The surprise victory of former vice president Joe Biden on Super Tuesday.
The victories in eight of the fourteen Super Tuesday contests showed that he wasn't buried in the grave yet. He now is leading in the delegates against rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Many Democrats were turned off to Sanders and Warren's populist message.
It also hurted Sanders when he called the Democratic Party leaders (the ones who have to back his campaign if he becomes the nominee), the "establishment." He also faced criticism of how he treated candidates running against him. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-CA), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O'Rourke have complained about the Bernie Bros.
Biden did not spend a lot of money in many of these states. Matter of fact, he beaten Sanders and Warren in states they've campaigning heavily in.
In the states of Minnesota, Massachusetts, Maine, and Texas, Biden put less than $100,000 in campaign fundraising and did not put a lot of ads on the television.
As the polls closed on Super Tuesday and results came in, it became clear that Biden had swept the Southern states, winning the primaries in Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas, as well as Minnesota and Massachusetts, and had ended the night with the most delegates.
Sanders came out on top in Colorado, Utah and his home state of Vermont, NBC News projected.
Sanders started his first airing of commercials in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
But it's a little too late?
In the next posting I will address Bernie Sanders and his supporters. I have gotten tired of the Bernie Bros. I am getting tired of Shaun King, Thom Hartmann, Cenk Uygur, Michael Moore, David Sirota, Nina Turner and Ryan Knight pushing bullshit this election year. They're the reasons to why Sanders is losing this.
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) doesn't care what AIPAC thinks of her. She says the group is endorsing the genocide of the Palestinian people at the hands of Israel.
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) has coming out swinging against AIPAC.
The progressive lawmaker joins Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in taking on the largest lobby in the United States.
She said that AIPAC is "weaponizing anti-semitism and hate to silence dissent."
The lawmaker made it clear that AIPAC is toxic to the Democratic Party.
"By weaponizing anti-semitism and hate to silence dissent AIPAC is taunting Democrats and mocking our core values. I hope Democrats understand what is at stake and take a stand, because working to advance peace, human rights and justice is not sinister, it is righteous."
She said that the attacks on her, Omar and Tlaib is disgraceful.
She said AIPAC called the lawmakers a greater threat than the Islamic State.
In a memo, AIPAC said directly: "It's critical that we protect our Israeli allies especially as they face threats from Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS and -- maybe more sinister -- right here in the U.S. Congress."
In an interview with Middle East Eye, McCollum said AIPAC's attacks on Israel's Democratic critics in Congress proves that the organization is not "inclusive or non-partisan" as it claims to be.
"I choose not to attend. Why would I go to an organization that thinks I'm a terrorist, thinks I'm worse than ISIS... I am not going to look the other way and not acknowledge speech that is hateful which was directed towards me," said McCollum.
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
She says that Donald J. Trump's peace deal is unfair to the Palestinian people. It pretty much allowing Israel control the land it already occupied and doesn't give the West Bank and Gaza Strip any say.
McCollum was one of the many lawmakers who refuse to support the resolution condemning the BDS movement. The Global Boycott Divestment and Sanction movement is a Palestinian inspired group that is pressuring global leaders to boycott Israel.
Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) support the American Israeli Political Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group that advocates apartheid in the Middle Eastern country.
Warren decided to not attend the AIPAC 2020 conference.
On Sunday, the former CEO of General Electric who was dubbed the "manager of the century" passed away from renal failure.
Welch died in his home in Massachusetts on Sunday surrounded by his family.
Donald J. Trump led tributes to the Welch. The former CEO of GE supported Trump's bid for the president. He called him a "friend and supporter" and said about Welch, "there was no corporate leader like "neutron" Jack."
Welch led GE for 20 years from 1981 to 2001, growing it from a $14 billion dollar that made light bulbs and appliances to a financial services and consulting conglomerate valued at $140 billion.
