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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 22, 2019 17:55:05 GMT -6
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 22, 2019 17:55:53 GMT -6
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 23, 2019 22:28:25 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 24, 2019 15:33:16 GMT -6
A Senior Google Engineer lets out the truth: www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-24/senior-google-engineer-admits-big-tech-taking-sides-political-contextA current senior software engineer at Google has gone on record with Project Veritas to discuss how the company - and Silicon Valley big tech in general - has been sharply biased against conservatives since the 2016 US election. Greg Coppola, who works on AI and the Google Assistant, believes we are "at a really important point in human history," where " we have to just decide now that we kind of are seeing tech use its power to manipulate people." "It’s a time to decide, you know, do we run the technology, does the technology run us?" asks Coppola. Coppola notes that Google algorithms can influence people's opinions. "I think we had a long period, of ten years, let’s say, where we had search and social media that didn’t have a political bias and we kind of got used to the idea that the top search results at Google is probably the answer. And Robert Epstein who testified before Congress last week, um, looked into it and showed that, you know, the vast majority of people think that if something is higher rated on Google Search than another story, that it would be more important and more correct. And you know, we haven’t had time to absorb the fact that tech might have an agenda. I mean, it’s something that we’re only starting to talk about now." Asked about Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s testimony to Congress in December 2018, where Pichai said Google’s algorithms are politically unbiased, Coppola said: COPPOLA: “First of all, I report to Sundar of course. And I have a great deal of respect for him as a manager. I work on the Google Assistant, which really doesn’t have a political bias. Google Assistant is things like, hey, Google, set an alarm for nine AM, play some music, that type of stuff… I think it’s, you know, ridiculous to say that there’s no bias. I think everyone who supports anything other than the Democrats, anyone who’s pro-Trump or in any way deviates from what CNN and the New York Times are pushing, notices how bad it is.” According to Coppola, the company became more political just before the last presidential election: COPPOLA: “I started in 2014. 2014 was an amazing time to be at Google. We didn’t talk about politics. No one talked about politics. You know, it was just a chance to work with the best computer scientists in the world, the best facilities, the best computers and free food. I think as the election started to ramp up, the angle that the Democrats and the media took was that anyone who liked Donald Trump was a racist… And that got picked up everywhere. I mean, every tech company, everybody in New York, everybody in the field of computer science basically believed that. A small number of people do work on making sure that certain new sites are promoted. And in fact, I think it would only take a couple out of an organization of 100,000, you know, to make sure that the product is a certain way… Coppola pointed out that he believes most Google employees are not politically-driven in their work, and that the company is actually very protective of its users’ private data despite public criticism of the company: COPPOLA: “Most people’s job [at Google] is not political and doesn’t involve politics. I mean there’s a vast number of systems and a lot of them have nothing to do with politics like processing natural language… In fact, I would say that Google actually concerns of the assistant is taking much longer to build the assistant than it would otherwise need to because there is such a respect at Google for privacy and for user data. And I hope you leave this in and I hope people realize that there is really, I would say as an insider at Google there is a lot of interest put in taking care of people’s data and conversely it means that, you know the list of reputations of mappings from new site to some number representing their credibility is probably something I can access.” insider expressed concern about going public, but also offered solutions for how to remedy allegations of political bias at Google: COPPOLA: “I think the biggest problem here is just the overall lack of transparency that we have in our products today. Um, for example, if we had open source software, we would know why each answer was arrived at.” COPPOLA: Yeah, I mean, I have a job that pays well and has other benefits like working with very intelligent coworkers and really at the forefront of computer science. The Google Assistant is probably the most advanced artificial intelligence system anywhere in the world. Then for someone like me who’s been coding since I was a kid, um, it’s hard to find a job that pushes me to the limits the way working at Google does. But I guess I just, you know, I look at search and I look at Google News and I see what it’s doing and I see Google executives go to Congress and say that it’s not manipulated. It’s not political. And I’m just so sure that’s not true. That it’s, you know, it becomes a lot less fun to work on the product. So it affects you that much. Yeah, definitely. I mean, the thing about Google is if you leave, um, you know, any other salary at any other company will be lower. Hmm. So I do think it’s a sacrifice.” COPPOLA: “I just want to say to all the non-programmers that I really don’t buy the idea that big tech is politically neutral, and I think we need to start incorporating that into whatever strategy we use to have a democracy going forward.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 24, 2019 15:41:31 GMT -6
Speaking of being racist:
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 24, 2019 23:30:07 GMT -6
Thank God now I know what to think.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 25, 2019 6:26:30 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/24/sanders-campaign-slapped-with-federal-labor-complaint-employee-interrogation-and-retaliation/Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) presidential campaign is facing a federal complaint made by an unnamed individual alleging violations of the National Labor Relations Act, including allegations of retaliation, repudiation, interrogation, discipline, and discharge, it was revealed Tuesday. An unnamed individual filed the complaint to the National Labor Relations Board July 19, alleging five potential violations. Via NLRB: www.nlrb.gov/case/25-CA-245250Discipline) 8(a)(5) Repudiation/Modification of Contract [Sec 8(d)/Unilateral Changes] 8(a)(3) Discipline 8(a)(3) Discharge (Including Layoff and Refusal to Hire (not salting)) 8(a)(1) Interrogation (including Polling) However, as Bloomberg Law notes, “any person” can file a complaint. It does not necessarily mean a staffer filed the complaint. “The NLRB has yet to make a determination about whether there is any merit to the allegations,” Bloomberg Law reports. The accusations follow complaints from Sanders campaign employees, who claimed the campaign was paying “poverty wages.” Union members drafted a letter to Sanders’ campaign manager Faiz Shakir, which stated that field organizers “cannot be expected to build the largest grassroots organizing program in American history while making poverty wages.” It does bother me that people are going outside of the process and going to the media,” Sanders said. “That is really not acceptable. It is really not what labor negotiations are about, and it’s improper.” While he initially said he would address the issue by limiting employee hours, Sanders announced that the campaign reached a deal with unsettled staffers. “We made an offer which would have addressed that problem several months ago; it was rejected,” Sanders told CNN. “We underwent negotiations. It has now, the offer, it has been accepted.” “We have and will always be committed to the fight for fair pay, decent work conditions, and a strong labor movement — for our own workers and those all across this country,” Shakir said, following the agreement. “We’re proud to have successfully negotiated with the union in good faith to raise the pay of field organizers while continuing to ensure our campaign staffers are being paid a living wage,” he added. ........
