I’m tired of this lazy “establishment” bullshit.
It’s become a substitute for making an actual argument. If someone has experience, they’re “establishment.” If they’ve built relationships, they’re “establishment.” If they’ve won elections, passed legislation, or know how government actually works, they’re “establishment.”
No. They’re Democrats who have put in the work.
You don’t build a stronger party by treating experience like a liability or pretending everyone who came before you is the enemy. You build it by respecting those who’ve laid the foundation while welcoming new leaders who are ready to add to it.
Everything shiny and new ain’t gold.
I can pinpoint the exact moment that the American “left” lost me. In April 1993, I joined the March on Washington for LGBT Rights. The whole “Q+” wasn’t really a thing, though the term “queer” wasn’t what it means today. It didn’t include such things as “straight people who
Hillary Clinton is such an incredible force. These clips of her testimony are just the latest reminder.
She was punished by society for being too smart and too competent.
And we’ve had a decade of devastating consequences because of that.
Bernie blaming everything on Democrats and billionaires is a cop out. It absolves the white majority middle class Republicans from their complicity and the material benefits they receive from white supremacy. To the marginalized the white middle & working class is the oligarchy.
Today we celebrate. Tomorrow, let's go to work. Nov 2022 is just 22 months away. Gotta hold the House, Expand our Senate Majority, Elect Black Women to the Senate, & win local races. And we got NJ/VA races coming up Nov this year.