"Today is a sad day for the entire GE family. Jack was larger than life and the heart of GE for half a century. He reshaped the face of our company and the business world. Jack was a strong and constant influence throughout my career despite never having worked directly for him. When I last saw him, what I remember most vividly was when he asked me, 'So how exactly are you running the company?' Jack was still in it -- committed to GE's success. And to have Jack Welch ask me how I am running GE is pretty humbling," said H. Lawrence Culp, Jr., CEO and chairman of GE.
"He will be deeply missed by me and the entire GE team. And we'll continue to honor his legacy by doing exactly what Jack would want us to do: win. We extend our thoughts and sympathies to Suzy and his family during this time."
Destructive tornado destroys portions of Nashville. An Ef-4 tornado touchdown through downtown Nashville.
Music City was hit by a major tornadoes.
Nashville-Davidson County is a consolidated city community with a population of 694,000 residents.
Nashville is the capital of Tennessee. It's the largest city in the state and is home to country music legends and the future home of Black music.
Nashville, Tennessee had seen better nights. Like here in Dayton, Ohio, the city didn't expect a major tornado to hit their community. For those who don't believe climate change is real, ya'll better get your head out the ass.
Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Gov. Bill Lee, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and the nine U.S. Representatives of Tennessee will offer their "thoughts and prayers" and "their hearts going out to..." for this type of tragedy.
Five Points.
Given how Trump just made rules more difficult for people to obtain the safety net, I only assume that some of those impacted by the tornadoes were Trump's ardent supporters.
The central Tennessee area was impacted by massive damages caused either by a Ef-3 or Ef-4 tornado. The path of the tornado blasted through areas close to downtown Nashville.
More than 50 buildings were destroyed. Nearly 70,000 residents are without power.
There are fatalities in this. I won't give a number because it's not a final confirmation.
Trump will be making a photo-op in the city on Friday. He will likely try to dodge the protesters and of course brag about how he "alone can do it."
He went to Dayton and El Paso, Texas after a mass shooting and didn't really make anyone but those in his presence feel good.
Today is Super Tuesday and many folks who are voting for their nominee in the primary will be affected.
The U.S. Census begins this month and of course folks are going to be displaced.
Chris Matthews was forced off MSNBC. They called it a retirement. I called it a cannon firing.
Hardball is no more. MSNBC fired the longtime host of the program out the cannon. They called it a "retirement." It pretty much caught MSNBC contributor Steve Kornacki off guard as well as many on the primetime line up. Chris Hayes soon followed up with shock to the news.
The longtime MSNBC agitator Chris Matthews was forced off the air. The abrupt retirement comes fresh off of Matthews harsh criticism of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and allegations of inappropriate comments made towards a staffer.
Matthews' shocking announcement came 10 minutes into the program.
"Obviously, this isn't for lacking of interest in politics," Matthews said.
Matthews was told by management to step down, said a person with knowledge of the situation, who characterized it as a firing that was masked as a retirement announcement.
"After a conservation with MSNBC, I decided tonight will be my last 'Hardball,' so let me tell you why, he said. "The younger generation's out there ready to take the reins. We see them in politics, in media, in fighting for their causes. They're improving the workplace."
Matthews, 74, alluded to the claims of inappropriate conduct. This has been an ongoing issue that's dogged him. But the most recent allegations came from GQ columnist Laura Bassett accusing Matthews of making sexist remarks when she was a guest on Hardball
Matthews thanked his viewers and producers and then formally signed off. After the commercial break, Kornacki took over with a shocking look of "Wait, what happen?" look.
"I'm sure you're still absorbing htat, and I am too," he said. "Chris Matthews is a giant. He's a legend, it's been an honor for me to work with him."
Kornacki soon went to break and gathered to live election coverage before hosting the remaining minutes of the show.
Matthews a longtime fixture on MSNBC and NBC News is forced off after allegations from a commentator surfaced.
Bassett said that encounter was disturbing.
