Daily Archives: March 8, 2020

2020-03-08: News Headlines

RT (2020-03-08). Kamala Harris endorses Biden, who she previously bashed for 'segregationist' busing views. rt.com Kamala Harris is the latest former presidential candidate to endorse Joe Biden despite major clashes on the campaign trail, with some calling the move hypocritical and others seeing it as a preemptive bid for the future VP slot. | Harris now claims there is "no one better prepared than Joe [Biden] to steer our nation through these turbulent times, and restore truth, honor, and decency to the Oval Office." | .

RT (2020-03-08). Biden and Sanders fight for black voters with competing endorsements from Kamala Harris, Jesse Jackson. rt.com Shortly after Joe Biden received an endorsement from Senator Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders' campaign announced support from civil rights activist Jesse Jackson. | "A people far behind cannot catch up choosing the most moderate path," Jackson said in a public statement announcing his support for Sanders. "The most progressive social and economic path gives us the best chance to catch up and Senator Bernie Sanders represents the most progressive path. That's why I choose to endorse him today." | While the statement doesn't directly name Biden, the mention of a "moderate" choice versus a "progressive" choice is h…

RT (2020-03-08). Pyongyang launches THREE 'unidentified projectiles' — South Korean military. rt.com North Korea has reportedly launched three projectiles towards the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff. The type of missiles is so far unknown. | North Korea had fired two short-range projectiles off its eastern coast just last week, in its first missile test in 2020. | Also on rt.com | | DETAILS TO FOLLOW…

Robert Fantina (2020-03-08). Clinton and Sanders. "No Body Likes Him" Says Hillary. globalresearch.ca Former First Lady, New York State Senator, Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton continues to criticize Vermont senator Bernie Sanders whenever the opportunity to do so presents itself. 'Nobody likes him', says she, despite the millions …

Robert Scheer (2020-03-08). Bernie Sanders Is Trying to Save the Democratic Party From Itself. truthdig.com The class war that gave rise to Sanders' campaign is the fault of a long line of corporate Democrats like Joe Biden, and voters know it.

Joseph B. Atkins (2020-03-08). Bernie Sanders stands alone now, save for his grassroots army. zcomm.org Facing him are the politically elite of the Democratic Party, both black and white, Wall Street, and the corporate media…

Staff (2020-03-08). Kamala Harris Endorses Joe Biden; Jesse Jackson Backs Bernie Sanders. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris endorsed Joe Biden on Sunday and said she would "do everything in my power" to help elect him, becoming the latest dropout from the Democratic race for president to line up behind the former vice president in his battle with Bernie Sanders for the nomination. | The decision by the California senator who was one of three black candidates seeking to challenge President Donald Trump further solidifies the Democratic establishment's move to close circles around Biden after his Super Tuesday success. Her endorsement comes before the next round of primaries, with six states voting Tuesd…

Joe Emersberger (2020-03-08). WaPo Prints Study That Found Paper Backed an Undemocratic Bolivia Coup. zcomm.org At this point, the OAS report on Bolivia's election should be discarded, except for the purpose of a credible investigation into how such appalling work ever came to be done…

Staff (2020-03-08). It's Time to Close the Loopholes That Are Harming the 2020 Election. truthout.org Super Tuesday voting last week was marred by long lines more appropriate for a theme park than a 21st century democracy. In Texas and California, primary voters in multiple polling places had to wait in lines as long as

Kitti Baracsi (2020-03-08). Resistance and devotedness: learning democracy under pressure. zcomm.org What better way could there be of learning democratic resistance through first-hand experiences than fighting for local initiatives and adopting a solidarity-based approach?>

Staff (2020-03-08). Presidential Candidates: Disclose Your Nondisclosure Agreements. truthout.org "Kill it." | That's what former Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is

Michael Harris (2020-03-08). Stolen Legacy – Destruction of Negro Bar, California. indybay.org The sudden and untimely death of Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., "African Founding Father of California" sparked the ongoing challenge at Negro Bar, California.

RT (2020-03-07). Two-man 'bloodbath': Bernie calls out 'billionaires buying elections' as Biden attacks his 'increasingly negative' bros. rt.com Joe Biden warned supporters about "the Bernie brothers" running an "increasingly negative campaign" and that a "bloodbath" between the two candidates (as Tulsi gets lost in the shuffle) will only help re-elect Donald Trump. | The fight between Biden and Sanders for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination is intensifying as the two candidates campaign in the Midwest this weekend ahead of primary votes in states like Michigan and Missouri in the coming days. | Speaking to donors in Bethesda, Maryland, Biden seemed to call for a positive battle between him and Sanders, but he also managed to get in some di…

RT (2020-03-07). MSM campaign against Sanders made half of America believe Bernie's like a 'CORONAVIRUS in a suit' — Lee Camp. rt.com The corporate media certainly spared no effort in portraying Bernie Sanders as the biggest threat to America ahead of Super Tuesday, yet they failed to set him back, US comedian and host of RT's Redacted Tonight, Lee Camp, said. | The media as well as the Democratic National Committee "spent five days before the contest trashing Bernie Sanders in any way they come up with," Camp recalled. | "By the end of it, even I was sure Bernie fathered a love child with Fidel Castro and the Lyme disease. By Tuesday, much of America was sure that Bernie is something like a coronavirus wearing a Larry David skin suit." | Y…

Eds. (2020-03-07). Absolutely sickening—and scary': Man unfurls Nazi flag at Bernie Sanders rally, heightening security concerns. mronline.org "All people of conscience must condemn this anti-Semitism against the most visible Jewish politician in the country." |

Staff (2020-03-07). Will Biden's Trade Policy Record Come Back to Haunt Him in Midwest? truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders and supporters of his presidential campaign took on 2020 Democratic primary foe former Vice President Joe Biden's record on trade to sharpen the contrasts between the two candidates ahead of next week's nominating contests in six states, including the Rust Belt state of Michigan. | Just before leaving Phoenix to attend a rally in Michigan on Friday, Sanders held a brief press conference in which he said Biden's vote as a then-senator for the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (…

Roger Lancaster (2020-03-07). Welcome to the New Legitimation Crisis: Bernie Sanders vs. the Plutocrats. commondreams.org Chris Matthews of MSNBC waits to go on the air inside the spin room at Bally's Las Vegas Hotel & Casino after the Democratic presidential primary debate on February 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/chris_matthews_legitimation_crisis.jpg

Common Dreams staff (2020-03-07). WATCH: Biden Backer Lindy Li Criticized for Saying She Will 'Absolutely Not' Vote for Sanders If He Becomes Democratic Nominee. commondreams.org A member of former Vice President Joe Biden's outreach team is drawing criticism for saying Friday that she would "absolutely not" vote for Bernie Sanders if the U.S. senator from Vermont became the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/aje_upfront.jpg

Phelonious Crunk (2020-03-07). The Fallacy of the Appeal of the Centrist Democrat. dissidentvoice.org I have watched for the past couple months as Bernie Sanders has risen in the polls and then proceeded to do well in the first primary and caucuses as these people have done everything to try and kneecap his success. The amount of negative press about Sanders that has been pumped out by all of …

WSWS (2020-03-07). Another corporate media smear against Bernie Sanders. wsws.org A New York Times article claims that Soviet officials saw cultivating ties with Sanders in the 1980s as a political "opportunity."

Peadar O'Cearnaigh (2020-03-07). Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls out a Joe Biden supporter for 'threatening to help Trump'. thecanary.co On 6 March, host of Al Jazeera's UpFront Mehdi Hasan interviewed

Juan Cole (2020-03-07). It Seems That Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince MBS Is Continuing His Purge of Potential Rival Princes. commondreams.org Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations on March 27, 2018 in New York. (Photo: Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/saudi_crown_prince_khashoggi.jpg

WSWS (2020-03-07). Australian Labor MP feigns concern over US extradition of Julian Assange. wsws.org Penny Wong did not differ with government representatives, who explicitly endorsed the British judiciary's brutal attacks on Assange's legal and democratic rights.

Robert S. Becker (2020-03-07). Say it ain't so, Joe. Or what, me worry? nationofchange.org We await a persuasive argument that explains how and why Joe Biden will be the Democratic David to take down this Goonish Goliath.

WSWS (2020-03-07). University of California graduate student strike: A struggle against the United Auto Workers and the Democratic Party. wsws.org For two months, UC graduate students and teaching assistants have engaged in a wildcat strike, rebelling against the UAW to demand cost of living adjustments in one of the most expensive states in the US.

Staff (2020-03-07). Democracy Is Under Assault Around the World, and Right Here in Texas. truthout.org "Democracy and pluralism are under assault." So reads the first line of Freedom House's Founded in 1941 by a coho…

WSWS (2020-03-07). California graduate students expand wildcat strike to fourth campus, with two more slated to join. wsws.org The powerful initiative taken by striking grad students poses the need to maintain complete independence from the trade union bureaucracies and the Democratic Party.

