Dear @Alternet, the only progressive candidate for US Senate from Maryland is @Flowers4Senate

Donna Edwards Runs Hard for the Senate in a Race Called the 'Fight for the Future of the Democratic Party' in the NY Times

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/progressive-donna-edwards-runs-hard-senate-race-called-fight-over-future?akid=14120.219671.MPN9XT&rd=1&src=newsletter1053463&t=3

Corporate managed debates produce mirage democracy. Case in point: senate race in a blue state

Green Party Senate Candidate Removed From Debate Stage

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=16009

Thomas Frank: How the Dems created a liberalism “of, by and for the rich"

Beware the Blue State Model: How the Democrats Created a "Liberalism of the Rich" | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/29/beware-blue-state-model-how-democrats-created-liberalism-rich

Beyond the laughter and some terrifying ideas, Trump gains substantial momentum railing against TPP & NAFTA

What the Right "Gets" About Free Trade

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/29/what-right-gets-about-free-trade

Why a United Front Against Trump is Dangerous Territory for the Left

http://www.blackagendareport.com/danger_of_front_against_trump

Europe, which ravaged the world for 500 years, says its victims must give up all hope of sanctuary from EU wars

'Do not come to Europe,' Donald Tusk warns economic migrants | World news | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/donald-tusk-economic-migrants-do-not-come-to-europe

Raúl Castro should have asked President Obama about the dozens of political prisoners locked up in the US

Home | Jericho Movement

http://thejerichomovement.com/

United Opt Out (UOO) is fighting test-and-punish regimes that only seek to wreck (privatize) public education

UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education "Reform" - United Opt Out National serves as a focused point of unyielding resistance to corporate ed. reform. We demand an equitably funded, democratically based, anti-racist, desegregated public school system for all Americans that prepares students to exercise compassionate and critical decision making with civic virtue.

http://unitedoptout.com/

In this age of corporate capture, being EPA Gina McCarthy means never having to say you’re sorry

Michigan evaded the EPA on Flint. We can't let that happen elsewhere. - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michigan-evaded-the-epa-on-flint-we-cant-let-that-happen-elsewhere/2016/03/14/9ecfd46c-e9de-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html

Before Flint: Corporate capture of EPA resulted in cover-up of Washington DC's water crisis 2001-2004

Lead contamination in Washington, D.C. drinking water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_contamination_in_Washington,_D.C._drinking_water

Bacon's Rebellion: Direct action gets the goods, since 1676. Chicago students were right to shut down Trump

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion

Nobody ever voted to get their right to vote, but by developing their own agenda. Elections have limits

Self-determination is not picking an item from an electoral menu that's chosen by other people

Let's be honest: If a rising tide lifted all boats, we wouldn't be a nation of have-nots and have-yachts

Obama has scaled back tensions with Cuba while escalating Washington's war on Venezuela ~Eric Draitser

http://stopimperialism.org/

Development banks need to wake up to the human rights crisis in Honduras

http://otherworldsarepossible.org/

Bernie, Black, and Blue: Reflections on Race in the Democratic Primaries

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/03/15/bernie-black-and-blue-reflections-on-race-in-the-democratic-primaries/

Let’s admit it: The biggest beneficiaries of the ACA have been insurance, pharma & medical instrument companies

My take on the Belgium tragedy

Let’s admit it: The West's 'War on Terror' is accelerating terrorism

Oceans '16: Sanders Campaign Blasts $350K Dinner with Clooneys as 'Obscene' | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Unforced error: Hillary's greatest weakness is her penchant for "pay to play," transactional politics

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/25/oceans-16-sanders-campaign-blasts-350k-dinner-clooneys-obscene

US-Saudi terror in Yemen dwarfs ISIS attacks in Europe

Obama Pays Tribute, but Doesn't Say "Sorry" to Argentine Victims of Kissinger's Allies

Obama in Argentina: "Empire means never having to say you're sorry"

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35374-obama-pays-tribute-but-doesn-t-say-sorry-to-argentine-victims-of-kissinger-s-allies

Obama Pays Tribute, but Doesn't Say "Sorry" to Argentine Victims of Kissinger's Allies

Obama in Argentina: "Empire means never having to say you're sorry"

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35374-obama-pays-tribute-but-doesn-t-say-sorry-to-argentine-victims-of-kissinger-s-allies

Legitimacy crisis: Trump beats neocons at their own game. Bernie does same to liberal interventionists.

