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Elliot Polsky | July 28, 2016
USAToday Digital Editor Natalie DiBlasio filmed “hundreds—possibly a thousand” protesters lining the hurricane fencing separating the masses from the invitees inside the Democratic National Convention (DNC) nominating Hillary Clinton as its party's presidential candidate. Most protesters were Bernie-or-bust voters carrying large cut-outs of their socialist icon's head and hands or now-obsolete…
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Elliot Polsky | July 28, 2016
Angry Bernie-Or-Bust protesters have made the DNC protests much more inflammatory — both literally and figuratively — than the protests at last week’s RNC. As Obama gave his speech Wednesday night, USAToday Digital Editor Natalie DiBlasio reported that “hundreds—possibly a thousand” protesters lined up along the fence separating Democratic invitees from everybody else. Protesters carried giant…
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Elliot Polsky | July 26, 2016
Bernie supporters almost carried their socialist icon to the Democratic nomination, but whether or not Hillary would have beat him fair and square, we will never be known. In lieu of the recent Wikileaks email scandal revealing that the Democratic Party helped rigged the primary for Hillary, Bernie supporters want out—as they made clear to comedian Sarah Silverman during her DNC speech—even if…
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Elliot Polsky | July 26, 2016
Comedian Sarah Silverman came to the DNC convention in Philadelphia Tuesday to win fellow Bernie Sanders supporters over to the presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton. When she started her speech by announcing that she was a Bernie supporter, she was met with explosive cheers. Those cheers turned to boos when it became evident that Silverman was about to endorse Hillary. After touting Bernie’s…
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Elliot Polsky | July 20, 2016
Outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday, a representative for the Black Lawyers for Justice introduced Stephen X “from Canada” to speak about black empowerment. Stephen and the subsequent speaker made some interesting claims about the history of the Jews and White people. According to Stephen X, “The biggest enemy we have is global white supremacy.” White…
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Elliot Polsky | July 19, 2016
The Workers World Party Presidential candidate, Monica Moorehead, and VP candidate, Lamont Lilly, helped to kick off the protests at the RNC on Sunday, the day before the start of the convention. Both candidates for this American communist party gave speeches at the start of the “Shut Down Trump and the RNC” march on Sunday. The VP candidate, Lamont Lilly, then helped to hold the banner at the…