Warren is out; prediction markets think Sanders is toast, and they're probably right. This will probably be over by the 17th, when the Northern Marianas vote. Well, maybe Florida — which Biden seems set to win big — matters more. But progressives shouldn't despair. 1/ 
The fact is that whatever you may say about Biden's past positions, the policies he's advocating now are remarkably progressive. He's calling for a major expansion of Obamacare, which would probably get us close to universal coverage 2/
And the Tax Policy Center has a new analysis of his tax proposals taxpolicycenter.org/publications/a…
which would hit the top 1% and the top 0.1% hard 3/
which would hit the top 1% and the top 0.1% hard 3/
So Democrats we call "moderates" are actually pushing an agenda that would have been considered very liberal just a few years ago (and of course is vastly to the left of the right-wing radicals of the GOP). 4/
Progressives didn't get one of their own to head the ticket. But they have reshaped the D party agenda, much more than people realize 4/
