For the first time in half a century, the political left in the U.S. is ascendant. Bernie Sanders is holding his own in the primaries.
A group of well-considered programs to save the environment and provide good jobs and health care for all is gaining political traction.
And the need is dire. The climate is warming, the seas are polluted and fished out and industrial agriculture threatens to end life on the planet. So, it’s time to change the subject?
Despite occasional warm gas passed in a leftish direction, establishment Democrats never had any intention of allowing a left political program to move forward.
After four decades of asserting that they ‘believe’ climate science, the moment has arrived when the only political path forward is to take on their donors.
Whatever your assessment of their motives, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have no intention of doing this.
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