Some call us shortsighted if we focus on retaking Congress in the midterms rather than on what comes next. No! That’s like calling shortsighted those on the Titanic who focused on avoiding the iceberg rather than on the rest of the voyage. There’s no “rest of the voyage” if we hit the damn iceberg!
What makes you think there will be midterms? Didn't they just arm the military in a US city that doesn't even have the worst crime rate? Umm...
Preserving and protecting fair mid-term elections is job 1. If that doesn’t happen, the path becomes darker.
Thank you sir.
I'm very shortsighted, I think... I'm starting to wonder how many of us will be detained by midterms.
Every battle is fought as it comes.
Yep. Long-range strategizing at this point is a waste of time and energy and $$. Too many unknowns. Even 2026 is a political eternity away, but the general outlines of the battles to be fought are forming; it's not too early to get ready right NOW.
Just promise me one thing. After Republicans illegally stop Democrats from taking back the House in 2026 can we all stop pretending we're voting Trump out of office in 2028 and focus on toppling his regime?
Considering that the titanic did hit the iceberg and sink, this metaphor is having some trouble.
Amen! It is May Day, May Day right now!
We need to stop it now. We need patriots in Universities, unlike the University of Denver. We need patriots in the armed forces, unlike the National Guard occupying DC. We need National strikes on critical infrastructure. We need to shut down the highways, air travel, and the stock market. 🚬😎
Democrats need to stop walking on rice paper and pull a few pages from the Republican Party playbook. Then push the gas pedal balls to the wall before it's too late for us all. We also need to recognize we ARE seeing, in real time, the rise of an authoritarian government.
How do these people not see the iceberg Same in UK with REFORM More like grift
Many SEE,but don't believe it will affect THEM,"God will deal with it."🤷🏼♀️ I have a frequent visual of Him grumbling,"For My Sake,can you do NOTHING for yourselves? Always expecting me to magically fix your screw ups! It's time to be responsible adults;stop expecting me to always bail you out!"
Yes If you do not want you camel to wander hobble it God supports when we work together Not when we do nothing BUT - Leave it up to God We have to do our part AND CLEARLY TOO MANY ARE NOT
Dems have to take at least one chamber of Congress in 2026 to stop the bleeding. youtu.be/6Qp5AZZ-N2A
Exactly Professor. The midterms are just a little over a year away and are crucial to getting to the one after that which is nearly 3 years away. Can't wait 3 years. The proverbial iceberg is upon us.
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We already hit the iceberg
some cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.
Exactly
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You can't dwell on the long-term if you don't fix the short-term!
There are no midterms. Stop focusing on something that's never going to happen. He will keep deploying National Guard troops until he gets the response he wants. Then he will declare Martial Law. You're way too smart to believe otherwise.
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We can’t wait until the midterms, every Democrat should be talking about blue state secession.
yep
Short sighted?? More like far sighted, midterms will be too late if it’s not already
This
But what if you’re still focused on avoiding the iceberg after you’re already sinking and people are drowning by the hundreds? That’s more like the situation we’re in now. The iceberg beneath the surface has already taken out the hull. Forget the thing on the horizon. You have a bigger problem now.
A very simply, this is a chance to reclaim some of the rudder. The longer Trump is in full control, the more he can consolidate power and degrade our ability to vote.
There will not be elections next year. Bet me, sir. What we do today is far more important and so far we're failing.
Well said. And people believed it couldn't happen. The unsinkable United States IS indeed going down!
Today the main issue for the majority of Americans is the economy (cost of living, prices, increased cost of insurance, etc) & that is what Dems must focus upon! While pretty much everything that Trump’s EOs (environment, NPR, etc.) have done can’t be ignored, they (we) must focus on econ issues!
I also think we need new leadership. I don’t think Speaker Jeffries or Sen Schumer are bold enough to do what is needed.
Excellent
This!
If we don’t act sooner than next November there will not be any midterms. Or the results of them will not be honored if they don’t favor Trump.
