Ah yeah this whole episode is starting to come back to me now. So many local DSA chapters it’s hard to recall which bits of drama and controversy are attached to which ones, even for people actively trying to follow the org lol, thank you

What’s the lore with Denver DSA?

Yeah the only thing that felt kinda “Disney-fied” to me was the aggressively cute monkey companion thing that felt made to sell plushies or something, but the monkey ended up being pretty plot relevant so it didn’t really bother me in the end lol

I was reading and just thinking “RFK Jr. has a house in South Carolina? That’s weird I didn’t know that.”

The reveal had me REELING

Am I reading it right that Platner has a photo in his high school yearbook calling for a Free Palestine? I mean that’s probably a good sign on that front that we shouldn’t expect Fetterman 2 lol

Buttigieg genuinely sounds like an AI chatbot here. Vague and repetitive and making gestures at sounding like he’s being sympathetic but it’s just a procedurally generated word salad that means nothing at all

I mean, he absolutely benefits by tearing his opponents apart and trying to run up the score in November. Even if a win is a win, a soft plurality victory doesn’t send as strong of a message to the Dem machine to step in line like a solid majority victory would.

Martin was a DFL guy right? He must be used to trying to incorporate DSA members into the broader coalition, the slim Dem majorities in Minnesota include several socialists, so he’s probably more predisposed to at least be pragmatic about it than, say, some machine nutjob from the Northeast would be

Just noticing that Lander and Nadler’s names are anagrams. Nothing to really do with anything lol just kinda funny I guess that two of very prominent politicians in NYC have such similar names

Wonder if such an obviously strong challenger would encourage Markey to just not seek reelection. We need more prospective primary challengers to scare these geezers into finally retiring

Do you think the Pokémon League has an HR Department