1/2 🧵Insisting that Democratic leadership is fighting hard for us is ridiculous, and not the “Pro-Democracy!” posture that it might feel like. It’s completely unaligned with the facts…and the truth, and…
1/2 🧵Insisting that Democratic leadership is fighting hard for us is ridiculous, and not the “Pro-Democracy!” posture that it might feel like. It’s completely unaligned with the facts…and the truth, and…
Hey, Chuck is writing some strongly worded letters. Is that not enough? 🤷♂️
Whoa now! He made them change the name of the Big Terrible Bill. 🤣
I know the Democrats aren't serious yet because they are still trying to apply yesterday's solutions to today's problems. Until they start treating their colleagues across the aisle like the enemies of the country that they are, nothing will change.
Every large news media outlet should have been reading it on air 24/7. Our country is FUBAR and we just sat here. I'm thoroughly disgusted with the United States of Stupidity
And instead they were going into lurid detail about the Diddy trial. Which is newsworthy, but a 15 second announcement of the verdict would suffice. TMZ can cover the rest.
2/2 I’m stunned with the number of people out there still choosing to live in their own self-constructed fantasy. It’s impossible to address the facts if you refuse to to acknowledge them. They’re damn sure not going to start fighting as long as we’re telling them they already are.
Including the resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and those who surround him.
Agreed Jack, many of the Dems are just as compromised as GOP! It’s big money that owns them! Citizens United ruined govt of the people by the people. These Dems benefit from big donors & backroom deals too. We need to call them out & remind them who they really work for! And terms limits too!
I feel like a noticeable online push in the last week or two. Very pro establishment Dem, very anti progressive Dem, very anti criticism of establishment.
I can’t help but feel like trolls and bots got really active because of Mamdani’s success
I should mention, unfortunately, not just trolls and bots-real center libs too.
Yeah some are always real unfortunately, and they get wound up by the bots and trolls right on schedule.
I think they're all smoking crack.
He's creating His Own Camelot/Fantasy, Using America as the "Set"...
I seriously ask, what can they do since they don’t hold the White House, the Senate or the House?
I'm glad you asked, Diana. I wish more people would.I described it in detail in a recent article I wrote: If you find it helpful, please consider sharing it with others. www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/stop-prete...
"Holding power to account...is one of the clearest expressions of patriotism." I couldn't agree more. When I hear dems defending representatives it's always the same ones. I truly wonder if they know that there are more than the dozen they talk about. There are HUNDREDS we never hear from. HUNDREDS.
No one has been to answer that question for me. I so appreciate that. A fanfuckingtastic article. I wish I could pay to subscribe, but I’m one of the people who’s probably going to lose their Medicaid. It’s hand to mouth here.
Thank you very much, Jack.
I completely agree with you, I just don’t know what would spur them into action.
Probably when they start getting thrown into the camps, which will then be too late.
I've been screaming into the wind for ten years how complicit they are. Doing nothing IS THEIR DECISION.
Bingo
Fear does strange things to the brain. I’m a psychologist and just a human being here witnessing the disintegration of norms right before my eyes on the daily. Never underestimate how abstracted people can become from whom they think they are in service to assuaging their fear. Eh?
1/2 🧵I couldn't agree more: When fear kicks in...people might think they're acting in service to a group...a mission...or a principle...but really, they're just doing whatever makes them feel safer or less anxious in the moment.
2/2 They lose sight of who or what they’re supposedly serving...because their true priority becomes self-preservation. We are watching that in real-time.
When contacting my senators and rep in Washington, I always ask them if they are waiting for congress to be dissolved or what. I've received no replies to that question.
It's same cowardice Dems have shown re: special interest $ influence in politics. Outside of purely performative acts, it's always about working within flawed system to serve greater good, ignoring how this compromise undermines any good done. And now we've reached natural outcome of such a system.
If I said it once, I've said it a thousand times Democratic leadership looks like controlled opposition.
The biggest threat to democracy presently is not the Republicans outwardly attacking our institutions, but the Democrats refusing to put up a solid fight in defense of our values. This is the reason why the Democrats are polling so negatively. 2026 primaries will be a bloodbath.
Just giving lip service and acting like they care. They expect the people to do it all.