Democratic primary

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

Yes, of course, Trump winning the GOP nomination marks the end of the party as we know it. After all, some neocons are already publicly and actively throwing their support behind Hillary. While this undoubtably represents a major turning point in U.S. political history, many pundits have yet to appreciate that the exact same thing is happening within the Democratic Party. It’s just not completely obvious yet.

 

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a lawsuit alleging that election fraud took place to ensure that Hillary Clinton beat Bernie Sanders during the primaries.  Over 100,000 voters in Brooklyn were purged from the voter rolls ahead of the Democratic primary, handing Hillary Clinton a victory in New York.

Submitted by Shane Dixon Kavanaugh via Vocativ

With Trump on the horizon, the survivalist movement — long a pastime of the right — is picking up progressive converts fast.

Colin Waugh bought a shotgun four weeks before November’s election.

The Trump administration have said that they believe Hillary Clinton should be punished for illegally trying to influence the outcome of the election.  Trump’s press secretary, Sean Spicer, said that Putin and Russia are being wrongly blamed for unduly influencing the US elections, and said that the blame should lie squarely with the Clinton Campaign. “Why aren’t we talking about the other influences on the election? Why aren’t we talking about Hillary Clinton getting debate questions ahead of time?” Thinkprogress.org reports: “No one is asking those questions.

As Democrats continue to slowly come to terms with their stunning defeat on November 8th, one coping mechanism that has helped them to deal with the grief is getting a head start on a list of most likely new saviors who can defeat the evil Donald Trump in 2020 and restore "Hope" to America.  As such, Niall Stanage of The Hill has compiled a list of the 15 most likely challengers.  Most of the list is not terribly surprising and includes a number of establishment politicians which, given how the 2016 election cycle evolved, would almost certainly result in another Trump victory.