Progressives (Liberals)

its present heft and seriousness.

a: WEIGHT, HEAVINESS
b: IMPORTANCE, INFLUENCE

I'm sure all the murdered and tortured Jews over the centuries prior to WWII will agree their suffering had no heft or seriousness.

The history of the Jews in Spain stretches back to Biblical times according to Jewish history. Spanish Jews once constituted one of the largest and most prosperous Jewish communities in the world. Spain was the unquestioned leader of world Jewry: scientific and philological study of the Hebrew Bible began, secular poetry was written in Hebrew for the first time, and for the only time between Biblical times and the origins of the modern state of Israel, a Jew (Samuel ha-Nagid) commanded a Jewish army.[1] This period ended definitively with the anti-Jewish riots of 1391 and the Alhambra Decree of 1492, as a result of which the majority of Jews in Spain (around 300,000) converted to Catholicism and those who continued to practice Judaism (between 40,000 and 80,000) were forced into exile, although many thousands returned in the years following the expulsion.

An estimated 13,000 to 50,000 Jews live in Spain today, concentrated in the provinces of Malaga, Madrid and Barcelona as well as having a historic presence in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.[2][3][4][5][6] A significant portion of these are Spanish-speaking Jews who returned to Spain after centuries of exile in northern Morocco both during and after the Spanish protectorate. Ashkenazi Jews, primarily from Latin America but also of European origin, are also present in Spain. In 2014, the descendants of Sephardi Jews who were exiled in 1492 were offered Spanish citizenship, without being required to move to Spain and/or renounce any other citizenship which they currently may have.[7] (See Christian–Jewish reconciliation#Spanish and Portuguese law of return.) The deadline for applications was September 2019, by which time 130,000 Jews had applied.[8]

I haven't failed to notice the zeal with which conservatives make every effort to tar liberals as "anti-semites".

Steven Greenhouse
@greenhousenyt
The stock market is near record highs, but working-class Americans continue to struggle. If you’re only a high school graduate or a dropout, work no longer pays. If the federal minimum wage in 1968 had kept up with inflation & productivity, it would now be $22. Instead it’s $7.25

Laurence Tribe
@tribelaw
Bernie’s minions are good at swarming after Democrats standing in his way. I experienced it in 2016 the first time I raised modest questions about his gun control record. They were more vicious than Trumpsters. Not a good sign of how he’d govern. Just watch them hit me for this!

Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind
Agree. And it reflects poorly on him when it happens. No other candidate’s supporters do this.

Ruby Cramer
@rubycramer
Bernie: "No one is going to be attacking Elizabeth."

"We have hundreds of employees. Elizabeth Warren has hundreds of employees. And people sometimes say things that they shouldn't. You have heard me give many speeches. Have I ever said one word about Elizabeth Warren?"

Sanders surges as progressives flock to him over Warren

The consolidation of left-wing support is a remarkable turnaround for Sanders.

By HOLLY OTTERBEIN
01/13/2020 05:10 AM EST

I really think that, should he win the nomination, we're going to see Sanders-lite. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. He's not going to sell out, but he's going to tone some things down. He's not stupid.

Now, what happens if he doesn't get the nomination and neither does Warren — will he work to keep his more ardent supporters within the fold? If he did, would it even be effective?