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January 18, 2020
Joe Biden Doubles Down On A Racist Myth About Black Parents
HuffPost
The former vice president repeated a debunked trope about the racial achievement gap and blamed minority parents for the legacy of segregation.
By Michael Hobbes
In a long and often rambling interview with The New York Times published Friday, former Vice President Joe Biden responded to a question about the legacy of racism by blaming Black parents for the racial achievement gap.
In the third 2020 Democratic presidential debate, held in September, Biden had said that one way America could address the legacy of slavery and segregation was by bridging the word gap between white and Black children. A kid coming from a very poor school, a very poor background, will hear 4 million words fewer spoken by the time we get there, Biden said. He then recommended that Black parents play records at night to make sure that kids hear words.
The New York Times editorial board pressed Biden on these claims and asked him to elaborate on how solving the word gap would address the legacy of slavery. Biden began his answer by noting that former President Barack Obama had also been criticized for advising Black parents to take more responsibility for raising children. He then suggested that America could do more to help minority parents provide more guidance and better guidance for themselves and their families.
Finally, he suggested that Black parents may not participate in their childrens schooling due to embarrassment about their own lack of education. Biden said hed learned from his wife, a former school teacher, that poor parents dont show up because theyre embarrassed. Theyre embarrassed the teachers going to say and its hard to say, Well, I cant read.
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The former vice president repeated a debunked trope about the racial achievement gap and blamed minority parents for the legacy of segregation.
By Michael Hobbes
In a long and often rambling interview with The New York Times published Friday, former Vice President Joe Biden responded to a question about the legacy of racism by blaming Black parents for the racial achievement gap.
In the third 2020 Democratic presidential debate, held in September, Biden had said that one way America could address the legacy of slavery and segregation was by bridging the word gap between white and Black children. A kid coming from a very poor school, a very poor background, will hear 4 million words fewer spoken by the time we get there, Biden said. He then recommended that Black parents play records at night to make sure that kids hear words.
The New York Times editorial board pressed Biden on these claims and asked him to elaborate on how solving the word gap would address the legacy of slavery. Biden began his answer by noting that former President Barack Obama had also been criticized for advising Black parents to take more responsibility for raising children. He then suggested that America could do more to help minority parents provide more guidance and better guidance for themselves and their families.
Finally, he suggested that Black parents may not participate in their childrens schooling due to embarrassment about their own lack of education. Biden said hed learned from his wife, a former school teacher, that poor parents dont show up because theyre embarrassed. Theyre embarrassed the teachers going to say and its hard to say, Well, I cant read.
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more at link
Jeeze Joe!
January 18, 2020
Joe Biden is Still Against Legal Cannabis
A snip from Biden's latest New York Times interview;
JI: Thats something that most people support in both parties and across most demographics agreed on.Pew Research has found that two thirds of the country supports marijuana legalization. Can you make the case to me for why to take the more moderate approach when it seems
Because I think science matters. I mean one of the reasons Im running against the guy Im running against is science matters, not fiction. Now nobody says, Im not arguing, and Senator Booker acknowledged, I wasnt arguing that we should in fact, it was a gateway drug. What Im arguing is there have been studies showing that it complicates other problems if you already have a problem with certain drugs.Marijuana is the most widely used psychotropic drug after alcohol. Some studies have found that regular marijuana usage is associated with mental illness (although causality has not been established), and many agree there should be further study of its medical effects. So we should just study it and decriminalize it, but study it and find out. Get the medical community to come up with a final definitive answer as to whether or not it does cause it. If it does cause other problems, then make it clear to people. So thats a place you dont not engage in the use of it.
KK: But so many states have already legalized it.Thirty-three states have legalized marijuana in some form, according to the National Conference of State Legislators.
Sure they have. I get that, but that doesnt mean the science shouldnt be looked at.
JI: Couldnt you look at the science and legalize it at the federal level in tandem?
No. Why would you promote the science if the science would say itd be a bad idea to legalize it? Youve got to find out the facts first.
Because I think science matters. I mean one of the reasons Im running against the guy Im running against is science matters, not fiction. Now nobody says, Im not arguing, and Senator Booker acknowledged, I wasnt arguing that we should in fact, it was a gateway drug. What Im arguing is there have been studies showing that it complicates other problems if you already have a problem with certain drugs.Marijuana is the most widely used psychotropic drug after alcohol. Some studies have found that regular marijuana usage is associated with mental illness (although causality has not been established), and many agree there should be further study of its medical effects. So we should just study it and decriminalize it, but study it and find out. Get the medical community to come up with a final definitive answer as to whether or not it does cause it. If it does cause other problems, then make it clear to people. So thats a place you dont not engage in the use of it.
