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The presidential primary system: Time to repeal and replace it

November 21, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Democracy, Democrats, Voting/Elections 3 comments

The Democratic party should be gearing up–right now–to completely revamp the presidential primary system. Of the many things that went horribly wrong in the

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Bernie Sanders’ accomplishments

March 4, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders 50 comments

  This list of Bernie Sanders’ accomplishments is for those who think Bernie Sanders has achieved “nothing” in his time in office, or think he’s

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Bernie vs Hillary: It’s all about the swing states

March 1, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton 4 comments

As you may have noticed by now, the Democratic primaries are maddening. First, it’s hard to keep track of which primary is when. Then you have

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Why I’m voting for Bernie Sanders

February 15, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Bernie Sanders, Corporations 3 comments

First off, let me be clear. I’m voting for Bernie Sanders in the primary and I hope he wins the nomination. If he doesn’t

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People’s candidate Bernie Sanders challenges Democratic establishment

January 29, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Politics One comment

I’m not going to get support of the governors and the senators, with a few exceptions, or many of the major organizations. But the

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Noam Chomsky: On capitalism and why electing Bernie isn’t enough

October 25, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Activism, Banks, Climate Change, Corporations, Corruption, Democrats, Environment, Hillary Clinton, Obama Leave a comment

    In a recent interview in Jacobin, linguist, philosopher, and political activist Noam Chomsky gave an interesting answer to a question about the American capitalist system. He basically said

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Is Obama endorsing Biden for President?

August 25, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Obama One comment

On August 24, White House press secretary Josh Earnest responded to reporters asking about Joe Biden possibly running for the Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton:  

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Elizabeth Warren: Change will happen when enough people say “I’m mad as hell”

June 17, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Corruption, Democrats One comment

At a recent conference of media and tech influencers, a member of the audience asked Elizabeth Warren a simple question. Her spontaneous and passionate

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Glass-Steagall: Warren and Sanders bring it back into focus

May 13, 2015 Madonna Gauding Congress, Economy, Financial reform 4 comments

Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are putting a new focus on the Glass-Steagall Act, which was, unfortunately, repealed in 1999 and led directly

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Hillary Clinton another Wall Street candidate

Hillary Clinton’s pretend populism

April 15, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton One comment

  I watched Hillary’s slick ad announcing her 2016 presidential campaign. If you haven’t seen it, you can watch it here. Left writer and thinker

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