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Agreed, but Democratic leadership will be hard to displace. The political equation is 'money is power.' It's not just the GOP or the constituents who have influence on Democratic leadership. The biggest influence comes from their donors.

Is it 'strategic communication' to use such stilted corporate slang as 'spaces' and 'facilitation'? I guess the use of those terms might appeal to an undereducated HR employee, but if a manager were looking for a creative mind to enhance understanding, he wouldn't want to read that drivel.

Journalism has long been entertainment used to sell advertising and propaganda. Note how nervous plutocrats become when the subject of public TV or radio comes up. They're against the possibility of honest, unbiased information.

Regardless, he's not much of a fiction writer if he can't come up w/ a quick and dirty solution.

The illogical SCOTUS decision which opened the door to plutocracy, and closed the door to true campaign financing reform. Warped originalism laughs at common sense.

In sports gambling, bets would be taken down if evidence were presented that participants were bribed. We know these 8 Senators have taken money from donors. What we don't know, because our fourth estate is incompetent, is if the donors asked those 8 to end the shutdown.

The hypocrisy is embedded within the Fourth Great Awakening Evangelical. They're troubled people seeking easy answers to complex problems. For them the explanation is mystical: Abortion is interrupting God's plan, just like putting foreign substances into God's creation is overruling God.

If by 'follow the money' you mean the ugly, donor driven process used by Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society to ensure inculcated Catholics get nominated, I agree.

When Democrats allow vested interests to contribute they are saying they don't want UHC, a wealth tax, an Israel w/o apartheid, higher taxes on the rich, etc. Donors will quickly quash those desires with a splash of cash.

Coward.

You wouldn't even know about the case if he weren't a professional soccer player. A few drabs of unsworn testimony, not evidence, is all your fact free mind has.

Christianity is now inexorably tied to the plutocracy. There is little doubt embedded wealth is best served by a gullible, superstitious following rather than free thinking atheists.

Cynical, and I suspect more likely a product of the way you think than my reasoning. Rumors are part of the fabric of our social structure, and I've known their tendentious nature since I was a child. I prefer to give the benefit of the doubt and wait for my personal conclusion.

Discussion isn't always about changing minds. Sometimes it's just wishing each side would understand the other's view.

Morally disagree? They stood by their player who claimed his innocence. No trial has taken place. No accusation has been verified. Your sense of morality conflicts w/ my atheistic sense of ethics.

I'm sure she has considerable financial backing from the 'Christian' advocacy world.

And I disagree it's not applicable to daily life. I've encountered many times in my life from grade school through corporate challenges where people have been manipulated to believe falsehoods. In the corporate world, it's almost de rigueur to accuse w/o proof in order to get ahead.

Plutocrats and their minions, the GOP, have spent millions trying to disprove your idea.

'No logical space?' How about innocent until proven guilty? I hate the phrase 'virtue signaling,' but you're an advertisement for its hypocrisy. You've decided a woman who had a relationship w/ a pro-footballer is incapable of trying to hustle him. Keep an open mind.

I'm sure men fall in love w/ pretty actresses every day. A warning that will surely not be heeded. You're only falling in love with character w/ a pretty face. Even if you can touch and kiss her.

Well, maybe in the confession box of his local parish. . .

Will the SCOTUS Chief Justice ever apologize to American citizens for allowing Trump to murder w/ impunity?

I wish it were that easy. There are only two horses at the gate w/ a realistic chance of taking control. The plutocracy has already decided it will take a great deal of money to run a nationwide campaign. It's either revolution or bouncing Dem leadership and supporting social Democrats.

Why is it Dems always cave? My suspicion is the money their leaders take from vested interests. Yes, I believe Israeli advocacy groups told Schumer to cave.

US citizens should blame Pelosi for our lack of UHC. She took millions from health insurance providers to stop it. Those who dislike Israeli's apartheid actions and brutal behavior toward Palestinians can blame Schumer being on Israeli advocacy's bribe list. The right has colonized Dem leadership.

We need Democrats in Georgia to do a better job of illustrating how Trump policies are hurting MAGA. Georgia is typical of Southern states who've been controlled by the GOP w/ gerrymandering and biased government.

YouTube video by Legal AF Trump OUTMANEUVERED by Justice Jackson on SUPREME COURT APPEAL?!?!

No one responded to this, but Saturday morning Popok of Legal AF addressed this issue in his typically circuitous explanation. Wish he'd take a Composition 101 course to improve his communication skills.

Why would Supreme Court Justice Jackson issue an order pausing the requirement to distribute full SNAP payments until the appeals court rules on whether to issue a more lasting pause?

I'm an American and of course hate Israeli actions against Palestinians. But more than that, I hate American politicians being bribed by advocacy groups to look the other way.

But US Israeli advocacy groups still bribe politicians like Chuck Schumer to call people wanting Israel to stop starving Palestinians anti-Semitic. Does Israeli get a free pass on this, just like their apartheid actions and their racist 'right of return?'