If you look at the evidence though, they aren't... Look at Bernie for instance -- I knocked on doors for him in Iowa I was so enamored. But look at what he does -- he says what left-leaning people want to hear. Those things cannot be accomplished within the current system. When the Dems serve us the oligarch-approved genocidal war-monger (aka Biden/Harris/etc), Bernie shames his base into voting for them EVERY TIME. THAT is not progressive, that is keeping people within the two-party system by giving them hope the Dems might one day move left. THEY WON'T! And Bernie knows it. He's the worst of the Dems for this reason, in my opinion. He keeps would-be third party voters within the duopoly, that's his function. We need real leftists like California Green Butch Ware, they're the only ones actually advocating for true systemic change, and would never ask their base to support imperialist war-profiteering Dems. Peace to you my friend!
Exactly!! Until someone supports candidates like Butch Ware, I’m going to assume they’re part of the Dem machine and probably engaging in controlled opposition.
Corbin, you are so close to saying what no one in the D brand wants to say -- the D brand is dead, because the D brand represents no one. Lipstick on pigs is not solution. You say the time is ripe. No. Buds on now just swelling. Still time to jettison the labels of a D brand party that cares. I, a lifelong crazy progressive conservationist Independent, have shouted - 'What about daring to be independent and believe/think/do the unthinkable, organize around and dare to allow all the people to frame a resistance AND a recovery Toward a Public Party of Citizens?' You say folks cringe to speak of socialism cuz it just slaps too many hot buttons? Well, hell yes, those are the buttons that scramble the thoughts of those who are addicted to the Koolaid. Fire it up, and show them what real coalition looks like. Your program does just that, but NOT under the calcified D brand, arthritic and encrusted in corporate and middle man bureaucratic gunk. We can spend 2 billion (hah, actually 3 times that) on an Assault (not a war with, an assault against) a country that exists via justifiable paranoia. But we cannot spend 1 billion a year to eliminate 800k homeless?? We do not have the empty buildings and out-of-work social professionals to do that?? We can now be shown that corporate 'murka has stashed 12-17 TRILLION offshore and hidden in other ways from taxation, but we can't afford to protect ALL our little ones? NO damned 'party' run by entrenched bureaucrat professionals will move the needle anywhere except toward more filthy avarice. People's Park, Berkeley CA. I was there. The low folks, the street folk, the alternate vision folk, the youth folk, the prolitariat folk, all made the park out of a junk yard, and WHAM, the establishment ripped it up with jack-booted thugs, very reminiscent of ICE thugs. Direct democracy, mandatory democracy, inclusive democracy, bottom up democracy. Public servants, NOT politicos. Sell that Corbin, you can sell anything dude. You are that good. I never want to hear the words 'Democratic Party' ever again.
It's triage without an underlying treatment plan. Without addressing the fundamental disease of Empire that got us here, no 3rd party will withstand the power of corruption that permeates American Empire to sustain the fight for universal human rights and real government by the people.
I'm the author of Sacrificial Lambs: A Liberal Reporter Exposes How the Progressive Left Harms Children in the Name of Gender Ideology (Pitchstone 2025), and I agree that we're about to lose the opportunity of a lifetime. But you're seeing only a part of the reason why.
I keep hearing the more promising Democratic politicians like Platner, Osoff, and Talarico, and non-"abundance" Democratic-leaning pundits like you, saying the kinds of things that make more sense than the Democratic leadership.
And THEN, I hear all of you claim, "but transgender issues are a distraction."
And that's when you and they lose momentum with more Democratic-leaning parents and women than you can imagine.
Yes, I know: we're invisible to most of you, so you don't imagine that there are that many of us. But there are.
I know that both our alternative and legacy media frame the issue as "right-wing." But it's not.
I'm here to tell you that that is the distraction. It's flat-out wrong.
Most of the families who've been harmed by gender ideology are liberal or moderate. Most of the women whose privacy has been compromised are liberal or moderate. That's because the areas where transgenderism is pushed most aggressively are liberal and moderate. It's where, from as early as Pre-K, kids are taught that "the doctor only guessed your sex at birth," and you can choose another. It's where aggressive males get told they can use any bathroom or locker room or shower they please, nevermind that the sign on the door says "women," because any man who says he's one, instantly becomes one, and real women have to just suck it up.
