Concerned Citizen posted:

rip kara eastman and randy bryce i guess

Raskolnikov38 posted:

weird i can't find either of these names on obama's list of endorsements

Concerned Citizen posted:

i thought we were talking about red-to-blue candidates

quote:

Prosecutors have declined to file charges against prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck in connection with the fatal overdose last summer of a 26-year-old man at Buck’s West Hollywood home, citing insufficient evidence, according to court records.

In a document dated Thursday, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said that the “admissible evidence is insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt” that Buck gave Gemmel Moore drugs or is responsible for the man’s July 2017 death.

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Los Angeles County coroner's officials had concluded that Moore died from an accidental methamphetamine overdose in Buck’s Laurel Avenue apartment, which was littered with drug paraphernalia. Paramedics found Moore naked on a mattress in the living room, the coroner’s report said.

They ruled Moore's death an accident, and an initial review by sheriff’s deputies found nothing suspicious. But in August 2017, homicide detectives launched a new investigation after Moore’s mother and friends questioned whether the drugs that killed him were self-administered.

A notebook found in Moore’s possession indicated he used drugs with someone whose name is redacted in the coroner’s report. The Times has reviewed pages of that journal, in which Moore purportedly wrote about using crystal methamphetamine.

“Ed Buck is the one to thank,” Moore appears to have written. “He gave me my first injection of chrystal [sic] meth.”

Moore's mother, LaTisha Nixon of Texas, had questioned whether Buck’s ties to elected officials and differences in race and class influenced the investigation. Buck, who is 63 and white, is a longtime political donor, onetime West Hollywood City Council candidate and a well-known figure in LGBTQ political circles. Moore, who was black, had been homeless and had worked as an escort.

Homicide investigators presented their case to prosecutors July 10. The district attorney’s office reviewed and rejected four charges: murder, voluntary manslaughter, and furnishing and possessing drugs.

SKULL.GIF posted:

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1024696818544861189

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

https://twitter.com/DavidKlion/status/1024751093295853568
https://twitter.com/DavidKlion/status/1024753848701935616

Spatula City posted:

on the upside, if Gillibrand is now mortal enemies with Soros and the Clintonites, there's a good chance she'll have no choice but to align with the more leftward elements in the Democratic Party, and she will have to further un-succ. also she had to know speaking out against Franken was going to be a net negative, and she did it anyway. The people saying she did it for political calculation are diabolical shitheads, and sort of the same kind of people that would write "HAS METOO GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME?!!" editorials.

not saying Gillibrand isn't pretty succ, but I've thought for a while her as president would be a better case scenario than Harris, Booker, or any of the other posturing frauds by a wide margin.

Spatula City posted:

on the upside, if Gillibrand is now mortal enemies with Soros and the Clintonites, there's a good chance she'll have no choice but to align with the more leftward elements in the Democratic Party, and she will have to further un-succ. also she had to know speaking out against Franken was going to be a net negative, and she did it anyway. The people saying she did it for political calculation are diabolical shitheads, and sort of the same kind of people that would write "HAS METOO GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME?!!" editorials.

not saying Gillibrand isn't pretty succ, but I've thought for a while her as president would be a better case scenario than Harris, Booker, or any of the other posturing frauds by a wide margin.

Willa Rogers posted:

how brave of him to endorse the dem slate in illinois that was nominated several months ago.

Fleetwood posted:

let's be honest- the bravest thing obama ever did was tell bourdain that it's never ok to put ketchup on a hot dog

mastershakeman posted:

At least he didn't endorse lipinski

GalacticAcid posted:

poo poo this is a couple days old but im just seeing it now

Prosecutors decline to file charges against political donor in fatal overdose of Gemmel Moore


I remember when this broke but have seen basically nothing about it since then.

quote:

In a document dated Thursday, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said that the “admissible evidence is insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt” that Buck gave Gemmel Moore drugs or is responsible for the man’s July 2017 death.

Shear Modulus posted:

huh thats funny i was under the impression that the decision to file criminal charges was in fact not the exact same as that of conviction, and that a jury decides whether the evidence proves beyond a reasonable doubt and not the prosecutor

quote:

Biden, Not Warren

While I agree that Elizabeth Warren has tremendous gifts that would make her a very good president, I think if the Democrats select her in 2020, we will have made a great mistake. Run a ticket of Joe Biden, and as vice president, one of the very strong, upcoming young leaders within the party, such as Kamala Harris of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey, etc. With his long experience in national government, Biden should run on “let’s fix what’s wrong with government” and what Trump wrecked (because by 2020 it will be A LOT!). He would pledge to serve one term, and he would have as his second major task, to work with and groom the vice president to run for president and win in 2024. We ought not to overlook Joe’s attractiveness as president: His easy manner, deep connections, both domestic and international, long experience, and what he could teach the vice president. The one term answers the age issue, and gives Democrats a start on 2024.
— CalSailor, California

Fleetwood posted:

Worth noting that Gilibrand's top contributor, Boies Schiller Flexner, is litigating against Iranian state assets in the UK for 9/11 attack damages.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-08-01/families-of-9-11-victims-look-to-seize-iran-assets-in-britain

They also represent Harvey Weinstein and Thereanos. Their partners jump ship to go work for credit card companies and they are currently pursuing a $11B+ bitcoin case in FL.

Mostly, she's a Wall St croney, but she also gets lots of assistance from Big Pharma and real estate developers. I'd put her a notch above Booker and Harris but she still tips the succ scale

e: here's her opensecrets page for reference:

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00027658&cycle=CAREER

Shear Modulus posted:

oh yeah i should post this here too

are you guys ready for the ONE-TERM PLEDGE!!!!!!


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/01/opinion/trump-2020-elizabeth-warren.html

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

reading this thread is giving me an ulcer

WampaLord posted:

galenanorth posted:

2008: America needs a qualified candidate, a candidate with boatloads of POLITICAL EXPERIENCE even if it's experience making bad decisions
2020: America needs a candidate who without any political experience but who has plenty of experience in how to manipulate your GUT

Issues and things that would be done in office? Who needs those?

nah posted:

these absolute buffoons think Trump won only because he was famous and not because of his right wing populism

nah posted:

these absolute buffoons think Trump won only because he was famous and not because of his right wing populism