"In 2016, right before I had to go on his show and talk about sexual-assault allegations against Donald Trump, Matthews looked over at me in the makeup chair next to him and said: 'Why haven't I fallen in love with you yet?' When I laughed nervously and said nothing, he followed up to the the makeup artist. 'Keep putting makeup on her, I'll fall in love with her.'"
Matthews had a lot of things building up.
One was the comparisons of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his supporters being lunatics.
He called the Vermont senator's win in the Nevada caucus to Nazi Germany's invasion of France in 1940.
He also pressed on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in a post-debate interview, aggressively pressing her about comments on allegations against former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
During the debate, Warren had directly confronted Bloomberg about his treatment of women over the years, specifically mentioning a lawsuit in which Bloomberg told a pregnant female employee to "kill it."
Matthews a longtime fixture of the primetime line up on the progressive agitation network was suspended. He wasn't available to give color analysis of Joe Biden's victory in the South Carolina primary.
His abrupt departure does make it seem like Sanders and his supporters forced out critics of his campaign. Kind of like Donald J. Trump when he forced Shepard Smith off Fox News.
Mind you that is the clear indication of who's likely to replace Matthews.
Reports that MSNBC is looking at Shepard Smith were present and I believe that he, Joy Reid, Nicolle Wallace, David Jolly, Pete Buttigieg and Zerlina Maxwell are in the running.
Here's a classic.
Matthews in Dayton, Ohio for the Deciders: A Hardball Take on Trump's Impact In The Heartland.
The Clintons 4 McCain trolls.
Matthews shuts down former Clinton turned Trump supporter Cristi Adkins. The spokeswoman for the Party Unity My Ass coalition Adkins made a fool of herself when she complained about Barack Obama being in a madrassa. The woman made racist remarks about Obama.
The Daily Show kept track of the inappropriate comments made by Matthews.
Judge Judy to end after Season 25. Judy Sheindlin said that she will launch Judy Justice the following year.
Michael Bloomberg's biggest supporter is telling her fans that show is coming to an end.
Judge Judy, which debut in 1996 is wrapping up in 2021. Known legally as Judy Sheindlin, the famed TV judge will pound the gavel for one more season before ending the show.
The TV personality, 77, says on Monday's edition of Ellen that Judge Judy show will end after its 25th season, at which time she will focus her energies on what appears to be a reboot of her show, Judy Justice.
"I've had a 25-year long marriage with CBS, and it's been successful; next year will be our 25th season; silver anniversary," said Sheindlin.
"And CBS sort of felt, I think, they wanted to optimally utilize the repeats of my program, because now they have 25 years of reruns; so what they decided to do was to sell a couple of years' worth of reruns."
Byrd is Judge Judge's longtime bailiff. Petri Hawkins-Byrd is one of highest paid bailiffs in modern history.
"But I'm not so tired, so Judy Justice will be coming out a year later."
The series first debuted on syndicated TV on September 16, 1996, and has remained on the air since, making the charismatic courtroom judge one of the highest paid TV personalities. She makes on point a salary of $50 million.
Before she became Judy Judy, Sheindlin was then a family court judge in Brooklyn. She was known for the no-nonsense, tough but fair decisions. She was discovered in 1995.
Flavor Flav and Chuck D have a fallout over politics. Flav was kicked out Public Enemy.
Flavor Flav, the hype man for the hip-hop group Public Enemy (Radio) was fired out the cannon.
William Drayton (known as Flavor Flav) and Carlton Ridenhour (known as Chuck D) were the two lead vocals of the legendary hip-hop group.
The entertainer and his former friends had a huge fall-out. Now Flav is telling the group to not use his likeness or music in political ads.
The entertainer filed a "cease and desist" order against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his presidential campaign. This came ahead of a rally in Los Angeles featuring a performance from Public Enemy.
The entertainer said that the "unauthorized use of Flavor Flav's likeness, image, trademarked clock in promotional materials circulated by the Sanders Campaign."
