President Biden’s Policies Are More Progressive Than His Campaign Promised, But Is the Left Pleased?
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🗓️ 6 May 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:59.7 | From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim. Coming up on forum, Ian Manuel was 14 years old when he was sentenced to life without parole |
| 1:05.3 | for shooting and injuring a woman. |
| 1:07.3 | While in prison, Manuel was placed in solitary confinement for 18 years. |
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| 1:14.6 | And as the Biden administration passes the 100-day mark, some observers on the left have been |
| 1:20.0 | surprised that the president's policies are more progressive than promised on the campaign trail. |
| 1:25.3 | Biden has pushed big programs on infrastructure, |
| 1:27.5 | childcare, and education. But how does California, a state that went for Senator Bernie Sanders |
| 1:32.5 | in the 2020 primary and also has a strong moderate streak, grade Biden's performance so |
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