“Hey, shut the f... up or go outside!”

- California state party Chairman John Burton to impudent peasants

The corrupt Democratic Party establishment is playing wack-a-mole with it's progressive insurgency, and it's discovering that it doesn't have enough mallets.

For instance, this past Thursday, while it's attention was elsewhere, progressives took over the Philadelphia municipal election.



Black Lives Matter mattered in this week’s Democratic primary.

Insurgent civil-rights attorney Larry Krasner walked away with the prize in the seven-way race to succeed incumbent District Attorney Seth Williams...

What happened? With no incumbent or Democratic Party endorsement, an enthusiastic and motivated progressive minority turned out in good numbers to outpace the scattered support for the other candidates, all of whom had decent establishment credentials.

However, if you want some entertainment and local color, nothing beats yesterday's California Democratic Party Convention.



The California Democratic Party convention started with a bang Friday night, with protesters disrupting speeches at the official kickoff and state party Chairman John Burton unleashing a series of F-bombs aimed at the demonstrators.

The chanting began when Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Burton stepped up to the podium in a cavernous hall at the state capital's convention center, with protesters shouting demands that the party reject corporate donations and work to implement a single-payer healthcare system...

“Hey, shut the ... up or go outside,” Burton said.

“Parade all you want, but unless we put it on the ballot or elect new Democrats you can walk up and down the street and people still aren’t going to have decent healthcare. So let’s get with it.”

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez headlined the kickoff event and, seemingly accustomed to such a reception, delivered his speech in almost a thunderous shout — loud enough to drown out the chants.

That last sentence if flat-out hilarious!

Those dirty peasants are revolting.

Back in January, Berniecrats literally took over a majority of the Democratic state party.

Progressives outside of the Democratic Party are starting to win local elections as well.

A big test of this insurgency is the upcoming Virginia Democratic Primary for Governor.

On one side you have establishment candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, endorsements by Gov. McAuliffe and “nearly all Virginia Democrats in Congress and the state legislature”.

On the other side is Berniecrat Tom Perriello, endorsed by Sanders and a few others. The progressive is winning.



With less than one month before the June 13 primary, 40 percent of likely Democratic voters support Perriello, while 38 percent support Northam, a difference that is well within the survey’s range of sampling error.

Among the broader group of Democratic-leaning registered voters, Perriello holds a slight edge over Northam, with 35 percent support to Northam’s 29 percent.

Perriello’s upstart candidacy has attracted national money and national media as he bashes President Trump at every opportunity, while Northam has patiently built support within the state and has campaigned on his ability to work with the Republican-controlled legislature.

It's the WashPo, so you can see the biased framing here. Nevertheless, the numbers speak for themselves.

This Tuesday another Berniecrat Rob Quist is up for election, this one in Montana. I've been watching this one close. It's going to be tight.



The populist Democrat running for Montana’s open seat in the House of Representatives has hit a major fundraising milestone, as a race ignored until last month by party officials heats up in its final week...

Gianforte had a 6-point lead over Quist in a poll released earlier this month by a Democratic political action committee. But internal GOP polling shifted against Gianforte last weekend amid proliferating scandals coming from the White House, according to the conservative blogger and radio host Erick Erickson.

The DCCC has essentially ignored progressive Quist until a few weeks ago, and have instead dumped enormous resources into establishment candidate Jon Ossoff's bid for the Georgia's 6th District House seat.

For now the Democratic establishment's agenda is to Weather the Storm, and hope the progressives simply get tired and go home.

It's a strategy that usually works. We shall see if it works this time.