How Donald Trump Is Beating the Neoconservatives at Their Own Game | The Nation

Duopoly decline:
Trump beats neocons at their own game.
Bernie beats liberal interventionists at their game. https://t.co/BAB4Lgsysk

http://www.thenation.com/article/how-donald-trump-is-beating-the-neoconservatives-at-their-own-game/

Hillary must separate herself from corporate Dem elitism—she can do it with one simple masterstroke

Time for These Two Democrats to Go

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35334-time-for-these-two-democrats-to-go

US Welcomes Cubans While Deporting Vulnerable Latin American Migrants

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35326-us-cubans-welcome-but-vulnerable-latin-americans-stay-out

After Brussels attack, will response be more war or *a look at the root causes of terrorism*?

After Brussels Attack, Will Response Be More War or a Look at the Root Causes of Terrorism?

Democracy Now!

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/23/after_brussels_attack_will_response_be?utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&utm_campaign=266d989cfc-Daily_Digest&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fa2346a853-266d989cfc-190258801

How the Koch brothers bought into the Democratic Party in order to dismantle it, via @ProRev

How the Koch brothers helped dismantle the Democratic Party | Sam Smith's Essays

https://samsmitharchives.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/6467/

If Trump’s a fascist, what does that make Hillary? (Thomas Frank, @Guardian)

Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump. Here's why

Thomas Frank, Guardian UK

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/07/donald-trump-why-americans-support

If Trump’s a fascist, what does that make Hillary? (Thomas Frank, Truthdig)

Thomas Frank: All Those Donald Trump Supporters? They're Not Just Racist - Truthdig

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/thomas_frank_all_those_trump_supporters_theyre_not_just_racist_20160312

If Trump’s a fascist, what does that make Hillary? (Carrier Employees React To Layoff)

Carrier Employees React To Layoff, Jobs Moving To Mexico - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3-s72NToTw&ebc=ANyPxKp6HPWy9WKKATbf3gJdae1-6pmRJ6zCHySpt7UIGVGbydITy3nMk7fo4CBidHx0U6PaefzQ

If Trump’s a fascist, what does that make Hillary? (Trump’s meeting with WaPo editorial board)

A transcript of Donald Trump's meeting with The Washington Post editorial board - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/03/21/a-transcript-of-donald-trumps-meeting-with-the-washington-post-editorial-board/

New York Times finally mentions ‘Goliath’--in rightwing ad smearing Max Blumenthal

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/03/nyt-finally-mentions-goliath-in-rightwing-ad-smearing-max-blumenthal/

Obama Administration Breaks Record in Rejecting FOIA Requests

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/35833-obama-administration-breaks-record-in-rejecting-foia-requests

Pressure Mounts on Kerry to Take Action Over Honduras

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/35823-pressure-mounts-on-kerry-to-take-action-over-honduras

Responsible engagement across the aisle: Lefty @RbReich’s Open Letter to the Republican Establishment

Robert Reich (An Open Letter to the Republican Establishment)

http://robertreich.org/post/140181226720

Hillary could strengthen her brand if she addressed the pervasive "pay-to-play" innuendo

Hillary’s “diplomacy” whitewashed the Honduras military coup. Everybody seems to know except US citizens

Why Is Hillary OK With Honduran Death Squads?

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/35818-why-is-hillary-ok-with-honduran-death-squads

Why Is Hillary OK With Honduran Death Squads?

