Where do we go from here?

There is an effort on the national level by the Democratic National Committee to silence and distance themselves from those candidates who do not identify as moderate. Who speaks out against corporate lobbyists, super PACs, and AIPAC. They want to silence those candidates who have long spoken out against the genocide that is being inflicted on Gaza by Israel and funded by the United States. Those candidates who are now denouncing the illegal war against Iran that has given Israel a path to continue the genocide in Gaza and start a new one against Lebanon and Syria. They do not want these voices to be heard no matter how popular or loud they are. They want money to fuel their machine, not strong principles, or convictions. In other words, they want to continue to empower the elitists and lobbyists who will continue to enable these things to occur. The do not want to hear “People Over Profit.”

Recent events like the DNC rejecting a resolution against AIPAC influence, their decision to hide the 2024 autopsy report, and actions taken by them in local elections, where the DNC poured millions of dollars to back candidates who fall in line with their more moderate democratic ideologies in order to defeat candidates who are far more left leaning. Case in point Chicago D9 where Kat Abughazaleh was defeated in the primaries by the establishment favorite Daniel Biss. All these actions are sounding the alarms. As well they should.

When Ken Martin ran for DNC chair, he campaigned on a platform that emphasized transparency and removing big money from Democratic politics. He pledged to conduct a full audit of the party’s national political strategy after the 2024 election losses, which included hundreds of interviews across all 50 states to examine fundraising, campaign organizing, voter responsiveness, and the role of political consultants The National Desk. Prior to his election, Martin had also criticized past DNC leadership for not releasing the results of the 2016 postmortem audit.

However, shortly after taking office, Martin made a decision that many saw as undermining that transparency pledge: he decided not to release the 2024 election autopsy report publicly Common Dreams+1. In a statement, he said the findings were being used to “win the future” and that making them public could be counterproductive to the party’s current political mission The National Desk. He framed the review as an internal process to guide strategy, not a public accountability exercise.

Yet many outside of the DNC structure had sharp criticism of Martin and his decision. Well-founded criticism to say the least. To run for chair of the DNC and promise to be transparent and remove big money from Democratic policies, and then in less than 14 months make the decisions he has made. Reveals everything that is wrong with the Democratic leadership on the National Level. Say one thing, do another. This is part of the core problem that those of us who are left leaning have with the DNC.

Jeff Hauser of the Revolving Door Project stated:

Ken Martin seems determined to become the Merrick Garland of DNC Chairs,” added Hauser, “a feckless amiable sort unwilling to take on the powerful people who scream out for stringent accountability. Democrats’ ought to re-center their entire party around holding elites, be they from Big Tech, the Democratic Party establishment, Big Oil, or Trump’s kleptocratic regime, accountable.” Common Dreams.

Why the shift in your promises Ken? Has DARK MONEY reached your bank account? The GOP has spent years promoting the separation of classes in this country. Catering to corporate, the elitists and super PACS. We now see a separation in wealth in this country that is unprecedented. The rich continue to benefit from the policies of the politicians they buy. Have you now become one of those who have been bought? You are protecting elitists at the expense of doing what the majority of Democrats want to happen. I am not talking about Democrats who are in elected positions. I am talking about Democrats who elect those to their positions. The Voters. The base you are supposed to be the voice of. Yet here you are proving once again that the DNC cannot be trusted to do the work that the people are asking to do. You are enabling and empowering the GOP agenda with your complacency and spineless stance. Prove us wrong in this belief.

The DNC appears to be on the same path that it took in 2024 when they prioritized the agendas of corporate donors, gambled on a centrists path, courted moderate republicans, refused to acknowledge the Genocide that was taking place in Gaza, abandoned the working-class, turned their backs on the young progressives, and ignored the growing voices of Democratic Socialists.

They refused to listen…

Zohran Mamdani proved the ill of their ways with his historic resounding victory in November of 2025 in the mayor’s race for New York City.

They are refusing to listen once again.

Today there are two major organizations Majority Democrats and the Bench with their seemingly never-ending network backed by billionaire funded super PACS. That is pouring millions of dollars into campaigns backing the moderate middle who fall in line with the establishment and their wishes. They share the same billionaire money dispersing it through a plethora of different political action committees disguised by an endless list of unassuming labels.

Majority Democrats and the Bench are acting as a party within a party. Majority Democrats executive director Rohan Patel a former Tesla executive and Obama White House official said that:

“A party that can win everywhere required recruiting candidates who can credibly compete in tough general elections and rejecting the notion that they need to adopt unpopular left-wing positions in the primary.”

At their launch Majority Democrats touted a roster of around 30 potential lawmakers that included senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona and Elissa Slotnick of Michigan. Both were elected Senators in 2024. All 30 were relatively young, staying consistent with organizations criticism that the party establishment is too old. For the most part all of the 30 align ideologically with the establishment wing of the DNC.

In January, the Bench staged their launch. Advertising that they were going to change the Democratic Party from the inside the bench promised to help strong candidates launch with the tools they need to succeed from communications and digital strategy to fundraising and staffing so they can focus on what matters talking with voters and winning tough races the Bench has endorsed a broad slate of candidates including Mallory McMorrow in Michigan, James Talarico in Texas, who just won the party nod over Jasmine Crockett as their candidate for the November elections. A full list of the Bench candidates can be seen below.

Although Majority Democrats and the Bench are separate entities on paper, they are deeply interlinked in their fundraising apparatus and ground game. The two share a joint fundraising arm, The Majority Fund, which pools fundraising halls with minimal contribution limits allowing different players in the network to benefit from the same large donations.

On the surface the Majority Democrats and the Bench appear to be extremely pro progressive and plausible in their commitment to push forward a future thinking path for the DNC. But as you and I know, looks can be deceiving once the book is opened and the pages are read.

I hope I have given you some insight into what is happening within the DNC and the reasons behind some of the recent actions and decisions that have been taken.

I do though encourage you, if you are still with me, to do some research on your own and simply investigate these two organizations acting as one.

Majority Democrats and the Bench