2020 Democratic presidential primary

someone remind me, who's actually *officially* running so far? Warren, Gillibrand, Harris -- that's it, right?

i assume they'll all be dropping out now howard schultz is on the scene

Clinton, Biden, Richardson, Hart, Mondale, "Scoop" Jackson, Humphrey, McGovern.

Pat Paulsen

Harold Stassen

don't blame me, i voted for dick gephardt

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/kamala-harris-would-end-private-health-insurance.html

love this answer!

classic chait concern trolling also

this is tangential, but given the talk of Harris' record I found it interesting. the comments on this piece (as well as, of course, the story itself) tell you something about the kind of pushback one can expect when trying to act as a reformer in a DA role

http://www.philly.com/news/larry-krasner-conviction-integrity-unit-philadelphia-district-attorney-judges-20190129.html

Castro is definitely in. I thought Bernie was too but I don’t recall him making an official announcement

I forgot that Gabbard was official as well, lol

oh shit, yeah, christ.

ha ha she said she was running in an interview and that she'd have a formal announcement the next week. Two weeks have gone by with no announcement.

Buttigieg has launched an exploratory committee, does that count

guys, you're forgetting John Delaney

Today I announced I'll outline a plan for a Green New Deal, accelerating US transition to 100% clean energy. The 1st pillar will be investing in people & communities that powered our economy for decades. The econ benefits of a Green New Deal must reach every corner of the country pic.twitter.com/Fvjdondyu4

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) January 29, 2019

whoa

reducing the size of soda cups everywhere to save plastic

good for Bloomberg on doing this

and also not running

bloomberg is ok on a lot of things tbh

if he wants to bankroll the campaign for GND then i'm extremely fine with that

Kamala Harris's comments of "using the stick" to make poor families behave, or be arrested, is deeply disturbing. This is much worse than Clinton's "super predator" comments, because Harris's conviction belies a far more deeply held political philosophy. pic.twitter.com/WhFkO4HOE4

— Jermane Lee Willis (@WillisJermane) January 28, 2019

sorry, did not know Simon posted that video yesterday

don't tell me you're getting tired of being repetitive

since i didn't see it, i am not being repetitive

tell us how much you love Tarantino tho

I'm dreading his next movie, that's how much

is it an adaptation of No Exit?
Are we in it?

if you type "boycott" in google the autocomplete is " starbucks"

gotta say this arms race to see who can propose levying the highest taxes on the rich absolutely fucking rules

Our bill only applies to the richest 0.2% of Americans. It would establish a:

-45% tax on estate values $3.5M to $10M
-50% tax on estate values $10M to $50M
-55% tax on estate values over $50M
-77% tax on estate values over $1 billion

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 31, 2019

can I vote for downtown boys' proposal

https://youtu.be/h_AaTM-IKxM

What's funny is that while the party hates the idea that Dems should identify villains -- they don't even like saying they want to defeat *conservatism* -- they do actually know that it *works.* It's what Obama did in 2012, to the horror of people like Booker. https://t.co/7Pe7Ssjhkg

— Italian Alex Pareene (@pareene) January 31, 2019

Does the story of the middle-class's decline need a ruling-class villain?

yes

it certainly has one

#BREAKING: Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) changes her stance on healthcare in under 24 hours after her CNN town hall

"As the furor grew," a Harris adviser said "she would also be open to the more moderate health reform plans, which would preserve the industry"

— Jesse Marioneaux (@jesse_marioneau) January 30, 2019

balancing the competing interests of disparate factions has worked so well for the democrats for the last 50 years

in other kamala harris news, i see the guy who shared the videos of her talking about how awesome it is to lock up the parents of truants has been suspended fom twitter, which is a totally cool normal thing that we should all support

.@Twitter has suspended @WillisJermane, whose tweets about the Kamala Harris truancy videos I posted, got shared thousands and thousands of times and were cited by multiple news outlets.

— Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) January 30, 2019

wtf

I suspect the two things are not related, given how much total shit twitter allows

"As the furor grew," a Harris adviser said

I highly doubt the adviser said this tbh

regardless of how important you think those video clips were, the account was among the more “obviously not a real person” situations. Lol at being credulous about Bragman’s claims here

is 'not being a real person' a suspendable offence?

also not seeing any credible reporting about Harris making some dramatic reversal (I did not watch the CNN Town Hall, haven't looked up exactly what she said there)

xp

(and those video clips were very important, just for the record)

ah here it is

By stating she would eliminate private insurers as a necessary part of implementing "Medicare-for-all," California Sen. Kamala Harris during a CNN town hall Monday night sent a shockwave through the national health care debate. Harris' comments underscored the extent to which a move to single payer would radically overhaul the current system and, in frankly addressing one of the transition's most politically difficult steps, stepped directly into her critics' crosshairs...As the furor grew, a Harris adviser on Tuesday signaled that the candidate would also be open to the more moderate health reform plans, which would preserve the industry, being floated by other congressional Democrats. It represents a compromise position that risks angering "Medicare-for-all" proponents, who view eliminating private health insurance as key to enacting their comprehensive reform.

immediately followed by:

This has been an embarrassing episode for Harris, even if it represents a small nod to fiscal and political reality. For hardcore progressives, who will play an outsized role in Democrats' nominating process, single-payer healthcare is an ideological article of faith and a policy holy grail.

storm in a teacup imo

Pretending to me a real person possibly, Aldo the account didn’t exist until a month ago.

Maybe the same thing will happen to that weird account Amir who pretends to be a doctor in Los Angeles

reported by... Fox News

xp

just for the record, we are discussing avowed ILX leftists resorting to Fox News and a fake twitter account to damage a Dem candidate for President.

how heavy is that water you guys are carrying

just for the record, a dem candidate for president talked in public about her sincerely-held views on incarceration, views which are incompatible with my preferences for the future political development of the united states of america

water's not giving me any problems tbh

"Medicare-for-all" proponents, who view eliminating private health insurance as key to enacting their comprehensive reform.

is this even true? I don't quite understand how Medicare-for-all requires the elimination of private insurance. Is there some sort of specific plan that mandates this as a way of funding M4A or something?

regardless of fox or fake twitter accounts, those are real videos of the real kamala harris talking about her real political views and they fucking suck xp