Tag: 2020 presidential candidates

“This is an unusually vile performance by CNN,” tweeted Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi.

One really does get the impression that if CNN were holding a debate on the Titanic, the first question would literally be about rearranging the deck chairs.

Keeping eyes on the prize this year will require a united front that can strengthen progressive forces, prevent any corporate Democrat from winning the party’s presidential nomination, and then go on to defeat Donald Trump.

Devastating impacts of nonstop war are all around us in the United States, from deadly federal budget priorities to traumatic effects of normalized violence.

It’s understandable that corporate-backed candidates don’t want to be cornered by questions that touch on realities of political and economic power.

If Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar or Bloomberg win the Democratic presidential nomination, that would be a triumph for oligarchy in the midst of rising grassroots opposition.

The need for a Sanders-Warren united front should be clear -- as clear as the imperative of rolling back the monstrous right-wing power that has controlled the presidency during the last three years.

The fruit of Bernie Sanders’ labors are not just in the realm of policy, they’re also in the people who support him.

“We make meaning together, build and deepen relationships, and take collective ownership for our country.”

“People of all political stripes understand that there’s a problem here.”