The group announced that Flav is no longer with the group.
"Public Enemy and Public Enemy Radio will be moving forward without Flavor Flav. We thank him for his years of service and wish him well."
Flav hit back at the cannon firing.
"While Chuck is certainly free to express his political view as he see fit -- his voice alone does not speak for Public Enemy. The planned performance will only be Chuck D of Public Enemy, it will not be a performance by Public Enemy. Those who truly know what Public Enemy stands for you know what time it is, there is no Public Enemy without Flavor Flav."
Flav also aimed at Sanders, "Hey, Bernie don't do this!"
Flav sued Chuck D and the band's managed firm over unpaid royalties and merchandise profits.
"Flavor choose to dance for his money and do not benevolent work like this. He has a year to get his act together and get himself straight or his out," Chuck D said.
Chuck D's lawyer also aimed a few shots at him.
Public Enemy came to Dayton for Terminator X's wedding to his longtime girlfriend.
"From a legal standpoint, Chuck can perform as Public Enemy if he ever wanted to; he is the sole owner of the Public Enemy trademark."
"[Chuck D] originally drew the logo himself in the mid-80s, is also the creative visionary and the group's primary songwriter, having written Flavor's most memorable lines," the lawyer added.
Chuck went to social media to aim at Flav.
I dig aspects of Bern. Hate the party Bulsht. But can relate to half the issues & get forward. Use your minds & be ready to fight whoever in office. My rap bro @KillerMike is nice.I am not-Wake the fcuk up get off your asses make yourself important where YOU live. This aint vodka pic.twitter.com/ltfhdDLsqZ
Last text for me today... time to Get Off My Ass ....I suggest to all the same even this Sunday if you think it’s important... pic.twitter.com/NxLlvM4hyi
... last final note the last final note was my last straw was long ago. It’s not about BERNIE with Flav... he don’t know the difference between BarrySanders or BernieSanders he don’t know either. FLAV refused to support @Sankofa after @harrybelafonte inducted us. He don’t do that pic.twitter.com/5Ky9dTnzmd
So I don’t attack FLAV on what he don’t know. I gotta leave him at the crib so y’all trying to fill his persona with some political aplomb is absolutely‘stupid’ Obviously I understand his craziness after all this damn time. Duh you don’t know him from a box of cigars or me either
Spoke @BernieSanders rally with @EnemyRadio. If there was a $bag, Flav would’ve been there front & center. He will NOT do free benefit shows. Sued me in court the 1st time I let him back in. His ambulance lawyer sued me again on Friday & so now he stays home & better find REHAB
I heard I’m trending, like I care . I built @EnemyRadioRS so it does benefits & fundraisers ... He said he never gonna do them. So his refusal to do @HarryBelafonte#ManyRiversFestival in Atlanta 2016 was my last time. I built Enemy Radio to get far away from that ridiculousness.
93yr old @harrybelafonte could bust his ass come 3000 mls to present PublicEnemy its @rockhall induction 2013 ( many still are clueless on) &anyone feel that they cannot give a ounce of time to reciprocate that honor to his @Sankofa fundraiser-to judge a Bikini $how. #Ungrateful
Flavor Flav believes that Chuck D's love for Sanders is hurting the group's image. So they got into a falling out and Chuck D fired him out the cannon.
The group began with Chuck D, Professor Griff, Flavor Flav and Terminator X. The group would later add DJ Lord, S1W, Sistah Souljah, The Bomb Squad and DJ Juice to the roster.
The group now currently is Chuck D, Professor Griff, DJ Lord, Khari Wynn and S1W.
Public Bern. The rap group Public Enemy endorses Bernie Sanders for president.
They rose to fame in the late 1980s with politically active and self-conscious hip-hop.
They were controversial.
They were addressing issues that involved the frustrations of government, Black struggles and motivations to move to action.
