I find the whole discussion dismissing Joe Biden abstract, static, and narrowly constructed,. And thus of not much value. When a Biden presidency is set in the context of the worst crisis since WWII and its inevitable pressures, shifts in a progressive direction occurring in the Democratic Party and the country as a whole, and the mandate that would issue from a Biden victory on election day (and, hopefully, Congressional Democratic victory as well), I would argue that Biden will be far better than the gloomy prognostications suggested by some people on the left. In fact, I think he will surprise many of us, including his current, at times shrill, detractors

Happy Mother’s Day to all the courageous mothers on the front line fighting the pandemic at great risk to themselves and untold anxiety for their families.

I’m going to write more about this so suffice to say that the fight over the composition and size of the next stimulus bill is the main terrain of struggle by far in the near term. If organizations and activists are creative, lots of ways can be found to involve lots of people in this struggle.