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Nanjeanne
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March 2, 2020
I Love This Article - if the Nation Was My Patient, Sanders Would Be My Prescription
https://twitter.com/docs_4_bernie/status/1234626786123751426Wealthy countries that prioritize relative financial equality have less depression, lower infant mortality, and fewer people suffering from drug addiction. They have greater social cohesion, more civic trust, and their children score higher on standardized academic tests. Great extremes in wealth and income, like we now have in our country, leads to a generalized societal dysfunction. We are not all in the same boat and we are painfully aware of that. The present-day extremes of income and wealth inequality in the United States even exceed those seen during the days of the robber barons.
I support Bernie Sanders because he has the most comprehensive plan to reverse the great wealth and income gap. Only by doing so will the health of our nation improve.
I support Bernie Sanders because he has the most comprehensive plan to reverse the great wealth and income gap. Only by doing so will the health of our nation improve.
March 2, 2020
Charles Booker, Youngest State Legislator in KY Endorses Sanders
https://twitter.com/booker4ky/status/1234597801801199623
February 29, 2020
We have several decades ahead to fix all the problems weve created. Im sure even Bernie Sanders would acknowledge its not going to be fixed in one or two terms, he continued. Its going to take the rest of our lives. The critical partner in that is going to be this coalition under 45.
Joe Sanberg, LA Entrepeneur and Founder of Aspiration Endorses Sanders
https://twitter.com/danielmarans/status/1233782401786138624 Sanberg, a founder of Aspiration, the socially conscious online banking company, described Sanders diverse, young and working-class coalition of supporters as a key reason for getting behind the Vermont senators candidacy.
I think about the kind of progressive governance that I want to see happen over the rest of our lives ― its going to require the multiracial, working-class coalition under 45 that have been inspired by his campaign, said Sanberg, 40, a founder of multiple progressive advocacy groups, who emphasized that he was making the endorsement in a personal capacity. The endorsement for me is both about my belief that Bernie can beat Trump and be a great president, as well as standing by the coalition hes awakened.
I think about the kind of progressive governance that I want to see happen over the rest of our lives ― its going to require the multiracial, working-class coalition under 45 that have been inspired by his campaign, said Sanberg, 40, a founder of multiple progressive advocacy groups, who emphasized that he was making the endorsement in a personal capacity. The endorsement for me is both about my belief that Bernie can beat Trump and be a great president, as well as standing by the coalition hes awakened.
We have several decades ahead to fix all the problems weve created. Im sure even Bernie Sanders would acknowledge its not going to be fixed in one or two terms, he continued. Its going to take the rest of our lives. The critical partner in that is going to be this coalition under 45.
February 29, 2020
This is brilliant! Seth Meyers on Sanders freak out.
https://twitter.com/twinklingtania/status/1233519331083988998
February 28, 2020
BErnie Sanders Is Still Not George McGovern
This is a fascinating rebuttal article to all the McGovern nonsense by Paul Heidman, history teacher and writer.
https://twitter.com/pmheideman/status/1233471230256218114
February 28, 2020
Mayor of Jackson Mississippi Endorses Sanders After Caucus of City Residents
The Mayor Of Jackson, Mississippi, Has Endorsed Bernie Sanders After A Caucus Of City Residents https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/bernie-sanders-2020-mississippi-endorse-lumumba
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the young progressive mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders presidential campaign after residents of Jackson voted to endorse Sanders during a peoples caucus.
I believe that an endorsement from myself should represent more than just my own personal thoughts, views, and opinions. It should be considerate of the people who are impacted by the policy, impacted by whatever relationship ensues from that individual if that relationship were to prevail, Lumumba said explaining the choice to have a caucus. We decided that wed have a peoples caucus, which is consistent with our normal assemblies to discuss major issues in our city.
Sen. Sanders rose to the top, Lumumba said of the citys caucus, where representatives for Sanders, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, and Elizabeth Warren were available to share their candidates platforms with residents. On a personal level, Sen. Sanders rises to the top for me because he has demonstrated the most consistency, and I think that his policies and what he has prioritized in his campaign speaks to the issues that were most concerned with in Mississippi.
I believe that an endorsement from myself should represent more than just my own personal thoughts, views, and opinions. It should be considerate of the people who are impacted by the policy, impacted by whatever relationship ensues from that individual if that relationship were to prevail, Lumumba said explaining the choice to have a caucus. We decided that wed have a peoples caucus, which is consistent with our normal assemblies to discuss major issues in our city.
Sen. Sanders rose to the top, Lumumba said of the citys caucus, where representatives for Sanders, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, and Elizabeth Warren were available to share their candidates platforms with residents. On a personal level, Sen. Sanders rises to the top for me because he has demonstrated the most consistency, and I think that his policies and what he has prioritized in his campaign speaks to the issues that were most concerned with in Mississippi.
February 28, 2020
MAyor of Jackson, Mississippi Endorses Sanders after Caucus of City Residents
The Mayor Of Jackson, Mississippi, Has Endorsed Bernie Sanders After A Caucus Of City Residents https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/bernie-sanders-2020-mississippi-endorse-lumumba
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the young progressive mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders presidential campaign after residents of Jackson voted to endorse Sanders during a peoples caucus.