They released their debut album, "Yo! Bum Rush the Show" in 1987 to critical acclaim and their followup album "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" would be the first critically acclaim album to score a five mic rating in The Source Magazine in its first years.
They were some of the early groups that signed on to Rush Communications (an early offshoot of Def Jam Music Group). They signed to Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin's label.
They released five albums under the Def Jam label.
Terminator X retired from hip-hop and has ties to Dayton, Ohio. He is married to a woman, Robin Dugger, who resides in this area.
Chuck D is a progressive agitator on Progressive Voices and early backer of Sanders in 2016 and later 2020.
Friday's hit drama Hawaii Five-0 will end after 10 seasons.
CBS is axing the long running police drama, Hawaii Five-0.
The stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan have said the time has come to close the book on their longtime series. Peter M. Lenkov, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci created the show based off the Leonard Freeman classic series.
Hawaii Five-0 started on the Monday spots but soon ended up on Friday and became the CBS TV Network's cash cow.
The stars were getting really hurt on set. Loughlin was seriously injured during the early season but maintained his strength throughout it. Also Caan was dealing with injuries as well.
The series is slated to end with a two hour series finale.
"Hawaii Five-0 has been such a blessing to me and all of the people who have worked on this incredible show," said Lenkov. "I turly learned the meaning of 'ohana' as the viewers embraced us and the people of Hawaii welcomed us with the privilege to film on their shores. I am forever indebted to the creative genius that was Leonard Freeman who gave us such a beautiful story to begin with. And my eternal gratitude to our cast lead by our hero Alex O'Loughlin, the writers, the production team, our CBS ohana, and most importantly-- YOU, the fans, who allowed us to come to work with pride and made our series such a success. Mahalo."
Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan have ran the Five-0 for 10 years. Now the two have decided to conclude the series.
Hawaii Five-0 has been watched by nearly 40 million viewers this season, says Deadline.
"For 10 seasons, Alex, Scott and the rest of the talented Five-0 cast have brought fans exciting adventures in a spectacular tropical paradise," said David Stapf, President of CBS Television Studios.
"We specifically want to thank Peter and the incredibly talented production team for 10 years of consistently outstanding television. The drama has been a great success for the [CBS Studios] and [the CBS Network], and as a global franchise for our company. We're pleased to give it a big sendoff and that viewers will have the opportunity to say goodbye to their favorite characters as the final season wraps."
The series had crossover with MacGyver, Magnum P.I. and NCIS: Los Angeles.
MacGyver and Magnum P.I. will likely continue on the Friday spot depending on CBS's decision to keep the slot with dramas.
The state of Hawai'i also thanked the production team for allowing their state to be a place of great programming.
Amy Klobuchar bows out and endorses Joe Biden over Bernie Sanders.
The race is slimming down quickly. The Minnesota senator is suspending her campaign and went on to endorse her opponent Joe Biden. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) found the path to victory has gotten harder and the opportunity to emerge as the nominee is not happening.
She told staffers that she was going to Alabama to march with the candidates in Selma. Then she made the decision to exit and ger behind a candidate who can bring the party together.
A day before Super Tuesday, Klobuchar talked to her campaign staff announcing on Saturday that she will end her presidential bid and formally endorse the former vice president in Dallas, Texas on Monday.
Also her former rival, Pete Buttigieg will formally endorse Biden. Buttigieg formally left the race on Saturday as well as Tom Steyer. Klobuchar and Buttigieg had fought during the debates over who can appeal to the Midwestern voters. The so-called "Flyover Country" where millions of Democratic voters went over to support Trump.
Klobuchar had momentum coming out of New Hampshire. She had got the formal backing of the Des Moines Register, The New York Times and had the backing of AIPAC, the controversial pro-Israeli lobbyist group that pours money into keeping apartheid in Israel.
She couldn't repeat the successes in diverse states like Nevada and South Carolina.
Klobuchar saw that she would be losing to frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in Minnesota.
