Late last month, Bernie Sanders was one of many people urging caution about election night 2020, and on The Tonight Show, he gamed out nearly the exact scenario that’s playing out now, as mail-in ballots continue to be counted in several key swing states. On October 23rd, Sanders noted that …
Read More »Sorry, Bernie. You Can't Win the Democratic Nomination Without Loyal Black Voters
WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders was well on his way to winning the Democratic Party nomination … and then black voters had their turn. It began with Joe Biden‘s decisive victory in the South Carolina primary, where a strong turnout by a predominantly black electorate performed life support on Biden’s …
Read More »No Malarkey: It's Probably Going to Be Joe Biden
Inevitability is in the air. Joe Biden scored a series of victories Tuesday night, building a delegate lead over Bernie Sanders and putting himself on course to become the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee. Biden won by large margins in Mississippi and Missouri, where he was expected to do well. More …
Read More »Dempocalypse Now
One candidate claimed victory before a single vote was officially reported. Another released his own internal and incomplete election results. A surrogate for a third candidate cast doubt on the integrity of the vote. The state party tried to assure the public that the problems were “not a hack or …
Read More »Jack White to Perform at Bernie Sanders' Detroit Rally
Jack White will return to his former high school Sunday to perform at Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders‘ Detroit rally. Sanders, along with U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, are set to speak at the Arena Gymnasium of Cass Technical High School, which counts White, a 1993 graduate, among its …
Read More »Bernie Enters the 2020 Race With Defiant Anti-Trump Rhetoric
It’s official. The Bern is in. Ending a lengthy period of deliberation, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who won over 1,800 delegates and captured 43 percent of the Democratic Party vote in 2016, announced his candidacy in an email to supporters this morning. “Brothers and Sisters,” Sanders writes. “I have …
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