They should be

Good.

AOC, in part this has been brought about by the political discourse and media coverage being so full of lies that political awareness is essential just for day to day living. You remind me of what America could be, keep up the good work.

Exactly. They gaslight us with folksy or patriotic sounding words. But behind the scenes they turn the dagger. Decades of this bullshit by now.

Both sides of their side.

No war but the class war.

They have far more to fear than consciousness.

Wealth inequality is the root of many of the problems "we" face and It is only getting worse. When more people begin to understand that, (hopefully) it will light a fire for them to demand change. youtu.be/e9ROtVQt98s?...

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Good. It’s about time.

As well they should. Thank you, @aoc.bsky.social!

The Jedi don't trust politicians for good reason. Eventually, corruption leads to someone like Palpatine... They can't all be Leia.

Ivory tower: *on fire* The people:

I have *never* heard the term “Ivory Tower” be used to differentiate the rich from the poor—only to differentiate academics who have supposedly lost touch with the workings of society. By conflating the use of the term, you’re sending the same message of anti-intellectualism that conservatives use.

As someone in academia myself, I do understand that this isn’t the conventional use of “the ivory tower”. Yet I question whether it could be argued that due to systematic racism classism and ableism within US higher education it could be used here as well? But let’s please keep this a safe space.

I don’t necessarily think of it as anti intellectual, rather anti elitist as intellectualism should be promoted within the greater population- not just for the elite. I mean, that’s why I went into education.

Then let's repurpose the term then. The bigots have co-opted many a term for their own purposes, why can't we? Ivory tower should not necessarily mean anti-intellectual, but rather anti anyone who looks down on the middle class, educated or not. Make it anti-upper class.

Or maybe just use another term? For clarity? I’m pretty sure you can make something of massive mansions or estates the size of towns. I don’t see any connection between ivory tower and the rich.

You've never heard it to refer to the rich? That's the primary way I hear it used. Maybe you hate-watch too much Shapiro or Fox? Or is it possible you hear it both ways but interpret it the one way? Not saying ur stupid, though. I only recently learned that "working class neighborhoods" r a thing.

Never watch Shapiro or Fox. I’m in Canada. Have even Google searched definitions on multiple sites. Never refers to class, only intellectuals and academia.

Huh. Maybe I just use it wrong, but I'm not alone in that if so. I suppose I could describe palaces rather than towers in my figures of speech, just to avoid confusion or miscommunication.

You wouldn’t be the first if that’s the case. I wonder if it’s become a common misuse, since it’s come up so often. Wouldn’t be the first time a term has become detached from its meaning. It’s just new to me.

Language is constantly evolving. Honestly, if a phrase loses it's anti intellectual association, that's a win. Still, I'll try to avoid it to avoid confusion.

This must be an old fashioned term. I’ve never heard it used before. When I saw the original post I thought it to mean some insanely extravagant, wholly unnecessary product, (let alone a whole tower) valued only for its rarity. Rightfully so because it’s inhumane. It’s giving crazy rich people.

So true, but only one side of the aisle doesn’t care for the concept of democracy

Yes but it happens that, courage is not lack of fear but acting despise of it. Those politicians should overcome that feeling and keep fighting. Common people are doing it too.

Reich is right!

good

If they keep doing what they're doing they will need to worry more. We're not asking for a fucking lot.

GOOD THEY SHOULD.

As they should.

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It’s just sad

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They can gtfo then if they can’t handle taxes

Amen 🙏

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Fuck yea. The infighting between the “have nots” is what they want. Thank you for stoking the flames of a true union of the people, for the people! And may your efforts spread and inspire action world wide!! ♥️

#EatTheRich

Listening to Sarah McBride talk about the double political standard as a reflection of the double gender standard for behavior on PSA was refreshing.

Laws are only for the poor and people of colour

We need liberty and justice for all; same as we need to cut off all funding to Israel until they have the same.

Cut off funding to Israel until they are disarmed and dismantled. Not a legitimate state. Should have no presence at the UN. They haven’t respected any laws or UN decisions. They have killed UN workers. They have committed countless atrocities and war crimes.

Inheritance ruins the world by keeping spoiled children in power and robbing everyone of self respect. Israel or Palestine? Two tribes of equally lazy children who’d rather inherit than make their own way. What they need is socialized education for the kids who want to define themselves.

Mostly just the poor. You won't be seeing Clarence Thomas face prison time if he raped an entire elementary school.

Good.

Injustice is something important to fight against. Jealousy is a personal issue to work out in your own. Injustice is a social issue that needs not to exist. Injustice for one is a threat to justice for everyone everywhere. Rich people not paying taxes while standing on the poor is injustice.

Yes, but not nearly enough of them.

Well then perhaps they need to stop voting in favor of billionaires 🤷🏻‍♀️ not that hard.

It is when both of Americas main parties are the billionaire parties. There literally no one you can vote for that will win and fix this. Reps and dems are both right wing.

Harris planned to tax the rich which is why they worked so hard to defeat her, but with that said, we need more more straight forward and honest people who are willing to make it their number one issue and stand up for the people. Currently, there are AOC, Bernie, Warren, Warner

Don’t forget about Tim Walz, Crockett and Buttegeig

Yes! 👏 ✊

Not so sure Harris, Obama were right wing.

I wonder where they’d come out on these political compass tests if you put their policies in them? Probably centre-right. Maaaaaybe centre-left. www.politicalcompass.org/test

Compared to most of the world, Bernie Sanders is center. Most Dems are to the Right, and the GOP (even before Trump) are reactionaries.

THIS. Absolutely true. The US is SO far to the right compared to the rest of the world.

They’re noticeably to the right of where they SHOULD be. imo

They are, liberalism is a center right ideology, there are no "leftist" politicians in the US by design, it would be a threat to capitalism, imperialism & the myth of rugged individualism.

Well said.

?? Sorry .. but the MAGGOTS have no "class". They are out to DESTROY America and democracy. AND Destroy the US Constitution. This RED menace is what Joe McCarthy fought in the 1950s. They're just back in the disguise of the PutinPubliKKKLan party, fronted by the ORANGE TURD

As they should

Good!!

Well one side needs to do more that feel threatened, they have the power, if not stop him, slow his ass down. Stop him would be the top pick. ⛔🛑✋

If the politicans feel threatened, imagine how threatened those of us who have the least power must feel. At least the politicians have a decent salary and health care. Many of us do not have adequate income or health care, and it will soon be worse.