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This is a good start. Dems, Libs, and Independents better step up our game. Anything less than this and it’ll be the first time I don’t vote in over 36 years!✊🏽🥂💙👇🏽
Listen, American Civil War 2 has begun, soon to escalate to WW3. The winners will write future history books. The alliance of Christian fascists and global techno-capitalist uber rich are winning the first phase. Can the free people of the world join forces to stop them? Humanity itself is at stake
That's why it's important for voters to remove republicans at every level. The GOP is the breeding ground for autocracy.
That's right. Show up. In massive numbers, and defeat republicans at every level.
Retaking congress is critical, but the iceberg is well in front of that. The next elections have to be free, fair, and relevant for retaking congress to be attainable, and the dems are largely ignoring that detail.
No. We think waiting for the system to dig us out of this is a bad idea. The midterms are a mirage.
If we don't manage to somehow beat his cheating scheme and take back Congress, there will not be another fair and free election in this country again until we revolt. That's just a fact, he already stole 2024. Republicans plan to never leave the White House again.
And YOUR suggestion? Easy enough to fling poo.
Agreed! We have to have 2026 happen with legitimate elections before we even think about 2028.
So if there is an election you have grievances against people questioning what you’ll do with the power? Just want to clarify.
We need to focus on the NOW Mid terms are over 15 months away We could be under martial law by then with elections cancelled
Without a midterm win for the Democrats, the second half of Trump's term will be even worse than the first half. WITH a midterm win for the Democrats, sunlight will be shed on what was done in the first half, and his room to act will be restricted.
Why can’t we do both? Both makes us get to Where we want to go faster. ( wink wink)
The midterms can help stem the bleeding. T...p will never sign any bill but we can stop any new horrible laws and confirmations.
We have already hit the iceberg. Find your lifeboat or chunk of wood to float on. Most of us 3rd class passengers are already drowning and the ship is going down!
So what’s the answer? Stay the course? Gerrymandering to combat the fascist GOP? Is our current two party system broken for good?
Talk to people, convince those left of maga to vote left of center. There are republicans who would change parties if convinced, some may have already. Vote in all elections. Don't go in blind, look at and read the issues, vet the candidates - pay no attention to the advertising and spin.
Easier said then done
Would take maybe 30 minutes a day, spread out. Talk to people in line at stores. Go to your state's elections site and read the issues up for election in your area. Look at the names of the candidates, search for past voting record, any history, etc.
What we need is a #SustainedGeneralStrikeNOW Something which should've been done in Trump's 1st term & continued until we put an end to this corruption. It is and always has been the most effective weapon we have at our disposal. Sign up @generalstrikeus.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social
Unfortunately, electing a Democratic house will have no effect on Trump‘s executive orders and the Supreme Court’s rubber stamping of those orders. Accordingly, bolder action is required, such as Blue States secession.
#VOTE We need to get a little militant about this now. The power is still in our hands. Like it always was, and we dared to not even use it. Never again. Vote to put an end to trump's tyranny.
When endangered, Democracy is a everyday fight. It's a war and every victory is a major victory when surrounded.
We seem to be stuck with everyone looking for the pumps. The ship is going down, and a news flash for folks, we will not be having anything that looks like a fair and free election in 2026. Note the police state already arranged in DC.
The midterms must be won, the wide spectrum of Dems need to stop fighting each other, and the feckless Congress needs to find its 🏀s.
Amen it is 10 seconds to the apocalypse, if we do nothing now, we needn't worry about the future, there will be no future.
I won't forget that the genocide included Romanis, migrants, homosexuals, unionists, and the left opposition.
Shortly before he died, Yul Brynner spoke of the 1,000,000 Romani/Gypsies killed by the Nazis. A UN Census said there were 1,000,000 Gypsies in Europe in 1939, in 1946, the UN FOUND ZERO, thou a few hundred are believed under five years-old to have been adopted by Catholic Families and survived
Interesting, thanks for sharing. I wish hope for reviving Romani culture.
