It doesn't really need to be said here because I think we're all on the same page, but felons and excons should both have full enfranchisement. On the level of what constitutes a felony, about half of people serving a felony sentence were only convicted for a drug or property crime and were not violent. Regardless of that, the state of capitalism right now drives people to desperation - desperation all the way up to murder or robbery in an attempt to make a living in an increasingly desperate society. None of that should mean stripping people of the right to vote - if we're going to disenfranchise people for the harm they cause, then strip the right to vote from billionaires, landlords and cops before you disenfranchise a homeless person or a drug dealer.
Link to tweet: https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1366824014145064964
Which was it?
Sure, but "more in common than you'd think" doesn't mean "the same." People are smart enough to pick up on that.
Maybe, or maybe they'll get enough power within the party that Democratic leadership has to accommodate them.
As soon as the party ostensibly in favor of repeal was in power, you ran into these defectors who made repeal impossible. Thus, repeal was never under serious consideration, any more than a full blown Public Option was on the table for Obamacare.
No. Cuomo has nipple piercings and a pair of functional legs. He lives in New York. And his greasy accent causes my skin to crawl in a slightly different manner than Abbott's grating drone.
Can fuck the DSA just like Blairites fucked Corbyn, sabotaging their own party for a decade rather than risk another FDR.