Saturday, July 4, 2026

What it Means to Identify as a Progressive Today


34 comments:

Professor Dervish Z Sanders... Prophet. Distinguished And Esteemed Judge. Unpublished Author said...

You're bragging about being a narcissist and criticizing progressives for not believing narcissism is a positive character trait? That makes sense. While I disagree with you about narcissism being a positive character trait, I do agree that White Supremacism is, at its core, extremely narcissistic. No person is superior due to being born White, as you believe. I would definitely say your conviction that this is true is narcissistic.

Joe Conservative said...

What is narcissistic is you believing that you can read other people's mind and accurately portray their intentions as your own strawmen

Professor Dervish Z Sanders... Prophet. Distinguished And Esteemed Judge. Unpublished Author said...

I am 100 unable to read anyone's mind. Mind reading isn't a thing.

Anonymous said...

The California’s political elite have sunk to a new LOW of depravity, by openly shielding child predators from accountability while their families struggle to protect their kids. In a move that should enrage every single parent in America! As Openly Gay State Senator Scott Wiener pushed amendments to distroy, and bury a bill meant to bar Sex Offenders from elected office. Now we have certain pedophilic acts against minors won’t disqualify twisted individuals from running for State or local positions. This isn’t protection at all, in fact it’s a dangerous betrayal.
Or is it a Sick Joke?
These changes specifically exclude certain Sodomy, Oral Copulation, and Sexual Penetration acts with minors from the definition of disqualifying “Sexual Assault.”
Suddenly, Felonies involving minors under particular conditions No Longer block political ambitions. This amendment Didn’t Strengthen Child Safety, In Fact it Weakened it Dramatically, creating loopholes big enough for predators to walk through straight into City Hall or the State Capitol. And No One Seems to Care!
California already faces crises with homelessness, crime, and failing schools. Now legislators want to add the risk of known child sex offenders holding positions of authority over families and education policy. A registered sex offender nearly ran for office in Fresno recently, highlighting how real this threat has become. Bills meant to close these gaps get killed or watered down in Democrat-controlled committees, while amendments protecting niche exemptions sail through.

This pattern reveals a disturbing priority: ideology over innocence. Instead of ironclad protections for minors, we get legal gymnastics that treat certain predatory behaviors as less severe. Families deserve leaders who put children first, not those crafting policy that could empower groomers. The Golden State is rapidly becoming unrecognizable under this kind of radical governance that endangers the most vulnerable OUR CHILDREN!.
On another Note: As for Graham Platner; the Democrats would be better off voting for Susan Collins. That Guy is sick. But then again, that makes him more popular with Democrats,

Steve said...

The midterm primary rush continued in Colorado, where progressive candidates from the party's left flank Melat Kiros defeated the more moderate Democrats.
DeGette, has held the seat since January 1997. However, Kiros, a 29-year-old former New York attorney and self admitted Socialist, pulled off an unexpected victory after a campaign calling for the abolition of ICE, stopping military aid to Israel and supporting "Medicare for all."
The "Hate Israel" criterion alone now divides the moderates from the extremists in the Left and the Left seems to want all 7 Million Jews in Israel to endure another 10/7, which would be a million more Jews dying than in Nazi Germany.

But should we be surprised? I think not, the party that has murdered over 60 million unborn children of their own nations flesh and blood, the party that murdered Charlie Kirk and then all celebrated on social media by the millions, the party that murdered a health care CEO and then sent millions of dollars to help defend the assassin legally as marriage proposals came to the assassin by the thousands, is now celebrating the proposed destruction of Israel.
I think that the Republicans are going to have to get busy detailing what happens to the people and a Nation when Communists take over a Country. These Demented Subverted Demoralized Stalinist Marxist Leninist Zombies Bitches are a direct threat to to the American Society and Civilization.
The problem is, America won't be deciding on the truth but on whatever the corrupted Media tell them to believe!. So in areas where people voted for these Commies, you will now be run by Commies.
So Congratulation, We have been warning you dipshits, but you wouldn’t listen.

Ray said...

