#1267 Fighting for the soul of the Democratic Party (Progressives vs the Establishment)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 24 April 2019
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 4/23/2019
Today we take a look at the current state of the Democratic Party in the wake of the 2018 elections that swept in a new class of Super-Progressives who are now locking horns with the more establishment and conservative leadership of the party as they all gear up for the 2020 primary and general elections.
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SHOW NOTES
There are 6 main groups of Democrats, from the Super-Progressives to the Conservatives. The energy is in the progressives, so much so that an outsider like Bernie Sanders is mainstream.
Ch. 2: Beware The Narcissism of Small Differences - The David Pakman Show - Air Date 2-19-19
Small differences create conflict where there shouldn't be. We are satisfied by fueling ourselves with aggression. Warren or Bernie shouldn't be a dead end issue.
The problem with Obama, his support of Biden, and his silence with progressives. You can't play ball with corporate democrats because they own the game.
Ch. 4: AOC vs. DCCC: It’s War. with Emma Vigeland - Rebel HQ - Air Date 4-9-19
AOC is a voice of the rebellious spirit we all have. The DCCC is blacklisting and boycotting challengers to their power.
Ch. 5: AOC on what we need in a 2020 presidential candidate - The Intercept - Air Date 1-29-19
New democratic leadership is needed. Policy and progressivism is pitted against identity. Time to lean into a broader progressive message.
The media claims if you support BDS you are an anti-semite. The Democrats aren't stopping that narrative.
The DCCC has taken a less democratic turn for the 2020 cycle and is stifling completion and blackballing consultants who would dare work against them.
Ch. 8: Establishment Dems Start War on Bernie - The David Pakman Show - Air Date 4-17-19
The 2016 establishment fought Bernie, and they continue today. Why do they want to stop him? His policies are popular and poll great.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 9: The shifting definitions of progressivism - V from Central New York
Ch. 10: Wage caps hurt the workers but not the businesses - Bud from Boise
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 11: Final comments on what Jimmy Dore leaving TYT says about the split in strategy among progressives with largely similar political goals
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| 0:58.8 | shall learn about the efforts being made by the leadership of the Democratic Party to |
| 1:03.3 | retain their power and their relationships to money to interests and the progressive |
| 1:08.1 | effort to pull the party to the left and away from corporate donors. |
| 1:12.4 | Clips today come from The Trumpcast, The David Pakman Show, The Real News Network, The Young |
| 1:17.9 | Turks, and The Intercept. |
| 1:25.5 | Even if the Republicans have their own set of fractures, they pale in comparison to what |
| 1:30.7 | we've seen within the Democratic Party. |
| 1:32.5 | Could you run us through the six wings, as you call them, the six wings of the Democratic |
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