I love that! #Thejoyfulwarrior @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Whoever does Zohran's ads needs to be in charge of ALL Democratic ads nationwide.

Bear in mind his mother is a well-known filmmaker.

Ah yes so the democratic establishment can grind the life out of them trying to get the “moderate” voter

As much as These ads are effective, I don't think that would work across the different regions identities and cultures accross the United States. Maybe an online course

Absolutely.

Better yet, I want his Policy Man in charge of Democratic Policies. Sure it's not as sexy as media, but it's more impactful!!

Would rather they just teach them how. One person trying to do everything was how we got a slew of crappy Marvel movies.

teach them how to defeat zohran, cool

Not what I had in mind, but you do you.

they don't have so much energy and time if those candidates show they're worthy of thr efforts, they might attract people working for them too funny thing they aren't mostly

the establishment hate and attack zohran and dsa, they love billionaires donors and thirdways, that's all they even ban talking zohran in the r/Democrats reddit and only copy campaign strategy ? I don't think it's the thing working

Platner in Maine has the same guy doing his ads

Didn’t see your post or I wouldn’t have said the same thing. It’s good to see regular folk running for public office!

yeah if you can make a guy this deranged look electable, you are a marketing genius.

If only he could give folks his energy and charisma…

@designedbyforge (find them on Instagram) does a lot of Mamdani’s ads www.instagram.com/designedbyfo... Camille Zapata and her team @camillezapata.bsky.social are responsible for Newsom’s tweets.

Melted solids also works on Mamdani’s branding www.instagram.com/meltedsolids...

Other grass root Democrats are already using his team like the guy in Maine. Graham Platner hired same talent.

Along with the team who does the tweets and memes on Gavin Newsoms team.

No.

nope nope nope

No

The reason this is very stupid is because Newsom’s approach does not present an oppositional political viewpoint to fascism. If you support fascism as a political project but just think that specifically Donald Trump is personally the problem, Newsom’s the guy for you.

Trump will be dead someday and Americans will have to learn to oppose fascism itself, the ideology itself, not just some guy with a bad personality.

If you like what Gavin is doing, especially his embrace of anti-trans positions and tormenting the indigent, you actually just like fascism and object to trump only because he's not doing your personal grievances.

There's no contradiction in thinking that Gavin Newsom is a piece of shit and also that the social media team he has hired to run his accounts are doing a great job

That’s not the contradiction people fucking have? He’s gunning for president.

Yes, yes, yes 💯!

Wrong.

I’d looooove to hear why you don’t like Gavin’s ads. Please share with the class.

Because Gavin as a person is a monster and cannot be trusted

Even if that were true, it’s irrelevant. Gavin’s ads are effective. They are breaking through. And, if you were paying attention, this thread is about using Gavin’s people to coordinate messaging for the DNC. It’s not about Gavin.

Except they aren't effective you conservative loser.

You sure about that? He’s getting tons of responses from Fox News complaining about it. His account has gotten millions of followers in a very short period of time. People are talking about him and he’s getting attention. Not sure what your definition of effective is, but it seems effective to me.

Omg really, you are really duped by that kind of shit?

I agree. Gavin's tweets might not appeal the furthest left or tankies, but they absolutely work on liberals, moderates, and swing voters. There is the expression "a broken clock is right twice a day" but you'd have no idea that's even true on this platform.

Yeah, BSKY is starting get just as bad as Xitter. If you’re not a leftist, then there is no place for you. What these people don’t realize is that BSKY is a pimple on the ass of X, which is a pimple on the ass of Facebook, when it comes to numbers of monthly users.

Liberals, moderates, and swing voters (btw two of those don't exist) aren't enough for you to win elections.

"Even if that were true" lmao look at the guy's track record with the homeless. Or trans people. Or associating with actual Nazis. And it doesn't matter if it's about Gavin, associating and working for a guy like that makes you a bad person too

Newsom sucks but purity politics like this is loser stuff. You can’t blacklist people because they worked for the Democratic governor of the largest state and expect to win anything.

Dan, Trump won because he passed the Right's purity politics.

And Trump is actively working towards delivering his campaign promises.

My life isn't purity politics. Stop supporting and idolizing these butchers.

I’m going to support whomever the Dem nominee is.

You can't blacklist trans and homeless people and expect to win.

Given the current political climate in this country, I wouldn’t be so sure about that. And he didn’t blacklist trans people. He said he has concerns about some trans athletes participating in sports.

*shrug* Trump did. Your argument is invalid. (Fuuuuuccccckkkk Donald Trump)

He's a transphobe who enjoys making life worse for homeless people. Nobody wants him and he will lose.

Shut the fuck up. You right wing liberals aren't some wise political sages. You CONSISTENTLY FUCKING LOSE.

This is not purity politics; this is calling out the same bs that paved the way for the Rs to runs with fascism.

"Its purity politics cause it won't affect me"

It’s purity politics because it’s all or nothing with many in factions in the Dem party. This includes 🏳️‍⚧️, 🇮🇱, etc. If someone is not 100% aligned with your cause they are 100% discarded. There is no middle ground. There is no compromise.

