In the U.S today there’s allegedly a liberal media with MSNBC being considered the most left (in the mainstream at least). If this were true you would think the left’s equivalent to Fox News would be all over the left-most candidate in the race…..Bernie Sanders. Currently though it seems almost everyone at MSNBC is losing their minds over him. A few weeks ago Joy Reid brought an anti-vax body language expert on air to call him a liar. Chris Matthews looks like the Joe Biden of cable news right now….a lost elderly man stuck in the past unable to control the level of his voice. Yesterday he had PTSD flashbacks of his service defending capitalism during the Cold War.
Yes MSNBC pays Chris Matthews large sums of money to talk about how if the U.S lost the Cold War he would’ve been executed to a cheering crowd in Central Park (Chris showing a rare quality in a TV news hosts narcissism). He then claims he doesn’t know what kind of socialism Bernie wants either Denmark or some communist dictatorship where he shoots people?? I honestly don’t know because, like Biden, Matthews’ rants go a lot of different directions yet somehow don’t manage to go anywhere coherent.
Besides Chris Matthews possibly going fully insane and/or senile on live TV, MSNBC host Nicole Wallace went on TV embarrassed the network more by reading a Twitter thread (yes you read that correctly)….but not just any twitter thread it was one that compared Trump to Nazis using the poem “First they came for….” I think you know how it goes. Instead of saying how ludicrous or stupid it is to spend anytime on TV reading a thread let alone that one….I’m gonna give 2 compliments. 1. At least she didn’t bring on a body language expert (one small step at a time towards actually covering news) 2. MSNBC is doing some great work saving an endangered species…..the never-Trumper. This species rarely exists in the wild anymore….recent estimates have found over 90% of the population is cared for by MSNBC. Bravo to MSNBC for spending money to protect this precious wildlife.
.@MSNBC's Nicole Wallace amplifies a @benjaminwittes Twitter thread that defended national security state bureaucrats re-assigned or fired by Trump by invoking & drawing an analogue to the Martin Niemöller poem about Nazi victims. This is an insult to Nazi victims, & also insane. pic.twitter.com/mCed6H6MJW
Without MSNBC this endangered species would have nowhere else to show off their abilities
Next we move on to the near universally hated Chuck Todd. The only thing worse than having to look at Chuck on TV, is having to listen to his takes. This time Chuck joined in on the new media narrative forming around “Bernie’s scary, mean online bullying mob” and compared them to brown shirts (Nazis). It’s so funny seeing the reaction people in media have when their terrible takes get, rightfully, shit on online. There’s no chance that they’re wrong or that their take is trash…that’s impossible they get paid because their so smart and wise right…..it must be weaponized online mobs out to get them.
But the best clip of all of them happened today when a MSNBC reporter was interviewing people in New Hampshire. An undecided voter told him that MSNBC helped make her decide who to vote for….only for the woman to say that the network has been so bad faith anti-Bernie it caused her to vote for him. It’s hilarious watching the media realize in real time that their bias not only isn’t working but is clear to viewers and causing them to actively go against it.
This is actually incredible. On MSNBC, An undecided voter ended up going with Bernie BECAUSE she was sick and tired of MSNBC trying to tear down Sanders. pic.twitter.com/yRLaOA7B5v
This whole cycle MSNBC has had their hosts and guest just relentlessly ignore, disparage, or outright Trash Bernie Sanders. They’ve claimed his support has been cut in half since 2016, that supporting him over Warren is anti-woman, that he makes their skin crawl, and on and on and on. Could it be the network headlined, by former Republican Congressman, Morning Joe, that employs a surplus of never-Trumpers, intelligence agency mouthpieces and body language experts really isn’t that left wing after all??? Impossible!! Everyone knows MSNBC is the most progressive outlet there is….the conservative Murdochs own Fox and the known left-wing zealot Comcast owns MSNBC.
MSNBC's parent company has given $105k to the RNC, by far the biggest recipient of the company's donations this cycle. pic.twitter.com/LrBF0OhrkV
Today, New Hampshire will vote and *fingers cross* the Democratic Party won’t fuck this up too. In Iowa Bernie Sanders looks to have won the Popular vote with him nearly tied with Pete in delegates. However, these results mean nothing because of the colossal screw-up by the DNC and Iowa Dems. The data still isn’t accurate so either Bernie or Pete could end up on top in delegates. The only clear thing heading into New Hampshire is that with Biden’s slip, Bernie is clearly the fronrunner. Now the only question is who will rise to become the Bernie alternative. Pete needs some support from people of color to become that, Bloomberg could purchase that role, Biden’s campaign could return from the edge of collapse, or Warren could scoop up some of the people from the rest and go to 2nd.
Now let’s briefly at where each candidate stands and what their path is going forward. (If you’re looking for just the betting guide skip to the bottom).
FrontRunner(s)
Bernie Sanders:
Coming out of Iowa and into NH, Bernie looks like the only frontrunner. He looks like he won the popular vote in Iowa and could have won the delegates and he looks poised to win in NH. If he does, it looks increasingly likely he will pick up the momentum to win in Nevada and/or South Carolina and then clean up on Super Tuesday and put himself in good position to win the whole thing. I’m sure we’ll see establishment freak-outs and tons of negative stories from “anonymous sources” but just as with Trump in 2016 it’ll be too late. When the field narrows I don’t think there is anyone that will be able to take Bernie 1v1. We’ve already seen Bernie hammer Pete over his billionaire donors, he would continue to attack Biden over Social Security, Iraq, Trade, etc., and while Bloomberg has the money to compete, he would be the perfect foil for Bernie to rail against. Plus he’d have the advantage anytime Trump tweeted about the race as “Mini Mike” is so much more devastating than “Crazy Bernie”. People are worried about Bernie’s electability are silly to me for a few reasons. 1. No one actually knows what is electable. 2. There’s no chance Biden or Pete can go against Trump 1v1. In order to beat someone like Trump who is a lightening rod and a rockstar, you need a rockstar. I think Bernie is the only one who can be that. Last night in NH he drew a crowd of over 7,000 when no other candidate has been able to draw 2,000 there. Just look at the this event and try to tell me Bernie isn’t a rockstar or electable.
Keeping with the 2016 analogy, once Trump started pulling away, the rest of the field consolidated around Ted Cruz. If Bernie starts to look like he’s pulling away people will drop out and a “moderate alternative to socialism” will be anointed.
Pete Buttigieg:
The former mayor had a strong performance in Iowa and may have even won the most delegates. To hang on in the race he needs a similar performance in NH. I’m not sure it’ll matter as he has continued to garner no support among voters of color. And now that the media is pretending he has a change….everyone is starting to pile on him with Bernie going hard after his (40) Billionaire donors and Biden attacking his experience which caps out at mayor of 100,000 and includes never winning a statewide race. Last night at the NH Dem Party dinner, he was booed and the crowd chanted “Wall Street Pete”. While the media and donors still seem to love him, he’s being exposed online for claiming now that “socialism” will make it harder to win in 2020 and that he is too divisive to get bipartisan support when he’s spent recent years saying the exact opposite. He’s running a campaign that boils down to “old ways of thinking” with a fresh face *Similar campaign going on in the MA Senate Primary but with some Kennedy magic mixed in* It’s hard to see Pete being the alternative to Bernie without a win in NH and significantly broadening his support.
