CherokeeFiddle

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September 25, 2017

Bernie is correct

And there is no better time than the present.

People are literally dying in this country because they don't have health insurance and can't get health care. It is time we do better as a country, a country where nobody should be dying because we don't have what is considered a basic human right here. It is disgusting and hangs a very dark cloud over the image of our country.

People are literally trapped in jobs, not able to leave them despite wanting wanting to, all due because them getting insurance from their employer. We pay the highest cost on the world for prescription drugs. People in red states are suffering because Medicaid wasn't expanded. People are trapped in states and unable to move to other states because of the aforementioned.

The ACA must be saved and the conversation needs to turn to M4A. Without the ACA, 32 million are at risk dying annually and this is completely unacceptable. We need to begin talking though about M4A as well because it something the majority of American's want & favor. We need a BIG turn out in 2018 and 2020 and the only way that is going to happen is to be in touch with the voting base. People want something to vote FOR, not simply "against" and considering polls have been less than favorable to us a party, telling us how voters feel the sooner we have this conversation, the better. It won't be an easy fight, health care never is and it will take time but the sooner we have it, the sooner we get there and the sooner deaths can be prevented.

September 24, 2017

It's happening right NOW in the NFL!

The first game today in London, UK

https://twitter.com/UgenesPolitics/status/911959724748414976

September 24, 2017

What Trump's NEW travel ban looks like

It seems El Presidente Dummkopf has something new in the works & apparently this one has no timeline.

Here is what Trump's new travel ban is expected to look like

The Trump administration is expected to issue a new travel ban restricting travel from certain countries soon, administration officials told reporters on a conference call Friday, with the existing ban expiring Sunday.

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke made recommendations last week to the White House for a new type of travel ban that restricts travel and requires enhanced screening methods for people traveling from certain countries deemed to have inadequate vetting measures. The recommendations, which may even restrict travel from some countries entirely, are based on a list of nations that DHS says do not meet certain security standards. Administration officials did not say which countries failed to meet the standards, how many countries failed to meet the standards, or exactly what those standards are.

"The acting secretary has recommended actions that are tough and that are tailored," Miles Taylor, counselor to the acting homeland security secretary, said.

Carl Risch, assistant secretary for consular affairs at the State Department, said DHS worked closely with the State Department on the matter. This summer, the U.S. notified all countries of certain baseline verification standards — that is, the individual identification information and information the country must provide related to public safety and national security — and gave countries 50 days to come into compliance. Most nations met the vetting standards, but others failed to adequately comply. Duke eventually made her recommendations to the president with the list of noncompliant countries on Sept. 15.

MORE https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-new-travel-ban-executive-order-what-to-expect

September 24, 2017

How long until Trump tweets about Stevie Wonder?

Because holy shite Stevie just went there by not taking one knee on stage but BOTH. What a speech!

September 23, 2017

Global Citzen Festival is being streamed LIVE on Twitter!

This is awesome! They have been hammering Trump hard! I know it's live on MSNBC but not everyone has cable. Tons of music acts and lots of progressive POV.

You don't need to be a member of twitter to watch. It is in HD.

https://twitter.com/i/live/902627868961792000

September 23, 2017

For those saying Bernie hasn't been defending the ACA

What was he doing then back in February on CNN debating the ACA against Ted Cruz? You don't think Bernie is the guy for Monday's night debate? Watch him kick Ted Cruz's ass while he defends the ACA.

Bernie has been out there defending the ACA for months. Can we put the lies away that he hasn't been please? All this rhetoric does is embolden the GOP.