Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>:</p><p>it's time to remake the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democraticparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democraticparty</span></a> </p><p>third party will just divide the left and hand MAGA more wins</p><p>think of the party as an empty vessel</p><p>fill it with 50 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlexandriaOcasioCortez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexandriaOcasioCortez</span></a> s</p><p>we look now to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midterms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midterms2026</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2026midterms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2026midterms</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2026primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2026primaries</span></a> </p><p>we reject the milquetoast centrists</p><p>we reject the political machines</p><p>we fundraise and organize online</p><p>and we hew to principles we already know well:</p>