Hogg has been kicked out and won't run again

Unsurprising.

Maybe a couple dozen more of the cryptkeepers will die off before midterms and they're forced to take on some younger blood that isn't sucked from virgins.

DNC: quick we need replacement candidates, start hitting the ground and get to every nursing home you can find!!!
The speaker has throat cancer, so there’s that.

Well, I will be donating to David Hogg’s org mentioned in the article from here on out, instead of the Democratic Party.

I would vet* each candidate, accordingly.
This is what turned up for who he's endorsing as a Congressional candidate, but we'll see: https://progressivevotersguide.com/virginia/2023/general/irene-shin?language_content_entity=en
- Yeah, it's important to remember that Hogg has only talked about his desire to see younger voices, which doesn't necessarily equate to progressive, and the only issue I know he has strong beliefs on is gun control. Thar doesn't mean we shouldn't give the DNC hell for the rat-fucking they have time, but we should be cautious in case he endorses any young Abundance Dems.

Interesting timing, with 75 Democrats bowing to the GOP and voting against the party to "[express] gratitude to law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, for protecting the homeland."

One could argue, those 75 Democrats are the epitome of the old, feckless, Republican-light lawmakers that should be facing primary opposition (which is why Hogg has been kicked out).

If one of your congressmen is on that list, give them a call and voice your displeasure.

God do we need to move away from first past the post so when we get into these situations, a new party can be formed without fear of splitting the vote and handing the election to the other end of the spectrum.

Hogg and others should form a shadow DNC (DSC?) as an organization with the goal of primarying weak Democrats. I've been done donating to the DNC for years, but I'd jump right on board with the DSC.

The DNC is, clearly, going to shit the bed on this, but let's not act like a gun control zealot is what the US "left" needs right now.

How is it not? Any zealot that has good intentions is what we need right now. Placating the right got us fascism.
- And in the face a fascism we should be telling people on the left to disarm themselves?
  He's better than the establishment in the DNC, but that like saying oral herpes is better than getting your lips ripped off by a pitbull. It's still not a great scenario either way you look at it.
Its more important for them to keep the party conservative and under their control than it is for them to win elections.
- Yeap, they'd rather lose to someone like trump than win with someone like AOC or Sanders. Who in reality are pretty much average centerist when compared to most liberal countries.
  Democrats adopting third way politics have basically led this country to fascism.

Let's hope Hogg doesn't switch to Musk's new party.

Yeah I can see Musk giving him a superpac money enema and then pulling a Palpatine.