“The state where the DNC worked the hardest rigging the primary instead of connecting with the voters.”

California has 4 million uncounted ballots from the General Election that have not been added to the count. This is incredibly unprofessional and is certainly an undemocratic scandal that is overlooked and deemed “unimportant”. This is a clear indication that the Political Parties don’t share the interests of the people. By selfishly leaving votes uncounted, they are sending a message that “your votes simply don’t count.”

“I was a Presidential Elector Candidate for the write in campaign of Bernie and Tulsi on the ballot in the 2016 General Election. Interestingly I was also a poll worker in the California Primary where just around 600 voters were stripped from the roster. There’s more. I’ll bare true witness to the fuckery with my ballot box machine as well: Every time someone tried to just vote for a Presidential candidate named Bernie, I had to override the machine to get the ballot to drop into the box. Didn’t happen with any other Presidential Candidate. Theirs would drop right into the box.” Jason Small (Perspective Purposes)

(California poll worker exposes Voter Suppression)

“We’re such a huge state with so much fraud it’s hard to keep track of it all. But there was how the major news channels announced HRC had already won the night BEFORE the election even happened and told people not to bother voting, there was the whited out Bernie ballots that were taken into a back room away from the vote count watchers so they couldn’t see what was happening in San Diego (a judge actually ruled this was illegal months after the fact but by then it was too late). There’s the fact that something like 30% of our mail in ballots were deemed to be not countable because of whatever reason and thrown in the trash. How about the videos of poll workers (all white middle aged middle class women I might add) stuffing piles of ballots into ballot boxes while the polling places were empty looking over their shoulders all guilty like (caught on camera) in counties where HRC miraculously won despite exit polls. How about the only major county in CA where the results matched the exit polls was Humboldt, where Bernie won in a landslide (but the population isn’t big enough to make an impact in the state overall)” — Kyle Vasquez (For Perspective Purposes)

California was indeed a very large state and voter suppression was at an all time high in the state. Poll Workers deliberately told misinformation to give to voters. One of the Delegates I would interview would recount his experience with the DNC:

(Bernie Sanders and Jim Ahab Boydston who was a California delegate,from the 52nd Congressional district in San Diego)

BC DeGraff: “ What did the atmosphere feel like when you got to the convention?”

Jim Ahab Boydston: “For many of is, we knew everything we had been led to believe with regard to collegial work with our rival delegates, and any chance to get Bernie the nomination, were over within the first 30 seconds of the opening gavel on Monday night. As an opera singer, I booed myself hoarse halfway into the evening, and didn’t;t get my voice back until nine days later, I was so pissed.”

( my favorite ‘souvenir’ from the convention. A close friend brought a fatty marker, and we altered rally cards they handed out.)

BC DeGraff: “ How did you first hear about Bernie Sanders?”

Jim Ahab Boydston: “ I had known about Bernie for decades, and felt pretty supportive of him and his values, long before he ran.”

BC DeGraff: “You guys are like heroes to me, so I want to represent you as best as I can. Did you feel the DNC didn’t want you to be there?”

Jim Ahab Boydston: “ Yes, at least some of us definitely felt that way. Everything from abusing us at the convention — both verbally and physically — to ripping us off with the exorbitant room rates at the delegation hotels they required us to stay at.” BC DeGraff: “ Were you a Bernie or bust guy”

Jim Ahab Boydston: “Yes, I was. I had voted for an establishment candidate only once in my life; Obama in 2008, because I felt there was a chance he was as good as his rhetoric. And, I was never a member of either side of the duopoly, except while Bernie ran. We had hoped to be as friendly as possible with our rival delegates. We had discussed this at the grassroots level prior to the convention, but we were treated with scorn and derision at the convention. We were told things like, “You will fall into line!” That was their version of alleged “party unity.” The other thing that made us feel like we were unwanted was what happened at the end of the roll call vote on Tuesday. Bernie, for whatever reason, made that motion to suspend the process and make Hillary the nominee, and then Martha Fudge acknowledged it as an acclamation, which totally nullified the Bernie delegate votes.” BC DeGraff: “Who did you vote for in the General Election?” Jim Ahab Boydston: “Jill Stein. I’ve long identified ideologically with the Green Party, and I voted for her in 2012 as well. By the way, as for allegations regarding Bernie sheep dogging for the DNC, did you ever hear about the cut on his cheek that suddenly appeared on Tuesday night of the convention. I was on stage next to Bernie and Jane the day before, and he looked just fine. And this photo is of him leaving the convention Tuesday night, after the acclamation. Looks gut-shot, doesn’t he?”

