Two years before 9/11, and nine years before the financial collapse, AMERICAN BEAUTY gazed upon the End of History and said: "...is that all there is?" And then it also asked, "Isn't that wife a real shrew, huh??" We revisit this painfully dated Best Picture winner and discover beauty all around us. PLUS: "The Squad" vs the Dem establishment, and the decline of Netroots Nation.

"Nancy Pelosi Has Lost Control" by Zach Carter - https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/nancy-pelosi-has-lost-control_n_5d2cb605e4b032ea741220ad
"How the Democratic Netroots Died" by Bill Scher - https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/17/democratic-netroots-markos-moulitsas-227363