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In reply to the discussion: Ari Melber Says Biden Increasingly Sounds Like 'The New Bernie' [View all]JoeOtterbein
(7,699 posts)22. To anyone who was ever locked-up for smoking a joint (not me of course) it was much more of a...
...complex dilemma, than simply legalizing it.
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No, this effort makes the new young progressives in our Party feel included and gives hope.
Tommymac
Apr 2021
#21
"Sanders said country needed more jails and 'tougher' penalties in certain cases in 1994 remarks"
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#5
Biden sounds exactly the same as he did when he announced his candidacy on April 25, 2019
LanternWaste
Apr 2021
#8
OFFS!! Biden won running as a more centrist candidate..the term socialist is not a good take
PortTack
Apr 2021
#9
To anyone who was ever locked-up for smoking a joint (not me of course) it was much more of a...
JoeOtterbein
Apr 2021
#22
With more states legalizing, the better approach might be to pass Elizabeth Warren's STATES Act
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#24
I read Sanders is second least effective and that is certainly not Biden, thank goodness.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#13
The data show that Sanders was not "extremely successful in advancing bills" of any type.
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#30
Showing up and getting stuff done is generally a good measure of effectiveness.
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#34
Their claim is not backed up by their link, they cherry picked out one Congress, in others he was
Celerity
Apr 2021
#32
The data showing Sanders 98th in effectiveness is from our most recent Congress - the 116th.
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#37
it is not what was claimed, they did not state it was for just one congress or the most recent one
Celerity
Apr 2021
#46
Sorry, accidentally self deleted. I never said I randomly picked a congress, and I also
Celerity
Apr 2021
#64
Actually, I think Stabenow and Shelby are ranked 99th and 100th in effectiveness.
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#25
I have been pondering. I read earlier, younger voters now favor Biden as "progressive" over Sanders.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#35
The progress was made by mostly the progressive Democratic base, starting with Pelosi.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#36
No, he's continuing the liberal Democratic FDR/LBJ tradition, except with tiny majorities
betsuni
Apr 2021
#38
Health care as a human right and not a privilege is a classic Democratic policy.
betsuni
Apr 2021
#40
Right. This is all Democratic base policy and a long time too. The hijacking has got to stop.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#43
MFA will never happen. Even Sanders recently seems to know that, he's now calling for....
George II
Apr 2021
#59
He does, Biden has seen what the future holds and he's the first president to jump into it
Autumn
Apr 2021
#65
Ari Melber is an idiot. This is the Biden Administration, not the Sanders-lite Administration.
NurseJackie
Apr 2021
#68