Being acutely aware of their dim chances to retake either houses of Congress, the Dems have begun their fight for even more censorship on FaceBook. Zuck's "algorithms" (i.e., censorship tools) apparently weren't strong enough to stop those 13 Russian operatives, working feverishly in St. Petersburg, disseminating ads for puppies and other sinister things AFTER the election. Nope. Not good enough.

Dems want Zuck on the House floor to explain...you know, explain, explain what?

You've probably never heard off Mary Wilson. She only managed to raise a measly $40,000 while running for Texas Congressional District 21. The former math teacher was literally outspent by every other candidate in yesterday's primary.

The West Virginia government agreed to all the teachers' demands today. The teachers still don't trust them.

Did you ever get the feeling that Democrats would rather lose to a Republican instead of win with a progressive?
You may have suspected it when internal DCCC documents are full of Republican talking points that undermine popular progressive policies.

I have no use for Identity Politics because it precludes solidarity, and solidarity is the only thing that will ever win against the extreme wealth inequality that is poisoning this country.
Now I have another reason to oppose Identity Politics: the cynical use of it by establishment Democrats against the progressive grassroots.

This Gallup poll from a few weeks ago almost slipped past without being noticed.

Disclaimer: I didn't actually watch the SOTU. Both the sight and sound of Orange Hitler makes me physically ill.

So why did the Dems fail?

To steal someone else's line, "What Democrats are to the actual left is the same as what Nickelback is to Rock n’ Roll, nothing but a bland facsimile of something genuine with the primary purpose of selling something."