A few weeks back I decided to subscribe to your Progress Report, and I an not at all disappointed. I keep a tight watch on DeSantis and his puppets. Living in the RED ZONE of Florida, Pensacola, people k me why I refer to DeSantis and the Republicans as FASCIST. My response is: because they are. As for the Democratic Party; I spent twenty years as a lobbyist for the UNIONS, both in Tallahassee and D.C. a we had a very active party who got things done. I am sick to death seeing how the party went to crap. Enough of that. Let me say I am 77 years old and will continue to fight until they close my casket. Everyone needs to get in the game.
Thank you for the support and kind words, and for working for so long on behalf of working people in unions, Luigi! We will keep the pressure on DeSantis and his band of GOP fascists.
I’m pleased to see the polling out of Florida. I was wondering how Floridians are perceiving all of this and it’s comforting to see data showing majorities opposed. Given the moribund Democratic Party there, do you see any cause for optimism? Are there any emerging leaders among the dems who might be able to leverage the discontent into votes for progressive candidates?
There are some great individual young leaders in Florida, including state Rep. Anna Eskamani and Congressman Maxwell Frost — I’ve known Anna for four or five years now and she’s a tireless, dynamic, and endlessly empathetic person who should be the model for all lawmakers. I’ve gotten to know Maxwell a little bit and he too is smart, canny, and motivated by all the right things.
Florida mag become a solid red state for the next generation, as Republicans noe are buoyed by gerrymandering, voter suppression, the state Supreme Court, and useless Democrats. But the overreach could ultimately backfire and create a space for a popular backlash — culture war only goes so far when property insurance, housing, and other costs are through the roof while schools crumble.
To seize on such a moment, the opposition will have to have built up smart local operations that have introdued an alternative vision of government or simply knows how to get people fired up. I have zero faith that the Florida Democratic Party will find its way under Nikki Fried’s leadership, but I don’t think she’ll be around for more than a few years.
A few weeks back I decided to subscribe to your Progress Report, and I an not at all disappointed. I keep a tight watch on DeSantis and his puppets. Living in the RED ZONE of Florida, Pensacola, people k me why I refer to DeSantis and the Republicans as FASCIST. My response is: because they are. As for the Democratic Party; I spent twenty years as a lobbyist for the UNIONS, both in Tallahassee and D.C. a we had a very active party who got things done. I am sick to death seeing how the party went to crap. Enough of that. Let me say I am 77 years old and will continue to fight until they close my casket. Everyone needs to get in the game.
Thank you for the support and kind words, and for working for so long on behalf of working people in unions, Luigi! We will keep the pressure on DeSantis and his band of GOP fascists.
I’m pleased to see the polling out of Florida. I was wondering how Floridians are perceiving all of this and it’s comforting to see data showing majorities opposed. Given the moribund Democratic Party there, do you see any cause for optimism? Are there any emerging leaders among the dems who might be able to leverage the discontent into votes for progressive candidates?
There are some great individual young leaders in Florida, including state Rep. Anna Eskamani and Congressman Maxwell Frost — I’ve known Anna for four or five years now and she’s a tireless, dynamic, and endlessly empathetic person who should be the model for all lawmakers. I’ve gotten to know Maxwell a little bit and he too is smart, canny, and motivated by all the right things.
Florida mag become a solid red state for the next generation, as Republicans noe are buoyed by gerrymandering, voter suppression, the state Supreme Court, and useless Democrats. But the overreach could ultimately backfire and create a space for a popular backlash — culture war only goes so far when property insurance, housing, and other costs are through the roof while schools crumble.
To seize on such a moment, the opposition will have to have built up smart local operations that have introdued an alternative vision of government or simply knows how to get people fired up. I have zero faith that the Florida Democratic Party will find its way under Nikki Fried’s leadership, but I don’t think she’ll be around for more than a few years.
Props for “the combined charisma of a diaper rash.”
So what is to be done about FDP? Are there no young, energized progressive organizers? Who are they? How can we get them the resources they need?