With her endorsement of Biden, the former vice president looks to be the consolidating moderate Democrats and worried lawmakers. Sanders, a progressive who is an independent refers himself as a "democratic socialist" is winning support from the younger and diverse group of Democrats.
Klobuchar launched her campaign pledging to focus on the "nation's heartland," hoping to use her status as a Midwesterner to convince Democrats that the best way to defeat Donald J. Trump is to nominate someone who could bring back disaffected voters in places like Michigan and Wisconsin.
On the campaign trail, she frequently joked about building a "Blue Wall" around the Midwest and making "Donald Trump pay for it." Those two states, which backed Barack Obama and then flipped to Trump, will be critical in the general election.
"I have the receipts," Klobuchar repeatedly said in the close of her campaign, pointing to the fact that she won some of Minnesota's more rural, conservative counties.
Klobuchar wanted to prove to the Democrats that the Midwest still has a voice. She said she will proudly support Joe Biden for the nomination for president.
That strategy led Klobuchar to devote much of her campaign to Iowa, staking any future success on her ability to win over voters there who, in many ways, share cultural similarities with voters in Minnesota.
The senator, though, turned in a fifth-place finish in Iowa.
That left Klobuchar weakened in New Hampshire until, days before voters went to the polls there, the senator delivered an electric debate performance that raised her campaign millions, filled her following campaign events with people and gave her enough momentum to notch a third-place finish in the state.
Klobuchar leaves the race with a warning to Democrats, especially because the front-runners for the nomination are now two white men in their 70s. Klobuchar, at debates and events across the country, has highlighted the ability for women to win, pointing to the success of Democratic women in the 2018 midterms as proof.
"Look at the facts. Michigan has a woman governor right now and she beat a Republican -- Gretchen Whitmer. Kansas has a woman governor right now and she beat Kris Kobach," Klobuchar said at the CNN/Des Moines Register debate in Iowa. "You have to be competent to win and you have to know what you're doing."
The senator put a finer point on it: "You don't have to be the skinniest person in the room. You don't have to be the loudest person. You have to be competent."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Michael Bloomberg, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) are the only candidates left in this race. If they don't pull off any victories on Tuesday, then the game is over.
Biden and Sanders are the only two candidates with a least a modest momentum going into Super Tuesday.
Democrats are very nervous about their chances. Donald J. Trump has a 65% chance of winning reelection.
Sanders and Biden are going to be hammered over their policies, their statements, their supporters and the Russian government is meddling in the election to assure that they'll fail and Trump will win again.
Sanders was informed by the U.S. intelligence agencies last month about Russia meddling.
Trump was impeached after he demanded Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son Hunter. Trump formally fired the whistleblower, those who testified against him and put in cronies to assure they'll never leak information about his motives to win (at any means). The Republican majority didn't prosecute Trump. Trump now feels like he's "untouchable" and despite all the problems in the world and at home, he looks poised to carry Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Iowa and likely New Hampshire.
I fear that Sanders will cause a rift within the party forcing moderate Democrats in states like Arizona, West Virginia, Alabama, Ohio and Michigan to fail. He and Biden have ran before and lost to the eventual nominee. So it's almost hard to tell how this is going to end well for either party.
If Biden wins the nomination, you're going to hear the Sanders supporters complain about the system being rigged. Far-white agitators and Trump trying to encourage them to vote for Republicans or stay at home. You're going to see Democrats formally reject Sanders if the Democratic nominee loses.
If Sanders win the nomination, you're going to see Bloomberg enter the race as an independent and he will split the Democratic vote. Bloomberg has been angered by Sanders and Warren's attacks on him. He said that the populist tone towards hating billionaires and moderates will turn voters away from Sanders if he becomes the nominee.
Also, why the hell is Gabbard is still in the race?
Apparently, she is the stooge of the Republicans and Russia.
