Bernie’s Still the One

Bernie’s Still the One

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Bernie Sanders doesn't embody what a 2016 mainstream Democrat is. He embodies what a 2016 mainstream Democrat should be and the support base that has been championing his messages is what the Democratic Party should be. And no, I don’t mean 70 year old Jewish guys from Brooklyn. I mean progressive. Democrats should be progressive and, dare I say, liberal. Sanders has started to bring the progressive core of the Democratic Party out of a decades long hibernation and he’s succeeding in getting the newly awoken to help wake up people sleeping next to them.

If Progressives Show Up to Protest, Will Anyone Hear About It?

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This past Sunday, 80K - 100K people from all over the US took to the streets in Raleigh, NC to protest the draconian policies that the GOP are implementing there. The protest, called the Moral March on Raleigh, was kick off of this year's long Moral Mondays marches in Raleigh -- marches that resulted in arrests of non-violent protesters last year.
The “Moral March on Raleigh,” organized by Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) and the North Carolina NAACP, marched from Shaw University to the state capitol to push back against the “immoral and unconstitutional policies” of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory during the 2013 NC General Assembly session. Since North Carolina Republicans took over both legislative chambers in 2010, legislators have eliminated a host of programs and raised taxes on the bottom 80 percent, repealed a tax credit for 900,000 working families, enforced voter suppression efforts, blocked Medicaid coverage, cut pre-Kindergarten funding, cut federal unemployment benefits, and gave itself the authority to intervene in abortion lawsuits.

Tone Deaf

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I'm really not certain if writing this post is worth it.  I'm also not certain I want to go down this road again.  Truth is... I'm weary.  Even sadder, I'm…

The Brutal Politics for House Progressives

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If you read nothing else today, this article is the one you should settle in with. Ryan Grim and Arthur Delaney at the Huffington Post write one of the best articles I have seen in a long time surveying a political landscape -- but this time for House Progressives. Ranging from details on the financial extractions by the House Committees from Progressives, to the role they played in trying to keep the Public Option open to some of their own internal fractiousness, this article paints a pretty tough picture of the politics of being in the Progressive Caucus.

This Is Gonna Hurt…

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I've been wanting to use this classic post (I Hate Your Politics) for years, but never really had the opportunity.  Well... I do now.  And what I'm writing here isn't…

Kowalko Fundraiser Reminder

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Don't forget about the John Kowalko fundraiser this Friday in Newark.
25th District State Representative John Kowalko Featuring the delectable cuisine of Michael Gritz, Master of the Meatball and Marinara Friday, November 13th, 2009 6:00-9:00 PM Universal Unitarian Fellowship of Newark 420 Willa Rd. Newark, De $25 per person, $200 per table

Bill Moyers on Real Time

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Bill Moyers is always great to listen to. He is especially interesting on the relationship of Progressives to the Democratic Party and the relationships of he Party to health insurance issues.