Because 2016 Is Already Berning

Can't wait for 2020 when we can elect President Bernie Sanders. We'll see that his executive vision is 20/20.

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How and when to vote for Bernie Sanders (by state)

Does your state have open or closed primaries? Find out here, as well as important dates and deadlines to vote for Bernie Sanders!

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From David Shuster on Twitter (tumblr: @davidshuster-blog) https://twitter.com/davidshuster/status/990944878917046273?s=21

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Dont forget about net neutrality just because its not “trending” anymore.

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Call your senators and representatives — a Congressional Review Act to reverse the FCC's decision can still pass!

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Sure enough, Sessions went on to urge AGs to adhere to the toughest sentencing possible in all drug cases, which includes pursuing already hotly debated mandatory minimum sentences.

The Hill: GOP Rep. Justin Amash slammed Attorney General Jeff Sessions for reversing President Obama’s guidelines on punishment for drug-related offenses and ordering prosecutors to seek tougher sentences, saying it was time for real criminal justice reform and an end “to this unjust, ineffective, and costly policy.“

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The Center for Public Integrity: The most fascinating (and disturbing) investigation into teeth that you’ll probably read this year.

(Via Washington Post)

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There are multiple other ways to make our democracy better that wouldn’t be too radical to adopt. After sharing quite a few ranked-choice voting pieces, this seemed appropriate.

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More than just buyer beware: Questionable meat sources, ineffective labeling, more imports, and what’s bound to be the start of a boom in beef — an industry contributing to climate change (less than fossil fuel combustion but still significant) through its use of resources (e.g. land, fertilizer, water) and contribution to not only carbon dioxide levels, but the extremely more potent greenhouse gas, methane.

NPR: The U.S. has given the green light for China to start sending cooked poultry to America. It’s part of a long-simmering trade deal that will open China’s huge market up – $2.5 billion, according to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, to U.S. beef producers.

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“Tennessee will become the first state in the country to offer free community college to all adults without a degree under a measure Republican Governor Bill Haslam is likely to quickly sign into law, a spokesman said Friday.

The legislation will expand on a previous law passed in 2014, when Tennessee began offering recent high-school graduates two years of tuition-free community or technical college. … Tennessee’s new program will pay leftover tuition costs after accounting for federal and state grants, and scholarships. Tuition averages about $4,000 a year at the state’s 13 community colleges.

The state’s share of the estimated $11.2 million annual cost will be funded by lottery proceeds, according to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.”

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“The CEO of health insurer Aetna told employees in a private meeting that the U.S. should consider a single-payer healthcare system, Vox reported Friday.

‘Single-payer, I think we should have that debate as a nation,’ Mark Bertolini reportedly said after being asked about the possibility of the GOP’s ObamaCare repeal plan paving the way for a single-payer system.

Earlier this week, Aetna announced it would pull out of the last two states where it was participating in ObamaCare’s markets, meaning it wouldn’t sell any plans for next year on the health exchanges.

In a private meeting where Bertolini faced employee questions, one reportedly asked: 'In the news media, it is reporting that the Republican health plan is paving the way to a single-payer system. What are your thoughts on that, and how would it impact Aetna?’

'If the government wants to pay all the bills, and employers want to stop offering coverage, and we can be there in a public private partnership to do the work we do today with Medicare, and with Medicaid at every state level, we run the Medicaid programs for them, then let’s have that conversation,’ Bertolini responded.

The CEO 'was certainly not advocating for a single-payer system,’ Aetna spokesperson T.J. Crawford wrote in an email.

Instead, he was indicating his openness to debating it 'while pointing out that public-private partnerships have been the backbone of the more successful government health care programs (examples include administering Medicare Advantage or Medicaid managed care). In other words, partnering works when done the right way,’ Crawford wrote.”

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Take this as you will; hypocrisy, deception, regret, admittance … just keep in mind it is belied by these quotes:

“In the United States, we are currently reviewing several important policies, including how the Trump administration will approach the issue of climate change,” Tillerson said at the meeting.

“We are appreciative that each of you has an important point of view, and you should know that we are taking the time to understand your concerns. We’re not going to rush to make a decision. We’re going to work to make the right decision for the United States.”

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“If you’re inclined to downplay the termination of FBI Director James Comey, reasoning that he was a flawed leader, or that President Trump was legally entitled to fire him, or that many of the Democrats objecting to his termination previously criticized him, or that liberals are so freaked out by the president that their latest freakout cannot be taken seriously, a civil libertarian like me is unlikely to change your mind … I am predictably alarmed that Trump will now be naming his own pick to run the FBI. But that’s no surprise, and presumably unpersuasive if you weren’t with me already. That’s why I want to introduce you to Benjamin Wittes, who almost always disagrees with me and other civil libertarians, downplaying the possibility of government abuses.”

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Should be interesting. This is the debate the people deserved going into the general last November.

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From Greg Palast: ABC news is reporting that the architect of the racist Crosscheck voter-purging op, Kris Kobach, is to be named Vice Chair of Trump’s “Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.”

And in related news, Al Capone has been appointed to investigate The Mob!

For more on Kobach, and why he’s THE WORST choice for this position, watch The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Movie, which reveals how he helped Trump steal the 2016 election: thebestdemocracymoneycanbuy.com/dvd-streaming/

#Crosscheck | #VoteSuppression | #ElectionFraud

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The truth is you, not me. If there is any person here, any person here that thinks I’m coming to you as some kind of savior, that I’m going to do it all — all myself, you’re wrong. No president, not Bernie Sanders or anybody else, can do it alone. We don’t need a savior. We need a political movement.

Bernie Sanders Rally in North Dakota, 5/14/16

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We are working for the future, not the presidency

Never forget that

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