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The new NY 20

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I was looking through election data this evening and discovered that the new court drawn NY 20 Congressional District is very friendly to Bernie Sanders style socialists, even more so than the old district. Should lead to some very interesting primaries.

Democrats and Free Stuff Messaging.

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Democrats and the free stuff messaging …

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Lately, a lot of the national Democrats have gotten criticism for the proposals for so-called “free healthcare”, “free college”, etc. It’s really bad messaging on their part — and it frankly makes the whole party look bad.

Affordable healthcare and college are important societal goals. Medical and education debt hurt too many people, leading to a lifetime of paying back the banks. The truth is college education and healthcare is too expensive, it’s unaffordable. Which is why affordable should be the key word — not free.

Government subsidies to healthcare and education shouldn’t be a dirty word, if it’s furthering a educated communities and healthy lifestyle for the people. But it doesn’t mean it should be free, but it should be affordable. Key to colleges and hospitals getting government subsidies should be cutting of their own cost. Likewise, patients and students should be rewarded for saving money and being responsible.

Democrats Are Split Over How Much The Party And American Democracy Itself Are In Danger | FiveThirtyEight

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Democrats Are Split Over How Much The Party And American Democracy Itself Are In Danger | FiveThirtyEight

Facing a Republican Party with a growing anti-democratic contingent, Democrats are debating what to do — to bolster their party and, in the view of some in the party, American democracy itself. At the heart of the discussion is how much structural reform do the nation’s governmental and electoral systems need.

This debate is largely happening in public, in op-eds and on Twitter. But it’s mostly in the background, lurking behind basically everything that is happening in the Democratic Party — like which issues to prioritize, whether to try to work with Republicans in Congress and, most of all, whether to ditch or reform the Senate filibuster. It’s often implicit, rather than explicit, as the people doing the debating are trying to persuade — but not annoy — a small group of people in the party who will ultimately decide the Democrats’ posture on these issues: President Biden and a handful of senators.

President Barack Obama

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President Barack Obama

11/19/20 by NPR

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/115452321
Episode: https://play.podtrac.com/npr-381444908/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/npr/fa/2020/11/20201119_fa_fapodthurs_1-f21967bd-4b3a-4ad4-96bd-bb34df6fd3bd.mp3?awCollectionId=381444908&awEpisodeId=936643487&orgId=1&d=2891&p=381444908&story=936643487&t=podcast&e=936643487&size=46153017&ft=pod&f=381444908

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In his first interview with Terry Gross, President Barack Obama talks about birtherism and fake news, and reflects on what he misses most about being president — and why he still has faith in democracy. The first volume of his memoir about his presidency is ‘A Promised Land.’

This is a really interesting podcast. I do miss Barack Obama. While I didn’t agree with all of his policies, I voted for him twice and I always thought he was a very thoughtful individual.