Certain media types hate this place because, while they of course also get treated like shit on twitter, only like 1% of people on twitter even know who the fuck they are. But on here every single user knows them and despises them
What we have dreamt in the night we will build in the dawn. Wry Bi Guy bottom-up movements Ezra Klein is a false prophet
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Certain media types hate this place because, while they of course also get treated like shit on twitter, only like 1% of people on twitter even know who the fuck they are. But on here every single user knows them and despises them
The aca is quite an improvement on what it was like before. No doubt.
Seems I was wrong about a few aspects of the ACA fight and some of the power holders at play then I’ve deleted my tweets.
I agree. But a Liberal in the vein of FDRs fighting liberalism would not stop there. Not for their second term nor in finding their successor. If Obama meant the liberalism he claimed to himself, he’d encouraged changes like undoing citizens united and shelby county vs holder and a public option etc
I said after being elected he didnt propose large changes to the welfare state or american society. He did things like the paris accords and the iran nuclear deal which did not immediately have a tangible effect for americans material conditions
Wine Mom Maoism is Coming
why can't the democrat messaging on trans people be "no, we are not going to force children to undergo genital inspections in order to play sports"
Some are saying bury liberalism, up with American Socialism. I like that. Though its important in future years to be true to a broad coalition and not insist that people who might vote for a Democrat be a progressive/ dem sosh, we can encourage that but it shouldnt be a prerequisite to vote for D’s
Yeah, and terms change as times do too. Obama claimed back the term liberal to apply to himself even if he never proposed a liberal slate of changes after being elected. Now, liberalism is in the eyes of the young and left, the same as neoliberalism. Which is fascinating
MLG is the best governor NM has had in my lifetime and, while she's had stumbles, she'd been incredible on public health and managed to steer our (poor! rural! vast!) state through the pandemic well while neighbors keep inflicting own-goals that bleed over onto our population.
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Life after cars is a state of mind
Illinois and New Mexico are leading, right now, in a big way. State and federal level politicians need to focus in on and emulate the leaders, tactics, and actions of those two states in particular.
"Also they don’t have effective leadership Schumer and Jeffries have just not been effective in finding how to get their footing against the Trump Administration." grabien.com/story?id=539...
main gist of all this is Rupar, Pod Jon, and all the other do-nothing water carrier influencers for the Democratic Party refuse to buy into a world in which actual Leftist ideology, organizing in the streets, and a media platform that broadcasts the two successfully come together.
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If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
Still kicking, for now
The Horrors has my vote
1980 is the very last Gen X birth year. '80 babies, if you haven't scheduled your colonoscopy yet, it's time! Next year, the 1981 babies turn 45. Which means it's time for Millennials to join in the fun! If you haven't already, put on your digital calendar for January to schedule your colonoscopy.
Honestly love that the vibe here on a late Friday night going into the last weekend of summer is “gosh I really hope he’s dead, we’re gonna throw one hell of a party”
Our science literacy is so, so concerning low.
Was reading my kid a new children's book recently, and while the title felt modern, it also felt like it was rooted in more optimistic, more whimsical era. So I checked: it was published in 2015. Which is to say: I was right.
Ma’am you have besmirched my integrity as a content creator.
Which caucus is this that thinks this?
this site is bad! it's going to fail! its user base has plateaued! it's not making any money! nobody here is smart except for me! everybody here is stupid! nobody is having any good discussions! i don't like being here! ok that's it for now. be back in 90 minutes
as if I couldn't hate him more Andrew Cuomo is now encouraging the DSA International Committee to issue *more* statements
Wtf. Good on cardi for these responses but pretty wild questions coming at her 🙄
Next week it'll be September. So far no sign of Republicans standing up to Trump in any meaningful way.
In a long and meandering statement with half a dozen caveats and non-sequiturs, Rep. Adam Smith, the lead Democrat and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, admitted that it is now time to restrict military assistance to Israel as a method of coercing change in Israeli behavior.
me: dad, I'm gay dad: ok me: dad, i'm genderqueer dad: ok me: dad, i'm trans dad: ok me: dad, i'm polyamorous dad: ok me: dad, sometimes I struggle with your very short responses. they can come off as disinterested or cold and cause me anxiety. maybe we can talk about it sometime? dad: ok
And remember folks, Karen Bass was the left option in the race for LA mayor. There was also Rick Caruso, who a bunch of high profile Republican minded people backed to be mayor in that primary. Example number 1,000,000 why the D is a party for cops, lawyers, and professional politicians and not you.
