Democratic-Socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he’ll stop greedy fat cats from buying, merging, and closing news outlets. The Columbia Journalism Review gives spaces to this “Bernie saves journalism” plan. Would the truth get out more under President Bernie Sanders, or is he merely disturbed that the Democratic party’s PR firm shrinks as the Internet continues killing newspapers?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren dances a two-step to win the party nomination as she woos Progressives in the revolutionary style of Bernie Sanders, and comforts the rank-and-file faithful Democrats like Joe Biden does. Is she a political master, or merely setting herself up for President Trump’s charges that she’s two-faced, unstable, dishonest…in other words — a politician!
Women now occupy more top positions in Democrat presidential campaigns, and at equal pay, than at any time past. Why has it taken so long for Democrats to treat women with fairness? Does the presence of women in the top echelons of presidential campaigns reshape the competitive landscape for 2020? How can Trump, a known sexist, compete?
As the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates call for Medicare for all, decriminalizing illegal immigration, open borders and free healthcare for illegal aliens, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says they’re too extreme, and will suffer for it at the polls. Will anyone listen?
John Blake at CNN says that President Trump has been better for Progressives than Barack Obama ever was. Not only have the 45th president’s policies and Tweets generated a ‘Trumplash’ that drives women, Blacks, Latinos and Asians into the arms of the Democrats, but he’s actually reinforced the idea that big government can be good.
Barack and Michelle Obama debut their first Higher Ground Production for Netflix, a documentary about the underbelly of the alleged Trump prosperity — American Factory. The new doc looks at a former GM plant, taken over by a Chinese auto glass firm, where workers make less money, and struggle to adapt to the regime of their new masters.
While President Trump says the economy is great, and the coming Chinese trade deal will be great, White House talk of a payroll tax cut lends credence to the media’s recession narrative. Democrats running for president in 2020 would love to neuter the incumbent’s best campaign issue. Could Trump turn the tide by lifting the punitive tariffs against China to boost the economy and bring much-needed relief to U.S. farmers?
Leading Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposes a 30% gun tax plus a 50% ammo tax which she says will add up to an 80% drop in gun deaths. Of course, there’s more to it than than, including an end to the filibuster in the Senate. Can Betsy Warren ride her sensible gun math equation to the White House, and if so, why doesn’t she stay in the Senate so she can help pass it?
Former Vice President Joe Biden tells Iowa’s Democratic faithful that “poor kids are just as bright and talented as white kids/” Did he accidentally say what he, and his party, really believe? Is this just the normal $h*t Joe Biden says? Or has the septuagenarian lost his grip. This latest gaffe has even some Democrats wondering about his electability, if not his fitness for office.
Is it born to die? If Capitalism in America eventually leads to the workers rising with pitchforks to demand a division of the spoils, are we doing it wrong, or is that just the natural outcome of a system that focuses only on equality of opportunity? The rise of Democratic Socialists (and their less-Democratic brethren) during the 2020 presidential cycle may signal an economic shift that seems to contain the seeds of the demise of a system which has created more food, health, leisure, and happiness than anything the Earth has seen.
President Trump wields his Twitter sword to brand Baltimore a disgusting, filthy, rat & rodent infested mess. Democrats leap to defend Rep. Elijah Cummings, who represents the city in Congress, against what they call a racist attack against the Black lawmaker and his many Black constituents. But could Trump’s remark actually help save Baltimore?
Filmmaker Michael Moore calls on Michelle Obama to run for President as the only Democrat he’s confident could crush President Trump. She won’t be bullied or nicknamed, and she’s the most beloved and respected woman in the world. Will the man who did a Broadway show designed to bring down a president be able to sway the reluctant former First Lady to run?
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren on the far, far left, against the rest of the field on the merely far left: How can the Democratic Party ever pull together to defeat President Trump when they can’t even agree on their ideology? Can Betsy Warren’s attacks on multinational corporations endear her to the Trump base who oppose globalism?
While drunkblogging the Democratic presidential debates this week, Stephen Green suffered a haunting flash-forward: “What if one of these jokers wins?” Not content to replay this endlessly inside his own private Hell, Steve puts the question to Bill Whittle and Scott Ott…and you! How much of the Constitution will survive inside the Democrat presidential blast radius? Does America need to elect a hard socialist to innoculate itself against the disease forever?
President Trump’s approval rating is up, and most Americans think he’s doing a good job with the economy. But according to a new poll, most Americans also plan to vote against Trump. Will the man who changed politics forever in 2016 fall victim to more massive change and lose in 2020 despite the strong economy. If it’s not the economy, stupid…them what is it?