Resist. It would be hard but, one day, you'll realize that, they had taken so much from the people they even took away their fear. That's when he will fall.

as soon as the 99% realize there are more of us, and that we have power in numbers, we can stop this. general strike, protest.

The problem is that 99% of us don't like each other

Working on it! Generalstrikeus.com

We all have the power to stop this. All of it.

That's when Dumpty will enact martial law. Goodness knows he'd never listen to anyone except his psychophants. We gotta do something and soon!

#SignsFromCanada

The youngbloods ❤️

What a great sign!❤️🍁

And that is what we need!

We have to do to the US economy what we did to Tesla in order to shock the system

Foreign nations are doing that for us by dumping their supply of US Treasuries. The US is only a desirable market if there is a sufficient Middle Class that can afford to buy foreign goods. Today about half of all US households have no discretionary income.

Yes!!!

When collectively realize they've been dividing us through manufactured fear so we don't discuss our needs economically, tides will shift. Middle working class closer to poor than rich. No matter how many times folks vote billionaires it won't rub off.They won't raise us up they need us where we are

Compared to what? I'm happy that I had the opportunity to move here but even the county I left isn't as bad as you feel the US. US has flaws but people are literally dying to make it here while those born here largely always complaining how bad it is.I hope my kids don't catch crybaby style of US

We are comparing how many in the US feel today to how we felt in our past. If you recently moved here, you have no past US comparison. I understand that many countries do no have the same standard of living as the US, but that standard is steadily declining and our civil rights are declining too.

I know why you’ve “appeared” to change your stance on the Israel/Gaza War. You saw what happened to Cori and Jamaal. You see the majority Americans don’t like terrorists nor their supporters and you now know you can’t get shit w/o the Black and Jewish vote. We won’t forget your initial stance tho.

She always took a pretty solid middle ground on the issue.

this take is brainless on so many levels

lol sure it is. Thats why Free Palestine is now talking shit about not voting for her since she said Israel has a right to defend itself.. She knows she can’t cater to those terrorist nuts.

It's true, we don't like terrorists or their supporters, which is why public opinion is shifting so radically against the genocidal rogue state of Israel.

Public opinion has shifted against Netanyahu and his criminal government SINCE Trump has given him total carte blanche to do whatever he wants in Gaza. Elections have consequences. Trump and his family told everyone they wanted a nice clean Gaza.

Don't even fucking try it. I was personally at the protests at the DNC demanding the Democratic administration stop the genocide. The student intifada arose during Biden and was put down by him and Democratic mayors and governors. Public opinion has rightly been moving against Israel for years now.

So what are you doing now? I don’t see you in Trump or republican faces or spaces? It’s a genocide right? It didn’t stop Nov5 (but YOU mutha fckas sure did).

Bitch it is not my fault that you have willfully ignored the protests that have continued to happen for the last several months. The Columbia student encaments just started back up even with the illegal state repression. People have been showing up in droves to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil

Good luck with Gaza bitch.. now scram

And fuck Kamala Harris. She's a dogshit striver who never won a primary and she's going to fade into obscurity just like you.

You are an evil cunt.

and Rumeysa Ozturk and Alireza Doroudi and others who have been kidnapped by ICE. I've been to numerous protests in my city and been hounding my city council to commit to protecting its residents who are in danger bc of their anti-genocide activity and issuing a statement in support of Palestine.

I've spoken at a state legislative forum against an anti-BDS law, I've sent more emails to members of Congress than I can count. People are continuing to protest every single day. What the fuck are YOU doing other than getting angry at everyone who's actually been showing up to things?

Get in Trump and Republican FACES ALL DAY EVERYDAY like you did from Oct7 2023 unti Nov5 2024.

You are both correct. Biden’s policies were shit and towards the end of his term people started getting really loud and they tried to squash it. But now, public opinion has changed *even further* with Trump handling things. People seem less inclined to speak up for fear of being called antisemitic.

shut the fuck up, commie asshole. your opinion is irrelevant.

Oh boy another liberal genocide supporter, and with an AI profile pic no less! My cup runneth over!

Israel is terrorists and no one likes terrorists

They are kicking some ass tho.

They are without doubt the most racist nation in the world.

Plenty racist nations.. America?? Hello.

Yes. I am not here to defend America. I am not here to tell you that in America, there is one racist party and one not racist party. I am here to tell you that the empires have succeeded in turning their subjects upon each other. We should know to unite in order to defeat the empire which rules us

I am fighting for my own rights but I never once decided to kill people. Kill kids, elders, kill anyone I can find just because of their race? Palestinians have been given millions in aid to only want to kill. We are not the same. That kind of savagery is in line with the Whites HERE in the US.

They? Israel? They are embarrassing. They are a disgrace on the world stage. What is “kicking some ass” about a campaign targeting civilians in order to steal land and colonize Palestine?

She always supported a two state solution. As did Trump during his first term. As did Pelosi. When did she “change” her position?

No, Israel is still trash and so is Hamas. Two things can be true at once

Bless you for saying that out loud. She is not a good person, and a fame seeking do nothing legislator. Meanwhile, Lauren Underwood, Mike Levin & Joe Neguse are passing bills, while the social media princess is at the Met Gala.

Exactly!! We see her and the rest for what they’re trying to do and we won’t forget when it comes time to vote!

I hope more wake up!

Do you ever praise them just on their own though rather than only in contrast to her? Might be more helpful since none of them are running against her.

100% on all counts.

the left eats it's own yet again

Twist the screws harder. Let's see some real change.

They should.

Then that means you're doing great job in getting the message out. Keep it up. It's not about democrats or republicans anymore. It's about the 1% vs the 99%.

Then let them fear and let them know that if they fail us and our democracy, we will let them know what it was like to be rich in the French revolution

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Eat the rich. F'ck that just tax them. We need to find a way to sabotage the spending bill that they are planning to make Trump's tax cuts permanent.

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You bet.

The hierarchy constructed does not serve the people.

The injustice is there is no class above humanity. The difference is in how we choose to live and by what morals we choose to observe.

I dream every day of a party willing to identify the real dividing lines, the real sources of suffering in America. We absolutely need a party willing to bring forth a class consciousness. Alas the Democrats have so little of that.

No war but class war Overthrow the Oligarchy Closer to homeless than billionaire This land is your land This land is my land Esta tierra es tu tierra Esta tierra es mi tierra E Pluribus Unum

"politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened" "That, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government" Get some cojones, push for it. If no one does, we know who's complicit then.

As they f’ing should. But we’ve just started.

