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"type": "entry",
"author": {
"name": "Jared White",
"url": "https://jaredwhite.com/",
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},
"url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250324/bernie-aoc",
"published": "2025-03-24T19:27:41-07:00",
"content": {
"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://youtu.be/njwEDpUv2W0\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>\u201cI like the idea of [a Bernie/AOC ticket]. They\u2019re very good at pushing agendas through that I think moves the needle towards where it kind of should go\u2026\u201d</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Nobody does person-on-the-street interviews like Don Lemon. He\u2019s just great at this stuff, and honestly that was the first clue I got back in October/early November 2024 that something was off about the Harris campaign. Don Lemon\u2019s interviews picked up on a thread of the zeitgeist I wasn\u2019t seeing anywhere else.</p>\n\n<p>Lately he\u2019s been out asking lots of folks what they think about Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the responses have been fascinating. It\u2019s incredibly apparent that they are tapping into a wing of the Democratic Party base which has been <em>supremely frustrated</em> over the past couple of years. We desperately need an energetic, youth-focused, <strong>center-left populist movement</strong> in American <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/politics\">#politics</a> and the Dems would be wise to stop taking this demographic for granted. It\u2019s the kind of mojo the party needs in full force right now.</p>",
"text": "\u201cI like the idea of [a Bernie/AOC ticket]. They\u2019re very good at pushing agendas through that I think moves the needle towards where it kind of should go\u2026\u201d\n\n\n\nNobody does person-on-the-street interviews like Don Lemon. He\u2019s just great at this stuff, and honestly that was the first clue I got back in October/early November 2024 that something was off about the Harris campaign. Don Lemon\u2019s interviews picked up on a thread of the zeitgeist I wasn\u2019t seeing anywhere else.\n\nLately he\u2019s been out asking lots of folks what they think about Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the responses have been fascinating. It\u2019s incredibly apparent that they are tapping into a wing of the Democratic Party base which has been supremely frustrated over the past couple of years. We desperately need an energetic, youth-focused, center-left populist movement in American #politics and the Dems would be wise to stop taking this demographic for granted. It\u2019s the kind of mojo the party needs in full force right now."
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"name": "Link: Making the Dems Great Again (Bernie & AOC)",
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