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The next time Allen West is right about something will be the first time Allen West is right about anything.

We will see!

Hickenloopers advisers are advising him to drop out of the race and run for senate instead.

he should take their advice.

https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/10/kamala-harris-ancestors-owned-slaves-too/

That's one narrative that's all screwed up now.

And this is big news ..... why?

I find it funny when people think that black descendants of slave owners somehow are jaded by this. Many white slave owners had children with their slaves... that's part of the horror they suffered. And I know there probably were black slave owners at some point because people are animals. So that wouldn't surprise me at all. I have no issue with Mitch McConnell being from a slave owning family, that's not his fault nor is it anyone's fault into which family they are born.

My problem with McConnell are purely his deeds as a lawmaker. And I don't care much for his smug tortoise looks either.

This stems from European colonization and their ignorant belief that lighter skin was superior as well as the slave trade. Thus, in places like India, which were colonized by the British you have the caste system where the darkest skin Indians are at the bottom. Same in Mexico... lighter skin Mexicans view & treat indigenous darker skin Mexicans as lower class. That is exactly what the Academy award winning film, 'Roma' is commenting on.

So, this "narrative" in the Harris family tree may very well be playing itself out because of these very issues that were brought to Jamaica & the Caribbean by its white British colonizers and the African slave trade they brought with them.

I'm familiar with the caste system in India - I was not aware of it being brought about by the British or it being based on color / shade of skin. I goggled and found some sites repeating your statement - and then I found this which seemed to be written with a bit more depth.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/not-caste-in-color-dispel_b_4243013

IDK which version of history is correct ... but interesting.

Democratic challenger to McConnell raises $2.5 million on first day of campaign

Amy McGrath, a Democratic challenger for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) seat in 2020, raised $2.5 million on the first day of her campaign.

McGrath's campaign told NBC News that more than $1 million came in in the first 5 1/2 hours after the campaign launched on Tuesday.

McGrath campaign manager Mark Nickolas told NBC News that the $2.5 million haul came from online donations, with the average contribution being $36.15.

Nickolas said that the amount raised was the largest for the first 24 hours of a Senate campaign.

McGrath, who previously lost a congressional a bid in 2018, announced her candidacy for the Senate in a three-minute campaign video.

She was one of the most closely watched Democratic House contenders in the 2018 midterm elections, narrowly losing her race to incumbent Rep. Andy Barr (R) in Kentucky's 6th Congressional District.

The fundraising haul comes on the heels of a series of strong second-quarter fundraising numbers from Democrats looking to unseat incumbent Senate Republicans.

Sen. Susan Collins's (R-Maine) challenger, state Speaker Sara Gideon (D), raised more than $1 million in the first week of her campaign, while Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) Democratic challenger, Jaime Harrison, brought in $1.5 million since launching his campaign just a month ago.

Democrat Mark Kelly, who is running to unseat Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), raised $4.2 million in the second quarter, outpacing his first-quarter haul.

McConnell is set on maintaining his party's control of the chamber, in which they have a 53-47 majority.

He won easily won reelection to his sixth term in 2014 by nearly 16 points.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/45...nseat-mcconnell

This is reminiscent of the type of energy we saw in the run-up to the 2018 mid-terms.

Now, it would/will take a ton of energy to offset the inertia these R Senators have, but every tsunami begins as a ripple no one sees.

Another blue wave?
Gotta wait and see.

Speaking of Mitch, here's a deep dive into who he is... and how he operates. Pretty sure the Dawgs who wear those red trucker hats won't be interested, but I place the link for ALL my Dawgs. Five episodes are up. I'm on Episode 4: "Not A Happy Choice"

"Mitch McConnell says he never expected Donald Trump to become president. And during the campaign, he was openly critical of Trump's rhetoric. So how are these two very different men working together now? And how are they changing the country?"

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Embedded: Mitch McConnell

Biden calls Trump "dangerously incompetent" in foreign policy speech



It's painfully obvious that Biden is the candidate the establishment and MSM wants to hoist to the top. Coverage on Bernie is almost 100% negative. Not much less negativity is spread about the others at the top of the pack.

It just shows that Bernie is losing ground.. Others are catching up tho. Far from over.

Oh dear Lord...........I literally laughed out loud at this comment!!!!!

So, when the msm is attacking trump, it's just wonderful to you.........but when you sense they are attacking the guy that wants to give everything away for free you choose to go after the msm????????????????????

Thanks man, I needed a good laugh today.

And the fact, from his claim, is the opposite is true. They've jumped on Kamala's jock strap like attacking your own is suddenly a good thing.

