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The Benefits of Habitual Honesty

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Keith D. Foote business benefits, defensive lying, democracy, habitual liars, health befits, honesty, manipulative lying, social benefits

Dishonesty is destroying our our government, and damaging our culture.

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Stop the hateful sneering at anyone who raises Clinton concerns

June 18, 2016December 2, 2017 Robyn Landis 0 Comments California, convention, democracy, Democratic Socialism, donald trump, Election, ethics, Hillary Clinton, voter suppression

Questioning/challenging Clinton’s (or anyone’s) history and positions, and their impact on our future, cannot be silenced because someone else might

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Superdelegate System Has Been Used as a Form of Voter Suppression

May 23, 2016May 26, 2016 G.A. Dunlap 0 Comments Debbie Wasserman Schultz, democracy, superdelegates, voter suppression

No matter how the superdelegates decide to vote, whether it is an extension of the will of the people, the desire to see the strongest candidate put forth against the Republicans or some other reason, there’s little doubt this system has been grossly abused by a powerful political machine.

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Care about food, the planet, and democracy? Only one candidate protects them all.

May 8, 2016December 2, 2017 Robyn Landis 0 Comments Clinton, corporate, corporations, democracy, farms, food, GMOs, lobbying, lobbyists, Monsanto, Sanders

We can’t afford her on climate. We can’t afford her on war. We can’t afford her on democracy itself. And we can’t afford her on GMOs and Monsanto.

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The Great Divide: Sanders’ Revolution vs. The Apathy of Pragmatism

April 30, 2016May 1, 2016 Joseph Bisoglio 0 Comments democracy, Political Revolution, status quo candidate

Bernie Sanders and his revolution have failed. What’s worse, is that it was all a con that Sanders perpetrated on

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The Berner’s Good-News Guide: Where We Stand, Why We Keep Going

April 29, 2016December 2, 2017 Robyn Landis 0 Comments Berners, convention, delegate math, democracy, establishment, Sanders win, superdelegates

The Sanders movement has every reason to keep going—a win is still one of them. Let this compilation of resources be your pep talk.

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Jonathan Clarke Is The Anti-Jon Kaiman

April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 Keith D. Foote 0 Comments astroturf, corruption, democracy, Democratic Party, ethics, FEC, Governor Cuomo, Jon Kaiman, Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, reckless

Jon Kaiman is seeking the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Rep. Steve Israel (D-New York) in the House of Representatives.

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Why we need—and are seeing—new media spring up alongside the Sanders revolution

April 27, 2016December 2, 2017 Robyn Landis 0 Comments coverage, crowdfunding, democracy, Election, fundraising, Grassroots, journalism, media, primaries, Social Media

“We need a media that covers power, not a media that covers for power. We need a media that is a fourth estate, not for the state. And we need a media that covers the movements that create static and make history.”
– Amy Goodman