Democratic primary

The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is launching an investigation into last month’s Arizona Democratic primary. Thousands of voters waited for long hours to cast their ballots even while Hillary Clinton was being declared the winner. 100,000 people have signed a petition demanding a revote in Arizona claiming their voting rights were infringed. Gawker reports: In a letter to the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office, the Justice Department said it was looking to find out if the county followed federal elections law during the March 22nd primary.

Submitted byMike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

"Momentum is with us," Bernie Sanders told CNN over the weekend. "A lot of these super-delegates may rethink their position with Hillary Clinton."

The firebrand Vermont senator is pleased with himself following big wins on Saturday in Alaska, Washington, and Hawaii, where he dominated the former First Lady on the way to closing the delegate gap and serving notice that the race for the Democratic nomination isn’t over just yet.

Former US Secretary of State and Democratic presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton, wanted President Bashar al-Assad to “go” so that Iran’s power in the region would get diminished and Israel’s security improved, at the expense of the escalation of the Syrian conflict, leaked emails from her private server reveal. Sputnik reports: As Clinton moves closer to victory in the Democratic primary, WikiLeaks compiled emails from her controversial private server into a convenient search engine. One of those emails demonstrates the former Secretary of State’s interest in Syrian regime change.

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Submitted by Jake Anderson via TheAntiMedia.org,

Netflix original series, House of Cards, has never shied away from controversial storylines. The narrative has followed Frank Underwood’s rise to power from Congressional whip to Vice President to President. His meteoric ascent to power was always trailed by a dark shadow, though — one that perhaps mirrors the real life brutality, scandal, and corruption that accompanies the machinations of most high-level politicians.