I Can’t Really Believe Them

Monday, August 17, 2026

Democrats generally fold faster and easier than a wet paper towel. When your belief system is more or less fully transactional, you don’t become known for the strength of your convictions. So pardon me if I’m more than skeptical about a defeated primary candidate, or even the House minority leader himself, suddenly trying to talk tough about the DSA takeover happening inside their own party.