We could end this whole idiotic fustercluck with just passing the American anti corruption act through the states. But Americans are still too comfortable to actually get up and work for it. By the time that changes, it will be too late.

If the democrats think we're going back to business as usual & establishment democrats running, they will never win another election! The party has one chance to fix America after this, & I worry that corporatism of the party leadership isn't going to allow them to do the right thing. Progressives!

That’s why we need to get the anti corruption act passed ourselves using voter initiated ballot measures and recall elections for lawmakers who oppose it. They aren’t going to vote themselves out of power.

I think that replacing the DNC leadership team with progressives that don't take corporate campaign money will literally fix everything...

And how do we do that?

We have to support progressives over establishment democrats! It's out of our hands if they push another establishment democrat on us, because they will keep losing! The 12 million voters that walked away are not coming back unless they replace the DNC leadership! They didn't learn anything in 2016!

But, you completely ignore the Republican patry and the criminal they elected

Mismanagement by the DNC leadership is what gave us Trump!!! Democrats held both chambers & the white house, by doing what the people needed them to do, they could have kept the congress & beat Trump!!! They decided that funding genocide was what they wanted to do, & 12 million voters walked away!

What's funny is those 12 million you're talking about didnt vote for Biden but still voted for it by voting Trump in who is 10 times more buddies with Netanyahu

Maybe the democrats should have done something to attract voters instead of push them away...

Constituents; “I have valid concerns…” Democrats; “Shut up and do what I say or the other guy will hurt you worse than I will. Now give me your money.” I can’t believe that strategy didn’t work…

They didn't conspire to do it, it was millions of individuals who made a decisions for themselves, obviously not realizing they were larger in numbers than Trump needed. Like when I was out of town & missed voting once, I thought, it's not like my one vote is gonna matter, nobody loses by 1 vote...

If your prosperity can be bought with the blood of the innocent, then you deserve Trump and fascism.

Now we have an inserectionist in office.

Your whataboutism is wholly irrelevant to this conversation. Creating a viable alternative is HOW we get rid of the fascists.

Who is the quote from? Marx?

Possibly, he was pretty smart about class warfare...

Indeed, it was he who labeled the concept of capitalism. It was Marx who identified the system of capital hoarding and that need to control the workforce. And he demonstrated the need of the working class to rise up and claim the power for ourselves.

Yes! And I've been an advocate for unions since I was 12 and learned about him and was on the picket lines with my truck driver dad in the 70s...

Not so far

Check the image again and remember the difference between potential and kinetic energy

Nothing happens if no-one moves

Exactly!

That is misleading! Yes, not there yet!.

Only because so many wave the white flag without ever trying. 'The people' means ALL the people - or at least all those that profess to care. It doesn't mean 25% organizing & making all the effort while the other 75% tell themselves that their individual participation wouldn't make any difference.

The people have to fight against republicans & corporate democrats that have been blocking progressives from winning elections across America for decades! They literally backed republicans running against progressives, because they want corporate campaign donor's money above helping the people!

Progressives don't take corporate campaign lmoney, they fight for working Americans, and we need to elect enough of them to take over the democrat party and push for what Denmark and Sweden and Norway have, full union membership, universal healthcare, pensions, and the happiest people in the world!

Wouldn't be the first time Americans have fought against an unfair balance of power; & everyday people far outnumber the 'masters'. It's actually everyday people that gave them their power in the 1st place. The wealthy wouldn't survive without their workers. Workers can survive without them, though

It's fixed to keep workers in, they know they need what they get or they're going to be homeless. That's the leverage they hold. Meanwhile, we have 1000s of mega-rich liberals that could step up and support a national strike, and it would only take a week or 2, they'd be begging workers 2 come back!

1) I agree to a point, but the working classes themselves have been complicit in creating & supporting that structure. Even going back 100 years, a lot of communities worked for each other. They bartered & traded with each other. If people formed communities & reestablished that kind of system

Bartering doesn't pay the rent, utilities, groceries, gas, car notes. it's an idea to trade the lawn cut for some tomatoes & or garden vegetables, but the problem is that corporate campaign donors have state & federal officials keeping unions out, & allowing poverty wages with "right to work" laws!

Community bartering & cooperation can build the house, provide the utilities, provide food (not just veg), & raise money for gas & other items they're unable to produce themselves. Some of us have gotten so used to 'masters' & their system that we prefer to keep it than collapse it. Devil you know.

Please read about Last Place Aversion aka Last Place Anxiety to understand how and why this happens -

The system we've all built up around us encourages last place aversion, but it doesn't have to be that way. People can learn to accept that everyone has something to offer & deserves respect. Biggest hurdle to overcome is selfishness - which unfortunately seems to be ingrained in Western society.

2) among themselves, their reliance on paper (or digital) currency would drop like a stone, & the mega-wealthy would be left feeling like they'd been f***ed with the rough end of a pineapple. Nobody has to look far for examples of what community spirit can achieve in terms of releasing the bonds -

3) just look at the Amish. There are self-sufficient communities all over the world that use their skills & goods within their community as a whole, & sell them to outsiders for the common good of everyone within the community. It can be done. People can work for each other instead of the wealthy.

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While some self-satisfied Congress critters seeking high office seeem to possess little class or conscience...

When are they going to act?

including you it seems?

She's working tirelessly to protect our free speech after seeing the recent posts about Biden working tirelessly towards a cease-fire.

so much "tireless effort" with zero results

So I looked it up, and apparently it's a revenge and AI porn bill. I hope it's only used for its stated purpose of protecting adults and minors from exploitation, since the party wielding this new takedown power views trans existence as pornographic and opposes due process and free speech.

exactly. it's a short hop to "trans bodies" are "mutilated" and a "social contagion" and are thus as dangerous as (revenge porn, csam, etc...) we know that's not true, but that's the avenue they'll likely take based on language in the recent anti-transcare fact sheet yesterday from the WH.

I wouldn't say no results. Gaza is almost gone. Isn't it heartening to see that a young, progressive congresswoman like AOC has already cemented a legacy?

Good. They should. I’ll happy people are finally waking up and pointing their finger at the right people for a change. The republicans somehow convinced middle class to blame everything on the poor and to accept crap pay and taxes.

The jails are big enough to hold the Billionaires. Not big enough to hold the other 99% ;-)

Well said!

We don't need to expand Guantanamo to throw in the current administration. Would definitely save costs

Costs US tax payers around 13 million per detainee per year to operate Gitmo. I can think of far better things to do to save us that money instead of sending billionaires there.

