Fear not, Maryland voters. You still have a progressive candidate for US Senate: @Flowers4Senate

After Bitter Tuesday, Progressives Ask Democratic Party What It Stands For

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/27/after-bitter-tuesday-progressives-ask-democratic-party-what-it-stands

Nuclear power is the stupidest, most dangerous method ever designed to boil water

Word of the day: “Gaza-fication”

Taking Page from Israel War Tactics, US Military Employs Controversial 'Roof Knocking' | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/27/taking-page-israel-war-tactics-us-military-employs-controversial-roof-knocking

Dear @USAtoday, the only liberal, progressive candidate for US Senate from Maryland in @Flowers4Senate

Van Hollen coasts to Maryland Senate primary win

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/04/26/van-hollen-maryland-senate-edwards-pennsylvania-sestak-mcginty/83574646/

SCOTUS doomers, don't neglect the role of citizen activism in making constitutional law

SCOTUS doomers, don't neglect the role of citizen activism in making constitutional law. http://twitter.com/OfferRecommend/status/724308861058990081/photo/1

Dear @CommonDreams: the anti-establishment candidate to watch for US Senate from Maryland is @Flowers4Senate

The Other Anti-Establishment Candidates to Watch on Tuesday

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/26/other-anti-establishment-candidates-watch-tuesday

Plan B for Syria: John Kerry's diplomatic vanity gets the best of him

'Plan B' and the Bankruptcy of US Syria Policy

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/02/plan-b-and-bankruptcy-us-syria-policy

Having lost the argument, the U of California regents tried--but failed--to outlaw argument itself

LA Times - UC regents say anti-Semitism has 'no place' on campus but reject blanket censure of anti-Zionism

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-86310121/

Dear @Alternet, coverage of Maryland's Senate race needs to include @Flowers4Senate, the only progressive

Donna Edwards and Others in Congressional Primaries Next Week Hope to Inject More Progressivism Into the Dem Party

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/donna-edwards-and-others-congressional-primaries-next-week-hope-inject-more?akid=14190.219671.XdXpdA&rd=1&src=newsletter1055143&t=3

Gaza is laboratory for US-Mexico border tunnel warfare | The Electronic Intifada

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/rania-khalek/gaza-laboratory-us-mexico-border-tunnel-warfare

Brexit: If it's good for the goose, is it also good for the gander? @joolsgloves

Don’t forget Vanity! RIP Prince

Obama Administration Receives Poor Grades On Reforming U.S. Drone Policy

https://www.stimson.org/content/obama-administration-receives-poor-grades-reforming-us-drone-policy-1

Drone whistleblowers step out of the shadows

Drone Whistleblowers Step Out of the Shadows

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/04/21/drone-whistleblowers-step-out-shadows

Feb-2016: bipartisan task force on US drone policy gave Obama administration 3 failing grades

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

Obama shouldn’t trade cluster bombs for Saudi Arabia’s oily friendship

http://theiranproject.com/blog/2016/04/21/obama-shouldnt-trade-cluster-bombs-saudi-arabias-friendship/

Obama shouldn’t trade cluster bombs for Saudi Arabia’s oily friendship

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/opinion/obama-saudi-arabia-trade-cluster-bombs.html?_r=0

New York voting fiasco just the warm-up for the November game

http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=33e4ec877eed6a43863a4a92e&id=9fc3ffc594&e=206e6194de

Is Obama objection to 9/11 bill an attempt to prevent lawsuits for US overseas terrorism?

