Interview with the people recruiting candidates for our party. (Start at 3:26 in the video)

[RandySF]

WSJ's Aaron Zitner reports from Maine and New York on how these activists are recruiting working-class candidates across the country to promote their agenda. In Platner, they found a strong messenger -- but one with a string of controversies that have made him one of the Democrats' riskiest candidates in the 2026 midterm elections.

[QueerDuck]

1. The rushed judgments, hasty decisions, and conclusions leaped to...

...do not reflect well on the due diligence of those who endorsed Platner. In large part, it was those rushed national endorsements that elevated a deeply flawed candidate to a level he did not deserve. The consultants and politicians who fast-tracked him left grassroots organizers to clean up an entirely preventable mess. IMHO.