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Well said, professor!
If democrats retake congress in 2026, would anyone be surprised if the orange pedophile declared the entire election invalid? And how would the Supreme Court justify such an act?
It’s an important time to begin honestly asking Trump supporters; “Is this what you wanted?” youtu.be/hPwDLib0YYA?...
The “norms” Drumpf’s been bulldozing should’ve been codified ages ago—because clearly the U.S. Constitution turns into a wet napkin the second a crook parks his ass in the White House with a DOJ full of yes-men & yes-women!
And it's ok to appoint a sc Justice while voting for a president Obama seriously got ripped off in his term but they didn't care about the rules of opos...
Sure, but who's calling you shortsighted?
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I will vote for WHOEVER WILL DEFEAT TRUMP. Their playbook is to set us against eachother then we blame ourselves afterward for voting Independent! We won't get another chance... We have to fix the rest AFTERWARDS.
I'm a Trans (NB) Homelessness Survivor. If Newsom will be the option, I have to take it up the ass and that's just how it is.
Yeah, an anti-trans, anti-homeless democrat that will listen to the courts is far better than an anti-non-billionaire dictator.
Not by much but by enough, for now, if we gotta 🤷🏻
The Democrat Party have to be more attuned to the political winds blowing through America. The biggest one being that 249 years is not long enough for America to ready itself for a Female President.. of any colour twice tried, twice failed Look at the GOP- Bloated,entitled,misogynistic supremacists
#BlueMAGADelusions: All America had to Do was "Select" the Half Black Woman with Privileged White Liberal Corporatist Values who had earned No Votes and Nobody ever really liked and the World would be Full of Chickens in every Pot and Peach Cobbler and Ice Cream at every Meal! #Kamalisms
All America had to Do: "Select" the Half Black Woman,Privileged White Liberal Corporatist Values who earned No Votes and Nobody ever really liked and the World wouldn't Be in the fucking mess it is in now thanks to trumps handlers More to the point,trump is in this purely for the self enrichment
Please Shut the Fuck Up, You are as Stupid as Kamala. Trump is only in the White House because the Ds' are so Pathetic at Governing on top of the Biden 1%ers Economy and The Great Genocide. Stop Living in the Delusion that Trump got here with No Help from K #Kamalisms @kinlika.bsky.social
''Please Shut the Fuck Up, You are as Stupid as Kamala'' You were on sick leave during the days 'Civility' was being taught ? Or you simply didn't pay attention ?
You realize that the Titanic likely would have been fine had it *not* tried to avoid the iceburg, right?
The only chance for the next thing is retaking congress definitively.
Yes - but we have to keep this criminal bastard from rigging the election, which there is zero question he is trying to do. The DOJ will protect that lawbreaking, and with the interpretation of law now entirely ceded to Agent Orange by Roberts, how can we stop it?
Uh buddy we've already hit the iceberg.
youtu.be/KpT7AGkHAQo?.... We WILL defeat the pro-crime, pro-corruption, anti-American Republicans.
Except we already hit the iceberg
youtu.be/KpT7AGkHAQo?.... To some extent you are right, but we need to fight back.
EXCELLENT............... SO GO GAVIN NEWSOM GO !!!! DON'T LISTEN to the LIMP WEENIES!!!
One might say we've already hit the iceberg and are listing hard to the right.
Taking back Congress is the first battle in taking back our country. It’s a long war. Most people ignored House was key to stealing SCOTUS, SCOTUS was key to destroying rule of law & legitimizing kingly power for Trump. Public still don’t know how our government works, every election matters.
Every fight, every skirmish, every battle. All hands on deck, all guns blazing. If we wait for the "right" moment, we risk losing everything before we even get started.
Trump is doing, or TRYING TO do, the Historical re writes of Lenin and Stalin, the Secret Police forces of the Gestapo, and his harassment of BOLTON, leaves no doubt about his ultimate intentions. We are living the nightmare we feared. But Trumps INCOMPETANCY, and low Iq, are making it look comedic.