Say, "transgender issues are a distraction," and you're saying that kids should be taken from parents who want to safeguard them from mutilating drugs or surgeries to approximate the look of the opposite sex; that boys should play against girls in female sports and take all the opportunities meant for girls; that men should be in women's showers and bathrooms.
Even if you don't hear it yourself, we hear that you're saying that none of us deserve intact families; non-brainwashed children; privacy, safety, and dignity; or fair play.
That's no distraction. These issues hit closer to home than the bombs dropping on Iran, or the price of groceries and gas. Dismissing all this shows that the people doing so are going to be working against some of our most pressing interests.
And that's how Democrats lose.
I'm writing to tell you that holding to this position is one of the main reasons Democrats are not gaining traction, despite having a lunatic in the White House who's tempting WW 3 and demanding $1.5 trillion to play at wars no one wants. Because when lawmakers and liberal pundits keep saying ".... transgender issues are a distraction," they ALSO sound like lunatics to those who know how devastating transgender ideology has been to children, teens, and their families.
It looks to us like the proverbial choice between frying pan and fire.
Let me send you a copy of my book, Sacrificial Lambs, and then, let's please have a conversation, where you actually listen and keep an open mind to the information I can share. Because I agree that we are about to miss the opportunity of a lifetime. But you have had blinders on about one of the main reasons why. And if you don't take them off, that opportunity is lost.
Many people do. Like me, a registered Democrat for over half a century who now votes straight Republican, entirely because of this issue.
Not only votes Republican, but works to defeat as many Democrats as possible via strategic donations and volunteer support to Republicans in swing House districts. That’s how pissed off I am.
And it is all because the Democrats (in office or running for office) unanimously support the ongoing crime against humanity of pediatric sex-trait modification by drugs and surgeries, which is pure medical quackery with no science basis at all. I’ve read the systematic reviews and the original papers. And I have the science chops to understand them (40 years as a professor at an R1 research university in a STEM field). It’s all anti-science, anti-human garbage. Indeed to call it garbage is an insult to garbage. Garbage does not go around mutilating children, only Democrats in office mandate that.
So start caring. Or watch crimimal right-wing sociopaths like Trump win ever more elections.
If you were a parent whose kid joined the trans cult after being indoctrinated in school, or a woman who'd found a naked man leering at her in the gym shower next to her, or a young person who'd imagined she/he was trans and now mourns lost body function (and even body parts), you'd understand.
And you don't have to personally care because it affects what you DO care about: winning elections. You have to understand that getting caught up in this (or having a family member caught up in this) is devastating.
It's why the Trump commercial about Harris being for "they/them" resonated with so many people, and might even have cost Harris (granted, an awful candidate) the election.
The lie is that only Republicans/rightwingers/Christian nationalists/whatever care.
You're informed about so much. You aren't about this and you need to be because elections can be (and probably already have been) won or lost on the issue.
DM me an email address and I'll send you a PDF of Sacrificial Lambs. Even if you still "don't give a shit," you'll have your eyes opened about why so many of us former Dems do. I will NEVER vote for anyone who supports this madness and I'm as liberal as they come. I'm not alone.
Harris lost the election because of her support for genocide… And you sound like an out-of-touch boomer unable to adjust and grow at best, and someone akin to the traditional racists of years past, who couldn’t think past their own biased knee-jerk reactions, at worst. Please begin to use your brain again.
you’re a liar. You know exactly what the problem is and you gutlessly don’t want to get flack for saying you know. Enjoy standing around with no pants when the tide goes out.
Nice one, Corbin. I'm in! And if all of your 100,000+ subscribers will sign on to A Fight Worth Having (afightworthhaving.com), we'll be an unstoppable force! 🤞🏼
Makes a lot of sense to me at a time when so much is senseless! I am one of those Independents who are DONE with business as usual and see the need for a strong coalition of forward-thinking leaders. Thank you, Corbin!!
