@dervish
progressives in the back, but not in such a public way.

Will she betray progressives on the committee chair pledges too?

is how the game is played. AOC is one of very few in DC that have any interest at all in change or betterment for the people or the planet. The rest are a bunch of hookers.

@Pricknick
Did any of us really think payola pelosi or wall street upchucky would address the peoples needs rather than corporations?

Somewhere I read a comment by Naomi Klein who suggested we should set up our own committee if the dims caved. I like that idea...let's make them irrelevant.

the part about the constitution.
It would be against the rule of the supreme court to refuse corporate donations.
If it wasn't clear before to some, the dim party was in full support of citizens united.
We are truly fudged.

@dance you monster @dance you monster

We can write a million letters, sign a million petitions, make a million phone calls, and march a million strong. Unless we can force resignations from top to bottom everywhere,there is nothing we can do. They don't care. Money talks. It is all they will listen to. We are too far gone.

A poll released Monday found 81 percent of registered voters supported the policies outlined under the Green New Deal resolution ― including 64 percent of Republicans and 57 percent of self-described conservative Republicans.

We applaud the Yellow Vests and wish we had that here -- I'm not talking about the fashion accessory but about concrete action.

If "Democratic leaders" are going to block the way to a Green New Deal, if any change in the course or composition of political leadership is going to be blocked, any reform from within stymied, we have two obvious courses of action. Neither is within the Democratic Party.

Some of us can implement elements of the GND on our own, at any scale we can muster, individually and collectively. That's investing our resources -- our people, our everyday activities, our money (such as it is), our imaginations and energies -- to effect concrete changes. And there's a lot of activities that would fall under this category.

And the rest of us, the ones who don't want or have the means to do that constructive work, can still do more than just bemoan the politicians' obstruction. Clausewitz made one very interesting point in his tome on warfare: any soldier who is idle is, at that moment, hindering an army's success. Make every soldier do something at every moment to move your army closer to success. Clean the weapons, grease the wagons, feed the army, anything. Everyone should be involved in advancing, at every minute.

As some construct the future, others can tear down the obstacles. And that can be done in a manner that moves the conversation, just as Occupy did, just as the March on Washington did.

As just one example, consider what the freewayblogger does. We can shame them, the leaders who are failing us. Not on the Internet -- Twitter memes are useful to amplify a message, but coming so easy they are also easy to dismiss. Out there, large-scale, in the real physical world, where opposition is unexpected and all the more affective for being there at all. We should brand them, forever. Politicians, CEOs, media apologists for the status quo. Name names. Post -- scratch that, emblazon -- their pictures as the destroyers of the planet, as the people who, for another campaign donation, or year-end bonus, or another minute being feted, would comfortably watch your grandchildren die. Shame them visibly. Focused, indisputable, and vicious. Don't leave anyone out. So their family and friends will see it and shun them, too. And if anyone objects, remind them that swindlers used to be tarred and feathered, ridden on a rail, or locked in stocks. Branding on a billboard is a kindness.

That's just one, easy thing anyone can do. There are many more. Bring the machine to a halt, wherever it grinds.

The people who compare the GND to the ramp-up to fight WWII are exactly right. It's time to go on a war footing. The Powers That Be did that decades ago, against us. If you'll pardon the Godwin, we've been propagandized and kettled into our own Warsaw Ghettos. We've come to believe we are powerless, a conclusion they wanted us to embrace, to make us the inert consumers of whatever Amazon offers.

You want change? When will we step up?

@dance you monster " We can shame them, the leaders who are failing us." The gossip columns were full of the shenanigans of the rich and famous and their harebrained progeny. Think Affluenza. Vague enough, with no names, specific enough to read between the lines. Sort of like Drudge, but not the RW propaganda. Shame was a thing back then. Now there is none. Another obstacle to overcome is the instant pile on of any idea that's out of step. Almost like there's a hit squad prepped and ready before hand. KOS news is a good example.

A poll released Monday found 81 percent of registered voters supported the policies outlined under the Green New Deal resolution ― including 64 percent of Republicans and 57 percent of self-described conservative Republicans.

We applaud the Yellow Vests and wish we had that here -- I'm not talking about the fashion accessory but about concrete action.

If "Democratic leaders" are going to block the way to a Green New Deal, if any change in the course or composition of political leadership is going to be blocked, any reform from within stymied, we have two obvious courses of action. Neither is within the Democratic Party.

Some of us can implement elements of the GND on our own, at any scale we can muster, individually and collectively. That's investing our resources -- our people, our everyday activities, our money (such as it is), our imaginations and energies -- to effect concrete changes. And there's a lot of activities that would fall under this category.