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/35818-why-is-hillary-ok-with-honduran-death-squads

Hard choices: Civil servants shouldn't have off-the-books communications which can't be FOIAed

Thomas Frank on the real history of the 1990s: If you don’t remember them, you weren’t there. #Clintonism

Bill Clinton's odious presidency: Thomas Frank on the real history of the '90s 

Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/14/bill_clintons_odious_presidency_thomas_frank_on_the_real_history_of_the_90s/

Super Tuesday: hatched in the ’80s by white, male, mostly Southern Dems to help “centrists” get a leg up on liberals

Hillary's inevitability lie: Why the media and party elites are rushing to nominate the weakest candidate 

Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/08/hillarys_inevitability_lie_why_the_media_and_party_elites_are_rushing_to_nominate_the_weakest_candidate/

Republicans engage in a mad scramble to stop Trump while Democrats do all they can to help Hillary seal the deal

Hillary's inevitability lie: Why the media and party elites are rushing to nominate the weakest candidate 

Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/08/hillarys_inevitability_lie_why_the_media_and_party_elites_are_rushing_to_nominate_the_weakest_candidate/

Curiouser: Trump is the one Republican almost any Democrat can beat; Hillary the one Democrat Trump can beat

Hillary's inevitability lie: Why the media and party elites are rushing to nominate the weakest candidate 

Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/08/hillarys_inevitability_lie_why_the_media_and_party_elites_are_rushing_to_nominate_the_weakest_candidate/

If Clinton & Trump win their conventions, it’ll be the first time both parties nominated their weakest candidate

Hillary's inevitability lie: Why the media and party elites are rushing to nominate the weakest candidate

Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/08/hillarys_inevitability_lie_why_the_media_and_party_elites_are_rushing_to_nominate_the_weakest_candidate/

Look for more "strip & flip" election shenanigans in the 2016 toss-up states: OH, FL, NC, MI, IA, AZ

Why We Must Now Adopt the "Ohio Plan" to Prevent the "Strip and Flip" of American Elections

Freepress.org

http://freepress.org/article/why-we-must-now-adopt-ohio-plan-prevent-strip-and-flip-american-elections

Hillary’s inevitability lie: Why the media and party elites are rushing to nominate the weakest candidate - Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/08/hillarys_inevitability_lie_why_the_media_and_party_elites_are_rushing_to_nominate_the_weakest_candidate/

GM is criminally culpable in the poisoning of the citizens of Flint. The c-suite suits knew

GM: Paint It Red: Inside General Motors' Culture Of Failure Book Download

https://onlybooks.org/gm-paint-it-red-inside-general-motors-culture-of-failure-134267

We need politicians who know they need social movements, not politicians who subvert them

For most of its history, SCOTUS has erred on the side of protecting the privilege and power of elites

Buck v. Bell: Inside the SCOTUS Case That Led to Forced Sterilization of 70,000 & Inspired the Nazis

via Democracy Now!

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/17/buck_v_bell_inside_the_scotus?utm_source=Democracy+Now!&utm_campaign=103fca2666-Daily_Digest&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fa2346a853-103fca2666-190258801

Trust me...

Why not both?

The difference between a stick-up and having your pocket picked

Marjorie Cohn | Who Is the US Killing With Drones?

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35159-who-is-the-us-killing-with-drones

For most of its history, SCOTUS has erred on the side of protecting the privilege and powers of elites

730 Scholars Decry Impunity in Honduras and Urge the U.S. State Department to Demand Human Rights Accountability | COHA

http://www.coha.org/730-scholars-decry-impunity-in-honduras-and-urge-the-u-s-state-department-to-demand-human-rights-accountability/

Nelson Garcia: Another Honduran Activist Gunned Down While Washington Gives a Muted Response | COHA

http://www.coha.org/nelson-garcia-another-honduran-activist-gunned-down-while-washington-gives-a-muted-response/

Why Was Berta Cáceres Assassinated?

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35250-why-was-berta-caceres-assassinated

Outrage as Another Indigenous Activist Leader Assassinated in Honduras

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/16/outrage-another-indigenous-activist-leader-assassinated-honduras

Blackout Tuesday: The Bernie Sanders Speech Corporate Media Chose Not To Air | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Blackout Tuesday: The Bernie Sanders Speech Corporate Media Chose Not To Air
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/16/blackout-tuesday-bernie-sanders-speech-corporate-media-chose-not-air

Senator Bernie Sanders Primary Night Speech

See the Bernie primary evening speech (March 15) that the corporate media refused to air

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/35787-senator-bernie-sanders-primary-night-speech

Chomsky skewers presidential candidates & corporate media in this interview for the Korean press

Noam Chomsky: "I Have Never Seen Such Lunatics in the Political System"

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/35788-noam-chomsky-qi-have-never-seen-such-lunatics-in-the-political-systemq

Yes, Hillary had a big night; and Yes, the corporate media is silencing Bernie

Hillary Clinton Has Big Night; Media Moves to Silence Bernie Sanders Campaign

Democracy Now!

