Over the weekend CBS hosted the second Democratic National Debate and unlike the RNC debates that has basically been devoid of any substantive discussions on the issues that concern the American voter. The DNC debate displayed differences between the Democratic Party and the Republican party as well as the three candidates running for the party’s nomination. Front runner Hilary Clinton, Clinton’s closest rival and leading candidate in New Hampshire Bernie Sanders squared off

The "Insiders" are trying hard to pick the next President of the United States. A new article by the news site Politico uncovers the relationship of of "campaign bundlers" and lobbying firms which influence legislation on both the state and federal level. Politico examined a list of campaign records that were shared with the media voluntarily by the Bush and Clinton campaigns. A quarter of Clinton supporters who bundled $100,000 or more are in the employ of several lobbying f

MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski on Tuesday slammed Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's claim implying rival Bernie Sanders was being sexist. “No,” Brzezinski responded flatly on "Morning Joe" on whether the sexism suggestion was merited. MSNBC co-host Joe Scarborough called Clinton's remarks “pathetic.” During a a Democratic women's leadership event on Friday Clinton said that she was told to stop “shouting about gun violence.” During the DNC debate when the dis

On Tuesday the Democratic National Committee’s first debate aired on CNN. Featuring Democratic candidates; Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Lincoln Chaffee, Martin O’Malley and Jim Webb. The debate was in fact surprisingly heavy on actual issues and less on “political fluff”, despite the lack of in depth discussions on many topics that are important to many voters. The presentation by CNN had an initial feel of a heavy-weight boxing fight. CNN had a “pre-game hype” video posi

Democratic National Committee vice Chair Rep. Tulsi Gabbard a congress woman from Hawaii, was disinvited from the Democrat debate this week because she called out party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. Ms. Gabbard strongly criticized her party and the DNC leadership on CNN for limited numbers of debates for the democratic nomination. During the interview with Wolf Blitzer Ms. Gabbard said "The issue here is not about me saying boohoo I'm going to miss the party," She wen

The Bernie Sanders presidential campaign announced that it had crossed the threshold of one million individual contributions to his campaign. this is a record for U.S. presidential campaigns Barack Obama did not reach this threshold until February of 2008. During his 2012 run for re-election, he did not hit it until October 2011. Bernie Sanders has refused to take any contributions from Political Action Committees (PACs) and the campaign wanted to send a strong message to "Na

There has been increasing scrutiny of the Democratic National Committee's decision only to schedule 6 presidential debates this year, many supporters of Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb have called for more debates. On-lookers have commented that Debbie Wasserman-Schulz is trying to help Hillary Clinton remain the front runner by limiting the number of debates as well as the schedule of the debates which isn't exactly "prime-time" "We want debates," chanted Democr

Democratic Presidential Canidate gives speech at evangelical Liverty University Sen. Bernie Sanders took his message to the largest evangelical school in the world. Liberty University is socially conservative and does not support marriage equality or legal abortion. Bernie Sanders began his speech by acknowledging that he differs from the views of the school and most likely most of the students and faculty. However he pointed out that there is common ground in which many on t

Dr. Cornel West introduced Bernie Sanders at Benedict College in South Carolina. Senator Sanders has started his outreach to African American voters. During the introduction Dr. West outlined the reasons he believes that Bernie Sanders is the moral candidate in the race and why that morality will ensure that Sanders wins the White House. “What I love about Brother Bernie is he’s a brother of integrity and honesty and decency,” said West. “He’s not just on the move. He’s going

Recently I posted a rhetorical question on Twitter/Facebook saying "How do we raise daughters to value an education when so many young women are making good money as "Instagram models?". Well that sparked a nice exchange about morality, self-esteem and the like. Which I found slightly disturbing and sexist even coming from women who describe themselves as "feminist' were reduced to slut shaming in part. But the post got me thinking about the macro impact of our celebrity cult

Hillary Clinton address The Democratic National Committee and takes on the GOP Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton addressed the DNC at their annual summer meeting and laid out an agenda that drew a clear distinction between what "Democratic principles" are vs GOP rhetoric. Hillary Clinton touted the record of her former boss as secretary of state; reminding those in attendance of the hole that was left by the Bush administration and how President Obama's leadership stirr

​ Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will address the Democratic party Today during the DNC Summer meeting. Sources say that his speech will be primary about ending establishment politics. CNN reports that an aide to the Vermont senator says that Sanders will argue during his speech at the Democratic National Committee summer meeting in Minneapolis that "if Democrats want to keep the White House and recapture Congress and make gains in statehouses, then establis

Recently "The Young Turks" program reported that Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has announced that he'll introduce legislation designed to ending private prisons when Congressional sessions resume. On Tuesday at his rally in Reno, Nevada Sanders spoke to a crowd of 4,500 of supporters at the local branch of Nevada State University. The longest serving independent U.S. legislator said: "When Congress reconvenes in September, I will be introducing legislation which takes

The candidate called Deez Nuts is really a 15 yeaorld boy from Iowa. High School Sophomore Brady Olsen under fake name "Deez Nuts" filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for president TheHill.com Reports that Olsen was inspired by a news report that a Kentucky Cat named "Limberbutt McCubbins had also filed official paper work for president. Olson filed the FEC paperwork in late July. Anyone can fill out a statement of candidacy, and the information included i

Last week Hilary Clinton met with members of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. I video has surfaced from that meeting and many people have called Mrs Clinton's tone and demeanor condescending, Clinton confronted activists of the Boston chapter of BLM and listened to grievances of the young members of the group that has revolutionized the political discourse in America. Mrs Clinton then began to suggest that BLM should have a list of demands and policy suggestions in order to be

Presente Action has issued a press release calling for the Democratic National Committee and all Democratic candidates to cut their ties with the private prison industry. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has publicly called for reforms to the prison system and law enforcement in general. However both Mrs Clinton and her Husband President Bill Clinton has received many campaign donations from lobbyist for private prisons. The Bernie Sanders' campaign has also called for

Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump mocked Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for being "weak" after the Democratic presidential candidate "surrendered" the stage to protesters claiming to be members of the #BlackLivesMatter movement at a rally in Seattle this weekend. The two young women's affiliation with the BLM group has come under some scrutiny with reports that one of the two women who stormed the stage; Marissa Jenae Johnson was a former Sarah Palin supporter and "Te

It is time for the white liberal progressive establishment to embrace the #BlackLivesMatter Movement or the progressive agenda and America will be no more.. My favorite President and arguably the founder of the Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt did a lot of great things that helped create the lifestyle in America we take for granted. He spoke of economic equality worker rights, a living wage, universal healthcare, old age and poverty insurance, etc. Roosevelt’s “Square Dea