Raquel Willis (2020-03-07). Progressives Urge Warren to Rally Behind Sanders. zcomm.org Supporters of Sanders say they hope she will throw her support behind their candidate in order to form a united "progressive front" and take on powerful corporate forces now lined up behind Biden…

Staff (2020-03-07). Anti-Mask Bills Targeting Leftists Ignore the Real Perpetrators of Violence. truthout.org While politically motivated violence in the U.S. has been an overwhelmingly far right phenomenon, Republicans around the country are building up credibility with their base by playing to false fears about masked leftists. State bills are popping up that attempt to rein in the use of masks or face covers during protests, either by increasing penalties for actions taken while wearing a mask or banning the public use of masks altogether. | Oregon Republicans recently introduced House Bill 4126 on…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-03-07). 'We Have to Get a Climate President in Office': Jane Fonda Says Bernie Sanders Is the Only Climate Candidate. commondreams.org Octogenarian actor and activist Jane Fonda declared ahead of a climate action protest in California Friday that the United States needs a "climate president" and she is now backing Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is leading a grassroots movement challenging the Democratic Party establishment coalescing around former Vice President Joe Biden. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/janefonda_firedrillfridays_greenpeace.jpg

RT (2020-03-07). 'Come and take it!' GOP congressman triggers left with AR-15 gun-wielding message to Biden & Beto. rt.com Colorado Congressman Ken Buck proved just how easy it is to trigger the left by posting a video of him wielding an AR-15 in his office and daring Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke to try to "come and take it." | "I have a message for Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke," Buck says in the video, which was posted to Twitter on Friday. | If you want to take everyone's AR-15s in America, why don't you swing by my office in Washington DC and start with this one? | I have just one message for Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke, if you want to take everyone's AR-15s, why don't you swing by my office in Washington, D.C. and start with thi…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-03-07). Sanders Unveils Plan to Address GOP Attacks on Reproductive Rights and the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis. commondreams.org While campaigning in the Midwest on Saturday ahead of a series of primaries over the next two weeks, Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled a major new proposal that aims to ensure universal, affordable access to reproductive healthcare and take on the maternal mortality crisis impacting communities of color across the United States. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1205529821.png

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-03-07). 'Chilling': Erik Prince Recruited Ex-Spies to Help Project Veritas Infiltrate Groups 'Hostile' to Trump Agenda. commondreams.org An explosive New York Times report revealed Saturday that notorious war profiteer Erik Prince recruited former American and British spies to work with the right-wing group Project Veritas to infiltrate at least one Democratic congressional campaign and organizations "considered hostile" to President Donald Trump's agenda. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/erik_prince_robert_mueller_0.png

RT (2020-03-06). Democrat outrage forces Facebook to remove Team Trump's 'misleading' Census ads. rt.com Social media giant Facebook said it will remove certain ads by President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, after Democrats and media activists complained they would confuse Americans about the upcoming population census. | The ads were titled "Official 2020 Congressional District Census," but they directed respondents to a website used by the president's re-election campaign. The text of the ads, however, made it clear they were requesting data so the campaign could better formulate the election strategy in November: | "This survey is ESSENTIAL to our team's 2020 campaign strategy. We need Patriotic Americans like…

RT (2020-03-06). Math is hard when counting millions? MSM makes a blooper figuring out how much Bloomberg spent on his campaign. rt.com An MSNBC host made the "disturbing discovery" that Michael Bloomberg could afford to give "each American $1 million" from his presidential campaign fund. If only their production team had used a calculator before going on air. | MSNBC's Brian Williams was talking to NYT board member Mara Gay when he cited a tweet by a Washington Post contributor, Mekita Rivas, who literally claimed the former New York mayor and billionaire could present every single American with a whopping $1 million — supposedly all out of his $500 million fund he spent on his Democratic primaries campaign. | MSNBC's Brian Williams read…

Eds. (2020-03-06). From fossil capitalism to energy democracy? mronline.org As the 21st Century's second decade opens, the increasingly severe symptoms of climate change comprise a pivot in the struggle for hegemony, globally and within national formations. With the highest per capital carbon emissions among the G20 states, Canada is a climate laggard and, in some respects, a first-world petro-state (Nikiforuk 2010), organized as a […] |

Staff (2020-03-06). Progressives Urge Elizabeth Warren to Rally Behind Bernie Sanders After She Drops Out of 2020 Race. democracynow.org Senator Elizabeth Warren suspended her bid for the presidency Thursday, leaving the 2020 Democratic presidential race down to two older white men: former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders. Warren's decision to end her campaign comes after she failed to perform as well as she had hoped in early primary states and on Super Tuesday, including placing third in her home state of Massachusetts. Warren gave no indication whether she will endorse either of her former rivals. Supporters of Sanders say they hope she will throw her support behind their candidate in order to form a united "progressive front…

RT (2020-03-06). 'White, male & 70+ years old'? DNC scorched for shifting debate rules AGAIN, after Tulsi Gabbard meets previous threshold. rt.com The DNC has changed the qualifying threshold for the next Democratic primary debate, supposedly targeting no one specifically, but ensuring Tulsi Gabbard — the last remaining woman and person of color in the race — is excluded. | DNC announced the rule change on Friday, requiring candidates for the upcoming debate in Arizona later this month to rack up 20 percent of convention delegates to qualify. While Gabbard had met the previous threshold, having won two delegates in American Samoa on Super Tuesday, the new standard guarantees that she will not make the cut — a move that was blasted far an…

Staff (2020-03-06). "Supreme Inequality": Author Adam Cohen on the Supreme Court's 50-Year Battle Against Justice. democracynow.org The makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court has come under intense criticism in recent years after two Trump-nominated justices joined the bench. Senate Republicans confirmed Neil Gorsuch in 2017 after having refused to consider President Barack Obama's nominee in his final year in office, and they confirmed Brett Kavanaugh a year later despite multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the judge. During the 2020 Democratic presidential contest, several candidates floated the idea of "packing the court" — appointing more than nine justices — in order to counter the court's rightward drift. But while t…

Thomas Klikauer (2020-03-06). Inside Right Wing Extremism: an Undercover Cyber-Agent Report. counterpunch.org Some might be old enough to remember the start of the Internet with only .mil and .edu. It was the pre-WWW and pre-Dot-Com age time defined by a black screen and green or amber characters. In this era, right-wing extremists could not use the Internet to destabilize democracy. Today, they can. Recently, Julia Ebner, an

Eric A. Gordon (2020-03-06). Sanders won California, but there were also major down-ballot developments. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES—As predicted, Sen. Bernie Sanders handily won the presidential primary race in California, adding 155 delegates to his total with 33.6% of the vote (over a million votes). Sanders had a powerful organization on the ground, and key to his victory was the Latinx vote. Former Vice President Joe Biden won 93 delegates, 24.9% …

Paul Street (2020-03-06). They Rule: No Easter Bernie. counterpunch.org Former MSNBC (MSDNC) talk show host Chris Matthews' execution by the Bernie Sanders campaign today was quick and painless. A guillotine was set up near Central Park's Pond & Gapstow Bridge. A crowd of 15,000 applauded politely after Matthews' head was held up and placed inside a model Cold War era television. Ticket fees (ranging from $27 to $200) were dedicated to the Sanders campaign. Sanders addressed the crowd, calmly explaining why Matthews had been condemned. Sanders asked attendees to go to berniesanders.com to contribute further to his campaign and to nominate other broadcast journalists for executio…

John Peeler (2020-03-06). The Democrats' Durable Dichotomy. counterpunch.org It was a big day for Joe Biden, and a disappointment for Bernie Sanders. Mike Bloomberg got a sweeping win in American Samoa as a return on his massive spending. He's cut his losses and endorsed Joe. Elizabeth Warren is on her way out, the only question is whether she will endorse Bernie. And then

Staff (2020-03-06). Progressives Urge Elizabeth Warren to Rally Behind Bernie Sanders. truthout.org Senator Elizabeth Warren suspended her bid for the presidency Thursday, leaving the 2020 Democratic presidential race down to two older white men: former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders. Warren's decision to end her campaign comes after she failed to perform as well as she had hoped in early primary states and on Super Tuesday, including placing third in her home state of Massachusetts. Warren gave no indication whether she will endorse either of her former rivals. Supporters of Sanders…

Ralph Nader (2020-03-06). Trump vs. Sanders: A Concise Comparison for Voters (and Why Bernie Wins Hands Down). commondreams.org Bernie Sanders, unlike other potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, has a message that resonates with a wide variety of people. (Photo: Paul Weaver / Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_24.jpeg

Staff (2020-03-06). Headlines for March 6, 2020. democracynow.org 3,500 Cruise Ship Passengers Quarantined Off California Coast over Coronavirus Fears, Seattle Area Residents Urged to Work from Home as Coronavirus Spreads Across U.S., World Health Organization's Coronavirus Warning: "This Is Not a Drill", Stocks Tumble as Coronavirus Rattles Global Economy, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Suspends 2020 Presidential Bid, Bernie Sanders Campaign Rally Disrupted by Protester with Nazi Flag, Russia and Turkey Agree to a Ceasefire in Syria's War-Torn Idlib, Israel Accused of Collective Punishment After Demolishing Palestinian Homes, Israeli Opposition Parties Bidding to Unseat Netanyahu After…

Staff (2020-03-06). Bernie Sanders Has One Chance to Defeat Joe Biden. truthdig.com If the Vermont senator has any hope of staging a comeback, he must prove to American voters that his opponent is fundamentally unelectable.

Laura Carlsen (2020-03-06). The Organization of American States Is Eroding Faith in Democracy. commondreams.org Supporters of ousted Bolivian leader Evo Morales rally against the coup. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shutterstock_1561503616.jpeg

Phelonious Crunk (2020-03-06). History Tells Us Which Democratic Nominee Truly Hurts Down Ballot Democrats. dissidentvoice.org "Sanders can't win the presidency. He's too far left." Others opine, "He'll never get anything through congress. He hasn't ever accomplished anything." What is this movement then? How did a 'nobody' build the greatest political movement and fundraising machine in the history of the United States? Because his ideas are popular. They have broad appeal. …

news.un (2020-03-06). DR Congo: Agencies appeal for funding for refugee support and Ebola response. news.un.org Urgent resources are needed to support countries in southern Africa and the Great Lakes region which are hosting more than 900,000 refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners said in a $621 million appeal launched on Friday.

