Clinton: I expect Sanders to call for unity after Tuesday Politico

"Bernie Sanders should end his campaign and begin convincing supporters to line up behind Hillary Clinton as the presumptive Democratic nominee, Clinton said in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Clinton said that in 2008, some supporters urged her to battle Barack Obama to the convention but noted that she decided to cede to Obama rather than fight because they shared similar policy goals and values. When this year’s primary season largely ends Tuesday, she said, “I expect Senator Sanders to do the same.”

That would enable the party, she added, “to go to the convention in a unified way.”

In a separate interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Clinton added, “I think given where we are in this race, that I will have not only more than a three million vote margin, but I will have a significant majority of pledged delegates by the close of voting on Tuesday.”

How Should America Resist a Fascist? Slate

As always, Jamelle Boule makes so much sense, even though he is criticized by the anti-Trump -- basically pro-Bernie -- supporters who want to take it to the streets.

"Trump doesn’t just promise conservative policy—he isn’t a typical Republican presidential nominee whose views may offend liberals but don’t pose a threat to basic American institutions. His contempt for political norms, his attraction to violence, his bid to be Strongman of the United States of America all constitute a deadly threat to American democracy and an existential threat to Americans in Trump’s crosshairs. If we are living in an extraordinary moment, is it time for extraordinary action?

A group of anti-Trump protesters moved beyond peaceful protests after the candidate's event on Thursday in San Jose, California. A clear and visible minority of protesters began attacking attendees at the rally -- many of them separated from access to the parking garage. A woman was pelted with eggs and water bottles while others were punched and assaulted.

People like Jamelle Boule were criticized for their passivity. “Let’s be clear: It’s never a shame to storm the barricades set up around a fascist,” wrote Emmett Rensin, a now-suspended editor at Vox. He continued: “If Trump comes to your town, start a riot.”

“Journalists with big platforms called Trump a literal fascist on the rise for months. How did you expect people to react to that?” wrote Freddie DeBoer, a left-wing, recent doctorate writer who writes at Jacobin and has a large Twitter following. He continued, “It’s very simple. If this is the beginning of American fascism, real organized political violence is called for. If it’s not, it’s not.”

Reality is that Thursday night's Trump supporters were practising their civil rights in a democracy. As Boule argues, "they weren't members of an armed Trump militia, or shock troops of a reactionary force, or a band of vigilantes." They were engaged in peaceful assembly at a political rally, now making their way to the parking garage.

To attack someone because of their political beliefs is to embrace the logic of authoritarianism. To cite intentions and not actions as justification for violence is to embrace the logic of even worse beliefs and actors. We have to get them before we get us isn’t “direct action”; it’s mobocracy. And it runs counter to the liberal democratic ideal—the thing we’re defending in the first place.

Again, this isn’t a question of protest. Protest is a vital part of democratic life. It isn’t a question of resistance; everyone is entitled to stand against attack. This is a question of aggression. Donald Trump is an authoritarian, but the United States in 2016 isn’t Weimar Germany. Our democracy has deep roots and our institutions are sturdy, if aging. We don’t have private paramilitaries in the streets or an established order with a blind eye to reactionary violence."

Trump Wants To Be A 'Dictator' Clinton Suggests Politico

“We are trying to elect a president, not a dictator,” Hillary said of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump at a California campaign rally in advance of Tuesday's Super duper finish to the Democratic campaign. (Yes, DC votes on the 14th. Why?)

Politico writes that at each campaign stop, Hillary began speaking but was drowned out in applause before finishing her first sentence. It seems that Madame President has found her voice.

“I don’t understand Donald Trump running a whole campaign based on nothing but denigrating immigrants,” she said, pointing out that Trump, whose mother was Scottish and whose wife is Slovenian, has family that came over to the United States from abroad. “Is this nothing but a political stunt?"

Clinton turns Trump attacks up to 11 Politico

Not only has Hillary found her voice, in launching what promises to be an epic thunderstorm on Donald Trump's campaign, but the press has suddently been jolted out of their day-in, day-out Hillary Clinton marrative.

It's like "holy sh*t, there's a new Hillary in town.

"Hillary Clinton has known presidents, the Democratic front-runner told a crowd of supporters at a California rally Friday afternoon. She’s married to one, was secretary of state for another and has worked with Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and both Bushes.

And that, she said, is why she’s so devoted to taking down Donald Trump.

"Hillary Clinton has known presidents, the Democratic front-runner told a crowd of supporters at a California rally Friday afternoon. She’s married to one, was secretary of state for another and has worked with Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and both Bushes.