How could the Democratic party be anything other than a private entity? In the US the political parties are private entities distinct and separate from the government, it would be weird if they tried to argue otherwise in court. Having the parties as private entities seems a lot less risky and problematic so I am really curious what bothers you about it and how you imagine a system where they were not private could work.

This isn’t that surprising, they have a reputation for dumb fuck-ups like this. There’s a lot of major issues in these elite SOF units that have been festering for decades.