Eric Zuesse (2020-03-06). Joe Biden in 2020 Duplicates Hillary Clinton in 2016. globalresearch.ca Hillary Clinton, of course, received the Democratic Party nomination in 2016 and was widely expected to beat Trump but she lost to him (though she won California

Fight Back (2020-03-06). Recession worries drive down stocks again. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Thursday, March 5, the day after U.S. stocks soared on hopes that a Biden presidency would be better for Wall Street, economic worries about the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) drove down stocks again. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell almost 1000 points, or 3.5%, with other averages falling a bit less. Interest rates on the ten-year U.S. Treasury Bonds fell to another record low of less than 0.92%, showing both fear among U.S. investors and expectations of weaker economic growth. | Hardest hit were travel-related companies on the news that United Airlines was cutting their flight schedule and of…

Antonio Carty (2020-03-06). If Sanders forms a real Alliance with Warren, their Popular Policies Can Win. zcomm.org Conventional wisdom is that a presidential candidate should pick an opposite or contrasting vice presidential running mate, to create a perception of a balanced ticket. But this is not a conventional time or race, Bernie is offering a clear and practical progressive choice to fix the USA. So his running mate needs to be a

Ken Klippenstein (2020-03-06). 'This Was a Grift': Bloomberg Staffers Explain Campaign's Demise. thenation.com 'This Was a Grift': Bloomberg Staffers Explain Campaign's Demise…

The Iranian (2020-03-06). Another reason to love him: Bernie Sanders at home on his Persian carpet. iranian.com

Jeffrey St. Clair (2020-03-06). Roaming Charges: Super Tuesday at Manzanar. counterpunch.org My plan to spend Super Tuesday scaling the eastern flank of Mt. Whitney until my knees or lungs gave out was foiled by the closure of the Whitney Portal Road, which was buried under a late, but welcome, snowstorm. I had no interest in returning to the motel to watch the Democratic Party self-destruct again,

Nick Pemberton (2020-03-06). Bernie Sanders Lost Minnesota Because He Fought For Racial Justice. counterpunch.org Other than the refreshingly Bernie agnostic Jeffrey St. Clair, I don't remember a single left commentator admitting that Bernie Sanders really wasn't doing better in 2020 than he was in 2016. Bernie Sanders had a disappointing week, and this was especially true in Minnesota, where he won handily in 2016. How is it possible that

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2020-03-06). 'This Is Unacceptable': Sanders Calls On Biden to Disavow Surrogate's Racist Attack on Nina Turner. commondreams.org "Joe must apologize to Nina and all the people of color supporting our campaign." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/sanders_turner_0.jpg

Peter Harrison (2020-03-06). The Tyranny of the Consciousness-Raisers: Leninism, Anarchism and Jesus. counterpunch.org The bourgeoisie came to power because it was the class of the developing economy. The proletariat will never come to embody power unless it becomes the class of consciousness. — Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle, 1967. I am a recovering anarchist, by which I mean: I am a recovering Leninist… In my imagination I

RT (2020-03-06). Lecturing 'angry black woman' on MLK? Hilary Rosen botches apology after CNN row on 'white moderate' Biden with Sanders surrogate. rt.com Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen had to apologize thrice to Bernie Sanders' national co-chair Nina Turner after lecturing her on the meaning of a famous Martin Luther King Jr quote about "white moderates" in a heated row on CNN. | It all began during a Thursday night segment on CNN's Cuomo Prime Time, when Turner referenced MLK's famous Letter from Birmingham Jail, in which he wrote that he had been "gravely disappointed with the white moderate" in the struggle for civil rights. | Rosen then jumped in to "correct" Turner, who is black herself, saying this was "not what Martin Luther King said," and claiming he h…

Tracy Keeling (2020-03-06). A dire revelation about Joe Biden materialised the morning after Super Tuesday. thecanary.co After a very rocky start to his campaign, Joe Biden did well in the states that voted on so-called Super Tuesday. The press could hardly contain themselves, gleefully But the media wasn't the only industry celebrating Biden's surge. In a revelation that surprised no-one who's been paying attention, the stock markets showed private healthcare stocks 'su…

Ed Sykes (2020-03-06). As a literal Nazi supporter targets Sanders rally, the Jewish politician's message to the world is crystal clear. thecanary.co On 5 March, a Nazi waved a swastika flag in the middle of a Bernie Sanders Sanders under attack: | During the Holocaust, Nazis murdered

RT (2020-03-05). Tulsi Gabbard calls out 'very real' Hinduphobia in US, gets branded 'fascist' as if to prove her point. rt.com Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, the sole remaining woman in the Democratic presidential primaries, has been accused of "fascism" and pressured to drop out of the race after she shared a post about hatred of Hindus in the US. | "Unfortunately, Hinduphobia is very real," Gabbard tweeted on Thursday, saying she experienced it directly both in her congressional and presidential campaigns. "Sadly, our political leaders [and] media not only tolerate it, but foment it," she added. | By way of example, she retweeted someone quoting a Facebook post about a confrontation with an Uber driver accusing Indians of murde…

Staff (2020-03-05). The New Poll Tax? Long Lines, Closed Polling Stations Hurt Black, Latinx & Student Voters in TX, CA. democracynow.org Long wait times plagued polling places in Texas throughout Super Tuesday, especially in districts with high numbers of black and Latinx voters and college students. Many voters reported waiting in line for more than three hours to cast a ballot. At least 750 Texas polling sites have been shuttered since 2013, when the Supreme Court slashed federal oversight of Texas and other Southern states under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. There were long lines, too, in Los Angeles, where many polling places reported problems with a brand-new $300 million voting system. The Sanders campaign sued to keep polling places open a…

Staff (2020-03-05). Roundtable: Coronavirus Is Best Case for Medicare for All. democracynow.org On Wednesday, House lawmakers passed an $8.3 billion emergency spending package for combating coronavirus, as the death toll from coronavirus has reached 11 in the United States. California recorded its first coronavirus death yesterday. The virus has also spread to New York, where Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a directive requiring health insurers to waive cost sharing for coronavirus tests. We go to two ground zeroes of the COVID-19 outbreak — New York and Seattle — and host a roundtable on whether coronavirus presents a clear argument for healthcare for all. We are joined by Dr. Steffie Woolhandler,…

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-03-05). Will Policy of Destabilizing Latin American Countries Help Trump to be Re-Elected? globalresearch.ca As the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election campaign heats up, there is every chance that Donald Trump can become a one-term president as the popularity of Bernie Sanders increases despite the sabotage within his own Democrat Party against him. There still …

Staff (2020-03-05). Headlines for March 5, 2020. democracynow.org Coronavirus Cases Near 100,000 Worldwide as U.S. Death Toll Reaches 11, President Trump Contradicts WHO's Warning over Coronavirus Death Rate, Billionaire Mike Bloomberg Ends Presidential Bid, Endorses Joe Biden, Bernie Bashes Biden's Billionaire Backers as Healthcare Stocks Surge Post-Super Tuesday, International Criminal Court to Investigate Taliban, Afghan and U.S. Troops for War Crimes, 15 Civilians Killed in Latest Syrian Airstrikes in Idlib, Turkey Accuses Greece of Killing Migrant as Greek Riot Police Fire Tear Gas at Border, EU Ministers Support Greek Crackdown on Asylum Seekers Despite Protests, Federal…

Peter Bolton (2020-03-05). Joe Biden is 'basically Hillary Clinton, but even worse', author of new exposé tells The Canary. thecanary.co Joe Biden has just made a On 'Super Tuesday', Biden

Jennifer C. Berkshire (2020-03-05). Trump's Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats. thenation.com Trump's Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats…

Elie Mystal (2020-03-05). Sexism Sank Elizabeth Warren. thenation.com Sexism Sank Elizabeth Warren…

D.D. Guttenplan (2020-03-05). Elizabeth Warren Still Has a Choice to Make. thenation.com Elizabeth Warren Still Has a Choice to Make…

Staff (2020-03-04). After Biden's Super Tuesday Surge, Sanders Campaign Faces Questions About African-American Support. democracynow.org On Super Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden swept the South and Midwest, winning Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas, propelled by a huge majority of African-American votes in several states. We host a roundtable discussion on the results with Barbara Ransby, historian, author and activist; Rev. Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign and president of Repairers of the Breach; and Elie Mystal, the justice correspondent for The Nation.

Staff (2020-03-04). Then There Were Two: Sanders Wins California with Latinx Support as Biden Sweeps Southern Black Vote. democracynow.org The biggest voting day of the Democratic presidential primary has ended in a two-person race between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders. With more than a third of delegates at stake, Biden swept the Midwest and the South, winning Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas. Sanders saw victories in Colorado, Utah, his home state of Vermont, and the grand prize of the night, California, where Latinx voters account for nearly 40% of the population. His campaign had 23 field offices in the state. Latinx voters could also play a key role…

Staff (2020-03-04). The Case Against Joe Biden: Former VP's Long Career Shows a Recurring Theme of "Appeasing the Right" democracynow.org Following his Super Tuesday wins, we look closely at the record of former Vice President Joe Biden, from his central role in supporting the Iraq War to expanding the so-called war on drugs. We speak with Branko Marcetic, the author of "Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden." Biden's approach to politics is based on "appeasing the right" and "taking the platform of his Republican opponent and trying to make it his own," Marcetic says.

Staff (2020-03-04). Headlines for March 4, 2020. democracynow.org Bernie Sanders Wins California as Joe Biden Sweeps the South on Super Tuesday, GOP's Jeff Sessions Faces Runoff in Bid to Reclaim Alabama Senate Seat, Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar Narrowly Beats Progressive Challenger Jessica Cisneros, San Diego Progressive Georgette Gómez to Face Billionaire Heiress Sara Jacobs for CA House Seat, Health Officials Warn Coronavirus Is Far Deadlier Than the Flu, Syrian Forces Recapture Strategic City as Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Warplane, Iranian Security Forces Killed 23 Children During November Protests, At Least 24 Killed as Tornadoes Lash Central Tennessee, Wells Fargo Says It Won'

Alan Macleod (2020-03-04). The Dem Establishment Successfully Cinched a Biden Super Tuesday Victory. mintpressnews.com Super Tuesday has raised the stakes and set the stage for a battle for the Democratic Party's soul; one that will decide if it stays the course with neoliberalism with Biden or moves towards a progressive social-democratic model with Sanders.

Fight Back (2020-03-04). Denver students celebrate Black History Month. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – Denver Students for a Democratic Society hosted local Denver activist Shareef Aleem for an event about radical Black history in the U.S., Feb. 25, as a part of Black History Month. At the event, Aleem discussed the history of radical Black activism, as well as how Black art and culture has been seized and stolen for generations. Aleem, an activist for over 20 years, has been involved in numerous groups, particularly in the peace movement and in the movement for police accountability. | "Anything Black people have in this country, somebody spilled their blood over," Aleem noted in his speech. Aleem th…

Sasha Abramsky (2020-03-04). Biden May Now Be the Front-Runner, but Sanders's Huge California Win Can't Be Ignored. thenation.com Biden May Now Be the Front-Runner, but Sanders's Huge California Win Can't Be Ignored…

Alan Macleod (2020-03-04). Feature or Bug? Super Tuesday Plagued by Long Lines, Closed Polling Stations and Systemic Failure. mintpressnews.com Things got so bad that some voters claimed that if a similar situation occurred in states such as Iran, the US government would intervene to "restore democracy."

