I don't disagree with you.
Of course housing should be a right.
The wording says "at least" the listed demands.
Throughout the comments,people have thought of others.
...tax humanitarian religious institutions and breaking-up major legally-operating corporations were so amazingly stupid, it made John Lennon nut in his grave.
You should email that to all democratic members of both houses, the DNC, and Kamala Harris, too (as I think she still intends to run for Gov of CA). Your point is well-taken: how about coordinating efforts, folks!
Democrats are controlled opposition their plan is to keep moving to the right every time they lose
America is so screwed a
2 party system full blown fascists against center right corporate shills
Almost like the system is built to function this way
I hope they're remembering that, as of today, there are only 630 days until the 2026 midterms.....with 33 Senate seats, and all 435 House seats on the line...
I agree. But if it comes from the left, it has to not appear to come from the left. It should appear as a populist message to tax the rich to pay for fixing America.
Yes.
But hese issues are foundationally humane, not left (in fact a true left barely exists in this country).
We need to unapologetically make such demands.
Because, let's face it - the reactionaries call mainstream Dems Marxists.
1st, good job stating what you actually want. 2nd, everyone should make a list just like this one and send it to the Democrats. The party should write down everyone's priorities and report which issues had the most people that wanted it. Then, they should report what they are doing for the top ten.
They need to wake up and realize that it’s a new morning in America and if they want to see a new dawn they need to get rid of the fossils (Pelosi and Schumer) and let the vibrant voices like AOC and Crockett get busy!
Yes, but...
Generational divides don't help.
Markey and Sanders are well into their 70s.
And people like J.D. Vance are fascist fossils of much fewer years.
Thank you, Dr. Kirsch. I have been saying over and over and over: It's not age, gender, or race, it's ideology. When I point that out to people on the left, I've received pushback and anger from some of them, which is not a smart move politically.
Some climate activists, for instance, blame climate disruption on boomers, but the issue wasn't in media until the late 80s when many boomers were in 30s or 40s.
Use of plastics and oil shot up after WW2, but no one blames the Greatest Generation.
Maybe cause it's the oldest generation they actually see.
Environmentalism, which includes reducing emissions as a goal, was known long before Boomers.
Throw out names like Rachel Carson "Silent Spring", Sen. Gaylord Nelson & Walter Reuther of UAW (prime movers of Earth Day), & wait for response. ??
Dr. James Hansen testified before Congress in 1988 and made a case for what he called "global warming". Boomers were only beginning to get established.
About 2 decades later Sen. James Imhoff (Repub -- AZ) threw a snowball on the floor of the U.S. Senate and scoffed at the notion of global warming.
"The oldest that they see" is likely part of it.
But I was hearing this kind of misguided divisiveness even when the WW2 grandparents were still alive.
My grandfather was in oil and when I was a kid in the 80s he was very against climate change. His attitude changed once he retired and wasn’t confronted daily with the b.s (belief system) that was pushed by his industry.
That's fascinating, Chris. It shows it's never too late to change.
I'm getting ready to retire, and I can no longer believe in what I was doing. So it's time. Threw out all of my professional books and materials -- liberating!
I really like your alternative acronym (b.s.). Ha ha ha!
The republicans, outside of Trump, are getting younger and more aggressive with their hatred while Dems are getting older and more refined and civilized. You don’t fight a great white by becoming a penguin.
Very good point! Sanders is definitely unique voice but the ones I mentioned stood in his way when he could have changed the party.
J.D Vance is just stupidity in sheep’s clothing. Bought and paid to suppress his actual opinion for money
The book The Politics Industry suggests rank choice voting in 10 states could break the log jam and foster real solutions. The challenge is on boarding and retention. Conservatives have an evil heritage in Slavery and Jim Crow, where the ends justify the means.
We call them "leaders," but where is the leadership?Get rid of the lot of them. Senators like Markey, Sanders, and Whitehouse can start working on bringing the others into line, or they go too. Enough of the parasitic, political Brahman caste.
✨I wish there was a billboard right across the street from Congress for a statement like that! To speak for the Democratic party! And for them to read every time they walk out of the front door!
With the Democrats being members of the "fluff party" and all!🤛
Close. I'd get rid of the global warming line, that's a global issue that can't be solved as long as nuclear is off the table. Throw in nuclear and add hydrogen, maybe there is a plan. You also left out congressional term limits, this should be a career for no one.
