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11/15 News Roundup: John Fetterman Announces Campaign For PA Lieutenant Governor, GOP Plan To Scrap ACA Mandate & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on November 15, 2017 by LieparDestinNovember 15, 2017

John Fetterman runs again, this time for lieut. governor

John Fetterman, the charismatic and tattooed mayor of this Pittsburgh suburb who ran a fiery but unsuccessful campaign for U.S. Senate last year, announced his campaign for lieutenant governor Tuesday morning.

“I’m going to be going out all across Pennsylvania, campaigning town to town [in] many of these forgotten places — second-chance cities, whatever you want to call them — that have become my professional passion,” he told about 100 supporters in a Braddock theater space.

He pledged to fight for progressive issues including a higher minimum wage, better police-community relations, and marijuana legalization.

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His campaign was endorsed by Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto. Peduto said that although much of contemporary politics foments division between communities, “There’s no one talking about the similarities” between the challenges faced by inner-city communities and more rural areas. “What is needed … is somebody who can not only speak for all, but who has proven through their leadership in a community that has been knocked down to its knees,” he said.

Fetterman grew up in York, and earned a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University. He moved to Braddock after participating in an Americorps program that helped people earn high-school equivalency degrees, and ran for mayor in 2005, winning by a single vote.

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

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Posted in Ads, Bernie Sanders, Candidates 2018, Healthcare, John Fetterman, News, Open Thread | Tagged ad, Bernie Sanders, Healthcare, John Zimmerman, PA, Pennsylvania, Taxes

10/23 News Roundup – Bernie Brings His Message To Hundreds In Rollinsford, Sanders To Rally In Somerville & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on October 23, 2017 by LieparDestinOctober 23, 2017

Happy Monday friends!

Plenty of news to sort through today so I’ll just start with Sanders in Rollinsford and go from there:

Sanders brings message on health care, education, taxes to hundreds in Rollinsford

Bernie Sanders was the keynote speaker for the Strafford County Democrats’ fall event, and he drew a large crowd, including many state Democrats.

The Martel Roberge American Legion Post was set up with 500 chairs, but Rollinsford Selectman Mike Rollo estimated 600 people were present.

Sanders talked about health care, education, workers’ wages and the politics of Washington.

“We can sit here and make fun of Donald Trump and that would be easy to do,” said Sanders. “What we need to be doing is focusing, and uniting so we can bring this country back to where it should be, to where all Americans have rights and not just the top tier. We need to not allow this administration to divide us on any level, not on race, religion, country of origin, color of skin or sexual orientation.”

Sanders said he came with good news and bad news out of Washington.

“The good news is that even though the Republican Senate has a 52-to-48 majority, in the last five months, they have tried and failed five times to repeal the Affordable Care Act. That would have made 20 million people lose health insurance.”

Sanders said health insurance is a right for every American. He said the answer is to expand Medicare to everyone and bring in a single-payer health system. He said other countries do it and spend 50 percent less per capita than we do now.

“The bad news is that the Republicans just passed a budget, the ugliest and most destructive budget ever passed in the history of the United States,” said Sanders. “It is a framework and not a done deal and we need to work to defeat it because it is a moral obscenity.”

If/when video becomes available, I’ll have it up!

In the meantime, the rest of the days news will be in the comments, including:

*Sanders To Seek Senate Re-Election As An In Dependent
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*Jimmy Carter says he is willing to go to North Korea on peace mission
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*Pipeline Updates, Waters Protector News & More

Posted in Bernie Sanders, Brent Welder, Cathy Myers, Dan Canon, Liz Watson, News, Open Thread, Our Revolution, Paul Perry, Tim Canova | Tagged Bernie Sanders, New Hampshire, PA, Paul Perry, Rollinsford, Somerville

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