Scott and Beau
Monday, March 26, 2018
The Rodney Dangerfield Of The Florida Democratic Party
The Progressive Wing
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I know there are a lot of people out there working very hard to bring change to the party. But you are going about it all wrong. The people in charge do not want to lose their power and will do every thing they can to keep it.
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They lead you around like a puppy. Sure they
throw you a bone once in a while but you are not coming in the house.
throw you a bone once in a while but you are not coming in the house.
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The plan is simple. The Tea Party showed you what to do
and Bernie Sanders showed you how to do it.
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When a politician doesn't do what you want, you primary them. When the party turns their back on you with their money and resources, which they will and are already doing, you take the Bernie route, you do it with small donations and boots on the ground. This can be done, it already has been done. If the party had not sabotage his campaign, he would be our president today. (Read Donna Brazile's book "Hacks" here
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An exanple of this is happening right now in Florida.
Florida Democratic activists love Andrew Gillum.
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There are four major candidates running for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Florida. Only one consistently draws sizable crowds of activists. Andrew Gillum, sound familiar? When voters get excited about a candidate they will give you their money and knock on doors for you.
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start acting like it.
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Disclaimer: I am not a overpaid political consultant.
The solution is obvious.
Our Revolution - Tampa Bay
Campaigns End. Revolutions Endure.
We are an ideological group,
NOT a political party group.
Political parties shift, we do not.
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NOT MORE OF THE SAME
We are not the fringe, we are the majority!
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Local Badass Jessica Vaughn
I met Jessica after the Trump (s)election, as she stood up as the Local Progressive Voice within our Democratic Party, when there didn’t seem to be any others. Her leadership as President of the Caucus has been instrumental in growing our Caucus to its leading status within the Party and within our community, and most especially the Progressive Community. Because of her leadership we are building bridges between Progressives who are in, and Progressives who are not in, the Party. She has shown us how to make the change that can only come when we show up and participate, unite our voices, and become the change we want to see.
Jessica formed the DPCTB in August 2016, and she has not looked back. Her leadership has helped our Caucus grow from a few people in two counties (Pinellas and Hillsborough) to a split in two because it grew so big so fast (which is when I joined - after the split in December 2016). She has given us a place to find ourselves and our voice within the Democratic Party, to help it move to the left, by focusing on the issues, and the people who care about those issues.
Jessica’s leadership is manifest in other ways - she is currently an elected Tampa Palms CDD Supervisor, and has started a podcast called “Reclaiming My Mind”. Her activism is turning into action in yet another way: as a candidate for the School Board District 3 in 2020.
There are so many reasons Jessica Vaughn is a bad ass. She is the determined, strong, and calm center of the storm - her power and influence project out in all directions, and we are certainly better for it. We are grateful for her leadership, and look forward to more of it!
Russell Hires
March For Our Lives 2018 - Tampa
Tampa, Florida
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Great job Brooke Shapiro, Macie Lavender,
Parisa Akbarpour and Amy Hamric Weintraub!
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