This isn't but I saw a "tariffs are a tax at the gas pump. paid for by the Govt of Canada" billboard in the wild this week. It made me smile.
I disagree on that. Part of our problem is that those in government don't really understand governance and the sustem is complex. That takes time and mentorship, a jury duty like system might make bribing harder, but it would make a functional government next to impossible. Age limits, I'm all for that - give em until they're 70 (or something close) then no more government offices - congress, senate, pres, judgeships, etc. That and have fully publicly-funded elections with limited campaigning windows. No more 2-year presidential runs or congresspeople needing to fundraise and run for their entire term.
Jews are very divided on Israel in general and heartbreakingly on whether or not it's cool to genocide. Chuck is in the genocide is cool as long as it's not against Jewish people camp, many of us stand firm on our no genocide no matter what. He's also a senator so represents all living in NY state, so short answer is no.
Welcome to America. That is the reality most people are under.
That is not the right conclusion. We don't have a protest culture or union membership to call for or protect protesters, or a centralized population and obvious protest spot. I was talking to an Argentine friend of mine about how it works in Argentina - a handful of big unions who unite and call strikes/protests including the bus drivers who bring moat people to and from work, a centralized population, and an international airport with 1 main highway that can be blocked. Not that all those things are needed to protest effectively, but America has none of that. Hell, we don't even have healthcare if we're not employed. We're kinda starting from scratch.
He is not considered left by actual leftist Americans. We know he's a corporate shill.
Not in Minnesota https://dfl.org/about/ the party is independent, I think it's the same in other states. The way the DNC can influence elections in primaries is with endorsements and ad support.
The DNC doesn't control state elections, the local democratic parties do. It is up to the state parties to run their primary (or caucus) as they choose. The DNC can influence primaries with spending, but they don't make the rules for state-levrl primaries.
I think this is not the right conclusion to draw from Harris and Clinton lost to Trump. They were both right-center Dems with lots of anti-left positions. Clinton voted to attack Iraq even though we all knew there were no WMDs and had been a polarizing figure for decades, she was not a good candidate. Neither was Harris, she was corporate, didn't condemn the genocide in Israel, and courted the Cheney vote. That isn't how to get the left to turn out. Neither had a good platform. Mitt Romney lost and so did John McCain and John Kerry I don't hear anyone condemning Mormons or veterans being losing classes of candidates.
A principled woman who isn't a corporate shill or pro-genocide is completely different. Our system is broken, pretending a little adjusting of the regulations or pretending the other side is acting in good faith and being gracious is clearly a losing strategy.
At the presidential level, yes the DNC has been terrible with candidates. However they aren't in charge of the other races. They can give money, but they can't stop Socialists and other leftists running in primaries and winning them or general elections from school board to senator and everything in between. They can make it harder for these people to win, but they can't stop or control city, county, or state elections. We need a base of elected officials pushing them to change their tack.