And the rest of us, the ones who don't want or have the means to do that constructive work, can still do more than just bemoan the politicians' obstruction. Clausewitz made one very interesting point in his tome on warfare: any soldier who is idle is, at that moment, hindering an army's success. Make every soldier do something at every moment to move your army closer to success. Clean the weapons, grease the wagons, feed the army, anything. Everyone should be involved in advancing, at every minute.

As some construct the future, others can tear down the obstacles. And that can be done in a manner that moves the conversation, just as Occupy did, just as the March on Washington did.

As just one example, consider what the freewayblogger does. We can shame them, the leaders who are failing us. Not on the Internet -- Twitter memes are useful to amplify a message, but coming so easy they are also easy to dismiss. Out there, large-scale, in the real physical world, where opposition is unexpected and all the more affective for being there at all. We should brand them, forever. Politicians, CEOs, media apologists for the status quo. Name names. Post -- scratch that, emblazon -- their pictures as the destroyers of the planet, as the people who, for another campaign donation, or year-end bonus, or another minute being feted, would comfortably watch your grandchildren die. Shame them visibly. Focused, indisputable, and vicious. Don't leave anyone out. So their family and friends will see it and shun them, too. And if anyone objects, remind them that swindlers used to be tarred and feathered, ridden on a rail, or locked in stocks. Branding on a billboard is a kindness.

That's just one, easy thing anyone can do. There are many more. Bring the machine to a halt, wherever it grinds.

The people who compare the GND to the ramp-up to fight WWII are exactly right. It's time to go on a war footing. The Powers That Be did that decades ago, against us. If you'll pardon the Godwin, we've been propagandized and kettled into our own Warsaw Ghettos. We've come to believe we are powerless, a conclusion they wanted us to embrace, to make us the inert consumers of whatever Amazon offers.

You want change? When will we step up?

@dance you monster

now there's an idea.
seriously,folks.

A poll released Monday found 81 percent of registered voters supported the policies outlined under the Green New Deal resolution ― including 64 percent of Republicans and 57 percent of self-described conservative Republicans.

We applaud the Yellow Vests and wish we had that here -- I'm not talking about the fashion accessory but about concrete action.

If "Democratic leaders" are going to block the way to a Green New Deal, if any change in the course or composition of political leadership is going to be blocked, any reform from within stymied, we have two obvious courses of action. Neither is within the Democratic Party.

Some of us can implement elements of the GND on our own, at any scale we can muster, individually and collectively. That's investing our resources -- our people, our everyday activities, our money (such as it is), our imaginations and energies -- to effect concrete changes. And there's a lot of activities that would fall under this category.

And the rest of us, the ones who don't want or have the means to do that constructive work, can still do more than just bemoan the politicians' obstruction. Clausewitz made one very interesting point in his tome on warfare: any soldier who is idle is, at that moment, hindering an army's success. Make every soldier do something at every moment to move your army closer to success. Clean the weapons, grease the wagons, feed the army, anything. Everyone should be involved in advancing, at every minute.

As some construct the future, others can tear down the obstacles. And that can be done in a manner that moves the conversation, just as Occupy did, just as the March on Washington did.

As just one example, consider what the freewayblogger does. We can shame them, the leaders who are failing us. Not on the Internet -- Twitter memes are useful to amplify a message, but coming so easy they are also easy to dismiss. Out there, large-scale, in the real physical world, where opposition is unexpected and all the more affective for being there at all. We should brand them, forever. Politicians, CEOs, media apologists for the status quo. Name names. Post -- scratch that, emblazon -- their pictures as the destroyers of the planet, as the people who, for another campaign donation, or year-end bonus, or another minute being feted, would comfortably watch your grandchildren die. Shame them visibly. Focused, indisputable, and vicious. Don't leave anyone out. So their family and friends will see it and shun them, too. And if anyone objects, remind them that swindlers used to be tarred and feathered, ridden on a rail, or locked in stocks. Branding on a billboard is a kindness.

That's just one, easy thing anyone can do. There are many more. Bring the machine to a halt, wherever it grinds.

The people who compare the GND to the ramp-up to fight WWII are exactly right. It's time to go on a war footing. The Powers That Be did that decades ago, against us. If you'll pardon the Godwin, we've been propagandized and kettled into our own Warsaw Ghettos. We've come to believe we are powerless, a conclusion they wanted us to embrace, to make us the inert consumers of whatever Amazon offers.

You want change? When will we step up?