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8/3 OH-11 Special Dem Primary Election & Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on August 3, 2021 by BennyAugust 3, 2021

Greetings Birdies!

Today is the Dem primary in OH-11, although early voting started July 7th.

Nina Turner and Shontel Brown face off in a high-profile Ohio special House election

Former state Sen. Nina Turner and Cuyahoga County Council member Shontel Brown are the frontrunners in a multicandidate Democratic primary for the special election in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District.

In March, the seat was vacated by then-Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge, who stepped down to become the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Joe Biden.

The racially diverse, reliably Democratic 11th district stretches from Cleveland’s east side to Akron, with a mix of working-to-upper-middle-class suburbs including Euclid and Shaker Heights. The district backed Biden by a margin of 60 percentage points, 79.8 to 19.2%, over former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

The winner of the Democratic primary will be the overwhelming favorite to win the Nov. 2 general election.

Turner, who served on the Cleveland City Council from 2006 to 2008 and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2008 to 2014, became a nationally-known figure as president of the political organization Our Revolution, which was spun off from the 2016 presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and has led the largest outside grassroots mobilization effort for her campaign.

Last year, Turner was a national co-chair for the 2020 Sanders presidential campaign, and she has been a leading voice for progressive issues, including a $15 minimum wage and student loan debt cancelation. She has attracted the support of progressive stars such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri, who view her as a like-minded ally who will demand real accountability in Congress.

Brown, who also chairs the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, has promoted herself as an ally of Biden who would not shift the agenda of the narrow Democratic majority too far to the left. Her more moderate stances have attracted the support of party stalwarts like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the highest-ranking Black lawmaker in Congress.

The race has become increasingly heated in recent weeks, with Brown seeking to use Turner’s national profile against her, portraying the former state lawmaker as a Democrat who wouldn’t be a reliable partner with the White House. Turner has rejected such assertions and recently released a pointed television advertisement that questioned Brown’s ethics.

While some groups have deemed the race as a proxy between moderate and progressive Democrats, the race is much more nuanced on the local level.

Turner and Brown have deep roots in the community, and both have indicated that issues such as poverty and criminal justice reform would be major priorities if elected to office.

Turner spoke to Insider in March and explained the need to combat economic inequities, a huge issue in the Rust Belt district.

“Having one job should definitely be enough and we’ve got to work to make sure that’s the case,” she said. “COVID-19 has only exacerbated social, economic, racial, and environmental fissures, and we need to center poor people and working-class people in a way that gives them a shot to live their measure of the American dream. This is going to require us to see the system through a different lens.”

Polls will close at 7:30 ET.

TYT will have live coverage. Likely Politico, AP, Cleveland.com, and NYT will also cover the race the live. I will post some live links after we open Benny’s Tavern.

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This also serves as an open thread.

Who do you think he's supporting in the #Ohio11 congressional primary? pic.twitter.com/aGdLVJr27k

— 📸 Bryan Giardinelli (@BreatheNewWinds) August 3, 2021

Bar is open!

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2021 elections, Bernie Sanders, Brand New Congress, Justice Democrats, Nina Turner, Oh-11, Our Revolution, special election, Squad, The Movement

Alex Morse for Congress MA-01

The Progressive Wing Posted on May 1, 2020 by BennyMay 1, 2020

Let’s introduce Alex Morse, MA-01, running as a Justice Democrat this year.

Alex’s story in the 1st congressional district starts in a Holyoke housing project where his parents met and fell in love. Both his mother and father grew up in poverty. Alex’s parents started a family as teenagers and neither had a chance to attend college. They worked tirelessly with what they had, struggling from job to low-wage job on public assistance in public housing. Over time they were able to make their way into the working class. Now 33 years down the road, Alex’s father heads to the same meat packing company in Springfield every day of the week for work. And Alex still recalls the neighborhood family daycare his mom ran at his childhood home.

Alex’s parents worked hard to provide opportunities for their children — Alex and his two older brothers — that they didn’t have. Alex’s gratitude for his parents, and for the city of Holyoke, led to his passion for public service. The gratitude he has to his parents, and to Holyoke, became a passion for public service. At 16, Alex came out to his parents, and their response of unconditional love and support gave him the courage to bring his whole self into this life, and into this work.

His interest in public service brought him to Brown University, and led him to become the first member of his family to earn a college degree. While a student, he spent his summers in Holyoke, coming back to his hometown to serve under-resourced youth like himself learn skills for future success. Back at school, Alex’s vision for organizing and helping his hometown only grew deeper. He announced his candidacy for mayor of Holyoke at age 21, while still a senior at Brown. He has served as Holyoke’s mayor since 2012, winning 4 elections during his time in City Hall. Elected at 22, Alex is the youngest and first openly gay mayor in the history of the city of Holyoke.

