11/29 News Roundup and Open Thread – The Progressive Wing

No Free Stuff for Mayo Pete!

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/29/progressives-condemn-nonsensical-and-dishonest-pete-buttigieg-ad-attacking-free?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=twitter

Progressives were quick to respond that Buttigieg’s argument against tuition-free public college and in favor of means-testing could just as easily apply to other publicly funded goods and programs like K-12 education, Social Security, Medicare, and libraries.
“This logic leads directly to President Pete agreeing to further Medicare and Social Security means testing in order to keep taxes low,” said Crooked Media’s Brian Beutler.
Other critics echoed Beutler:
Faiz Shakir, Sanders’ campaign manager, said “to have an advanced society that lifts the working class, you need universal benefits paid for through progressive taxation.”
“Why does Pete dislike Social Security, Medicare, public parks, libraries, fire stations, etc.?” Shakir added.
Current Affairs editor Sparky Abraham, the author of an April article that addressed common attacks on free public college, also slammed Buttigieg’s new ad.
“This is a nonsensical and dishonest line for a lot of reasons, but especially notice what the result is: burdens land on poor people to prove they’re poor, and colleges don’t lose market share or profit to public competitors,” said Abraham. “This is pure profit protection at your expense.”
In a series of tweets late Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called Buttigieg’s attack on tuition-free public college “a GOP talking point used to dismantle public systems” and said “it’s sad to see a Dem candidate adopt it.”
“Universal public systems are designed to benefit EVERYBODY! Everyone contributes and everyone enjoys. We don’t ban the rich from public schools, firefighters, or libraries because they are public goods,” said the New York Democrat. “Universal systems that benefit everyone are stronger because everyone’s invested!”

Benny

Talk about the anti-thesis of Bernie’s campaign. Buttigieg is a Log Cabin rogue.

This is a GOP talking point used to dismantle public systems, & it’s sad to see a Dem candidate adopt it.
Let’s talk about why Republicans are wrong on this.
Just like rich kids can attend public school, they should be able to attend tuition-free public college.
Here’s why. https://t.co/pWprP0qrhG
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 29, 2019

polarbear4

Thanks, jcitybone!

polarbear4

dear lord.

Ohio introduces one of the most extreme bills to date for a procedure that does not exist in medical science.https://t.co/bj9d2wDiAR
— PROGRESSIVES 4 (@Democratic_Rep) November 29, 2019

orlbucfan

T and R, jcb!! 🙂 Did you mean to type 11/29? Nothing like seeing how dangerously stupid Fundie X-tians are. What controls them is the classic example of evil.

polarbear4

This is the link that questions other suicides of Deutsche executives, not including the latest:https://t.co/5FlVJaZ16D
— Country Over Party (@CountryOverPar5) November 29, 2019

polarbear4

“Prisoners of Politics.” Rachel Barkow (@RachelBarkow). “1 of greatest tragedies of American domestic policy” is we adopt strategies that “ruin lives but are unnecessary to improve public safety.” On how media & politics create laws on fear not reason. https://t.co/AXqJt3wNyG
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) November 29, 2019

magsview

Kamala Harris suffers new blow as aide resigns with scathing letter: ‘I’ve never seen staff treated so poorly’

Staffers and allies within the campaign also criticised Ms Harris for retreating against Democratic rivals without clear messaging as to whether she straddles the moderate or progressive side of the party’s current ideological divide, according to the report.
As for her platform, Ms Harris also has faced criticism for not having a clear health care plan, which has become central to top-polling Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, and for poorly manoeuvring a progressive criminal justice plan while answering for her record as a prosecutor.

The report also says division within the campaign is in part due to leadership — Maya Harris, who directs the campaign, is the candidate’s sister, making it difficult for staff to address their criticism of the candidate. Staffers also believe it would be difficult to replace Mr Rodriguez without also signalling the resignations of Ms Harris’ consultants.

Benny

A cautionary tale on what happens when you try to figure out your core values by conference call. https://t.co/amlMW2YGTL
— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) November 29, 2019

polarbear4

I wish this would happen to Buttigieg. But he has the full force of the anybody but Bernie coalition, which is a powerful and wealthy coalition.

polarbear4

Apparently young staffers on the Harris campaign were obsessed with "liberals on twitter" and that "distorted their view of what issues mattered" so to all those that say twitter doesn't matter, congrats, the Kamala Harris is a Cop twitter sensation derailed the campaign lol
— Cowardly John Brown (@MitchellCares) November 29, 2019

polarbear4

the DNC swirling against Bernie but we will just have to work harder https://t.co/f9WJ4LaxG6
— smithjarred2002 (@smithjarrod2002) November 29, 2019