How does carbon particulate manifest in disease. Couldn't see anything in the paper. Is it primarily respiratory? Pneumonia? I know silica particulate is an accumulated problem, but do the carbon derivatives have a long life once breathed in? Is the particulate biohazardous (cancer?)
Don't you think we kill more people with high fructose corn syrup? I get it, it's a problem, maybe someday we all move to Minnesota! But the only question for me is how to address without unilaterally disarming our economy because that's a non starter, so now what?
How about HFSC. ChatGPT (non PhD, MD) tells me it is a vastly bigger cause of death, what do you think, and if true, where is the outrage ( as I drink my HFSC sweetened black tea!) ?
Two boys are tossing poison in a pool but if one stops he loses his right arm, so he feels better, but... No one is doing this for fun like the boys, we do it to drive the economy, in other words, greed. So Dr. Jan, is there a workable, practical solution? Because saying stop isn't a solution...
Also, we are doing much much better with particulates, are we seeing a drastic reduction in pathologies since the 1980s? I remember when all the pelicans were dying and I couldn't see the sky east of LA, it is vastly vastly better today, should be marked improvements.
1/
It's not only a global problem.
The U.S. is a big player, the largest emitter historically in greenhouse gas emissions.
Sure we should press for global treaties, but every ton of emissions hurts us too.
Sure, Roger that, but we cannot disarm our economy for the sins of the world, no? And we cannot solve this problem alone. I think there are things we can do with our economy to drive the proper behavior, if Trump doesn't collapse it. Are we the largest per capita?
Omg could you even begin to imagine how the MAGAts would react to this!? 😂
If tables were turned, things would have already been set on fire. January 6th 2.0 would have already taken place.
It’s called the Democratic Platform and it’s been basically their standard for years. If you don’t pay attention and follow ignorant memes, don’t think you’re informed or actually doing anything
Keep going — you’ve just proved my point. Wasn’t perfect but was there — a platform is not supposed to be every detail and all the specifics. But missing the larger point(s) that 1. We don’t do what Rs do and…
Not all of it as the platform for the entire party, but Healthcare as a human right, SCOTUS reform, repeal of Citizens United, election and gun laws reforms. Not everything you want, but… 1/2
…the basic direction of the party with individuals who have their own platforms. Project 2025 is the work of a private religious/fascist activist PAC, we should not aspire to copy that in any way
2/
Breaking up massive corporations is a poorly-worded one.
But I take it to mean allowing no huge corporations, including private media conglomerates.
I don't think mainstream Dems would would touch that with a barge pole.
1/
Medicare for All is a huge one that well over 60% of all Americans (Dem, Repub, and Ind) support.
And no, Obamacare fails miserably.
No recent candidate except Sanders has discussed it.
Everyone has a laundry list of specific things they want, no that’s not going to be in the overarching party platform. But Dems don’t do private, religious, activist, corrupt PAC, fascist outsourcing of their platform like Rs and we shouldn’t promote that model
I'm with you! I'm sick of memes, texts, and emails telling me how bad it is: please donate so I can do my job and save you from this mess. I've been emptying my pockets for Dems since TFG announced the first time. You've got that $$$; you've got your taxpayer funded salary. DO something!!!
Wealth tax, 2 term max for senate/house, UBI, increased tax rate for millionaires/billionaires/trillionaires, free school meals, and free college tuition.
Part of it is to not have career politicians, part of it is to advance new things, and also keep a limit on how old lawmakers are. I get it is not perfect, but term limits does help control some parts of the political culture.
Thanks, but I have strong objections to limiting lawmakers' age.
Markey is well into his 70s. Whitehouse is almost 70. Sanders is 83.
J.D. Vance is young.
Ageism is divisive and unnecessary.
Jan, no one will work on your suggestions because the democrat leaders only care about their jobs and NOT about getting rid of trump and republicans to be able to enact your changes. Where are the white straight men to run things and run for office?
Their donors wouldn’t want them to do the most important things on that list. Dems may indeed cherry pick ones that don’t hurt their donors, then water them down and means test tf out of them.
Those law makers LOVE MAGA. They NEED MAGA. All they have to do is be better than the alternative and they don't need to campaign. They should be rocking the mic like Jasmine Crockett right now.
