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Is the Democratic Party transitioning its base from working people and progressives to #NeverTrump Republicans and whoever this guy represents?by Thomas Neuburger In the wake of Kamala Harris's pick as Joe Biden VP, I want to look again at something I covered in June (see "What's the Earliest a Progressive Democrat Can Be Elected President?<

Donald Trump announcing executive orders to provide Covid economic reliefby Thomas NeuburgerThere's so much going on right now that it's hard to focus in just one place. At least four stories are simultaneously shaking our world. Covid is taking us all down the garden path, us Americans of course, thanks to our failed-state government, a government that simply cannot govern, at least with respect to the virus.

CO2 mitigation curves that allow us to keep global warming below 1.5°C, the only mark that keeps the planet reasonable livable.

Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein, center, pauses while speaking with members of the media outside of federal court in New York. That appears to be lawyer David Boies, one of her lawyers, looking on over her right shoulder.

The original Mayor Daley wasn't the first, but he was the best at election manipulation. Daley would have not supported verifiable elections for the obvious reason. Why don't today's Democrats support verifiable elections? by Thomas Neuburger"Everyone I know wants Trump to lose.

Nike's attempt to prove they care about the poor (screenshot from this ad).

by Thomas NeuburgerThe Democratic Party's "Unity Task Force," the one tasked with merging Biden's proposals with Sanders', has recently released its recommendations, among them this set of proposals for marijuana: "Substance use disorders are diseases, not a crimes. Democrats believe no one should be in prison solely because they use drugs.

by Thomas NeuburgerWhen the Social contract breaks from above, it breaks from below as well.     —Yours trulyA "theory of change" in modern progressive parlance is the method by which one gets from A to B, from a world with employer-controlled health care, for example, to Medicare for All, a universal, government-controlled program.

The relationship between carbon emissions and Gross World Product (human economic activity)by Thomas NeuburgerThe road to 2°C is steep; the road to 1.5°C is a cliff.—Robbie Andrew, Center for International Climate ResearchSome of my best friends are incrementalists.

Thanks to Trump's mismanagement of the Covid-19 outbreak, the U.S. is on the verge of becoming the Typhoid Mary of major industrial nationsby Thomas NeuburgerDonald Trump's resignation is a topic on many lips these days.