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4/10 TGIF : TYT Viewers’ Poll on GE Indicates Biden has Work to Do to Earn Progressive Votes & OT

The Progressive Wing Posted on April 10, 2020 by BennyApril 10, 2020

Cenk Ugyur said the poll, while unscientific, indicates that most progressives aren’t voting for Trump. As you see from the graphic, Biden didn’t get 50%. Over half were voting for someone else or not voting for the top of the ticket. Now, this is strictly a snapshot. No cross tabs.

If TYT or Democracy Now were watched more than just progressives, this contest could have been different. But it is what it is.

Bloomberg set to bid for campaign management (perhaps ads) for Team Biden. I don’t recall open bids like this before, but maybe this is just new to me.

Ryan Grim at The Intercept writes:

Hawkfish, which ran the presidential campaign of Mike Bloomberg, is in serious talks to serve the presidential campaign of Joe Biden, according to sources with knowledge of the ongoing negotiations. Along with Biden’s campaign, the firm is courting a wide swath of other progressive and Democratic organizations, opening up the possibility of Bloomberg gaining significant control over the party’s technology and data infrastructure.

The digital consulting firm has had little political experience outside of the Bloomberg campaign, a trial by fire in which the former New York City mayor burned through nearly $1 billion in less than four months. Hawkfish, which Bloomberg founded in 2019 to be the operational backbone of his campaign, is not yet able to sell its track record or quality of service, since it has no other major clients and few, if any, minor ones.

But instead it comes with other enticements to clients. Democratic operatives who’ve been pitched by Hawkfish say that the firm is able to offer extraordinarily low prices by operating at a loss subsidized by Bloomberg, whose wealth dangles as an added benefit that could come with signing the firm. A Hawkfish insider, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to jeopardize employment, confirmed that the company is willing to operate at a loss in order to grab control of the party infrastructure, explaining that the firm hopes to offer a fee that would be small enough to entice the Biden campaign while passing muster with federal regulators. (If a firm offers services for less than fair market value, the discount is considered under campaign finance laws to be an in-kind contribution, and thus subject to legal limits depending on the entity collecting the contribution. A presidential campaign can’t accept more than $2,800 from a single individual per election, or any contributions at all from a company.)

“When the objective isn’t money but control, $18 million is incredibly cheap to become the center of gravity for all Democratic political information, which we would be if both Biden and [House Democrats] have to come through us,” the source said, referring to the amount of money the Bloomberg campaign transferred to the Democratic Party last month, in a reversal of his earlier pledge to create a Super PAC in support of the party’s nominee. “And in the current environment, the public sees this as generosity.”

Downsides: Bloomberg will gain even more access to contracts etc in a Biden administration, and I suspect Liz is no longer on the VP short list.

The upside is that perhaps Team Biden knows now the clock is being reset.

Bernie made an appearance this evening on PBS Newshour:

"For all intents and purposes, … I think we have won the ideological battle," @BernieSanders tells @JudyWoodruff. pic.twitter.com/xKi8MLNV5g

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) April 10, 2020

When the full interview is available on YT, that will be posted. Other snippets from twitter will be in the comments. Update: here’s the transcript of the interview.

Judy Woodruff:

This week, the Democratic primary election took a momentous turn, as Senator Bernie Sanders announced he is suspending his presidential campaign.

The senator from Vermont joins me now.

Welcome to the “NewsHour.”

Senator, you said on Wednesday, when you made the announcement, you were doing this in part because of the pandemic, and, as you said, it would be difficult to continue under the circumstances.

Today, you announced a proposal to guarantee health care during this period. Who is this aimed at?

Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.:

Well, it’s aimed at the tens of millions of workers who are losing their jobs, Judy.

And when you lose your job, you lose your health care. So, on top of 87 million people who were uninsured and underinsured before the crisis, you got tens of millions more who are not going to have any health insurance.

And it’s my view that, in the midst of this terrible, terrible crisis, when people have so much to worry about, the least we can do is to say to all of those people, you know what? You go to the doctor when you’re sick. Don’t worry about the health care bills. Medicare will fill in all the gaps and cover those people who are uninsured or underinsured today.

