3/20 News Roundup – The #InequalityTownHall Draws 1.7 Million Live Viewers, Myers’ Powerful #MarchForOurLives Ad & More
Bernie Sanders: Russia and Stormy Daniels distract us from real problem of inequality
Enough about Russia and Stormy Daniels, the leaders of the progressive movement want to talk about growing income inequality in the US.
At a live-streamed town hall event on Monday night, Senator Bernie Sanders once again circumvented cable news to host a 90-minute panel discussion on poverty, the decline of the middle class and the consolidation of corporate power.
He was joined in Washington by Senator Elizabeth Warren, director Michael Moore and economist Darrick Hamilton while roughly 1.7 million viewers tuned in to watch online, according to Sanders’ office.
Speaking to the Guardian before the event, Sanders said: “We have to fight Trump every day. But we have to not lose our vision as to where we want to go as a country. We can talk about the disastrous role Russia has played in trying to undermine American democracy. That is enormously important. But we also have to talk about the fact that we have the highest rate of child poverty in any major economy of the world.”
Sanders and Moore both complained about the media’s poor coverage of inequality and working people’s struggles. Moore said: “You turn on the TV and it’s ‘Russia, Russia, Russia!’” Sanders interjected: “And don’t forget Stormy Daniels!”
Moore continued: “These are all shiny keys to distract us … We should know about the West Virginia strike. What an inspiration that would be. But they don’t show this, Bernie, because, what would happen if they did?”
Panelists were not shy to point out who they felt were the culprits fuelling inequality in the United States. Its three wealthiest men – Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet – who collectively earn more than the poorest half of Americans, were singled out as contributing to the widening wealth gap. So too were lobbyists like the American Legislative Exchange Council and major political donors such as the Koch brothers. And, of course, representatives in Congress who are beholden to corporate donors.
The event is available for viewing here.
I say to those in the mainstream media: start turning your attention to the millions of people who are in poverty and struggling every day. #InequalityTownHall
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) March 19, 2018
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Bernie Sanders’ Economic Inequality Town Hall Draws 1.7 Million Live Viewers
Sanders economic inequality forum attracts 1.7 million viewers
Bernie’s leading the way on this, Perez-DNC could very easily have joined Bernie and set the table for 2018 & 20 but its well apparent that it doesn’t fit the Neolib agenda. 1.7 million tuned in you say So how about it Bernie announce your running after midterms for 2020. You’re the only one that has stayed on message since 2016. As for the media the usual weapons of mass deception rolls on as far as Russia and Stormy go Watching them its the only thing that’s going on in the news.
This is huge and I had not known. Imagine if the media still acted as a Fifth Estate, even some of the time.
It’s actually called The Fourth Estate. You look at its history, focus on what is called “The Yellow Press.” Since the invention of the printing press, there has always been a fight to control this megaphone between the haves/have nots. The FRightwing Era now is no different. You’ve got these yuge mega-media-corpse monopolies controlling the bullhorn. Similar monied interests have gradually wrecked nationwide public education. How do you think an airheaded, corrupt bimbo named Betsy DeVos managed to get hired as the Secretary of Education? Or a yahoo named Leslie Moonves creaming over himself over tRump getting nominated/elected as POTUS? His CBS corpse is making so much profit off advertising, he could physically drown in the sea of coin. They are related, and that relation goes back centuries. Listening to the broadcast now. 🙂 T and R and a grateful thanks to the usual excellent(!) TPW suspects!!
I couldn’t agree more!! Thank you Bernie.
D.C.-bound for March for Our Lives? Groups opening up homes in nation’s capital
The March for our Lives, explained
The photo is from the walkout at the high school last week
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Shooting-Investigation-Underway-at-St-Marys-Co-High-School-477374093.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DCBrand&__twitter_impression=true
Calling politicians the bitch of the NRA is actually too kind to them
https://thinkprogress.org/nra-attack-ad-parkland-david-hogg-march-for-our-lives-73756a1d1b13/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Surely someone has called them out for not calling the POTUS a child for calling Chuck Todd a son-of-a-bitch?