Joe Biden:
The former VP had a rough go in Iowa, even spending money late trying to minimize the damage, he finish a distant 4th. From the beginning of the race I have said Biden’s support has been soft but even I was starting to doubt that as he staid fairly steady in the polls. Biden’s whole strategy has been about electability it’s working as well as it has in the past (Gore, Kerry, Hillary (08), Romney, Hillary (16)). Besides electability, the only consistent for Biden is doing weird shit on the trail. From biting his wife’s finger on stage, to calling voters fat and challenging them to push-ups, telling numerous people to vote for someone else, kissing his teenage granddaughter on the lips, to handing reporters pieces of paper with pre-written answers instead of answering a question like a normal person….it’s been a wild and hilarious campaign for Uncle Joe. His main problem seems to be he overperforms in polls because he i known and generally liked…but no one under 65 (and not brainwashed by the MSNBC) thinks he’s the best person for the job. I do like the fact that he’s hammering Pete, with his limited money left, now in NH. He’s making the same electability argument but it works perfectly because it’s calling out someone who’s resume includes helping fix bread prices and only getting like 12,000 votes for the highest office he’s ever held. If he can’t turn this thing around and hold strong in NH or South Carolina it looks like Joe will still be without that elusive 1st career Primary win. On the bright side though, he keeps telling people to vote for someone else and it looks like the voters are listening to him.
Elizabeth Warren:
Out of everyone in this pack, I think Warren might have the best chance to be the Bernie alternative. If you only listen to cable news you may be shocked to hear this as they constantly claim her and Bernie share the same voters. This isn’t really true though as Warren tends to draw support from whiter middle/upper class voters while Sanders has a more multi-racial working class support. This seems to explain why she has swung her campaign into the “Social Justice/Unity” lane. Warren held onto a strong 3rd in Iowa and if she can finish 2nd in NH (or even close 3rd) she might be able to stay around long enough to pick up all the Pete/Joe/Amy voters who are abandoning ship. If Warren can pick up the scraps from those candidates she would be the strongest alternative to Bernie*. *non-billionaire division
Amy Klobuchar:
Amy got the Top 5 finish she needed in Iowa but now she needs to bring in some support in a non-MidWest state. Amy has run her campaign on the 3 M’s; Moderate, MidWest, Mom-jokes. In every debate she is simultaneously declared a winner by 93% of the media as soon as it ends. She is the recipient of the coveted 1/2 NYT endorsement. But her best quality might be how much she seems to loathe Pete. You can tell deep down she wants to scream “If you want a Midwest moderate and one that has actually won statewide races then support me you idiots!!” The problem for her is she can’t go scorched Earth on him cause she needs to pick up his voters if she’s going anywhere. 3 varying-levels-of-fun facts about Amy are she would be the first female President, first President from the state of Minnesota, and the first President to have ever eaten a salad with a comb. While it’s unlikely she’ll get anywhere close to accomplishing those firsts, she is a leading candidate for VP or the cabinet (hopefully one with utensils).
Billionaires
Tom Steyer:
I’m not sure why but I’m actually starting to like Tom Steyer. It might be because it looks like he likes everyone else on stage but no one else seems to really like him. Or maybe it’s that he’s another voice on stage calling out corruption…I’m not sure maybe it’s that stupid tie he seems to have a million of irregardless I’m warming up to him. His strategy has been to bombard airwaves in Nevada and South Carolina and he seems to be focusing more on SC. I don’t think he has a real chance to win anything but he might have spent enough to pick up some delegates and stick around for a while.
Michael Bloomberg:
Michael Bloomberg entered the race late and just said Fuck the first 4 states. Instead he has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on ads in Super Tuesday states where no one else can focus yet. He also has a chance to become the Bernie alternative as he has unlimited money and could pick up some moderate/establishment Biden/Pete/Amy support. I don’t think Bloomberg has a great chance to win unless there’s somehow a brokered convention where he could just buy-off enough support to get the nomination. As his record (supporting Bush, the Iraq War, Stop & Frisk, etc.) get examined I think he’ll plateau or have the empty poll numbers disappear. His candidacy is a great experiment though in seeing just how much support can be bought. So far it seems around 10% and a lot of Mayors. Screw his record or his blatant attempt to buy the nomination and subsequently White House, he should be disqualified for his treatment of dogs. Look at what this “human” does
Forget “Socialism”…..THIS is the real electability problem
If you meet a guy and he greets your dog by to trying to grab/shake their snout there’s not a chance in this or any world you trust that person. If Jesus came back to Earth today and first thing he did was try to shake a dog’s mouth….the Catholic Church would immediately collapse and thousands of pedophiles would be unemployed/shipped off to third world zoos churches.
Outsiders
Andrew Yang & Tulsi Gabbard :
Yang and Gabbard are both outsiders who seemingly will depend on the independent minded NH (also an open primary) to keep going. They have both survived thanks to signature issues (UBI or free money for Yang) (Anti-Interventionist Foreign Policy for Tulsi). I think Yang has more of a chance of competing thanks to his bigger grassroots support and depth/uniqueness of his platform. However, both need a strong showing in NH to make the case they should keep going.
Betting Guide:
All of the information and odds for the betting guide come from Predict-It, a site where you can buy or sell “stock” in candidates. You can bet on individual contest winners, 2nd place, the nominee, or on the general election winner (among other bets). As I have said in basically every betting guide, I’d advise hammering Bernie as he’s been under-valued (though that’s changed now mostly). The picks I’m gonna give are for the winner of the nomination, winner of the general, and some individual contest picks.
Nomination: Though he’s the favorite my pick is still Bernie Sanders: 47 cents (about +120). If you’re high on Bloomberg you can get him at 25 cents (+300) or if you want a risk I’d think about Warren at 5 cents (+1900).
SC Winner: Again I’m gonna take Sanders at 44 cents (~+122) but if you think Biden will hold on you can get him at 37 cents (~+180).
SC 2nd Place: If Biden falls he’ll fall hard and I think someone else could pick up 2nd in SC. I would think about Steyer at 22 cents here (~+350). Pete or Warren have great odds if you think one of them can pick up Biden supporters.
2nd place in NH: I wouldn’t touch who’s gonna win NH as Bernie is the heavy favorite (80 cents or -400). I think Pete might fall and I’m gonna take a risk at betting he won’t finish 2nd which is 25 cents (+300) and maybe even sprinkle Warren to finish 2nd at 5 cents (+1900).
Super Tuesday: Since it’s early you can get a winner for a lot of the Super Tuesday states at 30-40 cents. Pick who you think will have the momentum by then and take advantage of the odds.
General Election Winner: You should know by now I’m riding with Bernie Sanders at 31 cents (~+230). If you don’t trust any of the Dem candidates, Trump is the favorite at 55 cents (-122).
