The full report: democraticautopsy.org/how-democrat...

We need to be better than this - connect your political advocacy to a theory of change directed towards specific outcomes, and if not possible, as it might not be in Texas, just don't engage with the circus and direct your attention elsewhere where it can be more productive.

...which leaves you in a place where you rally behind candidates for the same exact reason that people rally behind demagogues like Donald Trump - you've allowed yourself to become the other side of the same coin.

Because the reality is, if you don't set standards and plant your feet in the ground and demand the politicians meet you where you are, they are going to define the standards for you until there are none remaining beyond partisan shit flinging...

...and you need to realize it and evolve your civic engagement beyond the simple task of recognizing a two-party dichotomy and asking your team to clear perpetually low and right-ward shifting bars set by Republicans.

Just admit that you like these people because you vote based on vibes and partisan team sports loyalty, and if that's the case, you need to acknowledge that you're part of the problem with this country...

I can sense your face turning red with embarrassment, or at least it should be if you had any shame, because I understand that you can't point to a preferred policy, at least not one with specificity beyond generic platitudes (i.e. not policies).

...and before you start tip tapping away on your keyboard in defense of one or both of them, be prepared to tell me your favorite policy positions of either candidate.

Right now there's someone reading this with their hackles raised because they saw some social media clip of one or the other saying something defiant against Trump or Republicans...