Staff (2020-03-03). Can Joe Biden Stop Bernie Sanders? Establishment Lines Up Behind Former VP, But Is It Too Late? democracynow.org Millions of voters in 14 states are heading to the polls today for Super Tuesday, as Democratic centrists coalesce around former Vice President Joe Biden as their best shot to defeat front-runner Bernie Sanders. Just ahead of the most decisive day of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar suspended her campaign and endorsed Biden on Monday. Her endorsement came one day after former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race. Both joined Biden on the campaign trail in Texas on Sunday. This comes as former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg —…

Staff (2020-03-03). Great Debate: Sanders Surrogate Cornel West vs. Bloomberg Co-Chair Bobby Rush, Former Black Panther. democracynow.org Today people in 14 states and American Samoa go to the polls for Super Tuesday. About a third of the delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination are at stake. This comes after former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the race on Sunday and Monday and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. As the race heats up, billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg vowed to stay in the race. This will be the first time he is on the ballot, and while he has not won a single race, he does lead his challengers in one key sense: he leads in ca…

Julie Hollar (2020-03-03). Do Media Really Care About Money in Politics? fair.org When the newly formed Persist PAC recently launched a $12 million ad buy in support of Elizabeth Warren, newspaper headlines were pointed. | "Super PAC Launches to Support Elizabeth Warren, Who Has Decried the Role of Super PACs," announced the Washington Post (

Janine Jackson (2020-03-03). 'We Are Going to Be Back to Where We Were After Reconstruction—Unless We Stop It' – CounterSpin interview with Carol Anderson about voter suppression. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed Emory University's Carol Anderson about voter suppression for the Media…

Staff (2020-03-03). Headlines for March 3, 2020. democracynow.org Super Tuesday Kicks Off as Moderate Dems Coalesce in Support of Joe Biden, 6 Dead in Washington from Coronavirus, as Criticism Mounts over CDC Handling of Outbreak, U.S. to Start Troop Withdrawal as Taliban Vows to Resume Attacks and Afghan Gov't Rejects Prisoner Swap, Migrant Child Drowns Off Greek Coast, Refugees Attacked as Asylum Crisis Deepens, Iraqi Power Vacuum as Caretaker PM and Designated Successor Both Walk Away from Post, Benjamin Netanyahu Holds Lead Over Rival Benny Gantz But Falls Short of Outright Majority, Report: 80,000+ Uyghur Muslims Forced into Factory Labor for Nike, Apple, Revolutionary Nic…

Staff (2020-03-02). Death Toll Rises in Iran, Middle East Epicenter of Coronavirus, Amid U.S. Sanctions & Gov't Negligence. democracynow.org The official coronavirus death toll in Iran, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, has risen to at least 54 — the highest number of fatalities outside of China, where the outbreak began. Experts say the real number of people who died from the disease may be as high as 200. This comes after Iran's deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, posted a video on social media last week acknowledging he contracted coronavirus. Just one day before, he seemed ill at a press conference, where he downplayed the spread of coronavirus in the city of Qom and said mass quarantines were unnecessary. Iran…

Staff (2020-03-02). Breakthrough U.S.-Taliban Deal Signed, But Airstrikes Likely to Continue & Mercenaries to Remain. democracynow.org The U.S. has signed a deal with the Taliban aimed at drawing down its military presence and ending its 18-year war in Afghanistan. The long-anticipated deal comes after a year and a half of negotiations and following a week-long partial truce. Officials hope the accord will set the stage for a more detailed peace plan that creates a power-sharing arrangement and lasting ceasefire, but the deal did not include a key player: the U.S.-backed Afghanistan government. The Taliban has long refused to speak to the government, calling it a "puppet regime." Under the deal, nearly 5,000 of the 12,000 U.S. troops still in Af…

Staff (2020-03-02). Meet the 26-Year-Old Immigration Lawyer Challenging "Trump's Favorite Democrat" in Texas Primary. democracynow.org A wave of young progressives are campaigning in races across the U.S., following in the footsteps of Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who unseated a 10-term incumbent Democrat in New York City two years ago. A key candidate to watch is 26-year-old Jessica Cisneros, who is running in a South Texas Democratic primary to replace Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress. The 64-year-old centrist is backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Cisneros has branded him "Trump's favorite Democrat" because he voted with Donald Trump nearly…

Staff (2020-03-02). Julian Assange Lawyer: What's at Stake in Extradition Case Is Freedom of the Press. democracynow.org British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has suspended the extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange until mid-May. This comes after four days of intense deliberations last week between Assange's legal team and attorneys representing the United States government. Assange faces 18 charges of attempted hacking and breaches of the Espionage Act for his role in publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. He could be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison. Assange has been held in London's Belmarsh prison since last April, when he was removed from the embassy by British poli…

Norman Solomon (2020-03-02). The Escalating Class War Against Bernie Sanders. zcomm.org "If there is going to be class warfare in this country," Bernie Sanders told the Iowa AFL-CIO convention last summer, "it's time that the working class of this country won that war and not just the corporate elite."

Noam Chomsky (2020-03-02). Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements. zcomm.org Inspiring a popular movement that violates these norms is a serious attack on democracy, so conceived, an intolerable assault against good order…

Frank Scott (2020-03-02). Fake News, False Democracy and Phony Economics. dissidentvoice.org The growing popularity of an American social democratic presidential candidate who calls himself a democratic socialist has revived every anti-humanity distortion of the past, emanating from the tiny minority ruling our country through its servant class of professionals in media and politics. Newer and more bloody mythologies about supposedly existing socialisms are expanding on the …

Staff (2020-03-02). Headlines for March 2, 2020. democracynow.org U.S. Sees First 2 Coronavirus Deaths in Washington as Cases Worldwide Mount, U.S. and Taliban Sign Deal Aimed at Ending 18-Year War, Joe Biden Claims Decisive South Carolina Victory, Buttigieg & Steyer Drop Out Ahead of Super Tuesday, North Korea Fires Projectiles as It Carries Out Military Drill, Study Reveals No Fraud in 2019 Bolivian Election That Ousted Evo Morales, Voters in Israel Go to Polls for 3rd Time in Under a Year, Greece Attacks Refugees After Turkey Loosens Restrictions on Border, Assange Extradition Hearings Suspended Until May, Wet'suwet'en Chiefs in Talks with Canadian Ministers as Fight Against…

Aaron Maté (2020-03-01). Krystal Ball: panicked DNC elites try to stop Bernie's big Super Tuesday. thegrayzone.com With Bernie Sanders poised for a big Super Tuesday, Krystal Ball discusses the Democratic establishment's panic, Elizabeth Warren's attacks on…

Julie Hollar (2020-02-29). Debate Moderators Frame Questions to Define Acceptable Politics. fair.org With Super Tuesday around the corner, the Democratic presidential debates are coming to a close. The debates are ostensibly an exercise in democracy, a chance for voters to evaluate candidates' positions in order to cast a better informed vote in the nominating contest. But a review of three of the most frequent topics of debate starkly demonstrates how media hosts use their platform less to inform voters in an evenhanded way than to define which positions—and candidates—are acceptable, and which are not. | Healthcare: Both Bernie Sanders…

Staff (2020-02-28). Elementary School in NJ Latinx Community Fights Displacement by Robert Wood Johnson Cancer Center. democracynow.org In New Jersey, hundreds rallied at the New Brunswick Board of Education meeting Tuesday night against plans to demolish a public school to make way for Robert Wood Johnson Hospital and Rutgers University to build a new cancer center. Protesters included families and more than 30 children, who held signs reading "Save our School!" and "Stop Gentrification." If approved, 760 third-through-eighth-graders at Lincoln Annex School would be moved to a former warehouse building on the outskirts of town as they await construction of a replacement school. Even worse, the proposed new school site is located on a "brownfield…

Staff (2020-02-28). Catastrophic Humanitarian Crisis in Idlib as Syrian Troops Advance & Children Freeze to Death. democracynow.org In Syria, 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike by Russia-backed Syrian forces in rebel-held Idlib in a major escalation on Thursday. Turkey has vowed to respond in kind, as U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres calls for an immediate ceasefire, saying "the risk of even greater escalation grows by the hour." Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly spoke by phone on Friday to discuss the crisis, as NATO urged rapid deescalation. The all-out offensive by the Syrian government is the single largest displacement in a nine-year war that has forced 13 million t…

Staff (2020-02-28). Doctors Without Borders: Cheap Coronavirus Diagnostic Kits Needed in War-Torn Areas & Refugee Camps. democracynow.org Across the U.S., officials report a severe shortage of test kits for coronavirus. New York officials say they're preparing their own kits, after kits distributed by the Centers for Disease Control failed validation tests. Meanwhile, new cases of coronavirus continue to spring up worldwide, with Nigeria reporting its first case and one of Iran's vice presidents testing positive. We discuss how MSF USA, or Doctors Without Borders USA, is responding to coronavirus, with the organization's executive director, Avril BenoàÆt.

Staff (2020-02-28). No Way Out: Report Finds Central American Asylum Seekers Trapped in Mexico in Dangerous Conditions. democracynow.org A new report by Médecins Sans Frontières — or Doctors Without Borders USA — shows how migration policies imposed by the United States and Mexico have trapped thousands of Central American migrants in dangerous conditions. Called "No Way Out," it is based on nearly 500 interviews with Central American migrants and asylum seekers, most of whom say they were victims of extreme violence prior to leaving their home country or along the migration route through Mexico. Because of the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols, which serve to deter immigration, asylum seekers are often forced to remain in Mexico,…

Staff (2020-02-28). "We Want Democracy!" Mass Protests Continue in Dominican Republic After Local Elections Suspended. democracynow.org Thousands in the Dominican Republic took to the streets of the capital Santo Domingo Thursday to protest the abrupt suspension of local elections earlier this month and to commemorate the country's Independence Day. Protests have been ongoing since February 16, after the government suspended the municipal elections four hours after voting began, alleging there were "technical glitches" in the electronic ballot machines used. The machines were previously used in October 2019, and they cost the Dominican government $19 million. The Dominican people believe the alleged technical glitch is just an attempt by the ruli…

CounterSpin (2020-02-28). Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression. fair.org Media…

2020-03-08: Social Media Postees

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Bernie Sanders Is Trying to Save the Democratic Party From Itself
Robert Scheer | truthdig.com | 2020-03-08
The class war that gave rise to Sanders' campaign is the fault of a long line of corporate Democrats like Joe Biden, and voters know it.
truthdig.com/articles/bernie-sanders-is-trying-to-save-the-democratic-party-from-itself/

