June 20, 2019

Billionaire GOP donor and Trump supporter rejected Joe Biden request for Fundraising.

https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/06/18/billionaire-trump-donor-says-he-rejected-joe-bidens-request-for-fundraising-help.html?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQA#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2019%2F06%2F18%2Fbillionaire-trump-donor-says-he-rejected-joe-bidens-request-for-fundraising-help.html

Democratic front runner Joe Biden on Monday appealed to a billionaire Republican donor for fundraising help in his presidential campaign.

But the financier, Trump-supporting New York supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis, declined.

The event at short seller Jim Chanos' home marked Biden's first fundraising visit to New York since he announced his candidacy for president.

Biden spoke to Catsimatidis, who has an estimated net worth of $3.1 billion, for about 10 minutes at a fundraiser held at the New York home of short seller Jim Chanos, according to the businessman. When Biden asked for his help, "I just smiled," Catsimatidis said.

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June 19, 2019

Acting ICE Director blast AOC over concentration camp comments

June 4, 2019

AOC Grills Military Contractor for Wasting Tax Dollars.

May 29, 2019

May 2019 Update on Voter Registration

May 24, 2019

AOC Exposes White Terrorism Double Standard

May 22, 2019

Democrats Cozy Up to Wall Street While Shunning Corporate Cash

Big donors working in finance say candidates—except Sanders and Warren—are dropping by for lunch and money.
In February, Pete Buttigieg stepped into the Manhattan office of Wall Street veteran Charles Myers to talk politics over deli sandwiches. Citigroup Inc. Managing Director Yann Coatanlem hosted a fundraiser in March for Kamala Harris at his Fifth Avenue apartment, where she shook the paw of the banker’s labradoodle. Three days later, former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner Bruce Heyman raised more than $100,000 for Amy Klobuchar at his home in Chicago. He’s planning an event for Joe Biden this fall.

The mayor of South Bend, Ind., the senators from California and Minnesota, and the ex-vice president are among the Democratic presidential candidates disavowing corporate cash, lobbyist checks, or the super PAC system. They’re trying to outdo each other with promises to finance their campaigns with grassroots contributions.

But while they play down the role of money and influence, longtime Wall Street donors who have both say little has changed. “I’ve talked to about half of them, and I have not run into a single one who said, ‘Hey, you worked at Goldman Sachs, I can’t take your money,’ ” says Heyman, who helped elect Barack Obama by collecting checks from Wall Street has long been a deep well from which presidential candidates draw hundreds of millions of dollars for advertising, travel, and staff. As the presidential race gears up, almost the entire Democratic field is hitting up the industry’s donors, according to money manager Marc Lasry, who says he’s already met with about 10 Democrats. “At the end of the day, candidates need money,” says Lasry,

There is one notable difference. “In the past, there was no candidate who didn’t come to New York, Chicago, L.A. for money,” says Lasry. “Today, there are two candidates who aren’t doing that—Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.” Few bankers would want to promote those senators anyhow. This month, Vermont’s Sanders proposed capping credit card interest rates, calling banks “modern-day loan Warren, from Massachusetts, has pitched a tax on family assets above $50 million to wipe out student debt. She wants to jail executives whose companies’ negligence causes harm, citing bank bosses and the financial crisis.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-21/democrats-cozy-up-to-wall-street-while-shunning-corporate-cash

May 8, 2019

Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America on making history and!

Bracial Miss Universe Japan brings racial issues to spotlight.

April 20, 2019

Sanders gets endorsements of 7 black South Carolina lawmakers

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday announced endorsements from seven black lawmakers in the critical early voting state of South Carolina, a show of force in the first place where African American voters feature prominently in next year’s primary elections.

Sanders’ 2020 campaign made the announcement just ahead of a Spartanburg town hall meeting with members of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus. The backing represents the biggest number of black lawmakers to back a 2020 hopeful to date in this state, which holds the first primary in the South.

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https://wlos.com/news/local/sanders-gets-endorsements-from-7-black-south-carolina-lawmakers

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April 12, 2019

Pete Buttigieg VS. Andrew Yang Policies (funny) Election 2020

April 9, 2019

Roland Martin on Obama Dislikes Infighting Amidst Dem Prez Hopefuls; Trump VS AOC; Dems

Side Note: I hate when Republicans ALWAYS talk about Democrat candidates going too far Left when their party is full of bat shit crazy conservatives.