The Thread of Democrats
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Some centrist Democrats embracing almost Trumpian ideas but more polished as politicians getting elected. Because they are in districts Trump won. Democrats voting for Anything But Trump but plan unlikely to work 2020
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/18/59428119 ... omplicated
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/18/59428119 ... omplicated
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Moore and Sanders
https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/
or https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders ... 8652727908
video
https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/
or https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders ... 8652727908
video
https://esapolitics.blogspot.com
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Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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I’m playing it now but the sound is bad on this 1:30 video. I put it on my android pad to follow.
It’s another 1% video.
It’s another 1% video.
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Tight race in Minnesota area where Dylan almost grew up...he could not wait to leave
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/ ... ump-483497
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/ ... ump-483497
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“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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Stalking liberal Democrats in their native habitat:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story ... try-217760
Even a socialist co-op Sam’s club!
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story ... try-217760
Even a socialist co-op Sam’s club!
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'The Denver Democratic Party Platform Now Has an Anti-Capitalist Plank, Thanks to Socialists'
In a sign of how far left the political axis has shifted since Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential run, on Saturday the Democratic Party of Denver officially ratified an anti-capitalist plank in its platform.
The move was spurred by members of the Denver chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) who petitioned Denver County Democratic Assembly delegates to vote for an amendment to the official party platform. The language states:
“We believe the economy should be democratically owned and controlled in order to serve the needs of the many, not to make profits for the few.
On March 24, the amendment passed with overwhelming support, and it will now be listed in the Democratic Party of Denver’s platform preamble. Denver DSA chair Kristofer Dubbels tells In These Times that there was initially some open opposition to the proposal, including a number of delegates who told him it “would never pass.” When the vote came up, however, of the nearly 1,000 delegates present, roughly 90 percent raised their cards in approval.
Earlier in the month, 15 members of Denver DSA were elected as delegates during the Democratic Party of Denver caucus, running on a pledge to bring new enthusiasm to the party and help spark more engagement from youth (nearly all of the newly elected delegates are under 30). They say they were surprised by how little resistance they faced, and how open the local party was to the empowering of a slate of socialists.
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Nobody is saying they want to turn the country into a socialist country!
And, nobody wants to take away your guns!
And, nobody wants to take away your guns!
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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One possibility for significant chunks of the economy is for government ownership of major infrastructure, such as utilities, ports, airports, and transport, with the actual running of each enterprise being given to interested companies, after a (hopefully) thorough and competitive tendering process. That way, governments still have overall control of national infrastructure, but you should also get the competitive benefit of free-enterprise - the more efficiently a company performs its role, the more profit it can make, as long as it first fulfils its government contract. Some aspects of the transport infrastructure in our state are run in that way.
I don't think the model would be appropriate for manufacturing, retail or farming, though...
I don't think the model would be appropriate for manufacturing, retail or farming, though...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.
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"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." —Voltaire
"They want to take away your hamburgers. This is what Stalin dreamt about but never achieved." —Sebastian Gorka
"They want to take away your hamburgers. This is what Stalin dreamt about but never achieved." —Sebastian Gorka
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“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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Do you guys remember when Al Franken used to go around drawing maps of the US? --sigh
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