And the same people saying Trump will be a dictator now say Trump rapidly moving to become a dictator is a "distraction" and we need to "focus on kitchen table issues."
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exactly!! 🫨😵🤯 i keep writing to my senators/reps (one of them seems to have adjusted his website to no longer allow for general contact messages but we are now given choices for very particular requests. None of them include fighting to save democracy.)
sep 1, 2025, 7:09 pm • 1 0 • view
People on Bluesky care about that but average voters clearly don't, or we wouldn't be in this position. Most people only care about how much of their paycheck is going to groceries. I don't like it either but everything points to it being true.
sep 1, 2025, 7:51 pm • 0 0 • view
If they don't care why are Newsom and Pritzker resonating instead of Shapiro and Whitmer? You can't beat something with nothing.
sep 1, 2025, 8:29 pm • 2 0 • view
I don't see evidence Newsom is particularly resonating outside of Bluesky, where people fall in love with anyone who hires a social media team that knows how to meme. I think a bigger question is, "if Newsom is the frontrunner, why does he have to start campaigning so early?" We're three years out.
sep 1, 2025, 9:14 pm • 0 0 • view
That seems insane. He's the most talked about Democrat hands down no matter the context. It's not a Bluesky thing. He isn't "campaigning." He's fighting for democracy after Trump invaded Los Angeles. That was the turning point for him.
sep 1, 2025, 10:09 pm • 1 0 • view
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sep 1, 2025, 10:12 pm • 0 0 • view
He's always campaigning. As a former Californian I can tell you he takes whatever position he thinks will poll best, and claim it's his new set of principles.
sep 1, 2025, 10:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Ever since he decided to run for President he's been veering right to try to distance himself from California's lefty reputation. He used to be pro-trans before he started quashing trans rights bills and paling around with Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk.
sep 1, 2025, 10:14 pm • 0 0 • view
For that to be true Newsom must have access to special polling 90% of them don't. There are 23 Democratic governors. Only 3 are standing up to Trump. It's a similarly anemic ratio in Congress.
sep 1, 2025, 10:21 pm • 0 0 • view