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News & Views | 3/3/20

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Progressive outlets have become more important than ever if we want to thwart the Democratic Party establishment and its aligned media outlets.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Independent media outlets are partnering up to cover Super Tuesday Democratic primary results with a pair of live-streamed evening broadcasts that offer progressives an alternative to the U.S. corporate media that has been widely criticized for favoring centrist candidates and putting the interests...

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The Bank Policy Institute, a lobbying group for big banks, drew criticism for a policy memo suggesting financial deregulation as a response to the coronavirus outbreak.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A lobbying group for big banks in the United States came under fire Tuesday from financial industry experts for pressuring federal officials to push through long-sought regulatory rollbacks in response to the worldwide economic concerns sparked by the global coronavirus outbreak.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Voters face a decision between Bernie's working-class movement and his message of change, and Biden's effort to—in his own words—make sure that 'nothing will fundamentally change' for the billionaire class."


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) holds hands with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) during his speech at a campaign rally in Queensbridge Park on October 19, 2019.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Democratic congresswoman from New York issues powerful warning against nullifying voters clamoring for transformative change.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
As Texans and voters in 13 other states headed to the polls Tuesday in the Democratic primary election, the Texas-based immigrant rights group RAICES Action Fund determined that Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are best-suited to enact a fair immigration justice agenda.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Sanders said the former candidates' supporters "understand that we have got to move toward a government which believes in justice, not greed."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Critics of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg slammed an MSNBC appearance by Judge Judy Sheindlin on Tuesday, in which the daytime TV host of "Judge Judy" smeared Sen. Bernie Sanders and claimed the U.S. is in need of "incremental change."


Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks at a coronavirus task force during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC on March 2, 2020.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It is critical that the federal government take quick and meaningful steps to urgently protect the public from this outbreak."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We're gonna run on that record. But most importantly, we need a new vision for America, a vision that tells the corporate elite and the one percent that this country belongs to all of us, not just a handful of billionaires."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"For decades, Chris Matthews has used his position to harass women with sexist and predatory comments, while undermining women serving in public office."


"We don't need a savior, we need us. And we need Bernie because he empowers us." (Photo: Twitter)

by Jenna McGuire, staff writer
"Do you feel that energy? That's the energy of the people of America who got left out, finally finding each other."

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Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders addresses a rally at The Saint Paul River Centre on March 2, 2020 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on the eve of "Super Tuesday" Democratic presidential primaries. (Photo: Kerem Yucel / AFP / Getty Images)

by Christopher D. Cook
The choice Democratic voters face is now clear: the corporate centrist establishment (the same one that lost in 2016) versus a surging multiracial coalition of people demanding real change, real justice, real equality, and an end to the status quo power dynamics that are killing and harming so many...


"Unlike their predecessors on the mat," writes Eidelson, "today's Legion of Doom don't rely on brute strength and frightening visages to subdue opponents. Rather, their seeming stranglehold on our politics comes from the bottomless wealth of the self-serving 1% and from the use of manipulative narratives." (Image: Wrestlefest/Screengrab)

by Roy Eidelson
There is no more daunting and dangerous duo in U.S. politics than the profits-over-people corporate wing of the Democratic Party and the belligerent, bigoted, and brutal Republican Party of Donald Trump.


Members of National Nurses United (NNU), along with a broader coalition of pro-Medicare for All organizations rallied outside of the national headquarters of PhRMA in support of Medicare for All on April 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo: NNU/flickr/cc)

by Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram
When my patients struggle, it's not because they're unfortunate. It's because the system is unjust. We don't have to live like this.


MSNBC host Chris Matthews opines on the state of the Democratic primary ahead of the Nevada Caucus last month. (Image: screenshot/MSNBC)

by Jeff Cohen
Notice that the central worry from many in the corporate media is not that Sanders will lose to Trump, but that he will win .


Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (L) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) interact during a break at the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Alison Rose Levy
Please realize what is happening and don't subvert the passionate democracy of the #NotMeUs generation.


A Bernie Sanders supporter holds up a sign in support of Sanders' healthcare proposals at a February rally in Pittsburgh, PA in 2016. (Photo: Mark Dixon/flickr/cc)

by Paul Buchheit
The richest 10% are very interested in keeping things just the way they are.

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