Source: Semafor
by David Weigel
“For 20 years, progressives have gathered at annual Netroots Nation conferences to share strategies and plan for the next election. In New Orleans, this year’s 3,000 attendees were not so sure that there would be a ‘next election.’ At one session, after organizers described the tactics of an ‘authoritarian state,’ they considered whether they’d even be allowed to win in 2026. … The mood at the three-day conference — which began as a political blogger meetup and grew into a stop on the presidential primary circuit — was nervous and grim, despite the karaoke and pickleball.” (08/11/25)
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/11/2025/burn-it-all-progressives-meet-in-the-trump-era-wilderness