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10/5 News – Sanders, Democrats Rip GOP For $5 Trillion in Cuts, Bernie Calls For A ‘Bump Stock’ Ban & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on October 5, 2017 by LieparDestinOctober 5, 2017

Sanders, Democrats Rip GOP Plan to ‘Erode’ Safety Net With $5 Trillion in Cuts

In a new report unveiled on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee offered a scathing assessment of the Senate GOP’s recently unveiled budget blueprint, which they said would result in “a massive transfer of wealth from working families, the elderly, children, the sick, and the poor to the top one percent.”

The report highlighted in particular the Republicans’ plan to slash funding for Medicare and Medicaid by $470 billion and $1 trillion respectively over the next decade—a move that would have devastating consequences for tens of millions of Americans.

The analysis also points to deep cuts the GOP budget would impose on other crucial safety net programs, including:
A $37 billion cut to affordable housing programs, which would “eliminate” housing assistance for over a million families.
A $6.5 billion cut Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
A $3 billion cut to Head Start, which the report says would strip educational assistance from 25,000 children per year.
A $37 billion cut to the National Institutes of Health, “which would cut funding for Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and other critical medical research.”

In total, the report estimates that the Senate GOP’s budget would slash $5 trillion from non-defense spending over the next decade.

“Meanwhile, at a time when the U.S. already spends more on defense than the next 12 countries combined,” the analysis notes, “the Republican budget lays the groundwork for an increase of $91 billion to the Pentagon for Fiscal Year 2018 alone—more than enough to provide free tuition at every public college and university in America.”

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

*WATCH: Sens. Feinstein, Blumenthal, Sanders discuss gun control after Las Vegas shooting”
*”The Political Revolution Is Winning In The South”
*The Drug Price Relief Act: So who is telling the truth? & Bernie Sanders says to vote YES on Issue 2
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Posted in Bernie Sanders, Common Dreams, Elizabeth Warren, News, Open Thread, Our Revolution, The Economy, The Young Turks Politics, Video | Tagged Bernie Sanders, budget, Democrats, Gun Control, Randall Woodfin

10/4 News Roundup: Chuck Collins Discusses Social Equality On ‘The Bernie Sanders Show’, Woodfin Wins & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on October 4, 2017 by LieparDestinOctober 4, 2017

Happy Wednesday friends!

Director of the Institute for Policy Studies Program on Inequality and the Common Good, Chuck Collins was the latest guest on ‘The Bernie Sanders Show’ and conveniently enough the video is directly below:

More news, video, etc. will be in the comments, including:

*‘Economic Pain for Tens of Millions’: Watch Sanders Destroy Trump Tax Plan on Senate Floor
*TYT Reporter and Cameraman Arrested by St. Louis Police
*Joy Reid Perpetuates Lie About Bernie’s Record On Guns
*HUGE Net Neutrality Loss. Ajit Pai Reconfirmed As FCC Head
*After Overwhelming Public Opposition, Scotland Announces Fracking Ban
*Indigenous Peoples, Pipeline Updates & More

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Posted in Bernie Sanders, News, Oil/Gas Pipelines, Open Thread, Poverty, Randall Woodfin, The Economy | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Birmingham, Chuck Collins, Randall Woodfin, The Bernie Sanders Show

Our Revolution’s Randall Woodfin – For The Win

The Progressive Wing Posted on October 2, 2017 by LieparDestinOctober 2, 2017

Vote October 3rd, Birmingham Mayor.

Randall Woodfin For Mayor
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Posted in Candidates 2018, Local Races, Nina Turner, Our Revolution, Randall Woodfin | Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, Mayor, Nina Turner, Our Revolution, Randall Woodfin

Birmingham mayoral debate between William Bell, Our Revolution’s Randall Woodfin

The Progressive Wing Posted on September 22, 2017 by LieparDestinSeptember 22, 2017

The Birmingham mayoral debate between William Bell and Our Revolution backed Randall Woodfin is beyond the link.

(Note, this is not an open thread, that will come later)

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Posted in Candidates 2018, Randall Woodfin | Tagged Birmingham, Mayor, Randall Woodfin

7/31 News Roundup – Sanders On CNN’s ‘State Of The Union’, Randall Woodfin’s Campaign For Mayor Of Birmingham & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 31, 2017 by LieparDestinJuly 31, 2017

Bernie Sanders: Every state should have a public option

Two days after Republicans in the Senate failed to roll back Obamacare, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said there should be a government-funded health insurance option “in every state in this country.”

“If people don’t like the private insurance that they’re getting, they should have a Medicare-type public option available in every state in this country,” Sanders said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Sanders, an independent senator who caucuses with Democrats and became a member of the Senate Democratic leadership following his presidential bid last year, has long made a call for universal coverage one of his key objectives.

Asked on Sunday if he would follow through on his pledge to submit single-payer legislation, in which the government would shoulder the health care costs for all, Sanders said, “Absolutely, of course we are.”

As part of this new push for single-payer legislation, Sanders said his team was looking at a way to build a popular consensus around health care as a right, regardless of income level.

“We’re figuring out how we can mount a national campaign to bring people together,” he said.

More News/Video/Etc. in the comments. See you there!

Posted in Bernie Sanders, CNN, Randall Woodfin, Video | Tagged Bernie Sanders, CNN, News, Open Thread, Randall Woodfin, State Of The Union, video

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