They protested at No Kings. Now they’re running for office.

Nobody is coming to save us, we have to save ourselves from this fascist surge. The people featured in this article are commendable.

Man, I think frequently about this part of the article: “The thing that we heard that was different is: ‘I’m sick and tired of the Democratic Party. I’m sick and tired of being told to wait my turn,’” Litman said. “We’re also hearing a lot of: ‘The Democrats haven’t been where I am, they don’t know what it’s like to be in my shoes.’” If this year is doing one thing, it’s demonstrating that the stodgy,insider “earn-your-way-up” structure of old-school Democratic candidate selection is getting kicked to the curb in many cases, which I love to see. Couple that with newbies winning despite ridiculous money disadvantages many times and it’s really exciting. People power!