Senator from Vermont, Presidential Candidate 2016 and 2020
- Russiagate
- Timeline
- Russian Agenda
- 2016 Social Media Campaign
- Internet Research Agency
- Right Wing Media
- National Rifle Association
- Never released his taxes
- Tad Devine worked for Paul Manafort, Devine hired
- Ali Nikseresht
- Josh Uretsky
- Rania Batrice, Deputy Campaign Manager 2016, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s 2020 campaign manager for a weekend NBC News
- Matthew Whitaker’s invention company, WPM board member is founder of Occupy Democrats, which backed Bernie
Bernie Sanders meets with 2016 campaign staffers who raised sexual harassment allegations January 16, 2019 “Sanders, who was present for a midday session of the meeting, told CNN the discussions were “private” when asked about them afterward on Capitol Hill. Sanders wife, Jane, also took part. The source said Sanders participated in the midday session with the former campaign workers and outside “facilitators” drafted in to lead a series of conversations and workshops. The letter, which was leaked to Politico late last year, described his presence at the proposed meeting as a “critically important” to the process of creating a “‘gold standard’ harassment policy” complete with “tangible next steps.” A former staffer for the Sanders campaign, who asked her name not be revealed so she could discuss the private meeting, told CNN Sanders was present for “about an hour” and described him as “conciliatory.” She said he opened his remarks with an “honest apology.”
Sanders Meets With Former Staff Members, Seeking to Quell Anxiety Over Sexism NY Times
How the National Rifle Association helped get Bernie Sanders elected The Vermont Historical Society, in Barre, Vt., has posters and pamphlets from Bernie Sanders’s first congressional campaign. The Washington Post By David A. Fahrenthold July 19, 2015 ““Bernie Sanders is a more honorable choice for Vermont sportsmen than Peter Smith,” wrote Wayne LaPierre”
NGP Van-Democrats’ data analytics firm, September 2016 Guccifer 2.0 hack; Guccifer 2.0 drops more DNC docs Politico By CORY BENNETT September 13, 2016
“The file name included NGP VAN, a leading software firm used by Democrats, leading to speculation that the documents perhaps came from the data analytics firm. Guccifer 2.0 had previously claimed that he was able to hack into the DNC through NGP VAN. NGP VAN referred to a blog post from security firm ThreatConnect that concluded the DNC was not hacked through NGP VAN.”
VoteBuilder–Democratic data tool subjected to phishing attack
With an eye on Bernie Sanders, the Democratic National Committee adopts new restrictions for 2020 presidential candidates Yahoo News Hunter Walker June 8, 2018
Bernie Sanders’s Conservative Fanboys The Daily Beast No, Karl Rove’s super PAC and other conservative groups haven’t suddenly embraced a $15 minimum wage. But they’re running ads that help him in an effort to weaken Hillary Clinton. Jackie Kucinich February 23, 2016 “American Crossroads—founded by former Bush adviser Karl Rove-is one of several groups that has released ads that have been aimed at branding Sanders as the only true progressive in the race—a strategy the Vermont senator’s campaign also embraces.
“On Monday, Future 45, a super PAC reportedly backed by hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, launched the latest in its own series of ads that seem to defend Sanders.But the ad, while critical of Sanders’s positions, is cast in a way that could appeal to Democrats.
Another group, Ending Spending Action Fund, backed by Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, has spent about $774,321 on ads opposing Sanders, according to an analysis by the Sunlight Foundation.”
International Business Times fails to disclose reporter’s ties to Bernie Sanders Washington Examiner by Eddie Scarry July 28, 2015 None of David Sirota’s stories included disclosures that Sirota served as Bernie Sanders’ press secretary when Sanders was a member of the House. “David Sirota, an aggressive politics reporter for the International Business Times, is a former aide to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, but the Times is not disclosing that, even in stories that are critical of Sanders’ chief rival, Hillary Clinton. Since Clinton launched her campaign in mid-April, Sirota has written or co-written at least 11 stories for the Times that questioned the ethics of Clinton’s behavior as secretary of State or the dealings of her nonprofit Clinton Foundation. One of Sirota’s biggest stories was one from May that attempted to connect foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation to preferential treatment by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is now a Democratic presidential candidate. It said former President Bill Clinton was paid handsomely to deliver a speech in Washington, D.C., in 2011 and that some of the world leaders who attended had donated to the Clinton Foundation.”