So if (when) you end up homeless, you're OK with the government destroying your property. That's not a question, that's the message you're sending to politicians when you say this.

Crying “purity” when the subject is genocide and protecting marginalized people. Gavin is willing to throw marginalized people under the bus

But that's exactly the point: They (MAGA) can't pin him down as 'just another woke lib'. He's exactly their kind of Centrist Dem. Their only comeback (if you're watching) is 'nuh uh'. They're on the back foot w/ Newsome and they don't know what to do. No for President, Yes for the fight.

Exactly…it’s 2025. Newsom is perfect for what we need right now. 2028 is a long way off. And Newsom will have ample opportunity to earn the nomination, in a wide open primary, based on his merits.

What merits

Making fun of Trump has proven to be totally ineffective over the last 10 years. He is an entertainer and loves the attention. Why on earth does anyone think it will be effective now?

I think you’re entirely missing the intent of Newsom’s trolling.

People mainly care about how they are doing economically. Almost all of Newsom’s trolling distracts from that.

This is an attention economy and Newsom is generating attention. Yes, people care about their personal economic situations. But Newsom is not in any position to change the American economy. He’s doing what he can as Governor of California.

Not when it gets under trumps skin and exposes daily his incompetence and that of his mentally deranged cabinet.

I think you'd find the optics focused memery of Newsom's team and the policy focused action of Mamdani's team would be rather at odds with each other.

Mandani’s policies might work in NYC. They absolutely won’t play nationwide. And that’s fine because Madani is only running for Mayor of NYC.

I guess I'll just take your word on that despite the mountains of evidence that free public transit has always been a massive boon to any country that implemented it.

Maybe let the OP answer.. 🤷‍♂️

here's why: they suck and are cringe, idiot

That’s a very cogent and well-reasoned response. There’s just no way to counter your rock-solid argument. Excellent work, cupcake!

thanks, packrfan4

You’re welcome, ahelpfulbear

I mean we can keep the shitposters and throw out Newsom

Exactly. All the protests against Kamala because a few groups disagreed with some of her issues and refused to vote for her is why Trump won. Why can't Dems ever learn? I guess if Newsom is the candidate, history will repeat itself & we'll have another 4 years of MAGA & the Dems will be extinct.

lol this is 100% but none will admit it. mamdani's campaign is hands down at odds with gruesome gavin's

Not wrong! Making fun of wannabe dictators is good actually. It makes conservatives look weak when they pearl clutch over Gavin's tone but then have to explain when Trump does it it's actually ok.

Charlie Chaplin relentlessly mocked Hitler, it was brilliant

Charlie Chaplin didn't want to be the President.

I agree with you; but also Gavin Newsom is building a digital army. The numbers of his followers on tic tock and instagram have just exploded. He is effectively fighting the digital fight. He is reaching a large demographic

What's he actually doing to make life better for Californians? Having a good socials team does not a leader make.

Decoupling strategy from politics, I’ll say I’m glad he’s doing SOMETHING and actually mocking the man. It’s hit or miss IMO. Great when he slaps them w facts about D vs R areas. OTOH, sarcastically calling something “woke” leans too far into their world and sanctifies THEIR shitty use of the word.

What I love about Mamdani’s strategy is it unapologetically paints a picture of a NEW but completely sensible direction instead of working within the parameters of the establishment. Both have their merits. Attacking is like detox, Mamdani crucially couples the attacks with “restorative treatment”

Mamdani has better politics, and brings a much more joyful vibe to the table than Gavin. Gavin is doing the dirty work right now of hitting Trump below the belt. I praise both of them for meaningfully countering Trump. It's time to be Machiavellian, not contemplate the intricacies of morality here.

Using AI slop and throwing trans kids under the bus is bad for everyone, actually. It makes the left look weak.

CA is a trans haven. Stop virtue signaling and enabling Trump by eating the only people on the left actually doing shit. For the record, Mamdani is a fucking badass who I love and want to see succeed. But damnit Gavin is doing great in this moment too.

No one here is virtue signaling. I will say this with my whole imperfect chest: I find the Newsom schtick deeply depressing. It’s fucking basic, boring, and gross. I don’t experience being a better edgelord than Trump as aspirational or a source of comfort—quite the opposite actually.

Sure but they suck at it.

Old guard Dem leaders take note: Bundle Mamdani's joy, Newsom's ruthless ridicule, Crockett's pointed humor, AOC's incisive language skills, and Walz's authenticity and there we have it: a winner.

And how about Pritzker who seems to be doing things that actually help people...

Pritzker has to get the news out that he’s helping people. Democrats have had a serious messaging problem for decades.

Dems have a messaging problem BECAUSE they don't help people. Dems, at best, generate paper saying they will help people but it never translates into material gains.

Tbh I like that pritzker cares more about action than credit but there is a downside.

How does one get the news out?

Priztker needs to redistrict now! Forget the “messaging” and do whatever it takes to save our democracy. We can message later. In a world full of Pritzkers, be a Newsom.

YES!!!! But, he can and should do both at the same time, like Newsom.

Agree! He needs to get a really good meme team like Newsom has.

