I’m not sure how seriously I should be taking someone who can’t be bothered to spell “Keith” correctly even once, but Perez didn’t appear “out of nowhere.” He is a talented administrator, an Obama cabinet member, and considered for Clinton’s Vice Presidency. I don’t know who these “donors” are that you refer to, but…

What all of you don’t get is that there is little ideological about our problems with Sanders. Perez is a committed progressive: why do SANDERS’ fans reject him? He actually is the unity candidate: ideologically progressive, but loyal to Obama/Clinton. Are Clinton supporters not supposed to have any representation,…

why shouldn’t we join the GOP and try to change it from the inside?

They should join the party. It’s as simple as that. They have to put in the same work as everyone else. By virtue of them simply showing up, the party will be more progressive. No one is shunning them, so it is disconcerting when they take such a hostile stance. The DNC invited Bernie supporters to fill almost half…

Democrats ran to the right because that’s where the donors ran

They aren’t “critiquing” the Democratic Party; they are slandering the Democratic Party the same way they smeared the Clintons and Barack Obama. It’s impossible to have a sincere discussion with people who adopt the rhetoric of the right, make up stories of their own, and don’t give people on their own side of the…

Democrats ran to the right because that’s where VOTERS ran. Reagan, the Bushes, and Democrats’ MASSIVE losses with Carter, Mondale, and Dukakis and in the House and Senate in the 1980s and 1990s showed the electorate was not feeling lefty politics. All of the energy was on the right with Reagan, the Contract for…

Who stifled discussion? How?

If they’re telling them to fuck off it’s because they are being assholes. It has little to do with their ideology. There has always been room in the Democratic party for progressives (hence, the Progressive Caucus which is something like a 1/3 of the House and Senate Democrats), but they have to play nicely with…

Did I say anything about anybody else? I said BERNIE.

Exactly this. Leave Bernie and his fans alone. The smart ones will join us, and the others will continue to be a thorn in our side for exactly as long as we pay attention to them. We need to focus on those who rarely vote, cultivate new talent, and registering new voters.

Maybe Bernie Sanders should spend less of his time grousing about the Democratic party. No one would have shit to say about Bernie if he would simply shut the fuck up and sit down for a minute.

My 7-year old doggie has determined that strangers who speak to him in higher-toned voices are fine and want to give him a scritch, and those who use lower tones are up to no good and must be barked at. As a system, it hasn’t failed us yet.

Governor Hogan is a turd who gives not one shit about the poor and minority communities in this state. He has repeatedly acted to defund Baltimore City schools and infrastructure. The only reason he has not vetoed this bill or spoken out in favor of Trump’s least popular actions is because he is a fairly popular…

After making that ironic mistake, I think I’ll take my ass to bed.

2016 and 2017 are the years that people should point to when assholes complain about feminism or think women are oversensitive about sexism. There was an international effort to take down the highly qualified first female nominee of a major party for leader of the free world, in favor of a stupid shithead. The women’s…

But the problem is that those barriers and problems will not go away until people struggle through them and vote. It’s unfair, unjust and terrible that people have to do that, but it’s the only way.

When Trump made his crazy accusations this weekend, I immediately thought: he’d better watch out because Obama has shown a willingness to help Trump at least appear competent. Obama is one of the few people on the other side of the aisle willing to help the Orange Ignoramus, but he let his impulsiveness get the better…

Also, Mr. Johnson, may I please have a follow?

The lack of turnout all over the country, but especially in places rocked by turmoil like St. Louis and Baltimore, is extremely troubling. People consider this a “Democratic” problem since these are registered Democrats who don’t bother to turn out, but the problem is deeper than party politics. People are so…