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'The Supreme Court Case That Could Overturn the Heart of the New Deal [View all] turbinetree Jan 2018 OP

It is quite simple. Progressives have been fighting each other and not the Republicans...and this is Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #1

Forgive me if I respond to the way I am going to respond turbinetree Jan 2018 #4

True. But those who insist on running off with some renegade calimary Jan 2018 #9

I agree completely with your remarks turbinetree Jan 2018 #14

You are exactly correct louis c Jan 2018 #15

All very true. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #34

If they don't get it on their own, it's probably too late louis c Jan 2018 #35

And those who scold the "renegades" who view themselves as people Sophia4 Jan 2018 #20

There is no principle in helping to elect Republicans which is what they did... and when I think of Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #26

Both sides view themselves as acting on principle. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #27

There's no "good" in letting the perfect or good be the enemy of adequate, that's NOT progressive uponit7771 Jan 2018 #30

But no one is perfect. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #33

The only way to remedy this is to win elections and appoint new judges which will take years Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #37

Sadly too many Stein/Nader voters never saw the importance of the US Supreme Court. Willie Pep Jan 2018 #11

We tried to tell them...but they were too stupid to understand...and election happens every two, Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #25

Stein happily attended the party for Progressive dog Jan 2018 #31

The Democratic Party, by abdicating on all kinds of social justice and economic issues over the JCanete Jan 2018 #23

That is not true...no party can be all things. You have to accept you will either get some of what Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #24

It is true. Trump voters are in many cases Democrats that the Democratic Party Sophia4 Jan 2018 #28

It isn't a matter of who the democrats have abandoned. Republicans have always been the worse choice JCanete Jan 2018 #41

Agreed. Meanwhile, I see new tents in Los Angeles -- at a freeway entrance Sophia4 Jan 2018 #43

You mean the white racists who left the party in the 60s when Dems started pushing civil rights? Drunken Irishman Jan 2018 #45

No. I mean voters who cast their ballots for Obama but did not come out to vote Sophia4 Jan 2018 #47

So, a very small group of people. Got it. Drunken Irishman Jan 2018 #48

Yes. But Trump won by small margins in some key states. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #49

Details matter when they're correct. Drunken Irishman Jan 2018 #50

Russian interference, voter suppression, and delisen Jan 2018 #52

I just told you how to achieve a big tent. The people are the tent, not big business JCanete Jan 2018 #29

We have business in this country who provide jobs... We need regulation for Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #36

they are not the enemy but their desires often are detrimental, and they need serious push-back. JCanete Jan 2018 #40

I have no problem with such choices but not this year. We can't afford to waste time or Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #42

We have to unify the party. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #44

the biggest place where we disagree is that you think progressives can't win, and that our JCanete Jan 2018 #51

We had a great majority in 07...we won in 06 and 08....and then in 10 Some abandoned President Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #38

It's a matter of presenting ideas that will deal with the problems of voters Sophia4 Jan 2018 #46

21st Century Feudalism - that's the goal. CrispyQ Jan 2018 #2

Master/Slave paradigm. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #3

This is a terrible post. The Democrats are the only party that can defeat Trump...and your words Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #39

"How could the nation have descended to the point that ... KPN Jan 2018 #5

Thank you for bringing this to our attention cp Jan 2018 #6

Your welcome turbinetree Jan 2018 #8

Important, but hardly a "sleeper." Hortensis Jan 2018 #53

I've been sounding the alarm on this for 20 years now. Mike Niendorff Jan 2018 #7

Your welcome turbinetree Jan 2018 #10

Is this brought on the many lawsuits filed by laborers against Der Twitler over the years? Roland99 Jan 2018 #12

We are nearing the end stage of the boiling frog parable. procon Jan 2018 #13

Banana Republic - Where corporations own and run the government SharonAnn Jan 2018 #16

Corporate rule is much the same as that of a crime syndicate ProfessorPlum Jan 2018 #18

Rolling back a century of progress to return to the notorious procon Jan 2018 #19

+1111111111 happy feet Jan 2018 #17

There is the Gorsuch decision that a truck driver must freeze to death & not disobey company rules Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #21

Instead of "could," you might as well say "almost certainly will." Orrex Jan 2018 #22

The New Deal melman Jan 2018 #32