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Is there legislation ready-to-go? What if Boehner pushed it through on his way out? Schema Thing Sep 2015 #1
Liz Warren on the drug war and marijuana legalization: Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #2
Please do not call her Liz. sheshe2 Sep 2015 #36
Has she asked people not to call her that? Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #68
The only place I have ever seen her called Liz is on DU. sheshe2 Sep 2015 #78
Like I said, if Liz Warren has specifically asked people not to call her "Liz", I wont. Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #83
I used to rationalize my pronounced lack of respect and character also. LanternWaste Sep 2015 #227
I'm so very glad you've grown out of it! Good for you! Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #228
omg. That is what you choose to focus on with this OP ?! Really ?! Hiraeth Sep 2015 #97
Almost like she's trying to sway the discussion from Warren's message. nt valerief Sep 2015 #109
yeah, sort of transparent, isn't it? Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #129
She's my senator, too. In fact, every U.S. senator affects every American. valerief Sep 2015 #108
Here's an idea-- how about we speak for ourselves? /nt Marr Sep 2015 #200
Because that might involve that poster actually having to address the point i made? Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #229
I think you're right. /nt Marr Sep 2015 #231
Try Googling the term "Liz Warren." See how many hits you will get. totodeinhere Sep 2015 #222
Biden An Architect Of the Drug War billhicks76 Sep 2015 #115
the main reason I will never ever vote for biden is.. Javaman Sep 2015 #123
No...Some In Our Party Are Lazy And Stupid billhicks76 Sep 2015 #186
That and the Bankruptcy bill are my biggest problems with Biden. Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #232
I followed this speech on twitter gwheezie Sep 2015 #3
This is an important speech. brer cat Sep 2015 #4
"Economic justice is not — and has never been — sufficient to ensure racial justice" tishaLA Sep 2015 #5
She's going to be on the national stage soon. Maybe Sanders will put her in the cabinet. Doctor_J Sep 2015 #6
Sanders should put her on the ticket ArcticFox Sep 2015 #15
I don't know. Two NE liberals probably not enough balance. Doctor_J Sep 2015 #17
Barbara Lee would be a great choice. Alittleliberal Sep 2015 #30
I like your thinking, but she'll be 70 y.o. next November Doctor_J Sep 2015 #33
lol, a Jewish democratic socialist and a Muslim (who happens to be Black) Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #63
Yes she would! lonestarnot Sep 2015 #212
Geography balance makes sense, but VP should be a populist liberal like he is... cascadiance Sep 2015 #87
She'd be wasted in that job tularetom Sep 2015 #67
If Bernie goes for one term, if she has designs for the presidency, it still might be her best spot. cascadiance Sep 2015 #89
She will be on the national stage endorsing Hillary. sheshe2 Sep 2015 #58
Of course she will, she is a good Democrat. But why didn't H. Clinton give this speech? rhett o rick Sep 2015 #116
Really, the opposite? jfern Sep 2015 #131
You're putting the cart before the horse Cali_Democrat Sep 2015 #107
The Populist Movement is going to sweep the Corporatist Democrats out of the Party leadership. rhett o rick Sep 2015 #117
I so hope that will be the case. darkangel218 Sep 2015 #127
She's on the national stage now loyalsister Sep 2015 #192
Hopefully as Senate Majority Leader then jfern Sep 2015 #194
I think she's stronger where she is loyalsister Sep 2015 #208
Well, we really need someone better than Chuck Schumer as Senate leader jfern Sep 2015 #209
I agree loyalsister Sep 2015 #210
K&R! Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #7
Wow, those are some powerful words and truths tomm2thumbs Sep 2015 #8
Some here will promptly throw her under the bus for saying so. Nt stevenleser Sep 2015 #9
No. they won't. And that's because Senator Warren said it. PragmaticLiberal Sep 2015 #21
Yep, particularly if you or I said that in certain conversations... stevenleser Sep 2015 #22
Exactly PragmaticLiberal Sep 2015 #26
... artislife Sep 2015 #84
But you wouldn't say it Bugenhagen Sep 2015 #187
Lol, you need to read the two sentences you posted and think stevenleser Sep 2015 #188
And here is something else you did to out yourself stevenleser Sep 2015 #189
(That poster has been here for over 8 years) cyberswede Sep 2015 #204
Not really. stevenleser Sep 2015 #214