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/20/obama-objection-911-bill-attempt-prevent-lawsuits-us-overseas-terrorism

Obama knows 9/11 was linked to Saudi Arabia. But the Saudis have oil.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36422-focus-obama-knows-911-was-linked-to-saudi-arabia-but-it-has-oil

.@GaryYounge: Obama’s 2nd campaign was a far cry from the euphoria of the 1st. ‘Yes we can’ became ‘Could be worse’

Yes, he tried: what will Barack Obama's legacy be? | US news | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/19/yes-tried-barack-obama-legacy-gary-younge

.@GaryYounge: Broadly speaking, Obama’s racial legacy is symbolic, not substantial

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/19/yes-tried-barack-obama-legacy-gary-younge

Breaking: Mexico agrees to pay for TrumpWall®. Construction to begin soon, just south of Portland. #PrimaryDay

Yes, he tried: what will Barack Obama's legacy be? | The Guardian's @GaryYounge

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/19/yes-tried-barack-obama-legacy-gary-younge

From the UK: The clear case for bombing Syria (or any other country)

Obama criticizes Saudis as ‘free riders’ among Uncle Sam’s allies

President Obama's Interview With Jeffrey Goldberg on Syria and Foreign Policy - The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/

.@ChrisLynnHedges: Building movements & sustained civil disobedience are far more important than voting

Revolution Is in the Air 

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/04/18/revolution-air

Not to take power, but to keep power constantly off balance & fearful. That is our task

Revolution Is in the Air | Common Dreams

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/04/18/revolution-air

Why Can't The Nation & the Left Deal With Election Theft?

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36386-focus-why-cant-the-nation-a-the-left-deal-with-election-theft

Hypocrisy Wins the Day | Jacobin

Brazil: Hypocrisy wins the day. Informed, on-the-ground comment from @Sean_Purdy

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/04/dilma-rousseff-impeachment-coup-temer-bolsonaro

The whole world is watching Brasil's Hollow Men

http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_73621.shtml

Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation, by Jim Downs

http://www.alternet.org/books/how-gay-newspaper-70s-brought-attention-nazis-persecution-homosexuals?akid=14173.219671.0Zd6Oc&rd=1&src=newsletter1054726&t=24

"I'm on President Obama's kill list. This is what it feels like to be hunted by drones..."

I'm On the Kill List. This Is What It Feels Like to Be Hunted By Drones | Alternet

http://www.alternet.org/world/im-kill-list-what-it-feels-be-hunted-drones?akid=14173.219671.0Zd6Oc&rd=1&src=newsletter1054726&t=9

Bill Moyers and Rick Shenkman: Voting With Stone-Age Brains (Moyers & Company)

https://soundcloud.com/moyersandcompany

If one million US citizens saw @MessengerFilm (2009), Uncle Sam's wars would cease. Pronto.

The Messenger - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1tTIQ8pkGf0

If one million US citizens saw the film "The Messenger" (2009), Uncle Sam's wars would cease. Pronto.

The Messenger - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1tTIQ8pkGf0

#TheLastTimeYouSaidThat you wrecked the economy and we had to bail you out

#FridayFeeling at the Pentagon

#TheLastTimeYouSaidThat we ruined a country's infrastructure & created millions of refugees

Maryland Senate race: The only progressive candidate is @Flowers4Senate. Both corporate Dems are beholden

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-would-vote-for-ms-edwards-over-mr-van-hollen-if-all-else-were-equal/2016/04/14/b3b663c4-0198-11e6-8bb1-f124a43f84dc_story.html?postshare=9031460757082332&tid=ss_tw

Drumpf’s offensiveness works because he's tapped into a latent hunger for aggression—and rare political candor

Why being offensive works for Trump: It's not about entertainment — he's tapped into a latent hunger for aggression and rare political candor

http://www.salon.com/2016/04/13/why_being_offensive_works_for_trump_its_not_about_entertainment_hes_tapped_into_a_latent_hunger_for_aggression_and_rare_political_candor/

Krugman Attacks on Bernie's Agenda Called 'Highly Misleading' by a Leading Progressive Economist | Alternet

Economics for $500, Alex.

Answer: Just about everything.

Question: What does Krugman get wrong?