EXTRA Wild Card Pick: Iowa Winner: Now since the Iowa caucuses were such a clusterfuck there has yet to be a declared winner. There has been a recount initiated by the Bernie and Pete camps and it is incredibly close in state delegates. Because of that I’ve picked up some stocks for Bernie to be declared winner in Iowa at 20 cents (+400).
If you were lucky enough to miss the Iowa Caucuses last week….here’s a quick recap of what happened:
The party obsessed with cyber security in elections hired a company named “Shadow” (owned by some establishment grifters) to develop an app to count the votes in Iowa.
The app surprisingly did not work and no results were released.
Then for some reason they decided to release 61% of the results (which were filled with errors) instead of releasing everything error free at once.
The media ran with those numbers with Sanders leading popular vote and Pete leading in delegates.
The remaining results brought Sanders to within 1% of Pete in State delegates. (Weirdly the satellite caucuses, where Bernie cleaned up, were counted last though they voted first).
Tom Perez, DNC chair, calls for a recanvass even though he has no power to do so. (Only candidates can ask)
Both Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg call for recanvass
Now that you’re caught up on the latest incompetence from the donkeys, you must think “There’s no way they can make this any worse….right???”. If you were thinking almost any other group of people you would be right….unfortunately we’re talking about the leadership of the Democratic Party. Like the gang over at Wolf Cola, they reset their 24 hour clock and keep putting their feet in their mouths.
This time the Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, Troy Price, said that they cannot correct errors made in the process, including simple things like rounding errors, because they cannot change “the official record of the room”.
IDP Chair Troy Price answers question about why the party can’t change mathematical problems on the caucus night worksheets in the results: pic.twitter.com/o8z0dV9bcO
Makes sense. With such a straightforward process such as Iowa where everyone votes and you tally the numbers and the person with the most votes win…..where you go to a caucus and write the results down and use paper to calculate the results…..where you have a caucus and you have to count who won on the 1st and 2nd vote and then calculate how many state delegates from your county goes to each candidate using a app that works smoothly. When you have something that simple that record must be the sacred official record so no matter how simple or obvious or dubious an error is, there’s no changing the official record…..even Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t dare to rip that up. Tom Price even went as far to say that changing the record could be challenged in court. However that notion was shot down by the former counsel to an Iowa Gov. who said that is completely wrong and only not changing errors would expose them to court challenges. So even though the substance of this was incredibly ridiculous and incompetent, there is a bright side in this…Tom Price gave a perfect GIF to anyone wondering the current state of the Democratic Establishment:
You can get shitty takes on the Primary anywhere you look….but here we’ll also give you shitty gambling takes. All of the information and odds for the betting guide come from Predict-It, a site where you can buy or sell “stock” in candidates. You can bet on individual contest winners, 2nd place, the nominee, or on the general election winner (among other bets). As I have said in basically every betting guide, I’d advise hammering Bernie as he’s been under-valued (though that’s changed now mostly). He has the most donors, raised the most money, has the most enthusiasm, is the most liked, is trusted most on the issues and now has taken the lead in national polls. If that’s not a clear frontrunner I don’t know what is. The picks I’m gonna give are for the winner of the nomination, winner of the general, and some individual contest picks.
Nomination: Though he’s the favorite my pick is still Bernie Sanders: 47 cents (about +120). If you’re high on Bloomberg you can get him at 25 cents (+300) or if you want a risk, think about Warren at 5 cents (+1900) not that she’ll win but that her stock will rise enough to make $.
2nd place in NH: I wouldn’t touch who’s gonna win NH as Bernie is the heavy favorite (80 cents or -400). I think Pete might fall and I’m gonna take a risk at betting he won’t finish 2nd which is 25 cents (+300) and maybe even sprinkle Warren to finish 2nd at 5 cents (+1900).
SC Winner: Again I’m gonna take Sanders at 44 cents (~+122) but if you think Biden will hold on you can get him at 37 cents (~+180).
SC 2nd Place: If Biden falls he’ll fall hard and I think someone else could pick up 2nd in SC. I would think about Steyer at 22 cents here (~+350). Pete or Warren have great odds if you think one of them can pick up enough Biden supporters.
Super Tuesday: Since it’s early you can get a winner for a lot of the Super Tuesday states at 30-40 cents. Pick who you think will have the momentum by then and take advantage of the odds.
General Election Winner: You should know by now I’m riding with Bernie Sanders at 31 cents (~+230). If you don’t trust any of the Dem candidates, Trump is the favorite at 55 cents (-122).
EXTRA Wild Card Pick: Iowa Winner: Now since the Iowa caucuses were such a clusterfuck there has yet to be a declared winner. There has been a recount initiated by the Bernie and Pete camps and it is incredibly close in state delegates. Because of that I’ve picked up some stocks for Bernie to be declared winner in Iowa at 20 cents (+400).
This was an eventful week and one that was a complete disaster for the Democratic Party. Impeachment finally ended, unsurprisingly, with an acquittal which was slightly overshadowed by the Dem elites showing their incompetence when they couldn’t figure out what happened in Iowa. Bernie Sanders won Iowa’s popular vote and it looks like he’ll be tied with Pete for delegates but the data looks riddled with errors so who knows. Sometimes I honestly think the leaders of the Democratic Party are trying to lose that way there’s no pressure on them to actually do something.
Impeachment Finale
After being impeached in the House, President Trump was acquitted by the Senate after no witnesses were called and with Mitt Romney being the only Republican voting to convict. Like usual in Washington, neither side looks good in what happened, but the Democrats certainly look worse. There were no witnesses called as some Senate Republicans admitted the President did what he was accused of but that it was a simply a “policy difference” and not worthy of impeachment. As always it was very funny watching the goalposts move from Republicans from “he didn’t do it” to “But, but, but, Joe Biden” to “it wasn’t that bad” and then it just moves to the next outrage. The one thing you kinda have to respect the GOP for is that no matter how many times they change their story or contradict themselves they stand firm and it works as they don’t get called out by the media for any of it. Other Senators (Susan Collins) are saying they didn’t vote to convict because Trump learned his lesson from this whole thing (no joke needed for that claim). However, even with all the goalpost moving and spinzones coming from the right, the Democrats look manage to look worse. As I’ve been saying from the beginning it was incredibly stupid to focus something as big as impeachment on Ukrainian aid. No real, actual person gives a shit about that. The Democrats STILL DON’T HAVE HIS TAXES. They’ve controlled the House for over a year and can’t do something as simple as that. If they really wanted to take him down they should’ve gotten those and said hey look how much money he’s making off being President. Maybe investigate assassinating a couple of foreign officials? Look at paying off a pornstar? Planning a Trump Tower Moscow? The scam that was Trump U? Obstruction of Justice? Nope….the geniuses in the House leadership chose fucking Ukraine aid to hang this whole charade on and because of that, they got the result they deserved.
