Coming Changes for ‘Progressives Chat’

In recent weeks, Progressives Chat reached its fifth anniversary. I followed that with noting where I think actual progressives are at. (I also wrote about my position.)

Just recently, I came across a few things which have me reconsidering what I do and how I handle this blog site.

I will mention what I have in mind after I touch on the following.…

Old Stomping Grounds

I used to be a participant on another person’s blog site. This is a person with whom I thought I was politically in sync. That he, too, is progressive. He is not. He is, bottom line, a Democrat. So, I stopped posting on his site two years ago. But, I recently checked out blog topics. What he has written and published. Within the last few days, what has been revealed is something that is so FUBAR.

In recent days, this blogger wrote that the 2022 midterm elections—scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2022—must be about Donald Trump. That the 45th U.S. president needs to be The People’s No. 1 issue. In the next entry, he wrote that Trump, after he became unseated and before having left office, wanted to murder then-vice president Mike Pence and U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Knowing there are Progressives Chat members who have at least one story each can tell…I am just grateful I managed to avoid what became of this person’s blog site. (I apologize for not mentioning it specifically. I do not hate the person. He was generous with me. There was no official departure, from me, and nothing in the way of a blowup. This is why I will refrain here from mentioning it specifically.)

When thinking of Old Stomping Grounds…I also think of some sites which I used to recommend particularly in the sidebar list of “Videos.” When thinking of the early period of this blog site, I realize I eliminated so many video sources—some for more egregious reasons than others—because they sold out and/or became no longer worth continuing to list. This reminds me: Coming up for Progressives Chat.…

Revising the Recommendations

I intend to take the lists for recommended “Videos” and “Websites” and reduce them significantly. Effective this blog topic’s published date, they combine for nearly 50. 

The reason to pare down the lists has to do with exerting better control over what is a priority to recommend. Truth is: I, and this may include some of this blog site’s regulars, am not keeping track…and not regularly tuning in all that are listed. With no disrespect to any of them…the current lists are excessive.

I estimate the recommended “Videos” should be limited to either ten [10] or fifteen [15]. There should be a mix of content. Obviously, The Jimmy Dore Show will continue to rank No. 1. That program—livestreams and clips alike—falls into a category blending commentary with news. (Personally, I connect most with Dore.) For others, I want to include content providing human interest. An example is Hezakya Newz & Films, which covers past history and how it has affected—and some continue to affect—the human condition. So, these two sources will stay.

I also estimate the recommended “Websites” will become limited to five [5]. This should be easier given there isn’t currently much listed. I think people gravitate a lot more to video content.

The changes in recommended content will take effect next month, after the 2022 midterm elections, so links will still be available on Election Day. The new change will likely be by either [Mondays.] November 14 or 21, 2022. And I invite Progressives Chat’s regulars to make their recommendations.