July 22, 2019

2020 Democracy for America Poll: Sanders wins across the board, Warren also does very well.

Harris comes in 3rd. Top issues were typically Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and Impeaching Trump. Polls were taken in early primary states and can be viewed individually or as a national result.

https://poll.democracyforamerica.com/results?show=candidates

Edit: Should add this is a poll of DFA members, not a scientific poll.

July 19, 2019

Since everyone seems to be excited about Medicare for All, here's the full text of the bill.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1129/text

Enjoy.

July 19, 2019

Joe Biden Is 'Dangerously Close to Using Republican Talking Points', Says Ex-Clinton Adviser

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-using-republican-talking-points-clinton-adviser-1449559

A former adviser to 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said that 2020 hopeful Joe Biden is "dangerously close to using Republican talking points" and sounds like President Donald Trump when he discusses Medicare for All.

Appearing as part of a panel discussion on CNN's New Day on Tuesday, ex-Clinton aide Jess McIntosh shared her perspective on the former vice president's healthcare pitch. Biden has criticized the proposal of several 2020 Democratic candidates to create universal healthcare for all Americans by expanding Medicare. Biden, who served under former President Barack Obama, prefers instead to expand the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare.

"The risk he [Biden] has here though, is he comes dangerously close to using Republican talking points when talking about Medicare-for-all," McIntosh said. "There was a lot of 'Medicare as you know it will go away, seniors will be left with nothing,'" she said.

"That sounds suspiciously like Donald Trump, and as long as Biden is trying to appeal to the Democratic base during the primary, they're not going to like him engaging with this topic using that kind of language," she asserted.

July 16, 2019

Who Said It?

Find out how Joe Biden's comments about Medicare for All compare to Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and the health insurance industry. There's also a surprise twist at the end. Have fun!

https://berniesanders.com/who-said-it/

July 10, 2019

Bernie Sanders releases list of anti-endorsements

This is pretty darn funny.

https://berniesanders.com/anti-endorsements/

June 28, 2019

538: Who Won the First Democratic Debate? (Spoiler: Harris, Sanders, Warren, Castro)

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/democratic-debate-poll/

The four candidates who had the most positive change from pre-debate polling support to post-debate support are:

Harris: +8.7%
Sanders: +2.9%
Warren: +1.8%
Castro: +1%

Everyone else either went down or stayed roughly the same. Of course, it's early, so the effects of the debate may play out differently over time, but this is the immediate effect. It also should be noted that Warren's support jumped considerably after the first debate night, but most of those gains went to Harris after the second night.

June 20, 2019

New Bernie 2020 video, "Trapped", focuses on rural poverty in the South

Not sure if this is an ad to be aired on television or just circulated around the internet, but here it is. It focuses on a family in rural Alabama who bought a mobile home and experienced real estate devaluation due to nearby industrial development (likely targeting the impoverished community because, hey, they're poor, right?). It then goes on to tie that family's experience the broader issue of poverty throughout the country. This is what we're fighting for.

[link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=EUyfLiNCi3Q|

June 15, 2019

Does Joe Biden plan on releasing his tax returns?

He's been in the race for a couple months now so I think this is a reasonable question to ask at this point. Anyone know?