Biden and Sanders fight for black voters with competing endorsements from Kamala Harris, Jesse Jackson
rt.com | 2020-03-08
Shortly after Joe Biden received an endorsement from Senator Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders' campaign announced support from civil rights activist Jesse Jackson. | "A people far behind cannot catch up choosing the most moderate path," Jackson said in a public statement announcing his support for Sanders. "The most progressive social and economic path gives us the best chance to catch up and Senator Bernie Sanders represents the most progressive path. That's why I choose to endorse him today." | While the statement doesn't directly name Biden, the mention of a "moderate" choice versus a "progressive" choice is h…
rt.com/usa/482616-bernie-sanders-jesse-jackson-biden-harris/

Kamala Harris Endorses Joe Biden; Jesse Jackson Backs Bernie Sanders
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-08
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Clinton and Sanders. "No Body Likes Him" Says Hillary
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-08
Former First Lady, New York State Senator, Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton continues to criticize Vermont senator Bernie Sanders whenever the opportunity to do so presents itself. 'Nobody likes him', says she, despite the millions …
globalresearch.ca/clinton-sanders/5705813

Bernie Sanders stands alone now, save for his grassroots army
Joseph B. Atkins | zcomm.org | 2020-03-08
Facing him are the politically elite of the Democratic Party, both black and white, Wall Street, and the corporate media…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bernie-sanders-stands-alone-now-save-for-his-grassroots-army/

WaPo Prints Study That Found Paper Backed an Undemocratic Bolivia Coup
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2020-03-08
At this point, the OAS report on Bolivia's election should be discarded, except for the purpose of a credible investigation into how such appalling work ever came to be done…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/wapo-prints-study-that-found-paper-backed-an-undemocratic-bolivia-coup/

Kamala Harris endorses Biden, who she previously bashed for 'segregationist' busing views
rt.com | 2020-03-08
Kamala Harris is the latest former presidential candidate to endorse Joe Biden despite major clashes on the campaign trail, with some calling the move hypocritical and others seeing it as a preemptive bid for the future VP slot. | Harris now claims there is "no one better prepared than Joe [Biden] to steer our nation through these turbulent times, and restore truth, honor, and decency to the Oval Office." | . @JoeBiden has served our country with dignity and we need him now more than ever. I will do everything in my power to help elect him the next…
rt.com/usa/482611-joe-biden-kamala-harris-endorsement/

It's Time to Close the Loopholes That Are Harming the 2020 Election
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-08
Super Tuesday voting last week was marred by long lines more appropriate for a theme park than a 21st century democracy. In Texas and California, primary voters in multiple polling places had to wait in lines as long as three to seven hours before casti…
truthout.org/articles/its-time-to-close-the-loopholes-that-are-harming-the-2020-election/

Presidential Candidates: Disclose Your Nondisclosure Agreements
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-08
"Kill it." | That's what former Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is alleged to have said to Sekiko Sakai, a Bloomberg LP employee, after she told him she was pregnant. While the conversation took place in 1995, it's a topic of conversation now because of the nondisclosure agreement (NDA) Sakai signed after bringing a lawsuit against the co…
truthout.org/articles/presidential-candidates-disclose-your-nondisclosure-agreements/

Resistance and devotedness: learning democracy under pressure
Kitti Baracsi | zcomm.org | 2020-03-08
What better way could there be of learning democratic resistance through first-hand experiences than fighting for local initiatives and adopting a solidarity-based approach?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/resistance-and-devotedness-learning-democracy-under-pressure/

Stolen Legacy – Destruction of Negro Bar, California
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-03-08
The sudden and untimely death of Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., "African Founding Father of California" sparked the ongoing challenge at Negro Bar, California.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/07/18831351.php

Progressives urge Elizabeth Warren to rally behind Bernie Sanders after she drops out of 2020 race
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2020-03-07
Supporters of Sanders say they hope she will throw her support behind their candidate in order to form a united "progressive front" and take on powerful corporate forces now lined up behind Biden.
nationofchange.org/2020/03/07/progressives-urge-elizabeth-warren-to-rally-behind-bernie-sanders-after-she-drops-out-of-2020-race/

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls out a Joe Biden supporter for 'threatening to help Trump'
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-03-07
On 6 March, host of Al Jazeera's UpFront Mehdi Hasan interviewed Lindy Li from the Joe Biden campaign. Li said she would "absolutely not" vote for Bernie Sanders if he became the Democrat nominee in the US presidential election.So Hasan then asked if she'd be "okay with a second Trump term?" She replied: I'm absolutely not okay with it, but I'm also

Will Biden's Trade Policy Record Come Back to Haunt Him in Midwest?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-07
Sen. Bernie Sanders and supporters of his presidential campaign took on 2020 Democratic primary foe former Vice President Joe Biden's record on trade to sharpen the contrasts between the two candidates ahead of next week's nominating contests in six states, including the Rust Belt state of Michigan. | Just before leaving Phoenix to attend a rally in Michigan on Friday, Sanders held a brief press conference in which he said Biden's vote as a then-senator for the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (…
truthout.org/articles/will-bidens-trade-policy-record-come-back-to-haunt-him-in-midwest/

WATCH: Biden Backer Lindy Li Criticized for Saying She Will 'Absolutely Not' Vote for Sanders If He Becomes Democratic Nominee
Common Dreams staff | commondreams.org | 2020-03-07
A member of former Vice President Joe Biden's outreach team is drawing criticism for saying Friday that she would "absolutely not" vote for Bernie Sanders if the U.S. senator from Vermont became the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/aje_upfront.jpg
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The Fallacy of the Appeal of the Centrist Democrat
Phelonious Crunk | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-07
I have watched for the past couple months as Bernie Sanders has risen in the polls and then proceeded to do well in the first primary and caucuses as these people have done everything to try and kneecap his success. The amount of negative press about Sanders that has been pumped out by all of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/the-fallacy-of-the-appeal-of-the-centrist-democrat/

Welcome to the New Legitimation Crisis: Bernie Sanders vs. the Plutocrats
Roger Lancaster | commondreams.org | 2020-03-07
Chris Matthews of MSNBC waits to go on the air inside the spin room at Bally's Las Vegas Hotel & Casino after the Democratic presidential primary debate on February 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/chris_matthews_legitimation_crisis.jpg
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Absolutely sickening–and scary': Man unfurls Nazi flag at Bernie Sanders rally, heightening security concerns
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-03-07
"All people of conscience must condemn this anti-Semitism against the most visible Jewish politician in the country." | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/07/absolutely-sickening-and-scary-man-unfurls-nazi-flag-at-bernie-sanders-rally-heightening-security-concerns/

Another corporate media smear against Bernie Sanders
wsws.org | 2020-03-07
A New York Times article claims that Soviet officials saw cultivating ties with Sanders in the 1980s as a political "opportunity."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/07/sand-m07.html

It Seems That Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince MBS Is Continuing His Purge of Potential Rival Princes
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2020-03-07
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations on March 27, 2018 in New York. (Photo: Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/saudi_crown_prince_khashoggi.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2020/03/07/it-seems-saudi-arabias-crown-prince-mbs-continuing-his-purge-potential-rival?cd-origin=rss

Progressives Urge Warren to Rally Behind Sanders
Raquel Willis | zcomm.org | 2020-03-07
Supporters of Sanders say they hope she will throw her support behind their candidate in order to form a united "progressive front" and take on powerful corporate forces now lined up behind Biden…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/progressives-urge-warren-to-rally-behind-sanders/

Two-man 'bloodbath': Bernie calls out 'billionaires buying elections' as Biden attacks his 'increasingly negative' bros
rt.com | 2020-03-07
Joe Biden warned supporters about "the Bernie brothers" running an "increasingly negative campaign" and that a "bloodbath" between the two candidates (as Tulsi gets lost in the shuffle) will only help re-elect Donald Trump. | The fight between Biden and Sanders for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination is intensifying as the two candidates campaign in the Midwest this weekend ahead of primary votes in states like Michigan and Missouri in the coming days. | Speaking to donors in Bethesda, Maryland, Biden seemed to call for a positive battle between him and Sanders, but he also managed to get in some di…
rt.com/usa/482586-sanders-biden-bloodbath-bernie-bros/

'Come and take it!' GOP congressman triggers left with AR-15 gun-wielding message to Biden & Beto
rt.com | 2020-03-07
Colorado Congressman Ken Buck proved just how easy it is to trigger the left by posting a video of him wielding an AR-15 in his office and daring Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke to try to "come and take it." | "I have a message for Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke," Buck says in the video, which was posted to Twitter on Friday. | If you want to take everyone's AR-15s in America, why don't you swing by my office in Washington DC and start with this one? | I have just one message for Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke, if you want to take everyone's AR-15s, why don't you swing by my office in Washington, D.C. and start with thi…
rt.com/usa/482538-ken-buck-ar15-biden-beto/

Say it ain't so, Joe. Or what, me worry?
Robert S. Becker | nationofchange.org | 2020-03-07
We await a persuasive argument that explains how and why Joe Biden will be the Democratic David to take down this Goonish Goliath.
nationofchange.org/2020/03/07/say-it-aint-so-joe-or-what-me-worry/

Anti-Mask Bills Targeting Leftists Ignore the Real Perpetrators of Violence
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-07
While politically motivated violence in the U.S. has been an overwhelmingly far right phenomenon, Republicans around the country are building up credibility with their base by playing to false fears about masked leftists. State bills are popping up that attempt to rein in the use of masks or face covers during protests, either by increasing penalties for actions taken while wearing a mask or banning the public use of masks altogether. | Oregon Republicans recently introduced House Bill 4126 on…
truthout.org/articles/anti-mask-bills-targeting-leftists-ignore-the-real-perpetrators-of-violence/

Democracy Is Under Assault Around the World, and Right Here in Texas
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-07
"Democracy and pluralism are under assault." So reads the first line of Freedom House's annual report card on the standing of liberty around the world, titled "Freedom in the World." While this assessment is grimly accurate, one does not have to scan the globe seeking evidence for the ongoing assault on democracy. There was plenty to be found on Super Tuesday, right down in Texas. | Founded in 1941 by a coho…
truthout.org/articles/democracy-is-under-assault-around-the-world-and-right-here-in-texas/

University of California graduate student strike: A struggle against the United Auto Workers and the Democratic Party
wsws.org | 2020-03-07
For two months, UC graduate students and teaching assistants have engaged in a wildcat strike, rebelling against the UAW to demand cost of living adjustments in one of the most expensive states in the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/07/pers-m07.html

