No no no what they mean is they want an establishment grifter dumbass that they can schmooze into doing their propaganda for them to a vast audience.
I like cats, books, hiking, video games, random meaningless bullshit philosophical debates that nobody can "win", and trying to convince people that maybe not putting a profit motive above peoples' lives is a good platform to run on.
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No no no what they mean is they want an establishment grifter dumbass that they can schmooze into doing their propaganda for them to a vast audience.
It lasted long enough to be a full on mlem, even!
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
It's a Zionist right wing troll ignore it.
Fuck Newsom, support Prop 50. Not mutually exclusive.
It does but less than a response does, so saying "I can't bring myself to hit like but I agree" is actually better signal boosting than liking in the first place.... probably.
I meant because the people who lean hard on "harm reduction" as a term tend to be the people who have a lot more criticism of the people to their left than of the actual fascists.
It's not even that for me. I'm not sure we can win but if we lose I will make it as hard as fucking possible for the people I care about (and people in general) to go down. Those in power won't be able to sleepwalk into erasing us.
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Apollo lovingly handing you the dodgeball of prophecy on a silken pillow.
I'll admit to basically having run out of hope. But I definitely have tons of spite and I will fight to improve things out of that just as hard.
The only thing that ever helped mine is the realization that nobody in my field really knows what we're doing. If everyone's an imposter nobody is! And I will cling to that no matter how much I learn or how clearly it's not accurate.
We did, they did, and now they're saying "we told you this would happen enjoy the camps" to us.
@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
If you accept the premise that "illegal Migration" is a serious issue, then you are part of the problem. This is a moral panic and every time you affirm it as an issue you play into the signification spiral. Progressives/left must reject the issue itself not just the "solutions" of the right.
Capital is the lifeblood of the economy they say, without considering what happens when that blood clots.
No, no, pretty sure our greatest enemies are still the people trying to dehumanize and scapegoat us so they can keep making profit off our deaths.
if the lesson the only opposition party that exists in this country takes from trumpism is “okay, we just need to pick an appropriate group to sacrifice and then back to normal”, then we need a new opposition party. pretty simple.
folks are passing around an “even if the pod save guys are right & trans issues cost the election, we can’t give up on what’s right even if it’s not popular” post & i’d love if you paused, looked at what that cedes & asked “what does this framing get trans people?” this is a thread of threads.🧵
I would! But then again I'm a Progressive so do I really count?
Oops misread strong approval as total that's on me. Rest still stands.
Also he vetoed a price cap on insulin and he's sitting at 27% approval IN HIS OWN STATE, a record high for him.
I support that initiative and being a right wing homeless encampments raiding transphobic bigot who consorts with people like Steve Bannon to talk about how the evil transes are going too far makes him a trash candidate.
We should focus on the midterms yes. Which is why those trying to treat Newsome as a frontrunner for 2028 need to shut the hell up about their trash candidate rather than acting like he was already annointed. This is EXACTLY the time to make sure he's not considered. BEFORE it's him or Republicans.
Why does that lightning bolt have leaves on it?
Normally I get mad at autocorrect but I'll let this one ride.
First they came for the transformers, and it stopped there because progress is incremental.
If we are telling you RIGHT NOW Newsome would be a losing proposition that's a good reason to not vote for him in the primary isn't it?
Yeah these are the same people that have flamed us for YEARS for being "uncivil" to the right and stressed how we need to "reach across the aisle." This is just the one to speak out who's right-wing enough for them to support him.
Even that is a less than nuances view, since leaving aside what Popper's own thoughts about it are, there's not even a paradox. Tolerance is a social contract. As soon as someone violates a contract, they are no longer protected by it. It's really simple. The intolerant opted out from the start.
This. Their entire self-image is based on "well sure this isn't great but it's the best it reasonably CAN be." If anything better happens then that means they're wrong and have actively been working against improving things. Trying to improve the status quo is a direct attack on their self-image.
As kids return to school, another mass shooting has stolen young lives. Children shouldn’t fear their classrooms. Teachers shouldn’t risk their lives. Parents shouldn’t wonder if their kids will come home. We are the only country with more guns than people—and this is the devastating result.
The owners of the news benefit from it even if their stations don't though.
Maybe Ziggy is fine? With all those people gone the plane weighs less and may not crash. Maybe.
Then you die.
Under Mamdani we would not be able to afford more than one Squid Game. Think of the poor viewers, only seeing barely anyone die for their capitalist entertainment!
There's a reason the official honorific for the mayor of New York is "You Fucker" and the governor is not much better. The best argument against Mamdani I've ever heard is that it's an offense to our traditions to have a good mayor.
The scavenger hunt is using NYC mayoral history to paint Mamdani as firmly within the mainstream of that history. On age. On DSA membership. On public transportation policy. It's such a smart way to launch the general election campaign.
I envy your willpower. The algorithm has absolutely locked in on exactly what kind of post makes me mad enough to engage.
It's like the middle school rhyme taught us back in the day: Nancy Mace is trash. Donald Trump can't spell. Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
Because they don't WANT to fix it, they want to punish the homeless?