I've been paying attention. Pritzker is great. Tough talker. Balanced budget. I consider him one of our potential Pres. candidates.

He is not in charge yet Just wait. Also Pritzker is a governor

No doubt- can't wait to see what he does

Absolutely. As a longtime Chicagoan, I keep staring in disbelief at my phone while I keep reading post after post from a governor who does not embarrass me but talks about how much his state is doing for its people. I'm really not used to that. (I'm used to our governors heading off for prison.)

Biden did that. But it wasn't enough. 🤷‍♂️

No, Biden did not do that. Material conditions for working class people got worse under Biden.

False. The recovery from Drumpf's disastrous first term was not fast enough for "working class people". But by all available data and FACTS, conditions got better NOT worse. aneconomicsense.org/2025/02/02/t...

this has nothing to do material conditions of the working class

Conservative freak is literally trying to use GDP per capita to say things got better for working class people.

Incorrect. Only from the perspective of right wing think tanks did Biden help anyone.

Biden made things better, NOT worse... #FactsMatter

As is Newsom.

Pritzker is my no 1 choice for 2028 at this time, but I'm a québécoise so I should mind my own business.

Yup, him too. I don't follow him closely but I like what I see. For 2026 and beyond we need leaders who can inspire a movement. Winning is going to come from the bottom up and joined by hundreds of thousands. Mamdani is doing this with the NYC coalition he's building.

Known as The Great Khan in Illinois, or Da Khan if you prefer. Follow him.

Please everyone leave us this one place where we can just have nice things? You can talk about those guys literally anywhere else.

Yeah, don't talk about politics in politics thread y'all! C'mon! I, too, like to join other people's conversations to conplain about the topic.

Preparing for Chicago to be invaded.

zohran doesn't build coalition with — uhh STEVEN BANNDON, the guy announced Trump will deploy ice to 2026 midterm polls

It might actually be possible to splice all their DNA.

Great idea. We could all the resultant candidate "The Terminator".

I love this post!

then they will run newsom types against zohran types 🤷

Or, let’s just put that group in charge. They’re all under a thousand, and already democrats! Easy-peasy. But they might change things!

And don’t forget BERNIE!!!

Yes!

You can’t teach the Old Guard new campaign tactics. They are addicted to corporate and AIPAC $$$ and need lots of naps!

Add in Jasmine Crockett’s balls - and it’s perfect

and Katie Porter's ability to throw cold hard facts with perfect aim

Sounds perfect 🤌

And the policies @warren.senate.gov and @sanders.senate.gov have been pushing for years!

You don't need to like him and you certainly don't have to vote for him, I won't, but derision and mockery are 2 of the best weapons you can use against a bully. Force them to swing first and you can all the momentum.

I won't vote for Newsom either, he's wrong on a lot, but I think he's on to something with the attacks. Maybe it won't work, but it's miles ahead of just waiting for the voting public to hate Trump more. M's vibes and N's attacks are better than whatever Schumer and Jefferies are doing.

I love the tweets! They make great points and highlight Trump’s ridiculousness simultaneously while delivering laughs. All three are good for the soul.

This shit is so useless

Remember "The Dictator" by Chaplin? Seemed pretty useless at the time. Opened the eyes of many.

Chaplin seemed to be a decent enough man. Gavin is a bigot who shares most of Trump's negative attributes.

The fight against fascism is multifaceted. It's an incredibly effective way to battle a thin-skinned narcissistic wannabe dictator.

Then she should go work for someone who actually stands against fascism and not somebody willing to throw his constituents under the bus to get into power. Dude will do literally anything to be president and can’t be trusted to stay to the left in any capacity.

I don’t care about what he wants to do in 2028. I care about doing we must do in 2026 to salvage our democracy. Anyone sitting it out in 2026 because they don’t like him is complicit in hurling us into pure fascism.

I don’t think anyone is suggesting we sit out 2026? I think we are opposed to the very clear tee up that’s happening to make him the Dem candidate for 2028. It’s literally the only reason he is doing any of this.

If it gets us the seats we need at this moment, I don’t care about 2028.

Guys, if you think you will be able to get regular elections by the end of 2026, you are SO deluded. Stop fighting about who will represent the Dems. There will be no elections. Point. Your are on the brink of civil war, wake up!!

I am not particularly interested in what a right winger thinks about the "fight against fascism". Fascism literally can only exist because it parasitizes liberal love for it.

I'm not particularly interested in you or your opinions. Purity tests helped deliver this current nightmare to the United States.

Incorrect, all of the data suggests that you lost because you moved to the right.

They cheated. She won. But keep being divisive. It's incredibly helpful in the fight against fascism and tyranny. Now move along and go interact with all of your followers. It should keep you very, very busy.

Conspiratism again. You people really do resemble the Trumplins.

no those people get abandoned on the moon

Shut up dipshit

Reported for being a troll account.

unicornriot.ninja/georgefloyd/ The actual response from the government as always is to fund the police. Oppress the oppressed even more. Token bullshit gestures like black lives matter painted on streets. It would mean something if we had a new system. That will take revolution. Or nothing changes.

Winning slogan, amiright?

That didn’t work so well in 2024…