Debacle in Iowa
Speaking of Democratic incompetence, the candidates running to face off President Trump had the first contest in Iowa this week. Now of course the party that’sbeen sooooo concerned with election interference used the unhackable tech of paper to count the votes right??? Of course not….instead they decided to use a fucking app designed by some Hilary for America grifters. The company that designed this app was legitimately named SHADOW….because nothing says transparency like allowing a company named Shadow to handle the results. They then decided to double down on their stupidity by releasing only 62% of the vote while they tallied the rest. Now ignoring how stupid that is, if you’re gonna do that you do it must be because you’re positive those votes are 10000% correct. Obviously, they were riddled with errors and the media reported them because they apparently have nothing better to talk about than incorrect data. The whole thing is such a shitshow it’s hard to believe these people in charge ever got power over anything let alone an entire fucking political party. If you fuck up and don’t have the results that same night, then wait until you have every single vote counted and have tripled checked their accuracy before releasing it. Heads have to roll after this whole thing. The leader of the Iowa Democratic Party has to go and so does Tom Perez (DNC chair). Lucky for Tom though it would make the Dems look worse if they fired him after only 1 contest so he’ll get to stay in power a little longer. It’s ironic though that for over 4 years Democrats have been clinically paranoid about Russia, seeing Putin behind every dark corner, but when it came down to it the biggest threat to elections was their own incompetence.
Trump Admin Blowing Up National Monument For “The Wall”
The Intercept ran a good story, about how the Trump administration is setting off dynamite in a national monument, UNESCO biosphere, and land sacred to local Native Americans in order to build more of his wall in southern Arizona. This is the type of story that the national media and Democrats should focus on more. Even when Republicans controlled Congress for 2 years they couldn’t pass funding for the wall. But no one seems inclined to try to stop this or any other building of the wall. Regardless of you’re stance on immigration, everyone should be in agreement that the wall is an incredibly dumb idea. You know you’re “solution” to a problem is bad when there are several easy ways to avoid it. Even ignoring tunnels (the most used way to get into the country) anyone looking to get in the U.S, faced with a wall can get past it with a couple shovels, a ladder, a fucking trampoline, or even a Bluth Company stair-car.
Trump Admin Bringing Back Landmines
Yes you read that correctly, the Trump admin is bringing back LANDMINES. Honestly between a wall and landmines what fucking year does Trump think it is??? However, there are some odds of what outdated thing Trump will bring back next and knowing him one of these will be brought back before his term is up.
My Pick: Tar & Feathering +325
Nancy Pelosi Rips Up Trump’s Speech
Now I didn’t watch the State of the Union speech but it must’ve been pretty inconsequential if the big story coming out of it was Nancy Pelosi ripping up Trump’s speech afterwards. My only take on this is…..I don’t give a single shit and neither should you. There’s an infinite amount of more important things going on in the world. Plus it’s not even close to the worse thing Pelosi did this week…
Juan Guaido Goes to Washington
The Venezuelan opposition member was a guest of the President for the State of the Union and Nancy Pelosi proceeded to welcome him as a guest to Congress. She praised him for his “courage” and as a “friend to democracy”. Now for those who have not followed the Venezuela saga, the U.S, among other imperialists, have called for the removal of President Maduro citing irregularities in his election. Guaido tried to claim himself President but when that foolproof plan somehow didn’t work he stuck around still trying to gain legitimacy. All the puppets of the Military Industrial Complex are backing him and it seems like a sensible plan as whens the last time a CIA backed leader ever failed or did anything bad??? Now in spirit with Guaido, after the embarrassment in Iowa, I am declaring myself the leader of Iowa and I’m sure that once the CIA gets back to me on my endorsement request I too will be celebrated and welcomed to Washington with open arms as a legitimate leader.
Clown Take of the Week
As always there were a lot of contenders for this award. Everyone who suddenly doesn’t care about Iowa after Bernie won was in contention but there were too many to single out just one. Instead the winner of the Clown Take of the Week is former Senator and current MSNBC talking head Claire McCaskill. Talking about Mitt Romney’s Impeachment Vote, she said “He’s going to sleep soundly. His children are going to look at him with pride. And at the end of the day, isn’t that way more important?”. This quote is the perfect showcase for the how shallow the liberal ideology is. All you need to do for these neoliberals or establishment figures is just 1 thing and you’re past is forgotten and you’re a hero. Previously it was John McCain for his vote against repealing ObamaCare. Then every #Resister built a shrine to lifelong Republican Robert Mueller and treated him as their deity. Now people are doing the same with Mitt Romney. Forget Bain Capital and everything else they went after him for in 2012 and forget him tucking his tail between his legs and interviewing for a job with Trump after 2016. Now that he made this vote that literally accomplishes nothing he is the epitome of courage and morality.
.@NicolleDWallace: "Mitt Romney's life will never be the same, but I'm sure he has no doubt in his mind that it's worth it."@clairecmc: "He's going to sleep soundly. His children are going to look at him with pride. And at the end of the day, isn't that way more important?" pic.twitter.com/Z8AHVSRQNj
Person who was deemed out of touch by people they are accountable to: Nothing MSNBC: Take our money…We need your expertise
Clown of the Week
Nancy Pelosi did everything she could to win this, as did another moron MSNBC talking head Jason Johnson (quick thread on his incompetence this week). But the only person that could be the Clown of the Week is DNC chair Tom Perez. Either Perez was in the dark about the app that would be used in Iowa or he thought it was a good idea….either way he looks like an idiot. Then he came out of the blue right before the final results came in and called for a recount. Now this is not something the DNC can actually do as it must be called for by a campaign. Perez (and the DNC by extension) just looks so bad through all of this as if he was actually concerned about the legitimacy of the results he would’ve called for none of the results to be released until they were confirmed accurate. Coincidentally Perez made this call right as Bernie was catching up to Pete in State Delegates (and extending his popular vote lead). Honestly the fastest way for Perez to get me to respect him would be to say he was trolling. Clearly he wasn’t though and even if you ignore all the shadiness that occurred in Iowa (the app was developed by people with clear links to the Democratic establishment, Pete paying the company that developed it, releasing partial data with Pete leading, & Perez’s timing) it is still a complete disaster. While I do think there was some nefariousness going on, I think the main problems here were greed and stupidity. This is one of the biggest reasons people like Perez and the DNC despise outsiders like Bernie….cause they know if someone like him was in charge all the cash going to idiot strategists and consultants will dry up. It’s seems impossible now that after the election Perez will be in charge of the DNC but honestly if he makes it that far he should be thankful.
The voting for the 2020 Primary will finally tonight when the Iowa Caucuses happen. While they aren’t many delegates up for grabs, Iowa is all about momentum. A win will give someone a lot of media coverage while a bad performance may finally kill off some campaigns. Here’s my latest tier of the race as it stands now:
The media has started to freak out as they realize that Bernie Sanders is not only a frontrunner but is a favorite to win the first two contests. Now their desperation is showing as they try to bring up old Bernie quotes or smearing people that support him like Joe Rogan or when *NSFW* Rashida Tlaib booed Hillary Clinton. This couples with the 5 year “electability” argument they’ve been firing at Sanders. First off nobody knows what is electable (especially rich, out of touch talking heads). In 2008 Barrack Obama was “unelectable” and the entire 2016 Primary/General these same people said Trump could never get elected. Pro-tip, if someone tries to tell you what is or isn’t electable….they’re full of shit. But the media has continued to push a Biden=electable, Bernie=unelectable narrative through the whole primary. Now instead of trying to convince you why that’s wrong, I’ll just give you a blind resume let you decide.