Australian Labor MP feigns concern over US extradition of Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-03-07
Penny Wong did not differ with government representatives, who explicitly endorsed the British judiciary's brutal attacks on Assange's legal and democratic rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/07/assa-m07.html

California graduate students expand wildcat strike to fourth campus, with two more slated to join
wsws.org | 2020-03-07
The powerful initiative taken by striking grad students poses the need to maintain complete independence from the trade union bureaucracies and the Democratic Party.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/07/ucsc-m07.html

'We Have to Get a Climate President in Office': Jane Fonda Says Bernie Sanders Is the Only Climate Candidate
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-03-07
Octogenarian actor and activist Jane Fonda declared ahead of a climate action protest in California Friday that the United States needs a "climate president" and she is now backing Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is leading a grassroots movement challenging the Democratic Party establishment coalescing around former Vice President Joe Biden. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/janefonda_firedrillfridays_greenpeace.jpg
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Sanders Unveils Plan to Address GOP Attacks on Reproductive Rights and the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-03-07
While campaigning in the Midwest on Saturday ahead of a series of primaries over the next two weeks, Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled a major new proposal that aims to ensure universal, affordable access to reproductive healthcare and take on the maternal mortality crisis impacting communities of color across the United States. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1205529821.png
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'Chilling': Erik Prince Recruited Ex-Spies to Help Project Veritas Infiltrate Groups 'Hostile' to Trump Agenda
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-03-07
An explosive New York Times report revealed Saturday that notorious war profiteer Erik Prince recruited former American and British spies to work with the right-wing group Project Veritas to infiltrate at least one Democratic congressional campaign and organizations "considered hostile" to President Donald Trump's agenda. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/erik_prince_robert_mueller_0.png
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'White, male & 70+ years old'? DNC scorched for shifting debate rules AGAIN, after Tulsi Gabbard meets previous threshold
rt.com | 2020-03-06
The DNC has changed the qualifying threshold for the next Democratic primary debate, supposedly targeting no one specifically, but ensuring Tulsi Gabbard

Progressives Urge Elizabeth Warren to Rally Behind Bernie Sanders After She Drops Out of 2020 Race
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-06
Senator Elizabeth Warren suspended her bid for the presidency Thursday, leaving the 2020 Democratic presidential race down to two older white men: former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders. Warren's decision to end her campaign comes after she failed to perform as well as she had hoped in early primary states and on Super Tuesday, including placing third in her home state of Massachusetts. Warren gave no indication whether she will endorse either of her former rivals. Supporters of Sanders say they hope she will throw her support behind their candidate in order to form a united "progressive front…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/6/elizabeth_warren_drops_out_whats_next

Progressives Urge Elizabeth Warren to Rally Behind Bernie Sanders
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-06
Senator Elizabeth Warren suspended her bid for the presidency Thursday, leaving the 2020 Democratic presidential race down to two older white men: former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders. Warren's decision to end her campaign comes after she failed to perform as well as she had hoped in early primary states and on Super Tuesday, including placing third in her home state of Massachusetts. Warren gave no indication whether she will endorse either of her former rivals. Supporters of Sanders…
truthout.org/video/progressives-urge-elizabeth-warren-to-rally-behind-bernie-sanders/

The Democrats' Durable Dichotomy
John Peeler | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
It was a big day for Joe Biden, and a disappointment for Bernie Sanders. Mike Bloomberg got a sweeping win in American Samoa as a return on his massive spending. He's cut his losses and endorsed Joe. Elizabeth Warren is on her way out, the only question is whether she will endorse Bernie. And then…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/the-democrats-durable-dichotomy/

Bernie Sanders Has One Chance to Defeat Joe Biden
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-06
If the Vermont senator has any hope of staging a comeback, he must prove to American voters that his opponent is fundamentally unelectable.
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Lecturing 'angry black woman' on MLK? Hilary Rosen botches apology after CNN row on 'white moderate' Biden with Sanders surrogate
rt.com | 2020-03-06
Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen had to apologize thrice to Bernie Sanders' national co-chair Nina Turner after lecturing her on the meaning of a famous Martin Luther King Jr quote about "white moderates" in a heated row on CNN. | It all began during a Thursday night segment on CNN's Cuomo Prime Time, when Turner referenced MLK's famous Letter from Birmingham Jail, in which he wrote that he had been "gravely disappointed with the white moderate" in the struggle for civil rights. | Rosen then jumped in to "correct" Turner, who is black herself, saying this was "not what Martin Luther King said," and claiming he h…
rt.com/usa/482527-hilary-rosen-nina-turner-mlk/

Sanders won California, but there were also major down-ballot developments
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-06
LOS ANGELES–As predicted, Sen. Bernie Sanders handily won the presidential primary race in California, adding 155 delegates to his total with 33.6% of the vote (over a million votes). Sanders had a powerful organization on the ground, and key to his victory was the Latinx vote. Former Vice President Joe Biden won 93 delegates, 24.9% …
peoplesworld.org/article/sanders-won-california-but-there-were-also-major-down-ballot-developments/

A dire revelation about Joe Biden materialised the morning after Super Tuesday
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-03-06
After a very rocky start to his campaign, Joe Biden did well in the states that voted on so-called Super Tuesday. The press could hardly contain themselves, gleefully announcing Biden as the 'Joementum' front-runner in the race against Bernie Sanders to be the Democratic nominee. | But the media wasn't the only industry celebrating Biden's surge. In a revelation that surprised no-one who's been paying attention, the stock markets showed private healthcare stocks 'su…
thecanary.co/us/2020/03/06/a-dire-revelation-about-joe-biden-materialised-the-morning-after-super-tuesday/

The Super Tuesday Sting
Matthew Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
This is the sixth of a periodic series on the early primaries and caucuses. The other pieces can be found here. The fix on Super Tuesday in the presidential election was a clubhouse deal in which the elders of the Democratic Party, led by Barack Obama, shook down the primary system to teach Bernie Sanders…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/the-super-tuesday-sting/

Trump vs. Sanders: A Concise Comparison for Voters (and Why Bernie Wins Hands Down)
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-03-06
Bernie Sanders, unlike other potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, has a message that resonates with a wide variety of people. (Photo: Paul Weaver / Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_24.jpeg
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They Rule: No Easter Bernie
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
Former MSNBC (MSDNC) talk show host Chris Matthews' execution by the Bernie Sanders campaign today was quick and painless. A guillotine was set up near Central Park's Pond & Gapstow Bridge. A crowd of 15,000 applauded politely after Matthews' head was held up and placed inside a model Cold War era television. Ticket fees (ranging from $27 to $200) were dedicated to the Sanders campaign. Sanders addressed the crowd, calmly explaining why Matthews had been condemned. Sanders asked attendees to go to berniesanders.com to contribute further to his campaign and to nominate other broadcast journalists for executio…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/they-rule-no-easter-bernie/

As a literal Nazi supporter targets Sanders rally, the Jewish politician's message to the world is crystal clear
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-03-06
On 5 March, a Nazi waved a swastika flag in the middle of a Bernie Sanders rally. And a message from Sanders on the same day is the best response possible. | Sanders under attack: | During the Holocaust, Nazis murdered six million Jewish people. In occupied Poland, that
thecanary.co/trending/2020/03/06/as-a-literal-nazi-supporter-targets-sanders-rally-the-jewish-politicians-message-to-the-world-is-crystal-clear/

Media Malfunction as Sanders Notes Positive Aspects of Latin American Socialism
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2020-03-06
When 60 Minutes ( 2/24/20) asked Sen. Bernie Sanders about his past support for aspects of Cuba's socialist revolution, as well as for Nicaragua's 1979–90 leftist Sandinista government, Sanders responded by saying he opposes what he described as the "authoritarian" features of the Cuban government, while noting that after the 1959 revolution, Cuba launched "a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing?" | News organizations seem…
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"Supreme Inequality": Author Adam Cohen on the Supreme Court's 50-Year Battle Against Justice
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-06
The makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court has come under intense criticism in recent years after two Trump-nominated justices joined the bench. Senate Republicans confirmed Neil Gorsuch in 2017 after having refused to consider President Barack Obama's nominee in his final year in office, and they confirmed Brett Kavanaugh a year later despite multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the judge. During the 2020 Democratic presidential contest, several candidates floated the idea of "packing the court"

WaPo Prints Study That Found Paper Backed an Undemocratic Bolivia Coup
Joe Emersberger | commondreams.org | 2020-03-06
The OAS repeatedly made statistical claims about Bolivia's election that were clearly false. (Photo: Alexis Demarco/APG/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/evo_morales_0.jpeg
commondreams.org/views/2020/03/06/wapo-prints-study-found-paper-backed-undemocratic-bolivia-coup?cd-origin=rss

The Organization of American States Is Eroding Faith in Democracy
Laura Carlsen | commondreams.org | 2020-03-06
Supporters of ousted Bolivian leader Evo Morales rally against the coup. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shutterstock_1561503616.jpeg
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Trump's Second Term? Not Worth Freaking Out About
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
You've heard it so often that you may well believe it's true: Trump's second term would be a disaster. For the Democratic Party. For the United States. For democracy itself. "The reelection of Donald Trump," warns Nancy Pelosi, "would do irreparable damage to the United States." But would it really? Exceptions are a normal part…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/trumps-second-term-not-worth-freaking-out-about/

If Sanders forms a real Alliance with Warren, their Popular Policies Can Win
Antonio Carty | zcomm.org | 2020-03-06
Conventional wisdom is that a presidential candidate should pick an opposite or contrasting vice presidential running mate, to create a perception of a balanced ticket. But this is not a conventional time or race, Bernie is offering a clear and practical progressive choice to fix the USA. So his running mate needs to be a Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/if-sanders-forms-a-real-alliance-with-warren-their-popular-policies-can-win/

Recession worries drive down stocks again
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-06
San José, CA – On Thursday, March 5, the day after U.S. stocks soared on hopes that a Biden presidency would be better for Wall Street, economic worries about the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) drove down stocks again. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell almost 1000 points, or 3.5%, with other averages falling a bit less. Interest rates on the ten-year U.S. Treasury Bonds fell to another record low of less than 0.92%, showing both fear among U.S. investors and expectations of weaker economic growth. | Hardest hit were travel-related companies on the news that United Airlines was cutting their flight schedule and of…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/6/recession-worries-drive-down-stocks-again