Meet the tech-savvy activists trying to take over the Democratic Party The Verge How former Bernie staffers and The Young Turks are teaming up against the party’s establishment By Stephan Kozub
“The end of the audio clip where Vermont journalist @JaneLindholm asks Bernie Sanders about why he watched in silence while his supporters & others mocked Russian interference when Bernie knew it was true “pic.twitter.com/iXHwe5JAUb — ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) December 17, 2018
Bernie Sanders’ campaign strategist Tad Devine turns up 16 times in evidence against Paul Manafort Rawstory
“Here’s a thing: Sanders is the only 2020 Dem so far w/ a dedicated outside group. Now, Our Revolution is mostly small donor-based (though not all – see from 2017). But it’s never made sense to me why Sanders started a 501c4 after crusading on campaign finance/”dark $” pic.twitter.com/EFO2rzdGhj — Scott Bland (@PoliticoScott) February 19, 2019
“Here’s the @OurRevolution internal policy on disclosing donors. Because it is a nonprofit, there’s no legal mechanism forcing them to name donors as they promise.” pic.twitter.com/QfjsvDVCJ8 — Julie Bykowicz (@bykowicz) February 19, 2019
Mueller list of indictments against Manafort
“Uh-oh, @BernieSanders. You made an oopsie with Tad Devine. Why so quiet on him for so, so long? ” pic.twitter.com/9UdfNXdi9p — Lincoln’s Bible (@LincolnsBible) July 19, 2018
BREAKING: @SenSanders like you’ve never seen him!! Bernie and Jane on their honeymoon in Russia singing “This land is Your Land” with their Russian comrades!!
Trigger Warning: Bernie is sitting at a table shirtless in his briefs. So are most of the rest of the men… pic.twitter.com/2DPyDY2WV0 — m. mendoza ferrer (@mgranville1) CCTV Archive
Footage Of Shirtless Bernie Sanders Drunkenly Singing With Soviets In ‘88 Surfaces Forward January 28, 2019 By Jenny Singer
Thread “Dennis Kucinich was on Fox News regularly supporting & spreading the nonsense about a “deep state” out to smear Trump & claimed the Russia investigation is a hoax. Bernie’s Our Revolution endorsed him to be Ohio’s governor. That’s weird. [February 20, 2018] Fox News paid $170k a year to Kucinich to be a contributor. He spent his time spreading right wing nutbag conspiracies while Bernie Sanders’ Our Revolution endorsed Kucinich for OH Governor. Crazy talk about the deep state & Trump being smeared. Weird
pic.twitter.com/ZaQQY1bH8K — ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) December 17, 2018
Bernie watched his most visible surrogates go to Jill Stein, even West – the man Bernie appointed to the Democratic Platform Committee! Bernie said not a word even though he now admits he knew AT THE TIME that his campaign was being used by the Kremlin. pic.twitter.com/n6qiq2zFAT — ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) December 17, 2018
This email was an exhibit in the Manafort trial. Konstantin Kilimnik is a Russian-Ukrainian political consultant who paid Devine. He’s also a Mueller indicted Russian intelligence operative. Devine was Bernie’s chief strategist That’s weird pic.twitter.com/gXcVVPtxpk — ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) December 17, 2018
NYT: “The voter suppression effort was focused particularly on Sanders supporters & African-Americans, urging them to shun Clinton in the general election & either vote for Ms. Stein or stay home.” Bernie watched his most visible surrogates go to Stein https://t.co/fnSY2oKfpG — ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) December 17, 2018
Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans on Social Media NY Times Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, and the Russian leader Vladimir V. Putin, center, at a dinner in 2011. Mr. Prigozhin was indicted by American prosecutors for his involvement in interfering in the 2016 presidential election.CreditPool photo by Misha Japaridze By Scott Shane and Sheera Frenkel December 17, 2018 “The voter suppression effort was focused particularly on Sanders supporters & African-Americans, urging them to shun Clinton in the general election & either vote for Ms. Stein or stay home.” Bernie watched his most visible surrogates go to Stein.
