Another Friday, another roundup of news from us over here at Bay Area for Bernie. This was the week that I learned how to embed Tweets. I totally got this technology thing. This was also the week that answered the burning question, “What terms does Jeb Bush think are too offensive to be used even in a desperate attempt to call attention to himself?” (hint: there aren’t many). But the good news is that there’s good news as well, so let’s dive in:
What Have We Been Up To, You Ask? We’ve been hearing from our members around the Bay – John Gonsalves writes about his travels through the southwest, and Peter Graumann sent us a copy of a letter he wrote to the San Francisco Chronicle about Bernie. And a group of us hopped in a van, drove to Reno, saw Bernie and Tweeted the whole thing. (You can see my masterful embedded Tweet work here.)
About that Reno Rally: 4,500 people at the University of Nevada.
And More Rallies, this time in South Carolina.
More Like Wiscon-win, Amirite? A new poll from Wisconsin shows Bernie at 32 percent support, a rise of approximately 32 percentage points since the same poll was taken in April.
So This Web Site Is Cool: Campaign Zero is a project that is proposing policy solutions to police violence. (They say it much more eloquently and with many fewer alliterations on their web site.) And hey hey! Look who’s doing well in their ranking of presidential candidates.
CNN: Hotbed of Revolutionary Politics: Cornell West, the civil rights activists, endorsed Bernie this. Thank you, doctor!
Cranky Old Man Gets Cranky With Reporters: In its continuing efforts to drive establishment media into the ground, the New York Times asked Bernie to comment on the discrepancy between the amount of attention paid to his hair and that paid to Hillary Clinton’s hair. Hilarity ensures.
Yes, But Do You Have a Video of a Small Child Explaining Why Bernie’s the Best? Glad you asked.
That’s it for me, folks. Have a love weekend, and keep feeling the bern!
The header image is adopted from “Professor Cornell West Stirs Up the After Dinner Crowd” by Flickr user Jim. It is distributed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 2.0.
WE ARE San Leandro for Bernie. WE are planning a public debate night locally , music from setting up a social media team, a media letter writing group, a debate night plan for Oct 13, a target plan as we build progressive identity and network in our community. Our second meeting is this Thursday at Zocola coffee shop on Aug 27 at 7PM to begin making our efforts more visible and effective.