cooperativesrock

Yeah, he comes from a nazi family. He knew exactly what he was doing. No need to give him the benefit of the doubt

Edward 'Ted' Kennedy was another.

I disagree on that. Part of our problem is that those in government don't really understand governance and the sustem is complex. That takes time and mentorship, a jury duty like system might make bribing harder, but it would make a functional government next to impossible. Age limits, I'm all for that - give em until they're 70 (or something close) then no more government offices - congress, senate, pres, judgeships, etc. That and have fully publicly-funded elections with limited campaigning windows. No more 2-year presidential runs or congresspeople needing to fundraise and run for their entire term.

One single woman in charge is not a matriarchy.

Yep. As Bob Dylan eloquently said "don't have nothing at all except hatred"

If him being an asshole is new news to you then you weren't paying attention.

Jews are very divided on Israel in general and heartbreakingly on whether or not it's cool to genocide. Chuck is in the genocide is cool as long as it's not against Jewish people camp, many of us stand firm on our no genocide no matter what. He's also a senator so represents all living in NY state, so short answer is no.

Welcome to America. That is the reality most people are under.

That is not the right conclusion. We don't have a protest culture or union membership to call for or protect protesters, or a centralized population and obvious protest spot. I was talking to an Argentine friend of mine about how it works in Argentina - a handful of big unions who unite and call strikes/protests including the bus drivers who bring moat people to and from work, a centralized population, and an international airport with 1 main highway that can be blocked. Not that all those things are needed to protest effectively, but America has none of that. Hell, we don't even have healthcare if we're not employed. We're kinda starting from scratch.

He is not considered left by actual leftist Americans. We know he's a corporate shill.

Not in Minnesota https://dfl.org/about/ the party is independent, I think it's the same in other states. The way the DNC can influence elections in primaries is with endorsements and ad support.

The DNC doesn't control state elections, the local democratic parties do. It is up to the state parties to run their primary (or caucus) as they choose. The DNC can influence primaries with spending, but they don't make the rules for state-levrl primaries.