Jimmy Kimmel’s biting critique of people who accuse Hillary Clinton of ‘shouting’

Jimmy Kimmel had Hillary Clinton on his show Thursday, and he took the opportunity to mansplain a little to her.

Kimmel set Clinton up with a podium to give her stump speech and then relentlessly critiqued everything she was doing wrong -- from a male's perspective.

The takeaway is clear: Clinton's critics will see her as either shouting or not speaking strongly enough. They will judge her on her clothes and whether she smiles too much or not enough. There is no winning.

It was a somewhat risky premise. The bit could easily have fallen flat. As political satire goes, though, it worked.

Sanders supporter: Bill Clinton blocked 17,000 people from voting in MA

That was roughly the margin by which Hillary beat Bernie in Massachusetts. And the lawsuit claims that's how many people Bill Clinton single-handedly prevented from voting with his Godzilla-like body. Something straight out of science fiction. #Berniemath

Bernie already breaking promise to endorse the Democratic nominee.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) insisted he’ll stay in the presidential race, but outlined conditions under which he would endorse Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton “if I can’t make it.”

Sanders, who badly trails Clinton in delegates for the Democratic nomination, said Wednesday that his chief priorities include making sure the party embraces his anti-establishment platform and expands its base.

“If I can’t make it — and we’re going to try as hard as we can until the last vote is cast — we want to completely revitalize the Democratic Party and make it a party of the people rather than one of large campaign contributors,” Sanders said in an interview on the progressive Web show “The Young Turks.”

Sanders also listed policy demands he would make of Clinton, including a single-payer health care system, a $15 an hour minimum wage, tougher regulation of the finance industry, closing corporate tax loopholes and “a vigorous effort to address climate change.”



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-endorsement_us_56f45bf0e4b014d3fe22b4a7

Cruz plays dangerous game in Wisconsin

Ted Cruz’s campaign manager predicted Cruz would win Iowa “outside the margin of error.” Marco Rubio stole the spotlight. Cruz himself predicted that Super Tuesday’s slew of southern primaries would be the firewall against Donald Trump’s surging campaign. Trump thumped him.

Now Cruz is playing the same high-stakes expectations game again in Wisconsin, with his campaign talking up a primary election win that Cruz badly needs — but can’t promise to deliver.

“Absolutely, Cruz will win Wisconsin,” said state Rep. Bob Gannon, one of his Wisconsin co-chairs.

An internal campaign memo from mid-March, that found its way to many reporters, was only slightly less cautious: “Based on internal polling and proximity to neighboring states in which Cruz has already won, our Campaign is in a strong position to win both Utah and Wisconsin,” the memo read.

But the few polls that have been conducted suggest Wisconsin is a wide-open race. And this time, if Cruz falls short of expectations again, there will be no safety net to catch him. After Wisconsin’s April 5 primary, the race heads to a string of northeastern states that are unfriendly territory for the Texas senator.


http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/ted-cruz-wisconsin-expectations-221220#ixzz43swpIEdt
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No matter whom we support, let's agree to get rid of caucuses.

As a resident of Michigan and California I've always been fortunate to live in states that held presidential primaries. As a matter of fact, I don't even have to walk to the voting booth, I will just mail in my ballot. With the exception of what happened in Maricopa County, AZ and the awful voter ID laws in red states, the process of voting and reporting have been relatively smooth in the primaries. Compare this to scheduling a caucus where people have to find time to get off work, find childcare, sit around for a few hours just so you can cast a vote and go home. And that's assuming the people organizing the event know what they're doing. It's time to pressure the state parties and state legislatures to finally ditch the antiquated system and go to primaries in all 50 states.

Disney, NFL, AMC threaten to boycott Georgia over proposed anti-LGBT bill

Disney has managed to build out most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe within the southern environs of the state of Georgia, but some pending legislation in the Peach State now threatens to upend that cozy relationship. HB 757, otherwise known as the Free Exercise Protection Act, is a proposed “religious liberty” law that would allow “faith-based organizations and business owners to deny services to people” whose lifestyles—and, more specifically, marriages—are somehow in conflict with their religious beliefs.

The bill’s previous iteration sought this protection for religious officials, so they could decline performing marriage ceremonies for couples who don’t fit their narrow definition of matrimony, but it’s since been expanded to allow Georgia businesses to take the same discriminatory stance. The bill has passed the state House and Senate, and is now being reviewed by Governor Nathan Deal. But if the governor signs off, Disney and Marvel, who consider themselves “inclusive companies,” have indicated that they’ll take their movie business elsewhere, even if it means disrupting production on Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 and Avengers: Infinity War.