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 25, 2019 11:42:41 GMT -6
Someone is not happy today lol www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/07/25/scarborough-to-2020-dems-roll-up-your-sleeves-and-go-after-him-turn-his-bones-into-dust-and-spit-on-it/MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough delivered a lengthy monologue Thursday in which he advised President Donald Trump’s 2020 Democratic opponents to roll up their sleeves and “go after him” if they want to win the presidency. Scarborough called on the Democrats to do what it takes to win, suggesting his opponents fight to turn Trump’s political bones to “dust” and then “spit on it” unless they want four more years with him in the White House. Partial transcript as follows: It is so frustrating. John. The only way to defeat Donald Trump and I’ve said this for years, you’ve got to get in his face. You’ve got to smother him politically. It’s got to be like a Dean Smith, like fullcourt UNC press where they can’t even pass the ball inbounds without three great athletes around them at all times. But Marco, all the people — Ted Cruz, none of them knew how to fight. I mean, think about Ted Cruz. This man insulted Ted Cruz’s wife, said she was ugly and said his father killed JFK. Now, if somebody did that to me, they would not be there. They would not have been elected president of the United States because I would have spent every waking second figuring out how to destroy their political career and I would have done it. That would have been my mind set. That’s all I would have thought about. I would have been driven by it. Take Jeb Bush. Donald Trump insults Jeb Bush, retweets a slur against Jeb Bush’s wife. Jeb Bush said you should apologize for that. Donald Trump said, “I’m not going to apologize for that.” Jeb Bush says nothing else. No, no, no. Everything stops right there and you turn to Donald Trump and say, “Here’s the deal, Donald. I may not win, but neither are you because I’m going to spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week working, focusing, not going to sleep until I figure out how to turn your political bones to dust, and when I turn it to dust, at that point I’m going to spit on it. And then I’m going to sweep it off the stage and make sure nobody remembers you for anything other than being the mean clown that you are.” Again, I’m sorry to scare children this morning. But I’m talking about a mindset. And by the way, I’m dead serious, Democrats running for president of the United States. I’m dead serious, Democrats running the House of Representatives. If you want to stop Donald Trump, it is time to stop fighting by Marquess of Queensbury rules. It’s time to roll up your sleeves and go after him and do it takes to win. If you don’t do that … you’ll have Donald Trump for four more years.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 25, 2019 14:11:56 GMT -6
Even after that disastrous double showing yesterday, some candidates still want to begin impeachment proceedings:
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 25, 2019 16:27:41 GMT -6
Democrats are trying to slide a nice payroll tax increase under the radar: www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/25/job-creators-network-member-warns-democrats-are-quietly-trying-to-pass-a-massive-payroll-tax-increase/amp/Job Creators Network member Kelly Brozyna, who’s spent 25 years advocating on behalf of small business owners and their employees, testified at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday and warned that the Democrats’ Social Security 2100 Act would dramatically increase the payroll tax and devastate job creation. “This proposal would raise the payroll tax over several years by 2.4 percentage points to 14.8 percent of earned income,” Ms. Brozyna testified. “On the surface, this seems like a small tax increase, but it would take a painful bite out of the incomes of entrepreneurs, workers, and small business owners…Small businesses are the backbone of the economy and our society. We need to support creative entrepreneurs and help them make their dreams come true, not burden them with tax increases that will only stunt entrepreneurial growth and creativity and reduce our living standards.” Writing in Real Clear Policy, Brozyna argues that the Democrat-backed tax hike puts unnecessary pressure on America’s 90 million small business owners and “places a major hurdle between them and their dream.” “Established businesses will respond how they always do when faced with new taxes: They’ll hold off on hiring, reduce hours, hire contractors instead of employees, and increase prices — or some combination of these,” she writes. “Some businesses on extremely narrow profit margins will even have to cut staff or close altogether.” The Heritage Foundation notes that the Democrats’ Social Security 2100 Act would “raise payroll taxes for all workers. An average worker with an annual salary of $50,000 would pay an extra $1,200 per year.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 26, 2019 16:29:51 GMT -6
thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/454940-poll-most-americans-oppose-reparationsA majority of Americans oppose paying reparations to descendants of slaves, according to a Hill-HarrisX poll. The survey found that 56 percent of registered voters were in agreement that reparations were not necessary because these “harms have been been adequately compensated.” Twenty percent of respondents said they were in favor of reparations, while 24 percent said they were unsure. The idea was a divisive issue among voters along party lines. Eighty-one percent of Republicans opposed reparations, compared to 36 percent of Democrats. More than half of Independents — 57 percent — meanwhile said the same. When broken by race, the poll showed that 55 percent of black voters support some form of compensatory payment, compared to only 11 percent of white voters. The poll also found that the older voters were, the less inclined they are to support the notion. Sixty-nine percent of Americans 65 and older said that there were not in favor of reparations. Reparations has become a topic of debate in the Democratic presidential primary. A number of 2020 candidates, including former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, have voiced some level of support for reparations, saying the issue should be further reviewed. Presidential candidate Sen. Corey Booker (D-N.J.) introduced legislation earlier this year to study granting reparations to African Americans. The bill boasts 15 co-sponsors so far and six of these co-sponsors are Booker's fellow Democratic contenders. This includes Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.). Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), meanwhile, has introduced a companion bill in the House. However, neither bill takes a position on paying reparations to descendants of slaves. The Hill-HarrisX poll was conducted online among 1,000 registered voters from June 29-30. The sampling margin of error of this poll was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 26, 2019 18:40:36 GMT -6
