JOHN KIRIAKOU: Leaving the Democrats for Good
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/05/john-kiriakou-leaving-the-democrats-for-good/
The author’s break with the Democrats began when Obama’s administration sought revenge on him for blowing the whistle on C.I.A. torture. Now he has many more reasons. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News In the movie Network, newsman Howard…
#Politics #Column #Commentary #ForeignPolicy #HumanRights #U.s. #U.s.JusticeDept. #Campaign2016 #GeorgeMcgovern #JohnKiriakou #Superdelegates #TheDemocraticParty

“Corporate lawyers, lobbyists, and influence peddlers have control of the party at the very top, and almost every regular Democratic voter around the country has no idea about that — and if they did realize that, they would not be happy to know that lobbyists are writing the rules used to decide their party nominee instead of a democratic primary process.”
#JoeBiden #DNC #SuperDelegates #CorporateInfluence
https://readsludge.com/2024/06/28/if-biden-steps-aside-lobbyists-in-the-dnc-could-step-in/

♲ @[email protected]:Here comes the the Democratic National Party Dirty Tricks and eventual party suicide... a decision to restore the power of superdelegates to block Bernie from getting the nomination. Un-fucking-believable.

I see a replay of 2016 flashing before my eyes...

DNC members discuss rules change to stop Sanders at convention

"A small group of Democratic National Committee members has privately begun gauging support for a plan to potentially weaken Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign and head off a brokered convention."

"In conversations on the sidelines of a DNC executive committee meeting and in telephone calls and texts in recent days, about a half-dozen members have discussed the possibility of a policy reversal to ensure that so-called superdelegates can vote on the first ballot at the party’s national convention. Such a move would increase the influence of DNC members, members of Congress and other top party officials, who now must wait until the second ballot to have their say if the convention is contested."

#election2020 #DNC #superdelegates
DNC members discuss rules change to stop Sanders at convention

JUST LIKE OUR ELECTIONS IN AMERICA
BUT
THEY ARE MORE OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT IT!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
SECURE OUR ELECTIONS ACT
#RankChoiceVoting
#PaperBallot
#ElectoralCollege ELIMINATED
#Gerrymandering ELIMINATED
#SuperDelegates ELIMINATED
#AutomaticVoterRegistration

Democratic National Committee has (somewhat) curtailed the power of #superdelegates in presidential nominations, blocking them from voting on the first ballot. Btw, Kevin Philipps' designation of Democrats as the 2nd most enthusiastic capitalist party in the world is genius https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/25/superdelegates-democrats-presidential-nominee-796151

DNC's new rules: cutting superdelegates from 715 to 315, making their votes reflect the wishes of their states https://boingboing.net/2017/12/10/anti-establishment.html #insidethesausagefactory #democraticprocess #superdelegates #Democrats #elections #uspoli #Post

Bernie Sanders: to fix the Democratic Party, curb superdelegates, make it easier to vote in primaries, and account for funds https://boingboing.net/2017/11/13/occupy-the-dnc.html #jackassesvsdonkeys #superdelegates #transparency #corruption #Democrats #elections #uspoli #Post