Judy Woodruff:

And do you have support for this among Democratic colleagues?

Senator Bernie Sanders:

Yes, we do.

There’s support in the House, and I think you’re going to see growing support in the Senate. And I think that the cost is reasonable. It will be about $150 billion over four months, which, given everything that we’re dealing with, is not a lot of money.

But to say to every American that, don’t worry about the costs of health care, you’re not going to have to pay it out of your own pocket, you’re not going to have to pay for prescription drugs, I think that will take a huge burden off the shoulders of so many of our people, and that is the very least that we should be doing right now.

Judy Woodruff:

Senator, let’s talk about this election.

What, after 15 months of pour-your-heart-out campaigning, and this after you spent, what, years campaigning in 2016, you had to make this announcement that you didn’t want to make. This is not where you wanted this to end up.

But, as you look back, what went right and what went wrong?

Senator Bernie Sanders:

Well, look, I think that what went right is that, for all intents and purposes, Judy, I think we have won the ideological battle.

I think ideas that I fought for four or five years ago which everybody considered to be radical and extreme are now part of the mainstream discussion. And, in fact, many of them are being implemented across the country, raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour, making public colleges and universities tuition-free, forgiving student debt, guaranteeing health care to all people as a human right, focusing on climate change as an existential threat, immigration reform, criminal justice reform.

Many of the ideas that we brought forth which were initially rejected are now moving forward. And I think that is the best thing that we have accomplished.

Furthermore, we have won the generational struggle. We did very poorly — and I don’t know why, to tell you the truth — with older people, but we have done phenomenally well with younger people. And by that, I mean people 45, 50 or younger.

And the truth is, that is the future of America. So, the ideas that we have fought for are gaining momentum among younger people and will be the policies that guide America in the future.

Judy Woodruff:

Senator, I think that — I was just going to say, I think the numbers show you didn’t do as well with young people as you had in 2016.

But what I want to ask you about is, you are supporting — at least you acknowledge Joe Biden will be the nominee, and yet you’re going to compete against him in the primaries to come. What is the value of that?

Senator Bernie Sanders:

No, we’re not competing against — we don’t — there’s no active campaigning. There’s nothing to compete about. Joe Biden will, everything being equal, be the nominee.

But I think our — my name will be on the ballot. That’s the way it is in all of the remaining states that hold primaries. We would like to get as many delegates as we can, so that we have a stronger position at the Democratic Convention to help us shape the new platform of the Democratic Party and the other issues that the DNC deals with.

Judy Woodruff:

You say you want to shape the platform, and yet, I think, it appears, from the many last conventions, it’s what the nominee wants that ultimately matters.

And, right now, Joe Biden has moved in your direction. He’s talked about lowering the age for Medicare eligibility to 60. He’s talked about making free college tuition more available.

But, at the same time, he has not endorsed Medicare for all. Senator Sherrod Brown, liberal Democrat, was on the show two nights ago, said he doesn’t think that Joe Biden is going to do that. Is that sufficient for you?

Senator Bernie Sanders:

Well, look, Judy, what I said on the very first day that I began my campaign, I said that, if I lose, I will be there to support the Democratic winner, the nominee, the person who wins the nomination, because I think that Donald Trump is the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country.

And we all have got to rally around the winner to defeat Trump. And that’s certainly what I will do. But I hope, in the coming weeks and months, I will be working and my staff will be working with Joe Biden and his team in making the point that, if Joe is going to do well against Trump and is going to defeat Trump, then he is going to have to reach out effectively to a whole lot of people where he has not had the kind of support that he needs.

And that’s lower-income people. That is younger people. And he’s going to have to give those people the understanding that he hears them and he’s moving to respond to their concerns. And that deals with climate change. It deals with making public colleges and universities tuition-free.

In my view, it deals with — you’re right. He is not going to support Medicare for all, but I think there is a significant path forward for him to make sure that, when so many people are losing their private insurance, that the federal government will be there for them to cover their health care needs.

