• cracksmoke2020 [none/use name]
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    I think the Warren endorsement had more to do with just how good Warrens campaign was at winning over non profits than anything else.

    WFP is still absolutely a net good in the world of NY politics

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        Yeah and their work helped expand rent control in a major way not seen in decades in the state. It helped make incredible progress on the issue of abolishing all bail and pre trial detention.

        I was pissed about what happened in the primary too, but their ballot line is absolutely useful at whiping votes for left causes in the state.

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          It's not to going to be whipping any votes from me. Overruling your rank and file to nominate Elizabeth fucking Warren? And then trying to cover it up? If I wanted to vote for corrupt PMC's I'd just vote a straight Democratic ticket.

          • cracksmoke2020 [none/use name]
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            I'm not arguing for your vote, I'm just trying to say how there's more to this organization than just that one endorsement and they really do help advance left wing causes in ny state.

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              I thought it was especially progressive when they broke with the unions and endorsed Cuomo's entire austerity platform in 2010. Wage freezes and property tax caps are big priorities for us leftists

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                They endorsed Cythia Nixon in 2018 which was a meaningful move where they bucked unions against Cuomo. They helped a lot of good candidates get elected in recent years that has resulted in some good policy changes.

                I'm not saying they're perfect, or especially great, just that losing their ballot line will only be a bad thing.

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                  nah I think he should keep going, fuck WFP for selling their party to the Warren campaign for $230 grand

                  • bamboo68 [none/use name,any]
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                    lol i dont disagree but this is one of like 3 places on the internet where this is just preaching to the choir

                      • bamboo68 [none/use name,any]
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                        every time i see ur name i remeber a thread u posted like 18 months ago about aliens or something that i wasnt sure if it was irony or not cause u seemed really into it so hey bud nice to see u around

                        • emizeko [they/them]
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                          hmm I don't remember that... might have been ironic posadism. do you remmeber any other details

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      yeah right it was about Amelia Warren Tyagi and her Demos think tank paying WFP off

      Does Elizabeth Warren’s Daughter’s Financial Connection to Working Families Party Hang a Cloud Over Endorsement?

      Amelia Warren Tyagi served as co-chair of the board of trustees of Demos, a progressive think tank, from May 2010 through May of this year. According to Demos’ IRS 990 form for the fiscal year starting July 1st, 2017 through June 30th, 2018, **Demos issued three separate grants to the Working Families Party totaling $45,000. These grants to WFP made up of 20 percent of Demos’ total grants ($229,523) issued for the fiscal year. ** he grants were first uncovered by political activist Sam Finkelstein online.

      who gives a fuck about these shitheads, they can go die