Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's running for president in 2020

[OysterOmelet]

@hansioux

@OysterOmelet

America doesn’t need any fundamental changes.

America is funamentally America.

It needs to rein in corporate greed, extend health care coverage, and expand opportunity.

Corporate greed has already fundamentally changed America and its elections. Citizens United, pharmaceutical, insurance, fossil fuel lobbies, and gerrymandering all played a part in making less democratic and equitable. We need fundamental changes to put an end to money in politics.

The American system was set up that way on purpose. Madison wanted to pit different factions against each other. That is why Congress is easily lobbied, for better or worse.

[TerryB]

Note that Obama still hasn’t endorsed Biden, despite the fact that no other candidates remain.

[Dr_Milker]

@TerryB

Note that Obama still hasn’t endorsed Biden, despite the fact that no other candidates remain.

Hard to see him not doing it…unless he’s waiting for the real candidate.

[Andrew0409]

That’s cold lol. Gave him a metal but won’t endorse him. Don’t blame Obama.

[Dr_Milker]

Respect to Bernie for voicing an opinion that can’t be popular in his corner of the left at this moment in time.

Do I think we should not have police departments in America? No, I don’t. There’s no city in the world that does not have police departments. What you need are—I didn’t call for more money for police departments. I called for police departments that have well-educated, well-trained, well-paid professionals. And, too often around this country right now, you have police officers who take the job at very low payment, don’t have much education, don’t have much training—and I want to change that. I also called for the transformation of police departments into—understanding that many police departments and cops deal every day with issues of mental illness, deal with issues of addiction, and all kinds of issues which should be dealt with by mental-health professionals or others, and not just by police officers.

I think we want to redefine what police departments do, give them the support they need to make their jobs better defined. So I do believe that we need well-trained, well-educated, and well-paid professionals in police departments. Anyone who thinks that we should abolish all police departments in America, I don’t agree.

[anon58655674]

I think his attitude reflects what almost everyone on the left is thinking more or less.

These rifts they exist among the left, sorry but its wishful thinking.

[rowland]

The police are the enforcement arm of what we choose to do together. The things we choose not to do together, the police will not do.

[Andrew0409]

Of course, socialists know they need the police to enforce socialism Off to the gulags you class traitor!

[Dr_Milker]

@Andrew0409

Of course, socialists know they need the police to enforce socialism Off to the gulags you class traitor!

California Uber Alles

[rowland]

Musicians are always dumping on California for some reason.

Say, what’s Bernie up to?

[jdsmith]

@rowland

Say, what’s Bernie up to?

Singing.

Fuck…the Police.

[anon58655674]

The Dead Kennedys didnt really hold up all that well musically. I had this on wax at one point

[Dr_Milker]

@anon58655674

The Dead Kennedys didnt really hold up all that well musically.

But they definitely held up lyrically.

[cake]

This:

Tim Pool (Timcast)

shoe (shoe0nhead)

[tempogain]

What? How did this slide. Not one of their better tracks though

[MikeN1]

He won some caucuses then went on to lose heavily in later primaries, and fall way behind in delegates. Glad to see you’re right on the ball as far as the 2020 Democratic race goes.

[tempogain]

Overtime: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Russell Brand, John Heilemann | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)