today is not an update in Birzeblog, but my writing in the minor DSA publication Rose Garden. this basically lays out what i believe the way forward for socialist elected officials has to be—in sum, we know liberals do not have the answers and will capitulate to or co-opt the moment; we know that there is widespread political discontent with the existing political system and the capitalist duopoly to be harnessed; and we demonstrably have political power—however small that power is—to throw around. the time is now for socialists to try and set the agenda when it comes to resisting Trump, because we cannot count on there being another moment down the road: