe-sd/84333674/
On a question regarding infrastructure, Bernie said "we need to rebuild the United Nations"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmeJ3OJtLaU
Said there are 500 superdelegates...no there are 771.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/full-transcript-ninth-democratic-debate-las-vegas-n1139546
Incorrectly called the "Human Rights Campaign" the "Human Rights Fund"
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/bernie-sanders-takes-risky-shot-the-establishment
Even Jeff Weaver said Bernie "misspoke and conflated a few facts regarding Russia" in a couple of interviews
http://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=9fd0fa7c-79e5-4f2d-a08b-a1dcb2b1a2fb
Wrongly referred to a staffer as a volunteer.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/375408-ex-volunteer-says-sanders-taking-credit-for-him-reporting-russian-troll
Said he ridden the subway multiple times the past year but claimed that he used "tokens" to ride it when tokens haven't been used for decades. That's a clear memory lapse.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bernie-sanders-not-savvy-subway-rider-article-1.2585761
Here in Scranton, Trump claims the economic effects of coronavirus could be blunted by the slow-down of overseas travel. "I have to say, people are now staying in the United States, spending their money in the US," Trump says at Fox's town hall.
https://twitter.com/sarahcwestwood/status/1235720316598579208
Trump, in response to a woman who asked what he'd include in a GOP healthcare plan: "What we'd like to do is TOTALLY KILL it, but come up -- before we do that! -- with something that's great."
https://twitter.com/EliStokols/status/1235720177012150273
Trump border crackdown stalls as border crossings increase for first time in 9 months
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trump-border-crackdown-stalls-as-illegal-crossings-increase-for-first-time-in-9-months/2020/03/05/c864c828-5eec-11ea-8baf-519cedb6ccd9_story.html
Asked about his administration’s support for states lawsuit to invalidate the PPACA, Trump on Fox: “we want to terminate Obamacare.” Trump does not offer any plan for what would happen if Obamacare is struck down at Supreme Court.
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1235718449747419138
Biden also seeks to one-up Trump on one of his few initiatives seen to help LGBTQ people: Ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In his State of the Union addresses before Congress, Trump has pledged to beat the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, but Biden sets a goal instead of 2025.
https://twitter.com/chrisjohnson82/status/1235717882312617986
The war in Syria is not just a disaster... The war in Syria will, dangerously, become a precedent for a new normal of brutal, divisive, contagious conflict.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/why-americans-should-care-about-syria/2020/03/05/550e88bc-5f2a-11ea-b29b-9db42f7803a7_story.html
Drawing on Biden’s expertise in foreign policy, his LGBTQ plan goes into significant detail on the candidate’s pledge to advance LGBTQ human rights overseas.
https://twitter.com/chrisjohnson82/status/1235717574865948677
One man’s opinion, but @realDonaldTrump would gain so much if he were a completely different person, who’d led a completely different life
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1235725635093499905
Trump's mental state, not Biden's, is the real concern
High-profile Warren backers, particularly women, have been hesitant to race to Sanders’ camp. In Congress, where Biden is racking up new endorsements daily, Sanders hasn’t earned any new supporters, even among the most progressive lawmakers, in two weeks.
https://apnews.com/d84e7134e893f67b2f3751a2a581a9a2
So... James Reardon Jr., who marched with the neo-Nazi group Vanguard America in Charlottesville, was going to be released from jail for a few hours on Saturday to attend his grandmother's memorial. But then he started talking to friends and family on the jailhouse phones.
https://twitter.com/nickmartin/status/1235734837425668096
Get real, Bernie. The only person who's going to cut Social Security if he's elected is Donald Trump. Maybe you should spend your time attacking him.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1235733748563533824
If she set the pace, why didn’t you all stand behind her....: Let’s not undersell the power of Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy. She set the pace for policy on everything from disability justice to racial justice to a wealth tax. She is a giant of our movement. I can't wait for our progressive movement to build together. #ThankYouElizabeth
https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1235610537058349056
Trump will sign the $8.3 billion coronavirus emergency funding bill on Friday in DC, Pence says in Washington state.
.@AndrewYang says on @OutFrontCNN that he spoke with
@JoeBiden a few days ago. "Joe and I have had several private conversations about the seriousness of the fourth industrial revolution," he adds.
https://twitter.com/ArletteSaenz/status/1235732536694681600
@SenSchumer: "I shouldn't have used the words I did but in no way was I making a threat. I never, never would do such a thing and Leader McConnell knows that. And Republicans who are busy manufacturing outrage over these comments know that too."
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1235732075560353793
Andrew Yang is launching a group aimed at keeping his campaign ideas alive. The group announced a pledge to distribute $500,000 in the form of $1,000 a month checks to residents of a to-be-determined city in New York state, funded by private donations.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1235731876410605568
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/05/andrew-yang-launches-new-non-profit-ponders-presidential-endorsement/
And Sanders has spent THREE times more per vote than the current delegate leader.
https://twitter.com/TheBeatWithAri/status/1235668544907591680
I just landed at JFK after reporting on #coronavirus in Milan and Lombardy —the epicenter of Italy’s outbreak— for @vicenews. I walked right through US customs. They didn’t ask me where in Italy I went or if I came into contact with sick people. They didn’t ask me anything.
https://twitter.com/julialindau/status/1235714275752267776
California orders insurers to waive out-of-pocket costs for coronavirus testing
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/California-orders-insurers-to-waive-out-of-pocket-15109214.php
Over 2,000 New Yorkers Are Under Coronavirus Quarantines
https://www.thedailybeast.com/over-2000-new-yorkers-are-under-coronavirus-quarantines
2020 Hillary would run circles around 2020 Biden. And 2016 Hillary lost. Let that sink in. Not optimistic about Sanders vs Biden debates lol
Sanders says this before going into the longest criticism I’ve heard of Biden’s record yet: "Joe Biden is a decent guy and I know that if I win the nomination he'll be there for me,if he wins I'll be there for him because our differences are minimal compared to the differences we have with Trump" @BernieSanders
*more young people cheer for Biden than have all campaign*
People for Bernie
https://twitter.com/banditelli/status/1235755832119189504
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