You nailed it, Corbin! I'm sick of those self-righteous caucuses, who have shown time and time again that their real interest is in preserving their own positions and power. If A Fight Worth Having (afightworthhaving.com) can move the needle and change the broken, corrupt, and self-serving caucus system, then it's a fight worth having!!!!
Corbin this is another fantastic post. As we've discussed I couldn't agree more. This isn't just about keeping/getting dems into power -- not if those dems have attached themselves to the current corporatocracy/classism system instead of going after that system itself. I have said for years that America is more a classist society than a racist one now, which doesn't mean racism isn't still a huge and foundational problem. We must harness all this darkness and upheaval to bring about radical systems change -- in the economic model and in political processes.
On a personal note, it must be very hard having your values and a governor like the one currently at the helm in your state. Hang in there. By the way, I just upgraded to a paid subscription. Keep doing your good work!
Remember that by redistricting, they are also diluting the safe red districts, so that if trump really takes down the Republican party, those districts will no longer be safe, so this whole effort to disenfranchise minorities could come back to bite them.
I'm with you, Corbin. Those corporate Democrats are just as worrisome as the Republicans and the only difference is the masking of it by the Dems. I think a new day is dawning in our country. At 87 yrs. old, I'm not sure it will be in my lifetime, but my grandchildren will live to see it. I love your essay's and the truth the words bring to us. Tonight, California is holding the last debate in the Governor's Race. I'm hoping it will be worth the wait as the last one, hosted by CBS was horrid. Steyer is my choice even though he has billionaire status because he thinks outside the box, no-one owns him, he's worked on Climate Change since 2012, and he believes in taxing billionaires. It's no secret that big oil and Pharma are raising money against him. It's time for change. Thanks for all you do!
I like the idea of party-free primaries. The Democrats and Republicans used to belong to the same club. They might call each other names in debates, or to get elected, but they would have a good laugh about it later, over drinks, at the club. (Once elected you might forget to which party the candidates belonged). The push for term-limits reflects the problem with the party affiliated primaries. The best term limit is the vote. The problem is the political parties: the political parties are reluctant to nominate challengers to long-term incumbents (who benefit from name recognition on the ballot) and want to retain seniority perks. The voters are not very awake (and have little time to be politically active): I like the idea of party-free primaries. The political parties can do what they want, but our elections need to be disengaged from them. The parties can hold (and pay for) their own nominating elections or caucuses but our primaries should be party free.
Your cause is just, but your delivery is off… “THE NOT AIPAC SUPERPAC”? Tell me what you are, not what you’re not. That’s a bad lead-in. And “same ole same ole”? I’m totally onboard with your ideas, but very disappointed by your home page. You can do better. And you should!
We are broken. Common American families are renting their lives from the rich. Air BnB, VRBO. The largest problem though is the broken Healthcare system. The rich are hoarding Healthcare, keeping it from the commonplace. Selling us our lives to enrich only themselves.
If what you describe isn't grounds for justifiable homicide, I don't know what is - and lest we forget, I now know for certain I am not the only one who thinks so!
The competition to undermine "one man one vote" and turn our democracy into fantasy team sports will not work for either team. We need to drop these political parties and move to "no party" primaries to select candidates, or to multiple round general elections.
I live in Tennessee too. I’d been told that in the South all politics is racial but I was still surprised at the extremity of it. Maybe politics has to find a way to try to gain power that is about something other than race. Maybe drawing circles around black people and saying to them that electing a black representative in that district isn’t enough.
Some states are moving in the right direction re: money in politics!
""Basically, Montana has the authority to remove corporations’ power to spend in politics through corporation laws which are controlled by the states—other states can follow suit. While Hawaii’s measure passed through the legislature, Montana organizers are putting it to the voters with a ballot initiative.""
This is only a small part of this post - very very worthwhile reading the whole thing! These guys sound a great deal like Corbin.
""If data centers are truly a national priority, they should serve the national interest. Either the public builds them and the public owns them — or private companies build them on terms that guarantee the public is a genuine partner, not a bystander holding the bag.""
As you say, people of color are killed by police at a higher RATE than whites, but by sheer numbers, a majority of people killed by police are white. A majority of people living below the ”poverty level” are white.
This rush to disenfranchise black voters can evoke despair, but you give me hope that working people can still prevail if we all come together, supporting left progressive candidates who are committed to changing the status quo. Rural white, urban black, suburban working people.
STOP THIS CLAP TRAP YAKKING AND DO SOMETHING. SO SICK OF "LEARNING HOW CRIMINALS DO THINGS". I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS AND I DEMAND IT STOP. I DON'T GIVE A SHEEPS BUTT HOW THEY ARE DOING IT. THE LAW NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED.
God it has taken so long to hear the truth about power corrupting absolutely everyone who brushes against it! This is 'the fight worth having'. If we don't work together there will be no other. We will continue to fight alone, with no hope.
You nailed it, Corbin! I'm sick of those self-righteous caucuses, who have shown time and time again that their real interest is in preserving their own positions and power. If A Fight Worth Having (afightworthhaving.com) can move the needle and change the broken, corrupt, and self-serving caucus system, then it's a fight worth having!!!!
