I’m actually kind of pissed at the milquetoast response from Sanders more than anything. This primary season has made me question the maturity of most of the country so a bunch of entitled assholes throwing a hissy fit is not surprising , but I’d hoped Sanders would remind his supporters to act like adults.

Anna, thank you for this piece. I was hoping someone would write it, and I’m glad it’s you.

The threats are bad enough, but what I was struck by was the mysogynistic nature of many (most?) of them. It’s clear this is much deeper than some politic or even personal preference differences as it relates to politics. It’s about who Lange is and what she represents to these people, and that should make people even…

The lack of organizing has been the death of the Sanders campaign. They put all their money into huge rallies, TV ads, and internet presence. They trained no one. His supporters do not understand the process, so they’re all ready to believe whatever ridiculous conspiracy theory or imaginary delegate math scenarios…

in short, 64 Sanders delegates at the convention were disqualified, according to the state party, either because they failed to show up, failed to register as Democrats by May 1, or because they didn’t respond to attempts to confirm their phone numbers or addresses.

Maybe this is the first time they haven’t gotten what they wanted.

"Our campaign has held giant rallies all across this country, including in high-crime areas"

Also, Clinton won the NV primary election. Nothing was being stolen from these people. Blame the Sanders ground game for not having its delegates be prepared and follow the rules.

wedding-industrial complex

reading about any wedding is exhausting.

“In its historic sense, the ring signified possession rather than partnership,”

The article seems a touch insufferable. Not this one here on Jez, but the original. I could be wrong, but I have no intentions of clicking through to find out.

I contend, as a Bernie primary voter myself, that anyone who “refuses” to vote for Hillary in the general probably wouldn’t have even motivated themselves to vote if Bernie won the nom, anyways.

They’re feisty tonight.

Does anyone else fear that the constant awarding a “winner” and “loser” in votes that hand out delegate via percentage points, so really Bernie won 5-8 delegates more than Hillary (closing in on her by 5%, maybe? I don’t do math) but it revs up excitement about something that isn’t that huge of a win....anyways.....…

Ugh. I often can’t stand a capella - something about it makes me really uncomfortable. I think it’s the sincerity of it, maybe? But in this case the worst thing is the clothing. Someone help those poor kids with their wardrobe. Those jeans on the short blond boy...

I don’t think the majority of his supporters are the Bernie Bro, I think the most vocal, narrow minded and bigoted of his supporters are though and Hillary won’t reach them. She won’t. I think she should continue with her platform and not pander to fringe groups.

The Bernie or Bust people sound like more rabid versions of Nader supporters in 2000. I’ve seen people post things like “maybe the Democratic party needs a Trump presidency to wake them up”... and “I’m going to write in Bernie, which will invalidate my ballot in my state.” (The latter I have seen numerous times.)

Those young white men ARE affected by those things, of course. But most of them don’t realize it because they’re usually not forced into situations that make them aware of it.

I was going to scoff at this until I remembered the number of 18-30 year old “Bernie or Bust!” dudebros on Facebook who don’t have to worry about access to women’s healthcare or race relations and now I’m kind of nervous.