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In reply to the discussion: Who Needs Russians When You Have 'Justice Democrats' [View all]rgbecker
(4,890 posts)22. Evil, I tell you, Pure evil.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Democrats
In addition, their platform encourages many progressive priorities, such as:[5]
Creating a new infrastructure program called the "Green New Deal"
Discontinuing arms sales to countries that violate human rights such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Enacting a federal jobs guarantee, which would promise all Americans a job paying $15 per hour plus benefits
Ending the death penalty
Ending the practice of unilaterally waging war, except as a last resort to defend U.S. territory
Ending the War on Drugs in favor of legalization, regulation, and taxation of drugs, and pardoning all non-violent drug offenders and treating all drug addicts
Ensuring free speech on college campuses and supporting net neutrality
Ensuring universal education as a right, including free public college and university education
Ensuring universal healthcare as a right
Establishing paid maternity leave, paid vacation leave, and free childcare
Expanding anti-discrimination laws to apply to homosexual and transgender people
Expanding background checks on firearms and banning high capacity magazines and assault weapons
Funding Planned Parenthood and other contraceptive and abortion services, and recognizing reproductive rights
Implementing electoral reform and publicly financed elections nationwide to make irrelevant and obsolete fundraising from large corporations and the wealthy
Implementing instant-runoff voting nationwide in an effort to make third-party and independent candidates more viable
Implementing the Buffett Rule, ending offshore financial centers, "chain[ing]" the capital gains and income taxes, and increasing the estate tax
Making the minimum wage a living wage and tying it to inflation
Pardoning Edward Snowden, prosecuting CIA torturers and DoD war criminals, shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and all other extrajudicial prisons, and ending warrantless spying and bulk data collection by the National Security Agency
Passing the Paycheck Fairness Act
Abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE)
Reforming police by mandating body cameras, establishing community oversight boards, eliminating broken windows policing, ending stop and frisk, and appointing special prosecutors to hold police accountable in courts
Renegotiating other free trade deals CAFTA-DR, and NAFTA and opposing the Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China and the World Trade Organization
Stopping any reductions to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and establishing single-payer universal healthcare
Stopping anthropogenic climate change through an ecological revolution and upholding the United States' participation in the Paris Climate Agreement
Uncompromisingly rejecting President Trump's immigration proposals and policies, particularly the Executive Order 13769 and deportation of illegal immigrants, and implementing comprehensive immigration reform which will give non-criminal illegal immigrants a path to citizenship
They've got to be stopped completely and immediately. Will ruin the Party if they are allowed to support any more candidates.
In addition, their platform encourages many progressive priorities, such as:[5]
Creating a new infrastructure program called the "Green New Deal"
Discontinuing arms sales to countries that violate human rights such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Enacting a federal jobs guarantee, which would promise all Americans a job paying $15 per hour plus benefits
Ending the death penalty
Ending the practice of unilaterally waging war, except as a last resort to defend U.S. territory
Ending the War on Drugs in favor of legalization, regulation, and taxation of drugs, and pardoning all non-violent drug offenders and treating all drug addicts
Ensuring free speech on college campuses and supporting net neutrality
Ensuring universal education as a right, including free public college and university education
Ensuring universal healthcare as a right
Establishing paid maternity leave, paid vacation leave, and free childcare
Expanding anti-discrimination laws to apply to homosexual and transgender people
Expanding background checks on firearms and banning high capacity magazines and assault weapons
Funding Planned Parenthood and other contraceptive and abortion services, and recognizing reproductive rights
Implementing electoral reform and publicly financed elections nationwide to make irrelevant and obsolete fundraising from large corporations and the wealthy
Implementing instant-runoff voting nationwide in an effort to make third-party and independent candidates more viable
Implementing the Buffett Rule, ending offshore financial centers, "chain[ing]" the capital gains and income taxes, and increasing the estate tax
Making the minimum wage a living wage and tying it to inflation
Pardoning Edward Snowden, prosecuting CIA torturers and DoD war criminals, shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and all other extrajudicial prisons, and ending warrantless spying and bulk data collection by the National Security Agency
Passing the Paycheck Fairness Act
Abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE)
Reforming police by mandating body cameras, establishing community oversight boards, eliminating broken windows policing, ending stop and frisk, and appointing special prosecutors to hold police accountable in courts
Renegotiating other free trade deals CAFTA-DR, and NAFTA and opposing the Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China and the World Trade Organization
Stopping any reductions to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and establishing single-payer universal healthcare
Stopping anthropogenic climate change through an ecological revolution and upholding the United States' participation in the Paris Climate Agreement
Uncompromisingly rejecting President Trump's immigration proposals and policies, particularly the Executive Order 13769 and deportation of illegal immigrants, and implementing comprehensive immigration reform which will give non-criminal illegal immigrants a path to citizenship
They've got to be stopped completely and immediately. Will ruin the Party if they are allowed to support any more candidates.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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So Democrats can't ask their reoresentatives to think about saving the planet?