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/16/hillary_clinton_has_big_night_media

The New Truth About "Free Trade"

Thank you, @RbReich. Principled lefty admits he was wrong about corporate-rigged trade deals; opposes TPP

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/35767-the-new-truth-about-free-trade

Hillary Clinton apologizes for praising Nancy Reagan's nonexistent AIDS activism - Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-clinton-reagan-aids-critics-20160311-story.html

Hillary Will Never Admit Publicly That She Supports Fracking, But She's a Booster Behind Closed Doors | Alternet

http://www.alternet.org/environment/hillary-will-never-admit-publicly-she-supports-fracking-shes-booster-behind-closed-doors?akid=14056.219671.K5pxwj&rd=1&src=newsletter1052373&t=16

Meet Alfreda Bikowsky, the Senior Officer at the Center of the CIA’s Torture Scandals

Meet the CIA's unidentified queen of torture

https://theintercept.com/2014/12/19/senior-cia-officer-center-torture-scandals-alfreda-bikowsky/

Snafus on steroids: So many US blunders involve the late Richard Holbrooke & Zbigniew Brzezinski. #Korea

Kwangju Declassified: Holbrooke's Legacy | MONEY DOESN'T TALK, IT SWEARS

http://timshorrock.com/?p=435

Before Her Assassination, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Backing Honduran Coup | Democracy Now!

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/11/before_her_assassination_berta_caceres_singled?utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&utm_campaign=0649ce9c05-Daily_Digest&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fa2346a853-0649ce9c05-190258801

DWS must go

Can This Man Unseat Corporate-Cozy DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz? 

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/11/can-man-unseat-corporate-cozy-dnc-chair-debbie-wasserman-schultz

Greetings From Capitalism

Every US president since Reagan seems not to know that money trickles up

One of many gems from @CornelWest on today’s @DemocracyNow

.@CornelWest on @DemocracyNow "Hillary Clinton--she’s hawkish, she’s right-wing, she’s imperial in her orientation."

Bernie, Hillary or Revolution in the Streets? Cornel West, Dolores Huerta & Black Lives Matter Debate

Democracy Now!

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/9/bernie_hillary_or_revolution_in_the

Hawkish gamble: Hillary Clinton pushed for war on Libya, which is now a failed state. @DemocracyNow!

The Libya Gamble: Inside Hillary Clinton's Push for War & the Making of a Failed State

Democracy Now!

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/3/the_libya_gamble_inside_hillary_clinton

.@VijayPrashad: Bernie wants the US empire to end. Hillary and the Republicans want it untouched

Bernie Wants the American Empire to End; Hillary and the Republicans Want It Untouched | Alternet

http://www.alternet.org/world/bernie-wants-american-empire-end-hillary-and-republicans-want-it-untouched?akid=14042.219671.F7lVpu&rd=1&src=newsletter1052187&t=16

GOP insiders try to figure out how to dump Trump. Hmm, I wonder what Wall Street Dems are up to...

At Secretive Meeting, Tech CEOs And Top Republicans Commiserate, Plot To Stop Trump

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aei-world-forum-donald-trump_us_56ddbd38e4b0ffe6f8ea125d

Why I Don't Vote; An Indigenous Perspective, by Vincent Rinehart

http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Why-I-Don-t-Vote-an-Indig-by-Samuel-Vargo-Failure_Government_Indigenous-Cultures_Indigenous-Peoples-160308-255.html

45 years after COINTELPRO, FBI still thinks that dissent is the enemy

45 Years After COINTELPRO, FBI Still Thinks 'Dissent is the Enemy' 

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/08/45-years-after-cointelpro-fbi-still-thinks-dissent-enemy

