Democrats are very likely to win this year, but the details matter. We must not allow Wisconsin’s centrists and bipartisan compromisers to waste opportunities. That starts with identifying and working, not only to win a trifecta, but importantly, a trifecta with a strong left populist presence.

Here at Milwaukee Beagle, we believe that beating centrist Democrats in Wisconsin’s legislative primaries is strategically important to ending corporate rule and unlocking permanent affordability in Wisconsin.

Chris Taylor was not running as a Democrat, she was running as a liberal. Just like the 5 successful liberal SCOWI justices before her. Liberals have been winning landslides in Wisconsin since 2015, while Democrats keep losing, or barely eking out a win.

We are conditioned to be scared of what it would take to divest from electoralism knowing what the hard work of a “revolution” would actually look like. So, we anoint a politician to do the hard work for us and praise ourselves for having the best understanding of the cage we are stuck in. 

Candidates who authentically stand for policies that clearly benefit voters can generate organic excitement. They inspire people to turn out, to volunteer, and enthusiastically chatter with friends and family. Bold candidates make elections fun, not annoying. An exciting candidate does not need a massive treasury.

In the US, the Democratic Party is the only political vehicle situated to challenge Trump in the midterms, but it is also controlled by the only people inept, sycophantic, heartless, and unpopular enough to lose against him. This is a very stupid situation.

Democratic Party of Milwaukee County is currently led by two very conservative, stagnant, old guard figures: Chris Sinicki and Dawn Martin. Under their “leadership” our county clocked the second lowest ratio of party members to Democrat voters in Wisconsin. Sinicki has gone hard after Democrats who don’t toe her conservative, pro-genocide line.

Democratic voters and party members need to assert themselves against the donor class and their priorities. We need to demonstrate our dissatisfaction with the status quo politicians and their cautious, fascist-appeasing strategies. Overall, we need to deter Tony Evers from running for another term.

Fascists are currently taking over the most apocalyptically powerful country human history has ever known. Don’t want to imagine a fascist leader having their last day in a bunker while sitting on the US nuclear stockpile? Yeah, us neither. So, let’s prevent that!