Still too much despair about "useless Dems" and a "broken system." The critiques are well placed, but the posture is too often deflated/defeated.
Here's the next generation. Get behind them. Encourage and support them. It IS our country. Still. LFG.
https://progressive.org/magazine/bolder-voices-for-a-democratic-future-nichols-20260205/
@xankarnAlexander Karn
Please, please, I beg you, do not elevate Frey as the exemplar of some kind of new progressive Democrat.
His public statements during the ICE invasion have been •excellent•, and I’m so grateful for that. But as a mayor, in terms of actual •action•, he’s been a bitterly disappointing centrist bucket of slush, a staunch defender of the “I am not racist but I draw the line at losing street parking” sort of crowd. He blocked efforts to deeply change the Minneapolis Police after the murder of George Floyd, instead pushing hard for less accountability and more secrecy. He’s blocked all sort of progressive local initiatives, and has been awful — •awful• — on homelessness, going on a bulldozing spree that makes me sick to my stomach.
He can be great at saying the right things in the spotlight, and I’d love to see him be somebody’s press secretary. But please don’t elevate him as a leader.
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