I’m starting to notice a trend here: www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/26/poll-majority-of-michigan-voters-reject-eliminating-private-insurance-to-advance-medicare-for-all/Most Michigan voters reject eliminating private insurance in order to advance “Medicare for All,” according to a July survey conducted by the Glengariff Group Inc. released this week. The Detroit Regional Chamber commissioned the survey, which polled 600 likely Michigan voters between July 17-20. While “strong” Democrats support the idea, the majority of general election voters oppose it– 52 percent to 37 percent. Detroit Regional Chamber CEO and President Sandy Baruah said she hoped the poll would show both parties, including Democrat 2020 candidates, that they need to appeal to centrists. “Elections are still won in the middle,” Baruah said, according to the Detroit News. “That would be my only advice.” While “strong” Democrats support the measure by a greater margin – 58 percent – only 48 percent who “lean Democrats” support it. The majority of independent voters in Michigan – 53 percent – oppose the proposal. The margin of error is +/- 4 percent. This comes in the wake of top tier Democrat candidates espousing more ultra-leftist views. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been a huge advocate for Medicare for All and defended his radical position during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night. Kimmel told Sanders that he was worried the notion of abolishing private insurance altogether would make it an “impossible sell,” but Sanders dismissed his concerns. “No, I don’t think so,” Sanders said. “I think it is exactly what the American people want, polling suggests that.” Sanders continued: At the end of the day, we have to make a decision. Do we have a health care system… whose major function is to provide quality care to all people as a right or do we continue with the system we have right now, which is designed to do what?… What is the function of the insurance companies? It’s to make as much money as they can. “Do we expand Medicare, which is a good and popular program for seniors, to all people, or do we continue a dysfunctional, expensive system designed to make billions for the health care industry?” It is likely that the discussion revolving around Medicare for All will resurface during the CNN-hosted Democrat debates, taking place in Detroit, Michigan next week. President Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in Michigan in 2016 by 10,7044 votes– 47.3 percent to 47 percent
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 26, 2019 18:45:00 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2019/07/24/democratic-bastion-minnesota-trends-red-heading-2020/Once A Democratic Bastion, Minnesota Trends Red Heading Into 2020 When it comes to elections, swing states are always crucial, but in 2020, this blue state could be turning red for Trump. By Stewart Lawrence Let’s say Donald Trump fails to sweep the Rust Belt states in 2020. His chances of winning Ohio, where he swamped Hillary Clinton by 9 points in 2016, are still great. But without Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, where Trump won by smaller margins four years ago, the president might well lose reelection. In 2016, Trump had a 68 electoral-vote margin over Clinton — 304 to 236. Take away the combined 44 electoral votes from those three states, and Trump falls short of the needed 270 votes by 10. With Trump trailing most of the Democratic candidates in the Rust Belt by double digits in recent polling, liberals seem gleeful about their chances of victory in 2020. But this optimism assumes Trump cannot expand the electoral map elsewhere. Minnesota Isn’t Feeling Blue In fact, he can. Thanks to the success of Trump’s policies and other fortuitous developments, several other blue-trending states are certain to be in play in 2020. Of these, none is more important than Minnesota. Its 10 electoral votes alone could offset a possible Rust Belt loss. The mainstream media has barely covered Trump’s remarkable gains in Minnesota, a state that historically is the bluest of the blue. How blue? Even during the Reagan landslide victories of 1980 and 1984, the Gopher State remained a bastion of New Deal liberalism and economic populism. In fact, the last time the GOP captured Minnesota was during Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign in 1972, nearly a half-century ago. Yet Trump, with his own brand of populism, nearly captured the state in 2016. He carried 78 of the state’s 87 counties, double the number carried by President Barack Obama in 2012. Overall, the margin between Trump and Hillary Clinton was a mere 1.5 percent — just 44,000 votes — the weakest Democratic tilt in decades. In fact, Trump might well have won Minnesota in 2016 had he made the state more of a priority. On the advice of the GOP mainstream, which had watched Mitt Romney make a foolhardy play for Minnesota in 2012, Trump didn’t visit the state until the waning days of the campaign, a decision he came to regret. “One more big rally, and we would have won,” he lamented later. Trump’s taking no chances this time. Since October of last year, he’s held three major rallies in Duluth and Rochester, two urban Democratic bastions with pockets of working-class voters attracted to his anti-trade, “America First” message. Each time, the crowds have grown larger. Just last week, Trump weighed in heavily during the burgeoning Pledge of Allegiance controversy in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, saying the state was “under siege.” The President’s Policies Are Working Why are Trump’s chances in Minnesota so good? The booming economy is one big factor. In addition to favorable job trends — the state’s unemployment rate is 3.3 percent, one of the lowest in the nation — Trump has undertaken special initiatives to bolster the state’s economy, drawing a sharp contrast between his administration’s policies and those of his predecessor. For example, last month, Trump moved to expand a major copper and nickel mining operation, one of the largest remaining reserves in the world, that Barack Obama had refused to renew in his final weeks in office. Obama’s backpedaling on approving new mining leases was widely unpopular. While liberal environmental groups are still vocally protesting Trump’s decision, polls show that Minnesotans, especially in the five counties surrounding the project, strongly approve. Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration has also found increasing favor. Minnesota is a major resettlement state for Muslim refugees, many of them from terror-prone Syria and Somalia. Some Somalis have also left Minnesota to join the Islamic State in east Africa. A November 2016 attack by a Somali American, who stabbed eight people in a shopping mall, has fueled support for Trump’s Muslim travel ban. Minnesota’s up for grabs for another reason: Massive fallout from the resignation of Sen. Al Franken, a prominent liberal Democrat, over sexual assault allegations that have damaged the party’s standing with voters across the board. Add to this the growing controversy over newly elected in-state Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is widely viewed as anti-Semitic and extremist, and the Democrats are confronting a major crisis of credibility with Minnesota’s electorate. Trump’s growing popularity with Minnesotans was apparent in 2018 when the two candidates he endorsed and campaigned for easily won their races. They included Pete Stauber, who captured the 8th District, which had voted Democratic for years. The fact that these victories occurred at a time when Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives reflect the deep GOP undercurrent that could allow Trump to flip Minnesota in 2020. More Blue States May Be Up For Grabs Trump could conceivably expand the 2020 map in two other states in the Southwest: Nevada, with 6 electoral votes, and Colorado, with 9. While both states have tilted Democratic since 2004, Trump’s growing popularity with Hispanics, who constitute a sizable share of each state’s electorate, is giving him a fresh opening. Still, both states remain an uphill climb. Some analysts have argued that Pennsylvania is the bellwether contest in 2020. Trump won by slightly less than 1 percent there in 2016. But if Joe Biden, a Scranton native, is his opponent, that advantage likely evaporates. Trump is certainly not out of the running in the Rust Belt, but with a major Democratic investment expected there (in contrast to 2016), the Gopher State will loom unusually large in 2020. Assuming the rest of the electoral map stays frozen in place, it could even be the state that puts Trump over the top. Seeing Minnesota fall would be the bitterest of ironies for the Democrats and an unmistakable sign of just how much the mood of the country has shifted since Trump captured the White House.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 26, 2019 23:18:28 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/26/bill-de-blasio-trump-will-not-be-welcome-back-in-new-york-city/amp/After receiving criticism from President Donald Trump, Democrat presidential hopeful, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio challenged him to a debate in New York and said he “will not be welcome back” after his presidency during a show hosted by BuzzFeed at Webster Hall in the East Village. “I challenge you, Donald Trump, to come to New York City, and I will debate you about what’s right for New York City and BuzzFeed can host it,” de Blasio stated. “[Trump] doesn’t understand New York City.” De Blasio then stated that after Trump’s presidency concludes, he will “not be welcome” back in the Big Apple. “When his presidency is over, really soon, he will not be welcome back,” de Blasio told BuzzFeed Editor in Chief Ben Smith. Earlier this week, President Trump urged de Blasio to “stand up” for the New York City police officers who were soaked by bucketfulls of water and had objects thrown at them. We love our Law Enforcement Officers all around this great Country. What took place in NYC with water being tossed on NYPD officers was a total disgrace,” Trump wrote on Twitter. In another tweet, Trump stated that incidents of that nature “will not be tolerated” and insisted that de Blasio “act immediately” on the “completely unacceptable” assault on the New York City police officers.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 27, 2019 21:53:52 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 27, 2019 22:01:42 GMT -6
www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-27/i-dont-see-how-well-survive-rising-minimum-wage-squeezes-restaurant-industryDemocrats in Washington are trying to push through a bill to raise the federal minimum wage, but around the country dozens of cities and states raised the wage floor at the beginning of the year. And like clockwork, small businesses across the country are already struggling with some of the issues that conservatives warned about. To wit, many businesses, particularly restaurants, which are notoriously low-margin businesses, have been forced to lay off employees, even after raising prices to meet the new wage requirements. In other words, just like it did in Seattle, a higher minimum wage is hurting the poorest and most vulnerable workers - in other words, its hurting the same people it was supposed to help. In a piece published this week, WSJ takes us to the Bay Area, where the owner of a restaurant called Patatas Neighborhood Kitchen, situated in the small city north of Oakland. After the city of Emeryville raised its minimum wage from $15 to $16.30 this year, the restaurant's owner was forced to lay off six of his 10 employees and eliminate the dinner shift. The economy is booming in the Bay Area, but at Patatas Neighborhood Kitchen, located in this small city just north of Oakland, owner Marcos Quezada recently eliminated the dinner shift and laid off six of his 10 workers. He struggled with the decision but felt he had no choice after Emeryville increased its hourly minimum wage in July from $15 to $16.30, the highest in the U.S. "I just didn’t see how I was going to survive it," said Mr. Quezada, who opened the eatery in 2017. There's no question that the cost of living in the Bay Area is higher than almost anywhere else in the US. But after several minimum-wage hikes in recent years, business owners are finding themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place. Proponents say a minimum-wage increase was desperately needed in the hometown of Pixar Animation Studios, where the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment is $2,840, the median home price is more than $560,000, and a salad costs more than $15. "The Bay Area is more expensive than any other part of the country," said María Moreno, community organizer with the Restaurant Opportunities Center of the Bay, an advocacy group. But local businesses say several increases in Emeryville’s minimum wage over the past few years have left them nervous about their financial viability. To offset the cost of higher wages, restaurants have had to raise prices. But they're getting to the point where another round of price hikes might jeopardize their business. But the wage hikes aren't over yet. Across California, the state minimum wage, currently $12, is set to rise by $1 a year through 2022. The CBO projects that higher wages will lift 1.3 million Americans out of poverty. But it will also destroy 1.3 million jobs. The city of Emeryville, with its minimum wage higher than the state's baseline, has become a proving ground for these policies, and already they're showing signs of strain. Emeryville first raised its minimum wage above the statewide floor in 2015, to $12.25 an hour, setting it to automatically increase every year since. Mayor Ally Medina, a Democrat, said the ordinance was meant to help workers cope with the Bay Area’s high living costs. Sheena Luu, a barista at Polaris Cafe, said Emeryville’s minimum wage makes it possible for her to afford $1,500 in rent for her studio apartment. She also works at coffee shops in two nearby cities, earning about $13 an hour. “If I didn’t have it, I would have to cut back,” she said of the higher pay in Emeryville. Some local business owners lobbied the city council for temporary exemptions from the new minimum wage laws. But ultimately, the council decided not to grant them, because such a measure wouldn't be politically feasible. Business owners in Emeryville recently pressured the city council to temporarily exempt about two dozen small restaurants from the wage increase. But the council on