PROGRESSIVE: favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor. (Dictionary.com)

You hear the word Progressive in its political context thrown around an awful lot these days. Mostly by those who have no right to lay claim to the title and are merely adopting it for political expediency.

Hillary Clinton considers herself a Progressive, and some people elevate Liz Warren as some kind of Progressive messiah even though calling them Progressive is like calling Trump an intellectual. You can believe it, and bleat it, as much as you want to, but that won’t make it true.

So let’s clear up a few obvious misconceptions about Progressive values that escape most Democrats.

Here’s one that should be a no-brainer — if you support corporate-backed nominees from either Party, you are NOT Progressive. If you were Progressive, you’d insist on an unbought candidate whose first priority is carrying out the will of the People and not Big Business.