I hope they shit their pants on the daily until we're out of this mess.

🤮🤮

As they should.

I’ve been observing this one unfold for quite some time now. Interesting indeed!🤔

My concern is people resist what they find threatening. Change is necessary. Does causing threat help the situation or damage it? We need a mega shift to the left. Of course we must bring things back into balance. But it might behoove us, to find a method to inspire change rather than threatening it

Unfortunately you won't find the change by being reasonable. Change only happens when the wealthy are forced to change. The only peaceful way to do this is a general strike. Are Americans going to be united in the face of the oligarchs? I hope so for your sake. Otherwise you will see anarchy 😞

Or inspired to.

By the way, closing the doors right before killing then venting in somewhere like Medbay is a way to make sure they don’t find the body for a bit longer.

GOOD. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

They should. Ignore "We The People" at your own peril, representatives. As a law abiding citizen, I am not used to tolerating the lies and corruption that seems to be the norm in government. If those folks can't get by on the huge paychecks they vote for themselves and accept bribes, they must go.

About damn time

I’m glad about that!

99 vs the 1%

I just heard former Senate staffer Gabe Garbowit say that EVERY sign at EVERY protest needs to say “IMPEACH, CONVICT & REMOVE” and nothing else. Without a clear, specific demand, Congress can just ignore us. We have to be crystal clear about what we want them to do! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Add: THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION Don't leave residuals behind

Root and stem.

It should say "IMPEACH. CONVICT. EXECUTE." Because treason gets the death penalty.

I would be good with that… 😏

So would I ‼️

Exactly

I feel the same. Impeachment and removal? Fine, but finish the job. With all of them. They're all traitors to the U.S. and to humanity as a whole.

I think trump is the puppet for the shadow government. Vance will be worse due to his years of grooming.

I disagree 100%. Vance does not have the following that Trump does. MAGA can’t stand Vance.

Yep. And then we impeach him and Johnson for aiding trump’s illegal activities.

We need 67 votes in the Senate. How many in the House? (And Governor Abbott Texas needs to get a replacement Representative for the Houston area since Sylvester Turner’s death!)

In the House, you just need a simple majority. 218 if everyone is there and accounted for, but as you mentioned there are vacancies.

So when do we see them act? When do we see them stand up to the maniac in the Oval Office? What needs to happen for your colleagues to actually do their job, get rid of these tariffs, restore Govt agencies, give people due process and throw the Orange Felon TRAITOR in jail? ACTION! Not words

Ken Martin already hard at work preventing reform.

Expect a goose-step with those marching orders or just another step to the right?

Martin, your old ways are not working. Step out of the way and let new blood in. If officials are dead weight bring on new energy. Revitalized the party, try new ways.

I was hoping he might have changed his tune. But nope.

And those politicians may want to step aside for people who feel prepared for the times to come.

Good! They work for us! They seem to have forgotten that

They haven’t forgotten, they’re trying to change that.

This ☝🏼

We haven’t forgotten, we are trying to change it back. We have to change it back and do better next time.

Godspeed and good luck. Love, Canada

Back atcha buddy. We are all in this fight against creeping facism. Don't let it slip.

Yes. Having his orangeness on the payroll freaks me out.

No war but class war

Why should we let a convicted FELON terrorize our country and the whole world? Executive orders are NOT laws. He is imploding the US from within. We the People need to stop this nonsense and start rebuilding our societal institutions in the way we want them to function. No more whining, but Action.

Reject the rigged Election instead. The DATA doesn't lie. Nathan Taylor (Election Truth Alliance) has VERY compelling data showing a coordinated effort to rig the 2024 election in Trump's favor. The US election data looks like that in Russia, not in France or Switzerland. youtu.be/t-yr-Mgkhm0?...

Dang, don't start this. Popular vote, won, 7 swing states won, 2800 counties to 503 won. Majority in Senate and slim majority in the House. You don't see how you're the same as MAGA?

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I hope you do, too, because you have been awful quick to sell out the rest of us and cuddle up to the establishment.

Because this is our country, and we will take it back. Our representatives will either lead or stay out of the way. Now is our time. Join the resistance. #StrongerTogether

Time for a change.

YES!!!👍 Kindly follow back.

But so few will say it out loud. ty

Good.

Ok

Good. Very good.

that’s one way to say nothing.

Good. They should. The government should serve the people and not corporate donors

Simply put, thank you for being one of the good ones. This is why we need at least 4 parties. The Dems are at least half corporate elites themselves and their super delegate bullshit keeps and real socialism from fostering on a large scale. It's sickening. (literally with RFK in charge).

yeah, we outnumber them...

They should. And you probably should, too.

Democrats need to listen to this from @mizzwelch.bsky.social. She nailed how the GOP are using the trans community to further their Christian Nationalist agenda. Some Democrats are failing for it and they need to stay focused on real issues hurting Americans. youtu.be/G1Sq-fQQl1U?...

#NancyMace held his/her/their first town hall AFTER he/she/they filmed them being questioned by a constituent for details on next event. It was private invite-only so it was not a town hall. #NancyMace is a coward & like most cowards they are dangerous.

Yes 🙌🏻

Most are acting like the thing they feel threatened by is the #felon!

As they should!

We are so tired of business as usual! Your voice is welcomed and needed!

I’m scared not because I had done anything illegal or I am illegal. Or I need federal help to make ends meet. I have a job, insurance and a home. I have been blessed and worked hard for all I have. I am afraid because even though I have done everything right at the end I am a Hispanic without rights

Record everything! You see someone you don't know walking towards you, livestream, record, make A LOT of Noise!!

I'm so sorry that is the truth for you right now. I am not one to say we need things to go back to how they were, because that is what created this mess. We need to walk forward and demand better from each other and from our government. I pray for your safety and that of your family.

We’re going to have our damn cakes.

Social inequality is a sign that our system does not work well.

We need socialized education for equal opportunity to earn privilege. People in charge of things they don’t understand is a sign the system is extremely broken.

as well they should

There seems to be a particular class of politician that has rested on their laurels and haven't actually been serving their constituents in years.

It’s the class of wealth. 2% tax on all wealth over $10 million #WealthTax #TaxWealthNotWork

They're all a bit too comfortable with the system staying the way it is!

Time to look to Europe for pointers on how to make ultra rich supremacist dictators uncomfortable?

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JB Pritzger has been a great governor and put lots of his money on the line for Illinois. The system needs to change but don’t brand all people the same. There are plenty of evil non billionaires supporting this administration.