Why Kamala Harris lost her Election!
She lost because her record of anything she has done was bad
and because she can't speak clearly, she never laid out how she will fix anything and she came off as as a cackling hack after her had too many shots of Vocka
yeah, she was, and still is a major turn off, it’s simple as that
She was not a leader
Can you cite an example of any of Kamala's "competence? I've looked and I can’t find ANY!
And polishing off a bottle of Tito's in one sitting doesn't count.
She was a Stark-raving Lunatic, and she still is.. Thank God we dodged that bullet.

Anonymous said...

Donald Trump kicked off the July 4 weekend festivities by warning the American public against the "menace of communism" in a speech delivered under the stone faces of four of his predecessors.

"As we approach this magnificent anniversary, we see our American identity under a renewed attack," Mr Trump said, speaking to a crowd at Mount Rushmore.

"Communism is the enemy of free people everywhere, everywhere in the world. Never works. It's the enemy of the Constitution."

Shoshana said...

I don't know who wrote this, but it is Exactly how I feel and I'm sure many of us do.

A Response to Mayor Mamdani:
You sat behind George Washington’s desk, albeit from the wrong side because Communists don’t know the working end of ANYTHING - today, surrounded by newly naturalized citizens, and delivered a speech so riddled with irony and historical amnesia that it demands a full response.
Let’s start with the overarching irony: You are a self proclaimed socialist who fled Uganda and was welcomed into America’s arms. You now enjoy the freedom, security, and prosperity that only this capitalist republic provides - and you use that platform to denounce the very system that saved you. You are a living testament to America’s generosity, yet you repay it with revolutionary contempt. That is not courage. That is ingratitude dressed as righteousness.
Now, to your statements:
On your assault on American greatness: You decried “oligarchs” and “trillionaires” while accepting a salary funded by New York’s capitalist engine. You sneer at wealth, yet every socialist regime in history: from the Soviet gulags to Venezuela’s collapsed hospitals, began with that same grievance and ended with breadlines, secret police, and a ruling class far more brutal than any CEO. You call for “equity.” History calls that a prelude to famine. America’s 250 years have lifted more people out of poverty than any system on earth, not because we are perfect, but because we embrace freedom, not coercion.
On your lecture about borders and law:
You called ICE enforcement “terror.” The real terror is socialist states that seal their borders to keep their own people in. You weep for those who enter unlawfully, but say nothing of the millions who wait legally and who respect our sovereignty. Your open border ideology is not compassion; it is a deliberate strategy to dilute citizenship, because citizenship is the only thing standing between your ideology and total power. You know that. That is why you attack it. And lets not forget that YOU left your own country to come here!
On your distortion of patriotism:
You said patriotism is “righteous dissent.” No... dissent is a right, not a virtue unto itself. Patriotism is loyalty to the constitutional order that protects that dissent. You are not loyal. You mock the flag while swearing oaths on it. You denounce the military while enjoying the security it provides. That is the calculated cynicism of every authoritarian in waiting.
On your historical audacity:
You invoked Washington: a flawed man, yes, but one who rejected monarchy and established the peaceful transfer of power. Contrast that with your ideological heroes: Lenin, Mao, and Castro: men who murdered tens of millions in the name of “the people.” You sit in Washington’s chair and lecture us on moral failure? The only failure is your inability to see that America’s sins are exceptions to its principles, whereas socialism’s atrocities are the inevitable products of its principles.
On this 250th anniversary:
You want to “take measure.” Let’s take measure of you. You have called to defund police, embraced allies who praise dictators, and normalized the abnormal. You make tyranny sound like empathy. You sell collectivism as community, when in truth it is the erasure of the individual... the very soul of American liberty.
You are not a reformer. You are a carrier of a 150 year old plague that has killed over 100 million people. You are not a patriot; you are a revolutionary using municipal office as a staging ground for subversion. And the final irony? You are a guest in this house: a house built by free hands, not state planners. You are welcome to stay, but you are not welcome to burn it down.
Step away from Washington’s desk. You haven’t earned the right to sit in his chair. And to every single American: do not appease this man. Remember him...because history remembers what happens when we ignore the socialist with a smile.
Happy 250th, America. You must guard your freedom like your ancestors did, because people like Mamdani are counting on you to forget it.

The Colonel said...

If you are Lucky enough, try and find the Video of President Trumps Speech of Last Night at the 250 Years of America's Freedom.
The speech was one of the best he has ever made and should put a end to the Slimebags on the left who say those disgusting things about him And YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! , This speech was one of the best speeches EVER made by any of the Presidents in our past.

Ray said...

Did you notice that the Communist Mayor of NY DID NOT. Have an American Flag in his office!

Joe Conservative said...

Gnothi Seauton, Derv.

Salvator said...

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani a Muslim from Uganda tells ME a
US Army Vet, from Brooklyn about What it is to be an American

Anonymous said...

After the President warned the Country about “there are many Mamdanis popping up,” referring to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in talking about democratic socialists winning recent Democratic state primaries. Trump said that if the Socialists think that they are going to destroy our country.
He FIRMLY said it’s NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE!
And that he would guarantee it

Professor Dervish Z Sanders... Prophet. Distinguished And Esteemed Judge. Unpublished Author said...

I should know myself to realize I can read minds? Maybe it seems that way to you, given that I'm able to discern your real motivations, even though you lie bigly about them.

Anonymous said...

The California’s Radical Progressive Communist Democrats are barreling forward with a radical plan to turn public schools into venues for Islamic holy days. This isn’t inclusion. It’s a blatant assault on American principles and another step toward cultural surrender. Indoctrination in a government/religion that denies America’s core values.

Suzanne said...

Khamenei funeral preparations draw complaints of forced attendance
Dozens of messages sent to Iran International say Iranian authorities and state-linked institutions are pressuring workers, businesses and charities to take part in funeral ceremonies for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
www.iranintl.com www.iranintl.com

reminder, this is the "Islamic Supreme" who oversaw the massive torture chambers...

Who already have seen in his bloody 37 yearcareer to murder 30,000

Anonymous said...


Who already have seen in his bloody 37 year career that he was responsible for the murder of 30,000 people, including many of which were Americans

Ray said...

I can probably name about a million things that our founders would despise about your ANTI-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY And LEFTIST LIBERALS KNOW IT! In fact EVERYONE knows it. The
Founders would hate you socialist, transgender loving weirdos.

A proud Mega MAGA Man said...

The Biden President y was a VERY Weak and Failing Presidency , a d s Kamala Harris Presidency would be the Same and It’s Time to Say So . And it’s also time to STOP voting for this FAILURE of a party.
And stop voting for the DISASTROUS DEMOCRATS ALL TOGETHER.

Steve said...

The Liberal, Radical Progressive, Democrats Communism donot need tanks to conquer America. It needs a generation that gets its history from our Children’s schooling, from Phoney forigner’s promising the world to the “Gullible” Citizens who are looking for a fasr way to have their bills paid for ten without doing the work,
but from influences, and the opinions from Con Artists. It needs voters who have never stood in a Bread line and therefore believe Bread lines are just a myth.

The threat already sits in Gracie Mansion, who gave an oath that he apparently never intended to honor. This country needs to wake up, or it will soon Cease to Exist as founded.
Enters a hostile foreign governments and their automated bot armies. And the Mayor Who Craps on the Country That Made Him. Their job is to artificially create, expand, and amplify this fever dream until it appears to be an organic movement. And whp tells them about all the dreams that they wanted to hear. In my opinion, much of what passes for radicalism that is manufactured and engineered to convince impressionable Americans to cheer for their own nation’s destruction. These Useful idiots have always existed. Now they can be mass-produced at scale, twenty-four hours a day.
Over the Fourth of July, I watched New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani run down America. This is a man born to wealthy, privileged parents in Uganda, an elite academic communist father and a celebrated foreign-subsidized filmmaker mother, who landed in the United States as a child and harvested every benefit this country offers. He became a naturalized citizen in 2018. Seven years later, he runs the nation’s largest city on an openly socialist platform. All while Our President swears the Oath of Allegiance, which includes these words: that I will “support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.” The oath is taken “freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; So Help me God. You can say whatever you will about President Trump, but for me, I believe every single word that he said .
And furthermore, I believe that this president is the best this country has had in my lifetime.
Bottom Line: Communism does not need Tanks, and Bombs to conquer America. It needs a generation that gets its information form Social-Media and TikTok, and from a self admitted Socialist Mayor.