Corbin, I think you may appreciate this interview on Nima's website with Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson. Wolff forcefully supports your viewpoint on American manufacturing and economic issues.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCJd_7aXhxM
Unlike others who are promoting a third party, at this point in time I don't believe it will be viable, and will only split votes. It's not impossible for a party to change its stripes... the current GOP is a far cry from what it was just a short while ago (listen to Adam Kinzinger for one). We all know that Lincoln was a republican, and the democrats were the ones promoting slavery. I believe the working class family party is also putting up candidates to run as democrats, so as not to split votes. that being said, working on a vision of our country that is not entrenched in consumerism and doing what is 'convenient' i.e. using Amazon rather than shopping local; seriously boycotting, and stop purchasing anything other than the absolute necessities for as long as it takes; our worship of wealthy people... or thinking because they are billionaires they are smarter than the rest of us; allowing ridiculous amounts of money in elections, etc. - that will be a start to what can save us, and bring us back to a 'we the people' country. I can imagine that somewhere down the road we could adjust our government to be more representative, but now is not the time - we have a lot ahead of us in terms of prosecuting the current regime when it goes out of power, undoing the damage that is being caused. We are in the midst of 'the great unraveling' and it is time for us to be working on 'the great turning' - and do everything in our power right now to build a world the way we want it to be... what can we do right now? support these candidates, build our local communities, reach out to our neighbors, find ways to discuss the issues without being divisive, search our own souls and change the habits we have developed that support the 'business as usual' system and do our best to step out of it. We can imagine our way to a better world. Bernie and AOC have a clear vision, we can rally around those who share that vision. some of us Elders are on board... some of us want to cling to the systems that we are used to - but all of us would benefit from a more equitable society and I think most of us are able to be convinced of this. to quote from grateful.org: "If we want a chance at rebuilding the fractured world, we have to visualize a connected one, and then live our lives in ways that contribute to individual wholeness and collective healing." I appreciate you, Corbin for being a strong voice in this wilderness...
what do you mean? In my view, it seems like the old guard has been doing what they've all been doing for quite some time... in terms of being beholden to the super-pacs over what the majority of actual people want. How do you see it?
I found out the other day that Mamdani and AOC put a stop to a candidate willing and interested in running against Jeffries! Why? “It’s not the time..”. Another very bad strategy employed by Dems to protect the system they are supposedly against… 🫤
It's time to dump the duopoly. Vote Green. The Big D's are NOT a democratic organization. They are a political club. All the give us is promises. They had their chance. (Recovering life-long Dem here.)
Both establishment parties serve the God of capitalism. The needs and interests of money literally Trump all other human, social, annd environmental needs. (yes, pun was intentional.)
Capitalists used to pray for money – in this final death spiral they *prey*
Corbin, you are correct. No one wants to go back to the dysfunctional system we've been pretending is a democracy. In addition to developing a consistent, compelling, positive message, we need to find a way to get that message past the censorship of established media.
It's hard to tell how bad things are going to get. But my guess is, that things will have to get much worse before we find the will to make needed changes. Top of the list should be Constitutional amendments that reverse the terrible Supreme Court decisions Citizens United, and Shelby County v. Holder, for starters. I believe major Constitutional change will be needed. Groups like the American Constitution Society and the Brennan Center should start work now and not wait until we are knee-deep in a catastrophe like the Great Depression or the Civil War.
you know what’s not in the Constitution? judicial review. we don’t need to amend the Constitution just bc a handful of hacks masquerading as justices suddenly decided corruption is constitutionally protected. Members of Congress can get money out of politics by simply passing legislation. They just don’t want to.