Trump will exploit the nominee's weaknesses and try to steal the election through voter suppression, Russian meddling, smear campaigns and Fox News agitators like Rupert "Pervert" Murdoch and Sean "Softball" Hannity.
The end of the crossroads. Pete Buttigieg ends his campaign.
The former South Bend mayor and former frontrunner announced he was going to suspend his presidential campaign to run for president. The latest shakup is Pete Buttigieg.
The troll, Donald J. Trump decided to give Mayor Pete the send off.
Pete Buttigieg is OUT. All of his SuperTuesday votes will go to Sleepy Joe Biden. Great timing. This is the REAL beginning of the Dems taking Bernie out of play - NO NOMINATION, AGAIN!
After coming in fourth place in the South Carolina Democratic Primary, the former South Bend mayor has decided to end the race.
He went back to Indiana shortly after he participated in the Selma, Alabama March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
The impromptu event comes hours after reports that Buttigieg was dropping out the race following the disappointing showing.
"It's so good to be in South Bend. Sometimes the longest way around really is the shortest way home. Here we are," Buttigieg told the cheering crowd.
"We got into this race for a reason. We got into this race in order to defeat the current president and in order to usher in a new kind of politics. And that meant guiding our campaign by the values we like to call the rules of the road. Respect belonging, truth, teamwork, boldness, responsibility, substance, discipline, excellence, and joy. And every decision we made was guiding by these values. One of those values is truth. And today is the moment of truth. After a year of going everywhere, meeting everyone, defying every expectation, seeking every vote, the truth is that the path has narrowed to a close. For our candidacy if not for our cause."
Pete and his husband Chasten. The former South Bend mayor was hoping to win the nomination for president.
"We have a responsibility to consider the effect of remaining in this race any further. Our goal has always been to help unify Americans to defeat Donald Trump and win the era for our values. And so we must recognize that at this point in the race the best way to keep faith with these goals and ideals is to step aside and help bring our party and our country together. So tonight, I am making the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the presidency. I will no longer to be the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. But I will do everything in my power to ensure that we have a new Democratic president come January."
An Afghanistan war veteran and the first openly gay candidate to seriously contend for the presidency, Buttigieg rose to the field's top tier as an eloquent, disciplined speaker with a promise to unite Democrats, independents and moderate Republican voters.
But he struggled as the race moved to more diverse states, less dependent on college-educated voters, culminating in a harsh loss to fellow moderate Joe Biden in the Saturday's South Carolina primary.
Speaking to a crowd in South Bend, he said his goal now was to unify the Democratic party against President Donald Trump and "win with our values."
“We began this unlikely journey with a staff of four," he said. "No big email lists. No personal fortune. Almost nobody knew my name and almost no one could pronounce it.”
The speech came one day after Buttigieg won just 3 percent of black voters in South Carolina, according to NBC News exit polls, reinforcing concerns about his ongoing inability to win votes from one of the party's most important constituencies despite the candidate's efforts to address the issue.
A Buttigieg official said the campaign saw "a very, very narrow path" to victory and that "we weren't where we needed to be" after South Carolina.
Buttigieg and his husband Chasten will at least have some good news at the end. They are working on starting a family and we can only wish him the best.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is a polarizing figure in the Democratic primary. His anger and populism is good for the party, bad for the election. He has the Trump-like cult followers and he's been protesting the Democratic National Convention rules despite he agreeing to them.
Biden's victory does make this a longer race. With Buttigieg out, Super Tuesday will see the remaining candidates fall. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Biden have to win or they're toast.
Sanders is still the clear frontrunner in this event.
Remember the agitators of the far-white have long complained about Barack Obama negotiating with "enemies." They would find a reason to surge up the "conservative outrage" if Obama talked to someone or a group they politically disagree with.
So remember, "We do not negotiate with terrorists!" Unless, you're a Republican and have no morals regardless.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went to Qatar to sign a historical peace deal with the Taliban.
