3/23 Judge Orders WI governance keys to be Returned to Tony Evers & More: OT
Judge Restores #Wisconsin Governor's Powers, Strikes Down GOP Laws https://t.co/shZXRKAHgR
— #BernieOrGreen #LearnMMT 🌹 (@NoFascistLies) March 23, 2020
That’s the one silver lining I have seen in some choppy jetstreams caused by COVID-19.
There’s a petition to Crooked Ron to declare a shutdown. Thousands of NYers are flying to the orange groves and coasts.
Florida Lawmakers will be hopping on a call w/@GovRonDeSantis staff TONIGHT at 6:30pm. Please retweet if you want FL to enact a shelter in place requirement to prevent the spread #COVID19! #DeSantis #FloridaLockDown #Coronavirus
— Rep. Anna V. Eskamani 🔨 (@AnnaForFlorida) March 22, 2020
Actually, tHere’s another silver lining:
Bernie Sanders Has Already Won the Heart & Soul of America
No one took him seriously as a contender. Not the media, not the pundits, not the other party insiders.
When the race began, he was polling in the single-digits.
According to popular opinion at the time, he was a political Mr. Nobody that no one believed could change his polling numbers, much less the entire U.S. political discourse.
What everyone didn’t know was that Bernie Sanders was a sleeping giant, and that giant was about to resonate deeply with America’s youth and disillusioned mass of apathetic voters who were waiting for someone to take a stand against America’s entrenched, wealthy elite.
By the end of that race, he had awoken a movement that rocketed him to a second-place position in the Democratic primaries and that would continue to remain with him regardless of whether or not he won the nomination.
Fast-forward to 2020, and it’s clear that, after all this time, the progressive movement has proven that it will soldier on, with or without a Sanders presidency.
Bernie’s policies — most notably Medicare for All — enjoy widespread, popular support among the public. This is largely due to an army of grassroots volunteers that have done a great job raising awareness about the need for such policies among America’s rank-and-file voters.
With coronavirus prevention measures in full effect across the nation, more people are beginning to pay attention to the deficiencies in our healthcare system — and the people who want to do something about it.
A battle of political fisticuffs is sure to erupt in Washington over how to handle the public health crisis now facing the nation, and how best to prepare for it’s short and long-term economic impacts.
Sanders has made it demonstrably clear that he intends to remain true to his decades-long commitment to fight for the average, ordinary, working American during this crisis.
And his movement is right there with him.Even amidst a pandemic, his campaign continues to raise money to help those most disadvantaged by COVID-19 and volunteers are offering their time to make Solidarity Calls, which urge people to get behind Bernie’s proposed relief legislation — a $2 trillion public bailout that would put $2,000/month into the bank accounts of America’s working-class citizens.
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The Onion could have easily made that infographic, but bully for David Doel to get to it first!
Lyin’ Joe’s herd is spreading manure.
It appears the the bots hired by the biden campaign are now working overtime.
It may be getting lots of views, but he is roundly ratioed on Twitter, LOL.
Trump and Wall Street Want to Send Us Back to Work. They Don’t Care If We Die of Coronavirus.
NY Governor Cuomo is singing from the Trump playbook. He’s talking about returning people to work as the virus is spreading in our state. Donny & Andy want to restart the economy. So what if thousands of NY workers get sick and die.
The Sane Progressive, NYC Mayor de Blasio,is saying the exact opposite on local TV. He’s talking about enforcing the social distancing mandates.
There seems to be a coalescing of the RINO/DINOs. Their focus is on shutting down Progressives. Bernie, de Blasio and all of US.https://twitter.com/AntPascaleNY1/status/1242108576891576321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1242155868164165638&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheprogressivewing.com%2F2-23-news-roundup-and-open-thread%2F
So, only 2% of 8.5 population will die.
If the communicable rate is 50%, that would be 2% of 4.25 million. So yeah, by Wuhan practices, by Italian practices, that would mean a large level of casualties. Fortunately we’re socially isolating, right, and testing, and that will bring down the number of fatalities.
This is not good. But it’s also not the end of the world for most of us, so the important thing here is to learn something from this. My immediate take away is that corporate oligarchy doesn’t give a damn about human mortality rates. That’s a problem, and one that we need to soon rectify.
Otherwise those we lose will have died for nothing.
Right now, Cuomo is talking about allowing people who have been infected, and who can show immunity, to return to work. I see nothing wrong with that. As long as that return does not involve a return to untested people publicly gathering.
New York State is very actively testing. That’s going to get us through this, and out from under it, faster than those states who are not. And with a lower death rate. But not so quickly as to not be safe.
#I’mNotDying4WallSt
Kind of tough to take it to the streets right now. Maybe there’s some kind of online consumer action we might take, perhaps even refusing to buy anything, for a period of time. Let the oligarchs know who’s REALLY in charge, here. Close the purse, and they fold.
NY is heading to disaster
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/cuomo-governors-beg-medical-supplies-trump-refuses.html
To bad Trumpcorp wouldn’t leave medicine to medical men.
and Women–my bad
T and R, Ms. Benny!!
I good Idea but you have to consider who is the democratic leadership.
The same ones that are pushing Biden on us.
That’s great!
Oh Boy! Nothing better than republican infighting.👏👌👇
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/489129-gaetz-accuses-burr-of-screwing-all-americans-over-stock-sale
Even a stopped clock…
https://theweek.com/articles/904080/democrats-need-play-coronavirus-hardball
This is what I’m thinking as well. Both Dems and Repugs will try to paint this as hostage-taking, but the Dems can reasonably say that only one side’s plan will make rich people richer. Should be a slam dunk, but my expectations for establishment Dems (who delight in selling the rest of us out) are low, sadly.
Nice article with a Sci fi touch
COVID-19: Prepared for the Wrong War
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/03/23/covid-19-prepared-for-the-wrong-war/