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===2020 Big Picture=== The Revolutionist: Film & Discussion (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vRzEkndJs0 June 2019 Sanders: Trump wants socialism for corporations and rich people In a [...]
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===2020 Big Picture=== A *huge* shout out to @NHYouthMovement @350NH_ACTION @350action @sunrisemvmt and everyone who worked to make #climate a top issue for Democrats in this New Hampshire [...]
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===2020 Big Picture=== 2005 Context: Roberts: ‘My job is to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat’ https://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/12/roberts.statement/ 2012 Context: [...]
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===2020 Big Picture=== From @FlyingWithSara: “Everyday people – sinking under the weight of a system rigged against us – realized no one was coming to bail us out & decided [...]
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===2020 Big Picture=== My response to a candidate’s fundraising letter: According to polling *trends* voters agree on several major issues. Are you a can-do, can’t-do or [...]
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Drug bill improvements and House Republicans’ possible blue-washing (i.e. health-washing)
As you know… when Republicans controlled everything [2017 – ed.] they successfully voted to increase the death and suffering of their constituents. The bill passed the House – [...]
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===2020 Big Picture=== A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted – in the air. A conservative never learned to walk forward; a reactionary walked backward in his sleep. A liberal, [...]
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===2020 Big Picture=== Note: I wrote Dean Baker to find out why Sanders’ M4A transition plan would lead to inflation. When asked Baker responded… a huge increase in government [...]
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===2020 Big Picture=== LA Governor Louisiana’s John Bel Edwards stuns GOP, wins reelection to a second term as the Deep South’s only Democratic governor. [...]
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===2020 Big Picture=== Bernie told a rally this week that he will rely on a mass movement to move his agenda forward. Biden told a corporate lobbying firm this week that he will rely on [...]
