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- progressivepolitics
Ami Bera (California)
Ed Case (Hawaii)
Jim Costa (California)
Laura Gillen (New York)
Jim Himes (Connecticut)
Chrissy Houlahan (Pennsylvania)
Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)
Jared Moskowitz (Florida)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington)
Tom Suozzi (New York)
We need a left version of the tea party and primary these people out.
That was Occupy Wall Street. But they weren’t useful idiots for big business, so “moderates” just laughed at them.
I think one of the reasons that OWS struggled was a lack of a clear message and a lack of leadership.
But I think it finally ended with “necessary” outdoor camping laws that most cities put into place to breakup the camps. That and the moderates laughing at them instead of supporting them.
But not as insane, please
The insanity was part of the populism. Sanity won’t get as much traction
I don’t know, sanity is feeling pretty radical at the moment