Resistance at #TheVillage
Voting starts today to determine our nominee. I live in Iowa so I’ll be heading to the caucus tonight. Here’s some information for those of you unfamiliar with the caucus system. For the record, I...
View ArticleCages installed outside Iowa caucus sites remind public to not look away from...
Iowans on their way to caucus in Des Moines on Monday may encounter a reminder from a leading immigrant and refugee rights advocacy group: in the midst of the Republican Senate’s sham impeachment...
View ArticleWhew! Home from the caucus
I haven’t written many diaries since the format changed so I hope this comes out right. It was a disorganized mess, but we got the job done. They put two precincts in the same room so we ended up...
View ArticleThe Result That Can Only Help Trump: The Iowa Caucus
Cui bono? Who benefits? With the absolute shit show in Iowa, starting with the mysterious pulling of the final Des Moines Register poll (the poll that accurately predicted the results in the last 4...
View ArticleIowa turnout and what it means
Going into the Iowa caucus, these were the stories we were seeing:Record Turnout Expected To Strain Iowa Caucus SitesOn Monday, Iowa Democrats are expecting a record turnout as they kick off the...
View ArticleWake Up And Smell The Coffee Iowa Caucus Fans.
Even David Plouffe who tried not to criticize the Iowa caucus system because he onced work for the Iowa Democratic Party said that this will probaby be the last Iowa caucus. I was like a lot of other...
View ArticleAre you kidding me? The Iowa caucus issues are the best thing that could have...
Everybody is really upset they are not getting the results right away. There will be about a sixteen hour lag. Let’s see what good is coming from this.1. A direct illustration of the importance of...
View ArticleNo Results yet, but remember, whoever Won Iowa is the one who got screwed by...
I just want to remind everyone, that no matter the spin that’s going to be coming when we finally get results, the main injured parties of the night will be the winner of Iowa and any campaign that...
View ArticleRelax. Democrats had a bad night; Trump has had 1,111 of them
I’m not sure how to feel about this Iowa caucus snafu, other than to ask, once again — why the hell does Iowa have such an outsized influence on who gets to be president?It looks bad on a few...
View ArticleDon't Fret: The Caucuses Are A Joke!
Having worked for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in Iowa in 2008, I am not surprised by what happened with the caucuses last night. “Democratic” caucuses are essentially won by mob rule and...
View ArticleNot a diary, Just FYI: Iowa Results by 5pm Eastern Today
FYI, Washington Post is reporting Iowa caucuses 2020 live updates: State’s Democratic Party says it will release results by 5 p.m. EasternNo link because Washington Post is pay-walled. You can find it...
View ArticleKOS SONGBOOK: The Iowa Caucus halftime show
(Sung to: Shakira, “Hips Don’t Lie”) Democrats are here tonight(No fighting, no fighting) We got the caucuses up in here tonight (no fighting, no fighting) (Ground Zero, Ground Zero) I never really...
View ArticleAre You The State You Live In?
Are you synonymous with the state you live in? Does it define you? Is it representative of who you are? My answer to that: Aspects may represent and reflect you, but there are undoubtedly features...
View ArticleDem Disaster in Iowa
Not since its namesake battleship had a forward gun turret explosion in 1989 that killed 47 sailors has Iowa suffered a bigger catastrophe. After 18 months of preparation, the first-in-the-nation Iowa...
View ArticleIowa Caucus Results with 62% of Precincts reporting - Buttigieg and Sanders...
Iowa Caucus ResultsUpdated: 71% of precincts ReportingBUTTIGIEG…….26.8%SANDERS……….25.2%WARREN……….18.4%BIDEN……………15.4%KLOBUCHAR….12.6%YANG……………...1.1%STEYER…………….0.3%BLOOMBERG.… 0.0%Link
View ArticleAn interesting take on the Iowa Caucus difficulties
Not my observation, but interesting enough to take notice of. A short twitter thread about 'Shadow', the group running the caucus data collating/reporting app that’s at the heart of the caucus’...
View ArticleIowa Caucus Fucknuffle
I made up the word Fucknuffle, hope that doesn’t get me in trouble.A full day after the 2020 Iowa caucus results (not votes) should have been tallied and reported, they still can’t get their shit...
