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1/26 News Roundup – Bernie & de Blasio Discuss Progressive Government, Sanders 2020 Speculation Soars & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 26, 2018 by LieparDestinJanuary 26, 2018

De Blasio Praises Bernie Sanders Amid Reports He’s Mulling 2020 Presidential Bid

Mayor Bill de Blasio heaped praise on Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) amid reports that he is considering running for president for the second time in 2020.

Sanders, 76, has not yet made a decision as to whether he is running for president but reportedly assembled his political advisors in Washington, D.C. over the weekend for a meeting in which the topic of a possible 2020 presidential bid was discussed, according to POLITICO.

Sanders, who ran as an outsider candidate, focused on issues such as getting money out of politics, free public college tuition and a single-payer health care system in his presidential campaign platform.

Earlier this month, Sanders swore de Blasio in at his second inauguration ceremony.

“From the bottom of my heart, the American political process will never be the same because of what you started,” de Blasio said on Sanders’ The Bernie Sanders Show on Thursday afternoon.

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During his appearance, de Blasio said being a progressive mayor in the Trump era in 2018 means there’s a “world of possibilities,” which he described as ironic.

“I think the election of Donald Trump was not the essence of what happened in 2015 and 2016,” he said. “I think what was happening already, since the Occupy Wall Street movement and manifesting all over the country locally—including in places like New York City and culminated in your [Sanders’] campaign—was obvious movement for progressive change. I fundamentally believe we’re entering a new progressive era.”

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Posted in Bernie Sanders, Bill de Blasio, News, Open Thread, Progressive Media, Video | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Bill De Blasio, News, Open Thread

1/11 News Roundup – NYC To Divest $5bn From Fossil Fuels, 2018 Candidates Platforms Push For Climate Action & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 11, 2018 by LieparDestinJanuary 11, 2018

New York City plans to divest $5bn from fossil fuels and sue oil companies

New York City is seeking to lead the assault on both climate change and the Trump administration with a plan to divest $5bn from fossil fuels and sue the world’s most powerful oil companies over their contribution to dangerous global warming.

City officials have set a goal of divesting New York’s $189bn pension funds from fossil fuel companies within five years in what they say would be “among the most significant divestment efforts in the world to date”. Currently, New York City’s five pension funds have about $5bn in fossil fuel investments. New York state has already announced it is exploring how to divest from fossil fuels.

“New York City is standing up for future generations by becoming the first major US city to divest our pension funds from fossil fuels,” said Bill de Blasio, New York’s mayor.

“At the same time, we’re bringing the fight against climate change straight to the fossil fuel companies that knew about its effects and intentionally misled the public to protect their profits. As climate change continues to worsen, it’s up to the fossil fuel companies whose greed put us in this position to shoulder the cost of making New York safer and more resilient.”

De Blasio said that the city is taking the five fossil fuel firms – BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell – to federal court due to their contribution to climate change.

We're standing up to take our own action to protect our people, our city and our planet. #DivestNY pic.twitter.com/JlnJwQNdum

— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) January 11, 2018

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Posted in Bernie Sanders, Bill de Blasio, Candidates 2018, Climate Change, Immigration, Net Neutrality, News, Oil/Gas Pipelines, Open Thread | Tagged Bill De Blasio, Climate Change, divest, Fossil Fuels, New York City

1/2 News Roundup – Sanders Resolves To ‘Intensify The Struggle Against Trumpism’ As He Swears In de Blasio For Second Term & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 2, 2018 by LieparDestinJanuary 2, 2018

Bernie Sanders Holds Up New York City Mayor As Model For The Trump Opposition

At a ceremony to swear in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for his second term, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held up his hometown as a bastion of progress and a template for what Americans should strive for in the face of the Trump administration’s policies.

“We have an administration in Washington which, instead of bringing us together, is trying to divide us up to appeal to our very worst prejudices,” the Brooklyn-born Sanders said Monday afternoon on the front steps of New York City Hall.