Since taking office, Alex has spearheaded the city’s economic rebirth in the vision of a new generation using Holyoke’s unique assets: renewable energy and existing infrastructure, to prepare the city for the coming climate change demands. Millions of public and private dollars have grown downtown with green energy projects. Vacant mill buildings are now home to community dining, arts industries, the Holyoke Community College Culinary Arts Program, and more.

This growth all turns on Alex’s belief that the greatest asset of any American district is its people. Whether pursuing a housing strategy that promotes growth while avoiding gentrification, giving citizens tools to launch small businesses, or improving public safety through community policing, Alex has always moved forward with the doors of City Hall wide open to the voices of its biggest treasure: The People.

As Mayor, he implemented and defended a needle exchange program to fight the scourge of the opioid epidemic. His commitment here was spurred not only by the public costs, but by his family experience with his brother’s heroin addiction and seeing firsthand the emotional, financial, and generational toll that this disease has on all the people it touches. He opened the city’s arms in welcome to hundreds of Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricane Maria. He has been a steadfast defender of reproductive justice, a leader for affordable housing solutions, and he was the very first politician in the state to endorse marijuana legalization, citing both economic opportunity and the disproportionate impact of drug laws on minority communities. Alex is a leading champion for progressive values.

Alex regularly travels the country to share his experiences with students and other leaders. He’s been a lecturer in Urban Government and Politics at UMASS Amherst since 2014. His teaching seeks to instill in his students a deep belief in democracy and the capacity of politics to make communities stronger, more prosperous, and more just. His life has been about always doing the work, always seeing the people, and always bringing it home.

Shall we add him to our list? BTW, there are no GOPers so far who have announced any intentions to challenge the seat. Primary is September 1st.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Morse, Congress, Justice Democrats, MA01, Massachusetts

3/8 Sanders Springs Forward with Jesse Jackson & AOC at MI Rallies; Evening OT

The Progressive Wing Posted on March 8, 2020 by BennyMarch 8, 2020

New: Jesse Jackson endorses Bernie Sanders.
He says Biden didn’t reach out to him, then gives 13 reasons why he chose Sanders: pic.twitter.com/j3H6v8U68G

— Greg Krieg (@GregJKrieg) March 8, 2020

Speaking of endorsements:

BREAKING: @justicedems are officially endorsing @BernieSanders for President of the United States https://t.co/pWHbf2JxTG

— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) March 8, 2020

The “safe” candidate always loses. from r/WayOfTheBern

Bernie’s and AOC’s rally in Ann Arbor will be starting shortly after 5CT. Here’s the link below.

More news, tweets, and video clips in the comments section.

Posted in 2020 Elections, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, grassroots, News, Open Thread, Video | Tagged Jesse Jackson, Justice Democrats, Michigan

1/31 TGIF “Berniestock”, Hot Toddies & Mocktail Hour/OT

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 31, 2020 by BennyJanuary 31, 2020

“If I had Medicare for All in 2012, I’d still be working. I wouldn’t be sitting here dying in my own home. And I don’t want that to happen to anybody else." –Jim Williams pic.twitter.com/FbvjpkMmle

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) January 31, 2020

Good news Jim! The Progressive Wing agrees with you that Bernie is willing to fight for healthcare as an American right, but that all countries should offer it if they can. We know our country can afford it.

Quite the turnout for Berniestock featuring Bon Iver, though it’s still TBD whether Sanders himself will make it tonight from the Senate trial. pic.twitter.com/5KB6y1s1Rw

— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) February 1, 2020

DNC Up to New Bullshite today…

DNC chair Tom Perez on his reasoning for not holding a climate debate because it violated agreed-to rules about the (left) vs. the DNC changing agreed-to debate rules to accommodate a billionaire (right) 🤔 pic.twitter.com/U4Xunxz9Zu

— Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) January 31, 2020

The whole idea behind the current formula was to winnow the number, not add.

So now that Bernie Sanders is the frontrunner, the DNC is changing its debate rules mid-primary, eliminating the small donor threshold to let Bloomberg buy his way onto the stage.

Bloomberg’s surrogates are openly admitting he’s running as a Sanders spoiler.

Here we go again. https://t.co/WqGTuQijKo

— Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) January 31, 2020

Meantime, some current and former Justice Dems are helping on the ground in Iowa for Bernie’s campaign:

On the trail for @BernieSanders. #3Days #IowaCaucus @Ilhan pic.twitter.com/QEKYU58IEd

— Brent Welder (@BrentWelder) January 31, 2020

Bar will be open soon. Stay tuned! Meantime, more tweets, videos, articles in the comments section. Come join us!

Posted in 2020 Elections, grassroots | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Brent Welder, DNC, Healthcare, Ilhan Omar, Justice Democrats, MFA

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