I’d like to think some of the blues on this infographic like JB Pritzer would support, introduce and vote for bills that tax their own wealth more. Pretty sure we can check their voting history to see, right? A 2% wealth tax on Pritzer would raise $68million

Sure, doesn't mean he shouldn't be taxed like the billionaire he is

J.B. Pritzker paid $4.7MILLION in federal income taxes for one year. He's not the problem.

He earns £170 million passive income from that amount of wealth minimum.

If you tax the wealth this infographic claims he has at just 2% you would raise $68 million from him alone. He’s earning minimum 5% passive income from his wealth.

Absolutely, and it needs to happen. For all the rich, including politicians. I'm just saying, I believe he would support that change.

I hope so 💜 That’s what the whole world needs. Rich people saying TAX ME MORE. Like @garyseconomics.bsky.social He’s also a multimillionaire calling for higher taxes on himself and other people like him. Because most of his friends and family aren’t rich like him.

That was 2023, today is much worse

Polis hasn't been a bad governor. I agree that he should increase taxes on the rich, and that he isn't quite as good as his predecessor, but he's a good governor overall.

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I wasn't aware of this, I moved out of Colorado a while ago. That's effin disgusting.

I didn’t know much about his personal opinion on taxes until you said either. I just assumed the blues were calling for themselves to be taxed more, too. But nope. I just searched his name and “on taxes” and found sooo much bad. He didn’t pay ANY income tax for a number of years at one point.

Is he, though? www.cpr.org/2021/11/04/i... Why does a man with that much money need to work at all, let alone in politics which doesn’t pay very much in comparison to his passive income, let alone anything else he earns?

America still needs to experience class warfare before it can understand the rest of the world. Every other culture has been molded by lessons learned from class struggles igniting into violence. Just saying.🤔😐

Like Lenin? Castro? Mao? What is this “every other culture” you’re referring to

I hope politicians feel threatened. Income and wealth inequality is so severe, it's not simply unfair; It poses a direct threat to our democracy. We can have wealth and power concentrated in the hands of a few, or we can have democracy. But we can't have both. Justice Louis Brandeis 1856-1941

Tax the rich so that more than half of the wealth ends up in the middle class.

YAWN. It's fascism-consciousness they need. When run by a dictator, jailed for 'bad' opinions, and with elections gone, who the eff cares about class? Dems have to see EVERYTHING tRump & MAGATS do as their attempt to remove accountability and elections. And they're winning at this point.

Good

As they should. Politicians should fear their constituents more than their donors. End Citizens United. Get the money out.

1000%

Billionaire oligarchs can buy anything that is for sale. The problem is, for honest patriots, public offices should not be for sale.

The Shock Doctrine: A brief sample—a must-read, or re-read for everyone.

There’s a ton more of us though.

As they should. What do they expect when they don’t listen to us or act.

Peons tired of being called peons. We’ve done so much to deserve respect but the ruling class just ignore us. Rise brothers, sisters and friends of all stripes

Since Reagan, but here we are.

MAGA working class consciousness is their white identity to the white billionaire class through nothing in common except their whiteness. Not since George Wallace ran has a presidential candidate ever sought that southern hateful demographic Elon Musk changed that.

Good!!

As they should…..

While we fight a culture war, the rich laugh with a class war.

That's precisely the point, keep us angry at each other and they're as safe as the day is long. As long as we're fighting each other, we won't unite to fight them.

Correct...the people will wake up. Problem is...hunger opens the eyes.

Indeed. There's only so much cake to go around. Pretty soon the guillotine starts to look awfully friendly.

Good.

Good. Imo, both sides ARE to blame.

The veil is off.

They should.

Yep

Good.

Why is Elissa Slotkin telling Democrats to stop using the word “Oligarchy”, because “people don’t know what it means”? Which wealthy donors is she trying to protect?

because many americans don’t know what it means! it’s a 4-syllable word & dems need to connect with the 1-syllable voters.

Because she is a DINO in R territory, and is willing to bend as far as possible to earn the votes of the three actual moderate republicans in Michigan who will NEVER vote for her anyhow.

Before we start tossing Ds aside for doing their jobs, first we should find Ds who can win in that district. Former CIA,she reflects the sentiments of her district but she is a reliable D vote. Her job is to work with all her colleagues, including Rs, to craft legislation that reflects her D values.

She failed when she passed along Trump's nominees. She isn't doing her job. She is doing Putina's job.

We won't agree with all the votes our reps make but she's an effective legislator; her bills get signed into law. Some votes may slightly diverge from your preferences but overall she reps her district. www.govtrack.us/congress/mem...

You just said “former cia “ Is this like a “vote blue no matter who “ ideal?

No it's not, it's find a better candidate who can win in that district & run them. There are conservative Ds & we need to accept them or cede them to the other side. But she's not my Senator. If her constituents are dissatisfied w/her service, they'll replace her, hopefully w/another D

We have some very good candidates running to replace Peters this year. Whoever doesn't win will be a fine candidate to challenge Slotkin. I have a feeling that, by that time, enough Republican voters will either be ready to support anyone but MAGA, or will simply sit out the election.

That's awesome! So make her defend her record. We're their bosses. Unless we assess their performance for their term, we'll continue to get reps that don't reflect our pluralistic values

You could say “we’re their bosses” or you could take a look at who signs the checks. www.opensecrets.org/campaign-exp...

I would expect a former CIA officer to be a LOT more active against such a demonstrable threat as Trump and his merry band of incompetent seditious Russian tools.

I would have preferred that all Ds vote against this regime. But that didn't happen. CIA usually work more quietly, in the background. Bcuz she's not more visible isn't evidence of the absence of action. I hope she's up to the task but I don't think she'll choose fascism in the moment of truth

I can disagree on policy, but I refuse to support anyone who enables fascism, which is exactly what her cynical triangulation is doing.

Respect

I certainly hope so.

The kids want a French-style revolution, and they lionize Luigi Mangione. Politicians need to start putting the little guy over their corporate and billionaire donors.

Absolutely. But out here on Main Street we are angry about doing the work to make this country great only to be reminded that because we live paycheck to paycheck; we don’t matter. What happens when we stop doing the billionaires work?

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What do we have to do to make it a promise and not just a threat? To get lawmakers to do something about this train wreck of a president/cabinet? What needs to happen?

abolish lobbies that pay them to do their bidding

insider trading is rampant.

Good.