March for Our Lives plans hundreds of ‘sibling marches,’ many in Trump country
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2018/03/ann_arbor_oks_street_closures.html
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/article/DF/20180308/NEWS/180309712
LOL. Typical mainstream media article. It spent at least half its time discussing what a conservative non-participating student and her local Republican representative think of the March. (Unsurprisingly not much)
Usually even in bad articles theres something worth blockquoting… but with this one I passed.
Expectations have been upgraded for 1 million to show up.
Multiple Injuries Reported in Shooting at St. Mary’s Co. High School
Bernie Sanders helps launch global peace movement
In “Call for Peace” Address, Bernie Sanders Takes on Endless War and Global Oligarchy (video @ transcript at link).
@DonMidwest tagging you so you can find this upon your return overseas.
This is very good news! 😀
El-Sayed seeks court ruling on eligibility for governor
Governor candidate El-Sayed asks for ruling on eligibility
Gretchen Whitmer receives endorsement from United Auto Workers
After early doubts, United Auto Workers back Gretchen Whitmer for Michigan governor
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2018/03/will_this_be_last_hash_bash_be.html
Isn’t this the one who skips debates?
All while forming alliances with BCBS.
unions are so fickle. treat us the same way establishment dems do, too often. and it’s true, we support unions. but UAW, teamsters and those that love pipelines and tar sands? not so much. they are mostly led by neolibcons. short term gains of money and power more important than others’ lives, even their children and grandchildren. grrrrrr.
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BLM Leader Shaun King Endorses Shelby Township’s El-Sayed
i hope they join forces.
I guess I’m not so much in favor of “unity” but that’s because when you try to link up with the top of the wealth pyramid, they always win because you haven’t disturbed their power base. Maybe take another look at Warren in last night’s Town Hall. Her mantra was “I believe in equality OF OPPORTUNITY.” That’s Clinton neoliberalism, and while it may reflect the moral inclinations of her wealthy donors, it betrays the presuppositions about humanity that undergird American capitalism. I note that Derrick Hamilton did not swallow the “equality of opportunity” message per se. Paraphrasing his response to Warren: try to achieve equality by providing equal opportunity–when what you are dealing with is racism, and see how far you get. Equal opportunity does not lead to equality of life. What Warren’s mantra does mirror is a set of presuppositions about human nature that underly the capitalist mentality and thus are part of the cause of inequality. [Another paraphrase: “People are all born but they’re all different. We don’t know how they’re different. So we have to give them all equality of opportunity, and then we will see who rises to the top like cream and succeeds.”] What success exactly entails is left open–we all know that success equals wealth but we “know” that because of the system we live in. What “equal opportunity” in the current system comes down to is “let’s get more Condoleeza Rice’s and Barak Obama’s WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WE ALLOW MANY, MANY MORE TO GO UNDER DUE TO THE WORKINGS OF THE MONEY-SYSTEM.” Of course this last part remains unspoken.
I’m not sure Bernie’s approach, which is deeply moral, can be meaningfully unified with Warren’s Clintonism. Bernie’s approach, I think, represents a foray into the possibilities of confronting, not shilling for, corporate-generated wealth. Isn’t that why we support him?
oh, for sure. i confess to only listening to the beginning and reading Benny’s summary, so I didn’t hear that from Warren. How disappointing!
Still, if she were to run with Bernie, I don’t see how she could escape from policies that reflect true populism, not neolibcon pretty phrases.
But yeah, not good. Thanks for pointing this out. dam.
Yay Jake!
Cambridge Analytica boasts of dirty tricks to swing elections
Where’s Zuck? Facebook CEO silent as data harvesting scandal unfolds
Time to cut ties with the digital oligarchs and rewire the web
Skip to the 4:45 mark of Colbert’s monologue for the CEO of Cambridge Analytica says it all.
Up Date:Cambridge Analytica CEO Andrew Nix has been suspended
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/cambridge-analytica-ceo-andrew-nix-193644628.html
That didnt take long for them to make a “analytical” decison about their CEO, wonder if he’ll talk even more now to save his arse.
I also wonder how many more of these agencies are out their ready to attack Bernie should he run and to what depth of deception they would go to to smear Bernie or any other candidate that the R’s hire them for?
US primary elections: five races that could reshape the political landscape
https://youtu.be/U0_CPHyO7eI