“I mean, unless you think that the essential functions of the Democratic party are to reverse climate change, dismantle white supremacy, and fight the patriarchy.”

Yeah, those are progressive values and goals. The Third Wave Clintonite dems are not the party of those values. They are the party of neoliberalism, corporate money and power, status quo, and the bold and clearly articulated agenda of “not Trump”. Most importantly, they resist the well articulated criticism of the wealth and money power that undergirds the Third Way politics. This is the “Democratic Party” that has earned Trump-like approval ratings and driven so many former democratic voters into the arms of right-wing populists.

The fear of losing the financial support of the wealthy, corporations, and special interests like AIPAC drives the institutional democratic party’s desperate attacks on progressive candidates. The BS last minute “Platner’s a cad” attack reeked of AIPAC and the DNC.

They need to be “purged” through free and fair primary elections but the fat fingers of AIPAC, the DNC, and big money super pacs are all over the scales. That’s what is so surprising about these primary results. Progressives are winning despite these fat fingers. Let’s keep purging them.