Many people like me support you despite your economic policies because you have taken the lead fighting against Trump's destruction of the Constitution and the rule of law. You will lose this broad support if you abuse it by claiming that it represents some sort of "rising class consciousness".

I get your point. The reality is that the assault on the Constitution & the rule of law is all in service of redistribution of the nation’s wealth UPward and getting the power to keep it that way. This means taking 💵 away from regular people and sending them down the class ladder; we feel that pain.

Redistributing wealth upwards, which I agree they are doing, is a means of rewarding the wealthy oligarchs who support them. But they have clearly shown that their words and actions--including rewarding loyal oligarchs--are "all in service" of restoring male-dominated white Christian nationalism.

Take their cruel assault on trans people as an example. I don't see any evidence that this cruel assault is in service of redistributing wealth upwards. I do see significant evidence that this cruel assault is in service of enforcing their views of traditional male and female roles in society.

I couldn't agree more. Yes, the billionaires are trying to use Trump's White supremacy to steal more for themselves. But the White supremacy itself is what makes White people keep voting Trump.

It’s all bad and we’re in complete solidarity here. I just see white supremacy and the fascist suppression of others all as efforts to keep as many of the minions down as possible and to strengthen the wealth and power in as few hands as possible. The racism, misogyny, xenophobia is all real, too.

I'm just worried that AOC might be thinking in terms of Rahm Emanuel's quote: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before." The broad alliance she currently leads could shatter if she tries that.

If MTG could read she would yell that's why they want to get rid of the dept of education so there is no class

Go on. Spill.

Right on sister

We know which side of the aisle is #FAFO. What’s the other side trying to do besides try to make nice with them?

To what extent are there actual threats of violence from radical party supporters such as proud boys, oath keepers, and yet to be named subversive groups? Murkowski said she felt threatened. Is this from real violence or of just being "primaried"?

what do you think? establishment types are more concerned about losing donors than they are their lives. It's always capital first.

She has been primaried and ran as an independent and won. She is not talking about primaries

I actually believe it's real violence. Brian Tyler Cohen interviewed a high-up FBI guy leaving the Trump admin who said the current greatest security threats are internal against federal workers and the admin is stripping agents away from those investigations to work on the 'border war' instead.

“Will you help me hide a bodyyyyy, come on we can’t delayyyyy” except yeah. I’m not saying anything else except history repeating AGAIN

If I had to guess I’d say threats of violence from her own constituents if she doesn’t vote their way, instead of voting her conscience. I think she and her other GOP colleagues should share the threats they’re receiving. Put everything out in the open

This in no way excuses her and others from doing the right thing. But I have no doubt that there threats of violence against them. TFG runs his operation like the mafia and look at all the white supremacy groups he’s coddled. Not great company!

Could Putin have his tentacles in threatening them with a high-story windows? The way so many have fallen silent over the years yet we hear that they all despise him off camera, it is hard to believe it’s just over their public careers. 🤷‍♀️

Alaska has ranked-choice voting, so being primaried wouldn't likely bother Murkowski. Plus, she's won in the past when someone has tried. Pretty sure it's real violence & threats thereof from MAGAt knuckle-draggers.

THIS is a REMINDER as to: W-H-Y they are there and W-H-O they are there to represent! AND NOT a reactionary response to "peer pressure."

Finally!!

Fucking good!

Good.

Good.

All the politicians feeling threatened should act on that feeling and do their fucking job…also remember all your addresses are public. We can go protest at your front doors, because at this point we have nothing to fucking lose!

The politicians think the billionaire class is on their side. They don't seem to understand that billionaires don't see them as peers but paid for tools. When the tool is no longer useful it's cast aside. Money has absolutely poisoned politics.

They want a society comprised of leaders, donors, and serfs. Where have I seen that before?

You’re spot on! I knew the billionaires wouldn’t let this crap continue.

Take Japan, we wrote their constitution after WW2. No 2a and no obscene amounts of money in politics. 🤔

I love learning new things. I didn’t know the US wrote Japan’s constitution.

I wish y’all would stop acting like racism isn’t the biggest reason we’re here! It drives me nuts to see you and everyone else say class is why people voted to dismantle the department of education instead of ignorance about government and racism against Black people!

Girl you hit the nail on this one.

People did not vote for a known racist, misogynistic, sexual assaulter, who regularly defends rape and pedophilia because they can’t pay their rent. They did it because he promised them racial terrorism metered out by the government.

They chose him because they feel entitled to wealth their families achieved by massacring Black communities and stealing our shit as the government locked us out of society. They want to go back to committing Tulsa Massacres and reaping the benefits.

They despise government because Black people are disproportionately employed in those jobs. They supported the campaign promises of dismantling the U.S. because they figured it would be targeted at Black people not them. There is no class consciousness in America without acknowledging racism.

Yes absolutely. It's all of that. Plus the fucking billionaires and upper class. It's not one exclusively over the other, they're mutually together exclusively about what happened.

Yes. Which is why I have little to no sympathy for people who voted for him getting their comeuppance. Most of them absolutely voted for him because he made being a fucking asshole bigot "ok" again. Fuck em.

This

My hope is that with the collective rise in class consciousness, there’s an equivalent rise in anti-racism and how they interact, intersectionality is one hell of a tangled mess, and I really hope this starts a chain of anti-racists in the coming times

I think that class cannot be addressed without stark recognition of how this country has benefited from racism for its whole history. i agree it is one hell of a tangled mess.

Totally agree. The more you look, the more you discover how much racism has shaped this country.

Yep. Look at the white vote since 1964. Leftists pretend this has nothing to do with racism.

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. Lyndon B. Johnson

You know it's not just you black folk,last i remember Muslims and the Latino community are being targeted atm the most for existing and don't forget black people did vote for trump too. POC needs to get together and realize they want all of us down from blacks to Asians and Mexicans.

While we are all at stake. I am speaking on how racism guides voters’ choices. Black people voted in the +90% to +80% for Harris because we knew this would happen. Based on the voting percentage we need to have some intracommunity conversations in minority communities as well.

And women, and lgbtq+, and and and sigh.

Is it just black or did they vote against a woman- again. I am starting yo think that we may see another black president we will never see a woman president. Especially a black woman. I think people hate women ( including other women) more than they hate anyone else.

Thank you. Thank you. Exactly. To this whole thread.

Yes!

Thank you. All of this! They have always leveraged the insecurity of white poor and working class poor people by pointing it at black people. Look at the miserable record of unions.

You’re absolutely right about white! These insecure pricks ate up all his bullshit about “white men disappearing”. It’s fucking disgusting. I’m so gd over this. Let’s drag their asses out now🙌 No more games.

