I think building a liberal coalition that foregrounds Bush era Republicanism while quite actively shunning a much more diverse, numerous, and less reactionary group of constituencies is a bad thing, yes.
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Coupled with stuff like this you can see where many powerful figures in the Democratic Party want the ideological center of gravity should be - and absolutely no one who thinks of themselves as a leftist or even a "liberal" should welcome it jacobinmag.com/2020/07/senat…

Senate Democrats’ Machine Spent $15 Million to Destroy Progressive Candidates in Primaries

With the help of a handful of labor unions, Wall Street tycoons, and other corporate interests, the Democratic establishment has successfully blocked progressive Senate candidates in primaries.

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Lol Andrew romanoff progressive hero who literally got 0 endorsements from any progressive politicians (besides Marianne williamson). Meanwhile yang, and Merkley, and warren, and other progressives supported Hick. No one actually thought romanoff was a good candidate
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Replying to @NimishTodi @LukewSavage
Not true at all.

Jul 15, 2020 · 9:28 PM UTC
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