In the time since Sanders attended the inauguration of President Donald Trump last January, he said, the White House began “eviscerating environmental legislation and making us more dependent on fossil fuel and not less.” The Republican-controlled Congress attempted to “throw 32 million people off of the health care they have.” And the president signed a sweeping tax bill providing “the billionaire class with hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks while raising taxes on millions of working-class families.”

“In this city, the largest city in our country, the people of New York under Bill de Blasio have chosen to move government in a very different direction than what we’re seeing in Washington,” Sanders told the crowd.

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Sanders also highlighted the mental health initiative of New York City’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, as well as de Blasio’s promise to defend the approximately 175,000 so-called Dreamers in the city who were given legal status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that Trump repealed in September.

“The issues go on and on again,” Sanders said. “The bottom line is what Mayor de Blasio and his administration understand is that in this country, in the home of Ellis Island, our job is to bring people together with love and compassion and to end the divisions and the attacks that are taking place.”

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Posted in Bernie Sanders, Bill de Blasio, Video | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Bill De Blasio

10/31 News Roundup – Sanders Talks Healthcare With Seth Meyers, Bernie’s De Blasio Endorsement & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on October 31, 2017 by LieparDestinOctober 31, 2017

Happy Halloween Birdies! Here’s Bernie on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ discussing the topics of the day and the push for Healthcare For All.

https://youtu.be/o7OJ0OLkaGU

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Posted in Bernie Sanders, Healthcare, Video | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Bill De Blasio, Healthcare, insurance

Puerto Rico cancels Whitefish Energy contract, Manafort told to surrender, Bernie in NYC for de Blasio & Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on October 30, 2017 by magsviewOctober 30, 2017

Good Morning Friends! I was surprised to hear that Puerto Rico canceled their contract with Whitefish, perhaps interestingly just two days after Bernie visited PR and said that the contract should be “nullified”. Puerto Rico Cancels Whitefish Energy Contract to Rebuild Power Lines Facing withering criticism from members of Congress and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the governor of Puerto Rico moved on Sunday to cancel a $300 million contract awarded to a small Montana company to rebuild part of the island’s battered power grid. While government officials in Washington and San Juan have argued over how a company from … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernie Sanders, Open Thread | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Bill De Blasio, distractions, hyperventilating media, Paul Manafort, Puerto Rico, Whitefish Energy

10/26 News Roundup – Bernie To Rally With Mayor de Blasio, Sanders Introduces Bill To Lower Drug Prices & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on October 26, 2017 by LieparDestinOctober 26, 2017

Good morning friends! I have a super extensive audit at the cubicle job today so will most likely not be around too very much but wanted to get a post going for the day. Of course I’ll start it with Bernie:

Bernie Sanders To Rally With Mayor De Blasio Before Election

Mayor Bill de Blasio will get a boost from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday as he seeks to rally support from the left for his re-election campaign. The de facto leader of the Democratic Party’s left wing will headline a de Blasio campaign rally at the music venue Terminal 5 on Oct. 30.

Sanders, an independent from Vermont who ran for president as a Democrat last year, “highlight the Mayor’s strong record of progressive results, his vision for moving New York City forward, and the importance of voting for a Mayor who will stand up to Donald Trump,” de Blasio’s campaign said in an event announcement.

The rally will come a week before de Blasio, a Democrat finishing his first term, faces off with Republican state Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis in the Nov. 7 election.

De Blasio endorsed Hillary Clinton over Sanders in last year’s presidential primary, in which the senator ran as an anti-establishment outsider. But Sanders’ appearance could help increase de Blasio’s appeal to some of his progressive critics.

“Throughout his life, Sen. @BernieSanders has fought for change for working Americans,” de Blasio’s campaign tweeted Wednesday.

Throughout his life, Sen. @BernieSanders has fought for change for working Americans. Join us at a campaign rally: https://t.co/6vUCy8JLbj pic.twitter.com/0cLRqLFEGt

— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) October 25, 2017

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Posted in Ben Jealous, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter, Climate Change, Healthcare, News, Open Thread | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Bill De Blasio, New York, Rally

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