NCDP Progressive Caucus

*Consumers Create Jobs
*Labor Creates Wealth
*Fairness is Freedom

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Tim Walz on Trump: “He is a damn fool. The idea that he is going to give you the money and you’re gonna go out there and buy this healthcare is the stupidest assessment of healthcare that I have ever heard out of someone in a position of authority.“

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

NEW: California will be the first state in the nation to sell its own insulin.

It will be $11.

No Big Pharma price gouging.

Simple, affordable healthcare. As it should be.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Big Tech Oligarchs will spend hundreds of millions to defeat candidates who express concerns about AI and robotics.

This is why we need to overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.

Billionaires cannot be allowed to buy elections.

[NCDP Progressive Caucus @Ncdpprogcaucus]

#ncpol #ncga

[Acyn @Acyn]

Sorkin: This is now state-sponsored capitalism. This is not really capitalism. Everything runs through 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue now. This is totally new. We have never had a time where CEOs and business leaders are making their decisions daily—where their strategy is based on whether it’s going to be in line with the strategy of this president, whether he’s going to agree or disagree, come out in favor or not, or decide to sue or not over whatever you’re doing. That is a fundamental reshift, and that is something that’s more akin to places like China, frankly.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: A newly obtained recording from Dec. 7, 2020 exposes Trump pressuring Georgia House Speaker David Ralston to call a special legislative session to OVERTURN the election he lost.

Trump even coached him on the cover story, telling Ralston to claim it’s “for transparency” and “to uncover fraud.” Then the most damning line:

“Who’s gonna stop you for that?”

Ralston’s reply says it all: “A federal judge, possibly.”

This was a sitting president actively probing how to illegally nullify an election, and joking about whether the courts could stop him.

Anyone still pretending Jan. 6 was a spontaneous protest is lying to themselves.

[NC Democratic Party @NCDemParty]

The North Carolina Democratic Party family mourns the loss of Governor Jim Hunt, a champion of our mission. He showed everyone what it means to be a Democrat in the South. Not only did he believe in the promise and potential of every North Carolinian – he invested in them by being a visionary leader, transforming our public schools, elevating our community colleges, and building a foundation of opportunity that continues to benefit generations.

Our hearts are with the Hunt family. We will celebrate the life and service of Governor Jim Hunt by carrying forward his values and hope for a better tomorrow.

[NCDP Progressive Caucus @Ncdpprogcaucus]

...is someone planning a .... a war????

[NC Democratic Party @NCDemParty]

Trump is visiting NC on Friday to lie to us that costs are down, so we're holding a rally to make sure voters know that DC Republicans aren’t making life more affordable – they’re making health care costs skyrocket for working families.

And U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley is standing in lockstep with them.

[NC Democratic Party @NCDemParty]

Our students deserve better! The Constitution mandates funding for public education, yet NC Republicans are turning their backs on our kids and teachers. Justice Newby and GOP leaders, where's the money for our kids?

Sign our petition to demand the funding our kids deserve! https://t.co/fRkrW3E6IN

[NCDP Progressive Caucus @Ncdpprogcaucus]

@Snowball1776 Gag....

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico: Frankly I am tired of the ‘thoughts and prayers’ rhetoric from our leaders.

There is something profoundly cynical about asking God to solve a problem that we're not willing to solve ourselves.

Scripture reminds us that faith without works is dead. The time for thoughts and prayers is over. It's time for us to act.

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

Spot on.
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[NCDP Progressive Caucus @Ncdpprogcaucus]

repubs can no longer claim to be patriots--not when they refuse to take care of our veterans. Look at Trump now--threatening war against Venezuela but cutting the Veterans Admin.... Why would anyone want to join a volunteer army in America?

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

Trump is cutting 35,000 VA healthcare positions. That’s on top of 30,000 cuts at the VA already. This is the Trump plan to degrade VA healthcare and push Veterans into the private sector where big healthcare corporations can wring out more profits. Veterans deserve better!

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

ALARM bells people. 🚨🚨🚨

Neoconservative David Brooks wrote this in an OpEd in the NY Times,
"Trumpism… is primarily about the acquisition of power — power for its own sake. It is a multifront assault to make the earth a playground for ruthless men, so of course any institutions that might restrain power must be weakened or destroyed. Trumpism is about ego, appetite and acquisitiveness and is driven by a primal aversion to the higher elements of the human spirit — learning, compassion, scientific wonder, the pursuit of justice. …
What is happening now is not normal politics. We’re seeing an assault on the fundamental institutions of our civic life, things we should all swear loyalty to — Democrat, independent or Republican.
It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he’s confronted by some movement that possesses rival power. …
I’m really not a movement guy. I don’t naturally march in demonstrations or attend rallies that I’m not covering as a journalist. But this is what America needs right now."

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

With the latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%.

It's the fucking guns.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Fiona Hill: The United States is on a path toward full-on state repression.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING:

House Oversight Democrats just release a small batch of 95,000 photos received from the Epstein estate.

Images include: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Woody Allen, Larry Summers, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates.

Redactions have been made by the Committee.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Health care costs are soaring. Housing costs are soaring. Grocery costs are soaring.

NO. We do not need Trump to take us into an illegal and unconstitutional war with Venezuela to deflect attention away from the crises our country faces.

What happened to “America First?”

[NCDP Progressive Caucus @Ncdpprogcaucus]

repubs do not support veterans. Their claims of patriotism are rubbish.

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

True Breaking News (Washington Post): VA to cut 35,000 health care jobs across nation like nurses & doctors. VA already strained.

Did our vets refuse to give back medals to melt into gold bars/coin/ballroom sconces for Trump?

Truly the worst vets’ Christmas present ever.