Tuesday night voted 5-0 to keep the $16.30 floor in place. The city council also agreed to convene a working group to help small businesses better cope with the higher costs. "I just did not feel comfortable telling workers they were not getting a pay increase they expected," said Ms. Medina. Meanwhile, citizens of Emeryville must now get used to paying some of the highest prices outside of Hawaii. Retailers and other industries with lots of minimum wage workers have adapted to the wage hikes, but restaurants, with their thin margins, are different. The flip side can be seen on the menus at Rudy’s. Co-owner Doug Smith said he has raised the price of the cafe’s signature Deuces Wild special - two pancakes or two pieces of french toast, two eggs and two bacon slices or sausages - to $14.50 from $11 in 2015, and the Crunchy Asian Salad to $15.50 from $10. But that still isn’t enough to cover increased labor costs, he added. But might there possibly be a middle ground? Another mechanism for setting higher wages that doesn't make it too onerous for businesses to operate, forcing them to lay off workers? A few days before the Emeryville story appeared in WSJ, the paper published another piece about how restaurants are being forced to "sweeten pay packages" for employees since record-low unemployment and a shortage of teenagers looking for after-school jobs has left them with a shortage of workers. It's also becoming increasingly difficult for these mostly fast-food and fast-casual restaurants to find and retain workers, as the quit rate for food-and-service jobs is at a record high. Many restaurants are raising wages by their own volition, whether or not they're situated in a state or city that has been hiking wages. It almost sounds like the free market is doing a pretty efficient job of setting wages in the labor market - but no amount of empirical evidence, it seems, will stop the social justice warriors (mostly white kids who grew up in the middle or upper-middle class) from demanding higher wages for low-wage workers. They clearly don't realize - or they're refusing to accept - that what they're really doing is taking jobs and hours away from these same workers whom they're supposedly trying to help.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 27, 2019 22:05:04 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/27/david-axelrod-if-trump-loses-2020-him-slamming-cummings-baltimore-will-be-why/amp/David Axelrod, former President Barack Obama’s chief campaign strategist, said Saturday that President Donald Trump’s criticism of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and the Democrat-run city of Baltimore could cost him the 2020 election. “If @realdonaldtrump loses in 2020, this will be why,” Axelrod wrote on Twitter. “Every, single day, he subjects the country he was elected to lead to a stream of ugly, divisive bombast. It’s exhausting. It’s destructive. It’s unworthy of a POTUS.” realDonaldTrump may believe in multiplication by division but it doesn’t add up for the American people. The rancor and chaos his daily dose of nastiness creates is a barrier to actually getting things done on tangible concerns,” the longtime Democrat operative added. ......... Earlier this month, Cummings yelled at Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan over the treatment of migrant children inside immigrant detention facilities. McAleenan testified that DHS was “doing [its] level best” to care for the children. “What does that mean?” Cummings shouted in response. “What does that mean when a child is sitting in their own feces, can’t take a shower? Come on, man. What’s that about? None of us would have our children in that position. They are human beings!” President Trump isn’t the first high-profile lawmakers to criticize Baltimore. In May 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) cited North Korea to highlight the lifespan of residents of Baltimore’s “poorest boroughs,” calling it a “disgrace.” “Residents of Baltimore’s poorest boroughs have lifespans shorter than people living under dictatorship in North Korea. That is a disgrace,” Sanders tweeted. “Horribly, someone born in Baltimore’s poorest neighborhood can expect to live 20 years less than a person born in the wealthiest area,” the far-left lawmaker posted to social media days later.
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Post by kcrufnek on Jul 28, 2019 21:56:55 GMT -6
Someone is not happy today lol www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/07/25/scarborough-to-2020-dems-roll-up-your-sleeves-and-go-after-him-turn-his-bones-into-dust-and-spit-on-it/MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough delivered a lengthy monologue Thursday in which he advised President Donald Trump’s 2020 Democratic opponents to roll up their sleeves and “go after him” if they want to win the presidency. Scarborough called on the Democrats to do what it takes to win, suggesting his opponents fight to turn Trump’s political bones to “dust” and then “spit on it” unless they want four more years with him in the White House. Partial transcript as follows: It is so frustrating. John. The only way to defeat Donald Trump and I’ve said this for years, you’ve got to get in his face. You’ve got to smother him politically. It’s got to be like a Dean Smith, like fullcourt UNC press where they can’t even pass the ball inbounds without three great athletes around them at all times. But Marco, all the people — Ted Cruz, none of them knew how to fight. I mean, think about Ted Cruz. This man insulted Ted Cruz’s wife, said she was ugly and said his father killed JFK. Now, if somebody did that to me, they would not be there. They would not have been elected president of the United States because I would have spent every waking second figuring out how to destroy their political career and I would have done it. That would have been my mind set. That’s all I would have thought about. I would have been driven by it. Take Jeb Bush. Donald Trump insults Jeb Bush, retweets a slur against Jeb Bush’s wife. Jeb Bush said you should apologize for that. Donald Trump said, “I’m not going to apologize for that.” Jeb Bush says nothing else. No, no, no. Everything stops right there and you turn to Donald Trump and say, “Here’s the deal, Donald. I may not win, but neither are you because I’m going to spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week working, focusing, not going to sleep until I figure out how to turn your political bones to dust, and when I turn it to dust, at that point I’m going to spit on it. And then I’m going to sweep it off the stage and make sure nobody remembers you for anything other than being the mean clown that you are.” Again, I’m sorry to scare children this morning. But I’m talking about a mindset. And by the way, I’m dead serious, Democrats running for president of the United States. I’m dead serious, Democrats running the House of Representatives. If you want to stop Donald Trump, it is time to stop fighting by Marquess of Queensbury rules. It’s time to roll up your sleeves and go after him and do it takes to win. If you don’t do that … you’ll have Donald Trump for four more years. I heard yesterday that in their home, he and Meeka have a portrait of........Heir Mueller!!