The end of the audio clip where Vermont journalist @JaneLindholm asks Bernie Sanders about why he watched in silence while his supporters & others mocked Russian interference when Bernie knew it was true pic.twitter.com/iXHwe5JAUb — ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) December 17, 2018
Even the lies about the Dem primaries Remember the very 1st Dem caucus in Iowa & the lie that Clinton cheated? Guess who started that? Russian operatives bought social media ads alleging fraud in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. It was a lie.
In 2014 Tad Devine signed on with Bernie Sanders. But in 2014 Devine was also emailing with Paul Manafort’s right hand man, Rick Gates who has pleaded guilty. 2014 Tad Devine email tells Rick Gates that Devine’s rate will be $10,000 a day Weird, huh? pic.twitter.com/NWCY4AYTdZ. — ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) December 17, 2018
Gazprom/Firtash Lawsuit: Trump Aide Funneled Mob-Linked Ukrainian Oligarch’s Fortune into U.S. Real Estate Suit dismissed in 2014 highlighted financial activities of former Yanukovych adviser Paul Manafort Washington Free Beacon BY: March 31, 2016 “The lawsuit, brought by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, accused U.S. political consultant Paul Manafort of complicity in a complex scheme of retaliation against Tymoshenko and her political allies for impeding the business interests of Ukrainian gas tycoon Dmitry Firtash.” h/t @khanoiseur.
THIS IS WHAT “LOCK HER UP” MEANS IN AMERICAN POLITICS Suffragio KEVIN LEES
“When the pro-Russian clique in Ukraine yelled, “LOCK HER UP” in 2010, after Manafort helped Yanukovych win election, that’s exactly what Ukraine’s new government did. Yanukovych put Yulia Tymoshenko — his 2010 presidential opponent and a former prime minister — in prison. And she spent three years imprisoned, until Yanukovych fled Ukraine and launched the country into a civil war that continues to cripple and divide the one-time Soviet republic to this very day. Most ironic of all, Tymoshenko’s ostensible crime was for making a natural gas deal as prime minister (under duress) with Russia that Yanukovych, a sycophant of Vladimir Putin, decreed too unfavorable to Ukraine. Even the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Tymoshenko’s jailing was politically motivated.”- In jail for 3 years
The chief strategist for Bernie Sanders lied about his continued $10K per day work for a now indicted Russian operative. Devine met in Kiev & supplied talking points to Russian operatives in June, 2014 but told the @NYT he quit in 2012.
How the Russia Investigation Entangled Rick Gates, a Manafort Protégé NY Times Rick Gates said that criticism of him and Paul Manafort was based on flawed news media reports and documents whose authenticity the two men question.By Nicholas Confessore and Barry Meier June 16, 2017
Emails show Devine was continuing to work just months prior to the public announcement of him joining Bernie. The NYT’s article says campaign strategist for Bernie, Tad Devine “quit in 2012, after Mr. Yanukovych jailed a former rival for the presidency.” pic.twitter.com/1hMP6Mr271— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) December 17, 2018
Thread by Karol Cummins. on Threadreader with media “Except Sanders and Trump—we (IRA) support them.” OSC Indictment: U.S. v. Internet Research Agency, Feb, ‘18https://t.co/Gd5D2oiIUC — Karol 🌿 (@karolcummins) February 19, 2019
AOC = DSA + JusticeDEMs + OccupyDEMs = influence opinions & actions towards Kremlin objectives. Fun fact: the founder of OccupyDEMs (who in the beginning backed BERNIE) Omar Rivero sits on the board of Fmr Acting AG Matthew Whitaker’s scam company WPM.#HorseShoeIllustrated pic.twitter.com/5NPsB1vOcY — Karol 🌿 (@karolcummins) February 19, 2019
AOC = DSA + JusticeDEMs + OccupyDEMs = influence opinions & actions towards Kremlin objectives. Fun fact: the founder of OccupyDEMs (who in the beginning backed BERNIE) Omar Rivero sits on the board of Fmr Acting AG Matthew Whitaker’s scam company WPM. #HorseShoeIllustrated pic.twitter.com/5NPsB1vOcY — Karol 🌿 (@karolcummins) February 19, 2019
WPM > Desa Industries > OccupyDems > Bernie Sanders (Manafort>Devine) > DSA + (YoungTurks) JusticeDems #HorseshoeIllustrated pic.twitter.com/YhGrzFZIR4— Karol (@karolcummins) February 19, 2019
“Bernie Sanders is the Facebook candidate,” Rivero says. The rise of Occupy Democrats essentially mirrored the rise of Sanders’s primary run. FB- Data Scrape -Cambridge Analytica -Microtargeting FB users Memes/Articles + RU Internet Research Agency.
Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine NY Times How a strange new class of media outlet has arisen to take over our news feeds. By John Herrman August 24, 2016
ORIGIN: Occupy Wall Street’s organizers took their cue from protests in the Arab world, Europe & NYC. A Spanish contingent camped out in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, purposefully adopting the tactics Egyptian revolutionaries employed to such success Feb 2011. Older organizers of OWS were protest veterans, members of far-left parties, anarchists or unaffiliated supporters of Far R anti-Globalist movement who have spent the decade since 9/11 marching against banks and both Democrats and Republicans. @KarolCummins
Reawakening The Radical Imagination: The Origins Of Occupy Wall Street Huff Post
The Green Party, was an early Occupy Wall Street endorser. “The Green New Deal,” a plank in the Green Party Jill Stein loves Putin and believes our military budget must be dramatically slashed. US. https://t.co/4I4PouNtC2 Note the connections to Democratic Socialists. pic.twitter.com/B6DvYsZw3M. — Karol 🌿 (@karolcummins) February 20, 2019
Jill Stein & her Green New Deal supporters {DSA & Justice DEMs) loves WikiLeaks – the Russian intel front & believe Snowden is a hero & they hate The Pentagon/Military, NSA, ICE = Putin’s wet dream/Kremlin objectives Jill Stein: In praise of WikiLeaks.
The WWP infiltrated/joined OWS protestshttps://t.co/CLydq3Qisi The Workers World Party is a revolutionary Marxist–Leninist political party in the United States founded in 1959 by a group led by Sam Marcy of the Socialist Workers Party.https://t.co/tUjRU8sB8i pic.twitter.com/wSvHoP2C0C — Karol 🌿 (@karolcummins) February 20, 2019
But after returning from a trip to Nicaragua in 1985 when he himself protested the possibility of the US going to war against Daniel Ortega – Sanders FIRED his Asst City Treasurer for protesting the GE plant in Burlington manufacturing guns being used against innocents there. pic.twitter.com/0iliNRNmZo — m. mendoza ferrer (@mgranville1) February 11, 2019
Why did he fire her for going out and protesting, you ask? Because Bernie Sanders supported GE. He didn’t care that they were manufacturing guns that he would be used in the wars being fought in Central America. He wanted the union works in Burlington to keep their jobs. pic.twitter.com/32LkgkxJ4r. — m. mendoza ferrer (@mgranville1) February 11, 2019
So he allowed protestors, including Swennerfelt, to be arrested. When she was sentenced to 8 days in jail for her activities and didn’t have enough vacation days to cover it, Bernie asked her to resign because her time in jail for protesting was going to interfere with her JOB. He tried to argue that Protest by workers was ok according to Sanders, so long as it doesn’t “cut into time they are expected to be on the job.” “I cannot defend a situation where the citizens and the Boardnof Alderman are not getting the work they are paying for” @SenSanders argued – sounding more GE Capitalist than socialist.
