Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat, shares a post-election opinion in the Washington Post ("I’m done with Democratic purity tests"):

Since Election Day, I’ve learned two things about the Democratic Party: The word police will continue to patrol no matter how badly we lose, and a growing number of us are finally ready to move beyond them to start winning again.

Two days after Donald Trump’s victory, I gave an example of how Democrats spend too much time trying not to offend anyone, even on issues where most Americans feel the same way. Speaking as a dad, I said I didn’t like the idea of my two girls one day competing against biological boys on a playing field. My main point, though, is what I said next: “As a Democrat, I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.”

The blowback, which was swift, included the chair of a local Democratic committee calling me a Nazi “cooperator” and about 200 people gathering in front of my office to protest a sentence. My unimpeachable record of standing up for the civil rights of all Americans, including the trans community, was irrelevant.

What has amazed me, though, is what’s happening behind the scenes. Countless Democrats have reached out, from across the party — to thank me...

The question of whether to have reasonable restrictions on transgender women’s participation in women’s sports wasn’t their point — though most agree — just as it wasn’t mine. They were simply glad that a fellow Democrat would violate the moratorium on speaking our minds. Voters want elected officials to give voice to their concerns, not tell them what they should think...

When Democrats don’t engage honestly on real issues important to Americans, we give the impression that we either don’t understand or, worse yet, simply don’t care. According to one exit poll, the No. 1 reason swing voters chose Trump was “Harris is focused more on cultural issues like transgender issues rather than helping the middle class.”

Worse, when we remain silent in the face of GOP attacks rather than decisively putting them to bed and moving on, as when the Harris campaign went weeks without even acknowledging Trump’s devastating anti-trans ad, not only do we lose elections, but these issues get defined and decided entirely on Republican terms. There’s no greater disservice to the people whose rights we claim to want to protect.

This should have been an easy election for Democrats. We lost the White House to a felon who has alienated many of the Republican faithful. Republicans are so dysfunctional that they couldn’t even elect a speaker of the House for three weeks last year, another first in modern history.

But the American people voted for Trump because he articulated a vision, however twisted and unconscionable, for solving their problems and addressing their fears.

The good news for Democrats is we have a proud history of raising the challenges of working Americans and helping solve them. We didn’t do this by telling voters what to think or how to feel, but by listening when they told us.

I'm trying to wrap my head around the latest LP fundraising email. In case you did not get it, here are the first two paragraphs:

We are thrilled to announce a momentous achievement for the Libertarian Party: President-Elect Donald Trump has officially nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a proud Lifetime Member of the Libertarian Party, as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.

This is a groundbreaking moment for our party and all Americans who value transparency, personal choice, and medical freedom. With Kennedy at the helm of HHS, we have a historic opportunity to shape health policy in a libertarian way.

blah blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda

So, while they are technically correct that RFK Jr is a Libertarian Party member, what exactly is he doing for the LP and how does it help anything if we now give money to the LP? I've seen several statements from him in the news but I have not seen one where he mentions the LP or libertarianism.

Am I missing something?

Someone posted a chart in the censored authoritarian libertarian sub that showed how bicycles are a great way to escape the confines of a vehicle. For example, no license, no insurance needed, no registration expense, and you can ride a lot more places too! I think it's true that living in a walkable town where you can bike everywhere gives a lot of freedom. Obviously there's a lot of nuance, and sometimes vehicles are necessary. Regardless, that post was deleted, and I bet the OP was banned from that sub. So I just wanted to share here and see what your thoughts are. Does a bicycle offer a Libertarian alternative to transportation?