They say they hate attack style politics until one of their own suddenly attacks yet another Democrat. I guess he never watches any MSNBC. They love those far left progressives and help them undermine every moderate in the race.

From that comment I'd say you don't watch it. Same ole same ole from MSM. They did the same lifting up for Hillary too.

Yep. The DNC want Biden as they think he will do well with the Unionist Dem in PA and the midwest. They initially thought he would poll well with the academic Dem in MA and the lefty west coast Seattle/SF/Portland Dem, but he is NOT the leading candidate out here, that's for sure. I think the DNC are also worried after Kamala destroyed him at the debate and he just took it. It's pretty obvious that Trump would annihilate him. How would he punch back? From the looks of it, not very hard.

But, the DNC got their wish 4 years ago...they did whatever they could to make HRC the candidate.

That's what I'm saying.

I've already accepted that Bernie is pretty much done and Liz Warren will inherit most of his supporters. But looking at the polling, seeing Biden portrayed as the favorite day in and day out, I don't see that in the real world at all. I don't think I know anyone that is not on MSM who has said Biden is the best dem candidate.

Asking just those who will not vote Trump on here, who do you like on the dem side? I'd like to see those percentages.

I think Bernie needs to move beyond 2016 and start talking about things in 2019/20. His pitch and his criticism that I see here in the PNW (keep in mind this was very much Sanders land in 2016) is that he is harking too much on 2016 and not looking beyond. Also, he doesn't resonate with POC. He didn't back then and he still isn't. A friend of mine in NYC said there was a massive rally in Manhattan for him and there were more POC on the train than in the rally! That's a major problem.

You need to expand your circle of friends. Hanging out with and associating with only people who think like yourself will cause you to have that perception.

Or do you think they're just making these numbers up?

I have a broad circle of friends and family, thanks. You can see what I'm saying on almost any newscast. We are told Biden is the frontrunner, blah blah blah on polling data. When Biden wasn't IN the race they still called him the frontrunner so they wouldn't have to give that to Bernie! You listen to dems in interviews on the street or in the studio and nobody is saying Joe Biden is winning, nobody is saying Biden's got this, nobody is really even saying they are going to vote Biden... Yet, he's always the guy on top when they deliver their polling. It just doesn't add up for me.

And this has nothing to do with Bernie, Like I said earlier I don't expect him to win. Trump played the 'socialism' card on Bernie and he never recovered IMHO. He still has a ton of supporters but the number is dwindling and others are gaining because they are showing more fight, IMHO. But Biden hasn't shown fight? Biden hasn't shown any growth. He's basically riding on name recognition and Obama's coattails. So unless they are conducting these polls over landlines with lists of Clinton/Obama centrists, I don't get the love the polls are showing for Biden because all the other evidence does not show that.

Now how you got that I need a bigger circle of friends sounds more like you trying to paint me into a box with your label for me than anything close to an answer on this issue. You live in Biden country, are you telling me that the majority in your area are backing Biden in the primaries to this point? Is that your local reality? It's not mine.

Most I've talked about Biden with blow him off as too old, or say something like he's just an extension of the Obama years and they won't support that... Hardly anyone is saying he's their guy. As a matter of fact, I haven't heard anybody say that. I've heard several say they'd be okay voting for him IF he gets the nomination...

Same for Bernie, I'm not hearing or seeing the support for him that he had in 2020. I hear a lot more about Liz, Pete, and Kamala than either of those two. But the funny thing is, I'm not really hearing anybody committing to one certain candidate at this point. Most are talking up more than one or waiting for the field to narrow before they pay any attention to this field.

Yet MSM, day after day, is spinning Biden out front, Liz - Pete - Kamala jockeying for the next tier positions, Bernie falling/failing, and the others are afterthoughts or slowly being talked about as out of contention. This sounds a lot more to me like MSM pushing an agenda than reporting... that's all I'm saying.

So then you are suggesting the polls are fake and they're just making it all up? I don't think so.

What I think you are missing is that Biden has a very strong lead in older voters. People who don't like extremism. They aren't just making up poll numbers that show Biden in the lead. He actually is in the lead.

Unless of course you think the MSM is in some conspiracy theory mode to undermine progressives. Which I think is pretty far fetched.

As some of the candidates drop out I expect these polls to change. For some reason I don't think the Democrats have enough common sense to run a moderate candidate. They think they can win without moderate independent voters. If there's one thing I've learned, the Democrats know how to screw up an election.

So now you are speaking up as the MSM hoses your man Bernie?

You never complained about the Bias of the MSM before though.