The deal will eventually have the United States leave the longest war in modern history. The war started by George W. Bush in 2001. The 18-year war started when Afghanistan refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, the top backer of the September 11, 2001 attacks in which 19 men hijacked airplanes and crashed them in Washington, DC, New York City and rural Pennsylvania.
Under this agreement, the U.S. will begin withdrawing thousands of military officials in exchange for the Taliban commitments to prevent Afghanistan from being a launchpad for terrorist attacks.
If the deal holds up, the U.S. troops will be leaving in 14 months.
Donald J. Trump had made a formal announcement on Saturday. He even hinted that he could invite the Taliban back to the United States at the White House.
Pompeo went to GOP Sundays to detail how he's done more than most Secretary of States done.
"It's going to be a rocky and bumpy," Pompeo said on one of the GOP Sunday shows. "No one is under any false illusion that this won't be a difficult conversation, but that conversation for the first time in almost two decade will be among the Afghan people, and that's the appropriate place for that conversation to take place."
He went to Doha, Qatar, on Saturday for the signing of this peace deal.
The agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban calls for a drawdown of forces in Afghanistan from 13,000 to 8,600 in the next 135 days, followed by the withdrawal of all troops within 14 months. The deal also lays out the details of a prisoner swap, with up to 5,000 Taliban to be released in exchange for 1,000 imprisoned Afghan security forces by March 10.
We'll see what happens!
The Taliban, meanwhile, must not allow its members or members of other groups including al-Qaeda to use Afghanistan to threaten the security of the U.S. and its allies. The Taliban and the Afghan are required to begin peace talks March 10 under the terms of this deal.
Republicans are skeptical (as usual).
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the daughter of warmonger Dick Cheney had criticized the decision calling a "concession."
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton who also served as U.N. Secretary under George W. Bush is not pleased about the deal. He said that this was "an Obama-style deal."
Every fucking time they'll slip Obama into their conversation. See it's almost like Republicans can't get over their obsession with Obama and Hillary Clinton.
The deal was signed by U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban leader, the Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
The push is to defeat Donald J. Trump. This is what Tom Steyer wants to do and he said he will back the eventual nominee of the Democratic Party.
Tom Steyer, the famed billionaire has decided to exit the race after a poor showing in the South Carolina Democratic Primary. He banked a lot of money on this race being in his favor.
Steyer was set to announced on Saturday night in Columbia that he was dropping out of the White House race. After spending nearly $25 million on television advertising in the state, he finished behind Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Saturday.
Steyer rose to national prominence as a leading advocate to impeach Trump. He also wanted to get the candidates to talk about issues facing the climate (similar to Jay Inslee, governor of Washington).
Steyer, who has a net worth of $1.6 billion was hoping to capture Black voters. He even got the endorsement of former Cash Money Records rapper Juvenile.
In a video, Juvenile got Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor to Back That Thang Up.
With 70 percent of the vote in, Steyer had just 11.5 percent of the vote — despite spending millions of dollars on campaigning there.
"There’s no question today that this campaign, we were disappointed with where we came out," Steyer told supporters in Columbia, South Carolina.
Juvenile endorsed Tom Steyer.
"But I said if I didn’t see a path to winning that I'd suspend my campaign, and honestly I can't see a path where I can win the presidency."
His exit came after he'd spent a total of $158 million on television and radio ads, according to Advertising Analytics. In South Carolina alone, Steyer had spent nearly $21 million as of Tuesday, the firm said.
Steyer had essentially put all of his efforts in recent weeks into South Carolina. He'd shown promise in recent polling in the Palmetto State and invested more time there than any of his competitors.
Steyer had initially opted against entering the presidential contest before reversing course and joining the large field in July. He spent exorbitant sums of his own money on the race, outpaced in the Democratic field by another late-entrant, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire media mogul.
Steyer and fellow billionaire Bloomberg entered the race because they felt that Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) populist views and anti-billionaire rhetoric could turn off moderates and independents.