Russian Meddling Again
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
Joe Biden is not the only bad idea, way past its "best if sold by" date, that the Clintonites who call the shots for the Democratic Party have resurrected; a Cold War with Russia and with China too, insofar as it can be done in a way that does not imperil the American economy, is…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/russian-meddling-again/

Joe Biden in 2020 Duplicates Hillary Clinton in 2016
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
Hillary Clinton, of course, received the Democratic Party nomination in 2016 and was widely expected to beat Trump but she lost to him (though she won California by 4,269,978 in the popular vote, and so beat Trump by 2,864,974 …
globalresearch.ca/joe-biden-2020-duplicates-hillary-clinton-2016/5705753

DR Congo: Agencies appeal for funding for refugee support and Ebola response
news.un.org | 2020-03-06
Urgent resources are needed to support countries in southern Africa and the Great Lakes region which are hosting more than 900,000 refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners said in a $621 million appeal launched on Friday.
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Democrat outrage forces Facebook to remove Team Trump's 'misleading' Census ads
rt.com | 2020-03-06
Social media giant Facebook said it will remove certain ads by President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, after Democrats and media activists complained they would confuse Americans about the upcoming population census. | The ads were titled "Official 2020 Congressional District Census," but they directed respondents to a website used by the president's re-election campaign. The text of the ads, however, made it clear they were requesting data so the campaign could better formulate the election strategy in November: | "This survey is ESSENTIAL to our team's 2020 campaign strategy. We need Patriotic Americans like…
rt.com/usa/482452-facebook-removes-trump-census-ads/

From fossil capitalism to energy democracy?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-03-06
As the 21st Century's second decade opens, the increasingly severe symptoms of climate change comprise a pivot in the struggle for hegemony, globally and within national formations. With the highest per capital carbon emissions among the G20 states, Canada is a climate laggard and, in some respects, a first-world petro-state (Nikiforuk 2010), organized as a […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/06/from-fossil-capitalism-to-energy-democracy/

Inside Right Wing Extremism: an Undercover Cyber-Agent Report
Thomas Klikauer | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
Some might be old enough to remember the start of the Internet with only .mil and .edu. It was the pre-WWW and pre-Dot-Com age time defined by a black screen and green or amber characters. In this era, right-wing extremists could not use the Internet to destabilize democracy. Today, they can. Recently, Julia Ebner, an…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/inside-right-wing-extremism-an-undercover-cyber-agent-report/

History Tells Us Which Democratic Nominee Truly Hurts Down Ballot Democrats
Phelonious Crunk | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-06
"Sanders can't win the presidency. He's too far left." Others opine, "He'll never get anything through congress. He hasn't ever accomplished anything." What is this movement then? How did a 'nobody' build the greatest political movement and fundraising machine in the history of the United States? Because his ideas are popular. They have broad appeal. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/history-tells-us-which-democratic-nominee-truly-hurts-down-ballot-democrats/

Math is hard when counting millions? MSM makes a blooper figuring out how much Bloomberg spent on his campaign
rt.com | 2020-03-06
An MSNBC host made the "disturbing discovery" that Michael Bloomberg could afford to give "each American $1 million" from his presidential campaign fund. If only their production team had used a calculator before going on air. | MSNBC's Brian Williams was talking to NYT board member Mara Gay when he cited a tweet by a Washington Post contributor, Mekita Rivas, who literally claimed the former New York mayor and billionaire could present every single American with a whopping $1 million

'This Was a Grift': Bloomberg Staffers Explain Campaign's Demise
Ken Klippenstein | thenation.com | 2020-03-06
'This Was a Grift': Bloomberg Staffers Explain Campaign's Demise…
thenation.com/article/politics/bloomberg-campaign-warren/

Will Biden's Trade Policy Record Come Back to Haunt Him in Midwest?
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-03-06
"I helped lead the opposition to these agreements, Joe Biden supported those agreements," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "And that is a fundamental difference about our approach toward the trade union movement and towards the needs of working people." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/sanders-biden-michigan-nafta.jpg
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'This Is Unacceptable': Sanders Calls On Biden to Disavow Surrogate's Racist Attack on Nina Turner
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-03-06
"Joe must apologize to Nina and all the people of color supporting our campaign." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/sanders_turner_0.jpg
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Bernie Sanders Lost Minnesota Because He Fought For Racial Justice
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
Other than the refreshingly Bernie agnostic Jeffrey St. Clair, I don't remember a single left commentator admitting that Bernie Sanders really wasn't doing better in 2020 than he was in 2016. Bernie Sanders had a disappointing week, and this was especially true in Minnesota, where he won handily in 2016. How is it possible that…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/bernie-sanders-lost-minnesota-because-he-fought-for-racial-justice/

Roaming Charges: Super Tuesday at Manzanar
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
My plan to spend Super Tuesday scaling the eastern flank of Mt. Whitney until my knees or lungs gave out was foiled by the closure of the Whitney Portal Road, which was buried under a late, but welcome, snowstorm. I had no interest in returning to the motel to watch the Democratic Party self-destruct again,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/roaming-charges-super-tuesday-at-manzanar/

Another reason to love him: Bernie Sanders at home on his Persian carpet
The Iranian | iranian.com | 2020-03-06
iranian.com/2020/03/05/another-reason-to-love-him-bernie-sanders-at-home-on-his-persian-carpet/

The Tyranny of the Consciousness-Raisers: Leninism, Anarchism and Jesus
Peter Harrison | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
The bourgeoisie came to power because it was the class of the developing economy. The proletariat will never come to embody power unless it becomes the class of consciousness.

Tulsi Gabbard calls out 'very real' Hinduphobia in US, gets branded 'fascist' as if to prove her point
rt.com | 2020-03-05
Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, the sole remaining woman in the Democratic presidential primaries, has been accused of "fascism" and pressured to drop out of the race after she shared a post about hatred of Hindus in the US. | "Unfortunately, Hinduphobia is very real," Gabbard tweeted on Thursday, saying she experienced it directly both in her congressional and presidential campaigns. "Sadly, our political leaders [and] media not only tolerate it, but foment it," she added. | By way of example, she retweeted someone quoting a Facebook post about a confrontation with an Uber driver accusing Indians of murde…
rt.com/usa/482444-tulsi-gabbard-hinduphobia-twitter/

Will Policy of Destabilizing Latin American Countries Help Trump to be Re-Elected?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
As the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election campaign heats up, there is every chance that Donald Trump can become a one-term president as the popularity of Bernie Sanders increases despite the sabotage within his own Democrat Party against him. There still …
globalresearch.ca/will-policy-destabilizing-latin-american-countries-help-trump-re-elected/5705634

The New Poll Tax? Long Lines, Closed Polling Stations Hurt Black, Latinx & Student Voters in TX, CA
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-05
Long wait times plagued polling places in Texas throughout Super Tuesday, especially in districts with high numbers of black and Latinx voters and college students. Many voters reported waiting in line for more than three hours to cast a ballot. At least 750 Texas polling sites have been shuttered since 2013, when the Supreme Court slashed federal oversight of Texas and other Southern states under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. There were long lines, too, in Los Angeles, where many polling places reported problems with a brand-new $300 million voting system. The Sanders campaign sued to keep polling places open a…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/5/air_berman_voting_delays_super_tuesday

Roundtable: Coronavirus Is Best Case for Medicare for All
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-05
On Wednesday, House lawmakers passed an $8.3 billion emergency spending package for combating coronavirus, as the death toll from coronavirus has reached 11 in the United States. California recorded its first coronavirus death yesterday. The virus has also spread to New York, where Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a directive requiring health insurers to waive cost sharing for coronavirus tests. We go to two ground zeroes of the COVID-19 outbreak

Joe Biden is 'basically Hillary Clinton, but even worse', author of new exposé tells The Canary
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-03-05
Joe Biden has just made a comeback in the Democratic Party primary campaign. But the author of a scathing new exposé has told The Canary that the former vice president is "basically Hillary Clinton… in many ways with her weaknesses turned up to 11". And considering that Clinton couldn't beat Donald Trump in 2016, that's something all Democrats need to be aware of. | On 'Super Tuesday', Biden won ten of the 1…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2020/03/05/joe-biden-is-basically-hillary-clinton-but-even-worse-author-of-new-expose-tells-the-canary/

Sexism Sank Elizabeth Warren
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-03-05
Sexism Sank Elizabeth Warren…
thenation.com/article/politics/warren-sexism-2020/

Elizabeth Warren Still Has a Choice to Make
D.D. Guttenplan | thenation.com | 2020-03-05
Elizabeth Warren Still Has a Choice to Make…
thenation.com/article/politics/elizabeth-warren-drops-out/

Trump's Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats
Jennifer C. Berkshire | thenation.com | 2020-03-05
Trump's Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-education-policy-democrat/

Then There Were Two: Sanders Wins California with Latinx Support as Biden Sweeps Southern Black Vote
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-04
The biggest voting day of the Democratic presidential primary has ended in a two-person race between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders. With more than a third of delegates at stake, Biden swept the Midwest and the South, winning Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas. Sanders saw victories in Colorado, Utah, his home state of Vermont, and the grand prize of the night, California, where Latinx voters account for nearly 40% of the population. His campaign had 23 field offices in the state. Latinx voters could also play a key role…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/4/super_tuesday_chuck_rocha_bernie_sanders

After Biden's Super Tuesday Surge, Sanders Campaign Faces Questions About African-American Support
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-04
On Super Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden swept the South and Midwest, winning Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas, propelled by a huge majority of African-American votes in several states. We host a roundtable discussion on the results with Barbara Ransby, historian, author and activist; Rev. Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign and president of Repairers of the Breach; and Elie Mystal, the justice correspondent for The Nation.
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/4/super_tuesday_african_american_voters_roundtable

The Case Against Joe Biden: Former VP's Long Career Shows a Recurring Theme of "Appeasing the Right"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-04
Following his Super Tuesday wins, we look closely at the record of former Vice President Joe Biden, from his central role in supporting the Iraq War to expanding the so-called war on drugs. We speak with Branko Marcetic, the author of "Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden." Biden's approach to politics is based on "appeasing the right" and "taking the platform of his Republican opponent and trying to make it his own," Marcetic says.
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/4/branko_marcetic_joe_biden_super_tuesday

