The “No Kings” people are out again, none of them protesting that Kamala Harris was appointed (not elected) to head the presidential ticket. Nor are there any signs protesting what the DNC did to Bernie (who deserves no tears in light of how he folded in countless ways ever since). I once canvassed for Bernie. I will get out and protest when they hold a “No Heroes Day.”
To explain: the DNC rigged the 2016 primary against Bernie in favor of Hillary. Leaked DNC emails, released by Wikileaks, proved that. Hillary’s campaign invented a conspiracy theory blaming Russia for the DNC leak and accusing Trump of colluding with Moscow.
Rather than call out Hillary’s Russiagate scam and seize the Democratic party from the wreckage of her failed neocon/neoliberalism, Bernie decided to prop it up. He event introduced a measure to “Protect American Democracy from Russian Meddling.” (see video below)
In 2020, Bernie was rewarded for his obedience by having the Russiagate playbook weaponized against him. The same anonymous intel officials who helped give us Russiagate declared that Putin was trying to help Bernie win. That helped sink his primary chances. Two consecutive primaries rigged against him, this time with his acquiescence.
In 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine — partly a result of years of Russiagate mania, which promoted conflict and criminalized diplomacy — Bernie again deferred to the Democratic establishment. Abandoning his longstanding warnings about NATO expansion, militarism, and weapons spending, he voted repeatedly to authorize tens of billions of dollars for Biden’s proxy war.
