For many this will be difficult to watch. But it is accurate nonetheless. Waken from your patriotic dream, America. See what's being done to us. Refuse to participate. Commit to counter it. (Special thanks to DW Bartoo, a reader at MyFDL for bringing this to our attention.)

Consider yourself warned: “Liberals” are learning about the NPA. And they are not happy.

In most cases these days, people who call themselves “liberals” are a far cry from the proud radicals who, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, stood shoulder to shoulder with workers; who understood that the correct default position regarding large commercial ventures is distrust; and who were committed to equal rights - RIGHT NOW! - for all people.

Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Mike Tate had a typically 1-percenter response recently when asked why the party committee did not recommend Aldous Tyler for inclusion on the state's primary election ballot. Check out first 58 seconds of this video.

Filmed the day state party officials presented their slates of primary candidates to Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board, the clip shows Tate, cornered by Jeremy Ryan, director of Defending Wisconsin, responding to Ryan's questions.

Michael Cavlan, R.N. is running for Senate with the Open Progressive Party. The Open Progressives are challenging Amy Klobachar, current Democratic senator from Minnesota. Minnesotans no longer have to vote for the lesser of two evils by voting Democrat or Republican.