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Sadly, yes. At least in the Economist poll tracker I'm seeing. Warren has picked up a fair bit of ground on him but he's still the leader last I checked.
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Sadly, yes. At least in the Economist poll tracker I'm seeing. Warren has picked up a fair bit of ground on him but he's still the leader last I checked.
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Those are really nice, Rita, but also very long.
She seems like a good woman, very prophetic, very Amos-like, to me. I hope that, in the end, she gives away her support graciously. I think she's a little too feng shui, also a woman, for the Dems to feel like they can risk.
She seems like a good woman, very prophetic, very Amos-like, to me. I hope that, in the end, she gives away her support graciously. I think she's a little too feng shui, also a woman, for the Dems to feel like they can risk.
Ritafee
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There is one political candidate for POTUS that I feel inspired enough to consider as deserving of my heartfelt support You might have guessed that it is Marianne. I do not follow the 'debates' and I am quite aware that Marianne is not an obvious 'contender for the win'. Marianne has made the 'charade' much more interesting to people like myself who dare to dream that a political candidate might actually be allowed to make room for 'healing' and 'peace' in what has become a totally dysfunctional 'bread and circuses' political arena. Were she any closer to winning the 'S'election she would likely have to be assassinated. I will continue to listen to her 'very prophetic' and 'not too long' for me 'talks' wherever I find them.
Business as usual politics - blah blah blah - old boss same as the new boss - maybe Bernie Sanders could do something different - hard to tell if he doesn't 'win'. Marianne has been doing it different her whole life - and she has not yet given up on using her 'voice for good' - just because she is not a fore runner in the 'race' does not mean she is not still a contender deserving of 'the ear of the people'.
I would rather watch 5 hours of her than 5 minutes of the farcical debates.
O look ... Marianne saying 'first we take care of the children' again.
Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson gives the keynote address at the World Woman Summit 2019 in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 22, 2019.
Business as usual politics - blah blah blah - old boss same as the new boss - maybe Bernie Sanders could do something different - hard to tell if he doesn't 'win'. Marianne has been doing it different her whole life - and she has not yet given up on using her 'voice for good' - just because she is not a fore runner in the 'race' does not mean she is not still a contender deserving of 'the ear of the people'.
I would rather watch 5 hours of her than 5 minutes of the farcical debates.
O look ... Marianne saying 'first we take care of the children' again.
Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson gives the keynote address at the World Woman Summit 2019 in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 22, 2019.
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Ritafee
Is Being Human
So I just finished listening to Marianne Live from the World Woman Summit 2019 ... this woman gives me hope that there is a chance for a better world ... we need more people like her reminding us that being selfish is not going to get the job done. Give it a listen ... trigger warning ... she calls women out for being selfish and self serving - at a world woman summit no less!
Biden didn’t do so well at this town-hall. Nobody looks happy or enthusiastic about supporting him. And the way he answered the protestor’s questions was terrible. It was closed minded, defensive, and egotistical...like he’s got this in the bag. He doesn’t. This is going to be a problem for him. Obama’s legacy isn’t the greatest, and he’s riding on it.
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I would’ve liked to have seen her in more debates. I also hope she gets hired by the Warren administration
for Secretary of Peace.
Ritafee
Is Being Human
Who is the Secretary of Peace for the Trump administration?I would’ve liked to have seen her in more debates. I also hope she gets hired by the Warren administration
Nobody. Just diplomats who he could throw under the bus. Marianne herself said there should be a Department of Peace, if there's going to be a department for war.
Ritafee
Is Being Human
The peace movement in the United States has a proposed legislative history that dates to the first years of the republic:
- 1793: Dr. Benjamin Rush, Founding Father (signer of the Declaration of Independence), wrote an essay titled "A plan of a Peace-Office for the United States".[1] Dr. Rush called for equal footing with the Department of War and pointed out the effect of doing so for the welfare of the United States in promoting and preserving perpetual peace in the United States.
- 1925: Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voters, at the Cause and Cure for War Conference, publicly suggested a cabinet-level Department of Peace and secretary of peace be established.[3]
- 1926/1927: Kirby Page, author of A National Peace Department, wrote, published and distributed a proposal for a cabinet-level Department of Peace and secretary of peace.[4]
- 1935: Senator Matthew M. Neely (D-West Virginia) wrote and introduced the first bill calling for the creation of a United States Department of Peace. Reintroduced in 1937 and 1939.
- 1943: Senator Alexander Wiley (R-Wisconsin) spoke on the Senate floor calling for the United States of America to become the first government in the world to have a secretary of peace.