View ArticleThis is a real leadership moment.
It looks like we have left Iowa and are now on the road to Abilene.Nearly 36 hours since the votes were tallied at 1,765 precincts across Iowa, and still nearly 30% have no results.At this point it...
View ArticleThe Iowa Democratic Party Has the Results. Release them NOW!
There’s something rotten in the state of Iowa. We may all wish to believe that some sort of technical glitch created our current situation, but I believe the reality is that certain members of the Iowa...
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Iowa Caucus: One Person, One Vote, Three Delegates
Hello! I have a quick anecdote to share and consider from caucus night at my precinct in Iowa. I think its absurd to apply the extremely arbitrary 15% viability cutoff at the level of each individual...
View ArticleDon't Blame the App: Lessons from Iowa
How the Democrats Can Regain the Technical High GroundFull disclosure: I am a web developer by trade. I tend to think that superior technology tends to determine the winners and losers of history. If...
View ArticleCartoon: Autocracy, it just works better!
xVimeo VideoWell, it’s been a tough week for democracy. First, Democrats in Iowa completely screwed up the first major step to picking a nominee who will hopefully replace President Trump. Of course...
View ArticleThere Appears To Be One Constant From Across The Decades In This Campaign...
And it is my batting average when it comes to picking Democratic presidential candidates. And it’s bad. Otherwise, 2020 is a sea of poltiical confusion, or so you would think if you are a political...
View ArticleOpinion-Why does it feel that the results from the Iowa Caucus/De Moines Iowa...
The official Iowa Caucus Resultshttps://results.thecaucuses.org*Opinion*“A rising tide lifts all boats”I feel this quote fits, Given the current political state of things. With 97% of the #IowaCaucus...
View ArticleWhat I Have Learned From The Media This Week, Or How They Fail Us Again And...
Laura Clawson is doing an excellent job of covering how bad the ABC moderators of this latest Demcoratic “debate” are performing. And you don’t have to be a progressive to see how awful the “There...
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So rounding is hard. Iowa rounding errors result in many SDE given to wrong...
I know everyone is sick of the Iowa caucus. But many people spent countless hours doing hard work in Iowa and people spent hours to caucus for their candidates. Those people deserve to have their votes...
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Iowa Caucus: The Voters Left Out
Last weekend I canvassed for my candidate in the Iowa 2020 caucus and talked to a wide variety of voters. This is not a pro-candidate post but instead a collection of stories of people I met who did...
View ArticleIf You're Ready for a Closer Look at Amy Klobuchar ...
My first close look at Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar was during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings (he’s even more odious than I remembered). You can tell she’s a former prosecutor. She was calm but...
View ArticleNevada has to do a lot of work in a short time to secure its caucus after...
Former Senate Majority Leader and proud Nevadan Harry Reid makes a strong case for Nevada supplanting Iowa as the first nominating contest in the nation in a new Vice interview. "Why? Because we're a...
View ArticleWarren & Castro Call Out Bloomberg's Redlining Lies About Democrats...
First off, this is bull shit:Michael Bloomberg said at the height of the housing crisis in 2008 that getting rid of "redlining," the biased housing practice that stopped banks from providing mortgages...
View ArticleAnxiety and Depression at the Iowa Caucus
NOTE: This is part of a longform series documenting my experiences on the 2020 Campaign Trail. Subscribe for more updates: https://christopherrex.substack.com/THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 — HOLIDAY INN...
View ArticleAnxiety and Depression at the Iowa Caucus
NOTE: This is part of a longform series documenting my experiences on the 2020 Campaign Trail. Subscribe for more updates: https://christopherrex.substack.com/PART ONE— PART TWOFRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020...
View ArticleNew Daily Kos/Civiqs poll: Most Americans disapprove of U.S. Senate’s...
The best antidote to hot takes is hard data, and the February Daily Kos/Civiqs poll is here with your cure. This month’s survey of 1,543 registered voters was conducted online from Feb. 11-14 and...
View ArticleNevada Democrats Look to Silicon Valley to Prevent Iowa-Like Meltdown, by...