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 11:08:29 GMT -6
The DCCC just had their own Monday Night Massacre: www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/30/top-dccc-staffers-quit-amid-growing-concerns-over-diversity/The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has been under intense pressure amid growing concerns over diversity that saw top staffers resign Monday after those conflicts boiled over into the public arena. DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL) has been facing complaints from Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus members who have been unhappy with the lack of minority representation within the DCCC. There is not one person of color — black or brown, that I’m aware of — at any position of authority or decision making in the DCCC,” Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) said. “It is shocking, it is shocking, and something needs to be done about it.” Bustos flew back to Washington D.C. to hold an emergency meeting to address the internal strife within the organization. Tensions boiled over, and DCCC executive director Allison Jaslow quit during the meeting. Politico reported: At the beginning of the meeting, Jaslow resigned and left the session immediately. The meeting — which was described by several sources as spirited and pointed — lasted more than an hour and a half. “When I was in eighth grade, I decided that my life would be dedicated to serving my country. I did that first in uniform but since have tried to be a force of good in our politics,” Jaslow, an Iraq War veteran, said in a statement later. “And sometimes selfless service means having the courage to take a bow for the sake of the mission — especially when the stakes are so high.” Tensions continued to boil over, and the domino effect continued: And in the next 10 hours, much of the senior staff was out: Jared Smith, the communications director and another Bustos ally; Melissa Miller, a top DCCC communications aide; Molly Ritner, political director; Nick Pancrazio, deputy executive director; and Van Ornelas, the DCCC’s director of diversity. Jacqui Newman, the chief operating officer for the campaign arm, will serve as interim executive director and facilitate the search for a permanent replacement, Bustos said in a statement late Monday. According to the Hill, one lawmaker called Monday evening’s mass shakeup a “Monday Night Massacre.” “Cheri campaigned as all things to all people, telling blue dogs one thing, telling progressives another. So inevitably once in office she would disappoint them,” the lawmaker added. Bustos said that it was a “sobering day filled with tough conversations” and promised to put the DCCC “back on path to protect and expand our majority, with a staff that truly reflects the diversity of our Democratic caucus and our party.” The high tensions within the DCCC mirror the bigger power struggle between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the far-left members of the “Squad” – Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) – who aim to move the Democrat Party farther left in terms of ideology and self-imposed racial-based quotas. However, moderate Democrats worry that the extreme left-wing flank will alienate moderate voters and cost them crucial elections. This was not the first time Bustos has faced criticism for being too “moderate.” As Breitbart News reported: In January, Bustos received push back from groups such as the Justice Democrats who said she needs to support more progressive policies. “We do not support Cheri Bustos as leader of the DCCC,” said spokesman Waleed Shahid. “Bustos has not supported progressive policies like Medicare for All, free college, a Green New Deal, or ending private prisons and immigration detention facilities.” Justice Democrats also criticized her for receiving campaign funds mostly from corporate political action committees and not small donors, according to USA Today. Bustos did not respond to Politico‘s request for comment.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 12:44:48 GMT -6
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/455149-rahm-emanuel-to-2020-democrats-too-often-you-succumbed-to-chasing-plauditsFormer Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) wrote a "memo" to the two dozen Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls, urging them to deliver a message — not seek Twitter praise — in this week's upcoming debates in Detroit. "There’s a reason Trump gleefully tweeted 'That’s the end of that race!' during the first debate: Too often, you succumbed to chasing plaudits on Twitter, which closed the door on swing voters in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio," Emanuel wrote in an op-ed published Monday on Medium. "If you win the nomination in a way that forecloses a path to victory in the general election, we will lose, and your name will go down in infamy," he wrote. Emanuel advised candidates to avoid falling into "traps that had many of us shaking our heads" during the first debates. Emanuel's described "traps" appear to be promising progressive plans steps ahead of where current policy falls. "Before our party promises health care coverage to undocumented immigrants — a position not even Ted Kennedy took — let’s help the more than 30 million Americans who are a single illness away from financial ruin," he wrote. "Before we start worrying about whether the Boston Marathon bomber can vote, let’s stop states that are actively trying to curtail voting rights of citizens. And before we promise a guaranteed minimum income to healthy adults who prefer to stay home and play video games, let’s increase the minimum wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit to benefit the millions of people who work hard and still live near poverty," he wrote. Twenty candidates will participate in two days of debates Tuesday and Wednesday night in Detroit. Emanuel served two terms as Chicago mayor. Emanuel did not seek a third term in the 2019 election.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 14:28:41 GMT -6
www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-30/california-should-be-embarrassed-state-passes-law-banning-trump-ballot-unless-taxWe're thrilled to see the far-left in America has the same respect for the Democratic process as their forebears did (for a reference to their forebears, see here). www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-15/bernie-plagiarizes-stalin-economic-bill-rightsOn Tuesday, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill requiring President Trump to either release his tax returns or he won't appear on the ballot in the state.Under SB 27, called the "Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act," any candidate running for president or governor in California must file copies of their tax returns from the previous five years to the California secretary of State, or their names will be stricken from the ballot, the Hill reports. Newsom argued that, as the largest economic engine within the US, California has a "responsibility" to demand this additional information (for the record: the Constitution doesn't say anything about candidates releasing tax returns - though the federal income tax didn't exist back on). "As one of the largest economies in the world and home to one in nine Americans eligible to vote, California has a special responsibility to require this information of presidential and gubernatorial candidates," Newsom said. "These are extraordinary times and states have a legal and moral duty to do everything in their power to ensure leaders seeking the highest offices meet minimal standards, and to restore public confidence. The disclosure required by this bill will shed light on conflicts of interest, self-dealing, or influence from domestic and foreign business interest." A Trump campaign spokesman called the new law "unconstitutional," and insisted that there was a good reason why California's last governor, Jerry Brown, refused to sign the legislation. In a statement, Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh called the move "unconstitutional." "There are very good reasons why the very liberal Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed this bill two years ago - it's unconstitutional and it opens up the possibility for states to load up more requirements on candidates in future elections. What's next, five years of health records?" he said. Murtaugh said states cannot add requirements to presidential candidates' qualifications for running. "The Constitution is clear on the qualifications for someone to serve as president and states cannot add additional requirements on their own," he said. "The bill also violates the 1st Amendment right of association since California can't tell political parties which candidates their members can or cannot vote for in a primary election." Unsurprisingly, the bill was overwhelmingly passed by California's assembly and the state senate earlier this month. Among its more appalling provisions, the bill includes an "urgency clause", which would allow it to take effect before the 2020 vote, meaning any Californians who want to vote for President Trump might need to write his name in. Though it has faded from the headlines somewhat, the battle over Trump's tax returns continues to rage. The administration is already suing New York State, which recently passed a law allowing the state to request Trump's tax returns, while in Congress, the Ways and Means Committee has filed a lawsuit over the administration’s refusal to release Trump's returns, which is likely the beginning of a lengthy legal battle. Surprisingly, Trump was joined in his outrage by some liberal pundits who have stood out for their opposition to Trump's ideas. We imagine California won't be the last state to pass such a bill, but given Trump's deep unpopularity throughout most of the state, he was unlikely to win any delegates from California: Imagine what will happen when swing states like Colorado and New Hampshire start trying to pass these types of laws? And finally....