Candidate A: old white guy Candidate B: older white guy
Now let’s look at each candidate as well as look at their path to the nomination:
Bernie Sanders
The Media overlooked the Vermont Senator in 2016, somewhat understandably, but these same people are too smart to make the same mistake again right??? The answer is obviously no….but you probably already knew that. Sanders has raised the most money, thanks to the largest grassroots support of donors, and seems to have most of the energy in the party behind him, all while remaining steady in the polls for a year despite continuous claims he should drop out, his campaign was doomed, or would never win. So nice to see people in the media learning from 2016. There’s been rumblings of a Never-Bernie movement forming which will surely work and not have the same effect as the Never Trump movement did right? But hey if history repeats itself all those people will be safe with cushy jobs as talking heads on MSNBC.
Path To Nomination: A win in either Iowa or New Hampshire should be good enough to carry him into Super Tuesday where he has a lead in a bunch of states (including California). A win in Nevada or South Carolina would be icing on the cake. If he wins both IA & NH it could be over as no one in modern history has won both and not won the nomination.
Joe Biden
Joe Biden’s campaign at the moment has one thing going for it….inertia. While his national poll numbers have remained fairly steady, his fundraising hasn’t been as evidenced by his need for a SuperPAC. Biden has run an unconventional campaign but its one that is similar to Trump’s in that nothing seems capable of taking him down. In debates he’s had his eye start randomly bleeding, his teeth almost fall out of his mouth, and struggle to form coherent answers to questions. Everytime a voter asks a tough or critical question he tells them to vote for someone else….or he calls them fat and challenges them to a push-up contest. He sucked his wife’s finger on stage. His campaign staff are giving handjobs to strangers on planes. Instead of answering questions on Social Security he gave the press a piece of paper with his answers on it. You couldn’t make this stuff up and its all been hilarious but somehow it hasn’t lost him any support. People have said he doesn’t need to win Iowa or New Hampshire and can rely on South Carolina but the NYT had a (rare) insightful piece on this. Biden has taken money from NH & SC to focus heavily on Iowa. The danger for Biden is if he doesn’t do well there his well of wealthy donor cash might dry up and he might not have the funds in SC or elsewhere.
Path to the Nomination: A win in Iowa would be huge for the Biden campaign (and to a lesser extent) as would a Pete victory. The biggest thing for Biden is to convince enough people that he’s still viable so he can get cash to compete like a frontrunner on Super Tuesday. A 3rd or 4th place finish in Iowa might be a death sentence for the Biden campaign as the moderates/establishment might pin all their hopes(& cash) to Bloomberg.
Elizabeth Warren
Senator Warren seemed like a favorite a few months ago when she made a surge in the polls. Since then, her coverage in the media has gone down and she’s had a few slip-ups handling some keys issues. She seemed to backtrack a little on Medicare For All to appeal to moderates but seems to have landed in no (wo)man’s land with neither side thrilled about her. She also has been very cautious about attacking Biden either on corruption (though its a central theme to her campaign) Social Security, or the Bankruptcy Bill (which she battled him on when she wan’t in Congress yet). She seems to be trying to go all in on the woke liberal/social justice warrior/unity lane and we’ll soon see if that was the right choice. She’s the most interesting candidate to keep an eye on after the first couple contests. If Bernie comes out hot does she try to pick up Biden voters and if Biden holds strong does how will she try to win some of Bernie’s people?
Path to Nomination: Warren has a similar path to Bernie as a win in one of the first 2 should be enough to carry her past Super Tuesday. A strong 2nd in both of those could also keep her in the race but a 3rd place finish in one of them (especially NH) could be the beginning of the end.
Pete Buttigieg
The former small-town mayor has risen thanks to support from the media as well as wealthy donors. In Iowa he took that money and blanketed the state which lead to him being in the top 4 there. Pete seems like someone built in a CIA lab to become a politician. He’s got a boyish charm that has appealed to old folks, went to Harvard, and was a Rhodes Scholar. However, Pete does not seem to pose a real threat thanks to lack of support among people of color….leading to his nickname Mayo Pete. In South Bend, there has been controversy over a police shooting as well as a scheme by cops to use Pete’s donors to fire the city’s first black police chief (something he did). He also faced criticism for faking black endorsements in SC for his “Douglas Plan”. Thanks to all of his, plus his overall demeanor, it seems unlikely Pete will catch on among people of color meaning his chances of the nomination are slim. The desperation is showing from Pete as in the last few days he’s been calling out both Biden and Bernie by name in Iowa. He’s also accused Bernie of using “dark money” groups to help him which is funny on 2 accounts…first this attack is coming from someone famous for raising money from rich people in wine cave and 2nd because he tried to get support from most of these groups including the Sunrise Movement, other student groups, and the Democratic Socialists of America. It’s not surprising though as Pete seems like the kind guy who gets rejected and then turns around and says I didn’t even wanna go out with you at all..you’re ugly and then proceeds to rage-cry in the bathroom.
Path to the Nomination: A win in Iowa followed by a 1st or 2nd place finish in NH and then either someone catching on with voters of color or winning 100% of the white vote.
Amy Klobuchar
The media has been working hard to push Senator Klobuchar and it seems she may finally be catching on. She’s running her campaign based on the 3 M’s, Midwest Nice, Moderation, & Mom-jokes. Because of this, her campaign also seems to hinge on Iowa. If her Midwest appeal doesn’t work in Iowa it’s unlikely to work anywhere else. If she does well though she could stand to pick up some Biden, Pete, or even Warren supporters if any of the them fall. If Klobuchar somehow ends up President it will be a number of firsts. She will of course be the first female President, along with the first President from Minnesota, and the first President whose ever eaten a salad with a comb….and I’m not sure which of those firsts would be most impressive.
Path to Nomination: Strong finish in Iowa and able to use that to siphon off votes from top 4 heading into Super Tuesday. Anything lower than top 5 in Iowa might be the end for Amy. Most likely scenario is she can hang on long enough and maybe score a cabinet position in a Biden administration.
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang has been one of the surprises of the campaign as even though he’s been largely ignored by the media, while outlasting Governors, Senators, and Congressman. Thanks to the #YangGang his online following has raised some impressive numbers and kept him on the debate stage. The big sticking point for Yang has been his Universal Basic Income proposal (the Freedom Dividend as he calls it) which would give everyone over 18 $1,000 a month. Beyond offering people free money, Yang has been able to appeal to people by attacking the status quo in Washington and appealing to people’s humanity as well as their wallets. He is one of the only candidates who talks at length about automation, the decline in life expectancy, and the drug crisis. Yang has brought these under-discussed issues to the mainstream, and because he seems honest, and not like a politician, he has appealed to people all over the spectrum. He has also recently picked up endorsements of comedy greats Dave Chapelle and Norm McDonald. Though it is unlikely to end in the White House, Yang has made more of an impact of the race than the vast majority of candidates.
