Gillibrand calls Trump’s border policy “inhumane and disgraceful.” Today we will hear every synonym for these words from the stage. Presumably each campaign has staffers standing by crossing each synonym off the list as it is used by a competitor. Read more

Kirsten Gillibrand is the first candidate on stage. Calls Trump’s planned ICE raids “disgusting.” Says Trump has “literally ripped apart the moral fabric of this country.”  Read more

Netroots Nation is run by Daily Kos which is very funny to me. Multiple presidential candidates come to pay homage to Daily Kos. Read more

Sherrod Brown riffing on how Trump’s politics are not “populism.” This is true and I HATE HOW THE MEDIA USES THE TERM ‘POPULISM’ NOW. Much too friendly a word for fascism.  Read more

“Dignity of work is not code for targeting white men who voted for Trump.”  Read more

“I called Donald Trump a racist because he was, and he is. And I won the swing state of Ohio by seven points.” - Sherrod Brown Read more

“The electability myth is in fact a myth,” says Sherrod Brown, who has been repeatedly elected in Ohio, correctly.  Read more

Sherrod Brown says that he likes unions as well as his wife.  Read more

Sherrod Brown is here. Rumpled. Read more

“A big Philadelphia icon told me I, and what he termed the far left, were the biggest threat to the Democratic Party. And I said he was damn right.” Read more

Philly City Council member Helen Gym notes that Philly is the “poorest big city in the United States.” I have seen small homeless tent cities in Philly, though not as big as the homeless tent cities I’ve seen in San Francisco, LA, New Orleans, Miami.  Read more

Philly mayor calls Trump a “demagogue and tyrant.” I would say that “Trump-supporting ICE agent” is the exact polar opposite of a Netroots attendee.  Read more

Mayor of Philly speaking: “We will continue our refusal to cooperate with ICE.”  Read more

I am drinking Diet Mtn Dew as a Zen priestess says a sermon. Will update soon.  Read more

I have never seen an employer willing to offer any equity to employees but I would certainly consider it. In fact co-ops are the highest evolution of ownership, but it’s hard to pile that risk on a bunch of writers who do not have any safety net. There is definitely some formula of equity/ profit sharing to be had and… Read more

I like that Bernie yells he just has to make sure he’s pointed in the right direction.  Read more

Swalwell’s entire platform is “I’m young.” Read more

Watching this really makes me think that a series of single issue debates would be much better.  Read more

They’re so bad at short answers.  Read more

Bernie and Biden MUST stop raising their hands, dear god. Read more