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 19:28:58 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 30, 2019 19:36:12 GMT -6
8:16 PM: Candidates actually get opening statements.
Bullock says he’s a pro-choice, pro-union, populist Democrat who won three elections in a red state. He says working-class Americans aren’t waiting for a “revolution.”
Williamson says Americans must rise up again against an amoral economic system like they did during the abolition movement. She says conventional politics is not the answer.
Delaney says Democrats go down the road Sanders and Warren want to take us —Medicare for all and “free everything.” He compares them to Mondale, McGovern, and Dukakis and says they will turn off independent voters. He says he’s a product of the American dream and the son of a construction worker. He says he is about real solutions and not impossible promises.
Ryan—American is great but not everyone can access America’s greatness.
Hickenlooper — He talks about opening up his craft brewery and becoming a top mayor and governor. He says he beat the NRA and did not expand government.
Klobuchar — “Let’s get real.” She talks about her blue-collar background and says “we come from a country of shared dreams.” She says she has had it with a racist president. She says she has “bold ideas” that are “grounded in reality.” She says she is from the Midwest and has won every race.
Beto — He says America will redeem itself and stand up to a cruel president. He speaks about a country where “each one of us is well enough and educated enough and paid enough to realize our full potential.” Buttigieg — He says he is running for president because the country is “running out of time.” He talks about endless wars, climate change, and an economy that is not working for everyone. He says Democrats must summon the courage to walk away from the past and try something different. He says 12 years before “we reach the horizon of catastrophe.” Warren — She says Trump, who “disgraces” the presidency every day, favors a rigged system that has “kicked dirt in the faces of everyone else.” She says Democrats will not win with “small ideas and spinelessness.” She calls for Democrats to be the party of big structural change. Sanders — He blasts Amazon for not paying a nickel in federal income tax while Americans are homeless. He says fossil fuel industry gets billions in tax breaks while destroying the environment. It seemed like he was channeling a bit of Mario Cuomo and John Edwards before tapering off.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 31, 2019 1:53:31 GMT -6
9:25 PM: Warren talks about her $2 trillion plan for a green industrial policy. She says anyone in the world can use the innovations that come from it so long as it is built in America.
Hickenlooper rails against guaranteeing a job to everyone who wants one… He then talks about building bridges with countries like China to deal with climate change. Warren says she put a real policy on the table and nobody wants to talk about it and instead just throw out “Republican talking points.” She says Washington works great for oil companies but not for regular people.
9:21 PM: Klobuchar, when asked who is making promises just to get elected, punts. But she dismisses plans to give free college to wealthy kids.
9:16 PM: Warren asked if she says she is a capitalist to assure voters she is a safer choice than Sanders. Warren says she is a fighter who took on Wall Street, banks, and CEOs and beat them. She says people said Obama and Trump could not be elected. She says “we can’t choose a candidate we don’t believe in” just because Democrats are too scared to do anything else. She says Democrats should not convince other Democrats to vote for candidates they don’t believe in. That’s potentially a future argument against Biden.
Warren rips Hickenlooper and says why bother running for president just to tell people what we can’t do. She says the biggest issue in DC is corruption and Democrats need to have the courage to fight back. She says the healthcare industry does not have a “God-given right to suck money” out of the system. Sanders says it will be tough to defeat Trump and Democrats need to excite the base and voters. He talks about eliminating college debt.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 31, 2019 2:06:22 GMT -6
9:35 PM: Buttigieg with a strong answer about needing to beat Trump to get climate change policies enacted. He says he will be a veteran who will call Trump out on his bone spurs. He accuses Trump of playing his voters for suckers–says wages are not rising and all Trump has done is give corporations and the rich tax cuts.
9:39 PM: Debate turns to race. Lemon tees up a question for Beto on how he would best confront Trump on race. Beto blasts Trump for his “go back” comments. He says “hate crimes are on the rise” and a Mosque in Texas was burned to the ground when Trump signed the travel ban. Beto says we must embrace our differences and talks up El Paso–says it is the safest city because and not despite of immigrants.
Hickenlooper speaks about an “urban agenda,” and he says he did major police reform 10 years before Ferguson.
9:40 PM: Warren says we need to call out white supremacy for what it is — “domestic terrorism.” Lemon teed up the question for Warren. She says she has a plan for education that says we have to build a better education system while acknowledging what has happened on race…$50 billion for HBCUs and cancels student loan debt for 95% of people with debt.
Buttigieg says the “racial divide lives within me” when asked about how he can convince black Democrats to vote for him given he has not handled race issues as well as he could have in South Bend. He talks about his Douglass Plan that he recently released and says systemic racism touches every aspect of American life. He says black people’s pain is treated less seriously when they go to the ER.
Sanders touts his Thurgood Marshall plan.