They may read more than they post. cyberswede Sep 2015 #219
They don't seem the shy kind. stevenleser Sep 2015 #220
A retread who signed up 8 years ago? Doubtful. cyberswede Sep 2015 #224
Why would you say something nasty like that Steve? haikugal Sep 2015 #29
Does he ever say anything else? Scootaloo Sep 2015 #82
You mean besides evidence, history and experience? Besides those things why would I say that? stevenleser Sep 2015 #106
""We have to address both" - Bernie Sanders jfern Sep 2015 #203
Warren is saying that an emphasis is economic justice is not sufficient-it will not trickle down riversedge Sep 2015 #103
Nope jfern Sep 2015 #133
Then folks are hypocrites. Because folks here who defended BLM said the same thing and were stevenleser Sep 2015 #135
Where were they criticized? jfern Sep 2015 #137
You're kidding me right? You are telling me you missed that whole thing that happened over 4-6 weeks stevenleser Sep 2015 #139
It never happened! randys1 Sep 2015 #142
I can't take it here sometimes... stevenleser Sep 2015 #143
It must be tough being asked for evidence for your claims jfern Sep 2015 #147
LOL, everyone reading this knows exactly what I am talking about, including you. stevenleser Sep 2015 #161
This is exactly what happened to Bravenak and a few others rbrnmw Sep 2015 #182
Yep. I got tired of that poster playing games with this issue and put them on ignore. stevenleser Sep 2015 #183
Of course it is rbrnmw Sep 2015 #185
What? A bunch of people who all agree that black lives matter jfern Sep 2015 #144
Just as I thought. You knew exactly what we were talking about. stevenleser Sep 2015 #163
So you agree that everyone agreed that black lives matter? jfern Sep 2015 #166
Nope. They most certainly did not. They thought BLM was a scam, a Hillary ploy. nt stevenleser Sep 2015 #167
I bet they still though black lives matter jfern Sep 2015 #169
Nope. Here are some links for you stevenleser Sep 2015 #172
Besides the conspiracy theories, that's basically just a question about tacticts jfern Sep 2015 #175
Well Steve Shankapotomus Sep 2015 #198
Secret Service doesn't let you shove aside the person they are protecting jfern Sep 2015 #199
Shorter version: You guys are caught in hypocrisy. Full stop. Nt stevenleser Sep 2015 #202
Lawd! Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #148
Where were people saying black lives didn't matter? jfern Sep 2015 #157
Several of the hosts of the AA forum are just downthread. You could ask them. stevenleser Sep 2015 #162
You made the claim, no need to have people ask someone else for evidence jfern Sep 2015 #164
LMAO. OK, so you are afraid of directly asking the folks who this impacts the most. stevenleser Sep 2015 #165
I'm not playing games, I've always thought that black lives matter jfern Sep 2015 #168
See my #172 and yes you are playing games with advocacy for the lives of black people. nt stevenleser Sep 2015 #173
You are the one playing the games jfern Sep 2015 #176
Nope, and see my #172. The posts are there stevenleser Sep 2015 #177
Your comments are very divisive jfern Sep 2015 #178
+100000 -- this nonsense is beyond done nashville_brook Sep 2015 #197
But it wasn't the goals or message of BLM Shankapotomus Sep 2015 #205
This message was self-deleted by its author aikoaiko Oct 2015 #233
BLM was criticized for tactics and the message it sent about Bernie. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #234
Total misrepresentation of your fellow Democrats Shankapotomus Sep 2015 #195
Nope, it's not. And you can see multiple hosts from the AA group below who agree with me. stevenleser Sep 2015 #215
Now I know you're wrong Shankapotomus Sep 2015 #221
Nope, it's clear you are wrong. You know better about a minority issue than the minority in question stevenleser Sep 2015 #223
This is not a minority issue Shankapotomus Sep 2015 #225
You mean like what happened to the person who said this? jfern Sep 2015 #201
Sanders + Warren 2016 nuff said n/t retrowire Sep 2015 #10
Hopefully so!! darkangel218 Sep 2015 #128
No thanks. leftofcool Sep 2015 #153
What's not to like? ozone_man Sep 2015 #191
K&R. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #11
This on the heels of her appearance on The Late Show...I have NorthCarolina Sep 2015 #12
The one that she stopped just short of endorsing: George II Sep 2015 #27
Kick kick kick~ sheshe2 Sep 2015 #79
But declines to endorse her....nt artislife Sep 2015 #86
"Economic justice is not — and has never been — sufficient to ensure racial justice." zappaman Sep 2015 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Number23 Sep 2015 #18
