July 27, 2016

Nina Turner's credentials revoked?

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/26/nina-turner-prominent-sanders-delegate-ejected-dnc

Interesting, wonder what happened.

Edit: Looking around, seems like 800 Bernie people were denied entry today, after the walk out and such.

Edit 2: Hard to tell what exactly happened in numbers because I can't find a definitive source, some people lost credentials, Nina Turner for sure.

Edit 3: https://twitter.com/BenJealous - says this is false!

July 26, 2016

Is there any room here for someone who will vote for Hillary, but

wants to see change the Democratic party from the inside, follow ideals closer to Bernie's? Honestly too, I wish I could have voted for Warren, as reinforced by the great points she made in her speech.

I'm no BoB guy, but I'm not a huge Hillary fan either. However, she's the only sane choice this election, for very obvious reasons. I just don't see myself ever warming to her.

What do you have to say to someone like me?

June 18, 2016

Almost 7000 people have used Bernie's website to say they want to run for office.

http://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-supporters-2016-6

Some 4000 others signing up to volunteer. I hope it goes well for them!

June 17, 2016

I feel crazy seeing some of these responses to Bernie's speech.

He's trying to keep younger people engaged and lead them into the Democratic party. I don't think it's that confusing. The issues he listed are very real, and need to be tackled not only by the next President of the united states, but at the local and state level as well. It feels like people are mad just because it was Bernie, but I thought his message was quite good, and I think it's even good for Hillary because it's aimed at keeping people engaged in the political process and inspiring people towards public service.

June 14, 2016

Kentucky man indicted on election fraud

http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Grand-jury-indicts-Pike-County-man-on-election-fraud-382978021.html

Guess this also could be why Bernie asked for a recanvass.

June 14, 2016

Clinton calls for U.S. ‘intelligence surge’ in wake of Orlando attack

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-shooting-clinton-surveillance-idUSKCN0YZ2I2

This bothers me because didn't the FBI already interview this guy multiple times, have a gun sold to him through a loophole etc? I feel like the existing system failed multiple times, and it feels wrong to expand internet surveillance. It's obviously a tricky issue, so I'm curious what you guys here think.

June 11, 2016

Do you think that Hillary will switch positions to being pro-TPP?

Just thought this would be interesting, with google coming out for it.

May 16, 2016

Is anyone here in favor of third way/new democrats?

I've only seen people bashing it here, so I'm curious.

May 13, 2016

Hillary's take on privacy on the internet?

One thing I've worried about is Hillary's message on privacy.

Her calls for a "Manhattan-like project" to break encryption make me think she's going to be for more programs like the ones Snowden disclosed. She's also been generally anti-encryption in the past. She's also never really come out against language such as the problematic parts of TPP which could affect whistleblowers, and given the current track record I wouldn't expect her to be protective of whistleblowers.

I don't see these things discussed a lot so I'm really interested in discussion around this topic. Are there anything that would show her in a better light on these issues, or is there any agreement her stance here problematic?