Thom, what the DNC did to Sanders was an outright voter purge. That is, they stold the Democratic nomination for Hillary and, as a direct result, many independents and some Democrats that might have come out to vote stayed home because they couldn't stomach either candidate. We now have a sociopathic delusional megalomaniac in the White House. I hate to belabor this, but you seem to be incapable of seeing beyond the corrupt two party system. The Democratic Establishment has lost a large portion of the base by resorting to the same dirty politics you demonize the Republicans for. The ONLY thing the political establishment in this country cares about anymore is raw power, and Main Street be damned! Why don't you use your formidable podium to champion REAL change, and by that I mean a third viable progressive alternative? Open your eyes!

I'm all with that, Outback! It was the most manipulated presidential race/election in history.

Outback,

Amen.

This country has a huge deficit, but it has an even bigger deceit.

Has anyone thought about why the Tea Party isn't a third Party? Does a conservative third Party exist? My theory: The billionaire/fascists realize they would get their asses kicked if a conservative third party existed.

I'm onboard with Bernie and the progressive caucus. In fact, after over 40 years of voting independent, I had to register with the Democratic Party last year so I could vote for Bernie in the primary....I didn't want to register as a Democratic Party citizen, but the difference between the democratic progressives and the conservative teabaggers is so extreme I just had to do what I had to do to vote for Bernie.

Kobach's interstate crosscheck has been blacked out by the corpse media so well that Trump hasn't even had a chance to call it fake news yet. Crosscheck, Putin, voter suppression, digital vote flipping, all reasons to have NATO oversee the re-election after the last one is declared invalid.

Well said, 2950-10K! I was all in for Bernie too. In hindsight, since the Democratic leadership torpedoed his campaign anyway, he might have had a real shot at winning with a third party.

Even though he couldn't flesh out his stance on foreign policy to my satisfaction (no doubt because of our pervasive war-mongering culture), I'm convinced that, given an empathetic nature coupled to a tough-minded political intelligence, he would have seriously worked toward world peace. Those efforts would have resulted in that illusive "peace dividend" and freed up our budget, so that we could have concentrated on fulfilling a healthy domestic agenda, which is not the agenda of the ruthless transnational billionaires. Instead, we are in the grip of a madman.

One of the least discussed yet most consequential patterns of American foreign policy, which both major parties and most of the electorate always rally around despite their internal divisions, is imperialistic militarism. Start a war, kill an enemy, and people cheer -- Republicans and Democrats alike. Our government is the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, which instills pride and patriotism here at home while striking fear and unrest in the world, ensuring an endless supply of "enemies." It's a self-feeding loop that's only getting worse.

Brief interludes of peace are aberrations of human history, abstract notions now relegated to the Sunday pulpit and the idealistic minds of the naive. Nevermore, it seems, will those in power give peace a chance, if they have ever. A constant state of warfare intoxicates the masses, and economic oppression is the price we willingly pay. Death's-head is our calling card.

Laying claim to more and more of the world's dwindling resources to maintain economic dominance by a tiny class of oligarchs impoverishes the world and guarantees the ultimate collapse of civilization. We are nearly there. Global warming will only exacerbate our violent instincts and hasten the end. The rise and fall of Homo sapiens will be but a moment in time.

Stephen Hawking estimates another hundred years. A massive movement of widespread awareness -- derived from the serious introspection of each individual -- is humankind's one last chance at peace and survival. As the sand in the hourglass rapidly runs out, that possibility is as remote as ever.

Ther ought to be a fund put together to put Greg Palasts latest film which explains all about Inter-state crosscheck or the Republicans stealing elections on prime time Tv. there ought to be a petitionwith millions of signatures sent to MSNBC which touts itself as a progressive TV Station that unless they discuss Kris kobachs interstate cross check program and how it stole the Presidency and the US Senate for the republicans in2016 and I mean at length constantly and consistently with numerous appearances by Greg Palast that we will never watch their Network ever again.

Rg, clearly you don't know wtf you're talking about. Where there is nothing is between your ears. Fox has totally Focked your head. Now you, a driveling idiot, want to tell us what's what? Puleeezzzz What good are you?

Whoa, you left out your usual "leftie/socialists" chant! Good for you! Heeding sage advice from liberals must be a humbling experience for an old right-wing troll, but it's a baby step on that long journey to credibility. Now, quit watching Faux News and add a touch of substance to your nags. It's Mother's Day; think of your grandchildren and their future.

You are wasting your breathe. Diane is incapable of thinging in the future tense.

Yup, a waste of breath. Arrogant, insolent, ignorant -- the embodiment of Foxed-up Republicanism. "Idiot, incompetent, liar" -- the three most common words the American people use to describe the fake president (Quinnipiac's latest poll). In this case, correlation does imply causation.