Bill Clinton seems highly vulnerable to charges that he may have shared accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s predeliction for underaged prostitutes and sex tourism as records of the pair’s travels to the Far East emerge.
The System Isn’t Broken. We Need a New System.
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To his credit, presidential candidate Julian Castro retweeted an image of yet another black man being choked by an aggressive white police officer. Not so much to his credit he failed to grasp that the problem is systemic.
Damn Bernie Sanders Has Had It, Goddammit
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In the second presidential debate of the 2020 cycle, democratic socialist Bernie Sanders made headlines by noting that he had written the “damn bill” on switching Obamacare to Medicare for all.
The Leap of Faith Taken by Alzheimer’s Caregivers
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When you care for a person with Alzheimer’s you ask yourself: do they even realize you’re there?
Banks or Loansharks?
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To hear banks and their defenders tell it, student loan recipients have a moral obligation to return full payment plus exorbitant interest rates to their lenders. But what about the responsibility of lenders not to overcharge or to issue loans to people too young to understand their implications?
Membership Has Its Privileges
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Robert Mueller refused to cooperate with Congress. And they thanked him for it. Why do elites like him get away with refusing to answer questions under oath?
Every Single Time, Centrists Say They’ll Win. And They Never Do.
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It’s the oldest debate within the Democratic Party: what to do about a progressive insurgent candidate? Whether it’s Ted Kennedy’s challenge against Jimmy Carter in 1980, Howard Dean against John Kerry in 2004 or Bernie Sanders against Hillary Clinton, moderates and centrists always say the same thing: in order to win, you need those swing voters. That means you have to pick the moderate choice. The problem with that argument is that it never really works out in the general election. Kennedy and Dean’s voters stayed home in November. 3 to 4,000,000 Bernie Sanders primary voters never showed up for Hillary Clinton. Now the same argument is being floated again, this time in favor of Joe Biden.
Justice for Kamala
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Kamala Harris scored major points at the 2020 Democratic debates by going after Joe Biden for his relationship with segregationist senators during the 1970s. She also went after him about his positions on busing. But she is far from an impeachable when it comes to race issues.
No Matter the Outrage, All It Calls for is a Strongly-Worded Letter
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After Donald Trump race-baited four progressive freshman congressmen who happened to be women of color, mainstream Democrats responded with nothing stronger than a symbolic resolution. They should have refused to do business with Republicans until Donald Trump resigned.
Medicare for All? That’s Not Nearly Enough
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Medicare for All? Why can’t we have something that would actually help people, like a completely government-run healthcare system without private for-profit insurance companies?