Disney and Marvel have been joined in their opposition by some pretty big names in the entertainment industry, including the NFL, Live Nation, and AMC Networks, which films The Walking Dead in and around Atlanta. Additionally, the Motion Picture Association Of American has spoken up to urge the Georgia governor against signing off on the bill, and Time Warner, which is the parent company of CNN, Warner Bros., and HBO, issued the following statement regarding the discriminatory proposed legislation:

“We strongly oppose the discriminatory language and intent of Georgia’s pending religious-liberty bill, which clearly violates the values and principles of inclusion and the ability of all people to live and work free from discrimination.”

All-out warfare is about to break out between Bernie Sanders’ supporters and the political press

Mark my words: We’re going to face a very ugly few weeks on social media. The nastiness will begin this weekend and last through April 26, when five states will hold primaries with a big delegate haul in the balance.

Here’s why: We have five states coming up in which Bernie Sanders will probably do very, very well. It’s not inconceivable that he could sweep them all. But even a sweep won’t change the structure of the race in any way. Three of the five (Hawaii, Wyoming and Alaska) are states with relatively few delegates. The Democratic contests are all proportional, so Hillary Clinton will get a share of delegates even if she gets shut out.......

Serious reporters know that the next five contests will shave some delegates off of Clinton’s healthy lead – she’s currently up by 303 pledged delegates according to Real Clear Politics‘ count – which still leaves her well ahead as the fight for the nomination moves to friendlier ground for the Clinton campaign.

Journalists with knowledge of the calendar won’t report that Sanders is turning the race on its head. They won’t report that it’s a whole new ballgame, or that a win in Alaska predicts a victory in Maryland. They won’t report that Sanders is surging.

A lot of Sanders supporters will want them to cover these victories in sweeping terms, and write that the momentum has shifted, but they won’t. They won’t report these things because they aren’t true, or at least because there will be no reason to expect them to prove true at the time (one never knows what might happen in the future). If Sanders had swept five early contests and gained a lead in the delegate count, it might have caused primary voters in later states who leaned toward Clinton to re-evaluate their choice. But we’re more than halfway through the campaign, opinions are becoming set and when the candidates get to New York, Clinton will still be up by at least a couple of hundred pledged delegates.



https://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/all-out-warfare-is-about-to-break-out-between-bernie-sanders-supporters-and-the-political-press/

The Oregon Wildlife Refuge Occupiers Left Behind A $4M Mess

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expects to spend $4 million to repair damage that was caused by armed militia members who occupied a federal wildlife refuge in remote Oregon earlier this year, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

Pictures from the wildlife refuge taken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published on the Flickr account for the agency's Pacific region show the extent of the damage to the site caused by the occupiers, as well as the big mess they left behind after spending 41 days at the refuge. The FBI had said that the occupiers had left a "trench of human feces" on or near the refuge, too.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/photos-malheur-wildlife-refuge-damage

I join all voters in both parties who suffered the long lines in Arizona.

Maricopa County election officials should have seen what was coming. Primary turnout spiked in at least one, sometimes both parties ever since the beginning of last month. And to provide 21 POLLING PLACES IN A MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA is beyond stupid. I don't know whether the County Clerk is an elected official, but if so, I hope voters hold him or her accountable.

Disney & Marvel Studios: We will stop filming in Georgia if Governor signs anti-gay bill.

If you’ve been paying attention in recent times, you might have noticed that many projects have been heading to Georgia for production due to the state offering a very nice tax incentive. This list includes The Walking Dead as well as many of Marvel Studios projects, such as Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 which is currently filming in the state. Well, it looks like Disney & Marvel Studios might be looking for a new base of operations as the two are threatening to leave the state due to a controversial religious liberty bill that may be passed.

The bill that is at the core of this issue is intended to shield opponents of the Supreme Court’s landmark same-sex marriage ruling and would protect religious officials from having to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies. The bill also would allow faith-based organizations to deny services of employment to those who violate their “sincerely held religious belief.” The bill is currently on the way to Governor Nathan Deal. Walt Disney Co. & Marvel Studios issued the following statement on the matter.

Disney and Marvel are inclusive companies, and although we have had great experiences filming in Georgia, we will plan to take our business elsewhere should any legislation allowing discriminatory practices be signed into state law.