Time after time, when progressives urged her to embrace criminal justice reforms as a district attorney and then the state's attorney general, Ms. Harris opposed them or stayed silent. Most troubling, Ms. Harris fought tooth and nail to uphold wrongful convictions that had been secured through official misconduct that included evidence tampering, false testimony and the suppression of crucial information by prosecutors.

It should be clear, or made to be clear, for those busy Americans who, necessarily, are hard pressed to make the day.  And, for Democrats, they need to quickly winnow the presidential contenders.

 While necessary to the primary, Democrats can't spend a minute more than necessary to decide upon and unify behind a candidate. These are no ordinary times, no time to worry about a "Biden Administration" as not meeting all expectations, for example. The stakes are too high to contemplate another four years of Trump (not an administration, just Trump and other miscreants and monsters).  

The Democratic leadership appears to have jettisoned all prospects for impeachment and put all eggs into one basket: removal by electoral college. Hence, the Democratic candidate, whomever that is, even Marianne Williamson, has to be supported to the maximum.  

And, the Democratic candidates need skip over details of proposed changes. Just broad brush ideas: universal health care, criminal justice reform, fair immigration policies, qualified and judicious justices and judges, restoration of alliances, measured use of force... etc.

  I believe it will be a mistake to get into the weed on plans and proposals.  For example, an effective Medicare for All program is complex taking many possible forms--and no one proposal is likely to succeed without amalgamation of ideas and political compromise.  So why fall on the sword over any one idea to accomplish an agreed upon goal?

The more said, the more it takes to explain and defend against the socialism claims and other lies. Not that Trump is the model, but to illustrate, he promised repeal of Obamacare to be replaced with "something terrific".  That was enough, apparently--his deplorables hated anything Obama, and looked forward to their new Terrif-i-Trump Health Care.

Or I would have left already.

I have a sister in China and a cousin in Mexico City. I envy them both.

You are right about about Germany in the 30s. Or even Paris in the early 40s. I watched a French film "La Rafle (The Roundup)" last weekend on Prime. It was about the Vichy government's roundup of Jews in Paris (at Nazi urging). The justification used by the Vichy French was to round up the "stateless," the "undesirables." And, of course, the immigrants. Once rounded up, the children were separated from their parents. The living conditions in the camps was horrendous. Most of the children never saw their parents again. Sound familiar?

That 40% has remained constant.