I used to be a Democrat, for much of my life.

Although I voted for him twice, my schism with the Democratic Party began with Clinton.

I had high hopes when I voted for Obama the first time, but I became jaded very early on, beginning with his cabinet picks. I voted green for his second term.

Biden was the last straw. I was done with the Democrats. I voted Green for Biden's first term and left the Presidents box unchecked for his second term.

Now I'm a nomad, noncommittal to any party or politician, drifting with the sands of true independence.

The DSA is coming to enslave your women, eat your babies, and castrate the men.
And that's just the Day One agenda.

Politics in America, whether Democrat or Republican, basically involves politicians coming out once every two years, asking for your money and promising things they have no intention of actually doing. No wonder people are sick of it.
That's party politics, but it's NOT a political movement.

The right-wing Daily Caller made a trip to Kansas to see Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders speak. This rally in a deep-red state had to be moved to a larger venue because it sold out in under 10 hours.

Suddenly Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is everywhere, and she hasn't even won a general election.
This is making real, measurable ripples. This is one example.

Joe Crowley is the fourth most powerful Democrat in the country, and he's never been primaried before now.
Ocasio-Cortez is only 28, has never held a political office before, and she's a socialist.

Just when you were ready to write off the progressive insurgency, yesterday happened.

The biggest headline victory was in Nebraska.

This morning I had my invisible bee-keeper's hat on while looking in the Villagers' honeycomb at GOS. They adore their neoliberal heroines, Joy Ann Reid, Nanci Pelosi, and of course, former Queen Bee Clinton herself.

From In these times Remembering Michael Harrington, A Heroic Democratic Socialist Leader