The Young Turks Covering Today's Elections, Bernie now speaking.

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Saturday March 05, 2016 · 4:29 PM PST

2016/03/05 · 16:29

https://www.tytnetwork.com/live/

I’ve heard that Cenk has been doing great coverage, and now I see it for myself. Bernie is speaking now.

"Quick hit" poll accessing DK5 on Android phones.

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Tuesday February 23, 2016 · 4:17 PM PST

2016/02/23 · 16:17

If you use an Android phone, outside of the diary, itself, in the comments section if someone posts a YouTube video, can you see the picture of the video and/or title?

On my Android phone in the comment section, if someone posts a YouTube video, no picture or title appears. All it shows is an orange hyperlink titled: YouTube Video. I do have an older Android phone, so I was wondering if every Android user sees what I see on DK5.

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Caucuses Stink. Let's make a list why.

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Saturday February 20, 2016 · 4:16 PM PST

2016/02/20 · 16:16

First off, the timing of the caucus is a two- to four-hour window, getting there early, waiting in line for a long time to enter the building, then standing around, or sitting, waiting for the rest of the people in line to enter the building and then be registered.

Here is my list to start off why caucuses are undemocratic because the following people cannot vote: People who have to work can’t vote.

People who don’t have transportation for that short window.

People who are not able to stand in line for such a long time due to a disability.

People are who sick with the flu or whatever winter illness is going around at the time.

People who are in rehab facilities after just having surgery, for instance.

People who are in nursing homes and are not ambulatory.

People who are in assisted living quarters and physically cannot undergo the physical requirements to attend a caucus.

People who have younger children that need supervision and the parent cannot either not afford to pay a caregiver or cannot find someone to take care of their children during that short window of time.

People who are going through radiation or chemotherapy and are too weak to go through the physical requirements of standing in line and waiting around to vote.

People who are caregivers for an elderly family member. One other consideration is that your family member, your neighbor, even your boss is able to see how you vote. Exactly how democratic is that?

If allowing everyone to see how one votes, then why bother having the “drapes” around an electronic voting device so no one can see one’s vote?

Republicans are doing everything they can to take voting “rights” away from people. I think the Democratic Party in caucus states in the primaries are doing the same: Taking away a person’s right to cast their vote in a private way.

Anyone think that an employer will not do what they can to make one’s life miserable or even fire a person if the voter did not vote the way the employer wanted? Think about that. Remember the people who got fired for having bumper stickers on their cars that did not meet the approval of their boss? I do.

Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Democratic Primary Caucuses Have Got To Go.

Please feel free to add other reasons in the comments why a caucus system is NOT small d democratic.

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Updated: Bernie and Jane Sanders -- Inspiring Couple

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Monday February 01, 2016 · 1:41 PM PST

2016/02/01 · 13:41

Five-minute interview by Robin Roberts last night in Iowa of Bernie and Jane Sanders mixed in with Good Morning America commentary of Robin and George with some short clips on the campaign trail. This diary — well, actually video posted is for Bernie supporters who missed this. They are a great couple and both share the same goals: Do what they can for ALL people… leaving no one behind. I found it very endearing. And thank you to Cali Scribe for finding and posting the video that I could not find.

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Comment by divineorder:

Great they gave veterans credit for helping make the decision to run!

Veterans For Bernie

@Vets4Bernie

Veterans working to elect @BernieSanders 2016. Sign on at: http://vetsforbernie.org Get involved! Email info@vetsforbernie.org #Vets4Bernie

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For East Coasters, if you missed any Bernie Sanders diaries today, here are the links.

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Saturday January 23, 2016 · 4:11 PM PST

2016/01/23 · 16:11

The list is in no particular order and not based on how many recs it received. The following list is just random.

BNR - 'Sanders Has A Strong New Hampshire Ground Game' & 'Incoming Fire Fuels The Bern' - by LieparDestin, a great daily diary

Bernie's Nationwide Livestream - Today @ 6PM ET/3 PM PT

Money Men Say, Voters Move Over, It’s Not Your Election! - by Bill Moyers

Unions: Leadership vs Rank & File?

The Sanders Ad that is melting America's Heart, and will carry him into the White House

How Low Will They Go? Clinton's Allies Smearing Bernie as Soviet Union "Sympathizer"

Bernie Sanders: unwelcome guest, or the doctor we need?

