Apologies in advance if this has already hit the Kos- I’ve been buried in an old Ford truck I am attempting to resurrect — might need a new carb. Will certainly need a lot more “it’s like life” metaphors before it can run again. [Only been sitting for over 10 years in a field….]
Yeah- we pretty much could see this coming with last month’s news that the DCCC [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] will “neither contract with nor recommend to House candidates any political vendors that work to oust sitting members of Congress.”
Marie Newman came within 2.2 percentage points of ousting Dan Lipinski -likely the worst Democrat in Congress, a man who basically inherited his seated privilege from his father and has spent his career in Congress opposing minimum wage laws, access to abortion, and rights for LGBTQ people.
”Last week, Campaign Pro's Laura Barrón-López announced that she was quitting Newman's campaign because of pressure from the DCCC. Newman has also lost the services of two mail firms because of the DCCC's ban.”… Cory Doctorow
and the Intercept reports “at least four consultants dropped her campaign under pressure from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s new policy to cut off vendors working with primary challengers.”theintercept.com/...
This story has run on multiple social/political sites. I hope it disappears soon
So lets move it in a positive direction: “small donors come to the rescue “
Because I don’t want to roil any potential site rules re challenges to the Dem establishment I will only link to the Boing Boing article- you can find the contribution link there- boing boing