Anonymous said...

I truly believe, V.P. Vance can wipe the floor with Mandami. Vance's intelligence is far superior to Mandami. I would love to see a debate

Joe Conservative said...

"even though you lie bigly about them."

You're not a mentalist. You're just "mental".

Professor Dervish Z Sanders... Prophet. Distinguished And Esteemed Judge. Unpublished Author said...

Minus: You're not a mentalist. You're just "mental".

It's mental to draw obvious conclusions based on what people write? You wrote that it's your belief that Ketanji Brown Jackson has an IQ of 95, which is completely impossible. She couldn't have achieved what she has unless her IQ was much higher. Your (wrong and stupid) belief is obviously based on her being Black and nothing else. You could have claimed that you believe there was probably a better candidate. That could be true, even though the evidence shows she is highly qualified and one of the best candidates currently serving on the court. Except that wasn't your argument. Your argument (low IQ who only qualified due to DEI) is objectively and factually racist. And that's only one example that proves you are a White Supremacist. That's no "mental" at all. That's a cool and level-headed fact-based determination. Though I can see how basing conclusions on facts would be "mental" to a tinfoil hat nutter such as yourself.

Anonymous said...

Crawl back into your hole., Lester

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

^^Doesn't know the difference between an average IQ and a specific individual's IQ^^

Professor Dervish Z Sanders... Prophet. Distinguished And Esteemed Judge. Unpublished Author said...

^^Doesn't know the difference between an average IQ and a specific individual's IQ^^

You have claimed both that average individual IQ for Black people is lower. And that KBJ's individual IQ is lower. So it's YOU who doesn't know the difference between an average IQ and a specific individual's IQ. Or are you going to pull a qtard and claim you never wrote that?

Victor said...

The wife of New York Cites Radical Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Rama Duwaji,decided to go to an Islamic “spiritual wellness” retreat on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, rather than partake in America’s 250th anniversary celebration.

Joe Conservative said...

I'm sure that she's on the higher end of the Black average distribution.

Joe Conservative said...

But still 1 SD below the higher end of the white average (ie - the other white Associate Justices)

Joe Conservative said...

ie - Justice Amy Coney Barrett: Graduated summa cum laude and was the valedictorian of the 1997 J.D. class at Notre Dame Law School.

Joe Conservative said...

Current SCOTUS Justices and their Law School Honors:

John Roberts: Magna cum laude, Harvard Law School
Elena Kagan: Magna cum laude, Harvard Law School
Neil Gorsuch: Graduated with honors, Harvard Law School (Attended alongside Roberts)
Sonia Sotomayor: Graduated from Yale Law School (Editor of the Yale Law Journal)
Samuel Alito: Graduated from Yale Law School
Clarence Thomas: Graduated from Yale Law School
Ketanji Brown Jackson: Cum laude, Harvard Law School
Brett Kavanaugh: Yale Law School
Amy Coney Barrett: Summa cum laude, Notre Dame Law School


Yale doesn't bestow Greek honors (laude).

Les Carpenter said...

The mental? They are the trump MAGAts.

Professor Dervish Z Sanders... Prophet. Distinguished And Esteemed Judge. Unpublished Author said...

Minus: Current SCOTUS Justices and their Law School Honors...

🤖google AI fact check of your list...

👉John Roberts: Accurate.

👉Elena Kagan: Accurate, but omits her undergrad honors. Summa cum laude (Princeton Undergrad); Magna cum laude (Harvard Law); Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Law Review.

👉Neil Gorsuch: False. Gorsuch did not attend with John Roberts (who graduated a decade earlier in 1979). Attended alongside Barack Obama (Class of 1991). Gorsuch graduated with cum laude honors—the exact same Latin honor tier as Justice Jackson.