Path to Nomination: Get a shocking performance in an early state and use that to pick off voters of the falling candidates. More likely scenario is that he will end up somewhere in a Sanders or Warren cabinet.
Tulsi Gabbard
Representative Gabbard is by far the most controversial candidate still left in the race. The cornerstone of her campaign is that she is a veteran but also staunchly anti-interventionist. This coupled with her outsider status has given her some support in New Hampshire where she is around 5% in the RCP average. Her back and forth with Hillary Clinton has seemed to help her as many people, especially with those who don’t like the DNC/corporate Democrats. Gabbard’s future relies heavily on the state of New Hampshire. A good performance there would get her back on the debate stage and momentum going forward. If she doesn’t do well in NH it would seem like the end of the road for the least hardest to look at candidate in the race.
Path to Nomination: New Hampshire or bust. More likely scenario is a position in a Sanders administration or maybe a Fox News gig.
Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer is one of 2 billionaires in the race and has been able to gain support by bombarding the airwaves with over $100 million in ads. In a vacuum Steyer isn’t a bad candidate and I’ve actually weirdly started to like him after multiple awkward encounters where Bernie wants nothing to do with him. I just don’t think the Democrats will want to nominate a billionaire and once other people start spending money in Nevada and South Carolina I’m not sure he’ll maintain his support. I’m not sold on the idea that he has any real support or if people are just saying his name to pollsters because he’s the only person they see on TV/billboards.
Path to Nomination: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Michael Bloomberg
The other billionaire is former NYC Governor Michael Bloomberg. It’s hard to see Bloomberg actually getting the nomination given he supported George W. Bush, supported the Iraq War as well as stop & frisk until he got in the race, and most importantly the incredibly concerning way he greets dogs by shaking their snout. The whole play by Bloomberg seems to be to swoop into the moderate lane if Biden falls. Again though I don’t see people supporting a creepy billionaire with positions like “bankers are getting a bad rap”. Plus there’s always the question of “if you really wanted to help people, instead of wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on a vanity campaign why not spend that money down ballot or use it to idk replace lead water pipes around the country, give it to underfunded schools, pay off some student debts, protect some endangered animal, or literally anything beside put your face on TV seemingly every other commercial.
Path to the Nomination: Ideally none…..but realistically if Biden falls a lot of moderates/media will flock to him to save them from big bad Bernie.
If you’re interested in making the primary a little more interesting….I’ve included my betting advice below:
You can find shitty 2020 Primary punditry pretty much anywhere you look, but very few places will also give you shitty betting advice. So without anymore foreplay, I’ll lay out where you should look to put some money before the Primary begins in Iowa. All odds will come from Predict-It where you can buy or sell “stock” in candidates for the Primary, General Election, or in individual Primaries.
Now for months, I’ve been telling anyone that will listen to bet on Bernie as I’ve thought he was under valued and I got $ on him to win the nomination at 10/1 (not to brag) and I wish I doubled down post-heart attack when I saw his odds at 16/1. Now he is the favorite with his price being 41 cents (~+150) with Biden at 33 cents (~+200) and everyone else are long shots. My advice would still be to bet Bernie as I think, barring any more heart-attacks, he has the momentum to win Iowa and New Hampshire and eventually win the whole thing. If you’re looking for someone with better odds I would look at Warren, Bloomberg, and Yang (in that order) as when the field begins to shrink (and if Biden falls or loses the rest of his motor skills) those 3 could gain the most so buy low now.
As for the individual contests, in Iowa I would bet Warren or Pete as they’re both around 10 cents (+900) and those are by far the best odds for what’s been a 4 way race in Iowa for a while. There’s good odds in New Hampshire for anyone that isn’t Bernie, so if you’re as scared of socialism as every pundit thinks than that would be something to look at. In South Carolina, Biden is the favorite there right now but if you think he falls, like I still do, then someone like Bernie at 25 cents (+300) or if you wanna get crazy, Tom Steyer, at 2 cents (5000/1) or Andrew Yang (same odds), if you think there’ll be a Chappelle bump. For all the other primaries on Super Tuesday, since it’s still early either Bernie or Biden are favorites. If you think one of them will fall then there’s good odds to bet the other one, and if you think both could fall the other candidates have great odds.
Overall, the markets see this as a 2 person race between Bernie and Biden. This makes betting options seem a lot simpler. There’s the obviously ideological gap between them as well as the huge age divide of their supporters. If you think the young energetic progressive wing of the party will win then bet Bernie (or even people like Warren or Bloomberg). If you think the old, moderate establishment wing of the party will win then take Biden (or Warren, in case Bernie falls off).
You can find shitty 2020 Primary punditry pretty much anywhere you look, but very few places will also give you shitty betting advice. So without anymore foreplay, I’ll lay out where you should look to put some money before the Primary begins in Iowa. All odds will come from Predict-It where you can buy or sell “stock” in candidates for the Primary, General Election, or in individual Primaries.
Now for months, I’ve been telling anyone that will listen to bet on Bernie as I’ve thought he was under valued and I got $ on him to win the nomination at 10/1 (not to brag) and I wish I doubled down post-heart attack when I saw his odds at 16/1. Now he is the favorite with his price being 41 cents (~+150) with Biden at 33 cents (~+200) and everyone else are long shots. My advice would still be to bet Bernie as I think, barring any more heart-attacks, he has the momentum to win Iowa and New Hampshire and eventually win the whole thing. If you’re looking for someone with better odds I would look at Warren, Bloomberg, and Yang (in that order) as when the field begins to shrink (and if Biden falls or loses the rest of his motor skills) those 3 could gain the most so buy low now.
As for the individual contests, in Iowa I would bet Warren or Pete as they’re both around 10 cents (+900) and those are by far the best odds for what’s been a 4 way race in Iowa for a while. There’s good odds in New Hampshire for anyone that isn’t Bernie, so if you’re as scared of socialism as every pundit thinks than that would be something to look at. In South Carolina, Biden is the favorite there right now but if you think he falls, like I still do, then someone like Bernie at 25 cents (+300) or if you wanna get crazy, Tom Steyer, at 2 cents (5000/1) or Andrew Yang (same odds), if you think there’ll be a Chappelle bump. For all the other primaries on Super Tuesday, since it’s still early either Bernie or Biden are favorites. If you think one of them will fall then there’s good odds to bet the other one, and if you think both could fall the other candidates have great odds.
Overall, the markets see this as a 2 person race between Bernie and Biden. This makes betting options seem a lot simpler. There’s the obviously ideological gap between them as well as the huge age divide of their supporters. If you think the young energetic progressive wing of the party will win then bet Bernie (or even people like Warren or Bloomberg). If you think the old, moderate establishment wing of the party will win then take Biden (or Warren, in case Bernie falls off).
