How consistent systems are. Tonight we were informed that the oligarchy has decided to stop Bernie before the remaining sham primaries because they fear the result.

It all comes down to this: Bernie can win the General Election, and Hillary can't.

Western states, here we come. Let's turn up the heat on the GOTV, everybody check your status. Here's some important information on voting for Bernie, state-by-state.

NOTE: This is intensely personal, but ends up being an argument for Bernie – so fair warning.

In order to stay sane, sometimes it is better to look at the trajectory we've been on from a purely anthropological point of view; as a witness of history and human behavior.

We are in the midst of a moment in American politics where change is possible; as the success of outsider candidates makes clear, a sizable body of the people want real, substantive, paradigm-shifting (perhaps even radical by American standards) change. Given the tenacity and success of establishment candidates, you can see that there are is also a sizable body of people who oppose change that comes in large increments as either unproductive or potentially disruptive.

In the Democratic race, the positions and policies of Sanders and Clinton have been dissected, compared and contrasted - but the key debate is about the kind of change we are to have.

The change debate is the transcendent issue of this contest. The contested issue is whether the American people can demand and have implemented by their "representatives" in government wholesale change, or if they must settle for minor incremental changes described as pragmatic and "progressive" (for people who like to get things done) - because the representatives must ask the permission of the 1% before proceeding.