Hello everyone! With the US elections in just a few weeks we are all bracing for a flood of posting about liberal progressives and socdems along with the usual trickle of "republicans bad" posts.

As such we have determined that this the time for a few reminders;

\1. This is an international sub. Please ensure that all US politics are flaired as "USA"

2.Posts about socialist movements and socialist candidates are welcome, as are posts about the relationships of socdems and progressives to local socialists movements.

Example good posts: * Melat Kiros speaks on embracing the socialist label * Talrico speaks on his relationship with the DSA * New Poll for Mai Vang shows...

\3. Posts that are purely about speeches, statement, electoral polls, or other "general news" about progressive and socdem candidates will be removed as "unrelated to democratic socialism and leftism". No we don't care about Talarico, he's not a socialist. Neither is Abdul El-Sayed.

Example bad posts: * New poll for Talarico shows... * Abdul El-Sayed campaign speech video post * Hakeem Jeffries on the 'blue tsunami' the dems are expecting"

For your reference this is the list of socialist-endorsed candidates running for the US congress. If you are aware of other socialist candidates for federal office please let us know: * Rashida Tlaib * Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez * Chris Rabb * Melat Kiros * Darializa Avila Chevalier * Claire Valdez * Donavan McKinney * Angela Gonzales Torres * Mai Vang * Lauren Jewett