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When will it be acceptable time to critique politicians like Kamala Harris? Watch the entire Aggressive Progressive episode here: https://tytnetwork.com/2017/08/10/aggressive-progressives-aug-10-2017-2-2-2-2-2/
"The future of the Democratic Party does not rest on the back of Kamala Harris, the junior senator from California. Furthermore, it is unfair for the Democratic Party to keep hanging its hope on black messianic figures, whom it hopes can bring new relevance to a struggling party. To be clear, there is a lot to like about Harris, the first black woman to hold a Senate position since Carol Moseley-Braun in the 1990s. Despite Ryan Cooper’s screed last week about “why leftists don’t trust Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Deval Patrick,” Harris’s policy positions on free college, single payer health care, an increased minimum wage, and criminal justice reform, are solidly to the left. Still. Black women are not Jesus. It’s not right to expect us to fix what white Americans are so committed to breaking. This debate, then, isn’t about Harris, but about the emotional and political labor that black women are expected to do to save America’s soul."*
Read more here: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a11646941/kamala-harris-criticism-sanders-left/
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Jimmy Dore, Stef Zamorano, and Steve Oh talk North Korea, war sensationalization, weapons of mass destruction, Russia sanctions, the appeal of progressive platforms and Kamala Harris.
"The future of the Democratic Party does not rest on the back of Kamala Harris, the junior senator from California. Furthermore, it is unfair for the Democratic Party to keep hanging its hope on black messianic figures, whom it hopes can bring new relevance to a struggling party. To be clear, there is a lot to like about Harris, the first black woman to hold a Senate position since Carol Moseley-Braun in the 1990s. Despite Ryan Cooper’s screed last week about “why leftists don’t trust Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Deval Patrick,” Harris’s policy positions on free college, single payer health care, an increased minimum wage, and criminal justice reform, are solidly to the left. Still. Black women are not Jesus. It’s not right to expect us to fix what white Americans are so committed to breaking. This debate, then, isn’t about Harris, but about the emotional and political labor that black women are expected to do to save America’s soul."*
Read more here: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a11646941/kamala-harris-criticism-sanders-left/
Follow Jimmy Dore on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimmy_dore
Follow Steve Oh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevenoh88
Follow Stef Zamorano on Twitter: https://twitter.com/miserablelib
Jimmy Dore, Stef Zamorano, and Steve Oh talk North Korea, war sensationalization, weapons of mass destruction, Russia sanctions, the appeal of progressive platforms and Kamala Harris.
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