It's complicated, to be sure. The White Christian Nationalism movement, aka MAGA/KKK got lucky in getting Trump into a 2nd presidency. But, what should the Democrats be promoting? IMO, a new NEW DEAL. Beginning with Reagan's war on the Middle Class, the oligarchs have run the national debt up to $39 trillion by using wedge issues (abortion, racism, women's and gay rights advocates, immigrants, etc.) to get some Americans to vote against their own best economic and social issues. [Thomas Frank, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" (2004) and Heather Cox Richardson, "How the South Won the Civil War." (2020) There's also the study by two Univ. of Kansas professors entitled "The Anger Games: Who Voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 Election, and Why?" published in the Feb. 2018 edition of the peer-reviewed journal, "Critical Sociology." Democrats need to send the message: if Republicans are not voted out of power, starting now, Americans now in their 30's, 40's and 50's probably won't get Social Security or Medicare, or in any amount that matters. We can and should adopt the Scandinavian model: Pragmatic Capitalism. Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and the person most responsible for our having Social Security summed it up this way: "The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to facilitate the means by which all the people under its jurisdiction can access the best possible life."
Thank you for saying this so clearly. We see that Old Guard Democrats are compromised, owned by billionaires, and part of the rotten system.
All Dems are rotten — the “progressives’” only function is to give people enough hope that they don’t leave the two-party system.
Disagree about progressives. They are fighting for the new system we need
If you look at the evidence though, they aren't... Look at Bernie for instance -- I knocked on doors for him in Iowa I was so enamored. But look at what he does -- he says what left-leaning people want to hear. Those things cannot be accomplished within the current system. When the Dems serve us the oligarch-approved genocidal war-monger (aka Biden/Harris/etc), Bernie shames his base into voting for them EVERY TIME. THAT is not progressive, that is keeping people within the two-party system by giving them hope the Dems might one day move left. THEY WON'T! And Bernie knows it. He's the worst of the Dems for this reason, in my opinion. He keeps would-be third party voters within the duopoly, that's his function. We need real leftists like California Green Butch Ware, they're the only ones actually advocating for true systemic change, and would never ask their base to support imperialist war-profiteering Dems. Peace to you my friend!
Some other fighters you might want to support:
Abdul El-Sayed
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Analilia Mejia
Angela Gonzales-Torres
Annie Andrews
Ayanna Pressley
Bernie Sanders
Brad Lander
Bushra Amiwala
Chris Pappas
Christian Urrutia
Cori Bush
Donavan McKinney
Eileen Laubacher
Elijah Manley
Gay Valimont
Graham Platner
Hoan Huynh
Ilhan Omar
Jasmine Crockett
Jasmine Crockett (US House)
Jason Crow
Jordan Wood
Josh Weil
Leaders We Deserve
Manny Rutinel
Mark Kelly
Oliver Larkin
Randy Bryce
Richard Ojeda
Sunrise PAC - Coordinated
The Intercept
VoteVets PAC
World Central Kitchen
Zeeshan Hafeez
Butch Ware
Kshama Sawant
When those names appear, I’ll know you mean business.
Exactly!! Until someone supports candidates like Butch Ware, I’m going to assume they’re part of the Dem machine and probably engaging in controlled opposition.
Good list! Also check out The Left Hook, The Panicked Writer, and Lev Remembers. Corbin is a true gem!
Corbin, you are so close to saying what no one in the D brand wants to say -- the D brand is dead, because the D brand represents no one. Lipstick on pigs is not solution. You say the time is ripe. No. Buds on now just swelling. Still time to jettison the labels of a D brand party that cares. I, a lifelong crazy progressive conservationist Independent, have shouted - 'What about daring to be independent and believe/think/do the unthinkable, organize around and dare to allow all the people to frame a resistance AND a recovery Toward a Public Party of Citizens?' You say folks cringe to speak of socialism cuz it just slaps too many hot buttons? Well, hell yes, those are the buttons that scramble the thoughts of those who are addicted to the Koolaid. Fire it up, and show them what real coalition looks like. Your program does just that, but NOT under the calcified D brand, arthritic and encrusted in corporate and middle man bureaucratic gunk. We can spend 2 billion (hah, actually 3 times that) on an Assault (not a war with, an assault against) a country that exists via justifiable paranoia. But we cannot spend 1 billion a year to eliminate 800k homeless?? We do not have the empty buildings and out-of-work social professionals to do that?? We can now be shown that corporate 'murka has stashed 12-17 TRILLION offshore and hidden in other ways from taxation, but we can't afford to protect ALL our little ones? NO damned 'party' run by entrenched bureaucrat professionals will move the needle anywhere except toward more filthy avarice. People's Park, Berkeley CA. I was there. The low folks, the street folk, the alternate vision folk, the youth folk, the prolitariat folk, all made the park out of a junk yard, and WHAM, the establishment ripped it up with jack-booted thugs, very reminiscent of ICE thugs. Direct democracy, mandatory democracy, inclusive democracy, bottom up democracy. Public servants, NOT politicos. Sell that Corbin, you can sell anything dude. You are that good. I never want to hear the words 'Democratic Party' ever again.