Judy Woodruff:

You have said that you campaigned enthusiastically for Hillary Clinton four years ago. Will you do exactly the same for Joe Biden? Will you be more enthusiastic?

Because, as you know, many Democrats look back and say they wished you had done more.

Senator Bernie Sanders:

Well, many Democrats opposed me from the Democratic establishment from day one.

All I can tell you is, in 2016, I worked as hard as I could to see that Trump was defeated and Clinton was elected.

(CROSSTALK)

Judy Woodruff:

And will this year be different?

Senator Bernie Sanders:

Well, this year, I will work as hard as I can to make that sure Donald Trump is not reelected and that Joe Biden becomes president.

But I hope, in the interval here, what we have got to do is to — is — and I think Joe Biden is a — not only is he a decent guy. He is a good politician. And he understands that, for him to win, to get the votes that he needs, he’s going to have to listen to and respond to the needs of a whole lot of people who have not been overly enthusiastic about his campaign up to now.

Judy Woodruff:

But you are saying you will be enthusiastically supporting him.

A key decision that he’s going to have to make, of course, is for vice president. He has said he will choose a woman. Let me ask you how your supporters would view it if he chose Elizabeth Warren?

Senator Bernie Sanders:

Well, I think — I can’t speak for all of my supporters.

All I can say is that I think the more progressive the vice presidential candidate that he nominated, the better it would be in terms of the kind of response that our supporters would provide him.


Judy Woodruff:

So, if it were Amy Klobuchar?

Senator Bernie Sanders:

I can’t speculate on that.

Judy Woodruff:

Or Kamala…

Senator Bernie Sanders:

You know, Joe is going to have to make that decision himself. I have not been involved in that discussion. We will see what he does.

Judy Woodruff:

Republicans, Senator, this week in Wisconsin, as you know, took steps to prevent measures that would have made it easier for people to vote, to either delay the election or to make it — mail-in ballots possible.

That view is also held by Republicans at the national level. How concerned are you right now about November and access to ballots, access to voting for Americans across the board?

Senator Bernie Sanders:

Judy, I will tell you I don’t know that I have ever, within a political context, seen anything as ugly as the role that the Republicans in the legislature in Wisconsin and their Supreme Court played in terms of this primary.

What they essentially said to people is, you’re going to have to put your life on the line in order to cast a ballot.

And that is just unbelievably disgraceful. And that is not what we can allow to happen in future elections. So, it is a very, very high priority for me, and I think for many other Democrats, as we go forward on the new piece of legislation — and I have got a lot of ideas on that one — but certainly one of the highest priorities must be to make sure that every American in this country is able to vote through a paper ballot in November.

And the Republicans, I must say, have been pretty clear. They understand that, if there is a large voter turnout, they are not going to do so well. And they’re fighting us. But I hope their respect for our Constitution, for our democracy will prevail.

And they will understand that people shouldn’t have to die or get sick in order to cast a ballot.

Judy Woodruff:

Very quickly…

Senator Bernie Sanders:

I should also tell you — I should also tell you that, in terms of the new legislation, we’re working very hard, not only to make sure all people have health care, but that people will continue to get their paychecks.

I think that is the easiest, most efficient way to get us out of this economic disaster that we’re in right now. Just making sure that every American continues to receive his or her paycheck will go a long way to allowing Americans to have a decent standard of living, so long as we’re in this crisis.

Judy Woodruff:

Final question.

And quickly, Senator, who leads the progressive movement that Bernie Sanders started next? Who are the next leaders of your movement?

Senator Bernie Sanders:

You’re asking me to speculate. I’m not much into speculation.

But what I will say is, right now, literally, as we speak, I have been on the phone with progressives all across this country figuring out the best way that we can keep our kind of unprecedented grassroots movement strong and growing.

So, we are a strong movement. And history will determine what happens in the future. But, right now, we are working hard to build that movement.

Judy Woodruff:

Senator Bernie Sanders, joining us tonight from Vermont, Senator, thank you very much.

Senator Bernie Sanders:

Thank you, Judy.

We miss Bernie not rallying us on weekends. Here is a precious moment captured by Shaun King.