DemocracyMouse
Feb 2019
#36
Yes, people visit and speak to their representatives all the time by calling or visiting....
George II
Feb 2019
#125
They chose to work from within the Democratic party because its the only real choice
LiberalLovinLug
Feb 2019
#39
Waleed Rashid got called out on a vile tweet about Kamala Harris which he later deleted.
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#97
JD is very bad news, the LAST thing they want is a Democrat in the WH.
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2019
#103
They're closely aligned with Brand New Congress (indeed, shared offices for a short time....
George II
Feb 2019
#109
Years ago one of my best friends was Dean of Students at University of Tennessee, Knoxville....
George II
Feb 2019
#155
I'd like to know why they think Democrats (regular Democrats) do not want campaign finance reform,
betsuni
Feb 2019
#161
Sounds like Elizabeth Warren's positions on those issues, and she's actually done something....
George II
Feb 2019
#162
Thankfully they've only been successful with 9% of their primary endorsements.....
George II
Feb 2019
#164
They collaborate with Brand New Congress, who endorsed republicans and independents...
George II
Feb 2019
#114
When did Justice Democrats become part of the "Democratic Coalition"? I think I missed that....
George II
Feb 2019
#99
Thanks. I actually had to go to the Washington Times who had the edited video.
WordsMatter
Feb 2019
#42
It was "factually correct" but it was incomplete. Whole segments, which would have put Feinstein's..
George II
Feb 2019
#117
Nope, NFL game highlights show HIGHLIGHTS, this video didn't. See how it works?
George II
Feb 2019
#123
Ranked choice, is only a part of, sometimes, a Proportional Representation system of voting
LiberalLovinLug
Feb 2019
#58
i do like a lot of these ideas..i just dont want to be forced to agree with anyone
samnsara
Feb 2019
#28
lets ignore them and they will go away.......i didnt recognize any of the names of the founders..
samnsara
Feb 2019
#30
Does it really matter who the founders are if they can make bank?
littlemissmartypants
Feb 2019
#160
And they did the same thing to Frank Pallone yesterday, too. Where does it end?
George II
Feb 2019
#35
Why are you trying to divide Democrats? What YOU are doing is calling Democrat against Democrat.
pdsimdars
Feb 2019
#37
You saying Justice Democrats are worse that Russians and you don't think that is divisive?
pdsimdars
Feb 2019
#65
And that's called targetting fellow democrats. Playing into Russia's hands. Good job.
pdsimdars
Feb 2019
#84
You're calling a long-time DUer a "Russian bot trying to create divisions"? REALLY?
George II
Feb 2019
#115
Could you explain why this is in the Primaries forum? What does it have to do with the primaries?
DSV
Feb 2019
#57
It is part of an effort by outside groups who are hostile to the Democratic Party to interfere...
CrossingTheRubicon
Feb 2019
#74
Given the fact that six Democratic members of Congress identify as Justice Democrats, it seems
DSV
Feb 2019
#102
Didn't he need to step back from being the public face due to disturbing racist and sexist writings?
CrossingTheRubicon
Feb 2019
#71
I really don't know why they don't close this down. You have targetted Democrats
pdsimdars
Feb 2019
#87
Their sister group, Brand New Congress, has endorsed republicans and independents...
George II
Feb 2019
#113
"Helping Joe Crowley move on to his true calling, selling Trump's trade deal."?
George II
Feb 2019
#111
In a perfect world, you're correct. But the republicans and Fox News are running....
George II
Feb 2019
#122