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Seattle Biweekly: The Stranger Endorses Bernie Sanders for President: "Trump's just a socialist for the rich"

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Once Sanders secures the nomination, Republicans will scream SOCIALIST! COMMUNIST! but they'll paint every Democrat with that brush, so might as well nominate the actual socialist—the one who’ll repeat the following lines, clearly, every day until November 3: Trump is the socialist. He's just a socialist for the rich. He wants to take away your Social Security and Medicare. We want to expand your Social Security and Medicare. Though Barack Obama made progress on health care, trying to find middle ground with Republicans and conservative Democrats led to failing to slow rising income inequities, failed to cool a warming planet, and failed to bring troops home for good. Too many felt the government wasn't meaningfully addressing their problems, so they threw a bunch of grenades into the system or else sat the f*ck out. That got us Donald Trump, and it cannot happen this time around.

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Early in the 2016 Primary campaign, I started a Facebook group: Bernie Sanders: Advice and Strategies to Help Him Win! As the primary season advanced, we shifted the focus to advancing Bernie's legislation in the Senate, particularly the (more...)
 

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