Rolling Stone has published an article titled Four Amendments & a Funeral, detailing just how far the legislative branch has deteriorated. It follows around independent Representative Bernie Sanders from Vermont over a period of a month, as he struggles to and then successfully manages to get solid bipartisan support for four amendments... all four of which are killed, despite having majority support.

It's a rare, direct look at how firmly entrenched the corruption is. The only bright point is that he actually has found a number of honest conservatives to work with, so the system isn't uniformly rotten. Just mostly so.

It's a well written piece, for anyone who still harbors illusions about the United States still having a functioning democracy.

Link credit to The Huffington Post, that I must admit I underestimated earlier.