Politics

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.

Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute,

“The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy—then go back to the office & sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel apiece.” ? Hunter S. Thompson

Politics today is not about Republicans and Democrats.