Speaker Pelosi announces she is running for reelection

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39. Interesting thanks

I just wonder if there has to be a much more visceral overhaul. A changing of the guard. That there needs to be more of a signal to younger and/or progressive members in the tent, or hovering just outside the tent, that we are done with things like "strongly worded letters".

That the party should move to be a progressive voice. Embrace it. And instead of working overtime to convince some red hat to vote Democratic, appeal to the ones whom you actually agree with on 90% of the issues, even if many are still to the left of the average. Convince more progressives, and those that think there's no difference in the partys, to have a reason to vote Democratic next time. Enough to balance any loss of voters from more conservative (moderate) voters who Fox News will no doubt try and scare off.

So sick of living in fear of Fox News, and other RW media. We need a more aggressive, younger, leadership well versed and active in social media, to counter instantaneously, any faux news about what they are proposing. To go forward fearlessly. In the belief that we can get through to the majority on the benefits of things like more universal medical care, maternity leave, SS funding, etc. But it sometimes feels like those best suited to promote these ideals are silenced by leaders who don't want to scare off "moderate" voters. Which is another way of saying "conservative".

We should be promoting the likes of AOC, who know how to use SM like live streaming to another whole generation:

https://fortune.com/2020/12/08/aoc-twitch-live-streaming-young-voters/

When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) went live on Twitch in late October to play the multiplayer game Among Us and talk, game, and spar with users, it marked an inflection point in our society. If you were one of the 400,000 people who tuned in, you witnessed a moment in history. AOC and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s use of Twitch, as part of a get-out-the-vote effort, not only shifted the relationship between social media and politics, it also reflected a more significant cultural trend: a broader embrace of authenticity.