All things considered, the results of the caucuses make little tangible difference in determining the party’s nominee for the governorship. What’s really on the line is a candidate’s ability to garner 15 percent of the delegates’ support; crossing that threshold gets you on the September primary ballot. It would take a miracle to win a primary as a write-in candidate, so, first and foremost, the caucuses are a battle for the ballot.
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: LAW & ORDER (DUMB-DUMB)
Jeff Sessions goes after the wrong gang
TOWNIE: CORPORATE TAX FABLES AND COMMUNITARIAN KIDDIE TABLES
Big local corps quiet about huge profits to come from Repub tax scheme… except GE An interesting WBUR article, “Largest Mass. Companies Are Mostly Silent On GOP Tax Plans,” asked the top 12 corporations in the Commonwealth to comment on the recently passed Republican scheme to transfer vast amounts of money from the working […]
GUEST OP-ED: LOUD MAJORITY
Fighting for civil rights before, during, and after Inauguration Day
UNITED WE STAND: AN ADMONITION FOR 2017
Until popular movements reign in that oligarchy, nothing significant will change for the better.
TEMPORARY RADICALS? DISAFFECTED DEMS NEED TO STAY IN THE STREETS AFTER THE GOP MENACE IS BEATEN BACK
As long as the new Republican administration remains somewhere within the bounds of traditional American politics, there is a lot of room for the full panoply of transformative social movements to maneuver.
OF COURSE THIS IS THE GUY HOSTING TRUMP’S MASS ‘VICTORY’ RALLY
Though some business owners may be too embarrassed or ashamed to sport their Make America Great Again hats in public, F1 owner Richard Valentine isn’t your average serial entrepreneur.
HOMEGROWN CONSPIRACIES: SATAN STALKS MASS HOUSE RACE
The current Republican election campaign is bubbling over with rumors, half-baked theories, and outright lies—this from the Donald Trump stovetop to the bottom baking rack.
PARTY POOPERS: BLUE AND RED STALWARTS SHOULD STOP ATTACKING MINOR PARTY SUPPORTERS
The RNC and DNC pageants are barely over, the presidential election is still over three months off, and yet major party stalwarts are already trying to police the growing margins of their parties and guilt trip them into voting against their consciences.
THE RIGHTS STUFF: FELONS EVERYWHERE NEED VOTE IN ORDER TO HAVE VOICE
Don’t get me started on Florida.