The courts are what Dems have and they're using them. Maybe if people didn't sit on their asses in November or voted 3rd party, the Republicans wouldn't hold ALL THREE BRANCHES of govt. There are special elections coming up that Dems could win, but here you are predictably sitting on your ass.
I certainly hope you're not referring to me and colleagues who've been in the streets protesting and even risking arrest.
Nor to those of us who've been working at fed and state levels for Medicare for All.
The very least Dems could do is run with Medicare for All in midterms.
It's popular to all.
Did you vote for Harris & Dems or did you sit self-righeously & say "I protested. They're not good enough." Did you talk to your MAGA & undecided family or do like so many WW & say "we don't talk at the dinner table."? Do you give this energy for Repubs who have the ACTUAL power or just Dems?
I voted for her.
And donated and made calls.
I have no MAGA family.
Don't make assumptions, please.
I'm trying to help the Dems.
They need to stop being shy about Medicare for All.
They must stop letting the Overton window ratchet unceasingly rightward.
As a raging progressive, I have no faith in the dem party. Or will I feel safe turning my back to them either. Much of this mess lies in their front yard too- if not by fascist malice like their opponents, then by malfeasance, backstabbing, and unintended consequences.
Ohh and no spines either.
I’m with Jan… quit asking me for money if you’re not loud and proud fighting this bullshit!t. If I don’t hear or see you doing the work and if you’re not ACTIVELY planning Project 2029, enjoy your term. We’ll remember.
Sadly I doubt this has been even a momentary thought. The Dems continue to show that they have ineffective people they call leaders, are incapable of taking action, are afraid to make waves or even be bold, have no cohesion, and enjoy castrating themselves.
Make sure to deny all of the authors during the campaign so you can then hire them post election for key positions and make no apologies for the subterfuge.
Hell yeah! Another couple of things I think are really important:
1) Pass Bernie's No More Billionaires bill. This solves the root of virtually every problem we have.
2) Fund election campaigns with public money only.
There won't be a project 2029, the Dems are complicit since they are the other side of the same coin. They pander to the same donor class that is behind the current administration.
The war is a class war.
It is not LEFT vs RIGHT
Or BLUE vs RED
The war is working class vs Oligarchs/ultra wealthy
Maybe if enough of us answer their emails with why we're unsubscribing that will change.
I was unsubscribing to several and they actually offer a box for reasons.
My last response:
"Until Democrats as a party promote Medicare for All, please fuck off.
Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.
There are people marching in every state of the union for issues not fully supported by mainstream Democrats, like Medicare for All, variants of the Green New Deal, and more liberal immigration policies.
Yup.
Not all Dems.
But many.
And there are issues on this list, like Medicare for All that they have no excuse for not championing.
The majoriry of Dems, Repubs, and Independents favor universal health care.
Sure hope Democrats at least speak out LOUDLY for Medicare for ALL so that they can carry the midterms and 2028.
Most Americans of both (or neither) party supports it.
It’s going to be a hell of a challenge to train the next generation of physicians, scientists and scholars with no funding and efforts to bury history and facts. Wish there was a politician leading the charge to halt the carnage
Bound to fail is also what was said of chattel slavery, women's suffrage, and protests to end the Vietnam War.
I don't expect that we can achieve them all, but too far left?
Oh hell no; these are issues of basic humanity.
you're right
except you will be an old lady before most happen
go for smaller achievements one after another
all the things you list except war took decades
war was an exceptional change
Agree.
And what's uplifting is to know that people are in the streets over many of these issues in every state of the union.
We've got to force the Dems hands or we get more of this:
I agree.
But the people who are out in the streets in every state of the union, want these things.
Opposing and resistance are dependent upon them, as is a better country and world.
The two approaches synergize each other.
It will HELP them get elected.
I want that.
The vast majority of Americans favor Medicare for All.
The issue energized many Democrats and even appeals to a significant number of Republicans.
Yes but racism trumped their self interests. Why is it that white people are the only demographic that voted in majority for Trump? Instead of making demands on social media, perhaps consider turning out the vote at midterms or running for office yourself?
It did. But I think she would have won had it not been for voter suppression of Black people.
Investigative reporter Greg Palast discusses this in well-researched detail in a stunningly produced documentary, Vigilantes Inc.