KK: But so many states have already legalized it.Thirty-three states have legalized marijuana in some form, according to the National Conference of State Legislators.
Sure they have. I get that, but that doesnt mean the science shouldnt be looked at.
JI: Couldnt you look at the science and legalize it at the federal level in tandem?
No. Why would you promote the science if the science would say itd be a bad idea to legalize it? Youve got to find out the facts first.
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more at link:
NYTimes
Note: Cannabis is considered "medicine" in many states that allow the use of the plant for treating ailments and serious medical problems as basic as pain. All without many "side-effects".
January 17, 2020
Warren and Bernie try to move on as conflict shakes 2020 primary
Politico
But fully exorcising the spat that led to their post-debate confrontation is proving more difficult than simply saying its over.
By ALEX THOMPSON and HOLLY OTTERBEIN
01/16/2020 08:01 PM EST
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren dont want to talk about it.
I have no further comment on this, Warren told reporters Thursday. Sanders didnt want any part of it either, staying quiet as reporters pelted him with questions, while his campaign circulated a set of new talking points, obtained by POLITICO, that read: Please refrain from commenting on the CNN story on the meeting between Bernie and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Goal: Take the high road, it added.
Warren and Sanders' presidential campaigns are publicly taking steps to move on from the feuding of the past week, after trading accusations of calling the other a liar in a tense hot-mic conversation following Tuesdays debate. But its proving more difficult than either would like, thanks to months of quietly escalating tensions that suddenly boiled over this week. Even as Sanders and Warren mostly laid off each other earlier this year, many in Warren's orbit privately seethed over escalating, thinly veiled criticism from Sanders' top aides and surrogates, while some Sanders supporters have viewed Warren with disdain since she declined to join their cause in 2016.
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But fully exorcising the spat that led to their post-debate confrontation is proving more difficult than simply saying its over.
By ALEX THOMPSON and HOLLY OTTERBEIN
01/16/2020 08:01 PM EST
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren dont want to talk about it.
I have no further comment on this, Warren told reporters Thursday. Sanders didnt want any part of it either, staying quiet as reporters pelted him with questions, while his campaign circulated a set of new talking points, obtained by POLITICO, that read: Please refrain from commenting on the CNN story on the meeting between Bernie and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Goal: Take the high road, it added.
Warren and Sanders' presidential campaigns are publicly taking steps to move on from the feuding of the past week, after trading accusations of calling the other a liar in a tense hot-mic conversation following Tuesdays debate. But its proving more difficult than either would like, thanks to months of quietly escalating tensions that suddenly boiled over this week. Even as Sanders and Warren mostly laid off each other earlier this year, many in Warren's orbit privately seethed over escalating, thinly veiled criticism from Sanders' top aides and surrogates, while some Sanders supporters have viewed Warren with disdain since she declined to join their cause in 2016.
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more great political journalism at the link
January 16, 2020
Sanders-Warren dispute jolts Bernie's base into action
Politico
This is not what Sanders and his campaign want to be talking about, said one Democrat.
By MARC CAPUTO
01/15/2020 06:59 PM EST
Updated: 01/15/2020 09:43 PM EST
ven by the standards of Bernie Sanders fundraising juggernaut, Tuesday was a big day: He raised $1.7 million from more than 100,000 small-dollar donors, his biggest debate-day haul of the 2020 campaign.
Sanders debate performance wasnt the driving force behind the outpouring of cash. Rather, it was largely a response to his recent tensions with long-time ally Elizabeth Warren a show of support and defiance that provides a window into the loyalty and motivation of Sanders grassroots base.
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After the debate, Sanders campaign co-chair, Nina Turner, fumed to reporters about faux feminism. Online, other supporters called Warren a liar and brought up her mistatements about having Native American ancestry. And they pointed out that Sanders who has publicly advocated for women to be president for years received more money from female donors than any other Democratic presidential candidate.
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This is not what Sanders and his campaign want to be talking about, said one Democrat.
By MARC CAPUTO
01/15/2020 06:59 PM EST
Updated: 01/15/2020 09:43 PM EST
ven by the standards of Bernie Sanders fundraising juggernaut, Tuesday was a big day: He raised $1.7 million from more than 100,000 small-dollar donors, his biggest debate-day haul of the 2020 campaign.
