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fbc's JournalActivist Dolores Huerta’s account of being silenced at Nevada caucus called into question
Source: Raw Story
Huerta originally made the allegation on Twitter, saying, “I offered to translate & Bernie supporters chanted English only! We fought too long & hard to be silenced.”
Erin Cruz told the fact-checking site Snopes that she was at the event along with members of a nurses’ union as well as actresses Gabby Hoffman and Susan Sarandon, and said that it was the moderator who asked for “English-only” during the event, and not any Sanders supporter.
Update, 8:16 p.m. EST: Huerta went into more detail regarding the incident in an interview with CNN.
“What happened is the person who was running the caucus said we need a translator and he said the first person that comes to the stage can be the translator,” she said. “So I walked up to the front and then some of the organizers, the Bernie organizers, decided to shout ‘no, no, no.’ Then a Bernie person stood up and said, I can also do translation. So then the person running the caucus said we won’t have a translator.”
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/civil-rights-activist-dolores-huerta-sanders-backers-shut-me-down-for-offering-spanish-translation/
Huerta's statements were contradicted by others in attendence and now Huerta herself is walking back her original statement.
You could argue that the Bernie supporters should not have asked for a neutral translator. But this is someone who was willing to spread a blatant lie via twitter to disparage Sanders supporters so I'd say they were prescient in asking for a neutral translator.
Gloria Steinem apologizes.
https://www.facebook.com/GloriaSteinem/posts/10153237059092854
Good for her. No doubling-down or doublespeak: "I mispoke. I apologize."
Do we really want Hillary Clinton to "get things done" with Republicans?
A simple diagram, but it raises a very good point. The republicans in congress need to be replaced, not accommodated.
original tweet: https://twitter.com/ShantMM/status/693104394053644289?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
Never-Ending Greed: powerful new video from Bernie
Voting-age women under the age of 35 now favor Sanders by 20 points over Clinton
The media of late has been banging on the drum of the "Berniebro." Don't let that man-bun fool you, America: The Berniebro is an unrepentant mansplainer, who backs Sanders with a level of devotion matched only by his self-righteousness: "The Berniebro knows a secret," the Atlantic mocked. "The only reason you, and every other Facebook user, haven’t supported Bernie yet is your own willful ignorance." The Berniebro is also said to be an avatar of latent sexism among progressive men toward former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As Salon argued, "A chunk of Sanders support with his young male cohort comes from guys who really don’t cotton well to the idea of women in power."
For all the attention this band of unpleasant men with mommy issues attracts, you might assume they're core to Sanders' support among young progressives. But a new poll from Rock the Vote is turning that conventional wisdom on its head. Yes, there's a big gender gap among young voters backing Bernie Sanders. But it's not among men. Voting-age women under the age of 35 now favor Sanders by 20 percentage points over Clinton. You read that right: Young female voters support Bernie Sanders by an expansive margin.
The poll, published Monday in USA Today, was conducted among more than 1,000 young adults by the polling firm Ipsos. Sanders leads broadly among voting-age millennial Democrats and Independents: 46 percent to 35 percent for Clinton. But Sanders' advantage among young, voting-age men — a modest 4 percentage points — is barely outside the margin of error. Far from being a drag on on Clinton's candidacy, this poll suggests, young men are the demographic keeping her in the hunt among millennials.
Whoops! there goes another false narrative!
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/move-over-berniebros-a-wave-of-young-women-is-boosting-bernie-sanders-20160112
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Opportunism knocks: Why Hillary's past is Hillary's future.
Journalist Doug Henwood explains why understanding Hillary Clinton's past - from her role shaping the right-leaning New Democrat ideology of the 1990s, to her Senate and diplomatic career promoting militarism and neoliberal economics in the US and abroad - is the key to understand what she offers for the future, as she sells herself as anything but everything she stands for.
The author of "My Turn: Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency" on the "This is Hell" podcast:
https://thisishell.com/interviews/878-doug-henwood
Saturday's Jets/Giants game has playoff implications.
There are only three weeks left in the season, and in the AFC the Jets, Chiefs, and Steelers are fighting for two wildcard spots. The Jets arguably have the toughest schedule of the three which makes this week's game in Texas against the Cowboys a must win scenario.
While the Dallas Cowboys have been suffering through a disappointing season after injuries to QB Tony Romo, they are amazingly still not out of the playoff hunt thanks to the horrible play of the rest of the teams in their division. Despite their 4-9 record, there still exists a scenario in which the NFC East finishes in a 4 way tie, and in that event the Dallas Cowboys hold the tiebreaker and would win the division.
oh and I think I heard something about a debate happening too.
Is Kerry a Better Secretary of State Than Clinton?
If you go by this article, unquestionably:
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/10/-is-kerry-a-better-secretary-of-state-than-clinton/280529/
They make the point that while Kerry has been extremely active personally and has gotten a lot done, Clinton delegated and her delegates had little success.
Thoughts?
Killer Mike: "I'm not here to see us elect our own Margaret Thatcher"
Killer Mike introduces Bernie Sanders:
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