(“ this photo is of him leaving the convention Tuesday night, after the acclamation. Looks gut-shot, doesn’t he?” -Jim Ahab Boydston)

BC DeGraff: “ Do you recall what Julian Assange said about Bernie being threatened? Do you think that’s what this is?”

Jim Ahab Boydston: “Yes, and yes. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if his grandchildren’s lives were threatened.”

BC DeGraff: “We can’t be for sure, we can only suspect. I suspect that myself. We can’t prove it without a doubt, but it seem like the DNC and Hillary were definitely out for blood. Did you ever have conflict with Hillary Supporters at the convention?” Jim Ahab Boydston: “Indeed. Kind of like the JFK assassination; we may never know the truth. Yes, I did. Several of them screamed at me, and a couple of them pushed my arms down when I was holding up a sign. They were incredibly rude, for the most part. And then, there were all of the instances where convention volunteers kicked Bernie delegates out of the convention. BTW, did you hear what happened with regard to convention volunteers, and then the actors?”

(Craigslist Ad created to fill seats)

BC DeGraff: “Actors? Like Bradley Cooper?”

Jim Ahab Boydston: “Ah, no. The DNC posted a Craigslist ad looking for 700 actors to take seats away from Bernie delegates. I have a screenshot of the ad. A lot of us actually met the actors at the convention; they were being $50 a night to be there. The people they refer to as removing were of course Bernie delegates. And then, there was their move against us and our chants of things like, “No TPP!,” and “No More Wars!” They sent out a message to our rival delegates, instructing them to chant these in response to our chants.”

BC DeGraff: “ One last question, do you think the DNC will ever change their ways?”

Jim Ahab Boydston: “ Absolutely not. They are corporately-owned, and the power of money will always be with them. My two big hashtags these days are #DuopolyExit, and #DuopolyDestroy. To me, taking down the political duopoly is the only hope We The People have of taking our government back from the oligarchs.”

Rachel Binah, John L. Burton, Maria Elena Durazo, Mary Ellen Early, Alexandra Gallardo-Rooker, Pat Hobbs, Matt Johnson, Keith Umemoto all would not cast their votes for Hillary Clinton in California, why wouldn’t cast their vote for Bernie Sanders either. Every single Superdelegate besides these names all went to Hillary Clinton. Jim Ahab Boydston would introduce me to another Bernie Sanders Delegate in California:

(“We in San Diego actually saw election fraud taking place at polling places on June 7th, and we had volunteers go and observe the counting at the Registrar of Voters office. We have video evidence of ROV workers whiting out votes for Bernie, and then, during the first press conference held by the people suing ROV Michael Vu — who was behind the election fraud that took place in Ohio in 2004 — a shredder truck pulled up and parked in front of the ROV office. People at the ROV refused to tell us why it was there. Look at the slogan on the truck,” -Jim Ahab Boydston)

BC DeGraff: “ What did you feel when you first entered the convention?”

Josephine Piarulli: “ I felt disgust. Frustration. Despair disillusioned dismissed. Disenfranchised. Unwelcome. Shunned. Outcast. I felt hated by the Hillary supporters. I felt fear that we would be removed at any time.”

BC DeGraff: “ How was your experience at the state convention?”

Josephine Piarulli: “ I felt anxiety. I felt anger that we were cheated.”

BC DeGraff: “ Did you walk out?”

Josephine Piarulli: “ I did walk out. That was the most joyful and liberating moment. That was empowering”

BC DeGraff: “ Were you Bernie or Bust?”

(Uncounted ballots( No Party Preference) California June 7th primary. San Diego county.)

