The Big Tech slate won control of the DCCC. Now they’re using it for their agenda. It’s a total embarrassment By Tim Redmond August 27, 2026 (48hills.org) I’m not sure how much it helps the campaign of Manny Yekutiel for supervisor to get the endorsement of the local Democratic Party… Continue reading
Plus: Local Dems back public bank and Sunset Dunes, but go against affordable housing measure by Junyao Yang August 27, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) The San Francisco Democratic Party, as predicted, voted 17-4 on Wednesday evening to oppose the upcoming California billionaire tax — and, in so doing, made the rare choice to buck… Continue reading
On November 22, 1994, then-U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich delivered a famously prescient speech titled “A New Middle Class” to the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). Coming just two weeks after the Democrats lost control of Congress in the 1994 midterm elections, Reich used the platform to warn that growing economic… Continue reading
Aisha Wahab, left, and Melissa Hernandez, right. SF Politics/Jay Barmann Published Aug 20, 2026 · SFist.com State Senator Aisha Wahab has officially been declared the winner of Tuesday’s special runoff election to fill the remainder of former Congressman Eric Swalwell’s term that ends in January, representing much of Alameda County…. Continue reading
MEYERSON ON TAP (Prospect.org) The Democrats’ On-Again, Off-Again Class Politics After World War II, Dems lost touch with their New Deal roots. Now they’re coming back home.I’ve been reading the journals of historian-speechwriter-liberal activist-Prospect founding sponsor Arthur Schlesinger over the past week. They’ve helped me understand a good deal about American… Continue reading
This article originally appeared in The New York Times. Iowa and New Hampshire are out, though they may not go down without a fight. South Carolina and Nevada are in. The Democratic National Committee formally approved sweeping changes to the party’s 2028 presidential primary calendar Saturday, putting states that are more… Continue reading
US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a rally on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images) “I would hope that we can all agree that Republican special interests should not play a role in determining the outcome of Democratic primaries. The time to act is… Continue reading
The embattled establishment of the Democratic Party searched furiously for a political reset after Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s progressive victory in Michigan handed the party’s long-dominant moderate wing its most painful defeat of the year. Some strategists urgently pressed to adopt a sharper edge to tap into the fury among Democratic… Continue reading
US Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, campaigning in Washington, DC, faces protests from hundreds of people expressing disapproval of her administration’s Gaza policy on October 29, 2024. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images) “This is all strange in ways that either suggest dishonesty or stupidity,” said one… Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Movements: US “The majority of Democrats out there are so far away from the party elders who hold all the power. And I think we have an opportunity as a party to molt: out with the old, in with what the people underneath the party really… Continue reading