Let me share a quote from Martin Niemöller...

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

This is hilarious....99% of you peeps are on ignore and I believe are Anti-Americans!

Keep up the good work showing these peeps the truth 40yearswaiting!

Who was the front runner in the election last time SMH I can't believe folks are falling for the pool results again.

Not so much rather the polls are fake or not, but the coverage and interpretation of the information frosts my nads...

Polls can be all over the place early on, but I just don't see the message playing out on the street. BUT I did finally see somebody say (a voter) Biden is what the country needs. I also had a 20 something year old guy tell me he thought Trump was godlike yesterday. I threw up in my mouth a little.

I spoke up about MSM during 2016 concerning Trump too! I thought they gave his sideshow campaign way too much free press... something that has continued daily since. But they did finally stop covering mass shootings by naming and showing the faces of the shooters... So maybe soon they will stop feeding the infamy of the nutjob in the oval.

The "nut job in the oval" is doing a fantastic job as president.

Wait, this makes too much sense.

Sorry, having an off day.

Don't worry, Stella... you'll get your groove back.

Lots of Activists Are Really Not Happy that Tom Steyer Has Entered the 2020 Race

This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Billionaire activist Tom Steyer announced his candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday, promising a populist campaign that harnesses his years of work fighting the fossil fuel industry and advocating for climate action.

Yet his decision to enter the race—after first announcing he wouldn’t—has garnered more skepticism than excitement. Even as the climate crisis is expected to play a major role in the presidential contest for arguably the first time, climate activists questioned the theory of his candidacy.

There’s already a pair of top-tier populists in Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). There’s already Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), an experienced politician running on the most comprehensive climate policy platform ever put forward. Venture capitalist Andrew Yang already plays the part of the wealthy businessman with provocative ideas. Older, straight, white men make up 13 of the 24 candidates.

“I really don’t get it, man,” said a top climate policy researcher in California who requested anonymity because Steyer “has a lot of money” that is used to support climate work around the country.

In 2013, Steyer founded NextGen America as an environmental advocacy group and political action committee, though the organization broadened its scope in recent years to focus on turning out young voters for progressive causes. The 62-year-old donates generously to Democratic candidates. He poured millions into a high-profile campaign to impeach President Donald Trump.

The Steyer campaign did not respond to an interview request Thursday.

“I wish he weren’t doing it,” said a prominent activist, who also asked for anonymity for fear of souring a relationship with one of the movement’s top funders. “There was always that question in the back of everybody’s minds of whether he’s driven by ego and whether he’s all out for him, or whether he’s trying to build a movement. This answers the question clearly.”

Bill McKibben, the writer and 350.org founder who wooed Steyer to the climate movement nearly a decade ago, didn’t respond to emails and Twitter messages requesting comment. Other 350.org officials declined to comment on Steyer’s candidacy. So did Democratic strategist Henry Waxman, the former California congressman who led the charge on the last major climate bill.

“It’s hard to make the case for a billionaire running for president in this day and age,” said Julian Brave NoiseCat, the Green New Deal strategist at the left-leaning think tank Data for Progress (and a past HuffPost contributor). “Especially this late in the game, and especially when we were all under the impression he was not running.”

Steyer said during a January trip to Iowa that he wouldn’t run for president, instead maintaining his focus on his impeachment effort. In private, he feted Warren’s rhetoric on economic inequality and was excited about Inslee’s climate-centered campaign. But, according to The Atlantic, Steyer grew frustrated with Inslee’s failure to take off as the governor’s polling stayed stuck at 1 percent.

It’s a sentiment activists echoed, with some expressing disappointment that Inslee didn’t seize the first round of televised primary debates with the sort of righteous clarion call on climate that Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) issued on race during her star appearance the second night.

“Steyer has a better chance at becoming president than Inslee,” said Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, founder of the climate advocacy group SumOfUs.

“I love Warren,” she added. “Her heart and head are in the right place on climate policy. But I fear that she won’t prioritize it in her first term, and that is a disaster for the country and the world.”

At a moment when carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is at levels unseen in 800,000 years, metropolises of 8 million people are running out of water and flooding is set to break new records in the United States, it’s impossible to have too many climate candidates, activists said.

“Steyer’s entry into the presidential race is likely to lead to more discussion of climate change in the presidential election,” said Michael Mann, a climate scientist at Penn State University. “That can’t be a bad thing.”

“The more attention put on this the better,” said Stephen O’Hanlon, spokesman for Sunrise Movement, the youth-led group that propelled the Green New Deal into mainstream politics with its protests last year.

