US citizens: phone your congresscritter and call on per to vote for the Protect America's Workforce Act. This is urgent now, because the discharge petition has enough signatures and compels the House to vote on this bill soon.

The main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. If you message Congress, please spread the word!

US citizens: phone your congresscritter and call on per to extend the tax credits for Medicaid and undo the recent cuts in Medicaid.

If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121

Robert Reich's explanation of why Republicans stick to the party line more than Democrats do is a matter of basic values.

I suppose there is some truth in this, but it is not the whole story, What causes some Democrats to block progressive measures that most Americans want is lobbying by rich people and even richer corporations.

This doesn't divide Republicans because Republican positions are chosen mostly to suit those rich bastards. The Republican ideas based on hatred of disprivileged groups or imposing Christian extremist morality don't conflict much with the ideas based on serving the rich.

So they have little reason to disagree.

By contrast, among Democrats there is a pervasive conflict between the progressive policies that most Americans support and the plutocratist policies that the lobbyists advocate. That is what pulls Democratic elected officials apart. Each one decides how much to support the rich and how much to support the party's base.

Too much support for the rich alienates the base, which is why this year some of them turned to the magats in desperation.

The way to change this situation is to choose exciting progressive Democratic candidates in Democratic primary elections. By strengthening the Democrats' will to overcome the plutocrats, we will reduce the division that they can sow in the party.

Democrats had a chance to restore medical Funding for millions of poor people, but a few of them chickened out and threw away the month-long struggle.

A poll of US children found that they would rather see other children in physical presence, without constant adult monitoring, and it's because that is not allowed that they talk via online dis-services instead.