Oh, I would go to the opposite direction. I think the people who are believing that we can wait until 2026 are the ones harboring a delusion.
He didn't say wait. This is an AND situation. We have to work at going after the nazis AND on cutting their supply lines. There are many fronts in the fight against the nazi fucks.
I agree 100% with u
Same
we'll just have to burn that bridge, and all of DC, when we get there.
What do you recommend
A national strike and boycotting like hell.
Ok I got the boycotting down pretty well waiting on the general strike.. actually forgot about that strategy appreciate the reminder
Yeah, if only we can get people to do it. Maybe Newsom will influence that. 😉
States enforcing their laws. And if state & local PD are unwilling, the organized militias of vets performing citizen’s arrests. We have the 2A & 10A for this precise moment.
Yes!
Wow.. would so so love to see that.. our vets have given so much and if they’re willing and able to do more I would happily like to support their efforts financially and any other way
They’ve given a lot but they’ve also been combat trained. A described unit in Oregon could begin arresting federal agents today for felony impersonating a peace officer & are permitted to use deadly force in doing so. I would rather see local & state LEOs do this though.
How are they compensated for their work?
Apart from fundraising or donations, probably nothing. But given your reaction, I’m guessing fundraising might not be that difficult.
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We should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. Mobilize now.. but prepare for the midterms.
“Should” being the operative word. We are not known for that.
Trying to put out a fire thats been burning for 2 years will be hard enough.
We hit it last November when the Repukes hacked the tally machines and stole it for Henna Hitler.
There needs to be an uprising. We can’t wait until midterms. Trump & his criminal enterprise are robbing we the people in every way.
This is so logical that it shouldn’t even have to be said out loud.
Still think there's gonna be midterms? Not a chance is he gonna allow that. If you don't fight him NOW, it will be too late.
Correct.
Or forefathers called on us to #REVOLT when our government became tyrannical. I don't think 'taking the midterms' is what they had ine mind....
If any DUMMY IS THINKING YOU DON'T FIGHT THIS DANAGE NOW THROUGH 2028 YOU ARE FOOLING SELF AND AMERICAN CITIZENS ALONG WITH OUR FIGHT SINCE LAST NOVEMBER SOME OF LIKE SELF NEVER STOP WHILE CONGRESS SAT SILENT FOR MONTHS AS WELL AS MOST OF YOU TELLING ME I DIDN'T KNOW I ELECTION WAS STOLEN. LMAO 🤣
Sadly, we're gonna have to be in the mode of avoiding one iceberg after another for a good long while into the future. Eg., each time death/retirement removes another currently seated federal judge who adheres to a non-Trumpian understanding of the Constitution - that's another damned iceberg!
Yeah, but to stick w/ that analogy, for many, we’ve ALREADY hit the iceberg, so it’s WILD that you’re talking about ‘retaking congress’ instead of retaking our country w/ wood, steel & rope; it’s like the Titanic 🎻-quartet conductor arguing w/ his cellist about the setlist 😆 There’s bigger issues
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I think it's shortsighted to plan ONLY on the midterms. That's what we're being told at each stage - "Wait for the midterms." We need to be out in force, now. General strike. Shutting down all commerce and transport. Pushing back against the encroaching police force. We need to be fighting.
No one is saying ONLY We are out protesting every day There needs to be more of that w general strikes too
Dems retake congress then trump resigns in 2027 ala Nixon. 😳🤡🤣🇺🇸
If you count on the DNC to save you; they will not. They are completely a mess. Vote them in, so they can do exactly what, say we are moving forward and not address any issues to make a lasting change.
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We hit the iceberg the day Garland was installed and Biden wanted to work bipartisanly with team coup. We are here because of those failures and the failures of @schumer.senate.gov
@tribelaw.bsky.social One needs to realize that we won’t have fair elections again unless we flip the script and mobilize for bold 1776-type actions. Nothing less.
