I annoyed some people on all sides today saying the left doesn’t have much political infrastructure. It’s not 100% fair, I’m just feeling tired, upset and fairly defeated today. So I’ll just explain what I think is missing.

Literally every single time I sat down to read an old Joe Biden or Pete Buttigieg policy paper this year I found massive holes and blatant contradictions with their messages against Bernie - issues that should have been exposed and hammered immediately.

I’ve reported on this in the past but lots of TV news hosts and political pundits regularly collect checks for tens of thousands of dollars for half hour speaking gigs before industry lobbying groups. And then they go on TV and express skepticism about M4A and a Green New Deal

This election showed that Dem voters have a lot of faith in The Party and the so-called liberal media. If we want to have more influence, I think we need orgs working on research and messaging, to help people recognize what’s bullshit. I’m sad but I’m not ready to give up on it.