Exactly what's been said in the AfAm group here since the year dot. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2015 #24
Kick kick kick~ sheshe2 Sep 2015 #61
I am! sheshe2 Sep 2015 #60
and yet druidity33 Sep 2015 #95
Sorry buddy, they are not the same. Ask Chris Rock leftofcool Sep 2015 #96
Or the guy the cops tackled inn NYC randys1 Sep 2015 #145
who said they were the same? Not me... druidity33 Sep 2015 #190
And Bernie has a strong racial justice section platform on his website jfern Sep 2015 #193
Please don't separate them yet again TM99 Sep 2015 #102
+1 Paka Sep 2015 #132
No one is making that claim. Economic justice will not ensure racial justice but rhett o rick Sep 2015 #118
Yes, Rick. zappaman Sep 2015 #120
Absolutely correct! d_legendary1 Sep 2015 #155
If Ahmed Muhammed has taught us anything, it should be this. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #206
she is just cindyperry2010 Sep 2015 #14
DAYUUMM!!! Number23 Sep 2015 #16
"Maybe now that somebody not black has finally said this clearly and LOUDLY" tishaLA Sep 2015 #19
Four hours into this thread, almost half the respondents in it are regulars in the AA forum Number23 Sep 2015 #20
Bernie supporters here owe the AA group and members an apology stevenleser Sep 2015 #23
Amen. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2015 #25
yup, and i also give credit to blm and related activists for Warren's Words JI7 Sep 2015 #38
Not all of them, steve. We have a sizeable number of Bernie supporters in AA Number23 Sep 2015 #39
Bravenak was one of the Bernie supporters. And she was shot down by other Bernie people pnwmom Sep 2015 #43
Bravenak will tell you, we actually got into it a bit. Not regarding her support for Sanders Number23 Sep 2015 #46
The greatest weakness pnwmom Sep 2015 #51
Absolutely. And the branding of the AA forum as "pro Hillary" when it is nothing of the sort Number23 Sep 2015 #55
And pnwmom Sep 2015 #56
Gee, would you listen to someone Art_from_Ark Sep 2015 #70
African American thinkers from Malcolm X to Ta-Nehisi Coates have argued the case for violence tishaLA Sep 2015 #92
You don't think that bragging about torching someone else's property is not an issue??? Art_from_Ark Sep 2015 #93
Of course Sanders isn't perfect jfern Sep 2015 #138
She ain't no damned Hillary supporter either, I can tell you. nt Bonobo Sep 2015 #52
Right, she isn't. But some Bernie supporters have claimed she is pnwmom Sep 2015 #57
Not me. And one point I'd like to make that I know some of you already understand... Bonobo Sep 2015 #64
That all seems like a reasonable possibility. pnwmom Sep 2015 #66
Agreed and thank you for your response, sincerely. nt Bonobo Sep 2015 #72
I appreciate your post. Sincerely. tishaLA Sep 2015 #71
I understand entirely. Big ugly emotions come out and empathy flies out the window. Bonobo Sep 2015 #73
Sad to hear she's left for good The Polack MSgt Sep 2015 #113
We'd love to have you in the AA forum, ThePolack. Number23 Sep 2015 #150
that's heartbreaking, number 23 onpatrol98 Sep 2015 #125
We are cool as hell again though so it all worked out. Number23 Sep 2015 #151
i remember that time JI7 Sep 2015 #207
I agree, but far too few. If 85% of the site supports Sanders as polls here keep indicating... stevenleser Sep 2015 #216
Yep shenmue Sep 2015 #80
Yes, yes. yes! leftofcool Sep 2015 #99
+ a million lunamagica Sep 2015 #122
Holy shit 23! sheshe2 Sep 2015 #34
I couldn't care less about nameless fools disliking me nor the attempts to pretend that a certain Number23 Sep 2015 #41
Why would she be thrown under the bus? RichVRichV Sep 2015 #75
K sheshe2 Sep 2015 #77
I have been here for a while now. RichVRichV Sep 2015 #91
Exactly, Warren and Sanders are saying pretty much the same thing jfern Sep 2015 #141
No, the have NOT said the same thing leftofcool Sep 2015 #154
As I was saying, Bernie has been attacked a lot because he's been jfern Sep 2015 #156
Exactly artislife Sep 2015 #90
Maybe I'm reading her statements differently. Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #65
I think she's pretty clear in her statement. Number23 Sep 2015 #69
I get the feeling that we have been agreeing with each other all along. Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #111
I don't know if we're on the same page or not. I have seen the old "rising tide lifts all boats" Number23 Sep 2015 #152
What she said was, that it wasn't "sufficient." Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #159
It's not sufficient because it doesn't address the issue, its causes or its effects. That's why it's Number23 Sep 2015 #160
