A weekend review of what happened in the Iowa Caucus this week and how our “democracy” gets commonly rigged these days and a little on what to do about it:
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I. The Iowa Caucus (a.k.a. Circus)
Awesome Rally in Iowa
THIS IS HOW WE WIN: SIOUX CITY RALLY WITH AOC ~ Bernie Sanders (Jan 27, 2020)
Notes:
- Nice point by Moore: We gave so much to our country (and the D Party). But what did we get back?
- AOC’s point on fighting for the weakest as a the way to fight for us all (very good stand!) reminded me of Jesus’ “many who are first will be last, and the last first”. (I regard Jesus as one of history’s first recorded leading grassroots activists for socio-economic-political justice, later re-painted as some superstition-preacher (religionist) by selfish preachers and aristocrats creating status-quo-supporting religions to boost their own standing) — Our movement: All for one and one for all.
Bernie Cool Respond to Trump’S State of The Union
BERNIE RESPONDS TO TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ~ Bernie Sanders
Oh… and did we get results from the first election process in the primaries this year, the Iowa Caucus where Bernie was so clearly leading? Well, you may have heard a little about some reporting “difficulties” although the corporate media are mostly ignoring that the Iowa Caucus ever happened:
D-Party’s Collapsing of the Iowa Caucus
BREAKING: Iowa Fix Is In – Proof of Manufactured Chaos (Web Exclusive) ~ Redacted Tonight
Note: Caitlin Johnstone also revealed and commented on this bugging of the very first electoral contest of the race this year: DNC Completely Loses Public Trust In Its Primary Process On Very First Day
Comment on the Cheating
The Iowa Caucus Sh*t Show, Explained ~ The Humanist Report
Bernie Comment on Iowa-Cheat in a NH Rally
Slick (though more kind and peaceful than I would be about another cheating attempt) comment at the start of a NH rally:
CAMPAIGN 2020: BERNIE SANDERS talks Iowa Caucus in first rally in New Hampshire after IA ~ The Hill
Analysis of Iowa
Basically a nearly all-white state (therefore not a top stte for Bernie who is most stronly allied with working poor people where non-whites have much higher percentages)… supporters of losing corporate candidates regrouping i a caucus (where regrouping is possible) behind corporate Pete Butt-Gig (who nationwide has hardly any chance of electoral success)…
Krystal Ball: Why Bernie is the real winner out of Iowa ~ The Hill
More Analysis of Iowa and Moving On
Michael Brooks: The path forward for Bernie ~ The Hill
More Analysis of Iowa and Super Tuesday Prediction
Nate Silver predicts Bernie Super Tuesday dominance ~ The Hill
The D-Party Once Again Making a Joke out of Democracy
Krystal Ball: Pete’s fake victory erases working class voters ~ The Hill
Bernie Press Conference on Iowa (2/6/2020)
CAMPAIGN 2020: BERNIE SANDERS declares victory over PETE BUTTIGIEG in Iowa Caucus ~ The Hill
More News on the Shady “Dem” Party Actions in Iowa
Chaos Continues in Iowa as Democrats Mistakenly Award Delegates for Bernie Sanders to Deval Patrick ~ Democracy Now!
II. Iowagate
Glitches or rigging? You decide:
Effects of harming democratic processes:
Saagar Enjeti: Iowa screw-up is worse than Russiagate ever was ~ The Hill
Behind the scenes of Iowagate
Deep State Rigs Iowa Caucus For Mayor Pete — The Political Vigilante ~ Graham Elwood
And one more cheat (to keep boosting Buttigig by delaying the debunking of his false victory claim):
DNC Head’s Last Ditch Effort To Deny Bernie His Victory Lap ~ Secular Talk
If curious enough, you can also listen to some follow-the-money dig-up on associated jerks: Iowa debacle fueled by anti-Bernie billionaires, Russiagate hucksters, failed DNC elites ~ The Grayzone
III. How to Deal with Planned Cheating
One thing to do: create a landslide with which to outrun the planned cheats:
Bernie Now MASSIVE Favorite To Be Democratic Nominee ~ Secular Talk
IV. Iowa (how it works) and Whole U.S. Democracy Screwup
Your Democracy Sucks! Caucuses and Conflicts of Interest ~ NonCompete
One important point: Conflict of interest must be treated like bribery-financed-fraud (because it leads to it). Conflict of interest in politics must be barred and punished when it isn’t.
And now on to the Wakeful Video Weekend…
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Beanstock's World 
I’m hoping these sort of shenanigans will stop after Iowa, but the greed of the DNC is such that I’m not optimistic. Eventually it will get the best of them, but we need to plan to thwart them. Power to the people!
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Just like back in 2016, the “Democratic” Party is working hard again, at all levels and together with mass media corporations, to prevent Bernie from the nomination, even if it may ensure another loss to Trump. The “leadership” corrupticians in both parties don’t care nearly as much about the presidency (or the health of our country and planet) as they do about remaining in their parasitic millionaire minion positions serving the robber billionaires and thus gaining millions of wealth plus status and a warped weird self-esteem when playing so evil a role.
Therefore they will continue to do all they can to prevent progressive change that betters the lives of the “unwashed masses” that we, the people, are in their eyes.
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