Corbin this is another fantastic post. As we've discussed I couldn't agree more. This isn't just about keeping/getting dems into power -- not if those dems have attached themselves to the current corporatocracy/classism system instead of going after that system itself. I have said for years that America is more a classist society than a racist one now, which doesn't mean racism isn't still a huge and foundational problem. We must harness all this darkness and upheaval to bring about radical systems change -- in the economic model and in political processes.
On a personal note, it must be very hard having your values and a governor like the one currently at the helm in your state. Hang in there. By the way, I just upgraded to a paid subscription. Keep doing your good work!
Remember that by redistricting, they are also diluting the safe red districts, so that if trump really takes down the Republican party, those districts will no longer be safe, so this whole effort to disenfranchise minorities could come back to bite them.
Thank you Corbin for all you’re doing. It’s
Nice to know that there is someone that is
Doing something to save our country. I am 85 and worry so about this doing to our country!
Thank you!!
I'm with you, Corbin. Those corporate Democrats are just as worrisome as the Republicans and the only difference is the masking of it by the Dems. I think a new day is dawning in our country. At 87 yrs. old, I'm not sure it will be in my lifetime, but my grandchildren will live to see it. I love your essay's and the truth the words bring to us. Tonight, California is holding the last debate in the Governor's Race. I'm hoping it will be worth the wait as the last one, hosted by CBS was horrid. Steyer is my choice even though he has billionaire status because he thinks outside the box, no-one owns him, he's worked on Climate Change since 2012, and he believes in taxing billionaires. It's no secret that big oil and Pharma are raising money against him. It's time for change. Thanks for all you do!
Good one. I agree the primary’s are critical. Thanks.
I like the idea of party-free primaries. The Democrats and Republicans used to belong to the same club. They might call each other names in debates, or to get elected, but they would have a good laugh about it later, over drinks, at the club. (Once elected you might forget to which party the candidates belonged). The push for term-limits reflects the problem with the party affiliated primaries. The best term limit is the vote. The problem is the political parties: the political parties are reluctant to nominate challengers to long-term incumbents (who benefit from name recognition on the ballot) and want to retain seniority perks. The voters are not very awake (and have little time to be politically active): I like the idea of party-free primaries. The political parties can do what they want, but our elections need to be disengaged from them. The parties can hold (and pay for) their own nominating elections or caucuses but our primaries should be party free.
I'd rather just abolish political parties altogether; George Washington himself said America should not have them, and he was so right.
Exactly why I recently quit the Dems after 58 years of loyal voting. We need to undivide ourselves .. now.
Your cause is just, but your delivery is off… “THE NOT AIPAC SUPERPAC”? Tell me what you are, not what you’re not. That’s a bad lead-in. And “same ole same ole”? I’m totally onboard with your ideas, but very disappointed by your home page. You can do better. And you should!
We are broken. Common American families are renting their lives from the rich. Air BnB, VRBO. The largest problem though is the broken Healthcare system. The rich are hoarding Healthcare, keeping it from the commonplace. Selling us our lives to enrich only themselves.
If what you describe isn't grounds for justifiable homicide, I don't know what is - and lest we forget, I now know for certain I am not the only one who thinks so!
The competition to undermine "one man one vote" and turn our democracy into fantasy team sports will not work for either team. We need to drop these political parties and move to "no party" primaries to select candidates, or to multiple round general elections.
I live in Tennessee too. I’d been told that in the South all politics is racial but I was still surprised at the extremity of it. Maybe politics has to find a way to try to gain power that is about something other than race. Maybe drawing circles around black people and saying to them that electing a black representative in that district isn’t enough.
Some states are moving in the right direction re: money in politics!
""Basically, Montana has the authority to remove corporations’ power to spend in politics through corporation laws which are controlled by the states—other states can follow suit. While Hawaii’s measure passed through the legislature, Montana organizers are putting it to the voters with a ballot initiative.""
https://groundedpodcast.substack.com/p/mayor-pete-in-montana?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=4022284&post_id=198128697&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=b9ign&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
I have also come to that conclusion. We must have mandatory guidelines for drawing congressional districts.
This is only a small part of this post - very very worthwhile reading the whole thing! These guys sound a great deal like Corbin.
""If data centers are truly a national priority, they should serve the national interest. Either the public builds them and the public owns them — or private companies build them on terms that guarantee the public is a genuine partner, not a bystander holding the bag.""
https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/the-great-data-center-swindle
As you say, people of color are killed by police at a higher RATE than whites, but by sheer numbers, a majority of people killed by police are white. A majority of people living below the ”poverty level” are white.
This rush to disenfranchise black voters can evoke despair, but you give me hope that working people can still prevail if we all come together, supporting left progressive candidates who are committed to changing the status quo. Rural white, urban black, suburban working people.
Does the slate have a website yet?
STOP THIS CLAP TRAP YAKKING AND DO SOMETHING. SO SICK OF "LEARNING HOW CRIMINALS DO THINGS". I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS AND I DEMAND IT STOP. I DON'T GIVE A SHEEPS BUTT HOW THEY ARE DOING IT. THE LAW NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED.
God it has taken so long to hear the truth about power corrupting absolutely everyone who brushes against it! This is 'the fight worth having'. If we don't work together there will be no other. We will continue to fight alone, with no hope.