Burned by Astroturf

Over at TPMCafe, David Sirota takes up a favorite TPM topic — astroturfing — and explains how it’s a symptom of what he calls “autocratic progressivism,” which emphasizes a top-down structure versus true grassroots organizing. Jared Bernstein responds by pushing for progressives to do both: [W]e’ve got to think on both bottom-up and top-down tracks.”