Donna Brazile rounds on the DNC for tilting to Clinton in the 2016 primary process (Updated)

Donna Brazile made a splash in Democratic politics on Thursday with this excerpt from her forthcoming book, Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC Politico 11/02/2017. Brazile, who served as acting head of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the second half of 2016, explains previous non-public details about the already painfully obvious fact that the DNC tilted heavily toward Hillary Clinton in the primaries.

The story provides a surprisingly clear picture of the malfunctioning of the DNC.

The "money laundering" referred to in connection with this story is legal, if politically and ethically questionable. Politico had reported on that aspect of the story in 2016: Kenneth Vogel and Isaac Arnsdorf, Clinton fundraising leaves little for state parties 05/02/2016. [Update: Charlie Pierce writes that the May story "was fatally flawed," although his objection seems to be that he takes the earlier story to imply incorrectly implied that there had been something illegal about the fund-sharing arrangement at issue: The Democratic Party Is Finding a Way to F*ck This Up Esquire Politics Blog 11/03/2017.]

Yes, the chronic Hillary-haters on the Republican side will have their own weird twists on this story. But the story is about a real problem that was a major part of the 2016 election process that ended up putting an unstable Orange Clown in the White House.

The Young Turks crew, who supported Bernie for the most part, went to town with this news. BOMBSHELL: Donna Brazile Admits DNC Rigged Primary Against Bernie 11/02/2017:

Donna Brazile Admits Hillary Clinton/DNC Rigged 2016 Dem Primary TYT Politics 11/02/2017:

Donna Brazile EXPOSES Hillary Clinton/DNC Money Laundering TYT Politics 11/02/2017:

Nomiki Konst takes on the story in Donna Brazile's EXPLOSIVE Admission Shows DNC Mess TYT Politics 11/02/2017:

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsa Gabbard talks about the Brazile article with The Real News, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Donna Brazile's DNC Bombshell 11/02/2017: