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11/7 News Roundup – Bernie: Trump Doing Exact Opposite of What He Promised, Progressive Leaders Respond To Paradise Papers & More

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Happy Tuesday TPW readers! Welcome to the new folks (if you have any issues, you can send them to the tpwhelpdesk@gmail.com) and a big thanks for continuing to come back for those who have been here before. Starting the day off with Bernie and I tend to do:

As President, Trump Doing Exact Opposite of What He Promised on the Campaign Trail by Bernie Sanders

When Donald Trump campaigned for president, he told the American people that he would stand up for the working class and take on the political and economic establishment. One year since his election, he has repeatedly reneged on his promises by supporting the interests of the wealthy and powerful at the expense of working families.

During his campaign, candidate Trump said that he was going to “drain the swamp.” Now that he is president, Trump has brought more billionaires into his administration than any president.

While campaigning, Trump told the American people he was going to provide health “insurance for everybody.” As president, he supported a disastrous bill that would have thrown millions off of health insurance, substantially raised premiums for older workers and defunded Planned Parenthood.

As a candidate, Trump said he understood the pain of working families. His budget would slash funding for affordable housing, college financial aid and Head Start.

And while Trump wants to make devastating cuts to programs that working families desperately need, he is working overtime to provide a massive tax break to billionaires like himself.

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In other words, Trump as a candidate promised the American people one thing, as president he is doing the exact opposite.

But simply stopping Trump’s agenda is not enough. We can join every other major country and guarantee healthcare to all as a right. We can demand that the wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations start paying their fair share of taxes. We can create millions of decent paying jobs by rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure. We can reform our broken criminal justice system and pass comprehensive immigration reform. We can raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and make public colleges and universities tuition-free.

Together we need to build a government and an economy that works for all of us, not just the 1%.

More news/videos/tweets/etc. in the comments, including:

*Bernie Sanders’ stepdaughter considers running for office
*How it became a crime to be poor in America
*The indefensible Republican response to the Texas mass shooting
*Children Sue Trump Admin for ‘Reckless and Deliberate Indifference’ to Climate Threat
*2018 Candidate Updates/Media
*Pipeline news, Water Protector Updates & More

Ginger Jentzen’s Campaign For Minneapolis City Council Ward 3

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From Ginger Jentzen’s Official Website::

My name is Ginger Jentzen. I was the Executive Director of 15 Now, the grassroots campaign that led the way in making Minneapolis the first Midwest city to pass a $15 minimum wage. Now I am running for Minneapolis City Council because our city needs a political revolution. For too long, City Hall has been dominated by developers and big business, while housing prices skyrocket, economic and racial inequality grows, and social services go underfunded.

Like Bernie Sanders, my campaign is not for sale. I don’t accept any money from corporate executives or big developers. As a city council member I will only accept an average worker’s wage, and will donate the rest of my $80,000/year my city council salary to support social justice movements. Last election, tens of thousands of dollars of corporate cash flowed into Ward 3. I don’t think politicians can serve two bosses – working class people and wealthy corporate donors.

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Minneapolis is at a crossroads. Nowhere is this more evident than in Ward 3, where US Bank stadium sits on one edge while working people and people of color are increasingly being priced out of the city. A $15 minimum wage is just one step in dealing with the devastating inequality in the Twin Cities.

Our campaign is about building a new kind of politics, based on the needs of people and the environment, not what’s acceptable to the billionaire class and big business. Let’s make $15/hour the first chapter in a new history for Minneapolis, where working people are empowered to shape society in our own interests. To do this, we need elected representatives and a new party who fight for working people and the oppressed, and who use their office to work together alongside social movements, community organizations and labor to win real progressive gains.These campaigns can be a step towards a new party that organizes to change society not only in elections but also in our communities, workplaces and campuses.

I want to live in a democratic socialist society—a city, nation and world free from racism, sexism, corporate greed and exploitation. A society based on cooperation and solidarity, where everyone can work and live in dignity.

If you agree and want to fight against the billionaire class and for a better kind of society, please join us.

Just a few of the issues on Jentzen’s Priorities Page

*Affordable Housing & Rent Control
*Tax the Rich
*$15/hr and Workers’ Rights
*Environmental Justice and Green Jobs
*Black Lives Matter

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