Bar is open and budtenders are available for cocktails. This serves as an Open Thread.

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I think this song, listened to broadly, is a good way to start our weekend.

Posted in 2020 Elections, grassroots | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Loser DNC, PBS Newshour, progressive movement, Shaun King, TYT

What Makes A Person Progressive? TYT Interviews Nina Turner

The Progressive Wing Posted on June 5, 2018 by LieparDestinJune 5, 2018

John Iadarola interviews the President of Our Revolution, Senator Nina Turner:

Posted in Nina Turner, The Young Turks | Tagged Nina Turner, TYT

Bernie Sanders On Trump’s Withdrawal From Iran Nuclear Treaty

The Progressive Wing Posted on May 11, 2018 by LieparDestinMay 11, 2018

Cenk Uygur, the host of The Young Turks, interviews Senator Bernie Sanders to get his take on Trump withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. :

Posted in Bernie Sanders, The Young Turks | Tagged Bernie Sanders, foreign policy, Iran, national security, The Young Turks, TYT

3/20 2018 IL Primary Night, Sanders to be on “All In” & Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on March 20, 2018 by BennyMarch 20, 2018

Voting polls close at 7pm in the IL state primary this evening. There appears to be a lot of progressive and centrist energy as there is a governor’s race at stake, and 5 Dems are vying to be on the top of the ticket. The three leading contenders are JB Pritzker, a Clinton Democrat and legacy of Hyatt Hotels family, Chris Kennedy, son of RFK, and Daniel Biss, a Northwestern math professor and Our Revolution endorsee. Update: the AP has called the governor’s race for JB Pritzker. In IL-03, Marie Newman is fighting to knock off the incumbent, Dan Lipinski, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Our Revolution | Tagged 'Chuy' Garcia, Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party, IL Primary, Marie Newman, Our Revolution, TYT

1/24 News Roundup – Sanders Speaks To A Million+ About Medicare-For-All, NYC Sues Big Pharma For Fueling Opioid Epidemic & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 24, 2018 by LieparDestinJanuary 24, 2018

Bernie Sanders talks universal Medicare, and 1.1 million people click to watch him

With more than one million people watching at home, and hundreds watching from the studio audience, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leaned across his desk with a crucial health-care question.

“What’s the quality of the Norwegian system?” Sanders asked Meetali Kakadi, an Oslo-based health researcher. “Is it good?”

In her view, it was: “Far better than Canada.”

Sanders’s “town hall on Medicare for All,” an event he’d organized after becoming convinced that it would never be produced by the mainstream media, never got more combative than that. Over 100 minutes, Sanders and nine guests — three at a time, taking turns — discussed the need to bring about single-payer health care, its benefits to business, and its implementation around the world. (Kakadi’s Canada joke was aimed at Danyaal Raza, there to defend his country’s system.)

“It’s a discussion you’re not likely to see on the mainstream news,” Sanders said at the outset. “This event will not be interrupted be commercials for the drug companies.”

..

On Tuesday night, it was Sanders asking the questions, and getting answers he liked. In the room — the Congressional Auditorium, where in 2010 President Obama revved up House Democrats ahead of their Affordable Care Act vote — Sanders’s audience alternated between rapt attention and grateful applause as experts explained how higher tax rates could replace America’s health-care system with universal Medicare. A mention of Tommy Douglas, the father of Canada’s health-care system who remains somewhat obscure in the United States, inspired loud applause.

“No billboards, no high salaries,” said the former Medicare and Medicaid administrator Donald Berwick. “The complexity of the system just isn’t there. What we’ve got here is insane!”

“Is that a clinical term?” asked Sanders, jokingly.

Thank you to the 1.1 million people who tuned in live to the first-ever national Medicare for All town hall tonight. Together we will successfully move the United States to a Medicare-for-all, single-payer health care system and guarantee health care to all.

