The Digger

“ The Times would have us believe that the reason African-Americans did not uniformly vote for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats is because they were too dimwitted to think for themselves.” Excerpt:  "The outlandish “Russian interference” narrative just took a turn from the banal to blatantly disrespectful. For the past two years, the punditry on the supposed left have been peddling the lie that the thousands of dollars spent on Facebook and Google ads—purportedly at the behest of Putin—had more impact on the outcome of the 2016 elections than the billions of dollars that were unleashed by corporations, lobbyists and the dark moneyed oligarchs. This week, the  New York Times decided to stop insulting our intelligence and instead chose to insult decency. According to an article written by Scott Shane and Sheera Frenkel, Russians allegedly unleashed an intricate plot to targeted African-Americans in order to foment discontent and dupe “black people” to vote against thei...

By now, the response to such a headline: what else is new?! Two paragraphs deep, however, the lede: " According to  strategy documents obtained   by   The Intercept   and the watchdog group Documented, the private healthcare industry is working aggressively alongside corporate Democrats to spread   anti-single payer propaganda   and "minimize the potential" for Medicare for All as an alternative to the current for-profit status quo. Folks at the  @theintercept  got their hands on some documents that show how private insurers intend to join with centrists who want to confuse what single-payer and, specifically, what Medicare for All mean  https://t.co/fyYGYv7g9l   pic.twitter.com/y5t4CkiRGB — Chris Middleman (@_Middleman)  November 20, 2018 Directed by former Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton staffers and leading insurance industry lobbyists, an alliance called the Partnership for America's Health Care Future worked h...

Link:   Hillary Clinton 2020 is Malcolm X’s American Nightmare on Steroids   - by Danny Haiphong Excerpt: "Currently, the crisis in the Democratic Party is far graver than in the White Man’s Party. Donald Trump can comfortably carry out the deeds of the ruling class while posing as the celebrity President. Trump’s rule has been another chapter in Malcolm’s American Nightmare, but not because Trump is a special case. Trump’s Administration has been consistent in the escalation of imperialist wars by  dropping more bombs   on Afghanistan in one year than any other President prior. He has cut taxes for the rich and continued the bipartisan consensus of criminalizing immigrants. However, the ruling class will stop at nothing to paint him as a “Russian” regardless of how much his Administration has increased sanctions against Russia and built up the U.S.’ military presence along the Russian border. That’s because under this period of imperialism, the ruling...