I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if you want to save your teeth...

[iemanja]

22. BTW, Beto gave a very good interview on the Bullwark

He had a lot to say about how the Democrats can move forward, which I understand is an anathema to those committed to maintaining the same party that lost so badly in 2024,

If people are going to lose their shit over every comment about Biden, they'll be wasting their time and energy. And if they declare war on everyone who says Biden shouldn't have sought reelection, they will destroy the party's future prospects. Refusing to acknowledge any problems in the past and insisting the party stay exactly as it is precisely how we lose. People seem to think doing absolutely nothing will miraculously give us victory in 2026. That's a very dangerous stance.

More recently, people were furious that Hogg sought to challenge 12 (that's 12 out of many hundreds) incumbents in safe Democratic seats, and insisted those seats would be lost unless we retained our permanent House of Lords, with no democratic challenges whatsoever. That's the same thing people did when AOC challenged a sitting Democrat in a safe seat. We heard nothing about whining about how a Republicans would win in a solid blue area. Thank goodness she did, since she is one of a handful of voices speaking forcefully about Trump. We might elect more leaders like her if too many Democrats, and the DNC, weren't insistent on maintaining losing strategies.