identity politics

The Freshmen: What About Sharice Davids?

And, so far... a waste of a House seat. Better than Kevin Yoder, thoughKansas' 3rd district (Wyandotte and Johnson counties and some of more rural Miami County) flipped red to blue in 2018. Basically, the district is Kansas City and it's suburbs, a swing district that Obama lost narrowly twice but that Hillary won, also narrowly (one point), in 2016. The district is 72.8% white, 11.6% Latino, 8.6% African-American and 4.2% Asian.

Is Mayor Pete Setting Off Alarm Bells For You Yet?

One thing Pete's got is the killer p.r. consultant, Lis Smith If you've never heard me railing about identity politics, you're probably just discovering DWT. If I were running for office I would tell people to vote for me because I support the Green New Deal, Medicare-For-All, a livable minimum wage, fair taxation, the re-institution of free state colleges and universities...

Rep. Omar’s Dilemma: AIPAC, Zionism and Weaponized Identity Politics

Teodrose Fikre
21st Century Wire
It happened once again; someone committed the egregious sin of speaking the truth only to be vilified by establishment voices. This time around, it was Ilhan Omar, Minnesota’s freshman Representative–and a refugee from Mogadishu, Somalia–who was mauled by her own party and the media-politico complex for daring to criticize AIPAC.