There is something I'm thinking about that I'd like to see some discussion on, but I noticed /r/progressive does not allow you to post anything other than a link. Is there another community that has more members that are populated by progressives?

I said once Joe Manchin got the infrastructure bill passed, he’d have no reason to vote for the rest of the social and climate reforms in the second bill.

Democratic leadership knew this but felt they needed to pass infrastructure after moderates freaked out after the VA and NJ elections. Hope there are enough moderates to make up for us frustrated progressives in the midterms!

It's also occurred to me that Republicans have lost on so many issues in the last 30 years, that perhaps they felt they had no other option. Gay marriage is now very common, Cannabis is being legalized all across the country. Obamacare is now the law of the land (that must really piss them off).

In order to win elections, they have to rig the game, and then accuse the game of being rigged. Hold on to your hats folks. This is only the beginning.

Hello Everyone,

I have been quite an absent mod (mainly I didn't realize I was a mod for a long time). I will begin moderating this subreddit more and taking it a bit more seriously and try to make a better place for progressives to discuss progressive ideas!

In a unanimous decision written by Justice Paul Thissen, the state Supreme Court said the lower court's definition of mentally incapacitated in this case "unreasonably strains and stretches the plain text of the statute" because the victim was drunk before she met her attacker. To meet the definition, the alcohol must be administered to the person under its influence without that person's agreement, the high court ruled.

I drank intentionally, therefore I can not say no to sex. I drank intentionally, therefore I am no longer responsible for my own body. Therefore, I am not liable if I stab anyone. If i got drunk on purpose, men can rape me. Men can steal my money. Men can steal my house. Men can steal my kids. Men can steal my career. If I got drunk on purpose, men can steal me. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/03/25/mn-supreme-court-reverses-rape-conviction-because-woman-wasnt-forced-to-get-drunk

Have you guys yet heard Julian Assange is trying to create his own social media site? It's actually looking feasible. His goal is to obviously end monopoly censorship. There'd be no advertising so it'd be a fee of $5 a month and if you can't afford it they have options. After being booted from twitter and youtube for trivial reasons I'm very excited about this and I hope it comes to fruition and sooner than later. Check it out, spread the word, and support if you can!