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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: A New Economic Vision For The Democratic Party

Source:The Baseline Scenario 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: Sheri Berman: ‘Some Argue That The West Should Limit Democracy To Save Liberalism: Here’s Why They’re Wrong’

Source:The New Democrat America and to a certain extent Europe, has a long history of subsidizing authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and Africa (specifically) for their own national interests. The thinking being that if they don’t subsidize these authoritarians … Continue reading

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ABC News: Hillary Clinton’s Full Concession Speech

Source:The New Democrat I’m going to start with Hillary Clinton’s speech here and then go through the election. As Senator Tim Kaine put it, no one ever thought for a second whether or not Hillary Clinton would concede if she … Continue reading

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NBC News: John F. Kennedy on Meet The Press Through The Years

Source:The New Democrat John Kennedy, was perfect for NBC’s Meet The Press, because he was so quick. The people there liked him and knew that he could not only answer their questions, but wanted to do it and answer them … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Today in History For September 11th- Remembering 9/11, 2001

Source:The Daily Review Just to give you a personal reflection about 9/11. I was working at a movie theater and not happy about it and working the nightshift and disliked that even more. Except for the people I worked with … Continue reading

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Constitution Daily: Olivia Fitzpatrick- Vice Presidential Profile Henry Wallace

Source:The New Democrat Henry Wallace, is a very important figure in American politics as well as government and I believe in positive ways for the most part. He was in favor of civil rights, equal rights and equal justice, in … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Why Republicans Should Vote Libertarian

Source:The New Democrat Why should Republicans should vote Libertarian this election? Well why should Conservative Republicans and my mean Conservative-Libertarian Republicans vote Libertarian this election? Because the Republican nominee is a big government Republican. Who couldn’t care less about the … Continue reading

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President Harry S. Truman: Speech to Congress on Foreign Policy- March 12th, 1947: ‘The Truman Doctrine’

Source:THULE– President Harry S. Truman (Democrat, Missouri) 1945-53 Source:The New Democrat “Truman talks about giving aid to Greece and Turkey for fear that Communist forces in those countries will take over. March 12, 1947.” From THULE When I think of the … Continue reading

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