Tag Archives: U.S. Government

The New Republic: Jeet Heer: Sibling Rivalry: Democratic Socialists & Liberals

Source: The New Democrat What’s going on in the Democratic Party today reminds me of what was going on post-JFK assassination in the 1960s and into the 1970s. Even though I wasn’t born until 1975, of course I don’t remember … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Vanessa Williamson: Back Without Popular Demand- Tax Cuts For The Wealthy & Tax Hikes For The Middle Class

Source:The New Democrat If you’re going to talk about tax reform especially if you’re saying you’re proposing it which is what President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are saying that they’re doing, you should at the very least know what … Continue reading

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The Onion: Revelations From Hillary Clinton’s New Memoir- What Happened

Source:The Daily Review What happened? Hillary Clinton might be the only person asking that question as far as how she’s the first American presidential candidate to ever lose to a reality TV star who for the last 35 years in … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Dana Goldman: ‘Why Bernie Sander’s Plan For Universal Health Care Is Only Half Right’

Source:Brookings Institution– Senator Bernie Sanders (Socialist, Vermont) holding a press conference introducing his Medicare For All plan. Source:The New Democrat “Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to introduce his universal health care bill Wednesday; it is likely to serve as a litmus … Continue reading

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The New Republic: John Judis: The Socialism America Needs Now

Source:The New Democrat To give you an idea of what I believe socialism is and what it isn’t, I agree with John Judis at TNR that socialism has a couple layers, three if you include Chinese communism. But before that … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Molly Reynolds: Limitations of The Senate Filibuster

Source:The New Democrat Warning! This article is only for truly hard-core political and Congressional junkies and people who haven’t slept in days and need to fall asleep real quick. Great bedtime reading for your hard-core insomniacs. Because this is not … Continue reading

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The Baseline Scenario: James Kwak: The Importance of Fairness

Source:The New Democrat Economic fairness and social justice even is a good debate in the Democratic Party and it seems to becoming from two wings in it. From the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren social democratic wing that believes the problem with … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Jonathan Turley: ‘Voters Want a Revolution- Here’s What That Would Take’

Source:The New Democrat The problem that Social Democrats have in America, the so-called Bernie Sanders movement, is that they don’t live in a social democracy. So much of what they want to do simply can’t happen with the way our … Continue reading

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Crash Course: Craig Benzine- ‘Federalism: Crash Course Government and Politics’

Source:Crash Course– American federalism. Source:The New Democrat “In which Craig Benzine teaches you about federalism, or the idea that in the United States, power is divided between the national government and the 50 state governments. Craig will teach you about … Continue reading

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The Hill: Bill Press: Who’s The Real Liberal- Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders?’

Source:The New Democrat You want to talk about European social democracy and Far-Left socialist politics in America, or do you want to talk about Center-Left pragmatic progressive and liberal politics in America? If you want democratic socialism and social democracy, … Continue reading

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