It’s good to see these indicators put together. I would also interpret the steady direction of the establishment media to neutralize a huge popular threat to the oligarchy. The Trump disaster has traumatized a majority of the population and the majority has been clear in its need for universal healthcare, reduction of militarization, and new sustainable ideas for a rebalanced economy.

Sanders is the only politician responding to popular demands. He has also just turned his back on the the intellectually bankrupt Democratic Party. And Glen Greenwald is one of the perceptive and honest journalists extant.