Silksong though? The silk song is reeeeal
framing human rights as debatable is some real cis white guy shit
The National Guard are now landscapers for city parks. The Army will pick fruit for big ag. The Navy will wash dishes and do prep in the nation's restaurants. The Coast Guard can roof
spent tonight with dear friends in a park, and then at a ballroom event. can't describe the difference it makes to be surrounded by beautiful queer ppl who love each other. it's the only way we're getting thru all this
I hope by 2028/2030 the left is able to credibly seriously challenge her
She sucks hope she gets primaried but idk if its counted in that 15
Easy block
Long-term, the party's problem is that rural voters have more power than urban voters. Nationalization is killing Dems. A better idea would be for the DNC to host 9 smaller regional conventions so that eg MT Dems can distinguish themselves from DC/NYC etc. Parties used to be more local/regional
i do sort of think the curia picked Provost to be Pope for the same reason they picked JPII when communism was still at large
Unbiased news is few and far between. The American Prospect. More Perfect Union. The Handbasket Notes on the Crisis are all good and to be trusted
LMAO. I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to find that Brian Tyler Cohen is a key part of this.
primary everyone, save the country
The left split the vote in the primary. Black voters went Baraka and white progressives for Steve Fulop and if those two’s vote shares were added together they’d just barely beat out Mikie Sherill
A good friend told me a few weeks ago: "I thought I would be different under fascism but I'm just the exact same person and it's profoundly disappointing to me." I think this is a more widespread view than is publicly discussed. I think that disappointment in ourselves is morphing into negativity.
as it prepares to exit... AUGUST mary oliver
I want memorials to this fascism planned to open 15 years from the start of the next administration and a want an entire half of the building dedicated to capitalism’s part in the crisis with names like zuckerburg altman and musk in positions of deep unending shame.
My first instinct reading this was to cringe because yes, America sucks generally. But after considering Paul’s point for a minute longer, I think this is in fact an area in messaging to draw an obvious difference from the blood hungry other side.
The other thing here is I do not think that government departments socials should be used for partisan dunks
i think Third Way's "advice" to Democrats is a cynical ploy to tighten the grip their corporate allies have on the party, but for a moment let's all appreciate this statement of their principles, where the first principle is principle.
The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.
Can't even build death star anymore, because of ewok
Two things Pritzker said that no other Democrat has said to my knowledge: 1. Your shit regime will not last forever 2. I am therefore threatening you and your acolytes personally If every Democrat had said simply this and done almost literally nothing else, we'd still be in a very different place
how the democrats talk is under the microscope as the only thing that could possibly move the needle because them changing their policies is apparently unthinkable
Gonna be another one of those days being really thankful for the smart, rational leadership of Chuck Schumer, who warned us back in March that it was necessary to immediately acquiesce to Trump on funding the government to make sure literally none of what he’s doing right now would happen, isn’t it
“At this point it's become impossible for me to maintain a relationship with Reuters given its role in justifying and enabling the systematic assassination of 245 journalists in Gaza. I owe my colleagues in Palestine at least this much, and so much more.” - Valerie Zink
New: At a Gateway Pundit conference, former Trump attorney Peter Ticktin said he “wouldn’t be very surprised” if there’s “an emergency called” before the next election, as "it's necessary." "And with that emergency, we're going to be able to turn the tide.” www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
filled with rage every day that Harris and the Dems damned us all to this hell because they love genocide so much
When Newsom was canoodling with Steve Bannon and flipping on trans people's rights he was one of the most unpopular governors in the country (38% approval in CA). When he took on Trump over LA protests his approval rating soared to 56%. Newson's new fans should want him to learn the lesson!
My aunt just told me what a *relief* it was to hear Pritzger today. I'll bet that a lot of normie Dem voters probably feel the same.
Dems' Messenger-in-Chief, that's for sure
DC statehood now.
