[Peace-discuss] Proper domestic priorities courtesy of Jimmy Dore's class-based framing of the issue

[J.B. Nicholson]

Jimmy Dore's remarkable take on which class is represented by the 
Democrat/Republicans (hint: you're not in it) where he also shows how the Republicans 
and Democrats effectively work together (this is not a new position). The two major 
parties are working for the same funders, therefore express the same interests in the 
same priorities, and domestically that includes never bringing up Medicare for All, a 
universal basic income, or a national jobs program, three things that could really 
help Americans right now.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JS0oOiOoGUg -- (7m 34s) Jimmy Dore: "Dems & Trump Want To 
Ban TikTok During Economic Depression/Pandemic!"



Sources pointed to in this segment:

What's important domestically:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nothing-compares-unemployment-filings-top-1-million-20th-124400780--abc-news-topstories.html

> 'Nothing compares': Unemployment filings top 1 million for 20th straight week
> 
> For 20 straight weeks, the number of Americans who have lost their jobs and filed 
> for unemployment insurance has topped 1 million.
> 
> This unprecedented streak of weekly jobless claims has shattered all historical 
> records.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/opinion/evictions-foreclosures-covid-economy.html
> The Coming Eviction Crisis: ‘It’s Hard to Pay the Bills on Nothing’
> 
> If the federal government repeats the mistakes of the last recession, millions of 
> Americans will lose their apartments and homes.




What the Democrats and Republicans are working on now:

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/president-trump-ban-tiktok-united-states/story?id=72115533
> President Trump says he will ban TikTok in United States

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DPpYItDxMqU -- Video of Sen. Chuck Schumer saying "I have 
been very opposed to TikTok, I was one of the first to expose the Chinese links. And 
I have urged that TikTok be closed down in America..."



Reaction from Twitter posters:

https://twitter.com/ProudSocialist/status/1290082644072345601
Ryan Knight (@proudsocialist)
> Chuck Schumer fighting harder to ban Tik Tok than he has ever fought for
> #MedicareForAll or the working class.

https://twitter.com/Jamie_Maz/status/1290019103080554496
Taylor Swift is Evelyn Hugo (@Jamie_Maz)
> Trump calls to ban Tik Tok - what an idiot!
> next day: Schumer calls for ban on Tik Tok
> 
> Trump announces Space Force - what an idiot!
> next day: Pelosi funds Space Force
> 
> Trump: Build a wall! - what a racist!
> next day: Pelosi gives Trump billions for wall

https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1292533987496386566
Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein)
> Chuck Schumer is on fire this week
[Includes two pictures in the Twitter.com post:
https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FEfAAz4qXsAEH2W7.jpg
https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FEfAAz4oWAAISejX.jpg
But both pictures are more readily available on Nitter, a Twitter front-end, than 
Twitter.]

(article from 2015)
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/schumer-ban-flavored-e-cigs-appeal-kids-article-1.2200061
> Sen. Chuck Schumer wants ban on flavored e-cigarettes that appeal to kids

(quote from 2020 covered by multiple sources)
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1291781344725553153
> Chuck Schumer: "If we don't open up the schools, you're going to hurt the
> economy significantly."

-J