Thursday, August 01, 2019

President Obama said that Medicare for All is a good idea Our Revolution

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The anniversary of Medicare is tomorrow, friend.

To honor it, Joe Biden has been trying to scare seniors away from supporting its expansion for all Americans by claiming that under Bernie’s plan “all the Medicare you have is gone.”

The truth, of course, is that Bernie’s plan doesn’t take away Medicare from seniors; it makes Medicare available for every single American.

For our democracy to work, we need to have serious and honest debates — especially about life and death issues like health care. That’s why Our Revolution groups across the country are mobilizing to get the truth about Medicare for All out to voters.

Medicare for All is under attack and how we respond is critical. We need to do everything we can to ensure that the momentum our local groups have generated for M4A isn’t countered by a campaign of deception. Pitch in $27 or whatever you can afford to ensure we have the resources to organize for Medicare for All across the country!
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President Obama said in a speech last year that Medicare for All is a “good idea”, and Our Revolution groups couldn’t agree more.

We recently held a Medicare for All "Ambulance Tour" where we traveled across America to pressure politicians from both parties who side with greedy corporations over the well-being of families. Our grassroots advocacy has led directly to recent Medicare for All victories in the red states of Kentucky and Texas, and the number of cosponsors continues to climb.

However, our progress is being watched closely by the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries. We need to prove that we will not be deterred by their candidates’ fear-mongering.

Donate whatever you can afford to help fight back against lies designed to undermine Medicare for All.

Thank you for standing up for we the people.

The whole team at Our Revolution

Kamala Harris and "Medicare for All" BernieSanders.com

BernieSanders.com<info@berniesanders.com>
To  alfred johnson  

Alfred -
Medicare for All has the support of a majority of voters and huge parts of the Democratic Party. So it’s no surprise that other candidates for president want to say they also support Medicare for All.
Sen. Kamala Harris released a plan today that her campaign calls "Medicare for All" — you can call it anything you want, but you can’t call that plan Medicare for All.
Her plan is centered around privatizing Medicare, enriching insurance executives and introducing more corporate greed and profiteering into the Medicare system — and even then, waiting for 10 years before any changes happen.
Medicare for All means Medicare for All. Not more private insurance. Not more profits for denying care. And we cannot wait to fix our broken system.
Our campaign is rejecting money from health insurance and drug company executives. We don’t want to have the support of people who profit off of our broken healthcare system. And anyone who wants to fix that system must do the same.
The time is long overdue to guarantee healthcare to every man, woman and child as a right, not a privilege, under a true Medicare for All system.
Thank you for standing up to make healthcare a human right.
In solidarity,
Faiz Shakir
Campaign Manager

MSNBC: Stop your bias against Bernie Sanders. Include unabashed progressive voices. RootsAction Team

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A new report from the media watch group FAIR graphically documented that MSNBC’s bias against Bernie Sanders is so pronounced that it seems to undermine the channel’s ability to do basic math when Sanders and polls are discussed. On-air progressive analysts would counteract these errors.

Many liberals and Democrats watch MSNBC, but the Comcast-owned channel seems to have a bias against the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Segment after segment features contributors and pundits who are clearly allied with establishment, corporate Democrats — including an MSNBC legal analyst who recently proclaimed that “Bernie Sanders makes my skin crawl!” (though she couldn’t and didn’t explain why).

MSNBC and other mainstream outlets readily acknowledge the divide among Democrats between the establishment and progressive wings of the party. But MSNBC gives continuous voice to one side of that divide and rarely features contributors or analysts who support the party’s progressive side — represented by such leaders as Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Click here to sign a simple petition to MSNBC management: “Please balance your coverage by adding unapologetic progressives to your panels — not just establishment Democrats.”

A recent commentary by a former MSNBC host persuasively criticized the channel for hurting Democratic chances against Trump by devoting months and months of coverage to “Russian conspiracy theories” while marginalizing “stories that a broad swath of people might actually care about -- healthcare, wages, the teachers movement, whether we’re going to war with Iran.”

Tell MSNBC management to balance its coverage by adding unapologetic progressives to its panels.

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Background:
>>  Katie Halper, FAIR: “MSNBC’s Anti-Sanders Bias Makes It Forget How to Do Math”
>>  Daily Beast: “Ex-Host Krystal Ball: MSNBC’s Russia ‘Conspiracies’ Have Done ‘Immeasurable Harm’ to the Left”
>>  Jeff Cohen, Common Dreams: “Corporate Media Bias on 2020 Democratic Race Already in High Gear”
>>  Jeff Cohen, Common Dreams: “Do U.S. Oligarchs Exist? Not in Mainstream Media”
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8/07 Solidarity with Colombia - Wednesday, August 7 @ 6 PM Charlie Welch

Charlie Welch<cwelch@tecschange.org>
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Colombia is experiencing daily killings of human rights activists,
displaced land activists, community organizers, and indigenous peoples
by agents of the right-wing paramilitary forces “Aguilas Negras”. These
forces assassinate critics of the current Colombian government of
President Iván Duque Márquez.We hold the government of Colombia
responsible for these assassinations and demand the immediate end to
these killings!!!!

Join with _Colombianos por la Paz_ and the Boston May Day Coalition in
an international mobilization to end the killings:

Wednesday, August 7, 6:00 PM

Maverick Square

East Boston, MA

https://www.facebook.com/events/360894441288805/


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#PresidentForPeace: Join the Discussion as we Live-Tweet the Debates Massachusetts Peace Action

Massachusetts Peace Action Brian Garvey<info@masspeaceaction.org>
To  Al Johnson  

Democratic Candidates Debate tonight and tomorrow!

One of these Candidates could be our next Commander in Chief. 

Will they be a #PresidentForPeace?

Dear Al,
The top 20 candidates vying for the Democratic nomination will debate tonight and tomorrow in the city of Detroit. Massachusetts Peace Action will be live-tweeting using the hashtag#PresidentForPeace to share our perspective. We'd love for you to join the conversation! The two debates, which will air on CNN from 8 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. each night. Despite the fact that these candidates are running to be Commander in Chief, in control of America's armed forces, issues of foreign policy and militarism are often put on the back burner.
Will questions of war and peace be pImage result for presidential debateart of the debate?  It is important that peace supporters do what we can in the months ahead to inject an anti-war point of view into the national political debate, and ensure that the candidates take up the issues of peace and war. 
Join MAPA's discussion on the presidential election! The debates are occurring as the US-Saudi war in Yemen rages on, President Trump continues to threaten war with Iran, a record-breaking military budget is about to be approved in Congress, a new cold war-- including a nuclear arms race--  is gathering steam with the U.S. vs. Russia and China, and the U.S. is pursuing regime change targeting Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
Join the discussion: As the debates start, MAPA is launching a 2020 Presidential Discussion Google Group. Any MAPA member who wants to participate in the discussion should respond to this email, or go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mapa-2020-presidential-discussion and click "Join".  You will be added to the group. MAPA will also be live-tweeting during the debates. We encourage you all to join in! This will allow Massachusetts peace activists to exchange ideas on the presidential race.
To see our comments search for #PresidentForPeace and be sure to add that hashtag to your own comments! Also, check out CodePink's terrific graphics and sample tweets for use during the debates!
Yours for peace and justice,

Brian Garvey
Organizer, Massachusetts Peace Action

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