The "platner situation" could have been avoided if rich liberals didn't back an unpopular geriatric establishment candidate with no future. The primary is still going on anyone better could have stepped up. It's just that one side campaigned and the other complained.
Well, the story is out now, and the violence aspect definitely seems to have been overblown by people hinting here
Still pretty bad, and the behavior fits everything we know about him, so I'd say its trustworthy despite the source
You see though - Progressive means two very different things on either coast.
In Mamdani's NY - upzoning along transit is a progressive win.
In Connie Chan's SF district - upzoning along transit is heresy in progressive circles here.