*Full disclosure I haven’t watched much of the Impeachment proceedings cause I’m not a huge reality TV guy and if I was I’d tune into the experts at E! or VH1 or Survivor before I turn on C-SPAN* But there are 2 main things that seem to be the focus right now. Calling Witnesses and John Bolton’s book. A story from the NYT claims that in Bolton’s book he says the President tied Ukrainian aid to a Biden investigation. Some on the left are treating Bolton as their new deity (move over Mueller) while some on the right are claiming he’s lying to sell books…..seems to me like there’s only one way to find out. Which segues perfectly into the next topic, calling witnesses. Regardless of what side you are on, you should want witnesses to be called….get Bolton, Pompeo, Guiliani, and whoever else on the stand under oath and figure out what happened. Is Bolton telling the truth? Is he lying to sell books? Did the President do something or did nothing happen? It’s unclear whether that will happen but if it does let’s hope some Senator has the balls to ask what every American really wonders with this John Bolton stuff…….what’s the deal with his mustache.
#NoFilter
The other question regarding witnesses is whether either Joe or Hunter Biden will get called. In theory I don’t mind either one of them getting called because there was probably some shady stuff going on there and no one in the media really wants to talk about it for some reason. But in reality if they actually get called it will just become a shitshow and Republicans will shift the focus to them instead of Trump.
One thing that I’ve notice is how far Trump supporters have moved the goalposts during this Impeachment thing. It follows the same pattern with almost everything other controversy starting with “He did nothing wrong” then its “maybe he did but it’s not a big deal/doesn’t matter” then to “what about Clinton/Obama/Biden” culminating with “Yes we know he did it but [fill in the blank] (no one cares/Liberal Media/Obama/Hillary”. Yet although we’ve seen this playbook routinely, the media still treats each phase with good faith like the great stenographers journalists they are.
I think most people suspect the President will be acquitted, with or without witnesses, from the beginning. Do I think he held up aid to get a Biden investigation….probably yes. But do I also think he has done far worse things….also yes. This is why Impeachment just hasn’t done anything for me from the start. If Democrats wanted to impeach him they should’ve really gone after him…look at his corruption and the stuff from the Mueller Report (obstruction, Trump Tower Moscow). They should’ve finally got his taxes, look into the assassination of Soleimani and go after everything, not just some foreign aid that no one really gives a shit about. I know people are saying “but he’s trying to get foreign help in the election” yes but he already admitted he would in a ABC interview last June! This whole thing has been a clownshow from the beginning with the Democrats choosing to focus on this one dumb issue while the Republicans don’t have the guts to stand up to Trump or his base and vote against him. The bottom line is the Democrats should of approached the whole thing differently, and shouldn’t try to claim the moral high ground, while the Republicans just look like morons going from being “deeply concerned” and saying foreign interference or using the aid to get an investigation are both wrong to now trying to spinzone their way out of it by saying it’s not enough to impeach or just hoping that yelling Biden, Obama, or whistle-blower enough times will somehow get them out of it.
No better way to split up the week than by looking back on some of the last week of news. Some of the bigger things that happened (impeachment/ Israel/Palestine proposal) will have their own blogs…. but we’ll look at an update from the Iranian Strike, Joe Biden’s weird campaign habits, Mike Bloombrg not knowing how to pet a dog, CNN shunning Tulsi Gabbard, and the Media Clown of the Week along with Biggest Joke Story of the week.
Most Under-Covered Story of the Week: At least 50 total service members suffered Brain injuries after Iran missile attack
After President Trump assassinated Iranian General Solemaini, Iran responded with missile attacks at a U.S base in Iraq. Initially there were no casualties reported but now there is reportedly a total of 50 people who have been treated for traumatic brain injuries. Thankfully a lot of those have not been too serious and many of those who were affected are back on duty. It’s still crazy to see how little this is being covered in the news especially since the Trump administration has yet to back up their “imminent threat” explanation and when the President suggested 4 embassies were being targeted….his Defense Secretary immediately that shot down. But when you think about it, it’s really not shocking it hasn’t been covered when you think of the influence of the Military Industrial Complex, the bipartisan war consensus, or the desensitizing of drone strikes. So why would a media that loves to fear-monger and applaud conflict cover something that could damage that and only caused the same amount of concussions that happen every NFL Sunday.
CNN excludes Tulsi Gabbard from townhalls
CNN announced it would be holding townhalls in New Hampshire in early February….just a few days before the primary there. Obviously it included the top 3 candidates (Sanders, Biden, Warren) as well as the other 4 candidates who have qualified for the Feb debate (Pete, Klobuchar, Yang, Steyer) but it also strangely includes Deval Patrick and does not include Tulsi Gababrd. Now while Gabbard hasn’t made the last 2 debates, she’s polling at 5% in New Hampshire….which is more than Yang, double Steyer and Patrick is so low in the polling that RCP doesn’t even have his average listed. If CNN only included people who made the debates, Gabbard still has a gripe but it’s not newsworthy…. unless they arbitrarily add a guy that has generated such buzz and support that a poll with him at 1% is flattering. Also worth CNN is denying the only woman of color still in the race a chance to make her case, so by Media logic, CNN are clearly racists and sexist if they exclude Gabbard. It’s been clear for a while that the media is biased against, Gabbard but CNN hosting 8 candidates in NH and not including the 6th highest poller in the state just puts it out there so even Helen Keller could see it. This “impartial network” has yet to respond to the criticism from Gabbard & others about this.
Joe Biden Keeps Telling Voters to Votefor Someone Else
The former Vice President has run one of the strangest campaigns of anyone so far. From having his eye nearly explode or his teeth almost fall out in the debates, to sucking his wife’s finger on stage at a rally, to lying about his record on Iraq & Social Security. Biden has also at times struggled to form complete sentences or coherent thoughts but somehow his support remains solid as a rock (someone should test him for the PEDs Larry David was on). But one of the stranger things Biden has done is tell any person who asks even a mildly tough or critical question to just vote for a different candidate. Almost everything Biden has done so far from his “No Malarkey Bus” to talking about record players & Venezuela in a question about race relations to calling a voter fat and challenging him to a pushup contest has been so weird and funny it doesn’t need any more commentary.
Back in September, a reporter asked Biden to make his case to skeptical voters.
The DNC Announces its Committee Member for 2020 Convention
Tom Perez and the DNC did a little Saturday night news dump when they announced their committee members for the 2020 convention. Now I don’t know why they did that as no one does/should care about this news. There are the normal people you’d expect the DNC to appoint….lobbyists, health-care executives, defense contractors, big donors, etc. This seems like standard business for the DNC but it wouldn’t be news if it was just those people. Nope the DNC has shoot themselves in the foot by adding someone so ridiculous that this gets attention…..John Podesta. Yes the same John Podesta of “Podesta Leaked Emails” fame. Somehow after 2016 this is someone they not only wanna associate with publicly but put onto their rules committee. Just when you think the Democrats can’t be any stupider they continue to boggle the mind with things like this.
