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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by arrosenberg on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:04PM (#22370587)
> Regarding policy, with so many Supreme Court Justices up in age, the next President will likely get the chance to set the tone.

Terrible strategy. Bernie replacing Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Stephen Breyer isn't going to advance the agenda. Clarence Thomas is only 71 and won't step down if a Democrat is president.

The only way Bernie passes his agenda is by getting significant portions of the country to strike until Congress complies.

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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by omegaworks on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:32PM (#22370825)
With the support of so many unions[1] and willingness to use that support to push his agenda [unlike his predecessor 2], that might actually be a card in his pocket.

1. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/24/bernie-sanders-labo...

2. https://newrepublic.com/article/140245/obamas-lost-army-insi...

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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by arrosenberg on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:39PM (#22370872)
That's been my assumption for months based on his "organizer-in-chief" comments. I don't see any other practical way for him to get his agenda passed.
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