9:55 PM: Ryan says the country’s wealth has been transferred to the 1% or China. He calls for a Chief Manufacturing Officer who will ensure electric vehicles and solar panels are built in America. When pressed on whether he will support Trump’s tariffs, he says he would have to reevaluate because Trump, who he says is all tactics and no strategy, has “bungled” them.
Beto says tariffs are a mistake and trade war without allies is also a mistake. Hickenlooper says trade wars are for “losers.” Sanders rips people who line up at the federal trough to get military contracts.
Warren says anyone who thinks the trade debate is about tariffs does not get it. She says the new NAFTA will allow pharmaceutical companies to just charge Mexicans, Americans, and Canadians even more for drugs.
10:02 PM: Buttigieg rips “so-called Christian Senators” for blocking raising the federal minimum wage.
10:05 PM: Warren backs her wealth tax. Warren says it’s time to tax the top 1/10 of 1%…
She says with two cents on the dollar after $50 million can fund universal child care, universal pre-K, raise the wages of every childcare worker and preschool teacher, universal tuition-free college, $50 billion into HBCUs, cancel student loan debt for 95%…
Buttigieg talks about a public service loan forgiveness plan and blasts the Trump administration and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who unfortunately is from Michigan, for letting for-profit colleges that prey on veterans and turning the Department of Education into a “predatory lender.”
Williamson calls out centrist Democrats, says she wonders why some people on the debate stage are even Democrats. She says Democrats must use the instruments of government to better the lives of people.
10:15 PM: Sanders, when asked how his foreign policy will be different from Trump’s, says that “Trump is a pathological liar. I tell the truth.” He says America should not be the world’s policeman and should support policies that allow for more diplomacy.
10:16 PM: Buttigieg says he will bring troops home from Afghanistan in year one, adding that there will soon be people fighting there who were born after 9/11. Beto says during his first term and he “will not start new wars” and there is no reason to send troops all over the world.
Hickenlooper looks at it as a humanitarian issue and would leave troops there because there will be a humanitarian disaster that will frighten everyone. “We’re going to have to be in Afghanistan,” the No Labels “3.8%” candidate says.
10:22 PM: Buttigieg says vision more important than age as debate turns to age issues.
10:30 PM: Closing statements. Thankfully, the last of the debate cycle for many. Bullock– Talks about growing up in a single-parent household that lived at times paycheck to paycheck. He used to deliver newspapers to the governor’s mansion and now is raising his kids in it. He says he is for a “different way” and it’ snot about left v. right Williamson — Says the country needs a plan to solve institutionalized hatred and white nationalism. Correctly argues that Democrats meed more than wonkiness and intellectual argument to defeat Trump. She talks about radical truth telling about why we are sick. Truth-telling about race and what people are owed for injustices. She says the country’s foreign policy is based on symptoms and not about cause. She rips corporate overloads and says until the Democrats speak about the deep corruption, those who voted for Trump will vote for Trump and others will stay at home. She says Democrats can’t fight dog whistles. They must override them with new voices that want to atone for mistakes and love future generations. Delaney — He says Trump is the symptom of the disease of divisiveness. Talks about his national service” plan and how he can unite the country. Ryan — He talks about a politics that is “new and better” and not “left and right.” Hickenlooper — Asks Americans to imagine facing a life-threatening operation. He asks if they would want someone with a track-record instead of someone who is all talk. He talks about his track record in the private sector and the government. Klobuchar — Tells a story about a girl who said it was not her fault before dying of opioids. She says she can win the Midwest and will govern with integrity and make you proud. Beto — We have a president who uses fear to try to drive us further apart. He speaks about having hope in one another and faith in the future that includes everyone. Talks about his history of accomplishments that has included everyone and the broad coalition of voters that supported him in his failed Texas Senate race in 2018. Mayor Pete — He says GDP is going up and life expectancy is going down. He says Democrats must defeat Trump and defeat Republicans in Congress so big that it reunites GOPers with their conscious. Warren — Tells the story about the commuter college that changed her life. She says the election is about opportunity. Every policy is about opportunity — will it go to billionaires our our kids? Promises real change come 2021 after beating Trump. Sanders — Talks about growing up in a rent-controlled apartment in Brooklyn and living paycheck to paycheck. He’s running to transform this country and stand with the working class of American that has been decimated for the last 45 years.
10:45 PM: Williamson supporter tells Joel: “The only question, she said, was “whether the country is ready for a Jewish female, speaking almost prophetic, Christ-like words.”
10:50 PM: Klobuchar says on CNN that Democrats must decide if they want to run like they are aiming for DNC Chair or the presidency.
10:52 PM: Sanders tells CNN’s Anderson Cooper union workers will not have to give up wages increases to protect the healthcare plans that they have under his plan. He says the way to win in 2020 is to energize voters in white working-class communities in addition to increasing turnout in black and Latino communities by not using the status quo playbook. Sanders is asked if he and Warren are on a collision course.
“She runs her campaign. I run my campaign. That’s what happens,” he answers, saying Warren is a friend of his that he respects. Sanders also brags about having two million donations days after Warren bragged about having one million donations.
11:45 PM: On CNN, Marianne Williamson reiterates that Trump can’t be beaten with wonkiness and obscure policy details. She talks about a “sociopathic economic system” that is “heartless.” She says when she was growing up, corporations cared about its employees and not just about its shareholders. Elites who will forever be clueless about voters can mock Williamson all they want, but a Democrat who wants to win the nomination with a message that could also work in a general election battle against Trump may want to adopt her message about a “heartless” economic system that no longer looks out for its workers. It’s a winning message. Williamson also indicated that if she doesn’t win the nomination, she’d support Sanders or Warren.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 31, 2019 2:08:19 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 31, 2019 2:12:08 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 31, 2019 2:17:24 GMT -6
Says the man who honeymooned in the Soviet Union in 1988, praised Fidel Castro in 1985 & signed a letter of support for Hugo Chavez.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 31, 2019 2:24:24 GMT -6
Hollywood reacts:
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Post by soonernvolved on Jul 31, 2019 2:36:52 GMT -6
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