This is true but it is not necessarily a one issue problem. All of these can be true.

Also, eligible voters simply stayed home, not voting, having had these identity-crisis issues sufficiently amplified and triggered. Thank the NFL for the demonizing, anti-trans ads for example.

Agree. There is class war, but the only folks participating are the rich. trumpists fight culture war- racial terrorism, terrorizing trans folks etc. The rich give the whites someone to look down on so they can pick their pockets while they rail against someone who hasn't harmed them at all.

Let us not forget that the genocide in Palestine is justified along racist beliefs and the racist and fascist state of Israel is a benefactor of the candidate you voted for. Democratic Party also represents the white supremacy agenda.

There are poor and "middle" class people in those categories who are minorities and white who will be harmed tremendously by almost everything Trump's administration has done or undone in this country. It is against lower wage earners...it is class. Trump thinks only mi/billionaires should advance.

I somewhat disagree. The bigotry is what they sold to the poor bigots, but it’s about putting money in the billionaires’ pockets.

You're right to an extent but sometimes I feel like convincing white Americans that the wealthy have used their racism to get them to vote against their best interests is a more achievable goal than curing the racism.

We’re not erasing racism. That is here too. 100% But classism is huge as well.

Leftists refuse to acknowledge how racism prevents "class consciousness" and always has in the USA.

But, Mimi, it's not just racism against Blacks but racism against anyone who is not white! Trump hates all POC, including those of Hispanic descent! But you are absolutely right that he is a vile racist POS!

Thank you. Racism and Misogyny are the foundation of the MAGA Republicans. We would have had two brilliant women running the country and deserve world leadership, but one-third of the nation sold us out to the con man.

That is class consciousness. If it's all about race, then why should white people care about black struggle? We can only truly come together and be a unified community under one of two flags, and I'm not a nationalist.

White people don’t care because they’re racist. White people continue to vote to create segregated communities. Just so they don’t have to accept being in community with Black people. There will be no broad coalition without confronting racism.

As this election has proven, Americans will continue to be dangerous if we do not confront the way hatred not community care lead our politics for many demographic groups.

White people were extremely aware they were racist when they implemented Jim Crow. A lot of racists are still openly racist in private, unfortunately sympathy doesn't really motivate people politically. You need empathy, education, and community among the working class.

No, it really is a class war. Racism is just one of the oldest, biggest, and easiest tools to have us fighting each other instead of the rich. Even if there was no such thing as racism, they would find something else to divide us.

Racism is a tool of the bourgeoisie. It is but one of many tools that the ruling class uses to divide the population along identity lines and keep us from focusing our energy toward the class struggle.

No, it’s not. Racism is a persistent ideology throughout economic levels in America. White people, even the poor, have the highest measurable metrics of prosperity in the U.S.. Black ppl have the lowest outcomes in every metric and do not habitually vote for racists.

Rich people do not force voters to be racist. They do not convince poor voters to support racist laws, believe racist myths, and deny the very soul of this country. Racism is not some trick ppl whip out of a hat. Americans make every day decisions entangled with racism everyday.

Racism is not the only bigotry at play here either. Transphobia, xenophobia, ableism, sexism, religious bigotry and extremism, so many of these are building blocks to how Republicans decide to do politics. It works because voters want to cause harm not just a prosperous nation.

Just as I am fine paying higher taxes for universal programs. They are fine with destabilizing the U.S. to hurt marginalized communities. That is also why so many voters of Trump are shocked when the consequences come home to them. These actions are supposed to hurt other people.

You just proved my point. The voters are fed scapegoats to keep them distracted away from the class struggle. They have been propagandized since birth to believe the source of their suffering is marginalized communities rather than capitalist exploitation.

This is why they're finding it hard to believe they got scammed again to enrich Trump and his cronies. Because the lie they were fed was that the source of their problems was their neighbors.

Rather than believe that the source of all our suffering is capitalist exploitation, they buy into identity politics, dividing the working class by identity lines.

It is not my intention to minimize the impact of racism on American history, and western culture in general. I just mean to say the class struggle intersects with all identity based struggles.

I think racism is definitely a factor. And a factor that is exploited and encouraged by the elites to direct people’s ire away from their real problems and real inequalities

Acting like it’s exclusively racism is also not helpful. Reductionism doesn’t give an accurate picture of what’s going on but class consciousness affects everyone. It’s essential to a mass movement of the working class.

Racism affects everyone. Racist laws impact where minorities can go to school, live, work. The less white people have contact with minorities, the more they rely on their own racist stereotypes to decide who people are. That affects hiring practices, medicine, education, even home evaluation.

If poor whites and rich whites both navigate their lives in America as racists to the point that despite their xenophobia they welcome white immigrants including rich ones to rip the country apart. I’m pretty sure racism is a huge factor.

You’re also asking people who are literally at risk to engage in coalition building with people who hate them to make you more comfortable and achieve your goals. If people can not confront their own bigotry, how can they be trusted?

We’ll end up worse off because they’re pursuing different goals and easy to sway. Because bigotry, mainly racism, will always be an offer from the other side.

Racism does affect everyone. And we know from polling and every study ever that people generally speaking vote on the economy. You can’t discount either in analysis.

Agree. This administration wants an economic model close to free labor (e.g., indentured servitude); recreating Jim Crow is the goal. Education and social services eliminated for Black and Brown people. trump has given MAGA permission. The billionaires don't care.

No war but class war

Good.

Good

You are controlled opposition

Yes, especially when a Latina goddess is leading the charge. Trump is scared, and so are the Corporate #Democrats DT has crowd size envy. Slotkin is saying Fighting Oligarchy is not a good message. You woke up #AIPAC Booker and made #KamalaHarris come back from a long vacay to make a speech.

Then maybe do something about it instead of just talking.

I am noticing that.

Yes, and how truly excellent. It’s almost as if we are on the precipice of “getting somewhere.”

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It’s sad to have to accept that establishment Dems just don’t get it, haven’t gotten it, may not ever see the light. But it’s why it’s a duty for citizens to be in the street demanding change. It’s not for Trump, it’s for Congress. The change being demanded is not incremental. Not anymore.

Wa bona? Ba diiwa ke tsone tse. “Smart talk”🙄 that flies over regular voters heads. Class consciousness ke eng? Santse ba tlo ba shapa ma rebublic.

