Official Bernie Sanders HQ: Not Me, Us!

[Kenny West]

U.S. backed regime change might be happening in my country

Man I really wanted this dude to get in power because he might have stopped this.

Damn

How about a cool photo of biden standing next to obama instead?

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Damn

How about a cool photo of biden standing next to obama instead?

 

[FAH1223]

U.S. backed regime change might be happening in my country

Man I really wanted this dude to get in power because he might have stopped this.

what country?

 

[Kenny West]

Proud to say I helped shoutout to the folks in the counties replacing the establishment dems in their areas too. This was a big win.


I know Napoleon bytch ass somewhere steaming.

Dont think we forgot about snake warren either. #sameenergy #thelist

 

[Pseudo]

what country?

Guyana. We recently found oil.

 

[Miles Davis]

My man Brisport looking like he got this. Don’t ever let no one tell you phone banking don’t work, I had no idea who he was until I got a call.

Looking like a good day in NYC.

 

[wtfyomom]

Props to the wins for New York, hope level slightly has risen from being completely dead in electoral politics a couple months ago lol

 

[GodinDaFlesh]

Progressives kicked some booty

 

[Bunchy Carter]

Bernie Sanders pushes back on idea of abolishing police departments

Fadel Allassan

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) distanced himself from the idea of abolishing or defunding police departments in a wide-ranging interview with the New Yorker published Tuesday, instead calling for more training and higher pay for officers as part of sweeping criminal justice reform.

Why it matters: The "defund the police" movement has gained traction among activists and some progressives in the wake of George Floyd's death. The goal is to redirect police funding toward housing, public health, education and other resources that would increase quality of life for black communities.

Sanders received criticism from some progressives for proposing better resources to ensure police officers are paid attractive wages.

• "Do I think we should not have police departments in America? No, I don’t. There’s no city in the world that does not have police departments."
• "What you need are — I didn't call for more money for police departments. I called for police departments that have well-educated, well-trained, well-paid professionals."
• "And, too often around this country right now, you have police officers who take the job at very low payment, don't have much education, don't have much training—and I want to change that."

The big picture: Sanders called for the "transformation of police departments" that pares back the responsibilities of officers as it relates to dealing with mental health or addiction issues.

• Sanders said the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police officers "is part of a very, very long pattern" which was even more common in the past, but has gotten more attention recently because of groups like Black Lives Matter and the ACLU.
• "So this has gone on for decades, and I think the major transformation that's coming now is a result of cell phones and video cameras. People are seeing what's actually happening, which was not the case decades ago. But this has gone on, and it's got to end. It has absolutely got to end."

Sanders said the issue of police brutality needs to be addressed in "a very, very aggressive way, pointing to a set of proposals he sent to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) last week that seeks to establish independent police conduct review boards for departments and lower the standard for prosecuting officers.

• "We've got to start investing in education and jobs, not more jails, not more incarceration, and we have to hold every police officer in this country accountable for what he or she does. And when those police officers break the law and commit acts of murder or violence, they have got to be held accountable."
• "I think we want to redefine what police departments do, give them the support they need to make their jobs better defined. So I do believe that we need well-trained, well-educated, and well-paid professionals in police departments."
• "Anyone who thinks that we should abolish all police departments in America, I don't agree."

Via: Bernie Sanders pushes back on idea of abolishing police departments

 

[storyteller]

Progressives Plan to Push Big Cuts to Defense Spending, Citing Coronavirus Crisis

I doubt ppl will hear enough about this to take the point but the progressive caucus following Bernie’s lead (and Barbara lee’s in the House) is proposing a 10% cut to the military budget so that money can be used to in pandemic response for high poverty areas.

 

[DirtyD]

 

[AnonymityX1000]

I wonder who the DCCC backs on in that race Kennedy or the incumbent? lol

 

[the cac mamba]

I wonder who the DCCC backs on in that race Kennedy or the incumbent? lol

im torn on that race

normally id vote markey out because people should be voted out as often as possible. but if we vote in kennedy the fukkin seat is gonna be his for the next 40 years

 

[AnonymityX1000]

im torn on that race

normally id vote markey out because people should be voted out as often as possible. but if we vote in kennedy the fukkin seat is gonna be his for the next 40 years

Just for being a Kennedy I want Markey. lol People will look to that guy for future higher level office and he's not it.

 

[FAH1223]

Just for being a Kennedy I want Markey. lol People will look to that guy for future higher level office and he's not it.

Unfortunately, Markey is toast.