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/krugman-attacks-bernies-agenda-called-highly-misleading-leading-progressive-economist?akid=14171.219671.3wNkug&rd=1&src=newsletter1054627&t=6

The gender argument: Hillary calls on women to support her to be the first female President

Ray McGovern, Consortium News


https://consortiumnews.com/2016/04/15/hillary-clintons-gender-argument/

Joe Biden's Darkest Day: The Vilification of Anita Hill (not counting his cheerleading for Bush's Iraq war)

http://www.alternet.org/media/hbos-confirmation-joe-bidens-darkest-day-vilification-anita-hill?akid=14170.219671.TCK0HZ&rd=1&src=newsletter1054631&t=3

Which candidate will be more effective at interrupting the school-to-prison pipeline? #DemDebate

Blowback: Bush administration detained & tortured suspected terrorists; Obama administration assassinates

drones and targeted killing "marjorie cohn" - Yahoo Search Results

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0LEVw4.HRBXOg0AeQvBGOd_;_ylc=X1MDMjE0NTg1MTU4NQRfcgMyBGZyA2lwYWQEZ3ByaWQDbFp0M2FnNmVSb0N2dTdPcDhhZUo1QQRuX3JzbHQDMARuX3N1Z2cDNARvcmlnaW4Dc2VhcmNoLnlhaG9vLmNvbQRwb3MDMARwcXN0cgMEcHFzdHJsAwRxc3RybAM1NwRxdWVyeQNkcm9uZXMlMjBhbmQlMjB0YXJnZXRlZCUyMGtpbGxpbmclMjAlMjJtYXJqb3JpZSUyMGNvaG4lMjIEdF9zdG1wAzE0NjA2NzQwMzU-?p=drones+and+targeted+killing+%22marjorie+cohn%22&fr2=sb-top-&fr=ipad

Trillion Dollar Train Wreck: DoE, Pentagon plan to spend $1 trillion on all aspects of the nuclear weapons stockpile

http://trivalleycares.org/new/trillion$trainwreck.html

Lesser Evilism 2016, Democrat version: The United Front candidate

I Used to Support Bernie, But Then I Changed My Mind | The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/article/i-used-to-support-bernie-but-then-i-changed-my-mind/

De Blasio's housing plan for NYC is a neoliberal fraud that only encourages more gentrification

De Blasio's Doomed Housing Plan | Jacobin

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/10/de-blasios-doomed-housing-plan/

Sounds more like the invention of corporate political parties to me...

The fact that Bernie's Jewish sends a signal to all Americans: it’s not anti-Semitic to criticize Israel

Israel demands correction from Sanders: it killed only 532 Palestinian children in summer 2014 – Mondoweiss

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/04/israel-demands-correction-from-sanders-it-killed-only-532-palestinian-children-in-summer-2014/?utm_source=Mondoweiss+List&utm_campaign=d3203bc2e4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b86bace129-d3203bc2e4-398532753

Campaign logos: Everything old is new again

Why We're Never Told Why We're Attacked

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36265-why-were-never-told-why-were-attacked

Lesser Evilism, the 2016 edition

What Will "Lesser Evilism" Look Like in 2016?

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35570-what-will-lesser-evilism-look-like-in-2016

Rebecca Gordon: As long as there's impunity for those at the top of torture regimes, the abuses will go on

Mainstreaming Torture

https://mainstreamingtorture.org/about/

Hiroshima: Shameful that Kerry offered no apology for the nuclear bombing of Japan

"Hopped up on crack": How coded racial appeals reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class

Principled conservative asks: Where are Marx and Lenin when we need them? #ResistCapitalism

Where are Marx and Lenin When We Need Them?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/11/where-are-marx-and-lenin-when-we-need-them/

One law for the rich; another law for the rest. #ResistCapitalism

What a Waste, the US Military. #ResistCapitalism

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36249-what-a-waste-the-us-military

For Hepatitis C Patients, No Cure for High Drug Prices. #ResistCapitalism

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/36247-for-hepatitis-c-patients-no-cure-for-high-drug-prices