Sanders debate performance wasnt the driving force behind the outpouring of cash. Rather, it was largely a response to his recent tensions with long-time ally Elizabeth Warren a show of support and defiance that provides a window into the loyalty and motivation of Sanders grassroots base.
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After the debate, Sanders campaign co-chair, Nina Turner, fumed to reporters about faux feminism. Online, other supporters called Warren a liar and brought up her mistatements about having Native American ancestry. And they pointed out that Sanders who has publicly advocated for women to be president for years received more money from female donors than any other Democratic presidential candidate.
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more at link
January 15, 2020
Poitico: The winners, losers and biggest takeaways from the Iowa debate
Politico
Here's what surprised us and what will have the biggest impact from the last debate before Iowa's caucuses.
By POLITICO STAFF
01/15/2020 12:35 AM EST
DES MOINES, Iowa The Democratic presidential candidates had one last chance to contrast themselves on national TV before the Iowa caucuses. And in between slams of President Donald Trump, they delivered.
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders traded criticisms of their long records on trade, foreign policy and health care. Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar reprised their December clash about experience in the Oval Office. And Elizabeth Warren turned a question about her allegation that Sanders said a woman couldnt beat Trump a comment Sanders has repeatedly denied making into a call to recognize female political power in the Democratic Party.
What did we learn? We asked four POLITICO campaign reporters Laura Barrón-López, Natasha Korecki, Holly Otterbein and David Siders for their takeaways from the two-hour showdown.
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Here's what surprised us and what will have the biggest impact from the last debate before Iowa's caucuses.
By POLITICO STAFF
01/15/2020 12:35 AM EST
DES MOINES, Iowa The Democratic presidential candidates had one last chance to contrast themselves on national TV before the Iowa caucuses. And in between slams of President Donald Trump, they delivered.
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders traded criticisms of their long records on trade, foreign policy and health care. Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar reprised their December clash about experience in the Oval Office. And Elizabeth Warren turned a question about her allegation that Sanders said a woman couldnt beat Trump a comment Sanders has repeatedly denied making into a call to recognize female political power in the Democratic Party.
What did we learn? We asked four POLITICO campaign reporters Laura Barrón-López, Natasha Korecki, Holly Otterbein and David Siders for their takeaways from the two-hour showdown.
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opinions at link
January 15, 2020
Sanders camp admits anti-Warren script was deployed in multiple early states
Politico
Sanders initially attributed the talking points to rogue staffers, and supporters launched an online campaign to convince people the document was fake.
By ALEX THOMPSON and HOLLY OTTERBEIN
01/14/2020 05:06 PM EST
Updated: 01/14/2020 05:50 PM EST
DES MOINES, Iowa The controversial talking points attacking Elizabeth Warren that Bernie Sanders' campaign deployed were given to teams in at least two early voting states on Friday, three Sanders campaign officials confirmed.
Volunteers and staffers used the script on Saturday while canvassing for votes, meaning the talking points were more official than what Sanders previously suggested after POLITICO reported on the language.
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The script mostly focused on Sanders' ability to beat President Donald Trump in a general election. But one page included attacks on the electability of Warren, as well as Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg.
The language was pulled because it was sloppily worded, a Sanders official said, confirming that the script was an official campaign document.
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Sanders initially attributed the talking points to rogue staffers, and supporters launched an online campaign to convince people the document was fake.
By ALEX THOMPSON and HOLLY OTTERBEIN
01/14/2020 05:06 PM EST
Updated: 01/14/2020 05:50 PM EST
DES MOINES, Iowa The controversial talking points attacking Elizabeth Warren that Bernie Sanders' campaign deployed were given to teams in at least two early voting states on Friday, three Sanders campaign officials confirmed.
Volunteers and staffers used the script on Saturday while canvassing for votes, meaning the talking points were more official than what Sanders previously suggested after POLITICO reported on the language.
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The script mostly focused on Sanders' ability to beat President Donald Trump in a general election. But one page included attacks on the electability of Warren, as well as Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg.
The language was pulled because it was sloppily worded, a Sanders official said, confirming that the script was an official campaign document.
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more at link
January 14, 2020
The coming clash between Bernie and Biden
Politico
The former vice presidents record on Social Security is about to be torn open by Sanders.