THANK YOU, I completely agree and looks like many others here do too. Corbin, it’s third party or you/we are cooked brother.
Exactly !! well said - the Democrat Party is DOA ! Dead ! totally corrupted by GREED & INCOMPETENCE !!
It’s a ballot access vehicle and I think most democratic voters agree with positions and policies that need to be implemented.
It's triage without an underlying treatment plan. Without addressing the fundamental disease of Empire that got us here, no 3rd party will withstand the power of corruption that permeates American Empire to sustain the fight for universal human rights and real government by the people.
Dear Corbin,
I'm the author of Sacrificial Lambs: A Liberal Reporter Exposes How the Progressive Left Harms Children in the Name of Gender Ideology (Pitchstone 2025), and I agree that we're about to lose the opportunity of a lifetime. But you're seeing only a part of the reason why.
I keep hearing the more promising Democratic politicians like Platner, Osoff, and Talarico, and non-"abundance" Democratic-leaning pundits like you, saying the kinds of things that make more sense than the Democratic leadership.
And THEN, I hear all of you claim, "but transgender issues are a distraction."
And that's when you and they lose momentum with more Democratic-leaning parents and women than you can imagine.
Yes, I know: we're invisible to most of you, so you don't imagine that there are that many of us. But there are.
I know that both our alternative and legacy media frame the issue as "right-wing." But it's not.
I'm here to tell you that that is the distraction. It's flat-out wrong.
Most of the families who've been harmed by gender ideology are liberal or moderate. Most of the women whose privacy has been compromised are liberal or moderate. That's because the areas where transgenderism is pushed most aggressively are liberal and moderate. It's where, from as early as Pre-K, kids are taught that "the doctor only guessed your sex at birth," and you can choose another. It's where aggressive males get told they can use any bathroom or locker room or shower they please, nevermind that the sign on the door says "women," because any man who says he's one, instantly becomes one, and real women have to just suck it up.
Say, "transgender issues are a distraction," and you're saying that kids should be taken from parents who want to safeguard them from mutilating drugs or surgeries to approximate the look of the opposite sex; that boys should play against girls in female sports and take all the opportunities meant for girls; that men should be in women's showers and bathrooms.
Even if you don't hear it yourself, we hear that you're saying that none of us deserve intact families; non-brainwashed children; privacy, safety, and dignity; or fair play.
That's no distraction. These issues hit closer to home than the bombs dropping on Iran, or the price of groceries and gas. Dismissing all this shows that the people doing so are going to be working against some of our most pressing interests.
And that's how Democrats lose.
I'm writing to tell you that holding to this position is one of the main reasons Democrats are not gaining traction, despite having a lunatic in the White House who's tempting WW 3 and demanding $1.5 trillion to play at wars no one wants. Because when lawmakers and liberal pundits keep saying ".... transgender issues are a distraction," they ALSO sound like lunatics to those who know how devastating transgender ideology has been to children, teens, and their families.
It looks to us like the proverbial choice between frying pan and fire.
Let me send you a copy of my book, Sacrificial Lambs, and then, let's please have a conversation, where you actually listen and keep an open mind to the information I can share. Because I agree that we are about to miss the opportunity of a lifetime. But you have had blinders on about one of the main reasons why. And if you don't take them off, that opportunity is lost.
Best regards,
Anita Bartholomew
I guess I just genuinely don’t give a shit about that issue to be honest. But I suppose you’re right that some people do.
Many people do. Like me, a registered Democrat for over half a century who now votes straight Republican, entirely because of this issue.