What is wrong with you people. First they have to ask for money or they can't do the work of organizing to do that work you want them to do. Second you all have the ability to delete the emails they send you. Third if you want them to fix things they need the votes. Help get them the votes.
Nothing on your list of demands is achievable without the votes in Congress. They can't get the votes if they can't Increase their numbers. They can't Increase their numbers if they have no money to organize and campaign.
Oh, I agree!
We have to oppose and resist a fascist coup WHILE planning a better future.
Talk order.
But our survival and that of the whole natural world depends on it.
Humanity stands at a crossroads, grappling with interconnected crises that threaten our collective future—the climate crisis, rising fascism, economic instability, growing inequality, and an ever-widening wealth gap. Overcoming these challenges requires unity in purpose.
Absolutely.
These fights are interconnected—fascism, capitalism, exploitation, and the climate crisis stem from the same dysfunctional systems of destruction.
We resist not just to stop the worst, but to build something better. People need a vision—a future worth fighting for.
Yes, but we know the Dem’s don’t have the backbone to employ it. That’s why Donny is still at it. They think posts and petitions and lawsuits will resolve it all…
Yes get to work on project 2029 we need to take our country back from these criminals and get Law and order back in our courts especially the Supreme Court, no one should have immunity for crimes committed
I unsubscribed and when I did, it asked why. I told them I donated during the campaign and donated all I could at the time. Then I said I need them to do more to save our country now! If I have extra funds, I'm giving it to orgs like the ACLU. Orgs that I see are doing something.
http://www.house.gov/representatives
Or go to the source. Ask them why they haven't started it. Call their offices everyday. Here's where you go. Email them whatever it takes. Start complaining to the source
Actually Biden could have done a good portion of all this but didnt do shit....he could have saved us from this BS and did not...so, now we are left we the elephant that has been in the corner...
The election was illegally manipulated. Kamala actually won. He literally told on himself in his speech, thanking Elon and referencing the voting machines. This requires investigation and imprisonment for all involved. https://youtu.be/3l8vWfaFVMU?...
It might be necessary to go third party, in which case we need to begin work very soon.
But what you say just isn't true.
Other than the few very progressive Dem, the party has NEVER come out for Medicare for All, something the vast majority of Americans now favor.
I don't understand what you're saying there. I said "the party" has OPPOSED medicare for all or ANY real health care reform. Obama ran saying he liked single payer then lined the party up to kill it.
I've actually installed an SMS filter to replace my text message handling. Any number that has "Stop 2 End" or similar combination is deleted and the number blocked. I'm so done with texts for the next sketchy PAC that bought the list from ActBlue. Also done with ActBlue for selling us out.
Plus reaffirming the separation of church and state by barring political donations from religious groups and keeping clergy from running for public office.
I am so with you! I’ve been getting multiple texts from Dems asking for MORE of my money since the election! I’m supposed to give them more for what? What have they done to prevent this hell we’re in?!
Some are great.
If it's about defending labor rights, climate, or Medicare for All as issues, I'm in.
But "love us, we're liberal" type blanket messages get deleted.
That’s why I’m never paying another penny lol
Don’t ever see it happening. They can’t even hire security guards to get them into a public building lol. Pretty useless to us right now and a real embarrassment.
None of them seem to be broke right now though. They’re doin just fine. Job, home, eggs.
1) Hopefully these fascists don't finish their job of purging votes.
2) Hopefully people vote Democratic.
3) Hopefully we will be led by The People - who actually lead the politicians.
I hope so.
And those of us in the streets of every state in the union support many of these demands.
Opposing fascism and demanding a better world synergize each other.
No problem, they can get their money from all those "good" billionaires the new DNC chair loves so much. They've been making it clear for decades that they don't need us.
Point taken.
If they prove they won't listen, then we resist and use these years to build a better party, something that can't be done at the last minute.
In the mean time, when he's flying around in Con Air 1, I'll settle for one single air traffic controller who's still a trainee, using a computer from the early 1990s & dial-up internet to control his flight path 😂😂😂😂😂😎.
Some of those are intertwined issues, but the biggest issue affecting the whole planet is climate change. The solution HAS to be on a global scale though, not just one country.
That being said, your orange dipshit is taking America backwards. All he sees is $$$ and power.
