8/8 News Roundup – Bernie’s ‘Single Payer Litmus Test’ Scares Establishment Dems, Activists Rally Against The Keystone XL & More
Sanders ‘litmus test’ alarms Democrats
House and Senate Democrats have wondered for months whether Bernie Sanders’ supporters might choose to focus their energy on launching primary challenges to party moderates in 2018. They’re about to get an answer.
Sanders has decided the moment is right to launch his proposal for the single-payer health insurance system that helped form the backbone of his presidential message. And Democrats who don’t get behind it could find themselves on the wrong side of the most energetic wing of the party — as well as the once and possibly future presidential candidate who serves as its figurehead.
The Vermont senator himself has not explicitly said he’ll support primary challenges to those who won’t support his push for a so-called Medicare-for-all health care plan. But there are plenty of signs that Sanders and his allies view the issue as a defining moment for Democratic lawmakers.
“Our view is that within the Democratic Party, this is fast-emerging as a litmus test,” said Ben Tulchin, the pollster for Sanders’ White House run.
..With Sanders promising to play a major role in 2018 races, that’s led many party officials to worry about the prospect of his involvement in primaries that could upend the Democratic establishment’s plans to win crucial House, Senate and gubernatorial seats.
“There’s a concern that [Sanders allied] people will try to make a stir,” said a senior Democratic aide working on a 2018 campaign. “You can’t just be a liberal Democrat in a lot of these states and be elected. [So] the question is how we improve the lives of people instead of playing these political games.”
Sanders allies don’t find that argument convincing.
“Any Democrat worth their salt that doesn’t unequivocally say Medicare-for-all is the way to go? To me, there’s something wrong with them,” said former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner, president of Our Revolution. “We’re not going to accept no more hemming and hawing. No more game playing. Make your stand.”
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Slight problem though. I don’t have a twitter account. But I do read a lot of the tweets.
Wow! I thought for a minute we were under attack. Kept getting this message.
HTTP ERROR 500
I got it for a few moments as well but think it was a godaddy hiccup (well I hope it was).I’ll keep an eye on things.
issues are continuing and possible getting worse. Trying to figure out why…. not much luck yet.
It seemed to be a problem for me for a couple of hours (was not trying constantly) but seems OK right now. (fingers crossed).
edit……Maybe I spoke too soon the issues seem intermittent.
Report: Bernie’s Single-Payer ‘Litmus Test’ Worries Dems
Good.
Very good
Yep, sure isn’t anything radical about it!
Well it does hurt profits —AAWWWWWWW (yes sarcasm)
Worries the neolibs? It scares them shitless. I get a suspicion that the war on Bernie from the DNCC and DNC is just starting
well done
Bernie so plain spoken and clear. Love it.
He’s also looking pretty dapper in this appearance! Love his tie.
Bernie is relentless. A champion of the people.
Bernie Sanders Tells Big Pharma: Stop Making Americans Pay Twice
So how will Feinstein & Booker respond?
Bravo indies, and I think Bernie should support some indies too if the corporate Dems continue to be bought by pharma & oil.
Nina Turner Rips Into Democrats’ “Better Deal” Slogan: “What Does That Mean?!”
“What does that mean”. I think I can help. It means that the Democratic leadership still doesn’t have a clue on how to relate to the 99%.
Trump’s underlying message was “hey, I got rich, you can too..” in addition to “I’m gonna bring your job back.”. But he is giving govnment (misspelled purposely) a bad name because it shows that you can grease the wheels and get fat off the government. That pisses more people who need a hand-up, and think government won’t help them. And the R’s make sure that govnment continues to be a bad brand name by giveaways to Fortune 500 companies and investment bankers.
Trump’s underlying message was “hey, I got rich, you can too..” Just inherit it from your daddy. Oh darn my dad didn’t have millions around to get me going.
Inside Bernie Sanders’s campaign to save Obamacare
I don’t even want to link to this crap but… I guess I will
Get Off Kamala Harris’s Back
Years from now, as we study what went on in the twenty-teens, Joy Reid will be remembered as one of the most divisive forces in the party.
Can the party survive her machinations? At least Maddow is effectively sidelined with her focus on Russia. But Joy literally trolls those who don’t fall in line with her way of thinking on twitter! Now she’s mocking David Sirota online. Pathetic and unhelpful. Not the path towards partnerships.
She belongs in the same category as Baghdad Bob and Stephen Miller.
Nina Turner. Maybe if we are going to promote a female freshmen legislator of color, we should try Pramila Jayapal.
I really like a lot of the things she retweets. She seems good and strong.
That article is a waste of pixels.
But it gives insight into how misguided people are and how far they will go to try and get their smears out there.
The Democrats Are a Lost Cause, Period
Not a lost cause. As Bernie knows, ousting the establishment Dems from their entrenched positions will not be easy. But we are in a much better position than just two years ago.
Some Democrats won’t feel the burn for Kamala Harris, but should it matter?
Tim Black is correct once again.
Get lost Howard! (That was the most polite term I could come up with)
If this is the face of Hillary’s PAC…… Not a good sign at all.
Apparently the Clinton wing of the party will continue to utilize the ‘mock & marginalize’ strategy to drive Dem membership. We know how that works out.
poor Howie, lost his soul to his lobbyist job.
Attorneys for landowners dominate questioning in first 8 hours of Keystone XL hearing
Attorney Grills Company Officials in Keystone XL Hearing
I watched a couple of hours of the live hearings yesterday.
Attys were really sharp
Granted land rights in perpetuity, i.e., for ever, but unable to answer about how long it would be used or what it would cost to take it out of the ground
Hunch that the legal work here built on past hearings on pipe lines and/or will be built on for future hearings
Most of our institutions are now corrupt and the republicans have for 30 to 40 years packed the court with people from the Federalist society, so this avenue for redress is much harder to deal with.
Can we recover from the coup d’etat which has already happened?
I don’t know the answer
Interesting angle taken by attorneys.
It’s obviously ridiculous that they won’t commit to removing the pipeline once we’ve moved away from fossil fuels!
The pipeline companies should be forced to keep a (large) clean-up fund in escrow for that very purpose.
Keystone XL’s Path Up for Grabs as Nebraska Commission Weighs In
As Keystone XL’s fate is decided, activists descend on Nebraska.
this is a good segment with the statement of the atty representing the land owners
I think he is the one running for political office
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20170807/news01/635751/report-proposes-275-million-plan-to-keep-asian-carp-out-of-great