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Video: Official “Pantsuit Power” Flash Mob for Hillary

. The video, accompanied by Justin Timberlake’s contagiously boppy disco-pop song “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” was posted on Facebook and Vimeo this week by Humanity for Hillary, a social media … Continue reading

October 9, 2016 · 2 Comments

Marc Jampole: The Bully

Trump replaces “scratch & sniff” with “lie & sniff” in losing both debate and truth contest. I began noticing Donald Trump sniffing about a third of the way through the … Continue reading

September 27, 2016 · 2 Comments

Marc Jampole: Where do the two candidates stand on the issues?

Here is an issue-by-issue comparison of the two leading presidential candidates’ positions. One represents the most progressive national program in the history of this country, the other a hodgepodge of … Continue reading

September 26, 2016 · 2 Comments

Marc Jampole: KABLAM!!

Debate predictions: Media face 3 moments of truth & the “birther” becomes a quitter.  The news media would like to cast the upcoming presidential debates as an Armageddon-like battle for … Continue reading

September 22, 2016 · Leave a comment

Marc Jampole: Bamboozled by the Media (Again)

Newsworthy: Quack gives a clean bill of health to conman. Not newsworthy: HRC talks about real path to citizenship  Mark Twain would have changed the names and turned it into … Continue reading

September 19, 2016 · Leave a comment

Ellen McGrath Smith: Politics

Thank you, red, blue, and purple map on TV, for showing us as we truly are, smaller than the people in the Lexus ad, smaller when separated from the whole; … Continue reading

September 19, 2016 · Leave a comment

Marc Jampole: Trump May Win

How many people voting for Trump have been brainwashed by mainstream news media to dislike Hillary? Yesterday evening I witnessed something frightening. The masterful jazz trombonist Robin Eubanks was performing … Continue reading

September 8, 2016 · Leave a comment

Michael Moore: 5 Ways To Make Sure Trump Loses

Over the past few days, a number of polls have come out showing Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump nationally by double digits, including in blue collar states like Michigan (10%) … Continue reading

August 10, 2016 · 11 Comments

Bernie Sanders: I Support Hillary Clinton. So Should Everyone Who Voted for Me.

The conventions are over and the general election has officially begun. In the primaries, I received 1,846 pledged delegates, 46% of the total. Hillary Clinton received 2,205 pledged delegates, 54%. … Continue reading

August 6, 2016 · 2 Comments

Video: Hillary Clinton’s full speech at the 2016 Democratic Convention

. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton closed out the final night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. .  

July 29, 2016 · Leave a comment

Michael Moore: 5 Reasons Why Trump Will Win

Friends: I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I gave it to you straight last summer when I told you that Donald Trump would be the … Continue reading

July 25, 2016 · 2 Comments

Lauren McCauley: Fear the Hate — If Trump is “Tanking,” Why Is He Tied with Clinton in National Poll?

Brexit serves as troubling backdrop to latest U.S. election polling numbers. “Hate winning.” That’s the troubling explanation provided by Quinnipiac University on Wednesday as its latest national poll showed that … Continue reading

July 1, 2016 · Leave a comment

Chris Hedges: Shut Down the Democratic National Convention

On July 25, opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Cheri Honkala, leader of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, who was denied a permit to march … Continue reading

June 9, 2016 · 2 Comments

Lauren McCauley: ‘Rigged’ 2016 Election Has Voters Feeling Helpless, Unheard, and Ashamed

A new poll found that 90 percent of voters lack confidence in the country’s political system. This year’s presidential primary has left many voters feeling helpless and alienated from their … Continue reading

June 1, 2016 · Leave a comment

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