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 24, 2018

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

*Live-streamed event with Bill McKibben and Bernie Sanders
*Disaster Capitalism in Action as Puerto Rico Governor Announces Plan to Privatize Power Utility
*With a Shutdown Surrender, Democrats Left Millions of People Behind
*Why Democrats Need to Stand With Working Americans vs. Big Banks
*Montana Just Showed Every Other State How to Protect the Open Internet
*Pipeline news, Water Protector updates & More

Posted in Bernie Sanders, Healthcare, News, Open Thread, The Young Turks, Video | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Healthcare, Medicare for All, News, open therad, The Young Turks, TYT

1/16 News Roundup – Sanders: “Let’s Wrench Power Back From The Billionaires”, Our Revolution Continues The Legacy Of King & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 16, 2018 by LieparDestinJanuary 16, 2018

Let’s wrench power back from the billionaires by Bernie Sanders

Millions of people are working longer hours for lower wages than they did 40 years ago, in both the United States and many other countries. They look on, feeling helpless in the face of a powerful few who buy elections, and a political and economic elite that grows wealthier, even as their own children’s future grows dimmer.

In the midst of all of this economic disparity, the world is witnessing an alarming rise in authoritarianism and rightwing extremism – which feeds off, exploits and amplifies the resentments of those left behind, and fans the flames of ethnic and racial hatred.

Now, more than ever, those of us who believe in democracy and progressive government must bring low-income and working people all over the world together behind an agenda that reflects their needs. Instead of hate and divisiveness, we must offer a message of hope and solidarity. We must develop an international movement that takes on the greed and ideology of the billionaire class and leads us to a world of economic, social and environmental justice. Will this be an easy struggle? Certainly not. But it is a fight that we cannot avoid. The stakes are just too high.

As Pope Francis correctly noted in a speech at the Vatican in 2013: “We have created new idols. The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal.” He continued: “Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless. As a consequence, masses of people find themselves excluded and marginalised: without work, without possibilities, without any means of escape.”

A new and international progressive movement must commit itself to tackling structural inequality both between and within nations. Such a movement must overcome “the cult of money” and “survival of the fittest” mentalities that the pope warned against. It must support national and international policies aimed at raising standards of living for poor and working-class people – from full employment and a living wage to universal higher education, healthcare and fair trade agreements. In addition, we must rein in corporate power and prevent the environmental destruction of our planet as a result of climate change.

Bernie talks to Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks:

More news/video/tweets/etc. in the comments.

Posted in Bernie Sanders, Issues, News, Open Thread, The Young Turks, Uncategorized, Video | Tagged Bernie Sanders, News, Nina Turner, Open Thread, Our Revolution, The Young Turks, TYT

11/30 Joy Ann Reid Should Stick to Her MSNBC Weekend Job (with updates)

The Progressive Wing Posted on November 30, 2017 by BennyDecember 1, 2017

  Joy Ann Reid, weekend pundit of AMJoy on MSNBC, has decided to take up the mantel of Peter Daou on Twitter.   Becoming a full-throated fan of Hillary Clinton (Reid did not support Clinton in 2008) after Clinton embraced the legacy of POTUS 44, Reid has done some good work in dissecting horrible Republican policies on her show. However, Reid appears to have a thespian mask and uses it on Twitter.   She attacks Bernie Sanders at any opportunity when some any Twitter user responds to her comments with complements about him.   Bernie Sanders, nor his wife, Jane have been asked … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Cowardly Democrats, Jamarl Thomas, Jane Sanders, Joy Reid, TYT

6/10 The People’s Summit 2017 – Day 1 in Progressive Land & Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on June 10, 2017 by BennyJune 10, 2017

Good Morning Birdies! After a long evening and a short night, I’m back at McCormick to watch some more panel discussions at The PS. I’m pretty close to the stage. Energy amazing, wish you were all here! Lots of kindred spirits. But you can some of the action on the livestream. The livestream link is here: http://www.thepeoplessummit.org/livestream/

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Posted in Activism, Open Thread, Video | Tagged David Sirota, Jane Sanders, media, Noami Klein, Nomiki Konst, PDA, Pramila Jayapal, Progressive Democrats of America, Progressives, Progressives mobilizing, Rob Quist, TYT, WFP, Winnie Wong

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