You see this in much of the criticism of Abundance from the left. As Jacobin pointed out, you need state capacity to have Universal health care, which is a key part of what Klein is arguing for. These are not Sewer Socialists, these are lefty flavored versions of the RW burn it down types.

I always think of Gandalfs line in LOTR, "I pity even his slaves". Coupled with his swift condemnation of Frodo's wish that Bilbo had killed Gollum and I feel that even though Tolkien never fixed his orc problem, his view was always to see even evil characters as worthy of compassion and mercy.

They will come for the cop unions eventually. The hubris of their support for the party out to end public employee unions is epically poetic.

Why are we letting the real culprits, the Suppreme Court, judge Cannon, and the saboteurs left over from trumps DOJ?

This is a profoundly stupid idea even for Trump.

Its not really about progressive vs conservative in CA on this issue. NIMBY is bipartisan. Huntington Beach is a MAGA stronghold and is fighting state housing mandates harder than anyone. But enviro laws like CEQA need to be updated ASAP because they have been weaponized to an absurd degree.

She is doing this to raise her profile and raise money for herself. She achieves that no matter what dems do. It has nothing to do with "stomach". By all mean squash it, but it might be useful for everyone who fights for trans rights to be more strategic what we spend our time and resources on.

It was the most obscure one I could think of.

Brigadoon?

Max has a new playmate!