Politics

Submitted by Barry Donegan via TheAntiMedia.org,

Former independent Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, who says he is leaning towards supporting U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders for president in 2016, indicated that he is considering getting into the presidential race if Sanders fails to win the Democratic primary.

In a Monday interview with The Daily Beast, Ventura said that he will likely launch a run for president by June if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defeats Sanders.

It was a “super” Tuesday indeed for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton who both moved closer to securing the nomination for their respective parties yesterday evening.

Trump won 7 out of eleven states in what he called “an amazing evening.” The billionaire and presumptive nominee took Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Virginia, and Vermont in what amounted to a rout of the field.

“I feel awfully good,” he told reporters in Florida.

As early predicted results come in on Super Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders looks to have notched up the Vermont Democratic primary in his home state. A revolution is brewing in America as Sanders hopes to bring Vermont’s values to the rest of the 35 states that are up for grabs after tonight’s primaries. Early results are showing more potential victories for Bernie Sanders before the night is over, while the establishment media covering Super Tuesday are talking about a ‘Clinton versus Trump’ presidential race.

The Home Secretary Theresa May introduced a revised ‘Snoopers Charter’ to Parliament that could reduce security and liberty for millions of people. Critics claim that the Investigatory Powers Bill could erode basic British values and set an example for the failures of so called modern democracies. The Guardian reports: The government proposed a fundamental shift in the relationship between citizens, the internet and the state in its 300-page draft investigatory powers bill.

The Super Tuesday results were almost as discouraging for Rubio as they could be. Jonathan Chait explains:

Then finally, the collapse culminated in a humiliating 1-for-11 showing for Rubio on Super Tuesday.