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Sunday, December 1, 2019

Shocking: Ross Douthat makes The Case for Bernie - NYT

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Bernie depends intensely on the young. But his polling also shows an interesting better-than-you-expect pattern, given stereotypes about h...
Thursday, November 28, 2019

NY Times Pulls Race Card in Report on Charters While The Guardian Exposes Sham Astroturf Protests

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Recently a crowd of protesters disrupted a speech by Elizabeth Warren. The activists might have seemed grassroots, but they weren’t... The...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Daily Howler on Democratic Misleadership With Fiorillo Comment

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Rep. Nunes will, on occasion, make an accurate statement! --- In theory, two different nations could monkey around in the same U.S. ele...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Bloomberg Strategy: A Brokered Democratic Convention, Super Delegates (Randi is one) - I bet on Klobuchar being the brokered choice

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The 700 super delegates benefit if no one wins in the first ballot....  maybe this is only about Bloomberg getting enough delegates to team ...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

Impeachment Crisis and American Imperialism -- World Socialist

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It's the economics, stupid. Do we think Bolton (don't forget who Fiona Hill worked for and with), who is the classic case for bei...
Saturday, November 23, 2019

Memo from the RTC: A Weekend of Mirth and Merriment

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The WAVE - Nov. 22, 2019 Memo from the RTC: A Weekend of Mirth and Merriment By Norm Scott Are you having trouble finding reasons to ...
Friday, November 22, 2019

A Brokered Convention Opening for Bloomberg, Obama People Hate Warren, Clinton People Hate Bernie - Analysis from New Republic

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Democratic Party elders are making plans. I loved this insight from Alex Pareene at New Republic. Hillary people can live with Warren but ...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Labor for Bernie UFT members call for a democratic presidential endorsement process

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[Addendum Nov.  21 - I watched the MORE people promoting this idea and getting people to sign for this democratic process - and many did - b...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Leonie Haimson: Are charter schools the boogeymen of progressive Democrats?

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After googling the terms, I discovered that in recent years, the term boogeyman or boogeymen has been used literally thousands of times ...
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The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing - The Nation

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Before the Chicago teachers first struck, teacher strikes were almost always cast—by politicians, the media, this or that administration—...
Monday, November 18, 2019

Los Angeles Teachers Endorse Bernie, Chicago May Follow, Wither the UFT?

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As union endorsements for Bernie come in he gains momentum. If CTU in Chicago joins UTLA then the second and third largest teacher unions en...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Chicago Teachers Didn’t Win Everything, But They’ve Transformed the City—And the Labor Movement -- Portside

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Chicago Teachers Didn’t Win Everything, But They’ve Transformed the City—And the Labor Movement ...
Saturday, November 16, 2019

Chicago Teachers Ratify Contract by 80%

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The second and third largest cities, social justice leftist oriented unions, in contrast to the UFT, have some interesting news to report. ...
Sunday, November 10, 2019

Bloomberg as President Would Be More Undemocratic Than Trump

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Bloomberg inspires much fear and loathing from those of us who knew him close up from his takeover of the NYC school system. The very arroga...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Former Bloomberg Hit Man Dennis Walcott as Queens Library Head Absolves Himself of Responsibilty for Errors - What Else is New?

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When Dennis M. Walcott, a former New York City schools chancellor, took over the helm of the Queens Library system in 2016, the branch was...
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