Of course, when Bernie is asked about this on camera, and asked whether or not Swennerfelt was competent at her job, he just walked away. pic.twitter.com/aDDSwsGvWB — m. mendoza ferrer (@mgranville1) February 11, 2019
People were angry at Bernie for forcing her to resign in light of her acting as a private citizen in protesting GE because he didn’t agree with her. pic.twitter.com/5O6icE636v — m. mendoza ferrer (@mgranville1) February 11, 2019
Swennerfelt herself wrote an op-Ed protesting what had happened: pic.twitter.com/rsb98IoKw2 — m. mendoza ferrer (@mgranville1) February 11, 2019
Swennerfelt had moved to Burlington, VT because she wanted to work specifically for Sanders because she believed in his cause. But as a woman of conscience protesting against GE she was fired because Bernie didn’t agree with her right to dissent when it went against him. So when you here Bernie calling for the Revolution – remember it’s a revolution on HIS terms. Should be noted, too, Swennerfelt was the ONLY woman in his cabinet – rest were all white men. She had also implemented a loan program for small businesses in Burlington. So when you here Bernie calling for the Revolution – remember it’s a revolution on HIS terms. Should be noted, too, Swennerfelt was the ONLY woman in his cabinet – rest were all white men. She had also implemented a loan program for small businesses in Burlington. pic.twitter.com/DqYZOVPznP — m. mendoza ferrer (@mgranville1) February 11, 2019
Maybe before Bernie calls out for tens of millions of people to stand up & fight for “what’s right” he should be asked by the media why it was that he didn’t stand up for the 1 woman who did exactly that in his administration when he was Mayor of Burlington, VT. #VettingBernie pic.twitter.com/8ZfKQCfLHe — m. mendoza ferrer (@mgranville1) February 11, 2019 /end Thread
The public announcement of Tad Devine joining Bernie was made in Nov of 2014. Common sense tells me that behind the scenes they had been discussing it for several months before a formal announcement. 1st witness at the Paul Manafort trial was Tad Devine, former Bernie Sanders adviser & Manafort’s partner in Ukraine. June of 2014, Devine was meeting with a now indicted Russian operative in Kiev. Devine publicly announced as Bernie’s campaign Nov 2014 pic.twitter.com/fKzFaTc8rB — ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) December 17, 2018
BERNIE SANDERS AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE NOT GOOD FOR DEMOCRATS, AND THEY WILL ONLY EMPOWER REPUBLICANS AND THE LIKELY NOMINEE, DONALD TRUMP. IT’S TIME FOR MODERATES TO SHOW THEIR PASSION FOR MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE AS OPPOSED TO JUST MAKING NOISE AND CALL BERNIE AND HIS FANS OUT FOR WHAT THEY ARE: BAD FOR DEMOCRATS; A CORROSIVE, UNREALISTIC, UNHELPFUL INSURGENCY AGAINST REAL DEMOCRATS AND REAL CHANGE; AND A POSSIBLE PRECURSOR TO A DEMOCRATIC TEA PARTY. IT’S TIME TO FIGHT FOR HILLARY AND AGAINST SELF-INDULGENT NAÏVETÉ.
Nevada, South Carolina Make Clinton vs. Trump Showdown Nearly Certain in November; Game Over for Sanders, Rubio, Cruz February 21-22, 2016 Brian E. Frydenborg THOSE HOPING FOR NOMINEES OTHER THAN CLINTON AND TRUMP ALMOST CERTAINLY NEEDED OUTCOMES OTHER THAN WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED ON SATURDAY IN NEVADA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, RESPECTIVELY. SANDERS PUT UP AN AMAZING FIGHT, BUT HIS WINDOW HAS PRETTY MUCH CLOSED; THE SAME CAN NOT BE SAID FOR TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN RIVALS IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE FIGHT THEY PUT UP, BUT CAN BE SAID FOR THEIR WINDOW.
GOP to Unify Behind Trump, Cease Circus, Game Has Changed Since Debate; Democrats to Face Stronger GOP in Fall, Sanders Must Tone Down Clinton AttacksMarch 11, 2016 Brian E. Frydenborg GAME HAS CHANGED SINCE DEBATE; DEMOCRATS TO FACE STRONGER GOP IN FALL, SANDERS MUST TONE DOWN CLINTON ATTACKS Before last night’s debate in Miami, it looked like the Republican Party would be destroying itself between now and the national presidential election in November. Instead, last night’s debate was a clear, surprising, and impressive sign that the Party realized it was committing suicide and would be handing the White House to Hillary Clinton if it continued as it was; last night told us that the Party, however reluctantly, would get behind Trump and end the circus that had been hurting it and helping Democrats. Democrats need to respect the fact that they will be facing a strong opponent in the fall need to now prevent Bernie Sanders from going too far and doing too much damage to Clinton as she goes through the process of winning the nomination.
If Sanders didn’t unify quickly behind Trump, #Democrats would limp into general election even while #GOP was coming together. But #Sanders & his fans kept savaging #Clinton & #Democrats with inane talking points ignoring reality & damage they were doing
The Sandernista Political Revolution Handbook: A Matchup Game of Bernie Sanders’ Talking Points & Those of His Fans/Supporters April 12, 2016 Brian E. Frydenborg Author’s note: in the nearly three years since I created this chart, it is clear little has changed for Sanders and his supporters, their ideology, their talking points, and their approach to politics.