By MARC CAPUTO and HOLLY OTTERBEIN
01/13/2020 07:02 PM EST
Bernie Sanders first major tangle with Joe Biden over a 2010 deal that Biden struck with Republicans that liberals believed threatened Social Security helped fuel his national rise.
Now Sanders is set to reprise that clash Tuesday night on the debate stage, where the Vermont senator is preparing to lay into Biden over his record on Social Security.
For the past week, Sanders and his campaign have telegraphed his attack over the former vice presidents long-standing record entertaining cuts to the program that are anathema to progressives and many mainstream Democrats.
Sanders speechwriter and senior adviser David Sirota said Tuesday will be time for Biden to answer hard questions about his past onstage.
Joe Biden has repeatedly worked to cut Social Security, and has never offered up a good explanation for that crusade. His Social Security record is not only atrocious on a policy level, it is an enormous political vulnerability in both a primary and a general election, Sirota said. Bernie Sanders has exactly the opposite record hes fought those cuts and fought to expand Social Security, and that is a contrast Democratic voters deserve to know.
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The former vice presidents record on Social Security is about to be torn open by Sanders.
By MARC CAPUTO and HOLLY OTTERBEIN
01/13/2020 07:02 PM EST
Bernie Sanders first major tangle with Joe Biden over a 2010 deal that Biden struck with Republicans that liberals believed threatened Social Security helped fuel his national rise.
Now Sanders is set to reprise that clash Tuesday night on the debate stage, where the Vermont senator is preparing to lay into Biden over his record on Social Security.
For the past week, Sanders and his campaign have telegraphed his attack over the former vice presidents long-standing record entertaining cuts to the program that are anathema to progressives and many mainstream Democrats.
Sanders speechwriter and senior adviser David Sirota said Tuesday will be time for Biden to answer hard questions about his past onstage.
Joe Biden has repeatedly worked to cut Social Security, and has never offered up a good explanation for that crusade. His Social Security record is not only atrocious on a policy level, it is an enormous political vulnerability in both a primary and a general election, Sirota said. Bernie Sanders has exactly the opposite record hes fought those cuts and fought to expand Social Security, and that is a contrast Democratic voters deserve to know.
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more to get upset, or not, about at link
January 13, 2020
Sanders surges as progressives flock to him over Warren
Politico
The consolidation of left-wing support is a remarkable turnaround for Sanders.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN
01/13/2020 05:10 AM EST
IOWA CITY, Iowa Somethings happening with Bernie Sanders that looked unlikely to many a few months ago: Progressive leaders and organizations are lining up behind him, not Elizabeth Warren, in the lead-up to voting.
Two groups run by young people the Sunrise Movement, which seeks to combat climate change, and Dream Defenders, which advocates for people of color endorsed him last week. Hes also won the backing of Peoples Action and the Center for Popular Democracy, which together claim more than 1.5 million members, as well as three lawmakers in the so-called Squad and liberal-minded labor unions.
The consolidation of left-wing support is a remarkable turnaround for Sanders. In September, the Working Families Party became the first major national progressive group to endorse a candidate when it picked Warren despite siding with Sanders in 2016. Warren was surging at the time, and looked poised to overtake Sanders as the leader of the progressive movement and a frontrunner for the nomination.
But now its Sanders with the wind at his back. The endorsements, on display here Sunday when Rep. Rashida Tlaib and the Sunrise Movement joined him for a rally attended by more than 900 people, are giving him a jolt of momentum weeks ahead of the Iowa caucuses and supplying him with fresh volunteers in key areas.
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The consolidation of left-wing support is a remarkable turnaround for Sanders.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN
01/13/2020 05:10 AM EST
IOWA CITY, Iowa Somethings happening with Bernie Sanders that looked unlikely to many a few months ago: Progressive leaders and organizations are lining up behind him, not Elizabeth Warren, in the lead-up to voting.
Two groups run by young people the Sunrise Movement, which seeks to combat climate change, and Dream Defenders, which advocates for people of color endorsed him last week. Hes also won the backing of Peoples Action and the Center for Popular Democracy, which together claim more than 1.5 million members, as well as three lawmakers in the so-called Squad and liberal-minded labor unions.
The consolidation of left-wing support is a remarkable turnaround for Sanders. In September, the Working Families Party became the first major national progressive group to endorse a candidate when it picked Warren despite siding with Sanders in 2016. Warren was surging at the time, and looked poised to overtake Sanders as the leader of the progressive movement and a frontrunner for the nomination.