How did our checks and balances fail so quickly?, mainstream media with their constant lies, misinformation are prime suspect.
Well said!
... Merrick Garland saw it and called it. Then did do his fucking job when it mattered most ...
You are literally going to lose another 40 seats. People are sick of this crap.
The Republicans set the precedent here. The reaction of the Democrats is intended to stop that precedent from repeating itself. It's kind of amazing that people never, ever expect one party to do the right thing yet burden the other with expectations of slavish conformity to norms.
Call me short sighted then but get out and vote!! Retaking Congress is the only priority right now!!
People really need to learn about triage.
There’s some fairly vile liberals out there that would rather see Newsom go down and let the USA and then the world burn.
We hit the iceberg on January 20th. It’s why you see so many Americans with the means and ability to move taking advantage of it this year. The light 💡 of democracy is flickering out.
Yup
It is the Fifth Columnists who want us to take our eye off the ball.
. The thing is that we are hitting icebergs EVERY DAY and NO REPAIRS are done. Soon, the ship will become too damaged to continue. It will sink. Who will be to blame? Icebergs? Or, the crew which refused to act, told us to wait and focus on the “rest of the voyage," which never came to pass?
Hell to the yeah.
Well said
You better learn to cheat if you think you're going to win
Sorry Laurence, we need action NOW. Midterms may never come.
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The point is you hit the iceberg already.
We've already hit the damn iceberg and everyone wants to appease it. God forbid we rise up...(clutching pearls).
Sir, we need to walk and chew gum.If we don’t focus on what’s in front of us, there will be no midterms. It’s not an either/or. It’s a yes/and
He already said there will be a big war and no elections
Causing America to constantly react to fires is the exact strategy Trump likes to use in order to achieve long-term goals. Eyes on the election.
but those fires are incinerating the country
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We just need to not elect a new round of Joe Manchins and Kirtsten Sinemas.
The window on taking your country back is closing fast and there are no violins playing in the background to make you feel loved while you're going down!
Exactly…..
I think we need to focus even more short term. What can we do this week? DC could use more support from elected leaders who live here part of the year. We can’t let this administration normalize what it is doing to the nation’s capital.
Its seem the first and most immediate step aside from mass protests to shut down the current government.
I love when people say they don’t want to gerrymander bc they want to get back to normal politics. Oh really? Do you? Well the best way to stop a sociopath from attacking you is to say: “ Excuse me, but I want to get back to my day so just move it along, Buddy. It’s so effective. Just ask Ukraine.
Re Gaza & Israel & the West Bank: increasingly Netanyahu’s lies recall the horror of the murderous Stalinist regime that covered its crimes with endless lies and show trials. Meanwhile the USA continues to supply the war crimes. Complete stupefaction of Americans who assume we’re always right. 🇮🇱🇺🇸
Congress will be red in Nov 2026 by 100 seats while we allow Trump to destroys voter's rights.
You are absurdly, over-optimistically FARsighted to spend the majority of your energy on the midterms.Everything will be lost by then if we don’t do something better than the feckless BS from D’s NOW. We do NOT have the luxury of waiting until midterms. They may not even happen at this rate.
Agreed. There’s still plenty of state level elections now through the midterms we should direct effort to. Dems and the left should also start manufacturing controversies that put Trump and the GOP on defense. And of course #ReleaseTheFiles
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Democrats need to support Mamdani. This is why they lose. He has the popular vote for Mayor of NYC. The Democrats don't have to be the party of lockstep like Trump's MAGA. There is room in the party for all types of ideals.
really? there are people thinking we shouldn't focus on the midterms? they're the ones who are shortsighted
Midterms? Next year? Not shortsighted to focus on them as a solution. Delusional.
There is no guarantee that we will HOLD midterms.
