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  • Ex-aide claims top Queens Democrat was corrupt, spewed racist slurs

    12/16/2018 10:58:31 AM PST · by GuavaCheesePuff · 17 replies
    New York Post ^ | December 15, 2018 | Kathianne Boniello
    Queens Assemblywoman Vivian Cook is a corrupt racist who tossed around the N-word, degraded a biracial employee and hired her own grandson for a low-show job, an explosive lawsuit charges. Ex-legislative aide Gail Palmer alleges that the ethically challenged and often-angry lawmaker would smash things on the floor while “frequently cursing at and excoriating” terrified staffers, who kept silent because they needed their jobs. The 80-year-old Democrat often called her half a dozen employees “motherf- -kers” and would make bizarre racial proclamations including, “I’m feeling colored today,” or “I’m feeling n- - -erish,” according to court papers.
  • Democrats Have Made One Thing Very Clear About 2020: They’re Over White Men

    11/27/2018 12:12:42 PM PST · by GuavaCheesePuff · 70 replies
    Slate ^ | November 15, 2018 | Jamelle Bouie
    The midterm elections did not give Democrats a singular leader to rally behind, nor did it settle ideological divides in the party. But the results can tell us a lot about the mood among Democratic voters, and what they might be looking for in a 2020 presidential nominee. First, much hay has been made about the choice between progressives on one hand and moderates or “centrists” on the other. You could read the midterms results as vindication for the latter; outspoken progressives like Kara Eastman in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District and Leslie Cockburn in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District fell short,...