Joe Biden Will Lose a General Election to Donald Trump
If you want to beat Donald Trump, there is one safe bet — and it’s not Joe Biden, it’s Bernie Sanders.
41 Articles by: Carl Beijer
Carl Beijer is a writer at carlbeijer.com.
The “Bernie Bro” Slur 2.0
In today’s political discourse, you can say whatever you want about Bernie Sanders and his supporters without any baseline expectation of fairness. You can completely invent sensational allegations of sexist hypocrisy among Sanders supporters — and even high-profile journalists will casually repeat them, with no concern for reality.
Elizabeth Warren’s New Health Care Plan Would Doom the Fight for Medicare for All
Elizabeth Warren’s new health care proposal, released yesterday, is practically tailor-made to divide, depress, marginalize, and exhaust any political will for single payer before we’ve even begun the final fight.
Where Elizabeth Warren’s New Votes Are Coming From
Elizabeth Warren is up in the polls lately. Where is her new support coming from? A look at the polls shows she is drawing from Biden’s supporters and perhaps from undecided and lower-ranked candidates — but not Bernie Sanders’s supporters.
No, Sanders and Warren Don’t Need to Call a Truce
The Nation is calling for a “truce” between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. But they’re competing against each other in a primary, and a preemptive compromise does no service to either voters or their two different visions of change.
The Sanders Climate Plan Can Work. Warren’s Can’t.
Bernie Sanders is the only choice on climate. He is getting it right because his plan is better, and his plan is better because of specific and substantial ideological differences with Elizabeth Warren.
Bernie Has Been Vetted, and He Can Beat Trump
Bernie Sanders is a democratic socialist, vetted after four years in the national limelight, who polls repeatedly show can demolish Trump. The media should lay to rest the dominant narrative that the United States is a center-right nation with a public committed to capitalism.
Why Poor People Don’t Pay Attention to Politics
The poor and oppressed tend to pay less attention to politics. But it’s not because they’re dumb — it’s because they know the political system doesn’t work for them.
The Quiet Death of the “White Bernie Bro” Attack
The media used to say Bernie Sanders’s coalition was too white and male. Now that that’s so obviously not true, they should admit why they really hate Bernie — his class politics.
The “Biased Electorate” Myth Has Been Debunked Again
The deck is stacked against women and people of color seeking political office. But it’s not because of a reactionary electorate — it’s because of party elites and donors.
How Warren’s Climate Defense Bill Undermines Itself
Elizabeth Warren has a new bill that pledges to “green” the military. But it would neither attack climate emissions nor scale back the US’s enormous footprint around the world.
Stick With Bernie
Forget all the other Democratic candidates: the primary will come down to Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden. If we want to beat Trump, we should stick with Bernie.
Who Wants Bernie to Run?
Pundits claim that Bernie has a “problem” with minority voters. But the polling is clear — Sanders is advancing a vision of politics that challenges injustice in a way that black voters broadly support.
Vox Is Wrong About the Midterm Elections
Despite breathless claims of a deepening political cold war, Democrats made gains this month in every Republican-leaning voting group.
Fascism’s Pincer
We can avoid a barbarous future. But we’ll have to massively redistribute wealth first.
Learjet Liberalism
Advocates for climate action should stop defending the rich.
Fascism and the Liberal Imagination
Watch ThinkProgress try to link socialism to fascism, using casual dot-connecting and glib historical analysis.
Why They Support Trump
Vox is wrong. Much of Trump’s support is rooted in economic issues.
The Democratic Mandate That Wasn’t
The overwhelming majority of black Americans have not voted for Hillary Clinton.
Red-Baiting Bernie
There’s no evidence that anticommunism is driving opposition to Bernie Sanders. But that doesn’t stop liberal media narratives.