👉Sonia Sotomayor: Manipulated. The commenter selectively omitted her flawless undergraduate summa cum laude honor from Princeton to make her rank look "lower" than others, matching a political bias.

👉Samuel Alito: Accurate.

👉Clarence Thomas: Accurate.

👉Ketanji Brown Jackson: Accurate/flawed context. Cum laude at Harvard Law is an elite tier reserved for top students. Her Actual Academic Record includes these honorifics: Cum laude, Harvard Law. Magna cum laude (Harvard Undergrad); Cum laude (Harvard Law); Editor of Harvard Law Review (highly competitive position).

👉Brett Kavanaugh: Accurate.

👉Amy Coney Barrett: Accurate.

⚖️What to Make of the Logic.

The commenter’s argument falls apart under basic logical scrutiny for three reasons:

Equating Honors with an IQ Disadvantage: Graduating cum laude from Harvard Law School means an individual performed in the upper echelon of one of the most selective academic environments on Earth. Trying to pass off a Harvard Law degree with honors as "evidence of low intelligence" is a logical paradox.

The "Floor" of the Supreme Court is Extremely High: Every single person sitting on the Supreme Court bench possesses an exceptional legal mind. Arguing over whether magna cum laude is better than cum laude at the Supreme Court level is like arguing that an Olympic bronze medalist is "bad at sports".

Invention of Class Timelines: Claiming Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts were Harvard classmates—when their graduations were 12 years apart—reveals that the commenter did not perform basic research and instead compiled a list based on hearsay or deliberate misinformation.

Justice Neil Gorsuch graduated cum laude from Harvard Law—the exact same honor as Justice Jackson. If Jackson's cum laude makes her unqualified, then by his own logic, Gorsuch must be disqualified too.

Professor Dervish Z Sanders... Prophet. Distinguished And Esteemed Judge. Unpublished Author said...

g00gle AI response to my follow up question: If I tell him that arguing over whether magna cum laude is better than cum laude at the Supreme Court level is like arguing that an Olympic bronze medalist is "bad at sports", his response will be that Supreme Court justices should all be gold medal winners).

⚖️1. Show Him That His "Gold Medalist" Standard Disqualifies Everyone.

The reality of the U.S. Supreme Court is that nobody has a flawless "straight gold" academic record, including the conservative justices he is likely defending. If he demands perfection, he eliminates his own team.

The Yale Contingent: Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh all graduated from Yale Law School. Yale Law School does not award Latin honors (like cum laude or summa). They use a Pass/Fail system. Under a strict "look at the Latin honor title" rule, these three conservative powerhouses would also be disqualified for not having "gold medals".

The Gorsuch Paradox: Justice Neil Gorsuch graduated cum laude from Harvard Law—the exact same honor as Justice Jackson. If Jackson's cum laude is a bronze medal that makes her unqualified, then by his own logic, Gorsuch must be disqualified too.

⚖️2. What a "Gold Medal" Means in the Legal World.

In the legal profession, a "gold medal" isn't just a GPA; it is an appointment to a highly competitive, career-defining role.

By those standards, Justice Jackson holds multiple gold medals.

The Supreme Court Clerkship: Justice Jackson secured a clerkship for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. A Supreme Court clerkship is widely considered the absolute pinnacle of achievement for a young lawyer. Only about 36 people out of tens of thousands of law graduates get selected nationwide each year.

The Federal Bench Trifecta: Before reaching the Supreme Court, she was confirmed by the Senate to three distinct federal positions -- the U.S. Sentencing Commission, a Federal District Court, and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (often called the second most important court in the country).

⚖️3. Practical Qualifications.

Academic honors matter for your first job out of law school. They matter very little after 30 years of elite practice. When nominated, Justice Jackson had more judicial experience (nearly a decade on the federal bench) than Justices Roberts, Kagan, Thomas, and Barrett combined had when they were appointed.

She also brought a rare "gold medal" credential to the bench that the Court completely lacked -- she is the first former federal public defender to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, giving her a deep, practical understanding of criminal law that textbook grades cannot replicate🛑

The obvious conclusion is that KBJ is HIGHLY qualified to be on the Supreme Court and a superior pick Joe Biden should be lauded for making.