Primarily Speaking

Your move, Carly Fiorina!
BOOM: "Hillary Clinton on Monday attacked the crowded field of Republican presidential contenders for making her the focus of their campaigns. 'I think it's worth noting that Republicans seem to be talking only about me,' she told reporters after her first roundtable in New Hampshire, which took place at a family-owned wooden toy company in Keene. 'I don't know what they'd talk about if I weren't in the race.'" LOLOLOL.

I'm pretty sure they would be talking about same-sex wedding receptions fully 100% of the time.

This is very encouraging: "Earlier this week, Clinton brought on Maya Harris, along with Jake Sullivan and Ann O'Leary, to offer expertise on everything from foreign policy to international human rights. Before being hired by Clinton, Harris, who is the only one of the three who has not previously worked alongside Clinton, served as a dean at the Lincoln Law School of San Jose and worked as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. As a senior fellow, she emphasized the importance of the Black female vote, penning a paper titled, "Women of Color: A Growing Force in the American Electorate." (pdf) Using statistics that show that Black women are the most likely demographic to vote, she urged politicians to focus their efforts on women of color. 'Women are the country's largest voting bloc, and women of color are the fastest-growing segment of that group,' she wrote in her paper, arguing that politicians shouldn't go through a larger demographic to reach Black women specifically." Right on. My fervent hope is that Harris will be empowered and heard by the campaign.

HA HA COOOOOOOL: "Major news outlets—including Fox News, The Washington Post and the New York Times—have hammered out 'exclusive agreements' with the author of a forthcoming book about Hillary and Bill Clinton to pursue stories from the book, according to the New York Times's Amy Chozick. The book carries a long title—"Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich"—and comes from Peter Schweizer, a well-traveled writer. ...The publisher of "Clinton Cash" is HarperCollins, part of News Corp., which is the sister company of 21st Century Fox, the company that houses Fox News."

So a division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. options some garbage tell-all about speaking fees, and then multiple news outlets strike "exclusive" agreements (how does that work?), and then this shit will be reported as legit news. Awesome. And Hillary Clinton was mocked for saying there's a vast rightwing conspiracy. Welp.

Something something New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio reportedly wants to be drafted to challenge Hillary Clinton whut?

The Koch Brothers have apparently picked Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker as their favorite potential contender for the Republican nomination. Sure. He seems like the biggest puppet in the clown car.

Well, Jeb Bush isn't even officially running yet, and already he is BLOWING IT BIG TIME on trying to navigate his connection to what is arguably the worst US presidency ever: "Jeb Bush declares his brother's failures 'irrelevant': The obvious problem with Bush's position is that it's factually wrong. If there's 'deep insecurity' in the world, much of it is the direct result of some of his brother's decisions—most notably a disastrous and unnecessary war in the Middle East that destabilized the region. If the Florida Republican genuinely believes his brother's wars aren't 'relevant' to today's national security challenges, Bush is badly confused about the basics of current events." Whoooooooops your terrible candidacy that isn't even official yet, Jeb Bush!

In other news: All the other Republican contenders are still terrible.

Talk about these things! Or don't. Whatever makes you happy. Life is short.