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."

Just last month the NY Times reported Democrats Are Dominating the Generic Ballot. The margin was reaching levels never before seen, by an average of 13%.
There was a Huge Blue Wave building against a historically bad Republican government.

Just days after AG Jeff Sessions declared war on marijuana, Vermont became the ninth state to legalize.

Leading Democrats have found another reason to praise Donald Trump.

What a year or two! 2017 is the "Me Too!" year of difficult admission of gender abuse, mainly anti-female, by women (and a few men) against the political aristocracy. It seems that this charge has significant amount of cultural resonance that has toppled several politicians--and will definitely do the same to more.