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05 March 20
RSN: Marc Ash | Why Is Joe Biden Even Still in This Race?
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "The ultimate political retread, a guy on his third run for the Democratic nomination after the first two failed decades ago, who would be considered a racist if the obvious were not banned from the discourse, is leading the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on the backs of African American voters, mostly in former slave-states twenty years into the twenty-first century. How can this be?"
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "The ultimate political retread, a guy on his third run for the Democratic nomination after the first two failed decades ago, who would be considered a racist if the obvious were not banned from the discourse, is leading the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on the backs of African American voters, mostly in former slave-states twenty years into the twenty-first century. How can this be?"
Propaganda, propaganda, and more propaganda.
Fear the cable networks, for they enslave you. How did the Democrats get their good old boy, game manager Joe Biden back in the game? With a massive onslaught of unreported campaign donations in the form of campaign promotion on cable news.
Try not to lose sight of the fact that Biden is almost entirely bereft of new ideas or solutions. What he is selling is being kinder, gentler, and better than Donald Trump. That bar is so low you have to dig a tunnel to get under it.
What the DNC and the cable networks are selling is a “Unity” effort to oust Trump. Yeah, fine. One thing they want is Trump out, but you can be sure they want to consolidate Democratic power in the process.
While Bernie Sanders has proven far more adept at stirring crowds, building a movement, and generating donations, Biden is still sold like snake oil around the clock by the cable networks as more electable. It is as false a narrative as anything promulgated by Trump and his minions.
To this day if you ask a Biden supporter why they back him, they still recite the exact same logic promulgated on cable news, word for word. There’s not a thread of policy substance there, nor do Biden’s DNC masters want there to be. Biden will in effect be a DNC puppet. The priority will be protecting the Democratic Party’s very lucrative relationship with the very same deep-pocketed donors Sanders wants to “take on.”
Biden will be a dutiful errand boy for the 1% and if the voters in November figure that out we’ll have four more years of Donald Trump … at a minimum. To defeat Trump you need a broad, enthusiastic movement. We have that with Bernie Sanders. The cable news outlets, at the behest of powerful monied interests, are breaking all the rules and spending unlimited cash to defeat it.
Contrary to popular misconception, lemmings do not leap from cliffs to achieve false narratives, but people do. Stop. Turn around. Get back to work.
Marc Ash is the founder and former Executive Director of Truthout, and is now founder and Editor of Reader Supported News.
Reader Supported News is the Publication of Origin for this work. Permission to republish is freely granted with credit and a link back to Reader Supported News.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Getty)
Sanders Speaks With Warren Following Super Tuesday, Sets Sights on Biden
Isaac Fornarola, Burlington Free Press
Fornarola writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday said he spoke with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who told him she is assessing the future of her presidential campaign after failing to win a single primary contest, including in her home state, Massachusetts."
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Isaac Fornarola, Burlington Free Press
Fornarola writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday said he spoke with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who told him she is assessing the future of her presidential campaign after failing to win a single primary contest, including in her home state, Massachusetts."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Mandel Ngan/Getty)
AOC Says That Ensuring Access to Free Coronavirus Testing and Treatment Is an 'Argument for Medicare for All'
Joseph Zeballos-Roig, Business Insider
Zeballos-Roig writes: "Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview published Tuesday that ensuring free coronavirus testing and medical treatment is 'absolutely' an 'argument for Medicare for All.'"
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig, Business Insider
Zeballos-Roig writes: "Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview published Tuesday that ensuring free coronavirus testing and medical treatment is 'absolutely' an 'argument for Medicare for All.'"
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Houston voters wait in line to cast ballots in the Texas primary March 3. (photo: Mark Felix/Getty)
Waiting Six Hours to Vote in Texas Is a Bad Omen for November
Eric Lutz, Vanity Fair
Lutz writes: "While political pundits tracked the horse race between Biden and Bernie Sanders, voters in Texas endured punishingly long wait times at the polls, some still waiting to cast their ballots hours after the polls were supposed to close."
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Eric Lutz, Vanity Fair
Lutz writes: "While political pundits tracked the horse race between Biden and Bernie Sanders, voters in Texas endured punishingly long wait times at the polls, some still waiting to cast their ballots hours after the polls were supposed to close."