Josephine Piarulli: “ Oh yes. I Was a bernie follower for many years, since he put Alan Greenspan on the spot. I was following Bernie Sandra since around 2005 or thereabouts. My best friend and I were always hoping that he would run as president. But at the same time we also knew that he was very much needed as senator. But the minute he announced, we immediately started doing grassroots work For over a year we were out in the streets registering people to vote for him, giving out information about Bernie at street fairs at farmers market’s. once a month we were registering people at the naturalization ceremony. we had meetings and out reach and barnstorms. we were on social media for hours a day. We devoted probably 30 hours a week on Bernie on a grassroots level. We had rally’s. We did Banda for Bernie fundraiser we organized. and it was crushing to our soul to watch the election being stolen from him state-by-state. Oh yes. Bernie or bust. We knew how corrupt Hillary is. She was the antithesis of Bernie. The complete opposite of all the good Bernie was preaching. He walked the talk and never faltered for 30 years. Honest and integrity. She was a liar and cheater. Bernie or bust. Yes.”

BC DeGraff: “ One last question, now that Bernie has dropped hints of a 2020 run, will you continue to support him?” Josephine Piarulli: “If he runs third party I will devote all my time effort energy and fec max donation as I did last time. If he runs as democrat I will vote for him but the luster of him winning as a democrat is gone. They rigged it once. Got away with it in so many states. Nothing happened to them. Nothing. They will absolutely rig it again. I won’t donate my time effort and energy and money again. Fool me once shame on me… I pray he runs third party. IDK how many times the establishment democrats can spit in our faces before people realize the party is corrupt to the core and it’s time to tear it down and start over. Should have happened 30 years ago. And as I thought about the convention, it was a complete Truman Show. FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE. Just like their unity bullshit.”

Josephine Piarulli would also tell me about people coming into voting centers and tampering with the ballots:

“We were observing at the ROV for over a month as they “processed” ballots. Sharon Windham Joie Kincaid-Peringer Patricia Gracian. We witness all the abnormalities and can attest to it.”

(“My delegates texted me to come back to my seat, they were closing in, i was in the media tent for the occupy media thing- that was an amazing moment too — lots of amazing memorable moments! — anyway, they said someone took my seat. i came back, i said ‘excuse me sir, this is my seat’ he said to sit in the next chair. i said no, THAT'S my seat. then my delegates around watching this said Melissa, he tore up your sign’. Ididn't believe it and asked him, he said he didn’t. then i found the sign on the floor that he tore up. It was the ‘stronger together’ b.s. sign they passed out which we all had been ‘Bernifiying’, with stickers and other things. mine had ‘black lives matter’ etc. on it. Ipicked it up, asked him ‘what is this! did You tear up this sign?’ and then other hillbots around him accused me of calling him a liar. At some point the ushers came by and I was obviously upset, but it felt like kindergarten, telling them ‘he ripped up my sign!’ and I said he needs to MOVE to the other area, as he’s making all of us upset.” -Melissa Michelson)

It’s safe to say that the DNC really went to great lengths to rig the California Primary because they didn’t want to meet with voters and earn the win fairly.

Another delegate I would interview would tell me a an interesting story of the lengths the DNC and Hillary Clinton were willing to go to make Bernie Delegates uncomfortable and force unity on them with force and menace to establish Hillary Clinton as the nomination. Her story would confirm many of the things Mainstream Media refuses to talk about or even report.

BC DeGraff: “How were you treated by the DNC?” Melissa Michelson: “DNC and Hillary Delegates harassed us. They were rude, immature, mean, angry.” BC DeGraff: “Were you Bernie or Bust?” Melissa Michelson “Yes!”

Melissa would go on to tell me about the “seat fillers” that the DNC paid to sit in seats to make the convention seem more active than the reality of a party that had disenfranchised their own base and made it impossible for some to even support the Democratic Party again:

“Watch the video as they tried to ‘escort’ me out of the DNC while I was doing my job that my delegates in Southern California elected me to do. They were letting in what we called ‘seat fillers’ they brought in bus loads of people to fill seats so the arena wouldn’t be empty. they handed out floor passes as prizes or VIP gifts or what have you, so Hillary supporters/VIP politicos and their family /husbands/wives could join. I was just making sure only delegates — Hillary or Bernie- were sitting in the CA delegate area, and they tried to kick me out”

These seat fillers have been documented many times among the other delegates, the length that the DNC and Hillary Clinton were willing to go to cover up their corruption and their divide was dangerously close to a self deluded rhetoric.

