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Thank you Heather.

It's important for all to understand that this has been a multi-generational fight for the soul of America. I earlier published that I, among many, tracked it back to the Lewis Powell memo to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in August of 1971 -a memorandum that everyone should be familiar with at this point. The Powell memo defined the roadmap for a right-wing takeover of the United States. With that as a starting point, the pardoning of Nixon, Reagan's implementation of economics…

Yes. That Powell memo was and continues to be chilling, though, this type of battle has been ongoing since the 1700s. My concern is and has been since the 1970s, that the Democrats have turned, and often still turn, a blind eye to the steady takeover efforts of ALL segments of government, local and statewide, including the courts. Time and time again the conservative "think tanks" and the RNC have pumped out a steady, streamlined daily set of propaganda talking points that nearly all of the med…

Indeed Carol -and that is my call for a comprehensive progressive framework -legislation and policy geared toward addressing a sweeping set of societal imperatives intended to evolve the US toward democracy, equity, and justice.

The Powell memo is brilliant, and not vitriolic, however its incremental implementation over time -truly a slow-motion revolt against our system, with no apparent long-term opposition has certainly been chilling. I have written about it and talked about it for over 20 ye…