Democrats should be working to ensure that voting machines have been updated with critical security patches before the next election since it is highly likely that Elon manipulated the code.
Myopic blame game. Your approach only adds fuel to the cataclysmic fire we are now experiencing. By singling out the Dems for blame you reduce the defense to a feckless laundry list and allow the real criminals to escape blame. Don’t send us down this phony black hole
Blame isn't the point.
And who said the current criminals shouldn't go untoppled?
The same people (like me) who are in the streets in every state in the union, who've been contacting lawmakers, support many of these demands.
Stopping this coup and promoting these goals synergize each other.
Maybe you should lower the decibel level and include your many actions along with your criticism. You are abetting forces in right wing media and the Trump Elon axis who love to distract by blaming the Dems. Don’t fall for it
It is wild, and it makes me sad that people think you’re asking for too much. Indeed I am one of the rare far left 😂 I love your list btw
I just don’t see a situation where we have true elections again. I’m not even sure the last one was legitimate with Trump winning *all??* the swing states.
Project 2025 was not started by The Republican Party
It was started by Heritage Foundation/oligarch loving, Christian Nationalist promoting dinks who had already infiltrated DT's weak mind. GOP bought into because they are weak, soulless and craven/and afraid of their voters.
Know you meant 2029 - after we have voted in Article II change [oh please let it be]
Yep, I know re: opposite.
My point is about asking Dem Party Leaders to do this.
I'd say it is better if Orgs/Groups/Civil Societies/Think Tank types do this with Citizen input
Not sure who is best
Any ideas?
Comments
There are many other things we want.
But the list said these things, "at the least".
Of course housing should be a right.
The wording says "at least" the listed demands.
Throughout the comments,people have thought of others.
We can start with those ones...
America is so screwed a
2 party system full blown fascists against center right corporate shills
Almost like the system is built to function this way
And they allow one to say such things in unsubscribing from emails.
Let's do it.
Hey, Dems ! How about Project Right Goddamn Now ?
Take care of that, then maybe we can talk...
Some elected Dems are acting now.
But they also need to be pressed to promote these issues.
Otherwise they won't win in 28.
Full-throatedly endorsing many of these issues NOW is the best path to victory.
In every state of the union.
But if Dems offer continuing rightward movement, they will be defeated again.
I think a federal government is important, but it needs to be of, by, and for us.
But hese issues are foundationally humane, not left (in fact a true left barely exists in this country).
We need to unapologetically make such demands.
Because, let's face it - the reactionaries call mainstream Dems Marxists.
… eggs are all you need.
They need to wake up and realize that it’s a new morning in America and if they want to see a new dawn they need to get rid of the fossils (Pelosi and Schumer) and let the vibrant voices like AOC and Crockett get busy!
Generational divides don't help.
Markey and Sanders are well into their 70s.
And people like J.D. Vance are fascist fossils of much fewer years.
Some climate activists, for instance, blame climate disruption on boomers, but the issue wasn't in media until the late 80s when many boomers were in 30s or 40s.
Use of plastics and oil shot up after WW2, but no one blames the Greatest Generation.
Environmentalism, which includes reducing emissions as a goal, was known long before Boomers.
Throw out names like Rachel Carson "Silent Spring", Sen. Gaylord Nelson & Walter Reuther of UAW (prime movers of Earth Day), & wait for response. ??
About 2 decades later Sen. James Imhoff (Repub -- AZ) threw a snowball on the floor of the U.S. Senate and scoffed at the notion of global warming.
But I was hearing this kind of misguided divisiveness even when the WW2 grandparents were still alive.
I'm getting ready to retire, and I can no longer believe in what I was doing. So it's time. Threw out all of my professional books and materials -- liberating!
I really like your alternative acronym (b.s.). Ha ha ha!
J.D Vance is just stupidity in sheep’s clothing. Bought and paid to suppress his actual opinion for money
And that will work out best, if the Dems listen to their constituents and ran on OUR platforms not that of the corporatocracy.
Attack engineered poverty Confederates have sustained for generations.
Attack their dismal record for upward mobility.
Provide road map from Conservative economic ideology abysmal failure to middleclass.
And preventing this ongoing process.
But I'd sure hate to lose Senators like Markey, Sanders, and Whitehouse to term limits.
Yes!!