The Dem Establishment Successfully Cinched a Biden Super Tuesday Victory
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-04
Super Tuesday has raised the stakes and set the stage for a battle for the Democratic Party's soul; one that will decide if it stays the course with neoliberalism with Biden or moves towards a progressive social-democratic model with Sanders.
mintpressnews.com/democratic-party-establishment-successfully-cinched-biden-super-tuesday-victory/265472/

Feature or Bug? Super Tuesday Plagued by Long Lines, Closed Polling Stations and Systemic Failure
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-04
Things got so bad that some voters claimed that if a similar situation occurred in states such as Iran, the US government would intervene to "restore democracy."
mintpressnews.com/super-tuesday-plagued-long-lines-closed-polling-stations-systemic-failure/265482/

Denver students celebrate Black History Month
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-04
Denver, CO – Denver Students for a Democratic Society hosted local Denver activist Shareef Aleem for an event about radical Black history in the U.S., Feb. 25, as a part of Black History Month. At the event, Aleem discussed the history of radical Black activism, as well as how Black art and culture has been seized and stolen for generations. Aleem, an activist for over 20 years, has been involved in numerous groups, particularly in the peace movement and in the movement for police accountability. | "Anything Black people have in this country, somebody spilled their blood over," Aleem noted in his speech. Aleem th…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/3/denver-students-celebrate-black-history-month

Biden May Now Be the Front-Runner, but Sanders's Huge California Win Can't Be Ignored
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-03-04
Biden May Now Be the Front-Runner, but Sanders's Huge California Win Can't Be Ignored…
thenation.com/article/politics/sanders-biden-california-primary/

'We Are Going to Be Back to Where We Were After Reconstruction–Unless We Stop It' – CounterSpin interview with Carol Anderson about voter suppression
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-03-03
Janine Jackson interviewed Emory University's Carol Anderson about voter suppression for the February 28, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/we-are-going-to-be-back-to-where-we-were-after-reconstruction-unless-we-stop-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-are-going-to-be-back-to-where-we-were-after-reconstruction-unless-we-stop-it

Can Joe Biden Stop Bernie Sanders? Establishment Lines Up Behind Former VP, But Is It Too Late?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-03
Millions of voters in 14 states are heading to the polls today for Super Tuesday, as Democratic centrists coalesce around former Vice President Joe Biden as their best shot to defeat front-runner Bernie Sanders. Just ahead of the most decisive day of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar suspended her campaign and endorsed Biden on Monday. Her endorsement came one day after former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race. Both joined Biden on the campaign trail in Texas on Sunday. This comes as former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg –…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/3/ryan_grim_super_tuesday

Great Debate: Sanders Surrogate Cornel West vs. Bloomberg Co-Chair Bobby Rush, Former Black Panther
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-03
Today people in 14 states and American Samoa go to the polls for Super Tuesday. About a third of the delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination are at stake. This comes after former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the race on Sunday and Monday and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. As the race heats up, billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg vowed to stay in the race. This will be the first time he is on the ballot, and while he has not won a single race, he does lead his challengers in one key sense: he leads in ca…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/3/cornel_west_bobby_rush_sanders_bloomberg

Do Media Really Care About Money in Politics?
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2020-03-03
When the newly formed Persist PAC recently launched a $12 million ad buy in support of Elizabeth Warren, newspaper headlines were pointed. | "Super PAC Launches to Support Elizabeth Warren, Who Has Decried the Role of Super PACs," announced the Washington Post ( 2/19/20). "Elizabeth Warren, Long a Super PAC Critic, Gets Help From One," was the New York Times' take (…
fair.org/home/do-media-really-care-about-money-in-politics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-media-really-care-about-money-in-politics

The Escalating Class War Against Bernie Sanders
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-03-02
"If there is going to be class warfare in this country," Bernie Sanders told the Iowa AFL-CIO convention last summer, "it's time that the working class of this country won that war and not just the corporate elite."
zcomm.org/zmagazine/the-escalating-class-war-against-bernie-sanders/

Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-03-02
Inspiring a popular movement that violates these norms is a serious attack on democracy, so conceived, an intolerable assault against good order…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/sanders-threatens-the-establishment-by-inspiring-popular-movements/

Meet the 26-Year-Old Immigration Lawyer Challenging "Trump's Favorite Democrat" in Texas Primary
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-02
A wave of young progressives are campaigning in races across the U.S., following in the footsteps of Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who unseated a 10-term incumbent Democrat in New York City two years ago. A key candidate to watch is 26-year-old Jessica Cisneros, who is running in a South Texas Democratic primary to replace Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress. The 64-year-old centrist is backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Cisneros has branded him "Trump's favorite Democrat" because he voted with Donald Trump nearly…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/2/jessica_cisneros_vs_henry_cuellar_texas

Breakthrough U.S.-Taliban Deal Signed, But Airstrikes Likely to Continue & Mercenaries to Remain
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-02
The U.S. has signed a deal with the Taliban aimed at drawing down its military presence and ending its 18-year war in Afghanistan. The long-anticipated deal comes after a year and a half of negotiations and following a week-long partial truce. Officials hope the accord will set the stage for a more detailed peace plan that creates a power-sharing arrangement and lasting ceasefire, but the deal did not include a key player: the U.S.-backed Afghanistan government. The Taliban has long refused to speak to the government, calling it a "puppet regime." Under the deal, nearly 5,000 of the 12,000 U.S. troops still in Af…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/2/us_taliban_peace_deal

Death Toll Rises in Iran, Middle East Epicenter of Coronavirus, Amid U.S. Sanctions & Gov't Negligence
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-02
The official coronavirus death toll in Iran, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, has risen to at least 54

Julian Assange Lawyer: What's at Stake in Extradition Case Is Freedom of the Press
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-02
British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has suspended the extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange until mid-May. This comes after four days of intense deliberations last week between Assange's legal team and attorneys representing the United States government. Assange faces 18 charges of attempted hacking and breaches of the Espionage Act for his role in publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. He could be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison. Assange has been held in London's Belmarsh prison since last April, when he was removed from the embassy by British poli…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/2/julian_assange_extradition_case_uk

Fake News, False Democracy and Phony Economics
Frank Scott | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-02
The growing popularity of an American social democratic presidential candidate who calls himself a democratic socialist has revived every anti-humanity distortion of the past, emanating from the tiny minority ruling our country through its servant class of professionals in media and politics. Newer and more bloody mythologies about supposedly existing socialisms are expanding on the …
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Krystal Ball: panicked DNC elites try to stop Bernie's big Super Tuesday
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-01
With Bernie Sanders poised for a big Super Tuesday, Krystal Ball discusses the Democratic establishment's panic, Elizabeth Warren's attacks on…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/01/krystal-ball-panicked-dnc-elites-try-to-stop-bernies-big-super-tuesday/

Debate Moderators Frame Questions to Define Acceptable Politics
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2020-02-29
With Super Tuesday around the corner, the Democratic presidential debates are coming to a close. The debates are ostensibly an exercise in democracy, a chance for voters to evaluate candidates' positions in order to cast a better informed vote in the nominating contest. But a review of three of the most frequent topics of debate starkly demonstrates how media hosts use their platform less to inform voters in an evenhanded way than to define which positions–and candidates–are acceptable, and which are not. | Healthcare: Both Bernie Sanders…
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Media Stoop to 'Russian Assistance' to Explain Sanders' Rise
Alan MacLeod | fair.org | 2020-02-29
For over three years, Russia has been an issue of great concern, if not panic, in our media. Back in 2018, FAIR ( 7/27/18) warned that if Bernie Sanders or another progressive movement picked up steam, corporate media would claim that "any challenge to the establishment is likely a Kremlin-funded astroturf effort." For establishment Democrats, we wrote: Russiagate allows them to ignore calls for change and not scrutinize why they lost to the most unpopular presidential candidate in…
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Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-02-28
Media…
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Headlines for February 28, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
California Monitoring 8,400 People for Coronavirus as Fears of Pandemic Grow, Syrian Airstrike Kills 33 Turkish Soldiers in Idlib, Escalating Tensions, New Justice Department Task Force Seeks to Strip Naturalized Immigrants of Citizenship, Joe Biden's Campaign Walks Back False Claims of Arrest in 1970s South Africa, Democratic Superdelegates Overwhelmingly Oppose Bernie Sanders Campaign, Mike Bloomberg Refuses to Apologize for Spying on Muslims, As NYC Mayor, Mike Bloomberg Called for Cuts to Social Security "Ponzi Scheme", ProPublica: Mike Bloomberg Advised Billionaire Sackler Family on Opioid Crisis, Emails Sho…
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Elementary School in NJ Latinx Community Fights Displacement by Robert Wood Johnson Cancer Center
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
In New Jersey, hundreds rallied at the New Brunswick Board of Education meeting Tuesday night against plans to demolish a public school to make way for Robert Wood Johnson Hospital and Rutgers University to build a new cancer center. Protesters included families and more than 30 children, who held signs reading "Save our School!" and "Stop Gentrification." If approved, 760 third-through-eighth-graders at Lincoln Annex School would be moved to a former warehouse building on the outskirts of town as they await construction of a replacement school. Even worse, the proposed new school site is located on a "brownfield…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/lincoln_annex_school_new_brunswick_nj

"We Want Democracy!" Mass Protests Continue in Dominican Republic After Local Elections Suspended
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
Thousands in the Dominican Republic took to the streets of the capital Santo Domingo Thursday to protest the abrupt suspension of local elections earlier this month and to commemorate the country's Independence Day. Protests have been ongoing since February 16, after the government suspended the municipal elections four hours after voting began, alleging there were "technical glitches" in the electronic ballot machines used. The machines were previously used in October 2019, and they cost the Dominican government $19 million. The Dominican people believe the alleged technical glitch is just an attempt by the ruli…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/dominican_republic_elections_suspended

Doctors Without Borders: Cheap Coronavirus Diagnostic Kits Needed in War-Torn Areas & Refugee Camps
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
Across the U.S., officials report a severe shortage of test kits for coronavirus. New York officials say they're preparing their own kits, after kits distributed by the Centers for Disease Control failed validation tests. Meanwhile, new cases of coronavirus continue to spring up worldwide, with Nigeria reporting its first case and one of Iran's vice presidents testing positive. We discuss how MSF USA, or Doctors Without Borders USA, is responding to coronavirus, with the organization's executive director, Avril BenoàÆt.
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/avril_benoit_msf_usa_coronavirus