THIS HANDY CHART PROVIDES THE MOST COMMON RESPONSES BERNIE SANDERS AND HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE GIVEN TO MOST ISSUES, QUESTIONS, OR CHALLENGES. IF SANDERS OR ANY SANDERNISTAS ARE PUSHED UNCOMFORTABLY OFF MESSAGE, ASKED TO GO INTO DETAILED EXPLANATIONS, OR DEMONSTRATE ANY DEGREE OF EXPERTISE WHATSOEVER, THIS CHART WILL COME TO THE RESCUE! BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE TALKING POINTS WORK SO WELL FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, YOU CAN EVEN MAKE A MATCHING GAME OUT OF IT. GUARANTEED TO BE FUN FOR ANY BERNIE FAN “FEELIN’ THE BERN” AND HATIN’ ON HILLARY CLINTON, THIS CAN ALSO BE USED TO AVOID GETTING BERNED BY FACT CHECKERS, CLINTONITES, REPUBLICANS, OR MORE THOUGHTFUL VOTERS.
I laid out how @BernieSanders & his fans had to take responsibility/do their part in fight against #Trump. They did not live up to their responsibilities, dragged their feet, did too little too late. 1/3 of #Bernie supporters didn’t vote #Clinton in Nov.
Clinton vs. Sanders In-Depth: Past, Present, & Future, or, My Olive Branch to Camp SandersApril 29, 2016 Brian E. Frydenborg Author’s note: as I write this while Bernie Sanders is considering a second presidential run, it should be remembered that he and a large portion of his supporters never did what I noted in my below piece they needed to do to give Democrats the best chance of victory in the 2016 general election. We can only hope history does not repeat itself in the next one.
A DEEP LOOK AT THE CLINTON VS. SANDERS FIGHT: THE HISTORY, THE PRESENT, AND A PATH FORWARD. SANDERS NEVER HAD MORE THAN THE SLIMMEST OF CHANCES. BESIDES NEVER WINNING OVER EVEN CLOSE TO A MAJORITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUENCY ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS, SANDERS ALSO FAILED TO UNDERSTAND EVEN THE BASICS OF POLITICS, WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST HARANGUING SPECIAL INTERESTS AND SAYING WHAT YOU THINK WITH NO FILTER. CLINTON KNOWS THIS, AND IT IS A BIG PART OF HOW AND WHY SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED MORE IN HER CAREER THAN SANDERS. ULTIMATELY, IF YOU DON’T SHARE THE SAME BELIEFS AS THE POLITICAL PARTY YOU WANT TO LEAD AND DON’T KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME OF POLITICS, YOU WON’T BE SUCCESSFUL, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU AND YOUR SUPPORTERS WOULD LOVE TO IGNORE THE GAME. BUT THE GAME IS PART OF REALITY, PART OF POLITICS, AND PART OF WINNING. AND, LIKE IN SPORTS, IN POLITICS, WINNING IS NOT ONLY EVERYTHING, IT’S THE ONLY THING. IT DOESN’T MEAN YOU NEED TO SELL YOUR SOUL, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE MODEL SANDERS HAS LAID OUT IS BOTH NAIVE AND INEFFECTIVE, EVEN MORE SO IN A GENERAL ELECTION. STILL, WE COME HERE NOT ONLY TO CRITICIZE, BUT TO BOTH PRAISE AND BURY THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN.
Trump, the Global Democratic Fascist Movement, Putin’s War on the West, and a Choice for Liberals: Welcome to the Era of Rising Democratic Fascism Part II February 17, 2017 Brian E. Frydenborg Fascism comes in many forms; if Hitler and genocide can be one end of the spectrum, there’s plenty of room for fascism that falls far short of that standard, eschewing pogroms and other forms of mass violence, forms of fascism that include what we are seeing now: a democratic fascism (small “d” referring to democracy in general, as opposed to a capital “D” associated with America’s Democratic Party) empowered by populations, media, and elections that rewards and empowers those willing to feed off division and fear as it overwhelms norms, dissenting minorities, and even the law. As this democratic fascism rises, the losers are the liberal democratic governments that have been dominant since the end of WWII; in effect, it is no longer a question of if, as I posed nearly a year ago, but how fast we will see the unraveling of the post-WWII U.S.-led international order. What we do now will define the West and the world for decades to come, but the growing far left must grow up quickly and act within the clear choices of present reality if we are to have a good chance of stopping democratic fascism from destroying our societies, the West, and the international order as we know it. Having defined our terms in Part I, we will now apply them to the madness of the present and the perils of the future here in Part II.
