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Donkees's Journal
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June 28, 2019

LIVE at 11PM - Post Debate Show



Following the first Democratic debate, join our post-game show for our immediate reactions and recap, and share your reactions to tonight's debate in the comments.
June 28, 2019

UPDATED LIVE at 8:20 Pre-Debate Show with Ro Khanna and Briahna Gray






Join us live ahead of the 1st Democratic Debate. Bernie takes the stage at 9 pm but first we sit down with Campaign Co-Chair Rep. Ro Khanna and National Press Secretary Briahna Gray to preview the debate.
June 27, 2019

Trump Is the Worst Kind of Socialist

His policies coddle fellow oligarchs while leaving ordinary people at the mercy of the free market.

By Bernie Sanders
June 26, 2019 6:49 pm ET

Excerpt:

The time is long overdue for the U.S. to end corporate socialism for Mr. Trump and the rest of the billionaire class. Instead, those resources should be put to work to ensure shared prosperity by enhancing Social Security and Medicare and investing in roads and bridges, public schools, clean water and clean air.

Mr. Trump believes in corporate socialism to protect the wealth and power of the rich. I believe the U.S. must end corporate socialism and instead fulfill President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s vision of enshrining basic economic rights for all Americans. These include the rights to health care, a living wage, a decent job, a quality education, a secure retirement, affordable housing and a clean environment. We can make this 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights a reality with initiatives like Medicare for All, a $15 minimum wage, a Green New Deal, student-debt cancellation and legislation to expand Social Security.

I recognize that this agenda will face enormous opposition from corporate America and the 1%. They have a vested interest in protecting the corporate socialism that has enriched and empowered them. The wealthiest three families now own more wealth than the bottom half of the country, and they will do everything they can to block our agenda.

But more Americans are noticing the contradiction between coddled socialism for the rich and the destruction of opportunity for everyone else. I am confident that we will be able to build a grass-roots movement that will not only defeat Donald Trump in this election but finally create a government that works for all people, not just the billionaire class.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-is-the-worst-kind-of-socialist-11561589372

June 26, 2019

Evicted



Published on Jun 26, 2019
Reno local and housing advocate Brooke Noble took Bernie Sanders' campaign on a tour around some of the city’s worst cases of displacement among locals due to the growing cost of rent, lack of affordable housing and gentrification.

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