I think we need to focus NOW on how to prevent the mid term results from being hacked, stolen, or otherwise compromised
Yeah but if you think the way a malignant narcissist like Trump thinks there won't be any midterm elections. All this calling in the national guard and military are just a dry run to see what he would need and where, to ensure compliance. He has the immunity and support from all branches of the gov.
exactly!
Call for nationwide General Strike. This is our only move- cripple this country economically. No weekend warriors- long term Every day.
They can't fire everybody all at once, but we have to commit to help, support, protect each other in our respective communities, and oh punch fascists down in the ground!
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
We all know this is the best move. We all *agree* this is the best move. It also takes NO EFFORT, like leaving the house. We can all Netflix and Chill our protest... And yet we can't get it done. WHY??? This protest needs to grow so big that the media reports on the date. Otherwise, pointless.
It does take effort though. If I miss 1 day of work that means I either lose my home or my kids have no food. That is the reality for a lot of folks in this country.
Yep it is- we have to have those that can last longer do it and have supplemental “union” strike funds. I know I will last as long as I can to not live in a fascist America . We need 4 million of us to hold the line and the rest to come in as they can.
That is a huge reality. It's hella difficult when you have a family, a house to keep up and a job too. If you vote & speak up & get other people you know to vote (local races & national) - that's your unique & perfect contribution to the cause! Everything helps! 💪🔥
That’s all I can do unfortunately
It's perfect. You're perfect! ,💙
Awww thanks!! You too babe!
Kitty's right!! Every little bit helps!!! Stay focused, stay engaged! Spread the word!!! 🥰
It's up each 1 of us to do our part starting at Grass Root level = town, state & national MAKE A LOT OF NOISE & get involved in any way you can. Many people did NOT get out & vote 11/6/24 It's strange & SAD seeing that it's all the 'white hairs' coming to ALL the weekly meetings & protest rallies
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Tell that to the DSA nut jobs on this platform who sat out 2024 because “Gaza.” They don’t GAF if the world burns to the ground if they don’t get what they want exactly as they want it. They don’t want to elect democrats, they’re only interested in replacing them with socialists or demolishing.
Fair point!
Thank you Professor Tribe.
Yup.
Or even better, it's like calling you shortsighted for looking for a lifeboat instead of focusing on the iceberg we just hit. Yes, I know we hit an iceberg! That's why I'm focusing on the lifeboats!
A long term plan is very much needed, not just victory in the mid terms, but a deliberate way forward, as we have much work to do yet.
You need to FOCUS on boots on the ground saving residents from illegal searches, kidnapping with no warrants, torture and murder in concentration camps. You already lost the last election with centrists and got us here. Fight for us not your campaign money!
1/2:Exactly. The strategy is to delay immediate action (mass protest & civil disobedience) by having Americans believe that they will have a say once the midterms occur. By the time midterms are supposed to happen, they either won't, or they will be so rigged that they won't matter. The time is now.
Play the long game or forever be on the back foot
It’s definitely not shortsighted. If anything, the midterms are too far in the future.
Right? He's fortifying Washington as we speak. Dictator Don is moving right along.
STOOPID Dictator Don.
We can expect these moves to exhaust political capital at a prodigious rate. The more trolling and the less gasping fear, the better.
I think there's a lot less fear & a lot more anger out there than the media is portraying, at least that's where I'm at.
yeah, those who are already focusing on a Presidential candidate for 2028 just don't get it. There will be no 2028 and probably 2026 general elections, if we don't pull all our energy and focus on 2025.
EXACTLY!
I think we can agree that we need to focus on now as well as the midterms. There’s no ignoring anything. I don’t understand this post. If we wait till the midterms, we have no democracy.
For a party with the responsibilty of our future, rallying that they are the party of the future and progress. Who is being short-sighted? They will be responsible for all our "stolen" data, by DOGE, and AI tech moving forward. They better have an agenda ready day one!
Very true. Don't scream about "I won't vote for for POTUS!!!" now - just get rid of as many GOP seats, governors, etc., as we can now.