Not only votes Republican, but works to defeat as many Democrats as possible via strategic donations and volunteer support to Republicans in swing House districts. That’s how pissed off I am.
And it is all because the Democrats (in office or running for office) unanimously support the ongoing crime against humanity of pediatric sex-trait modification by drugs and surgeries, which is pure medical quackery with no science basis at all. I’ve read the systematic reviews and the original papers. And I have the science chops to understand them (40 years as a professor at an R1 research university in a STEM field). It’s all anti-science, anti-human garbage. Indeed to call it garbage is an insult to garbage. Garbage does not go around mutilating children, only Democrats in office mandate that.
So start caring. Or watch crimimal right-wing sociopaths like Trump win ever more elections.
Wow, you’re a moron 🤦🏻♂️
Enjoy the coming decades of Republican rule, you deserve every minute of it.
😂😘
Wow. Profound! JDO must be a savant!
You had to edit *that* 😂🤦🏻♂️🤡 Best of luck 😘
Yes, sweetie. My cats have a habit of walking across my keyboard. Oh, the horror!!
If you were a parent whose kid joined the trans cult after being indoctrinated in school, or a woman who'd found a naked man leering at her in the gym shower next to her, or a young person who'd imagined she/he was trans and now mourns lost body function (and even body parts), you'd understand.
And you don't have to personally care because it affects what you DO care about: winning elections. You have to understand that getting caught up in this (or having a family member caught up in this) is devastating.
It's why the Trump commercial about Harris being for "they/them" resonated with so many people, and might even have cost Harris (granted, an awful candidate) the election.
The lie is that only Republicans/rightwingers/Christian nationalists/whatever care.
You're informed about so much. You aren't about this and you need to be because elections can be (and probably already have been) won or lost on the issue.
DM me an email address and I'll send you a PDF of Sacrificial Lambs. Even if you still "don't give a shit," you'll have your eyes opened about why so many of us former Dems do. I will NEVER vote for anyone who supports this madness and I'm as liberal as they come. I'm not alone.
Harris lost the election because of her support for genocide… And you sound like an out-of-touch boomer unable to adjust and grow at best, and someone akin to the traditional racists of years past, who couldn’t think past their own biased knee-jerk reactions, at worst. Please begin to use your brain again.
Another profound pronouncement from JDO!
you’re a liar. You know exactly what the problem is and you gutlessly don’t want to get flack for saying you know. Enjoy standing around with no pants when the tide goes out.
Nice one, Corbin. I'm in! And if all of your 100,000+ subscribers will sign on to A Fight Worth Having (afightworthhaving.com), we'll be an unstoppable force! 🤞🏼
Makes a lot of sense to me at a time when so much is senseless! I am one of those Independents who are DONE with business as usual and see the need for a strong coalition of forward-thinking leaders. Thank you, Corbin!!
I signed up for a monthly recurring donation, who else is in to help?
Corbin, I think you may appreciate this interview on Nima's website with Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson. Wolff forcefully supports your viewpoint on American manufacturing and economic issues.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCJd_7aXhxM
If you think appropriate, I would like to add to this list of fighters, Christopher Armitage. He writes Extentialist Republic on Substack.
If all the fighters work in unison, we can win our democracy back, if that is our goal.
Unlike others who are promoting a third party, at this point in time I don't believe it will be viable, and will only split votes. It's not impossible for a party to change its stripes... the current GOP is a far cry from what it was just a short while ago (listen to Adam Kinzinger for one). We all know that Lincoln was a republican, and the democrats were the ones promoting slavery. I believe the working class family party is also putting up candidates to run as democrats, so as not to split votes. that being said, working on a vision of our country that is not entrenched in consumerism and doing what is 'convenient' i.e. using Amazon rather than shopping local; seriously boycotting, and stop purchasing anything other than the absolute necessities for as long as it takes; our worship of wealthy people... or thinking because they are billionaires they are smarter than the rest of us; allowing ridiculous amounts of money in elections, etc. - that will be a start to what can save us, and bring us back to a 'we the people' country. I can imagine that somewhere down the road we could adjust our government to be more representative, but now is not the time - we have a lot ahead of us in terms of prosecuting the current regime when it goes out of power, undoing the damage that is being caused. We are in the midst of 'the great unraveling' and it is time for us to be working on 'the great turning' - and do everything in our power right now to build a world the way we want it to be... what can we do right now? support these candidates, build our local communities, reach out to our neighbors, find ways to discuss the issues without being divisive, search our own souls and change the habits we have developed that support the 'business as usual' system and do our best to step out of it. We can imagine our way to a better world. Bernie and AOC have a clear vision, we can rally around those who share that vision. some of us Elders are on board... some of us want to cling to the systems that we are used to - but all of us would benefit from a more equitable society and I think most of us are able to be convinced of this. to quote from grateful.org: "If we want a chance at rebuilding the fractured world, we have to visualize a connected one, and then live our lives in ways that contribute to individual wholeness and collective healing." I appreciate you, Corbin for being a strong voice in this wilderness...
