Tag Archives: Far Left

The Hill: Keith Laing: Senator Bernie Sanders: $1T Infrastructure Bill Would Be Cheaper Than Iraq War

Source:The New Democrat Bernie Sanders wouldn’t be Bernie Sanders if we wasn’t proposing things like a trillion-dollars in infrastructure investment to rebuild America. And I agree with him as far as the amount of money that we should invest to … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig: The Economist Magazine is Wrong About Welfare’s Impact on Family

Source:The New Democrat As far as disability insurance, if you are physically and mentally able to working, meaning you don’t suffer from some physical or mental condition that makes it hard if not impossible for you to work full-time, you … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Michael Gerson: Are Democrats Stuck in 1979?

Source:The New Democrat Just to answer Mike Gerson’s title of his column, no. Democrats are not stuck in 1979, but some are. Pre-1976 and why the Democratic Party lost back-to-back presidential elections in 1968 and 72 and in 72 Senator … Continue reading

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Real Time With Bill Maher: Center-Left Democrats vs. Occupy Wall Street

Source:The Daily Press Bill Maher has this idea that since there’s a Democrat in the White House, that President Obama should govern like Dennis Kucinich. What he doesn’t seem to understand, is that President Obama and Representative Kucinich come from … Continue reading

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Heritage Foundation: Evan Sayet- ‘How Modern Liberals Think’

“HERITAGE FOUNDATION: “How Modern Liberals Think.” Originally from The Heritage Foundation, but that video has since been deleted or blocked on YouTube. As an actual Liberal myself and not someone who just calls myself a Liberal, but someone who actually … Continue reading

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The Hill: Niall Stanage: Five Figures on the Left Who Could Challenge Hillary Clinton

Source:The New DemocratWith all due respect to Hillary Clinton, but assuming she actually does run for president, which I don’t think is a safe assumption, she is going to need a strong challenge from the Left even the Far-Left if … Continue reading

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The Hitchens Archive: Christopher Hitchens & Eric Alterman Discussing Politics (2008)

Source:The Film Archives– left-wing columnist Eric Alterman, debating left-wing columnist Christopher Hitchens, in 2008. Source:The New Democrat “Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair, Slate, God Is Not Great) and Eric Alterman (Altercation, The Nation, Why We’re Liberals, ericalterman.com) discuss politics on Bloggingheads.” … Continue reading

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Allan Gregg: Christopher Hitchens On Bill Clinton

Source:The New Democrat  I’m not a mind-reader obviously, but Chris Hitchens was an admitted Socialist and was his whole life. Even though late in his career he became more of a Neoconservative on foreign policy and national security. He supported … Continue reading

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Politico Magazine: Joseph Stiglitz: ‘The Myth of America’s Golden Age’

Politicio Magazine: Opinion: Joseph Stiglitz: The Myth of America’s Golden Age I’m getting tired of hearing people who are further left of me people who are Social Democrats let’s say who are constantly putting down America. And saying “Europe is … Continue reading

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Brad Delong: Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby and the Decay of Welfare Capitalism

Equitable Growth: Blog: Brad Delong: Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby and the Decay of Welfare Capitalism ‘Welfare capitalism’ is just another way of saying democratic socialism. Democratic socialism is an economic system common in Europe and Canada to a certain extent … Continue reading

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