Must.Take.Mids. That's where the money and effort needs to be.
I just hope that if the House and Senate turn blue again, some of the atrocious policies of this “administration” can actually be reversed. If this scenario happens, and they don’t actively fight fascism when they have majority, we are truly fucked. The cannot waffle or prioritize decorum.
Sir, the iceberg has been struck, and the ship of democracy is, in fact, sinking. Your expectation of elections in the face of fascists determined to ensure that they are either rigged or never take place is not just shortsighted, but farcical.
Dems have long over-focused on the presidency and the republicans snuck in from the state and local level on up and ate our lunch
I finally agree with something you say after the disaster of your mate Merrick Garland: if the mid-terms are as rigged as it looks like they will be or if they're canceled which is what will happen if he thinks he might lose the house...I am not entirely sure that what comes next matters in any way.
exactly!
but if we retake Congress there is more hope that we will be able to avoid the iceberg and steam ahead!
We have enough people to do it all. We are a mess because we have no leaders, no organizer. If we continue like this we will not be successful..
You always put it so well. I am all for what the Dems are doing. I was a Republican for many years, no more am Democrat all the way now.
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Guess what? Most of us can do more than one thing at a time. In fact, women are pros at multitasking. What does it say about leaders that all they can do is focus on the next election? If that’s the best the so called experts can handle then they’re pretty damn weak and useless.
With greatest respect sir, I must poke a hole in your analogy. The USA has already hit its iceberg, and is sinking. Can it be saved? If so, only history will know whether the midterm elections were a big part or a small part of the solution. For certain, they're not the only part.
respectfully, I think you're misunderstanding the criticism. we think that is 'shortsighted' (not really the correct word) thinking because it doesn't seem to recognize the scope and urgency of the moment. look around, sir. what makes you believe ANY future election will be anything but farce?
We must do every single thing possible to save our Republic.
You keep pandering to center Dems by telling them there’s gunna be a midterm, dude.
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...as long as Democrats DO NOT sell out in the process! Do not avoid the full-throated attacks on the Republican party this era demands, and do not retreat into white male candidates!
A decent analogy although in light of the people who died trying to revisit the titanic maybe not the best. People will kill themselves trying to return to the past. Morons!🙄🙄
You are assuming that the iceberg is the problem. We periodically avoid the iceberg by your proposed approach, and yet… here we are in the middle of a chess match to the death with a Godzilla-sized pigeon knocking over the pieces, shitting on the board and strutting around saying he won anyway…
So well said. Listen folks. Laurence Tribe knows what he is talking about
Actually, if they had slammed directly into the iceberg they would have crushed the first watertight compartment, but would have stayed afloat. By veering to one side, they managed to slice open more than a few of the watertight compartments, assuring their demise. I get your point, though.
So, what you're saying is every blue state shld do likewise. I'll add to that - the Dems touring red states shld multiply & prosper. Take the info and break it down to why this matters to them.Mb you don't like X lifestyle. What if the next target is YOUR lifestyle? Get the whiteboard rep involved.
I wonder if drones can drop fliers...🤔😊
How true is that?!? My worry is, that like the nuclear clock, the iceberg is way too close for comfort.
The US has already hit the iceberg. They’ve sacrificed all vulnerable people before themselves.
Pretty true. 2024 was the iceberg moment and the citizens failed the test.
We hit the first iceberg in 2016
You’re not wrong there.
I totally agree, 2016 was the sighting of the iceberg and the country failed to stir clear of it, 2024 was inevitable
I pretty much knew how it was going to go when in the 2022 midterm, the first election after republicans started banning abortion services post-Dobbs, voter participation was 5% lower than the previous midterm.
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Also please focus the iceberg that are the #2025elections. Like #Virginia! Support #VirginiaDems @abigailspanberger.com @jess4va.com @downeyforva.com and so many more! #bellwetherstates
* icebergs? Whatever. Just remember to vote in odd year elections! Every vote matters in EVERY election.
