Democrats have [seemingly lately] always prided themselves on being a voice of political sanity. So why has Trump’s election turned the left into a breeding ground for conspiracy theories? By Colin Dickey.

While we are distracted by (or addicted to) the Donald Trump Show, the quiet, methodical work of redistributing wealth upward proceeds apace. By Naomi Klein.

Bernie, like Corbyn, offered hope that another world was possible. He’s exactly the kind of candidate the Democrats must rally behind in the future. By Steven W Thrasher.

The election campaign has suited Corbyn far more than the Brexit campaign ever did. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells. (June 8, 2017)

Nicola Sturgeon has said she would help Jeremy Corbyn become Prime Minister by ordering SNP MPs to support him on an “issue-by-issue” basis if the General Election results in a hung parliament. By Simon Johnson.

Kimberly Ellis, who rode a wave of Bernie Sanders-inspired support to come within 62 votes of unseating veteran political operative Eric Bauman in the California Democratic Party’s race for chair, issued a memo late Monday, June 5, 2017, questioning the legitimacy of the election. By Christopher Cadelago.

Britain's taste for 'bombing sorties' and 'regime changes' is feeding an interminable cycle of reciprocal violence. By Andrew Mitrovica.

Lessons of Montana: There’s no quick fix for Trump or our damaged democracy — and the Democrats still look hopeless. By Andrew O’Hehir.

After another demoralizing loss to a monstrous candidate, Democrats need a reboot. By Matt Taibbi.

California’s plan for its own single-payer healthcare system are unprecedentedly ambitious–but the challenges may be more political than economic. By Michael Hiltzik.

The California Democratic Party annual convention opened in Sacramento Friday May 19, 2017 with liberal activists threatening legislators who don’t back public-funded universal health care. They also heckled Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez. By Christopher Cadelago, Angela Hart.

Despite the intention of the tour, it remains clear there is little unity between the reformist wing of the party led by Sanders and the existing powers that be. By Larry Stavinoha.

There’s nothing to celebrate about the FBI — it isn’t, nor has it ever been, a guardian of democracy. By Branko Marcetic.

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Profiles in Corruption. By Paul Street.

Markos Moulitsas was once the face of American progressivism. That shouldn’t happen again. By Dan O’Sullivan.

"We don’t get to keep him. We don’t get to keep the first black president. We don’t get to let that be ours; we have to reject it, in the same way we’d have to reject the first female president had Hillary won…" By Caitlin Johnstone.

Last Tuesday, Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Zloch heard oral arguments… By Zach Haller. (Apr. 30, 2017)

Well that didn’t take much. By Caitlin Johnstone.

The party has harmed millions of their own former constituents. If they change course, they can reverse their losses. By Thomas Frank.