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How did we win so big? Who has lessons we can learn from? How do we win again in 2028? We’re diving into these questions and more this weekend in Denver. See you there.
Emerging from its hibernation in the Siberian foothills, the elusive spoiler sniffs the air. On cue, its skin molts, revealing a campaign button reading "bOtH sIDes aRE tHe sAme." This is nature's way of indicating that primary season is approaching.
It's appalling that Trump has deported dozens of service members. Bobby Pulido's right: we need to bring these heroes home.
Respectfully, Medicare For All proponents aren't being fully transparent about what this poll actually says— not with their supporters, and possibly not with themselves.
Yes, 66% of Americans support Medicare For All according to this KFF poll. But according to that same poll, when people find out that M4A would require raising taxes on the middle class, support drops to 35%. (See the attached charts from the poll.)
And yes, in addition to taxing the wealthy, taxes would have to be raised on the middle class to fund M4A.
And do you know what else the poll showed? 70% of Medicare For All supporters also think they’d have the option to keep their current insurance, which means they actually support a public option. That’s something the newly elected senators in Texas, Iowa, and South Carolina also support — the Democrats who actually delivered this majority.
Here’s the real polling data, instead of just the cherry-picked parts: According to KFF, 79% of Americans want the government to do more to bring down healthcare costs. Which is exactly what Medicare For Americans (or a variation with a public option) would do. It’s a better way to give universal healthcare to Americans who are sick of how insurance companies treat them when they’re sick.
So to recap: 79% is higher than 66%, and it’s way higher than 35%, which is the support M4A has when people find out what it will actually cost them.
James Talarico, Adam Hamilton, Cait Conley, and Nancy Lacore stayed focused on lowering costs and rooting out corruption — not impeachments or party politics.
More from @AndrewMamo5 on how Democrats should approach the 120th Congress:
All Republicans needed to finally pretend to care about improving people's lives was to lose both houses of Congress so they'd no longer have the power to actually do it.
After a historic midterm loss where even Republicans voted for Democrats focused on lowering the cost of living, Republicans turn to one of the most divisive MAGA toadies in Congress. Though at least he isn't as bad as the last former wrestling coach who became the GOP leader.
Rep.-elect Jamie Ager's transition team truly represents NC's 11th district, with Democrats like Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers and even Republicans, because he wants to get things done.
Real leaders don't vilify people with different opinions — they find ways to work with them.
Honored to be on @JamieAgerNC transition team w/people and parties from across WNC who have built their reputations on getting things done.
Jamie told me after his victory “Tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we get to work for the ones who voted for me and the ones who didn’t.”
Limiting House committee chairs to four terms is a good way to start ending the gerontocracy of Democratic leadership.
It's great to see these efforts moving forward. The American people want change and leaders that reflect the modern electorate, not one from decades ago.
Rep. Susie Lee is circulating a proposed House Democratic caucus rules change which would require to seek a waiver to serve more than four terms as chair or ranking member of a committee, per draft obtained by @axios:
We all share the goal of universal healthcare, but the few blue state senators trying to force a vote on Medicare For All are misreading the moment.
The fact is the Democrats who delivered this majority didn’t run on Medicare For All. Watch.
Senator-elect James Talarico practices what he preaches. He'll reach out a hand to anyone, because as he proved during his campaign, you can accomplish more with an open palm than a clenched fist.
In solidarity, we will also wait until 1 PM to have lunch
Lots of inaccuracies in Melanie's tweet.
Medicare for Americans is a better plan than Medicare for All to make sure every American has access to healthcare, and it leaves room in our federal budget to do other things to help Americans. We can also invest in new treatments and cures, build more homes, transform our children's education, and much more. See the chart from our video… or better yet, see our video.
One more thing: it’s extremely inaccurate to pretend private insurance companies want anything remotely like Medicare for Americans. They fought tooth-and-nail against any version of a public option in 2010!
We know it can be tempting to think that anyone who disagrees with you is secretly in the pocket of big corporate interests. But sometimes… people just disagree with you about the best way to reach the same goal of universal healthcare.
“Medicare for Americans” is the rebranded Public Option.
It would cost more than Medicare for All, cover a lot less, leave millions without coverage, and still treat healthcare as a privilege for those with money, while protecting the private insurance industry.
Demand Medicare for All — the moral and fiscally responsible path forward for **all** Americans.
Not only will Georgia have its first Black woman governor in Keisha Lance Bottoms, this historic win by Georgia House Democrats like State Rep. Phil Olaleye ushers in another first: Carolyn Hugley will be Georgia's first Black woman Speaker of the House.
A new day, a new House Majority, including Georgia’s first Black woman Speaker of the House, Carolyn Hugley!
Thank you for the warm welcome @ReverendWarnock.
Ignore the noise and focus on the extremely loud signal sent by Americans across the country last week that we’re tired of people trying to divide us.
Rep. Sarah McBride lays it out:
Most of our biggest wins and largest over-performers embodied three kinds of politics:
A politics of populism and prosperity: a politics hyper-focused on the cost of living and fixing a broken economic system that is leaving so many behind.
A politics of pluralism: a politics that remains firm in our principles, but treats disagreement as a feature of democracy that should be celebrated and not silenced. It's a politics that welcomes people in and is, in the words of Ted Lasso, "curious, not judgemental."
A politics of place: a politics rooted in our shared identities as neighbors and Americans. A politics that puts our commonality and common interests within our city, state, and country first, above partisan or ideological allegiances.
There’s a better way than Medicare for All to ensure that every American has access to affordable healthcare.
It’s called Medicare for Americans. Encourage you to watch:
"There's no one way to be a Democrat... We need to run candidates who fit the states they're running in and not some national ideological litmus test."
@Lis_Smith on the lessons we can take from flipping deep-red states like Texas and Kansas.
“I don't think Medicare for All is the right approach... What we need to do is figure out, how do we ensure that everyone has access to affordable healthcare, no matter who they are?"
Democrats should listen to the guy who just flipped Kansas for the first time in 94 years.
“The majority of Democrats did not run on Medicare for All. You think Adam Hamilton got elected in KS by saying he wants to kick everyone off their private insurance?”
We should fight for universal healthcare. Not force a vote on a bill voters don't want.
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