Photo Diary: Jan 23 Oakland #MarchForBernie Signs

Bernie fans should brace themselves for the coming ugly

Hillary’s Unsurprising and Disingenuous Opposition to Real Health Care Reform

Poll Meta-Analysis: The Bernie and Hillary 2016 Coalitions, and how they compare to 2008 Obama/HRC

David Brock is a symptom, not the disease

Clinton Supporters: CUT IT OUT! #WeAreBernie

Art Garfunkel Grants Bernie Use of 'America'

As Sanders soars, Clinton goes negative — a bad move

KARL ROVE WOULD BE PROUD

Split a diary into two or three segments every 500 comments.

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Saturday January 02, 2016 · 3:41 PM PST

2016/01/02 · 15:41

It is ridiculous, and frankly stupid, that my browser is using close to a gigabyte because a diary has over 1,000 comments.

Break a diary into two or more URLs after at least 500 comments just like the help desk does. (I’m not saying the numbers are the same but the idea is the same.) I feel very sorry for those people who don’t have high speed Internet.

I’ve got high speed Internet and pay a lot of money for that, yet this site and ONLY this site makes my high speed impossible to use because of the way it’s set up.

Thanks. If Markos wants people to participate at his site, he really has to change many, many things.

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Did/does Howard Dean know about the DNC Exclusivity Clause?

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Tuesday December 29, 2015 · 1:48 PM PST

2015/12/29 · 13:48

By Dean’s words here in this interview, it certainly doesn’t look like he knows exactly what’s been going on.

From Morning Joe today:

Dean: It is true, you have to admit, Martin, it is true that every candidate complains about the DNC favoring the other candidate, right?

O’Malley: Yeah, but it’s also true that we’ve never had so few debates. Can you ever remember a time when the people of Iowa and New Hampshire were each told they only get one debate? That’s never happened before.

Dean: So that’s a question I have for you: Why not — I mean this happened — I was actually the architect of the six debates, it was actually to protect our candidates from all the organizations that demanded it. But my prediction was, which so far hasn’t come true, is there were, in fact, going to be lots of debates. I mean if I were you, I’d get together with Bernie and say, “We’re going to have a debate, ‘Hillary, you’re invited to come,’ if the DNC doesn’t like it, too bad.”

O’Malley: You think I haven’t done that? I’ve done that. I asked Senator Sanders. Senator Sanders didn't want to do more debates, either. He kind of liked where it is. All of that is what it is.

Why did Howard Dean “predict” there would be lots of debates? Did he not know about Debbie Wasserman Schultz’ Exclusivity Clause wherein if any of the Democratic candidates participated in any debate other than the six personally and exclusively decided by Debbie on her own that that candidate or candidates would be forbidden to participate in any other scheduled debates by Debbie?

Of course Bernie Sanders will not debate only O’Malley now. If he does, he loses the opportunity to ever debate Hillary again. Duh.

Here is the link to the video. I can’t link to exactly that portion of the show, but you can find it yourself if you click on O’Malley’s picture somewhere on the site.

http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe

(hat tip to Thom Hartmann for pointing out this interview and what Howard Dean said.)

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Donald J. Trump

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Tuesday December 08, 2015 · 7:36 PM PST

2015/12/08 · 19:36

Thank goodness there are no other issues we have to deal with like poverty, children going to bed hungry, climate change, millions of people that have no access to healthcare, banksters, oligarchy (look it up if you don’t know what that means), politicians who say things they don’t mean, gun control (which will never be resolved), the MIC, the SIC, immigration, racial discrimination, and on and on.

Let’s just talk about Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump,

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"Iraqis Were Given the Greatest Gift"

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Monday November 30, 2015 · 3:15 PM PST

2015/11/30 · 15:15

There have been comments and replies recently in a diary where one or more people tried to dismiss Bernie Sanders’ vote against invading Iraq. Excuses, excuses, excuses.

I just came across this quote from Hillary Clinton who did vote to invade Iraq who also neglected to read the 92-page NIE report, and this quote from Hillary Clinton is from 2008.

Ms. Clinton since 2008 has said her vote to invade Iraq was “wrong,” but I have yet to read or hear why she thought her vote to invade was wrong and what the bad consequences were.

As Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, prepares to give a major address on Iraq today, I'm reminded how much I was struck by this part of her Friday speech in Pittsburgh, when she sounded as if she were implying that the Iraqi people were entirely to blame for their current troubles.

[...]

"And I believe that at the same time that we have to make clear to the Iraqis that they have been given the greatest gift that a human being can give another human being – the gift of freedom. And it is up to them to decide how they will use that precious gift that has been paid for with the blood and sacrifice and treasure of the United States of America.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/hillary-and-the.html

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More Women Have Donated to Bernie than Hillary

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Wednesday November 25, 2015 · 2:12 PM PST

2015/11/25 · 14:12

Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) 2016 presidential campaign says they have more female donors than Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Roughly 301,000 women have donated to Sanders's campaign compared to 240,000 for Clinton, a more than 60,00 edge as of the last reporting period at the end of September.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/fundraising/261342-sanders-claims-more-women-donors-than-clinton

Great Night For Bernie Sanders Campaign in San Antonio!!

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Thursday November 12, 2015 · 9:39 AM PST

2015/11/12 · 09:39

This diary was written and posted by JayRaye at

http://caucus99percent.com/content/great-night-bernie-sanders-campaign-san-antonio

JayRaye has given permission to reproduce this diary here, but I couldn’t post one image.

FEELIN' THE BERN IN SAN ANTONIO!

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Well folks, tonight was one of the most exciting nights I've ever had in politics in Texas.

It was a meeting with the state campaign staff of Bernie for President. They laid out the agenda. Then we divided up into working groups.

I met with a few people under the Labor for Bernie banner. And here's where it gets exciting! I met the former long-time editor of Labor Notes. Yes he's moved down here to San Antonio from Detroit and he's now working with Unite Here.

A super great guy. And this is BREAKING NEWS. The Hyatt workers FINALLY have union recognition. It hasn't even been publicly announced yet, so you are hearing this ahead of the public announcement. This has been a SIX YEAR fight. So exciting.

I met a local leader of National Nurses United. She invited me to a Bernie gathering at her house on Saturday afternoon. Great lady. They don't have any hospitals organized yet in San Antonio, but they are here on the ground and active.

The place was packed to capacity. We had to give our name at the door to prevent exceeding the room limit. They'll have to rent a bigger place next time.

A lot of the Bernie events planned are going to be fun. For example a bike ride down town on Dec 6. Ride for awhile, stop and chat with folks. Ride some more. Stop at a cafe. Think it will be along the river walk. San Antonio rents bikes for not too much money. Sounds like a lot of fun!! A lovely young woman invited me.

And that's another great thing about the meeting. Lots of young people. And as for Bernie not attracting people of color...well there will be a huge group picture posted somewhere soon. Because we took a great group photo chanting "Bernie Bernie" the whole time.

The room was a least half Hispanic, I think, and a lot of African Americans also. And plenty of young people, most exciting to see the younger generation getting involved.

The meeting was led by Jacob Limón, Sanders' Texas state director, and Ananda Tomas, San Antonio director.

Limón on Twitter (for photo)
https://twitter.com/txjakelimon

Photo of Ananda Tomas (scroll over her name)
https://www.facebook.com/SA4SANDERS/photos/pb.1612581895622642.-22075200...

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Texans for Bernie Sanders
https://www.facebook.com/TexansForBernie/

See also:
"Sanders Campaign Ramps Up in Texas"
by Patrick Svitek Nov. 11, 2015
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/11/sanders-campaign-ramps-texas/

Live Now from Chicago, IL today for "Lunch With Labor" - not campaign related.

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Wednesday November 11, 2015 · 9:15 AM PST

2015/11/11 · 09:15

Don't miss Thom LIVE from Chicago, IL today for "Lunch With Labor"... presented by Chicago's Progressive Talk...with our very special guests, Labor Leaders:

- Bob Reiter, Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL)
- Tom Villanova, Chicago/Cook County Building Trades
- Jeff Eppenstein, United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers Local 11
- Sam Cicinelli, Mechanics Local 701
- Tom Ryan, Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2
- Vito Marchese, Machinists Local 126, District 8

Thom Hartmann is moderating this panel for three hours, I believe it is, from noon to 3 p.m. EST, if anyone has an interest.

Broadcasted from the Erie Cafe

http://www.thomhartmann.com/

http://www.chicagosprogressivetalk.com/

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