The #DNC hacks are a perfect example: they went crazy over a non-issue and disrupted the Convention. The media went right along with saturated coverage that left out #Russia‘s role
DNC E-mail Leak Scandal: Not Much of a Scandal, Blown Way Out of Proportion: A Politics 101 Primer on Party OrganizationAugust 10, 2016 Brian E. Frydenborg Ultimately, the information revealed in the DNC e-mail hacks (by the Russian government!) “shockingly” revealed that people who were staffers for the Democratic Party’s leadership organization didn’t like Bernie Sanders, the independent Senator from Vermont who made a career in large part out of not liking the Democratic Party and was trying to attempt a hostile takeover of the Party. Upon closer inspection, all the Democratic Party was doing was trying to do what all political parties try and should try to do: shape the debate and see to it that candidates that shared the Party’s values and ideas and who supported the Party won out in the end. This is, in fact, pretty run-of-the-mill in terms of any organizational power struggle and of politics in general, and the real scandal here is the fact that the Russian government is trying to mess with a U.S. election and may have ties to the Trump campaign, not anything contained in the e-mails the Russian government made sure were leaked just before the Democratic National Convention.
At the #Nevada state convention, #Sanders supporters acted like they were entitled to win its delegates even though #Clinton got more votes. When she got more delegates, all hell broke loose, including death threats. #Bernie disgracefully excused this
Sanders Political Terrorism I: Bernie Fans Fan Ignorant Nevada Drama & He Defends the IndefensibleJune 7, 2016 Brian E. Frydenborg Author’s note: as we are faced with the prospect of another Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, it is worth revisiting my look at the ugly side of Sandersism from 2016, this being the first of two parts. As Americans vote today from New Jersey to California, they should not forget what happened last month, when Sanders supporters entered the Democratic Party’s Nevada state convention disorganized and uninformed and caused a mini-riot when things (accordingly) didn’t go their way and went the way the voters of Nevada’s caucuses originally intended instead, with Sandernistas throwing things and even sending death threats to the head of Nevada’s Democratic Party; Sanders responded with a myopic, irresponsible, disgusting defense of their behavior, one unfit for a candidate of high office. All this is discussed below, in Part I of II pieces on the drama in Nevada.
The incident in #Nevada & the disgraceful response of #Sanders & his surrogates summed up the ugly side of #Bernie and his movement quite well for all to see. This is not where the @TheDemocrats need to be or go, no thank you
Sandernista Political Terrorism II: Sanders Derangement Syndrome, the Liberal Tea Party, & How Nevada Riot Pretty Much Sums Up Team BernieJune 20, 2016 Brian E. Frydenborg Author’s note: with a Bernie Sanders candidacy again looming over the Democratic Party and the country as a whole, here is part two of of my 2016 look at the ugly side of Sanders and many of his supporters, a side that may sabotage hopes of defeating Trump in 2020 if left unchecked. The entire series of disturbing events surrounding the Democratic Party’s state convention in Nevada, discussed in Part I, provides excellent insight into the condition I am labeling Sanders Derangement Syndrome. Weeks away from their national convention in Philadelphia, Democrats are right to worry about Sanders and his supporters: their willingness to use low-level violence and threats of disruption as political terrorism is both insidious and unacceptable, in addition to being incompatible with American political values and democracy. A detailed exploration here in Part II of just what Sanders Derangement Syndrome is will shed light on just how serious a threat it is to American democracy, a serious threat overshadowed and not given appropriate attention because of the larger spectacle of the Trump phenomenon.
About 6 weeks before the election, I noted that @BernieSanders supporters were going to be one of the biggest problems for @HillaryClinton going into the final showdown against #Trump. I was right
10 Reasons for Liberals to Worry About Election Besides Trump / Clinton DebateSeptember 26, 2016 Brian E. Frydenborg/THREAD end
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