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The Sister and father of Nathaniel Woods ask for a stay of execution for Nathaniel outside the Alabama State Capitol building. (photo: Mickey Welsh/Advertiser)
MLK's Son Joins Calls to Halt Alabama Execution of "100% Innocent" Inmate
Kirsten Fiscus and Melissa Brown, Montgomery Advertiser
Excerpt: "The time Nathaniel Woods has left to live is quickly diminishing."
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Kirsten Fiscus and Melissa Brown, Montgomery Advertiser
Excerpt: "The time Nathaniel Woods has left to live is quickly diminishing."
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Jair Bolsonaro has often attacked LBGT people, indigenous people, and journalists. (photo: Adriano Machado/Reuters)
Brazilians Call for Boycotts of Major Companies That Support Bolsonaro
Dom Phillips, Guardian UK
Phillips writes: "Brazilians appalled by Jair Bolsonaro's bigotry and authoritarianism are calling for boycotts of major companies whose founders or owners support the far-right president."
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Dom Phillips, Guardian UK
Phillips writes: "Brazilians appalled by Jair Bolsonaro's bigotry and authoritarianism are calling for boycotts of major companies whose founders or owners support the far-right president."
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A bald eagle is seen on March 15 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The Endangered Species Act is credited with saving the bald eagle, among many other species, from extinction. (photo: Sam Greenwood/Getty)
Trump Admin Failed to Protect 241 Species From Extinction
Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Davidson writes: "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior have failed to protect 241 plant and animal species under the Endangered Species Act, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week by the Center for Biological Diversity, as Bloomberg Environment reported."
Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Davidson writes: "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior have failed to protect 241 plant and animal species under the Endangered Species Act, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week by the Center for Biological Diversity, as Bloomberg Environment reported."
he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior have failed to protect 241 plant and animal species under the Endangered Species Act, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week by the Center for Biological Diversity, as Bloomberg Environment reported.
Four years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services created a framework to address the backlog of more than 500 species that were slated to receive protections, including the 241 species listed in the lawsuit. In the filing, the Center for Biological Diversity claims that the Trump Administration prevented the Fish and Wildlife Service from working its way through the list, as Newsweek reported.
One of the most pernicious things that can happen for species that need direct protection or habitat protection is for the federal government to do nothing. By systematically doing nothing, the administration has allowed 241 species to reach the brink of extinction, according to Mother Jones. Most of the species listed in the lawsuit have been awaiting protections for a decade or longer.
Among the species listed in the suit are spotted turtles in the Great Lakes and on the Eastern seaboard, moose in the Midwest, a western bumblebee that has declined by 84 percent, and a tiny freshwater fish in Chesapeake Bay that flips stones with its nose to find food, according to a statement from the Center for Biological Diversity. The Center also created an interactive map of the U.S. that details which species are living in each state.
"As moose and golden-winged warblers and hundreds of other species fight the rising tide of the extinction crisis, Trump officials won't lift a finger to help," Noah Greenwald, the Center for Biological Diversity's endangered species director said. "This administration's ugly contempt for wildlife and the Endangered Species Act threatens our country's entire web of life. Every day of delay brings these incredible, irreplaceable plants and animals one step closer to extinction."
The Center for Biological Diversity ran the numbers and calculated that the Trump administration has only approved 21 species to be listed on the Endangered Species list, which averages less than seven per year, as Mother Jones reported. That number is the lowest of any administration this far into its presidential term, slightly outpacing the Bush administration, which added protections for about eight species per year. By contrast, the Obama administration added about 45 species per year and the Clinton administration approved 65 species per year.
"The extinction crisis gets worse by the day, but Trump officials are twiddling their thumbs as plants and animals fade away," Greenwald said in a statement. "It's a moral failure of epic proportions. And it's hurting future generations in ways that can never be undone."
Greenwald identified several sources of the backlog to Mother Jones. He said, "There are these various political appointees in different positions [there] who have a very long record of opposition to the protection of endangered species, and I think they just end up hanging up decisions by asking questions: 'Well, are we sure about the range of the species?'; 'Are we sure this threat is really impacting them?'"
The lawsuit simply asks that the courts require the Fish and Wildlife Service to end the backlog for 231 species, finalize a determination for six in limbo, and finalize critical habitat protections for four other species.
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