It was never legal to begin with.
With the Democrats being members of the "fluff party" and all!🤛
I'll shut-up...
When you stand up!👊
💪
Nuclear has always been on the table.
Remember Obama's "all of the above"?
Even if we ignore the not unsubstantial issue of how to handle waste and terrorism risk, the levelized cost of nuclear is greater than renewables.
https://www.mackinac.org/blog/2022/nuclear-wasted-why-the-cost-of-nuclear-energy-is-misunderstood
Air pollution from fossil fuel extraction, transport, and combustion causes hundreds of thousands of premature deaths in the U.S. annually.
One out of every 5 deaths globally is due to fossil fuel air pollution.
https://hsph.harvard.edu/climate-health-c-change/news/fossil-fuel-air-pollution-responsible-for-1-in-5-deaths-worldwide/
2 boys are tossing poison into the same pool and they're both getting sicker.
If one stops, both get less sick.
Get it?
Address the issue or talk to yourself.
Both boys get more poison.
There is no solution without as many high-emitting nations as possible drastically reducing emissions.
There are models for the way forward. This is one.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148121016499
It's not only a global problem.
The U.S. is a big player, the largest emitter historically in greenhouse gas emissions.
Sure we should press for global treaties, but every ton of emissions hurts us too.
I know we need to lead, how???
Every ton of carbon is killing us whether we or another country emits it.
And those pollution deaths - hundreds of thousands annually happen in the U.S. of A.
If tables were turned, things would have already been set on fire. January 6th 2.0 would have already taken place.
I'll let you play quietly with yourself.
There have been half-hearted climate efforts, but no one except a few progressives have spoken about a variant of The Green New Deal.
This meme doesn’t help anything
BS. I've called out the corporatocracy practically since I could speak.
Angry?
Yes.
68,000 dead Americans every year because so few Dems support Medicare for All should piss anyone off.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)33019-3/abstract
RN, Dems only have the power the people left them and it’s not anything that can stop all this like some superhero. 1/
Really?
Medicare for All?
SCOTUS term limits?
Breaking up big corporations?
Action does.
What Republican tactics are being copied?
I want to reiterate that under Obamacare, about 70,000 preventable deaths occur at the hands of private "insurers".
On everything else they're far better than Republicans, but they need to commit themselves to those 3.
Breaking up massive corporations is a poorly-worded one.
But I take it to mean allowing no huge corporations, including private media conglomerates.
I don't think mainstream Dems would would touch that with a barge pole.
Medicare for All is a huge one that well over 60% of all Americans (Dem, Repub, and Ind) support.
And no, Obamacare fails miserably.
No recent candidate except Sanders has discussed it.
How does that truly help?
Markey is well into his 70s. Whitehouse is almost 70. Sanders is 83.
J.D. Vance is young.
Ageism is divisive and unnecessary.
If they don't, they won't have jobs.
If you start at 14$(current doubled) it will be 9$ by the time it passes.
Why are we cuckishly requesting peanuts?
Demand 30$ and accept no less than 20$.
This is a completely non-radical approach.
Reinstating the Glass-Steagell act of (1933, I think) could protect our savings.
What I've been doing is, whenever a Democratic fundraising email comes through, I hit "unsubscribe". They offer a box asking why.
I pick only one or two of the above.
It's not just 2029, but 2026.
That one would require a constitutional amendment.
Again!
get somebody we can work with..
Nor to those of us who've been working at fed and state levels for Medicare for All.
The very least Dems could do is run with Medicare for All in midterms.
It's popular to all.
And donated and made calls.
I have no MAGA family.
Don't make assumptions, please.
I'm trying to help the Dems.
They need to stop being shy about Medicare for All.
They must stop letting the Overton window ratchet unceasingly rightward.
Ohh and no spines either.
Feel free to add.
The list says, "at least".
And the people in the streets resisting and opposing the Trump Reich are making many of these demands.
We need them to oppose, resist, and yes...demand.
Shouting, "Fuck Trump" accomplishes nothing.
Those lists of demands must be heard loud and clear.
The rest need their feet held to the fire by our presence.
So we're countering a coup right now.
But we need to offer something superior to the past.
Our future rides on it.
My Representative, Jasmine Crockett, never asks me for money. She just kicks ass.
