Welcome to The Now

 

 

 Maybe a decrease in odd-to-offensive social media posts, but other than that...

 

  Just remember that this was planned out before Trump got elected . The true policy-makers just adapt how they get the current president to go along with the plan .

 Yes, even Gabbard:

 Much like Powell, Gabbard's political capital, clout, and influence was used to get those who were fully on board with a president's war of aggression (read: illegal invasion/attack) to give them the benefit of the doubt. For war-mongering, imperial-minded presidents, people like Powell and Gabbard are merely glossy accessories:

 

 

 While it's still part of the distraction from Epstein, it's important to remind people that RussiaGate was not real:

 

 Much like AOC and Kyrsten Sinema, the closer Gabbard got to power the more she was willing to compromise:

 

 Tulsi Gabbard, the anti-"regime change war" advocate who left a cushy position in the Democratic Party to support Bernie Sanders in 2016, challenged Hillary Clinton , had to explain her positions on everything when she ran for president in 2020, dropped out and endorsed Joe Biden (as a "good man" with a "good heart") and recently left the Democratic Party has endorsed forever politician Chuck Grassley  : In a statement, Gabbard praised Grassley’s conservative priorities and said Grassley’s Democratic opponent, Mike Franken, would be a “rubber stamp for the Biden administration.” “I’m supporting Chuck Grassley because we need leaders who will put the well-being of people ahead of party politics, and fulfill their commitment to uphold the Constitution and defend our freedoms,” Gabbard said. In a video posted to Twitter, Gabbard said Grassley was the alternative to what she called “radical, so-called woke idealogues” supported by the Democratic Party. Not t...

 Danny Haiphong on Tulsi Gabbard rationale for leaving the Democratic Party: The Democratic Party has ridden on the back of its Russiagate conspiracy theory to serve the repressive imperatives of the national security state and expand censorship. Democratic Party support for a New Cold War against Russia and China has greatly increased the chances of nuclear exchange. Gabbard’s decision to leave the Democratic Party would have been a welcome development if it were for these reasons alone. However, Gabbard’s overall message for leaving the Democratic Party risks discrediting this all too important task of the movement. The biggest problem (and there were many) with Gabbard’s statement is her citation of “anti-white” racism in the Democratic Party. While bemoaning “wokeness,” Gabbard plays into a racial politics that have zero basis in reality. President Joe Biden is the architect of the mass incarceration regime that targets Black Americans disproportionately for imprisonment and/or...

Joe Biden : For someone who is pulling in more older voters, Biden doesn't seem to be pushing for the issues they would car about . In fact, it's almost like he's pushing people to vote for other candidates . Maybe because his past is catching up to him? Also, his temper is starting to get the better of him .  Amy Klobuchar : She's repeating the same joke over and over ; hoping to gain ground. Elizabeth Warren : She wants to punish anyone found guilty of "misinformation."  Michael Bloomberg : He's shaking a dog's face .  Tulsi Gabbard : She's campaigning in New Hampshire, calling for the legalizing of drugs , voting on the right side of history and making Hillary Clinton squirm . Pete Buttigieg : is doing a convincing Jeb Bush impersonation .  Andrew Yang : He's making good use of Dave Chappelle's help and leaves the door open for his supporters to aid another candidate.  Bernie Sanders : He's not acting like a candidate ...

Let me start by putting it like this: if you're going to call a group out, make sure you are consistent. Because if one of your cousins or ex-coworkers is making the same claims as some jerk you're attacking, you're not serving your cause that well. Jimmy Dore went after some " Democratic Strategist " and Joy-Ann Reid for smearing Tulsi Gabbard. Kyle Kulinski gave his take as well .  Both Dore and Kulinski were right in addressing these smears.  Gabbard is sitting congresswoman, she has an impressive military record, and she sits on a number of important committees. If she was really part of some Russian plot she'd be bagging groceries in Hawaii by now. The "pro-Democratic Party" media is at best The Shaft ; they want the political affiliations to be different but not the policies. Gabbard's campaign (and yes Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang could also be plugged in here) are the antithesis of the status quo and the people who sign Reid's ...

Thanks to some very awesome Youtubers , I was able to view last night's debate through a non-corporate lens. I won't do the "Winner/Losers" thing, but I will give my impression on their overall effectiveness: Joe Biden : He's pretty much riding off name recognition at this point. Combined with the fact that (1) his polls are based on landline calls and (2) most of his supporters don't watch news stories related to him, he's fairly insulated from just having a massive drop. In other words: as long as older voters (and the media) keep propping him up, Biden's not going anywhere. Which is said, because you have to sift through his word salad to find any real points, and most of the time those points are either common-sense or too wonky for the average voter to care about. In short, he's not beating President Trump on a debate stage, and he's not going to convince many former-Obama-voters-turned-Trump-voters to switch back.  Kamala Harris : It...

Senator Kamala Harris is one Joe Biden and one Elizabeth Warren away from being the Democratic Presidential nominee right now. Kamala Harris has the political wit of Barack Obama and the political maturity of Hillary Clinton. Kamala Harris has been able to joke about smoking weed during her time in Howard, but also make former Attorney General Jeff Sessions quake in his boots. Kamala Harris is not someone to mess with, especially if you haven't done your homework. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard does her homework. Last night in the the presences of God, Detroit, and the Multiverse, Gabbard laid Harris' record as California's District Attorney out like your grandma was setting up Sunday Dinner. Gabbard assembled the Infinity Stones of Indifference, Arrogance, Corruption, and Corporatism then snapped Harris' true self into the consciousness of everyone in earshot. Gabbard put Harris in a figure-four leg-lock and dared her to get out. She opened up the Matrix of Lead...

So Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed a fetal heartbeat ( six weeks , BTW) bill into law. Normally, left-leaning Americans would go after Governor Edwards hard for this, as a majority of those who vote Democrat range from being pro-choice to supporting abortion under specific circumstances (rape, incest, health of the mother, etc.). But we live in the Age of Team Politics , where you can be as conservative as you want even if you're a Democrat, and other Democratic voters/supporters will bend over backwards to justify deviations from traditional positions. Websites that have been referenced here in the past are a good example of how Team Politics has shrouded ideological perspectives. The reactions/comments on  Daily Kos and Democratic Underground , for example, has mostly ranged from   this is the price we pay for being a big tent    and better a Democrat than a Republican (although DU has, to be fair, more willing to challenge the status quo )...