NYT keeps changing Bernie Sanders Headlines
The Twitter account @NYT_diff is a bot that keeps tracks when the New York Times changes a headline or article and occasionally it shows some funny/weird changes. This week there were 3 different stories on Bernie Sanders that had the headline changed after publication. Since almost everyone just gets their news solely from the headline today, it no doubt can have an effect. Last Wednesday the Times published a story, “Bernie Sanders has Narrowed Lead in New National Poll” which was seemingly too positive for NYT so they changed it to “Why Bernie Went on the Attack Against Joe Biden”. The next day the story “Stop Comparing Bernie to Trump. It’s Ridiculous.” comes out so another change was made so the story became “Please Stop Calling Bernie Sanders a Populist”. Now just yesterday the Times put out “The Bernie Juggernaut” which, you guessed it, was changed to “Bernie Could Win the Nomination. Should We Be Afraid?”. Now no one reading this is surprised the NYT aren’t the biggest Bernie fans but its still funny seeing them change any headline with a positive slant towards him to a negative one. No one should think of Bernie as narrowing the lead or as different than Trump or a juggernaut…..No he’s attacking or not really a populist or must be feared. In reality the only people that should should fear Bernie are the NYT and the rest of the establishment and it’s funny watching how they react to that fear.
Bolivia Update
Some of you might not remember the coup in Bolivia that happened recently where most of the media cheerleaded the effort in the name of “free and fair elections”. Well today an article came out where the interim President is going back on their promise not to run in the new election while also actively trying to get the candidate from the former President (Evo Morales)’s party out of the race. Now obviously in a world filled with consistent, value-driven pundits (crazy I know) those same people would be outraged over this too but alas since the left-wing leader is out of power they’ll just chalk it up as another U.S victory in South America. #Democracy
Michael Bloomberg Meets a Dog
A video came out where Michael Bloomberg grabs and shakes a dog’s snout. Yes you read that right…he tried to shake a dog’s mouth like it was a hand. There’s really nothing else to add. It’s simply one of the weirdest human/dog interactions of all time….and it wasn’t the first time he’s done it.
Absolutely Disqualifying BehaviorHas this guy pet a dog before? Is he a real human??
Media Clown of the Week
This week’s winner is…..Washington Post Writer Jennifer Rubin. On Monday she dropped a new column about how Bernie’s “Trump-like campaign” would be a disaster for Democrats. First let’s put aside the facts that the last Trump-like Presidential campaign won and that Rubin is a Republican giving Democrats advice. Some of that great advice she’s given has been praising Kamala Harris, Beto O’Rourke, and Steve Bullock (RIP to all 3 of their campaigns). Rubin is also someone who admitted to misleading readers by writing biased columns in favor of Mitt Romney in 2012. Somehow she gets paid to do the same thing, along with the other garbage she put outs via her mouth and/or fingers. But obviously it’s a conspiracy theory to question the Washington Post for biases at all. I am thankful for people like Rubin though in one respect. You can always look to her and others like Chris Cilizza and know that whatever the say….the opposite will probably be true.
Biggest Joke of a Story
TYFYS Washington Post for thinking of Anti-Semites
I refuse to click on this article for many reasons but mainly because the only acceptable answer to the question is who fucking cares.
As Bernie Sanders looks more and more like a real contender, the establishment continues their freak out as once again after they overlooked him (for the 2nd time) and try to attack/smear him (again). Recently there was a huge discussion over whether he said a woman couldn’t win, then Hillary Clinton came outta the woods to claim no one likes him, and then most recently with people freaking out over Bernie putting out a clip of Joe Rogan saying he would probably vote for Bernie (which should be a positive). People all across the world wide web were clutching their pearls and exclaiming their outrage that Bernie would promote someone who’s said such offensive things. Interestingly enough there was no outrage when Sanders went on Joe Rogan’s show months ago….nor was there any outrage when Andrew Yang or Tulsi Gabbard were on….or when Rogan revealed other candidates like Warren or Buttigieg tried to get on the show. Only with Sanders surging do we see this outrage machine ramp up.
I wonder why there was outrage when Sanders “promoted” Joe Rogan but not when Hillary Clinton went on Howard Stern…..surely there can’t be a lack of offensive remarks made by Stern that can be clipped and posted to earn Twitter clout. I wonder why Sanders faced similar outrage when he touted an endorsement by Cenk Uygur, host and creator of the largest online news network TYT. For the Roagn attack, the same playbook was used with Uygur, where they pulled old quotes or clips to brand him a misogynist, homophobic, transphobic and everything else they can throw at the wall and then call Sanders those things by association. For now I’ll indulge and go into a fantasy land where we’ll put aside how the whole blaming someone for the views/comments made by a supporter isn’t mind-numbingly stupid.
Why is it there’s only outrage about the anti-establishment candidate who’s now leading in Iowa, New Hampshire, and California? Why is the outrage over endorsements by people like Cenk Uygur or Joe Rogan but no outrage over people that had a reserved seat on Epstein’s plane or have been cashing checks from Harvey Weinstein for decades? It’s simple, either your a part of the club or you’re not. If you’re a establishment politician or media member, ultra rich, or well connected then you get a pass but if you dare try and get power without being a part of that club then you will be crushed. That’s why Bernie Sanders get relentlessly trashed in the media talking about how unelectable he is (even after Trump) or why his plans are unrealistic (though they’re mainstream left positions). Cenk Uygur built TYT to be the biggest online news platform (that is unabashedly anti-establishment left), used to have a show on MSNBC and has appeared on CNN but once he decided to run for Congress against a Pelosi/DNC-backed candidate the pitchforks came out. Joe Rogan is the #1 podcaster in the world and has had countless media members/politicans on. Nothing. But once he says he might vote for Sanders (to a NYT writer) he faces attacks and smears over past comments.
Sanders, Uygur, Rogan are all threats because their successes do not rely on anyone in the club. Because of this they are attacked while a guy like Bret Stephens is allowed to write his idiotic posts denying climate change or arguing Jewish people are smarter while citing a debunked (possibly racist) scientist in the New York Times because he is in the club. It’s the same reason Joy Reid (of MSNBC) is able to explain away people uncovering old blog posts of hers containing homophobic language by saying someone hacked into the old blog and added those parts (not a joke) and then somehow keep your job long enough to bring on a body language expert. Now I don’t think either Stephens or Reid should lose their jobs because of either of those things, that would be hypocritical………they should lose their jobs because they’re simply bad at them. But this whole thing just shows how biased the whole outrage machine is. Now there are people in the club who are obviously being outraged in bad faith and then there are the members of the blue check brigade who come in and pile on as is their duty for getting that check as a symbol of intellectual and moral superiority.
The establishment media lashes out because it knows that the endorsement of someone like Joe Rogan or Cenk Uygur means more in the real world than a New York Times endorsement or favorable coverage from CNN pundits. It’s hilarious watching these people reactions to their waning control power and control as well as how bad they are at hiding their intentions.
District of Clowns 