{"id":23291,"date":"2016-07-30T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T19:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23291"},"modified":"2016-07-30T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T19:00:22","slug":"25-progressive-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/30\/25-progressive-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Progressive Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that the primary season is over, Hillary Clinton is doing what winning candidates have always done, trying to lock up the moderate vote, and even trying to recruit a few voters from the other side, albeit without being so crass as to troll in the other party’s convention hall.  No doubt Regressives will take this as an occasion to accuse her of being slightly to the right of Torquemada, and sadly, some idealists among our friends will be duped by them.  Let is remember that Clinton has pledged to 25 reforms in her convention speech.  Here are the first three.  We might actually get those reforms from Hillary.  We won’t from the fellow pictured below in this German display.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Whether you fall under the poetry and spell of this sweeping agenda or are skeptical that her words won\u2019t bring actions, Clinton is setting a high benchmark. Here are 25 points as directly quoted or paraphrased from her speech.<\/p>\n

1. Make economic and social justice issues ‘front and center.’<\/strong> Clinton made that pledge when praising Sanders and his campaign, saying that\u2019s \u201cwhere they belong\u2026 I want you to know I have heard you. Your cause is our cause. Our country needs your ideas, energy, and passion. That is the only way we can turn our progressive platform into real change for America.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. Comprehensive immigration reform\u2014not Trump\u2019s border wall.<\/strong> \u201cWe will not build a wall\u2026 When we have millions of hardworking immigrants contributing to our economy, it would be self-defeating and inhumane to try to kick them out. Comprehensive immigration reform will grow our economy and keep families together\u2014and it\u2019s the right thing to do\u2026 And we\u2019ll build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. End targeting and racial profiling of Islamic Americans.<\/strong> Replying to Trump\u2019s proposal to stop Muslims from visiting from overseas and increasing police surveillance at home, Clinton said, \u201cWe will not ban a religion. We will work with all Americans and our allies to fight and defeat terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Please click through for the other twenty two progressive reforms.<\/font><\/p>\n

If I said I haven’t considered the possibility that Clinton might not follow through, you wouldn’t believe me.  You know me too well.  We need to take back the Senate, and at least put a huge dent in the Republican House Majority to get anything done.  And we have some wonderful Senators, Brown (D-OH), Merkley (D-OR), Sanders (I-VT) and Warren (D-MA), to hold her feet to the fire, if need be.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that the primary season is over, Hillary Clinton is doing what winning candidates have always done, trying to lock up the moderate vote, and even trying to recruit a few voters from the other side, albeit without being so crass as to troll in the other party’s convention hall.  No doubt Regressives will take […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}