I believe that an endorsement from myself should represent more than just my own personal thoughts, views, and opinions. It should be considerate of the people who are impacted by the policy, impacted by whatever relationship ensues from that individual if that relationship were to prevail, Lumumba said explaining the choice to have a caucus. We decided that wed have a peoples caucus, which is consistent with our normal assemblies to discuss major issues in our city.
Sen. Sanders rose to the top, Lumumba said of the citys caucus, where representatives for Sanders, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, and Elizabeth Warren were available to share their candidates platforms with residents. On a personal level, Sen. Sanders rises to the top for me because he has demonstrated the most consistency, and I think that his policies and what he has prioritized in his campaign speaks to the issues that were most concerned with in Mississippi.
I believe that an endorsement from myself should represent more than just my own personal thoughts, views, and opinions. It should be considerate of the people who are impacted by the policy, impacted by whatever relationship ensues from that individual if that relationship were to prevail, Lumumba said explaining the choice to have a caucus. We decided that wed have a peoples caucus, which is consistent with our normal assemblies to discuss major issues in our city.
Sen. Sanders rose to the top, Lumumba said of the citys caucus, where representatives for Sanders, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, and Elizabeth Warren were available to share their candidates platforms with residents. On a personal level, Sen. Sanders rises to the top for me because he has demonstrated the most consistency, and I think that his policies and what he has prioritized in his campaign speaks to the issues that were most concerned with in Mississippi.
February 27, 2020
New Morning Call PA poll Sanders only candidate beating Trump
https://twitter.com/politics_polls/status/1233028846070329346
February 27, 2020
*snip*
Read the whole thing. Especially Sanders and Warren supporters.
Jesse Jackson-The important word in 'democratic socialism' is 'democratic'
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/24/21151126/democratic-socialism-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-presidential-primary-jesse-jackson After the Nevada caucuses, Bernie Sanders is now the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race.
In South Carolina, the next primary, former Vice President Joe Biden is the favorite, buoyed by his support among African American voters. But Sanders will come into the state with real momentum, having won the popular vote in each of the first three contests.
In South Carolina, the next primary, former Vice President Joe Biden is the favorite, buoyed by his support among African American voters. But Sanders will come into the state with real momentum, having won the popular vote in each of the first three contests.
Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have offered Americans a new direction, not simply another candidate. Both have called for a modern version of what Franklin D. Roosevelt called the Economic Bill of Rights: Medicare for all, tuition-free public education, universal day care, a Green New Deal to generate jobs while addressing climate change. Both would tax the wealthy and corporations to make vital public investments in the common good.
Sanders calls himself a democratic socialist. Warren objects to that label and says shes for making markets work. But this is a difference in labels, not in substance. Their agendas are remarkably similar. The direction they would set is the same.
Some already have started to frighten people about the label democratic socialist. Trump paints it as Venezuela or Cuba. Mike Bloomberg has called Sanders (and presumably Warrens) views on taxing wealth communist. Voters are going to hear a lot more of this nonsense, if Sanders continues to build momentum or Warren catches fire.
Heres the reality. The important word in democratic socialism isnt socialism, its democratic. Sanders isnt talking about making America into Cuba or Venezuela; hes talking about extending social guarantees like those offered in most other advanced industrial states, invoking Denmark or Sweden. These countries have universal health care at lower cost, paid family leave, guaranteed paid vacations, higher minimum wages, more generous public retirement programs. They also have vibrant and competitive economies, lower inequality, less poverty, and higher life expectancies.
Some already have started to frighten people about the label democratic socialist. Trump paints it as Venezuela or Cuba. Mike Bloomberg has called Sanders (and presumably Warrens) views on taxing wealth communist. Voters are going to hear a lot more of this nonsense, if Sanders continues to build momentum or Warren catches fire.
Heres the reality. The important word in democratic socialism isnt socialism, its democratic. Sanders isnt talking about making America into Cuba or Venezuela; hes talking about extending social guarantees like those offered in most other advanced industrial states, invoking Denmark or Sweden. These countries have universal health care at lower cost, paid family leave, guaranteed paid vacations, higher minimum wages, more generous public retirement programs. They also have vibrant and competitive economies, lower inequality, less poverty, and higher life expectancies.
*snip*
So, put aside the fearmongering and the red-baiting; take a look instead at the substance. Theres no question we need big structural change, as Elizabeth Warren puts it. We need a better distribution of wealth, and a greater protection of basic human rights like the right to affordable health care, as Sanders argues.
Call it capitalism with a conscience, democratic socialism, call it lemonade. Its the substance, not the label that counts.
Call it capitalism with a conscience, democratic socialism, call it lemonade. Its the substance, not the label that counts.
Read the whole thing. Especially Sanders and Warren supporters.
February 26, 2020
Open up the Thread to see a number of quotes from Rev. Jackson.
Link in tweet has audio but transcript is still forthcoming. Tweets contain quotes from the audio.
Fascinating series of tweets from Jeremy Scahill's Interview in SC with Rev. Jesse Jackson
https://twitter.com/jeremyscahill/status/1232780873348603904Open up the Thread to see a number of quotes from Rev. Jackson.
Link in tweet has audio but transcript is still forthcoming. Tweets contain quotes from the audio.
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