#ben jealous

[chiripepe]

Ben Jealous is on democracy now today. Daddy... *moan* fuck meeee. Pound my hhhhooole. Go deeeeeep!!!

[patgavin]

Tuesday, November 6th is voting day!!!

Baltimore, Md

[odinsblog]

November 6th. Let’s dO this.

[berniesrevolution]

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Ayanna Pressley and the Might of the Black Political Left

Major electoral wins, and the reach of Black Lives Matter, show the rise of black progressives.

“The most significant political shift in decades is happening, but it’s not Trumpism or white nationalism or corruption or even on the right. It’s in black politics.

Historic electoral wins, like Ayanna Pressley’s major upset in a Massachusetts House race on Tuesday, along with the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, show the might of the black political left.

Ms. Pressley unseated a 10-term congressman in a campaign supported largely by minorities, immigrants and college students. And she did so without the backing of key Democrats like Representative John Lewis of Georgia and former Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, both of whom endorsed her white opponent. Now Ms. Pressley is poised to become the state’s first nonwhite member of the House of Representatives.

Consider too Andrew Gillum’s victory in the Democratic nomination for Florida governor on Aug. 28. Florida Democrats and liberal donors like George Soros and Tom Steyer supported him over more centrist candidates. Mr. Gillum was also heavily endorsed by young black activists across the state, particularly the Dream Defenders, who cut their teeth on protests around the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012.

Stacey Abrams of Georgia, whose strategy is similar, has a good chance to become the state’s first black female governor. Ben Jealous, the former head of the N.A.A.C.P., is vying to become Maryland’s first black governor, winning the state’s Democratic nomination by running to the left of his opponent.

We can also see this shift in big cities like Cleveland and Chicago and, recently, in St. Louis County, which have elected prosecutors who are sympathetic to the Black Lives Matter movement. This summer, Wesley Bell, a City Council member from Ferguson, Mo., defeated Robert McCulloch, the seven-term St. Louis County prosecutor who was widely criticized for his handling of the Michael Brown killing.

Beyond historic firsts, this new class of candidates is pushing the Democratic Party farther left. They also represent the new political power of black progressives who defy stereotypes of black politicians as wedded to respectability politics and unwilling to take on issues of people who live on the margins of the black community. It’s clear that the era of centrist black politicians is on the wane. The time of black progressives is in ascent.

[spacenerd84]

VOTE BLUE 2018

"I don't care who you are, where you're from, where you work, get your ass out and vote! This isn't the election to sit home and lurk, get your ass out and VOTE! Get your ass out and vote!" - Jenifer Lewis

[teal-deer]

@mcmansionhell said it better than I can, but yeah, if you live in Maryland, vote for Ben Jealous. Larry Hogan sucks; he opposes policies that would have prevented the flooding of Ellicott City and is all around terrible. Don't be fooled by his folksy good-guy pretenses -- it just means that the best that can be said about him is that he's not a genocidal maniac. Vote Ben Jealous.

[justicedemocrats]

The progressive movement is alive in Maryland, Ben Jealous has WON his primary for Governor