Must stop electing people who don't believe in anything beyond their own power and wealth who will say and do anything at any moment if they think it gets them more of either.
And that works both ways. The Dems' main selling point right now is "at least we aren't Republicans". And as Republicans go careening of the right edge of the world into actual authoritarian dictatorship the Dems can go ever farther right and still be "not as bad." This needs to be prevented as well
Don't get me wrong I agree with you that we need to make sure the Dems are as far right as we go. We just also need to prevent people like Newsom from dragging them even FARTHER right. That's what I mean when I say that's how we got here. The farther right Dems go the farther right Reps can go too.
No but someone who runs a campaign based on the principles of listening to what the everyday people there say and telling the major donors and corpos to fuck off WOULD. Progressivism isn't the same in every state but it's still a winning pitch in the appropriate forms.
They still refuse to believe that I voted for Harris despite having a lot of issues with her because I regarded it as a survival vote at that point. "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good", says person insisting war crime supporter is perfect.
Like seriously. Newsom ACTUALLY FUCKING DOING SOMETHING gets support but if the Squad does? Crickets. Doing something only is valid to the leadership if you are also as conservative as possible.
Producing it in house removes profit motive and actually makes it better not worse.
Again, the central party openly prefers Republicans to the Left. They will literally leave the party to run as independents when they lose to one and still get support. I am not even JUST talkong about Mamdani here.
I agree! And that's what the centrist Dems DO. Progressives tend to try to do more even in office then get cut off at the knees by the center and told "be more practical don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." for another compromise bill Republicans vote against ANYWAY.
As always the hint is in "not voting" consistently winning the electoral plurality. And time and again, non voters turn out when Dems actually stand FOR something (often on the left though not exclusively) rather than saying "at least we aren't literal Klansmen (but pwease be nice to them)."
Furniture store. I will get...the FANCIEST COMFIEST COUCH. And finally get actually correct sized picture frames for my weird aspect ratio art.
It is, in fact, hilarious.
Cuomo already is trying.
People keep saying that other Dem need to mimic Zohran’s marketing but they keep failing to understand that the marketing is great because the policies are great.
But we aren't. So Gaza, ICE, tarrifs, immigration, and the USstapo aren't the focus here.
Trans rights and homeless rights are important when talking about Newsom because those are major areas where he is actively working to make the country WORSE than it is. Like how he vetoed a bill to cap insulin prices. If I were talking about Trump, Harris, DeSantis, Cruz, Miller, etc. it'd be diff.
On the flip side anyone who would even CONSIDER voting for a Republican at this point is so far gone that reaching out to them is a waste of time. They gotta make the first move at the very least. So talk is no longer an option there.
Agreed. To be clear here, if I felt that my speaking out against Newsom would distract me from that I would delay it. But this takes like. Zero energy and it saves a lot of trouble down the line if it works (haha not holding my breath) so...
He was wildly unpopular with the establishment Dems so I guess you think they're Nazis? Even I only call them Nazi enablers.
Mamdani got the highest turnout EVER. Sanders was winning until every single centrist aligned against him. "Centrist Dems can't get people to show up to the polls against literal fascists" isn't the flex you think it is. But feel free to howl into the void about it I guess.
Realistically whoever I'm gonna support in the primary probably isn't trying to campaign yet, since the candidates I support tend to focus on getting shit done this far from an election without grandstanding. So I don't know who they are! We shall see.
The Dems constantly tacking to the right was very much a contributing factor to the country tacking to the right. It's a tautological situation. They literally run as the lesser evil party and wonder why they have trouble with turnout.
The center has purity tests too. "Don't be on the left". That's their test. If you DARE be a progressive and win your primary? They'll do what they can to crush you even if it means letting an actual fascist win.
Not having standards for candidates is precisely what got people so demotivated that fascists could take power. Know what's easier than purity testing the ENTIRE ELECTORATE? having standards for one candidate.
And if he runs and loses you know the left would get blamed for that entirely predictable result, not the fact that he's a piece of total shit, and the non right wingers don't turn out for a piece of total shit.
Newsom IS the status quo. The one that got us Trump. I'll gladly support his redistricting bill (or I would if I were in California) but he is not just our enemy, but the ally of the far right openly. He vetoed insulin price caps. Frankly he doesn't have what it takes.
Newsom. AUTOCORRECT WHY.
I don't think Newsome has what it takes to win, frankly, since he's exactly the kind of insulin price vetoing, pro corporation stooge that the actual "swing" voters despise. All that being right wing on social issues does is piss the left off too.
Leaving aside that running "safe centrist" candidates keeps LOSING especially because the right will ALWAYS assume any Dem is a communist Satanist jo matter what, they seem incapable of noting that "the status quo" got us Trump. At best we get one more "Center" Dem then "Smart Trump" if that goes.
And of course "why are they whining about Newsom it's still three years to the election" Yeah. And when it's two years to it you say it's too close to "sabotage" the party by speaking out.