Agree. May a thousand socialist candidates bloom once him and the American Hitler are both done and buried
“SAY IT’S BAD—the @podsaveamerica.crooked.com bros were right, the 2028 nominee will be someone not taking💰from AIPAC who can speak about Gaza without tripping over themselves.” @cameronkasky.bsky.social on @petebuttigieg.bsky.social’s weak answer and @whipkclark.bsky.social’s embarrassing walkback
literally the opposite of this is true the lesson of the Mamdani campaign for leftists is to focus relentlessly on a message that will win the election because winning is fucking awesome and when they lie about you, you pivot back to that election winning message and you win
Who?
one forgotten reason about why newsom blows ass is that time he vetoed a *unanimous* vote in the legislature that would've capped copays for insulin at $35. stated reason was because CA was going to start making its own insulin. that veto was in 2023. CA still ain't making its own insulin.
LOL. This is not new behavior from this man but it’s very funny that drugs are great but lesbians are a bridge too far.
'My opponent is a fascist who cares more about terrorizing minorities than helping you' has the benefits of being a) accurate in most cases of D v. R; b) pithy; and c) urgent
Ugh. It’s not a distraction — it’s the real thing. Authoritarianism in plain sight.
lmao at zohran getting more people to show up for a scavenger hunt around NYC when it’s 80 degrees out than cuomo could get even if he paid them
I don't think it was a financial decision at all. It was all about having power over other human beings, especially their own workers and servants, and MeToo, BLM and 3% unemployment all were huge threats to that power.
eh he lost most of all because his district became a lot more Westchester
Newsome is legitimately swinging further to the right than most of the GOP at this point, I absolutely do not get what is attractive about him to literally anyone, even before examining that the rest of the nation will hate him for being Californian.
Take the keys away from the “social media-savvy” 20 year old interns, and give them instead to four or five of my 20-something comrades in DSA and lean back with some popcorn ready
woke 2.0 is so powerful it works even with fake controversies
Disagree because did you see the dem map for senate 2018 going anyway for dems other than 44D 56R or even worse? I dont. Ohio Missouri Michigan North Dakota Florida. Its a bloodbath with a hillary clinton presidency
Jimmy concepts?
Yes J. Edgar Hoover famously never thought it was the role of the FBI to fuck with American politics. Google "Hoover Blacklist" or "Hoover MLK letter" or "Hoover Kennedy wire tapping" to learn more!
“A bold departure from political norms”
Showing children of the future the unacceptable hair rendering on the left to explain why we had to get rid of the rainforest.
My bribe chips are ruffles, and bribe dessert would be blueberry pie w a scoop of vanilla ice cream or vanilla chocolate chip ice cream
The FBI agent on case grabbing a few of the smart popcorn because they haven’t had any in a while, proceeding to get a bit of popcorn stuck in their teeth: this is worse than the years of arresting Jan. 6’ers only to have them all get pardons
Our argument isn't about running moderates vs. progressives. It's that the strategic imperative for Democrats is mobilizing registered Dems who stay home. Persuasion effects from ideology are marginal; wave elections happen when Dems mobilize. I'm glad Noah Smith outlined our actual argument:
“This is purely an attempt to manipulate young children, to overtake the minds of young children with this spiritual evilness…They are teaching young boys that it’s okay to have pom-poms and cheer and act like women.” Do they hear themselves? Holding a pompom to yell “Go team!” is spiritually evil?
My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
The raw milk people are going to love radioactive shrimp.
Oh and check the date on it. TAP right again.
What we want of them??!? Read this article, or skim it and tell me the basic premise isn’t correct. It was austerity elements in the party that steered us away from the change necessary to prevent fascism prospect.org/politics/mak...
Both nevadas senators need to be primaried. Harry Reid picked wrong with Jacky as his replacement.
President Last Man Who Talked to the President
Here's a step in the leek harvesting process you might not have know about. Before the leeks are sent to the packing house, the loaders trim off the tops for final grocery store presentation. #WeFeedYou
"I find myself troubled by Mamdani’s ties to Uganda" ok well I find myself troubled by my ties to America but unfortunately I was also not in control of where I was born