@WaggyRichard Instead of slashing the funding of key programs in order to extend their duration over 10 years and appease conservative lawmakers' demand for a lower price tag,[Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
the CPC executive board contends that Democrats should "make robust investments over a shorter window."[Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
Speaking to reporters earlier this week, Pelosi indicated she is open to that approach.["make robust investments over a shorter window."][Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
"This["make robust investments over a shorter window."]will help make the case for our party's ability to govern, and establish a track record of success that will pave the way for a long-term extension of benefits,"theCPC's letter reads.[bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson]
"We cannot pit childcare against housing, or paid leave against home- and community-based care."[Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
The progressive Democrats also deliver a sharp warning against limiting benefits on the basis of income, a route some right-wing lawmakers—including Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)[Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
"We strongly believe that this is the moment to demonstrate to the American people that regardless of geography, race, gender, or class, [Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
Democrats believe that everyone has a right to affordable child care, pre-K, clean water, and a community college education," the CPC letter states. [Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
"We can choose to strengthen the bond Americans have to one another by proposing universal social insurance benefits that broadly benefit all Americans."[Read more at bit.ly/3FNGLmo by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams]
@WaywardWinifred As part of our corrupt, big-money dominated political system, the pharmaceutical industry is now spending hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying,[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders @SenSanders via @FoxNewsOpinion]
the pharmaceutical industry is now spending hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying,campaign contributions and television ads to defeat this legislation[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders @SenSanders via @FoxNewsOpinion]
because it [the pharmaceutical industry]does not want Medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices.[Read more at fxn.ws/3DKcIKE by Bernie Sanders @SenSanders via @FoxNewsOpinion]
The Clock is Ticking in our Democracy By Lorenzo Canizares @canilor - Prof. Antia[Murad Antia, a finance prof MUMA College of Bus U of S FL
is referring to a nationally representative sample that asked Americans which unnamed country they preferred
[Prof. Antia asked Americans which unnamed country they preferred] regarding wealth distribution, country A being the United States and country B being Sweden, a social-democrat country.[The Clock is Ticking in our Democracy By Lorenzo Canizares @canilor]
With Democrats in control of the national government, Republicans are retreating to the states to launch their bid to take back national power.[Read more at bit.ly/30oFnXf by Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
Having cemented their control of Republican-dominated states with new election laws that suppress Democratic voting or give control of certifying elections to Republican boards,[Read more at bit.ly/30oFnXf by Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
Republicans are much more concerned about challenges from the right than they are about having to moderate their stands. [Read more at bit.ly/30oFnXf by Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
At the Washington Post, Max Boot takes an even stronger stand: “I’m no Democrat—but I’m voting exclusively for Democrats to save our democracy.”[Read more at bit.ly/3oUrZnK by Heather Cox Richardson @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
Boot [Max Boot]is a Russian-American specialist in foreign affairs who identifies as a conservative but no longer supports the Republican Party.[Read more at bit.ly/3oUrZnK by Heather Cox Richardson @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
He[Max Boot] writes: “I’m a single-issue voter. My issue is the fate of democracy in the United States.[Read more at bit.ly/3oUrZnK by Heather Cox Richardson @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
@LottieJoiner Moses[Bob Moses] was the mastermind behind the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in which more than 700 Black and white college students traveled to Mississippi to register Black voters.[Read more at bit.ly/3AH7GwF by @LottieJoiner via @capitalandmain]
They[the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project] set up Freedom Schools and taught literacy and civic education.The goal was to put a spotlight on the way people lived and were treated in Mississippi.[Read more at bit.ly/3AH7GwF by @LottieJoiner via @capitalandmain]
Bob Moses died on July 25 at his home in Hollywood,Florida.He was 86.In a 2002 interview,Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch [@taylorbranch]described Moses as the“father of grass-roots organizing.”[bit.ly/3AH7GwF by @LottieJoiner]
@Karashgould@truthout Markey[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts)] said only the reconciliation package is a “climate bill” — the bipartisan bill contains subsidies for the fossil fuel industry[Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
— and measures for confronting the climate crisis must not be dropped in negotiations with conservative Democrats that continue to frustrate progressives.[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) said] [Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
“Here’s the deal: Climate cannot and will not be cut. No climate, no deal,” Markey[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts)] said to applause from activists with the Sunshine Movement and other groups.[Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]