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Leftist Luminary. Media Critic. MLS Lover. Screeds are Canon.
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Deez Knuts
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How about Portland Timbers, whose supposed lefty fans are afraid to boycott an ownership group that has enabled sexual abuse and domestic violence because they are afraid to lose season tickets?
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The fans held strong and the president was eventually fired. Fast forward one year later, the Galaxy are going to MLS Cup for the first time in 10 years. Fans completely transformed the club.
Remember, there is tremendous power in collective action and there's a reason you are told otherwise.
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Biden made sure the right people were in charge, like Ronald Klein (venture capitalist executive), Steve Richetti (former big pharma lobbyist), Cedric Richmond (top Dem receiver of oil money). Cecilia Muñoz, who said "there will be children separated from parents"
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Or Neera Tanden, who openly wanted Libya's oil. We need common sense cabinet picks like this. Not WWE stars.
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To Biden's credit, he speaks the language of labor. He believes labor unions are important beyond a voter base, but rarely actually challenges industry on their behalf. He gave a speech about democracy, but not about a looming rail strike and why greedy interests were to blame. Instead, he broke it
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The writing was on the wall going into the first time Trump beat them. They thought they could rely on a labor base in an era where their macro-economic politics didn't align with their "pro-labor" rhetoric. You can't simultaneously support business and labor. Labor always gets the short end.