In case you haven't figured it out, the oligarch solution to Climate Change is "population control" aka: genocide: both Trump and Clinton have their covert signals to oligarchy that they have the stomach for it: Trump with his Nazi loving: Clinton with her tender penchant for Henry "genocide is necessary" Kissinger.

Americans are being poisoned in their own homes: lead pipes, fracking, methane leaks: its pretty clear that TPP and TTIP make ZERO provision for the health and well being of communities or their survival: basically they can murder us if it "interferes with a corporation's profit".

This is both a crisis of the environment and a human rights crisis. Clinton dismisses the deaths of millions as a "mistake" . . . given her record going back decades and decades she has demonstrated a counter-human lack of empathy for the most egregious circumstances: she has the cold hearted, calculating willingness to do whatever for an oligarch vision of the world. Including her bizarre participation with a quasi religious organization in Washington called "The Family" which has some quite odd ideas about power: Further along the spectrum than Machiavellie: basically whatever you see as a solution if you have power is "right". Amoral. And from the look of things genocide is fine. Trump is too shallow to have principles and will be manipulated into whatever lines his pockets, and may make a personal hobby of collecting talents of histories worst murderers.

The corporate media is going to dangerous places. The NV Dem Convention involved operatives setting up voters to deliberately defame, slander and mischaracterized this: this was enacted by elected leaders in collusion with psy ops folks: that is what Mook is: and Mark Penn is still holding forth, likely also advising. One of the things we learned in the last campaign is that the Clintons (and John McCain) had one big media/government/psyops firm in both ends of a U.S. Primary: Burson Marsteller and its related company BKSH: this got a brief mention in the WSJ but was discussed on KOS (he's caved which is also chilling: what is HE being threatened with?) One big lobbying/PR/Media relations firm (psy ops for hire) (in a U.S. primary!)that has sanitized human rights abuses all over the planet for $$$- in both ends of a U.S. primary: that was eight years ago: both Clinton and McCain: Obama seemed outside of that . . . and now we are left to wonder.

Another phenomenon is the protesting at Trump events . . . it would be consistent with practices dating back through time, for a campaign to hire roustabouts to beat up on their own supporters . . . to play with the wiling media . .. to claim "victim".

Both campaigns are doing this with a play along because we're well paid and enmeshed media: where Kabuki theatre is enacted upon hapless citizens trying to participate, to further the ambitions of oligarchy.

I have ZERO faith in this nation at the moment. The systemic dismantling of a government that was working well for everyday people; the ludicrous "austerity" where wealth hoarding is the abject goal of everything is obscene, and directly related to Climate Change. And an enmeshed plutocracy of media, military,political, religious and even medical concerns is becoming very, very, very dangerous.

26 Attorneys General are taking Exxon Mobil to court for having investigated AND VALIDATED climate change back in the '70's. And if Exxon knew, so did every administration since then: and it just "happened" that Clinton and company repealed laws preventing media monopoly, and laws that guided finances; gutting any balancing act. While enacting grand Kabuki theatre preying on a hapless intern, but caculated distraction: just like these emails: we are facing another eight years of non interest in a future: while behind the scenes a lot of devasting things will be enacted that will further destroy any semblance of Democracy.

Funny the timing on this: let's see . . . if Climate Change is real, lets make sure that the "right" people survive, while we help climate change to worsen . . . let nature take its course: we can buy up and sell off everything of value to insure that we have the means of survival: only a few select, the "creme de la creme" should be allowed to survive. So massive poisoning: destruction of drinking water and food: corporate genocide with no fingerprints. "risk management" with all of the risks bourne by average people. Even Clinton's biggest backer is reputed to have a massive "fall out" shelter. They know a lot we don't know.

So I welcome Dr. Stein's communication. We are very much in a fight for any sort of future. The folks in power are completely disconnected from the rest of humanity and are making it clear just how disposable the vast majority of the rest of us are.

and her current Clinton surrogate status does nothing to help.

and REid has signaled that she is in line for his position. Her focus is quite narrow and she nips around the edges: just enough to be a "heroine" but not really making waves: she is big on the national stage: virtually unavailable to the folks who sent her to the Senate. As a voter in her part of the world, I am not as impressed as others. Bernie has a much more fulsome record and decades of service: she may be in a horriffic position vis a vis Clinton, if she sincerely is "progressive" . . . damned if she does, damned if she doesn't endorse givent the reputation for payback: but if she jumps on the Clinton bandwagon and Clinton loses half her state will see her as a hypocrite and vote her out. Much dissatisfaction expressed hereabouts due to her shennanigans and ambiguity.

like MN is in play to be on the ballot.

          Here in Buffalo County (Nebraska) we have been the majority at the meetings this summer. The "normal" democrats have been largely absent during this time. The state convention will be held here this year, so I will be able to get an close look at this time. If I am not in town my daughter will be able to give me an accurate report. The real problem is sustainability: the only way a retaking can happen is if there is motivation to show up and do the necessary work. If the party meetings are just meetings for the sake of meetings then the process will end ignominiously.
          For far too long the democratic party of nebraska has been a social organization rather that an instrument for social/political action. The younger people I know have no need or use for that sort of albatross.

What you are missing is that delegates are not required by law to vote for anyone in particular. That means that a coalition can be formed to emit the election being thrown to the House. There are numerous cases of electors not voting for the candidate they were elected to vote for.

Fair enough.

now that they liberalized the voting rules. There are a lot more opportunities to strategically vote cross party that we all should be thinking about.

But that's neither here nor there for the issue at hand: if the reg deadline is passed, then no harm, no foul. In fact, good on Jill for making the statement.

Being irritated at the WFP and the Greens for trying to co-opt the energy of this political movement leads one to the question: are you going to go outside electoral politics altogether? Doesn't sound like that's the plan if you're intending on running for office. Well, then, are we going to start an entirely new party? I'd be cool with that. It wouldn't help us for 2016, but it might be the right move.

But if the idea is to stay in the organization that's been screwing us over quite blatantly through the past 11 months, and do some sort of DFA redux--and don't get me wrong, I was deeply involved in DFA and was an ardent advocate of the Dean movement--I gotta say, that doesn't sound good. Maybe the Greens have no idea of the structural challenges facing them and are more interested in making moral criticisms w/out tackling the real political fight--I'd buy that. But sticking with the Democrats seems beyond rationality, since AZ, since NY, and, above all, since NV.

CSTS, you write, "she's willing to be the VP and give Bernie the top slot."

Did Stein say that? I thought she floated the idea of Bernie being *her* VP.

From flushing medication to a ground war in Asia. Strange bird, that one, even for me.