This loops back to the Pritzker quote. We should never debate the legitimacy of trans people period, and only have to because Centrist Dems cater to the right wing. Which also happens to be a losing proposition. If we throw marginalized communities to the dogs we lose. Period.
Weirdly when the LEFT mocked Trump we were told we were sinking to his level. When WE push for actual reforms we're told shut up now is not the time. Dems scream at us whenever we suggest that when they go low curb stomp them. We've tried to get Dems to redistrict for YEARS. Spare me the BS.
Anyway point is that this is only a "controversy" because the right wing artificially MADE it one a few years ago. And Newsom actively agrees with said fake controversy. If he didn't double down on that he'd probably be able to suppress the dissent and yet...
To be clear I am not criticizing you here, you don't know what you don't know, but there os aj extensive body of research reaching back decades to show this. It is pretty well studied. Like how puberty blockers are fine for kids (and get used for cis kids all the time with no controversy).
It shouldn't be though, given that all the research shows no notable advantage post transition (and leagues have requirements for that anyway). That's before even MENTIONING that there are like 5 trans athletes and Newsom has spent SIGNIFICANT time turning this utter non-issue into an issue.
I don't think it's a coincidence that of all the people fighting and mocking Trump, it's the Dem governor the MOST to the right that gets the praise and focus.
I mean with all the standard caveats, NYC, etc. Mamdani is a fighter who isn't an asshole. Being ruthless and being scum aren't mutually required. I'd argue that if the news gave him the same treatment as they did Newsom Walz would be in a similar boat with mockery/legislation, wholesomely.
I'll acknowledge that but unfortunately this place is one where I hear that kind of argument used in bad faith often enough that without a sarcasm tag I'll take it at face value. XP
Know what else is the future? 2028, by three years. Maybe don't give a leg up to the person who actively supports trying to legislate trans individuals out of existence. Hell Pritzker or Walz would also fill similar niches without the bigotry or homeless hunting.
So chances are if I'd REALLY like them I haven't seen or read about them yet. I do have qualms over Walz nuking the endorsement of a progressive challenger in his state after the party already gave it, but his policies are good enough that it's not an automatic deal breaker just red flag to note.
Realistically I probably don't know about who I'd promote by the primaries because generally the ones who are more progressive (and thus who I'd support most) don't start their campaigns this early on.
I try to assume everyone is operating in good faith until proven otherwise, since it's better to waste energy most of the time and occasionally have an actual talk than to slam the door on people who you can reach, but especially online gotta admit it's pretty hard. XD We're all primed for bots.
Pritzger or Walz aren't bad options now, I'd hope Warren at least runs to push the debates to the left. It IS early to promote someone specific but Newsom is already jockeying for a position which is why I feel the need to speak against it now.
I do agree but "are they in the room with you right now" is pretty hostile you gotta admit.
I think he is unusually dangerous because of how willing he is to cater to MAGA openly. Before Walz got squelched in the campaign, he was doing similar things and it was working. It very much feels like Newsom gets coverage BECAUSE he is the most right wing major Dem to figjt Trump.
It's always so nicenwhen tempers cool and it doesn't just become a shouting match. Apologies, being mid-fascist takeover has me KIND OF ON EDGE.
Right that's why NOW, when things are just starting to gear up, is EXACTLY when it's important to keep shitty candidates away from the primary if possible. By 2026 they'll already be saying "not voting for Newsome is voting for Vance".
No because "they" are people like Gillibrand, Jeffries, and the talking heads on MSNBC. I can be specific if you prefer. But if you'd rather make dismissive snark then there won't be much point in continuing.
Like, when we say "Dems need to do more than just write angry letters" it's because that doesn't register to us as meaningful opposition. By the same token when WE say angry words to centrists that's also not meaningful opposition, if that makes sense.
But for the record I think one big difference is that for Progressives angry words and arguments are the LOWEST level of conflict, while for a lot of more centrist candidates it's near the TOP. See: Scheumer. Even when everything is in good faith that can cause... misunderstandings.
Just keep that cadence while talking in a normal tone of voice :)
I feel they've made it fairly clear they'd rather lose to a Republican than win with a moderately leftist. Look up India Walton sometime for a lower profile NY example. But yes I hope you're right too.
Start by shouting every other word. I WISH that THIS could BE heard IN my TEXT. It's that but you don't need to actually shout.
And of course supporting good primary candidates like Mamdani where possible. Notice how they drop the "blue no matter who" fiction when the LEFT wins a primary?
The Democratic party, ultimately, is deeply conservative and needs to be dealt with, but the person trying to poison me over time is less imminent a threat than the person trying to stab me in the face. It just so happens that Dems really prefer fighting the left to fighting the right, generally.
Primarily, Republicans. But I don't fight them with words, because they cannot be convinced with words. I fight them with actions, like trying to unseat them from positions on every governmental body from local on up via door knocking, fundraising, etc. DEMS I use words with when I fight them.
*Newsom. God dammit autocorrect. I have enough trouble typing with my broadass thumbs as it is.
