only evidence I need that the US is that the US said anyone

Swalwell is a democrat, not a republican.

But think about the shareholders, if they pay employees a living wage then they can't get their millions of dollars to invest again to get even more filthy rich, how dare you not think about how they will pay for their 17 bedroom mansion with a massive swimming pool and 6 garages with elevators outrageous i say!

Is it REALLY imploding? I mean if he’s a republican, this is a badge of courage for them.

All he needs to do now is body slam a reporter or assault a veteran, maybe some plastic surgery and he could run for president.

Edit: I forgot to mention he could simply change parties

Pretty obvious Kimberly-Clark is at fault for this, it could easily been avoided by paying a living wage to their employees

Why would they?

Genocidal fascists. The victim has become the abuser.

Ok, interesting. That is consistent with the reporting and Bernie’s statements in this article: Common dreams on DNC resolution

The rumor for why people are pissed about them tabling the AIPAC-specific resolution is that 2 of the likely presidential candidates in ‘28 pressured them to do so. Because apparently it is still forbidden to call out Israel’s misdeeds amongst Washington elites. I’m about 99% sure those two are Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris. Any thoughts on other likely culprits?

That aside, I’m inclined to agree with Bernie here. Wishy-washy policy is the last thing we need to properly meet this moment and galvanize support from the voting base. Why not the general dark money resolution, and then double down with an AIPAC money resolution to be firm and clear, since the outsized AIPAC influence is already a kitchen-table topic of interest amongst US voters?

Great question. I wish I had good answers for this because I’d be jumping in and doing it too. It’s going to take some work. I have some concepts of a plan I’ve been iterating on, wouldn’t mind hearing your thoughts on this.

A big piece of the puzzle is going to be getting rid of FPTP and implementing national ranked choice (or star) voting, then electing officials who will promise to get rid of the electoral college. These alone would make the US system much more democratic, and enable us to elect a 3rd party official much more easily. We can do this at the state level, one state at a time. If a particular group gets really good at organizing and making it happen in a given state, maybe they can get crowd funded to help proliferate the cause to other states.

From there, it’s a matter of organizing to get required signatures for party representation in the various state elections. I think this probably works best starting at the local level, and we can start building towards that moment now with our various groups for organized labor, anti ice, socialism, etc. I don’t know if we necessarily need to galvanize nationally behind a single party, so long as each state is putting forward candidates who will represent the people’s interest above donor interests.

Once we have those people in office, they must use the power of Congress to restructure the Supreme Court. It’s broken right now due to the highly partisan judges. Right now there are 9 judges, I think we should add 10 more and do so with a mandate that they must overturn Buckley v Valeo and Citizens United. Those two disastrous decisions are what makes it possible for the legal bribery to take place which wholly captures our politicians. Take away the bribes, and all of the sudden they have to be accountable to voters again, instead of corporate/billionaire interests. And perhaps most importantly, would not be doing Israel’s bidding at every turn.

There are many other tweaks and improvements we could make from there, but the only other one I’ll mention here for now is that the new Congress should also restore the Fairness Doctrine for news media. Without it, American mainstream news has become full on propaganda. We should not be aiming to brainwash our own people to such an extent, or at all for that matter. A well educated populace is crucial for maintaining a healthy, vigilant democracy. This could go a long way towards restoring something like that…although as the boomers die out, so too does the relevance of mainstream news, so this one can easily get a bit more into the weeds once you consider the breadth of content consumed by younger generations.

I hope this never gets built. But if it does, I hope it becomes a graffiti magnet.

EDIT: Or a toilet.

Lol, nice, finally some desperation showing. Fuck Russia.

always has been, all he is doing is turning it into a bankrupt pariah state

What's the over-under on English-language Israeli media openly using Anne Frank's name as a threat?

No shit. Labor's already been cut down to bare minimum levels, anywhere paying minimum wage, despite that minimum wage being hideously low. Businesses that need those workers will obviously just pay them a more sensible amount, as a fraction of their operating cost.

So make it $35/hr.

And pin that number to cost-of-living, year on year.

The whole "Dark Money" angle is the same kind of cop-out as a "single-payer option". They know it won't actually do anything, but it still makes it look like they're trying.

Well Fucking DUH.

No crime

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

What the actual fuck? Can these idiots not attack him on more than just two topics at a time? This is just embarrassing.

So no? No specifics? No plans?

I’m amazed he still has his voice from screaming into the void all these years.

😉

I see you, Melanoma.

almost literally anything but nothing…

So all those photographs...?

Who could have predicted that