Google and Apple are about to play a big role in 2020’s next presidential contest.By Steven RosenfeldThis article was produced by Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute.As four days...
View ArticleClimate change is stirring up young voters
By Judith Lewis Mernit For Elsa Mengistu, it all began with guns. The 18-year-old North Carolina native first found her way into organizing for a cause through the Winston-Salem chapter of March for...
View ArticleOnline Bernie Sanders Supporters In Real Life
NOTE: This is part of a longform series documenting my experiences on the 2020 Campaign Trail. Subscribe for more updates: https://christopherrex.substack.com/PART 1—PART 2—PART 3Iowa City, Iowa—There...
View ArticleWhat Went Wrong With Warren, A Post-Mortem of a Promising Campaign
What went wrong with Warren? Aside from the wonderful, pulsing alliteration of that sentence, that is a question that I, a fan and strong supporter of Elizabeth Warren have been grappling with for...
View Article'I'm a little stoned, so I don't even care': Meet Ron DeSantis' army of...
We get it. Not everyone is a people person. Some folks—like Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and war criminal-cum-cat painter George W. Bush—have a natural talent for glad-handing politics, while others, um...
View ArticleTrump dominating Iowa too. Republicans just don’t care their guy might be a...
A new survey out from Iowa's polling guru J. Ann Selzer shows Donald Trump dominating the first-in-the-nation caucus much like he’s dominating the national landscape.TheDes Moines Register/NBC...
View ArticleTrump accuses DeSantis wife (?) of committing voter fraud
“Ron DeSantis’ Wife, Casey, Encouraged Republicans to Commit Voter Fraud in Iowa,” reads one such headline from The Forward, but incorrectly attributed to Yahoo News.“Casey DeSantis Accused of Urging...
View ArticleMajority of Iowa caucusgoers identify with Trump's MAGA movement
The majority of Iowa Republicans who are caucusing Monday believe in the need to “Make America Great Again,” a sign of how Donald Trump and his political movement have transformed a state party that...
View ArticleFor Iowa Republicans, it was Trump all along
In some ways, Iowa’s Republican caucuses were practically over before they began, with Donald Trump cultivating a deep network of support over three presidential runs.About 7 in 10 Iowans who caucused...
View ArticleRon DeSantis finishes a distant second in Iowa
Former President Donald Trump scored a record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday with his rivals languishing far behind, a victory that sent a resounding message that the GOP's 2024...
View ArticleJoy Reid warns us of the threat of Christian Nationalism as Iowa caucus...
UPDATE: Tuesday, Jan 16, 2024 · 6:43:35 AM +00:00·Dem80% of fundamentalist Christians have voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election and in the 2020 presidential election and 80% of...
View ArticleNational Review Ron DeSantis Supporter Buries His Candidate And Erects...
Poor Ron DeSantis. One of his propagandists at The National Review has buried his beloved candidate and erected a gravestone to his memory. I’m just wondering if he bothered to text DeSantis to let...
View ArticleRepublicans Were More Concerned with The Iowa Caucus than with MLK Day
Yesterday, the United States paid tribute to one of the most important and impactful civil rights icons in our nation’s history. Cities across the U.S. organized events in honor of the life and legacy...
View ArticleReflections on the Iowa Caucus
Just a quick note on the institution of the Iowa Caucuses before we forget all about it. The Democrats, bowing to the problems shown in the 2020 caucus and the Democratic Party’s preference for...
View ArticleChris Sununu the lying cynic - is he as cynical as his candidate Nikki Haley?
Chris Sununu said that he would vote for Donald Trump if he was the nominee. I saw a clip in which he had been saying how bad and dangerous it would be for the country if Donald Trump was president as...
View ArticleDid Joe Biden Win the Iowa Caucuses? Experts Say Yes
Last week, the 2024 primary season kicked off the long-awaited Iowa Caucus. As theDes Moines Register notes, this important event represented the first test of the election cycle for Donald Trump and...
View ArticleCNN has headlines of doom and gloom
CNN is reporting thusly…Iowa meltdown hands opening to TrumpThe Iowa caucuses are an embarrassmentViable? Not viable? Iowa voters navigate tumultuous caucusWhat is going on in Iowa? Local officials...
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