- 1945: Representative Louis Ludlow (D-Indiana) re-introduced a bill, S. 1237,[5] to create a United States Department of Peace.
- 1946: Senator Jennings Randolph (D-West Virginia) re-introduced a bill to create a United States Department of Peace.
- 1947: Representative Everett Dirksen (R-Illinois) introduced a bill for “A Peace Division in the State Department”.
- 1955 to 1968: Eighty-five Senate and House of Representative bills were introduced calling for a United States Department of Peace.[6]
- 1969: Senator Vance Hartke (D-Indiana) and Representative Seymour Halpern (R-New York) re-introduced bills to create a U.S. Department of Peace in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The 14 Senate cosponsors of S. 953, the "Peace Act",[7] included Birch Bayh (D-IN), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Alan Cranston (D-CA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI) and Edmund Muskie (D-ME). The 67 House cosponsors included Ed Koch of New York, Donald Fraser of Minnesota, and Abner Mikva of Illinois, as well as Republican Pete McCloskey of California.
- 1979: Senator Spark Matsunaga (D-Hawaii) re-introduced a bill, S. 2103, "Department of Peace Organization Act of 1979" to create a U.S. Department of Peace.[8]
- 2001: Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) re-introduced a bill to create a U.S. Department of Peace. This bill was introduced in each session of Congress from 2001 to 2011. It was re-introduced as H.R. 808 on February 3, 2009 and is currently supported by 72 cosponsors. In July 2008, the first Republican cosponsor, Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) signed on.
- 2005: Senator Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota) introduced legislation in the Senate to create a cabinet-level department of peace a week after Dennis Kucinich introduced a similar bill in the House.
- 2013: Representative Barbara Lee (D-California) introduced a substantially similar bill to the Kucinich bill. She has introduced updated versions in each session of Congress since then, now H.R. 1111, and is currently supported by 40 cosponsors.
- Warren’s foreign policy lies somewhere in between Sanders and Biden. She has a troubling history of uncritical support of Israel, supporting sanctions on Venezuela, and vilifying Russia and China as national security threats.
- Nowhere does Warren mention that the United States spends more on its military than the next seven largest countries combined. Russia and China have limited military bases outside their borders while the United States has over 800. Unfortunately, Warren helps propagate the myths of cunning and fearsome enemies, which are used to justify ever rising defense budgets and future wars.
Sam Seder taught me that during coverage of the first or second Democratic debates. (The gist of it - not all specific dates and events - they were discussing historical precedent for Marianne's idea - that it wasn't a hippie sage/ "whacky" Marianne thing - lest anyone make assumptions otherwise.)
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Ritafee
Is Being Human
Elizabeth Warren's $12 Million Fortune
What does all this money mean for Warren at a time when she and some of her Democratic opponents are targeting the rich?
Well, her heirs would be vulnerable under the Bernie Sanders estate tax plan, which calls for a 50% tax on estates worth between $10 million and $50 million.
However, she would not owe anything extra under her own annual “ultra-millionaire” tax, which applies just to people with fortunes of over $50 million.
What does all this money mean for Warren at a time when she and some of her Democratic opponents are targeting the rich?
Well, her heirs would be vulnerable under the Bernie Sanders estate tax plan, which calls for a 50% tax on estates worth between $10 million and $50 million.
However, she would not owe anything extra under her own annual “ultra-millionaire” tax, which applies just to people with fortunes of over $50 million.
"Department of Peace"... the job of which would be what exactly?
Ritafee
Is Being Human
The third debate was awhile ago. However, good for her for staying in the race. She'll continue to keep her name out there, and her voice heard in communities and constituencies - then maybe once they elect the Dem candidate they can start having conversations amongst the party over who might apply or be picked for what role.
That's the way that it goes.
Maybe Tulsi should meet with Hillary...she met with Assad...or does she want to milk a “Hillary controversy” for attention and votes...because the right can’t get enough Hillary bashing, still, even though she’s not working or running for government, since over 3 years ago?
www.theguardian.com
Tulsi Gabbard: how a progressive rising star is a paradox for the left
The Hawaii congresswoman is backed by Bernie Sanders, but her controversial opinions have some progressives miffed
www.theguardian.com
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Democratic establishment. Saying the “democrat” establishment is what the right wing calls the Democratic Party (of individual Democrats) as a lazy slur... “democrat” is not a plural, nor is it a proper adjective. It’s a singular noun. When someone says “the Democrat Party/ Establishment”...it’s a good clue that most of what they read, listen to, and watch is coming from the right wing.
Democrat Party (epithet) - Wikipedia
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