This doesn't address the point I made in my last statement: Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #171
No one is talking about jurisdiction or policy. We are talking about the efforts of far too many Number23 Sep 2015 #174
I think everyone thinks that racism is an issue, it's just how much jfern Sep 2015 #180
Exactly. But there are those that want to build a strawman to fight. And while Sen Sanders is for rhett o rick Sep 2015 #121
Yes, that is my take on that sentence as well. The operative word being: INJUSTICE. Hiraeth Sep 2015 #98
ROFL gollygee Sep 2015 #170
Love this. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #28
Reminder: Sanders never said economic justice alone Bonobo Sep 2015 #31
Convenient ignore of that as usual Hydra Sep 2015 #37
At the Netroots meeting all he could talk about, when confronted by the BLM, pnwmom Sep 2015 #44
That's not the same thing. Bonobo Sep 2015 #47
When someone begs you for a BLT and your only response is to talk about your ham sandwich, pnwmom Sep 2015 #49
I like your counterargument! Bonobo Sep 2015 #50
Thanks, Bonobo. pnwmom Sep 2015 #53
Fair enough, it is a good argument. So how about this- Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #136
It was a good one. Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #126
No one at Netroots was begging to hear his social justice platform. bobbobbins01 Sep 2015 #146
And I'd vote for that ham sandwich.. Snap the Turtle Sep 2015 #158
Hillary Clinton to Black Lives Matter: "I'm going to keep talking" Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #74
"Economic justice is not — and has never been — sufficient to ensure racial justice" NuclearDem Sep 2015 #32
Righteous! ismnotwasm Sep 2015 #35
k&r Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #40
when DU began disparaging "identity politics" tishaLA Sep 2015 #48
I wish I had more excitement over the election itself. Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #62
I doubt it, they got the phrase "identity politics" from Dear Leader. They think it's catchy, I.... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2015 #85
I hate that phrase so much. Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #100
Excellent speech. JEB Sep 2015 #42
President Obama is the living embodiment of that. Economic justice doesn't automatically pnwmom Sep 2015 #45
Good for Warren, but don't all the Democratic candidates say something similar? Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #54
Yeah. What she said. Matariki Sep 2015 #59
She gets it. herding cats Sep 2015 #76
"Economic justice is not and has never been sufficient to ensure racial justice." sheshe2 Sep 2015 #81
Finally. n/t Tarheel_Dem Sep 2015 #88
Yep. Amazing how WHAT is being said around here is not nearly as important as WHO is saying it?? Number23 Sep 2015 #94
So not agreeing with only one, yes, ONE TM99 Sep 2015 #104
They only need us to show up and vote. That seems to be the extent of their "concern". Tarheel_Dem Sep 2015 #114
EXACTLY. Number23 Sep 2015 #149
Warren is saying that even if economic justice is achieved, it will not trickle down to riversedge Sep 2015 #101
I'm on Cape Cod off-season & just saw a young black F driver pulled over by police wordpix Sep 2015 #105
That was a great speech, but the truly brave pol will be the one who explains WHO valerief Sep 2015 #110
Yes... but who benefits... AOR Sep 2015 #119
If only she were the woman running for President............... jalan48 Sep 2015 #112
Awesome! WTG Senator Warren!!!! (nt) LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #124
Body Cameras For Police Officers Is No Way To Build Trust NonMetro Sep 2015 #130
Agreed. It would be tragic if police tishaLA Sep 2015 #134
Reality is, there are so many cameras around they need to behave as if they are being watched anyway stevenleser Sep 2015 #140
You're Right. NonMetro Sep 2015 #179
My only concern would be stage left Sep 2015 #184
Right. You Were Under Suspicion At All Times. NonMetro Sep 2015 #217
Yes, cashiers have been known stage left Sep 2015 #226
For Over 200 Years, Business Operated Just Fine Without Cameras, or... NonMetro Sep 2015 #230
There is no trust gollygee Sep 2015 #213
How Do You Think We Ended Up With 2 Million People In Jail? NonMetro Sep 2015 #218
K&R. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #181
Good speech. One quibble, though... Ken Burch Sep 2015 #196
Never heard her acknowledge her white privilege. cheapdate Sep 2015 #211
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