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Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has announced she will resign as chair of the Democratic National Committee. The resignation is to become effective after the party's convention. The organisation's e-mail system was hacked; leaked e-mails appear to confirm accusations that Wasserman-Schultz had taken action favouring Hillary Clinton in her contest against Bernie Sanders to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. Sanders had previously called for Wasserman-Schultz to resign, a request he reiterated in light of the leak.
Wasserman-Schultz said in a statement:
I know that electing Hillary Clinton as our next president is critical for America's future. I look forward to serving as a surrogate for her campaign in Florida and across the country to ensure her victory.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by butthurt on Monday July 25 2016, @06:53PM
Why do you say the Washington Post "was sitting on dirt"? Did you notice that they covered the actions against Nader in the 2004 story [washingtonpost.com] linked from his article?
Nader's book "Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State" was published in 2014, and the Washington Post carried a review of it in that year. [washingtonpost.com] The review doesn't mention the tactics used against Nader's presidential campaigns, but I am not aware that the book mentions those, either: the book seems to mainly/entirely be about proposals that broad swathes of the populace agree on, transcending the usual political divisions, but which are not being implemented.