Sanders Spanks Obama

Centrists are terrified that if the Democratic nominee is far to the left of Biden and Obama, they will be forced to coalesce around a candidate who represents a threat to the establishment of which they are a part. The unflappable Sanders brushed aside Obama’s criticism in an interview with The New York Times, saying, “When I talk about raising the minimum wage to a living wage, I’m not tearing down the system. We’re fighting for justice.” On the health care front, he added, “When I talk about … ending the embarrassment of America being the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care for every man, woman and child, that’s not tearing down the system. That’s doing what we should have done 30 years ago.” His words resonate with the millions of Americans who are struggling every day, but they grate on the nerves of those who have thrived in our unequal society.--SK

Obama went to the mountain top, pulled his pants down, and pissed all over democracy.  True story.


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Street: Taking it to the Streets

If we are serious about getting rid of the demented fascist oligarch and his insurance policy, Pence, then we are going to have to join and expand an authentic opposition, a real popular resistance in the streets. The effective and meaningfully democratic way to remove Trump is not through elite procedures designed by 18th century slaveholders for whom democracy was the ultimate nightmare. It is through sustained mass civil disobedience—through rebellion by and for those whom the American ruling class fears and hates the most: the working-class majority.

The sooner Trump can be forced out, the better. Curiously enough, impeachment makes the need to form a grassroots movement to overthrow the Trump-Pence regime more urgent than ever. Now that he’s looking at impeachment and a Senate trial, there’s no telling what Trump and his heavily armed minions might do. He has enormous means of mass destruction and mass distraction at his neofascistic fingertips.

We need Trump and Pence out now, not some time next year. The way to make that happen is with a mass movement that will not only sweep him from power but challenge the richly bipartisan racist, sexist, imperial and eco-cidal class rule system that hatched the Trump regime in the first place.--PS

Every day, starting now, would have to look like the scene above.


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Tweet Watch

Who would have guessed that an orange septuagenarian, with the prop at his fingertips, could have turned his opinions into a daily laugh track?

He's a talented grifter no doubt. It's dress up time. Who do you want to be today?

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Big Bad Beavs

Oregon State is suddenly playing with poise and confidence. The Beavers host Washington tonight. Coach Jonathan Smith has the program headed in the right direction.

Washington has tortured OSU for years. Would be fun to see the improving Beavs knock Washington over.


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80

Happy 80th birthday to Charles Deemer, the longest and most solid RBP contributor. Like he has often said, it's a miracle.

The picture?  He loves Oregon women.


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