Category Archives: The New Democrat

The Boston Globe: Jeff Jacoby: ‘If Supreme Court Had Term Limits, Confirmations Wouldn’t be So Bloody’

Source:The New Democrat For the life of me I don’t understand why two of the most important jobs in America which is being a U.S. Justice and public school teacher, don’t have to deal with the same accountability and in … Continue reading

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POLITICO Magazine: Paul Starr: Why Democrats Should Beware Bernie Sanders Socialism

Source:The New Democrat The main point I get from Paul Starr’s column are the differences between socialism and liberalism. And they’re not the same thing whether you’re talking about communism which of course is different from liberalism. Because liberalism is … Continue reading

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Slate: Issac Chotiner Interviewing Norm Ornstein- The Fight Over Antonin Scalia’s SCOTUS Replacement

Source:The New Democrat I would love to say I’m even surprised to see Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and Chairman Chuck Grassley and their flat-out obstructionism when to comes to filling Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. But … Continue reading

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CSPAN: BookNotes With Brian Lamb: Frances Wheen- Karl Marx & The Communist Manifesto

Source:The New Democrat I agree with Frances Wheen about Marxism and Communism and I would put it this way. It depends on what form of Marxism and Communism that you’re talking about. Because the Soviet Union of Russia defined itself … Continue reading

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Democratic Socialists USA: Social and Economic Bill of Rights

Source:The New Democrat When you look at the New Deal from President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s, you see the creation of the American public safety net. With things like retirement insurance, which is what Social Security is. Unemployment Insurance, … Continue reading

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The New America Foundation: Lara Burt: TANF & Teachers: How Current Policies Are Keeping Single Mothers Down and Out of School

Source:The New Democrat It’s not that TANF or the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, hasn’t succeed, because it has. Take away the Great Recession and we’re not looking at a twenty-percent poverty rate today, because under TANF low-income parents are … Continue reading

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The National Interest: Daniel R. DePetris: 10 Questions to Ask Before Intervening in Libya Again

Source:The New Democrat It’s not that intervening in Libya in 2011 was the wrong decision. The American, European, as well as Arab intervention there saved as many as a hundred-thousand lives from the Libyan governmental forces. It was the aftermath … Continue reading

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The American Prospect: Harold Meyerson- Bernie Sanders & The New Left

Source:The New Democrat Back in 2008 when then Senator Barack Obama was running for president, the New-Left in America which were predominantly Millennial’s in their twenties and Gen-Xer’s in their thirties and forties, overwhelmingly supported Senator Obama’s presidential campaign. Why? … Continue reading

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Conservable Economist: Timothy Taylor- Twenty Years Since The Welfare Reform of 1996

Source:The New Democrat Tim Taylor, makes some great points about the timing that Welfare to Work was done in 1996. The economy started booming again in 1994. The budget deficit was falling, unemployment was dropping. But we’ve had good economic … Continue reading

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Democratic Socialists USA: ‘Myths About Democratic Socialism’

Source:Sydney Young Labor– talking about democratic socialism. Source:The New Democrat “A great graphic on myths about democratic socialism – the ideology of great progressives like Bernie Sanders, Jeremy Corbyn and Anthony Albanese. Thanks to our American comrades for the image.” … Continue reading

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