I get them because I've donated to campaigns in the past and still sometimes do for some of the issues in this post's checklist.
These policies are antidotes to many of those crimes.
1) Pass Bernie's No More Billionaires bill. This solves the root of virtually every problem we have.
2) Fund election campaigns with public money only.
Dems are obsessed with trying to out spend the GOP and see it as the only way to win.
We are in the streets and meeting with lawmakers.
If one dashes the hopes for these demands, one kills our activism.
The war is a class war.
It is not LEFT vs RIGHT
Or BLUE vs RED
The war is working class vs Oligarchs/ultra wealthy
I was unsubscribing to several and they actually offer a box for reasons.
My last response:
"Until Democrats as a party promote Medicare for All, please fuck off.
Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.
Hate used to divide us.
Also https://Indivisible.org
There are people marching in every state of the union for issues not fully supported by mainstream Democrats, like Medicare for All, variants of the Green New Deal, and more liberal immigration policies.
We need them, not a rightward Overton window
Not all Dems.
But many.
And there are issues on this list, like Medicare for All that they have no excuse for not championing.
The majoriry of Dems, Repubs, and Independents favor universal health care.
Fair Share tax code revision with a progressive wealth tax.
State’s right to enforce 14th Sec3.
Definition of sedition & treason that expands act of war to asymmetric warfare and active measures.
Anti corruption legislation for those taking the Oath of Office and officers of the court.
YES.
And a truly progressive taxation system would rid us many of plutocratic crimes.
Most Americans of both (or neither) party supports it.
Sure hope they stop this:
Here’s a 🧵 about how:
https://bsky.app/profile/eliza7777777thstar.bsky.social/post/3li3xhlask22k
Rightward appeasement does NOT work.
But I'd be surprised if the progressives like Sanders, Jeffries, AOC, and Markey aren't supportive.
And, of course, WE have to lead
too many too left items on list...
never pass muster
I don't expect that we can achieve them all, but too far left?
Oh hell no; these are issues of basic humanity.
except you will be an old lady before most happen
go for smaller achievements one after another
all the things you list except war took decades
war was an exceptional change
We can make excuses.
Just wait.
After this election...
What do we get?
This:
And what's uplifting is to know that people are in the streets over many of these issues in every state of the union.
We've got to force the Dems hands or we get more of this:
But the people who are out in the streets in every state of the union, want these things.
Opposing and resistance are dependent upon them, as is a better country and world.
The two approaches synergize each other.
If you won't help them get elected, you lose.
I want that.
The vast majority of Americans favor Medicare for All.
The issue energized many Democrats and even appeals to a significant number of Republicans.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079553/share-us-adults-who-support-medicare-for-all-party/
Investigative reporter Greg Palast discusses this in well-researched detail in a stunningly produced documentary, Vigilantes Inc.
Here's a short summary.
https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/
Harris would have won if the anti-Democratic far left had stopped spewing antisemitic slurs and instead voted against fascism.
2- I'm very far left and I voted for her.
Please, also define far left and offer some proof for your contention.
M4A is a lie and it's a lie that hurts us. It's a tool of the far left against the real left.
It's been researched well.
Here's one detailed study showing that M4A would save the country more than $400 billion and, more importantly, 68,000 lives annually.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8572548/#:~:text=This%20shift%20to%20single%2Dpayer,million%20life%2Dyears%20every%20year.
We need universal healthcare, but not like this.
Is it somehow undemocratic?
To quote one of the greatest of all American intellectuals, "Power concedes nothing without a demand".
And I still do selectively for some of the above issues.
But we have to let them know for whom they work.
And mainstream Dems have made a practice of NOT acting on those issues.
But many of these issues have been ignored or under-emphasized when they are.
They don't enchant their constituencies to vote unless they listen.
Hell, I'm trying to help this party win.
Fascism doesn’t follow election cycles. It rigs the next vote or makes it meaningless. Assuming democracy will self-correct is a risk we can’t take.
Stay vigilant. Speak out. Resist normalization.
We have to oppose and resist a fascist coup WHILE planning a better future.
Talk order.
But our survival and that of the whole natural world depends on it.
#BellaCiao
These fights are interconnected—fascism, capitalism, exploitation, and the climate crisis stem from the same dysfunctional systems of destruction.