BC DeGraff: “What is the most memorable moment you had at the convention?” Melissa Michelson: “I would say that moment- when i did civil disobedience and my Delegates came to my rescue or when right after that Gray Davis was in the shuttle ride back to hotel, and I must’ve looked as exhausted as i felt — tired, dehydrated and drained — like every day. I ran to the bus breaking away from the line because I didn’t want to wait for another one even though i knew there would be no seat for me. i saw the guy — former gov. of CA — gosh, now i don’t know if that’s his name or not. Anyway, i jumped in and another delegate gave up his seat to me, but Davis thought it was for him and the delegate said ‘no, not for you, for her!’ ” BC DeGraff: “What was the message you left the convention with and who did you vote for?” Melissa Michelson: “The message i left the convention? That the DNC was not neutral. That there was some serious funny stuff going on. That the Hillary people were about to ruin our country and it will be on THEIR heads when Trump gets in, and that we tried, everything we could — we tried so hard to help them see the light. As I’m in CA, i voted for Stein. Had I been elsewhere, I probably would have voted for Hillary.”

Melissa described the Convention like it were the “Hunger Games” and quote: “It felt like we were NOT in America,when we chanted ‘no more wars’ they out-chanted us with USA:

“They wanted to fool the world at our unity. There was none. They told us literally ‘join us!’ It was scary. It was like a cult.” BC DeGraff: “Donna Brazile said that too!” Melissa Michelson: “The ushers, who one would think should be neutral volunteers, were NOT. the HRC campaign hand- picked them. i caught wind before going to Philly and made contact with the Hillary lead who was doing that, and said I’d be happy to volunteer. Later we found out they were taking tabs on all of us across the country, marking us as strong Bernie or bust or what not. Doesn’t seem they got to CA delegates, but in any case, he never took me up on my offer to be a volunteer DNC usher (with the yellow vests). Day 1 in the hotel, I heard my name being called. Idon’t know who it was. I went over and said “hi” — he introduced himself — as that Hillary campaign guy who I had NEVER MET ONLY TALKED TO on the phone! that scared me.”

Another story she would go on to tell me:

“Day 1 when the ushers who are obviously catering only to HRC delegates (Bernie delegates were very obvious with Bernie gear on), I demanded to know who this one usher’s boss was. She brought me down to the floor to this one young woman dressed in a suit skirt outfit. I complained that the usher wasn’t doing her job — don’t remember what its was about — probably the favoritism in not helping us but helping the Hillary delegates. This woman didn’t say a word, just pulled the usher aside behind the curtain at the stage, came back a few min later and they just stood there. Silent. I put two and two together — that this was NOT a neutral scene — and flipped over her badge around her neck, and she was part of the Hillary campaign.” BC DeGraff: Do you believe the election was rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton? Melissa Michelson: “There were indications of favoritism. Everyone falling in line — super delagates. For example. No one able to go against, even if they wanted to — their attitude was it was in the bag. It was like a wall talking to hillbots. that’s why they got that name. The media wouldn’t give Bernie same time. NPR was no help. Ahe awful tricks they played in Nevada — i was also a volunteer at the Las Vegas caucuses and what i saw there did NOT show neutrality. They cheated, but we kept persisting. Then the CA primary election, the New York vote purges, the stories of people here having their registrations changed strangely. Bernie Supporters on the ground were very concerned about funny stuff with polling places, but only 2–3 weeks before. the Bernie campaign seemed to be packing up shop, not interested in investigating or organizing. I joined that lawsuit.”

She answers again giving a statement on Donna Brazile:

“The answer is yes, I think it was rigged. I simply cannot believe he did not win in California. Everywhere you went, all pro-Bernie, but it’s hard to say for sure without sounding out of your mind. I hope it comes out one day how they rigged the voting polls. Just like it came out with Donna Brazile. Nothing is sacred, nothing can be trusted. I will put nothing past them anymore.”

Her story was remarkably similar to many of the other delegates stories and shed the spotlight on the corruption the DNC was involved in during the Primary. The Democratic Party’s biggest mistake was nominating Hillary Clinton. They might never gain back the voters they lost.