[2020 Elections\AFT]
The board voted to step up what is already unprecedented member engagement in the upcoming election by encouraging locals and state affiliates to support, be actively involved with, or endorse the candidacies of Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders or Sen. Elizabeth Warren, ahead of the selection of more than 60 percent of the delegates by the end of March.
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[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
Sanders’ rise worries Wall Street and those who live lavishly because of America’s income inequality.
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[Trump Impeachment\Sen. Sanders]
Sen. Sanders: “According to the warped logic of the arguments presented by the president’s counsel, there are almost no legal bounds to anything a president can do so long as it benefits his own reelection.”
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[Foreign Policy\Iran]
Sen. Bernie Sanders: “Our Founding Fathers understood that it was only too easy for a president to lead the country into a disastrous military conflict. That is why they gave the exclusive power over war and peace to the people’s elected representatives…President Trump does not have the right to go to war with Iran without authorization from the representatives of the American people.
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[Education\Public Education Forum]
The forum will welcome more than 1,000 educators, students, parents and community members to a discussion with the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates about their plans for K-12 and higher education. Each candidate will provide opening remarks and then answer questions from Velshi and Ellis, forum attendees and others from across the country who submitted questions.
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[Climate Change\Public Housing]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Climate change represents both a grave threat and a tremendous opportunity. The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act will train and mobilize the workforce to decarbonize the public housing stock and improve the quality of life for all residents. I am proud to begin the hard work of codifying the Green New Deal into law with my friend and colleague, Senator Bernie Sanders.”
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[Healthcare\Community Health Centers]
Sen. Bernie Sanders: “It is no exaggeration to call Community Health Centers a lifeline for millions of Americans. “President Trump and the Republicans tried and failed to destroy the Affordable Care Act in Congress. Now they’re in the courts still trying to kick millions off their health care. We are standing together to push back on this relentless assault on people’s basic health.”
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[Education\2020 Elections]
AFT President Randi Weingarten: “Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan for our nation’s public schools would be a game changer for our public schools and the 90 percent of America’s students who attend them. Like so many of the other candidates’ education plans we have praised, this one is bold and thorough and lays out tangible steps and resources that are critical for all students to thrive. What distinguishes this plan is that it is obvious it’s drawn through the lens of someone who has spent time as a teacher in a classroom.”
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[Economic inequality\Poverty]
Vermont Senator Sanders: “Poverty is a life-threatening issue for millions of people in this country, and this report confirms it… If we do not urgently act to solve the economic distress of millions of Americans, a whole generation will be condemned to early death.”
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[Middle East News]
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, on Saudi war in Yemen: “U.S. logistical support, spare-parts transfers and intelligence sharing for the Saudi dictatorship’s airstrikes make us complicit in this nightmare. By passing our bill earlier this year, the House and Senate have spoken: America’s involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war is unconstitutional and must end immediately.”
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