We resist not just to stop the worst, but to build something better. People need a vision—a future worth fighting for.
Godspeed.
It's became of their LACK of ideals.
My personal hero, Eugene Victor Debs was convicted for sedition in 1918 because he opposed US entry into WW1.
But heading a violent insurrection is certainly different.
The 2 projects synergize each other.
Those of us in the streets opposing and resisting want to see action on these issues.
Are you saying this was November's agenda?
Or go to the source. Ask them why they haven't started it. Call their offices everyday. Here's where you go. Email them whatever it takes. Start complaining to the source
Always
But even without computer hacks, voter suppression, especially of Black people, handed Trump the win.
Check out this exquisitely-produced, well-researched and haunting film, Vigilantes, Inc.
https://youtu.be/P_XdtAQXnGE?si=J7rjKw6yTDOjEX-p
If you want those things then you MUST walk away from the two party system.
But what you say just isn't true.
Other than the few very progressive Dem, the party has NEVER come out for Medicare for All, something the vast majority of Americans now favor.
I've been catching flak from people saying the opposite: that Dems always have fought for these things.
So I read a bit quickly.
Mea culpa
Amazing crap!
On the other hand, I've told every jerk using ActBlue who sends me these annoying emails with these "Express Donate $5, $10, $25, $100" to GET LOST!
Surviving to Next Month is sorta on a few Democrats, republicans & Undecided’s Mind Right Now.
Check Back.
Fighting fascism AND getting a better government requires both.
Otherwise it's this forever and how we got here:
I want to see aggressive action!!
Affairs Committee
Phone:
(202) 226-8467
If it's about defending labor rights, climate, or Medicare for All as issues, I'm in.
But "love us, we're liberal" type blanket messages get deleted.
They're not all like this.
And personally meeting with rep or their aid may help.
But this sort of lack of commitment shouldn't be tolerated.
Don’t ever see it happening. They can’t even hire security guards to get them into a public building lol. Pretty useless to us right now and a real embarrassment.
None of them seem to be broke right now though. They’re doin just fine. Job, home, eggs.
My strategy is to try.
About 100 years ago, I wouldn't have been allowed to vote.
2) Hopefully people vote Democratic.
3) Hopefully we will be led by The People - who actually lead the politicians.
If you can, you should probably give them some money so that there might be enough Ds in office to obstruct Rs as well. Currently there are not.
But they are certainly working for us.
And those of us in the streets of every state in the union support many of these demands.
Opposing fascism and demanding a better world synergize each other.
If they prove they won't listen, then we resist and use these years to build a better party, something that can't be done at the last minute.
Nothing is guaranteed, but inaction is taking sides with these fascists.
That being said, your orange dipshit is taking America backwards. All he sees is $$$ and power.
...
And who said the current criminals shouldn't go untoppled?
The same people (like me) who are in the streets in every state in the union, who've been contacting lawmakers, support many of these demands.
Stopping this coup and promoting these goals synergize each other.
My decibel level doesn't need tone-policing thanks.
Yes
The two party system is what got us here. We need a one world group , no parties, just people on the same page, building a new nation. Globally.
One is that I am asking too much and I shouldn't criticize the Dems.
Yours is the rare, "It's not enough".
My feeling is that it's the very limit of what may be achieved by 2028.
I just don’t see a situation where we have true elections again. I’m not even sure the last one was legitimate with Trump winning *all??* the swing states.
Even without a computer hack, the election was stolen through voter suppression, especially of Black people.
If you have time check out this stunningly-produced and well-researched film.
https://youtu.be/P_XdtAQXnGE?si=YURX5wy_j9AbT7wB
It was started by Heritage Foundation/oligarch loving, Christian Nationalist promoting dinks who had already infiltrated DT's weak mind. GOP bought into because they are weak, soulless and craven/and afraid of their voters.
Dems are not that.
The Project 2028 is the polar opposite; that's the point.
The name is meant to be in sharp contrast.
Yep, I know re: opposite.
My point is about asking Dem Party Leaders to do this.
I'd say it is better if Orgs/Groups/Civil Societies/Think Tank types do this with Citizen input
Not sure who is best
Any ideas?
I work with climate and universal healthcare organizations.
But for anyone on a broad array of issues there's:
https://indivisible.org
@moveon.org
NO ACTION-
NO MONEY!