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On Thursday 7/19/2018 Democrats are set to officially announce a #MedicareForAll Caucus focused on making single payer healthcare an American reality.
Exclusive: Over 60 House Democrats are forming a Medicare for All Caucus
Single-payer health care is about to become a major plank in the platform of the Democratic Party.
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If the Democrats really want to impeach Trump so badly, why don’t they go after him for operating a global for profit business while being president? A clearly impeachable offense under the Constitution
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“The California Democratic Party on Saturday endorsed U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s challenger, highlighting the moderate lawmaker’s political disconnect with liberal activists in her home state.”
California Democrats endorse de León for US Senate race, snubbing Feinstein
US Sen. Dianne Feinstein lost the California Democratic Party endorsement to her more liberal challenger, Kevin de León, on Saturday, July 14, 2018.
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Put your feelings of Nader aside and read this. It’s worth the time
“Raising money from Wall Street, from the drug companies, from health insurance companies, the energy companies, kept [Democrats] from their main contrasting advantage over the Republicans, which is, in FDR’s parlance, “The Democratic Party is the party of working families, Republicans are the party of the rich.” That flipped it completely and left the Democrats extremely vulnerable.”
The legendary consumer advocate describes his decades-long perspective on what brought the Democratic Party to its current state of collapse.
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Great read.
“There has almost never been a period of substantial economic growth in the United States without significant investment,” she said. “And no investment pays off within the same cycle. No investment pays off within the same year – especially a governmental investment. Even businesses don’t work that way.”
OPINION: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez favors a government jobs guarantee and says Americans should not underestimate the power of policymakers to channel deficit spending toward social goals like healthcare and education.
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The party hacks have had their day in the sun, it’s time to move out of the way or get left in the dust.
“While Democratic Party officials are at it, they should also question whether their wishy-washiness on things their people care about, such as universal health care, liveable wages, affordable higher education and reining in Wall Street greed, is limiting their ability to win elections. Maybe it even had something to with the fact that Democrats managed to lose an election that even the lying, misogynist, racist, populist bully who won didn’t think he had a shot at.”
Democrats better embrace progressive millennials or get used to losing
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s primary victory shows it’s past time for Democrats to actually start thinking about “Change that Matters” instead of shallow sloganeering.
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“There are just a few months until the midterms. Democrats should block all Supreme Court confirmation hearings until voters have had a chance to have their voices heard in the midterms.”
#MidtermsBeforeSCOTUS Takes Off as Democrats Told to ‘Stiffen Their Spines’
“Here it is, plain and simple. McConnell set the rule. Now, he and Senate Republicans need to follow it.”
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Glad to see Democrats found a spine, when standing up to their base that is. I have no idea why these people keep losing
We’re going to make you pay the taxes you should Howard, that’s how we’re going to pay for it.
Howard Schultz rips Democrats for veering too far left: ‘How are we going to pay for these things?’
Many leaders in the Democratic Party are overpromising government programs that are not fiscally possible, Howard Schultz says.
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