Greenpeace USA offered a similar take. “We welcome more discussion about climate change as part of the presidential race,” said senior climate campaigner Jack Shapiro.

Still, some wondered whether the money would be better spent on other races. R.L. Miller, president of the political action committee Climate Hawks Vote, said the “single best thing” Steyer could do is devote himself to working to flip the Senate, which she called a “steeper and narrower” path for Democrats than retaking the White House.

“He’s trying to set himself up as an outsider, which is true in that he’s never held elected office, but he’s been very much in the center of Democratic Party politics for a long time,” Miller said. That, she said, is a space he could own by trying to replace climate-denying senators with Democrats who will vote for Green New Deal-style policies. “I’d call him an unelected insider.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/201...-the-2020-race/

Steyer is in now. He has the money to go the distance too. Don't know a ton about him either. Here is his platform:





https://www.tomsteyer.com/structural-reform/

https://www.tomsteyer.com/about-tom/

This page is hard to find and looks to be older:

https://www.tomsteyer.com/5-rights/introduction/

a hidden video, not yet published or old.





I can see this guy appealing to centrist, moderate dems, and progressives... except that he's another billionaire.

Man I think a lot of you will like this guy. Center left to progressive... checkout this town hall:

j/c:

Does Elizabeth Warren have a shot at winning? I have to investigate more, but she seems to be more in in line w/my thinking than many others.

I think she does but next to Bernie she's the most progressive candidate in the field, furthest left.

Thing is...we use this "furthest left" or "Progressive" label, but with exception to health care and education...she isn't "far left". And, in fact...is she even "far left" on those two issues? I mean, yeah, she is campaigning for affordable HC and she is campaigning for lower tuition, loan forgiveness and increase teacher pay. How does she pay for that? She proposes a 2 cent p/dollar tax on the 1% who make above 50m AND the tax only kicks in after 50 m. Regarding guns...she is for "sensible gun laws", but she supports the 2nd amendment.

Is that "furthest left"?

**Please note, I get what you are saying OCD, I am not busting your chops nor playing Devil's advocate with YOU....I am just saying that the media and the perception of our "Progressive" candidates is overblown. They may use terms like Democratic Socialists, but they are still free market Capitalists, which means that for SOME who are truly far left...they (inc AOC) are not left enough, yet the right have this perception that they are Marxist's.

You are preaching to the choir. But explaining that might be meaningful to Vers in him selecting who best represents his views. I think Liz has a real chance of winning the nomination at this point. She has a plan for that.

Well, I have read some of her stances on political issues and thus far, they are pretty close to how I feel about things. I don't think she is too liberal.

I was over at a friend's last night and they went to the Houston NEA convention that 10 of the candidates spoke at. This person was born and raised in the PNW, in liberal Eugene, moved to WA and is now back in Portland. I wouldn't say they are super far left, however, depending on your definition of the far left, I guess some would label as a "leftist". However, she came back very impressed with Tim Ryan and Warren. I asked her why Ryan and she said he was excellent at the convention and as he spoke she felt "this guy could resonate and win".

In speaking with other people about some of these candidates I would have to say that Ryan's name has been coming up more and more in discussion. I admit that I don't know enough about him, but what I do know he seems pretty moderate/centrist to me. If he is gaining traction up here that's interesting given that this is the "radical leftist" area of the US (that label btw is a myth...the AntiFa the media portray on Portland's streets are a small group. This city is NOT far left).

My take on Ryan other than him being a centrist/moderate is his polling numbers and $$$ won't keep him in the race too long.

I think she'll definitely win the nomination. As the democrat candidates numbers drop, and she gets more coverage, she'll stand out from everyone else. Bernie's too old and Biden is only going to do worse (he is a candidate thats highest approval would be when he entered the race, living off those nostalgic for Obama)

Do i think she can beat Trump? I dunno. Hard to believe that a progressive from New England will be able to win the Electoral College. But she'll make a good go of it. I think her personality can resonate with those in the midwest/Florida.

But i'm not sure her policies can win. We shall see I reckon.



Personally, she's too progressive for me. I like Amy Klobachar. I'd even vote for Bill Weld if he stood a real chance. I miss the old Republican Party, based on principal, before it was hijacked by Trump. A party of fiscal responsibility and family values.

But i'll vote for Elizabeth when the time comes. I voted for Gary Johnson last time because i wanted to send a clear message i hate both candidates. This time I'll vote for Warren to send a clear message; that one candidate of the two is absolutely unacceptable and a disgrace to our nation.


But, if i was a betting man, I'd put my money on Trump again. He'll lose the popular vote by a larger margin, but he'll win the election.