Give him an extra hug from me. :)

It won’t be the only thing they remember, Amanda. My husband died in 2009. He was a writer, a historian, a genealogist, and a storyteller. He was much beloved in his community. He lived for 3 years after his diagnosis. The last year was pretty tough - but that isn’t what people remember. They remember the stories he…

How has she fallen on her sword, or even said that she was wrong to call black youths “super predators”? If she had acknowledged as much to the young woman, and followed it up by saying she’s since learned a lot, the exchange would have been very different. But her hauteur and contempt for a “nobody” presuming to…

It’s not just this one incident. She also recently allowed a BLM protester at a fundraiser to be thrown out. The protester paid $500 to be there. Clinton said she would let her speak but then of course, once thrown out, she couldn’t speak. After the security guard forced her to leave, Clinton said, “Let’s get back to…

She only makes such concessions when she is confronted, and even her reaction to being confronted was not very open. It will take more genuine effort from her acknowledging her past and proactively including the people that support her.

An apology. Literally, that is all. “I wouldn’t use those words today” is not an apology. “I was wrong. I apologize for what I said and I committed to righting that horrible mistake.” Would go soooo far.

Her comment “disavowing” her words from 20 years ago was very hedged, crafted Clintonesque pablum. She said she wouldn’t have used those words, but presumably the policy and racial animus behind it are still OK. Far from “falling on the sword.”

I want to see her behave like she’s addressed it, for a start. Stop patronizingly laughing at people when they bring up an issue (she’s done it with the superpredator comment, the transcripts, many things), stop batting the ball back in the other person’s corner (eg. “you go run for something”/”this is the first time…

An actual apology in which she admits that her comments had no basis in fact. That is what it is going to take.

We need to end the school-to-prison pipeline

Especially towards a woman of color.

When an affectionate term like dear is used by a stranger/person in a position of power it always comes off as super condescending to me.

Ah man, we have got some serious facial expressions breaking containment at the end of this thing...

This interaction is really surprising to me considering how focused she always is on her tone and wording (almost to a fault, in that some people think she can be robotic).

Has there been any insight into why she does so well with African American voters given her spotty history regarding their interests? It seems so bizarre to the point of being baffling.

Robert Reich?

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I know you Clinton supporters don’t want to hear it, but there is actually a pretty well-reasoned case to be made that Sanders may be a better match-up against Trump in the general election, based on the dynamics of this particular election season:

Nina Turner’s been speaking with Bernie at events for months now, this isn’t even news.

Sanders is not a third-party candidate taking votes from the Democratic ticket, no.