But now its Sanders with the wind at his back. The endorsements, on display here Sunday when Rep. Rashida Tlaib and the Sunrise Movement joined him for a rally attended by more than 900 people, are giving him a jolt of momentum weeks ahead of the Iowa caucuses and supplying him with fresh volunteers in key areas.
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more Bernie leadership at link
January 12, 2020
WATCH: Kellyanne Conway Lies About AOC and Ilhan Omar Literally As She Praises Collins Apology for S
Mediaite
By Tommy Christopher Jan 11th, 2020, 3:44 pm
Trump White House counselor Kellyanne Conway smeared Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) even as she was congratulating Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) for similarly smearing Democrats as loving terrorists.
Earlier this week, Collins said that Democrats are in love with terrorists, then defended the comments to Fox News before finally apologizing on Twitter.
Conway gaggled with reporters in the Brady briefing room Friday, and was asked about the potential for a change in tone represented by Collins apology. In the midst of a lengthy answer lauding her own efforts at elevating the tone, Conway slammed AOC and Rep. Omar by falsely claiming one of them had apologized to the Iranian people for the attack that killed Qasem Soleimani, and called their group The Squad That Doesnt Do Squat as part of her tone-elevating effort.
We had members of Congress earlier this week apologizing to the Iranian people, on behalf of America, Conway claimed.
Who? Can you name them? asked Breakfast Media correspondent Andrew Feinberg.
Yeah, whats her name, was it AOC or Omar who did that? Conway asked to a staffer, and added Someone from the squad that doesnt do squat, Im pretty sure it was AOC, in a tweet, somebody said Oh 52% of us believe a different way.
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By Tommy Christopher Jan 11th, 2020, 3:44 pm
Trump White House counselor Kellyanne Conway smeared Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) even as she was congratulating Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) for similarly smearing Democrats as loving terrorists.
Earlier this week, Collins said that Democrats are in love with terrorists, then defended the comments to Fox News before finally apologizing on Twitter.
Conway gaggled with reporters in the Brady briefing room Friday, and was asked about the potential for a change in tone represented by Collins apology. In the midst of a lengthy answer lauding her own efforts at elevating the tone, Conway slammed AOC and Rep. Omar by falsely claiming one of them had apologized to the Iranian people for the attack that killed Qasem Soleimani, and called their group The Squad That Doesnt Do Squat as part of her tone-elevating effort.
We had members of Congress earlier this week apologizing to the Iranian people, on behalf of America, Conway claimed.
Who? Can you name them? asked Breakfast Media correspondent Andrew Feinberg.
Yeah, whats her name, was it AOC or Omar who did that? Conway asked to a staffer, and added Someone from the squad that doesnt do squat, Im pretty sure it was AOC, in a tweet, somebody said Oh 52% of us believe a different way.
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Video and more Kellyanne kooky talk at link
Also, I still think AOC is smarter than 99% of the men, and a 100% of the Repubs in DC!
January 12, 2020
CNN's Joe Lockhart Argues Media Isn't Taking Bernie Sanders Seriously: 'Hard Floor of Supporters'
Mediaite
By Connor Mannion Jan 11th, 2020, 7:01 pm
CNN commentator Joe Lockhart told S.E. Cupp on her show that he doesnt think the media is seriously considering how Sen. Bernie Sanders could run away with the nomination.
Theres real shades of 2016, Lockhart said. Im gonna get flamed on Twitter tonight but the media early on did not take Trump seriously. So they didnt vet him and say, does your plan add up? And you know what about your plan on Iran and getting out?
Up until now, the media has not taken Bernie Sanders that seriously, he continued.
He would say the same thing, Cupp interjected.
And hes been right, Lockhart agreed.
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more at link
By Connor Mannion Jan 11th, 2020, 7:01 pm
CNN commentator Joe Lockhart told S.E. Cupp on her show that he doesnt think the media is seriously considering how Sen. Bernie Sanders could run away with the nomination.
Theres real shades of 2016, Lockhart said. Im gonna get flamed on Twitter tonight but the media early on did not take Trump seriously. So they didnt vet him and say, does your plan add up? And you know what about your plan on Iran and getting out?
Up until now, the media has not taken Bernie Sanders that seriously, he continued.
He would say the same thing, Cupp interjected.
And hes been right, Lockhart agreed.
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more at link
Bernie is on a roll!
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