Hillary Clinton, who racked up about half of Trump's coverage (outside her Secretary of State controversies), grudgingly and half-heartedly has accepted some progressive positions. She announced her opposition to the Keystone XL and the TPP just a month before the first Democratic debate, with her narrow opposition to the trade agreement seeming to allow a change in position. Her plans for the banks and #blacklivesmatter issues have gaping holes. She's whitewashed the narrative of the financial crisis to downplay the significant role of husband Bill Clinton while president. She seems trying to carve a middle path to victory that won't stop corporate and wealthy donors allied with her family from giving, including financial and military companies. But it leaves many Americans confused as to her true priorities. Even while she has called for a "movement" to prevent gun violence, she has adopted moderate positions, many which are backed by Sanders. Her drift from topic to topic showcases policies not anchored in the basic truths and injustices of our country. Hillary, despite what she'd like to believe, is not the anti-Trump.
This plays out in the context of heavily biased Democratic National Committee leadership with a history of making decisions to favor Hillary over Bernie. Hillary supporter Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has autocratically severely limited debates, which also occur at inconvenient times. The decision hurt Sanders hard given his virtual media blackout. Yesterday, just weeks before the first primaries, the Democratic National Committee's imposed a ban of indeterminate duration on the Sanders' campaign accessing the voter database, based on Sanders' staffers accessing Clinton's information during a security failure. It was quickly reversed after a lawsuit was filed by Sanders' campaign, who asserts they stood to lose $600,000 per day in donations. The Sanders campaign calls for an independent audit of the DNC.
Let's work to keep American off the path of discrimination and violence. Say it, mainstream media and other leaders, "The top 1/10th of 1 percent has as much as the bottom 90 percent." Cover that and other basic policy truths of the Sanders' campaign, and inform us of his inspiring, realistic solutions to create justice and opportunity for all.
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