Independent Senator Bernie Sanders floated Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a potential presidential candidate in the 2028 elections, saying that even though it’s “her decision to make,” she is a “very, very good politician.”
Speaking to Axios, Sanders said that he has been “out on the streets with her” and noticed how she responds when people come up to her. “It’s so incredibly genuine and open.”
Ocasio-Cortez is seemingly positioning herself to run for higher office, whether it is challenging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his seat or to make a run for president.
I really hope you’re right. I see the signs. But we’ll see.
My god, just give us a good, young, charismatic, progressive candidate who uses Trump’s established FAFO method but to force through things that would actually help everyday Americans - to hell with the corporations, pack the courts, strike down Citizens United, make healthcare free for all, make university free and forgive all outstanding student loans, obviously undo everything Trump did and get every. single. one. if his bootlicking goons the fuck out of the white house and all of the federal agencies. Prison reform, release all non-violent drug offenders, remove drug charges from the violent ones so that they’re in prison for the violence, not for having a little bit of drugs… (we can talk about exceptions, like someone who committed a violent drug crime with a half pound of fentanyl on them… it could be argued that the amount of people likely to have died because of this person, justifies his sentencing and maybe even tick on murder. And then there’s the more libertarian argument: “People should have full control over their bodies and what goes into them. The government stepping in crosses a line.” And, to be honest, I don’t think either perspective is that crazy and both have their merits.
Additionally abolish the DEA, complete drug reform meant to offer help, not punish.
Abolish gerrymandering and fix the election system to be ranked-choice, make voting a national holiday and make it mandatory for all employers to give employees the day off, or a significant amount of time (5 hours?) given during the day to vote for any mission-critical employees who would like to vote in person. CERTIFIABLY mission-critical - as in, the company must submit requests to the federal government in advance detailing the reasons a certain employee is so essential they cannot miss a full day.
While we’re on the topic of voting, expand mail in voting and make it as easy as possible to vote (obviously without compromising security - but we all know the stuff they’ve been passing are simply there to make voting more difficult. Not to mention I’m sure they’ll try to have ICE posted up at every possible polling place. Imagine if it was just an app on your phone. I don’t think something like that would be impossible at all… of course, it would need to be executed flawlessly.
Anyone currently being targeted by ICE (because yes, they will come for you eventually too), PLEASE vote-by-mail. They’re going to try to scare us into not voting at all because Trump knows he’s lost a significant chunk of that “Latinos for Trump” thing. And if they get to the point of deporting left-leaning people just for their political views, this fear will extend beyond minorities.
Most importantly, tax the fucking rich. I want to go back to the days of 90% tax for the top 1%. Develop incentives beyond this to further push rich people to actually SPEND their money, not hoard it. Create an independent commission, including a team of former highly paid tax attorneys, to constantly try to game the IRS in order to snuff out as many loopholes as possible.
It’s like, you may not have voted for me, and you may have been duped into believing many of these things would be bad for you, and that somehow I am a “full-blown communist”, despite these being very universally accepted polices in many many countries, and implemented in every single “first-world” country except for the US, and it isn’t considered radical whatsoever. and THAT, my friend, is because it isn’t. It simply makes sense when you don’t have healthcare lobbyists fucking everything up. Goddammit I will protect your rights, keep you healthy, save you money, increase your wages, and root out as much ACTUAL corruption as possible. Whether you like it or not. And once you see the results, trust me - you are going to like it.