You're right!
This is our present
It's called multitasking, both are extremely important. It's also self-evident that ending democracy is on the menu right now. The iceberg is right here right now.
Good morning and happy Friday! We’ve made it to the end of the week! Hopefully the new regime will be removed this weekend, we need our democracy back. We need our rights back. We need women’s rights never to be touched. Caveman days are over and have been a very long time ago.!
No regimes! We want total accountability, actual representation, in a government chosen by the people, for the people.
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Exactly.
The PedoFuhrer is so desperate he'll start a war, declare Martial Law, and cancel elections and the Constitution to stay in power and out of prison.
Agree - But Don't forget the mini icebergs before the big one. Municipal and Special Elections count! Get ready to vote. Vote Blue top to bottom - the only lifeboat on the ship.
If we don't win the midterms there will be no next anything. We are sunk..
IF there are midterms—we can’t depend on that.
My hero!
Unfortunately I think we already struck the iceberg in 2024. Maybe Kamala should have focused her $1B+ war chest more on how our entire democracy was at stake, and less on weak “he only cares about other billionaires” ads.
Hindsight is always 20/20. Focus on what is coming up. Do your homework, don't rely on social media, news, media for information. Read the issues, vet the candidates. Convince others to do the same. Voting based on what is seen on TV or in media is not responsible. It's reacting to advertising.
It was 20/20 in foresight. ANYBODY could have and should have seen this coming in 2024. Was January 6th not obvious enough?
And here’s something else in foresight, now. We WILL have another global pandemic in the next 5-10 years. Most likely another SARS-CoV, or an avian flu variant. And there will be tens of millions of Americans killed because of RFK’s insanity and stupidity and trump’s complete incompetence.
Is that idiot Mike Madrid posting again?
They control every branch of government. If you think they are going to simply allow us to vote them out of office, you may not grasp the situation we are in. Authoritarianism isn't coming, it's here. The faster people accept that fact, the faster we can get to the point where we "eat the rich".
Respectfully, we hit the iceberg when Kamala conceded without asking for a single investigation of any kind into the election shenanigans we all saw happening. The bow is already submerged and the propellers are sticking out into the air.
IMO if Democrats want to retake Congress next year assuming there are elections they need to quickly appoint a leadership that embraces all progressive candidates such as Zohran Mandani. Young Americans are not going to vote for the current incumbents like Schumer, Jeffries et al
Dems need to adapt organically. Some places may want progressives but others won’t. The next 4 years need to be defined by maximizing wins as much as possible according to polling.
Democrats just vacated the local parties endorsement of Omar Fateh in the Minneapolis mayoral race. I don’t think they agree with you. Their preference is to fight hard and dirty against young people.
I don't know anything about anything but I agree that the Democratic party needs to identify candidates that we can be excited to vote for. I'm tired of voting for "the lesser of two evils." If the orange skidmark has done anything remotely positive, it was to reveal how our country is broken.
The dem base doesn’t like most progressive candidates. Please stop thinking beating a sex pest in a blue primary in a heavily blue district means everyone is now progressive.
I don't think they said everyone is progressive, they said we need to support progressives. Please stop thinking that just because Democrats don't support progressives there's any other way.
Bullshit
This is an interesting consideration. I suspect we’ll be entering 2026 with a Dem electorate that remains widely split.
Let the primaries decide this, then we need to unite and cooperate as one team to win.
Purity tests have been so helpful thus far. Just look at how great 2016 and 2024 turned out. 🙄
What purity test? From Hillary to Biden to Kamala the Democratic establishment got exactly who they wanted. If the Left had a purity test, none of these candidates would have been nominated. The purity test narrative is fiction pushed by moderate democrats to justify anti progressive policies
Nice fairy tale. Let me know if you want to have a reality based discussion at some point.
sad and true, We are now at 214 days of the nightmare, and sadly we have to try and survive the next 438 days
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