Agenda to Build Black Futures | Download Full Agenda

Ever wonder what is the agenda of the Black Youth Project 100? Here it is in exquisite and profound detail

http://agendatobuildblackfutures.org/our-agenda/download-full-agenda/

How a Democrat Killed Welfare | Jacobin

How a Democrat removed welfare, via @JacobinMag

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/02/welfare-reform-bill-hillary-clinton-tanf-poverty-dlc/

Mitt Romney Should Be Apologizing for Donald Trump

Mitt should be apologizing for Trump

Romney. Trump. Pot. Kettle.

http://www.thenation.com/article/mitt-romney-should-be-apologizing-for-donald-trump/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Nation Daily - Henry Holt A/B&utm_term=daily

Who Will You Vote for as Drone Commander in Chief? | The Nation

Strange fruit: Every candidate from both corporate parties plans to maintain the murderous drone campaign

http://www.thenation.com/article/who-will-you-vote-for-as-drone-commander-in-chief/

The Clinton-Backed Honduran Regime Is Picking Off Indigenous Leaders | The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/article/the-clinton-backed-honduran-regime-is-picking-off-indigenous-leaders/

CBS exec brags that Trump is great for ratings. That he's terrible for the country is an afterthought

CBS Exec Brags How Trump Is Great for Ratings, That He's Terrible for the Country Is an Afterthought | Alternet

http://www.alternet.org/media/cbs-exec-brags-how-trump-great-ratings-hes-terrible-country-afterthought?akid=14024.219671.GXNxLa&rd=1&src=newsletter1051739&t=18

There’s no question that welfare removal (1996) has done more harm than good

Why It Matters That Hillary Clinton Championed "Welfare Reform" | The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/article/why-it-matters-that-hillary-clinton-championed-welfare-reform/

Strange fruit: US made sure that toppled Honduras president, Manuel Zelaya, would not return to office

CEPR Calls for US Government to Support International Investigation into Assassination of Berta Cáceres, Prominent Rights Defender and Environmental Activist, in Honduras 

Center for Economic and Policy Research

http://cepr.net/press-center/press-releases/cepr-calls-for-us-government-to-support-international-investigation-into-assassination-of-berta-caceres-prominent-rights-defender-and-environmental-activist-in-honduras

Neoconservatives declare war on Donald Trump, look for another candidate to support

Neoconservatives Declare War on Donald Trump

https://theintercept.com/2016/02/29/neoconservatives-declare-war-on-donald-trump/

Until Snowden revealed it, the bulk surveillance game was played in secret—outside of public purview.

On whistleblowers and secrecy: What author Barry Eisler said to a room of ex-intelligence officers

http://boingboing.net/2016/03/01/on-whistleblowers-and-secrecy.html?utm_source=moreatbb&utm_medium=nextpost&utm_campaign=nextpostthumbnails

Shameful: 36 yrs of wars abroad & austerity at home have created millions of rightfully aggrieved voters like Aprill

Shameful: 36 yrs of wars abroad & austerity at home have created millions of rightfully aggrieved voters like Aprill

https://youtu.be/lOLjGQ1r40o

Our problems have bipartisan roots. The solution involves lefties listening to principled conservatives & vice-versa

Blowback: Donald Trump Is the Price We Pay for the "War on Terror"

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35030-blowback-donald-trump-is-the-price-we-pay-for-the-war-on-terror

Informed commentary from Andrew Bacevich:

Don't Cry for Me, America

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/01/dont-cry-me-america

Principled conservatives like Andrew Bacevich offer insights that lefties should pay attention to

Most of our problems have a long bipartisan pedigree. So, too, must lefties make common cause with principled conservatives like Andrew Bacevich.

Hit Piece on Sanders Proposals Relies on Pro-Clinton Economists Mislabeled as ‘Leftists’ | This Can't Be Happening!

http://thiscantbehappening.net/node/3048

Who Cares About Democratic Primary Results in South Carolina -- a State Democrats Will Lose in November? | This Can't Be Happening!

http://thiscantbehappening.net/node/3053