Why the Democrats won't win back Congress in 2018 -- #67233

"John , we’ve never been this mad -- and we're asking you to sign your name and condemn Trump for pardoning Joe Arpaio." -- Email solicitation from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Really?

They've never been this mad?

Not at the Long War? Not at the massacre of the middle class? Not at institutionalized racism? Not at the collapsing infrastructure? Not at the privatizing of the public schools? Not at Wall Street predators? Not at the destruction of the labor movement? Not at two minority presidents out of three? Not at the growing ranks of the poor? Not at pharmaceutical price-gouging? Not at mass incarceration?...

What he did.

It shouldn't be hard to head off Trump tonight before he escalates the war in Afghanistan.

Somebody tell him.

Obama already did it.

Does anybody know where the alt-left meets?

I want to join.

Crossed fingers # 6,010,043

Harper's says that, of the $16,000,000 Carrier promised Donald Trump it would spend on its Indiana plant to save American jobs, 100% of the money will be used for automation.

"It's like I don't recognize the country I'm living in."

It's more like we're getting to know the country we're living in.

We can't lose sight of the millions deported by the Obama administration. We can't deny decades of lynchings and Jim Crow. We must not forget "No dogs or Irish." We fought a brutal civil war over the holding of human beings as property. We still live in the shadow of slavery. We have never atoned for the near-extermination of Native Americans.

Fake news? We live a fake history.

Are the Democratic Socialists of America For Real?

In the last year, the biggest American socialist organization has experienced a surge in membership. "As it builds on this momentum, there are several big questions facing DSA. What is its relationship to the Democratic Party? Should central leadership serve as administrators or ideological tone-setters? And how can its membership -- which skews white and male -- come to represent an increasingly diverse country?" In other words, can it can transform enthusiasm into real and effective political power?

Are the Democratic Socialists of America For Real? by Kate Aronoff (The New Republic, 2017-08-07)

What a laugh

The Security State has always included an ample admixture of self-parody. The CIA’s arsenal of weapons against Fidel Castro, for example, included a fungus-infected scuba suit, a poison-filled hypodermic needle hidden in a pen and, no kidding, an exploding cigar.