I think the only viable pathway is taking over the parties thru the primaries like the Tea Party movement. Just like Hogg is doing from inside the party. If you have the resources to work on/for a third party, those could be more effective embedding in your local/state Democratic party.

So, what’s your plan for 3rd party success?

How do you plan to succeed with a third party when the last 60+ years have.secured fewer than 1% of state and federal legislative seats and zero Electoral College votes (since 1968, and Perot even won just shy of 20% of the national popular vote)? Only 26 states have direct voter-initiated ballot initiatives (or forcing electoral reform to replace first past the post).

Right. The sentence I quoted was kind of wedged in with the reporting on what you’re stating. So it seemed like associating the two, and I didnt really see the direct private sale as something to have lumped in (to report on as something nefarious).

Honestly regulating businesses to ensure fair and ethical competition and trade is something I like my tax dollars being spent on.

I know you weren’t replying to me, but … what?

I don’t doubt it, and I 100% support regulations aimed at increasing wealth and ownership opportunity and equality. If Compass is shown to be discriminating against minorities, then yeah prosecute the fuck out of them. I just think forcing people to list their home even though they already have a buyer selected isn’t really going to do anything about it and just artificially raises the sale price to cover the realtor fees. Say some elderly home owner is nearing hospice or something and wants to sell the house to their grandkid who is starting a family. Why should they have to do anything other than get a mortgage approved and go sign all the deed/title paperwork for the bank and the county? Forcing it to be listed isn’t going to suddenly make that home be an option for a discriminated minority buyer, because the buyer has already been selected by the owner.

No, dude. Redlining is about banks not lending to people in a discriminatory fashion. The first sentence in your link:

Redlining is a discriminatory practice in which financial services are withheld from neighborhoods that have significant numbers of racial and ethnic minorities.

I quoted a line specifically about the home owner (a person, not a bank or a coporation) having a specific buyer in mind. Not at all the same thing. Even if the owner lists it publicly, the owner still decides to whom they sell the property. Otherwise you would have property-holding companies out there suing to force the sale to them as the highest cash bidder. Forcing a public MLS listing is regulatory capture forcing buyers and sellers to pay a commission to a middle-man when there didn’t need to be one.

HOAs can fuck off and so can you.

Some homeowners want to sell to a neighbor or family member without broad advertising

So? Why should they need to broadly advertise it? It’s a private property transaction. It’s not like it’s government public property.

That doesn’t contradict the implication that she doesn’t like him.

That was my first thought, too. Also I really need to watch this documentary.

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Yeah after that long it’s just going in the recycling. Another thing you can do is notify the post office or carrier to deliver your mail by name only. This won’t stop mail addressed to “current resident,” but it should stop the stuff you’re talking about.

Welcome to Blue Texas, where we keep our gerries mandered.

Write “return to sender, wrong address” on the envelopes and drop them back in the mail.

Than 49.8% of voting US Americans, and 100% of eligible-but-not-voting US Americans.

My crest! Oh it’s the best!

Heckling? That sounds like Latin gang talk! Deport him from the club!

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Yes, exactly like that. Whoever shares a picture with you. Whoever brags about it. “Did she give you permission to share this? Prove it! No? That’s not ok. I’m letting her know.”

Shit like this needs to be called out by decent men, directly to the faces of the offenders. Challenge their belief that all men are like that. It’s so disheartening to know that I stand out amongst the crowd for treating women with basic dignity and respect. I try so hard to teach my boys about respecting boundaries.