The Democrat Party has already changed it's Stripes
FOR THE WORST
what do you mean? In my view, it seems like the old guard has been doing what they've all been doing for quite some time... in terms of being beholden to the super-pacs over what the majority of actual people want. How do you see it?
I found out the other day that Mamdani and AOC put a stop to a candidate willing and interested in running against Jeffries! Why? “It’s not the time..”. Another very bad strategy employed by Dems to protect the system they are supposedly against… 🫤
It's time to dump the duopoly. Vote Green. The Big D's are NOT a democratic organization. They are a political club. All the give us is promises. They had their chance. (Recovering life-long Dem here.)
100%
Both establishment parties serve the God of capitalism. The needs and interests of money literally Trump all other human, social, annd environmental needs. (yes, pun was intentional.)
Capitalists used to pray for money – in this final death spiral they *prey*
for money.
Very true! The end game for Capitalism is Authoritarianism!
Corbin, you are correct. No one wants to go back to the dysfunctional system we've been pretending is a democracy. In addition to developing a consistent, compelling, positive message, we need to find a way to get that message past the censorship of established media.
It's hard to tell how bad things are going to get. But my guess is, that things will have to get much worse before we find the will to make needed changes. Top of the list should be Constitutional amendments that reverse the terrible Supreme Court decisions Citizens United, and Shelby County v. Holder, for starters. I believe major Constitutional change will be needed. Groups like the American Constitution Society and the Brennan Center should start work now and not wait until we are knee-deep in a catastrophe like the Great Depression or the Civil War.
I agree and that will require super majorities in the house and senate. That’s why we need a party that’s transforming lives and building momentum.
you know what’s not in the Constitution? judicial review. we don’t need to amend the Constitution just bc a handful of hacks masquerading as justices suddenly decided corruption is constitutionally protected. Members of Congress can get money out of politics by simply passing legislation. They just don’t want to.
It's complicated, to be sure. The White Christian Nationalism movement, aka MAGA/KKK got lucky in getting Trump into a 2nd presidency. But, what should the Democrats be promoting? IMO, a new NEW DEAL. Beginning with Reagan's war on the Middle Class, the oligarchs have run the national debt up to $39 trillion by using wedge issues (abortion, racism, women's and gay rights advocates, immigrants, etc.) to get some Americans to vote against their own best economic and social issues. [Thomas Frank, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" (2004) and Heather Cox Richardson, "How the South Won the Civil War." (2020) There's also the study by two Univ. of Kansas professors entitled "The Anger Games: Who Voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 Election, and Why?" published in the Feb. 2018 edition of the peer-reviewed journal, "Critical Sociology." Democrats need to send the message: if Republicans are not voted out of power, starting now, Americans now in their 30's, 40's and 50's probably won't get Social Security or Medicare, or in any amount that matters. We can and should adopt the Scandinavian model: Pragmatic Capitalism. Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and the person most responsible for our having Social Security summed it up this way: "The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to facilitate the means by which all the people under its jurisdiction can access the best possible life."
That's all well & good - But - the Democrat Party does not Support any of the above stated Progressive goals !! Put down the Crack Pipe !!
What is your recommendation?
Corbin, can you block this sullying of your playing field?
Done!