Pleasant Politics

> To be clear, socialism isn’t measured by how far to the left our politicians are; nor is our proximity to fascism measured by how far to the right they are. Fascism has taken over nations after both left-wing and right-wing elections: what matters most is the people’s ability to organize themsleves and fight for something better. Whoever wins the election in November, our focus should remain on the forms of popular organization we build together.

> “There’s a lot going on. I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico” \[Video\]

> “And these Latinos, they love making babies too. Just know that. They do. They do. There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside. Just like they did to our country.” \[Video\]

> “Heck yeah. That’s cool, a Black guy with a thing on his head. What the hell is that? A lampshade? …I’m just kidding. That’s one of my buddies. He had a Halloween party last night. We had fun. We carved watermelons together.” \[Video\]

> Trump backer calls Harris the ‘antichrist’ as he waves crucifix onstage at New York City rally \[Story\]

> “I just got back from Israel.. and they go, Sid, you want to speak at this MSG thing? I go, ‘Sure — out of character for me to speak at a Nazi rally. I was just in Israel.’ But I took the gig.” \[Video\]

Edit: As sad as it makes me to change it, the revised headline is better and more accurate than "running his campaign into the ground," which is what it used to be before they changed it but forgot the title meta tag.

> Vice President Kamala Harris pledged Monday to federally legalize cannabis, ensuring that "safe cultivation, distribution and possession of recreational marijuana is the law of the land."

Good stuff.

> Harris' promise is part of a package of initiatives aimed at energizing Black male voters ahead of the November election.

What the shit?

“I think it's mostly the culture of just kind of being second-class, almost like and we kind of feel like we don't have a voice...”

Here are the top few questions, and the responses:

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Kismetatron

> Hi Jill, thanks for doing this AMA. I have so many questions but first can you address this statement? > > “We are not in a position to win the White House. But we do have a real opportunity to win something historic. We could deny Kamala Harris the state of MI. And the polls show that most likely Harris cannot win the election without MI.” > > I mean it really, really sounds like your true intent is to get Trump into the White House. Which is weird because I thought the Green Party was for climate action and saving the the environment. Silly me. > > Quick question, if you do succeed how do I look my legal immigrant wife in the eyes and tell her she may deported back to her home country simply for being the wrong skin color? Trump guaranteed that this is gonna happen if gets back in office so I really want to hear the mental gymnastics behind why you would cheerlead for this kind of misery.

JillSteinOnReddit

(no response)

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LizukaWest

> If the intention of the Green Party is in fact to actually be a viable third party, then why is there virtually no effort made at growing power at levels below the presidency? There has not been an elected Green member of the House in years, there are only four mayors in the entire country and there are barely any city or student council members. Wouldn't focusing on lower stakes, winnable races be ultimately more efficient than doing nothing but running doomed campaigns?

JillSteinOnReddit

> Hi Lizuka, the vast majority of Green campaigns are down-ballot campaigns, mostly on the local level. Greens have won over 1500 elections, making the Green Party the most successful independent party in the country that doesn’t take corporate money. > > Ballot access rules designed by the duopoly require the Green Party to run for president and other high offices - or lose ballot lines and the ability to run at all levels. > > Roughly 60% of US voters believe the 2-party system doesn't represent us and we need a new party. We don't have a democracy unless voters have a right to choose at all levels of government.

AsherGray

> How many of the 1,500 elections won were in the last decade? I've noticed that the green party has zero seats in the senate, zero seats in the house of Representatives, zero state governorships, 0 out of 1,972 seats in state upper chambers, 0 out of 5,411 state lower chambers, and the list goes on. > > Why should the American people vote for the candidate of a party that is incompetent at getting elected to smaller divisions of government?

JillSteinOnReddit

(no response)

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forgedbygeeks

> What did you discuss with Putin and Flynn at the infamous Moscow dinner photo? > > https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2017/12/21/that-infamous-moscow-dinner-where-michael-flynn-and-jill-stein-sat-with-putin-utahs-rocky-anderson-was-there-too/

TeamJillStein

> Jill has answered this before! Here is a link to her answer on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drjillstein/video/7342590195394546987

Jan_17_2016

> Yes, she just so happened to get invited to attend the 10th anniversary of a Russian propaganda network, and just so happened to get put at Putin’s table with Michael Flynn, just before she just so happened to siphon enough votes away from Clinton to allow for a Trump victory. > > Sure, Jill.

TeamJillStein

(no response)

Bonus: If you live in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin or North Carolina, they'll let you claim a referral from Elon Musk's program, and take $47 away from him.

> One year on, the evidence is overwhelming.