We need an element with the energy, fight, and direct messaging potential of the Tea Party to take over the Democratic Party. Where are those people/orgs so I can give them my time and money? These Do Nothing Democratic leaders aren't cutting it and never will. The Democrats that are doing stuff are maybe the kernel around which such a movement can build: AOC and Frost in the House, Pritzker and Walz at governor level. I'm sure there are others. But it needs to be a consolidating movement not a handful of politicians spread thinly throughout the country. It probably needs to be some sort of insurgency at first, like the Tea Party, that then overwhelms the party and then take leadership. If we can have it without all the batshittery that'd be ideal. At this point even some batshittery is a price to pay for getting rid of these Do Nothing Democratic "leaders". And no, a new party isn't a solution. If you can't take over a shell of a party lead by feckless mealy mouth do nothing leaders you can't start one from scratch that takes real power in the country. Also, no this is not about needing far left policies. My frustration is coming from the position of a pretty centrist but left leaning person. I know I see that frustration from across the political spectrum. There is a vacuum that can be filled. It *needs* to be filled if we are to survive as some semblance of a representative democracy rather than some Hungary or Russia-like autocracy. #uspoli #rant