{"id":35232,"date":"2019-01-03T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35232"},"modified":"2019-01-03T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T20:11:00","slug":"a-meeting-of-giants-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/03\/a-meeting-of-giants-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Meeting of Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years back a new face appeared on the financial services scene.  She explained financial services practices in a way that affected me in two ways.  For the first time, I understood exactly what Banksters and their minions were (and are) up to.  Second, I became very pissed off about it.  As for Rachel Maddow, she has been my favorite Journalist, since MSNBC fired Keith Olbermann in 2011.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Wednesday that the Democratic Party should say "no to the billionaires."<\/p>\n

Warren, during an appearance on MSNBC’s "The Rachel Maddow Show," called on the party to disavow billionaire 2020 presidential candidates "whether they are self-funding" or funding Political Action Committees (PACs).<\/p>\n

\u201cIs this going to be a Democratic primary that is funded by the grassroots, that is done with grassroots volunteers, or is this going to be something that\u2019s just one more plaything that billionaires can buy<\/strong>?\u201d Warren asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think this is a moment for all of the Democratic nominees to come into the race to say \u2018in a Democratic primary we are going to link arms and we\u2019re going to say grassroots funding. No to the billionaires. No to the billionaires whether they are self-funding or whether they are funding PACs. We are the Democratic Party and that\u2019s the party of the people,\u2019" she continued. "That\u2019s how we not only win elections, that\u2019s how we win movements that make real change.\u201d…  [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here are three video clips from that interview.<\/font><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Warren: ‘No To The Billionaires’ Funding Politics<\/a><\/p>\n