Don midwest

Bruno Latour wrote a classic book from a classic study of Laboratory Life 40 years ago. It was recently noted in science magazine. Here is the tweet and the link to the article in Science – which is the official magazine of AAAS – american association for Advancement of science

many scientists were pissed at him. He documented how science works. How facts are produced. But, he didn’t hold Science up in an exalted position. Back then, Science was key to progress, but now we see where progress has ended up. Now sciencists are looking to him for support. Did you know that it takes millions to support a major scientific effort. Some political decision was involved. Science is not separate from politics, not above the fray. And furthermore, science is essential as the climate collapses.

the author in the Science Mag article gets a lot of things right, but Latour is deeper

Joseph Swift in Science 29 NOVEMBER 2019 • VOL 366 ISSUE 6469 1081 presents “Laboratory Life”, 40 years later, as what could help scientists in the new real war on science. What William James called “the ambulatory theory of scientific truth” could at last become common sense. pic.twitter.com/yeWtjXfTqN
— BrunoLatour (@BrunoLatourAIME) November 29, 2019

here is a direct link to the Science mag article

https://twitter.com/BrunoLatourAIME/status/1200397391624646656/photo/1

this is from a couple of days ago

Don midwest

Today Bruno links an article in The Guardian fearuring Tim Lenton. He is on Bruno’s team (my terms) and co wrote an article last year in Science titled, Bruno and Tim, titled: Gaia 2.0

the tweet

Notes of a solastalgic: cherry tries are flowering 4 months earlier; Paris' outside terrace cafes are well heated to let smokers nurse their lung cancers; Nature publishes Lenton's piece on tipping points https://t.co/aFXZo63sMH
Everything is quiet on the home front…
— BrunoLatour (@BrunoLatourAIME) November 28, 2019

this links to the guardian article

Climate emergency: world ‘may have crossed tipping points’
Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events

and can find the source article in Nature with Tim as a co author

Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against
The growing threat of abrupt and irreversible climate changes must compel political and economic action on emissions.

polarbear4

@don midwest
what is your twitter handle again? i want to tweet this article and credit you.

polarbear4

Amazon workers walk out on Black Friday as global strike and protests get underway https://t.co/g73d7XPycj
— Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap 🦡 (@kaitlin_sb) November 29, 2019

humphrey

Jeremy Corbyn visited with the workers.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/29/amazon-hit-by-black-friday-srikes-and-protests-across-europe-11238471/

The union cited figures suggesting there had been more than 600 ambulance call-outs to Amazon warehouses over a three-year period and just as many serious incidents reported to the Health and Safety Executive for various injuries. They also claimed workers had to urinate in water bottles and said there had been at least one report of a lost pregnancy, Yahoo! reported. Jeremy Corbyn visited protestors outside Amazon’s Sheffield centre to show his support earlier this week.

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Spring Texan

“Oh, Jeremy Corbyn!”

polarbear4

A crying shame when a Democrat muddies the water w disingenuous half-measures and “everybody gets a cookie” logic.
Guess what: Public goods are not cookies! If we’re not in it together, we’ll always have a two-tiered system. Solidarity means everyone has skin in the game ✊🏽✊🏽 https://t.co/FvGN7NkkPW
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) November 29, 2019

polarbear4

Buttigieg is using the same "money bundlers" as HRC. Just sounds corrupt AF doesn't it?
Buttigieg enlists Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton fundraisers to build 2020 campaign war chest https://t.co/AypLY8aW3P #OnlyBernie #Bernie2020 #BernieOrBust #BanPACmoney #citizensunited
— Teabar.com (@MAHAMOSA) July 4, 2019

polarbear4

pic.twitter.com/3SXI5AgqUo
— no justice – just us. ⌛️ (@billm9) November 30, 2019

humphrey

You might like this pb4.

BREAKING: 1 day after we filed to make PA decertify unreliable #ExpressVoteXL voting machines, & 3 weeks after they failed in local elections, Bucks Co. (w/ 5% of PA voters) decides to reject ExpressVote XL & chooses hand-marked paper ballots. Big victory for election integrity! https://t.co/yItm5ZVTO9
— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) November 27, 2019

polarbear4

yayyyyyyy!!!!!! county by county.

humphrey

Absolutely incredible — an essay by @PeteButtigieg that helped him get into Harvard calls moving to the center to get elected a “fundamental threat to the principles of democracy” and praises the courage of Bernie Sanders.
Remarkable. https://t.co/AijQNlf9QA pic.twitter.com/Huw4oVky4x
— Justin Kanew (@Kanew) November 29, 2019

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