This is why we can't have nice things: Even progressive groups shut out progressive candidates @Flowers4Senate

Crowd Chants 'Let Her Speak' As Green Party Candidate Forcibly Ejected from Debate

http://truthinmedia.com/crowd-chants-let-speak-green-party-candidate-forcibly-ejected-debate/

Cities pass laws against homelessness & feeding hungry folk in parks, favor gentrifiers. #ResistCapitalism

Marx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism | Haymarket Books

http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Marxs-Concept-of-the-Alternative-to-Capitalism

Can lefties learn something from Trump's appeal to the white working-class?

Understanding What Makes Donald Trump Voters Tick: Is It Just Racism? - In These Times

http://inthesetimes.com/article/19043/understanding-what-makes-trump-voters-tick

Homeless folk are a permanent fixture of the neoliberal economic landscape. #ResistCapitalism

Shorter Paul Krugman: We shouldn’t even try

Sanders Over the Edge - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/opinion/sanders-over-the-edge.html?_r=0

Donald Blankenship Sentenced to a Year in Prison in Mine Safety Case

Rip off shareholders: Felony

Dummy up safety regs to cause death of 29 miners: Misdemeanor  

#Blankenship

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/us/donald-blankenship-sentenced-to-a-year-in-prison-in-mine-safety-case.html?_r=0

Everything Paul Krugman is saying about Bernie Sanders he was saying eight years ago about Barack Obama

Hate Springs Eternal - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/opinion/11krugman.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

Trompe-l’œil: With all eyes on Trump, Obama administration quietly deports Muslims

Why Did Obama Deport 85 Muslim Asylum Seekers?

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35567-why-did-obama-deport-85-muslim-asylum-seekers

What the power elite is thinking about encryption

Net Politics » Encryption Explained: A Council on Foreign Relations Infographic

http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2016/04/07/encryption-explained-a-council-on-foreign-relations-infographic/?cid=nlc-public-the_world_this_week--link8-20160408&sp_mid=51108590&sp_rid=cHJlbnNhLnByb2dyZXNpc3RhQGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2

She’s the only one with a real plan to get things done. Humor from @MattBors

Even though they both died on April 23, 1616, Cervantes in fact died 10 days ahead of Shakespeare

Cervantes and Shakespeare: Same Era, Different Tales

http://spanish.about.com/od/historyofspanish/fl/Cervantes-and-Shakespeare.htm?utm_content=20160406&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exp_nl&utm_campaign=list_spanish&utm_term=list_spanish

'Corruption' as a Propaganda Weapon

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/36155-corruption-as-a-propaganda-weapon

MD Senate candidate for civil liberties at home & anti-imperialism is @Flowers4Senate cc: @KatrinaNation

We've Had 1 Black Woman Senator in 227 Years. Donna Edwards Is Running to Change That. | The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/article/weve-had-1-black-woman-senator-in-227-years-donna-edwards-is-running-to-change-that/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=daily

Dear @TheNation, the MD Senate candidate for civil liberties at home & anti-imperialism is @Flowers4Senate

We've Had 1 Black Woman Senator in 227 Years. Donna Edwards Is Running to Change That

http://www.thenation.com/article/weve-had-1-black-woman-senator-in-227-years-donna-edwards-is-running-to-change-that/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=daily

MLK: The Triple Evils of POVERTY, RACISM and MILITARISM are forms of violence that exist in a vicious cycle

The King Philosophy | The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

http://www.thekingcenter.org/king-philosophy

Vassal state: Canada is being colonized by a Washington-led, transnational oligarchy

Vassal State Canada | OpEdNews

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Vassal-State-Canada-by-Mark-Taliano-Hospital_Self-determination_Sovereignty-160402-68.html

Neoliberalism isn’t a retreat of the state. It’s using the state to enrich the wealthy

John Oliver skewers the NCAA

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: The NCAA (HBO) - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pX8BXH3SJn0