They're realizing that people are now aware that too many politicians are just milking the system for their own gain. At the expense of the people they SHOULD represent. And taking advantage of the legal corruption the laws they protect allow. Both parties are guilty. AOC isn't one of those!

Good

They should. People are pissed!

This is stupid. Class consciousness has no bearing at all in U.S. politics. You were showing signs of political savvy, but it looks like your case of BernieBrain is terminal. Disappointing. Was starting to see you as a future leader of the party.

You should seek help for your terminal neoliberal brain.

Devastating response. And not at all what I expected.

"Class consciousness has no bearing at all in U.S. politics." I don't even need to say anything. You're cooked

OK. “Class consciousness has duped an identifiable subset of the center-left coalition into perennially spoiling the more liberal party’s electoral chances in an utterly delusional belief that the liberals’ defeat will lead to a working-class revolution overturning the existing capitalist system.”

That better?

Oh dear god

^Liberal

Yep.

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"what if we have to mix with the poors? how will we maintain our cultureless culture?" They're so poor, all they have is money.

Tax the rich. Rollback the irresponsible Reagan, Bush, and Trump tax cuts. And raise taxes on hoarded wealth which allows the already rich and powerful to increase their privilege and power over other Americans.

still waiting for that extracted wealth to trickle down all over me.

💯 if we went back to pre-Reagan era tax rates society would be so much stronger as a whole. Social safety nets, decent wages and affordable healthcare. When the working and middle class are doing well, everyone wins.

Might cut some wealthy Dems with that knife too

YUM YUM YUM

Funnily enough, Siri has stopped playing the song for me when I ask her to. She plays a podcast by the same name. Half the time even if I say “play eat the rich on Apple Music” and the program will just stop listening part way through. It’s like a teenager’s listening habits.

The rich are literally taking all our money. We need to take their money instead. Billionaires bought politicians, the Supreme Court, the MSM and social media all for the purpose of gaining more wealth. They created the culture war to distract from their class war. Tax them out of existence.

🙄What? Tell me specifically how much of “your money”, Mark Cuban, Warren Buffett, Oprah, & Taylor Swift have taken .🤣

I have said it before. Not every billionaire is bad, however, they should all be taxed out of existence because it only leads to greed and corruption. Licking billionaires asses and eating their shit won’t improve your life. But at least you like the taste of shit. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ah, the politics of envy combined with a cynical disbelief of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. It must be hard to be so worried about others and what they have and what they’re doing!🤣

Ah… the ignorance of thinking you will be happy if only the billionaires can get enough of your money. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Wow, still delusional thinking that the big bad billionaire is somehow hurting you…laughable!

You should learn simple math like counting before you laugh at anyone else. Billionaires are accumulating more and more while working and middle class have less at less. It takes a special kind of stupid to think billionaires are your gods. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Nobody thinks they are Gods…we’re just smart enough to know they aren’t the Devil. Money makes money, rich always tend to get richer…& in no way does that limit what you can go try to earn…the only limit you have, is you.

I am doing quite well thank you but I am smart enough to know that everyone isn’t intelligent and healthy. You had a spark of intelligence there with “the rich get richer”. Now use that and apply reasoning and logic. Rich get richer, poor get poorer. Eventually, the rich have all the money.

We're going to need more than incremental tax policy changes to fix the flaws inherent in capitalism.

💯🎯 The divide that actually matters is not right or left. #FightOligarchy

Demand DOGE keep its nasty hands off our data and our benefits.

Codify gender parity in government leadership. Iceland and UAE have this. Be a leader in this…

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And tax the megachurches too

💯

Execute all billionaires, they are guilty of genocide by omission. Seize their stolen assets, then introduce wealth and income taxes to rule out the emergence of new ones.

Why does anyone need more money than they can comfortably spend in a lifetime?

It's simple and you know where the wealth is. All the people who paid trump should go to jail with him and have their assets seized to repay the damage.

Repeal citizens United.

It's not a law. Can't be repealed. A future SCOTUS could overturn it, new campaign finance laws could and should be passed. BUT... that could be ruled "unconstitutional" too. Anything can. They're the final word. 🥶

They’re the final word unless they tell Trump he has to do something

They foolishly placed him above them. Having someone (say a SCOTUS tool) "rendered" to a black site is an official act. Right, John Roberts?

Seems legit. Fucking mess.

Reinstate Roe V. Wade.

Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Enough states have already passed it in their state legislatures. ERA belongs in the constitution.

Codify it into law.

Codify every damn important law! It's disgusting that Roe wasn't ages ago.

BUT... that could be ruled "unconstitutional" too. Anything can. They're the final word. 🥶

Buddy, we have to try. Not trying, giving up and lying down, is what the fascists want. It's how they win. We HAVE to fight back.

Not giving up, but I'm just not sure "codify" is the magic we think it is. Our highest court is bribed and corrupt. They don't work for us. In a democracy, they regularly rule against HUGE majorities of Americans. And they know it.

Obviously, work has to be done. And that's the rub, isn't it? For 30+ years there's been a lot of people trusted with power, who promised to use it in a way that we elected them to, and they aren't doing it. Brother the checks and balances are us. Giving up because of corruption is weak baby shit

I'm not giving up at all. But we have to think bigger. SCOTUS and to the courts are captured. They're are a tool of the rich. So, passing a law that they can overturn won't work. Impeachment won't work. Fixing gerrymandering won't work. We need a new court with enforceable rules. REPLACE SCOTUS

They aren't even using the tools they have. Crumble and Bumble should be Schumer's motto.

To codify means to make something a law. Therefore, you can't codify something that's already a part of the code (law). Roe v Wade wasn't a law, it was just a legal precedent.

While this linguistic nitpicking is interesting, it not being law is exactly what Allowed Roe to go away. If the government will not pass the equal rights amendment, then for the sake of womens' right to abortion, and also her medical privacy, we must codify Roe v. Wade.

Disgusting that many SCOTUS decisions were not codified when the Dems controlled Congress. We need to hold their feet to the fire when they take back the House and Senate.

Again, this is on the Dems. Voting reform. Dems. Ratcheting ever closer to the far right every term they refuse to undo the crap from the right and even go so far as to run on the right wing ideas from 4 years prior making them look like liars and normalizing the right... So frustrating.

Assigning blame is the problem. It’s the rich. Don’t be a dope.

The rich and their government stooges

Don't forget Joe Manchin blocking many of Biden's plans with the slim 1 person majority

Former Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema voting against raising the minimum wage:

Dumbass wolf in ugly clothing.

You're way kinder than I.

Biden is not the only Dem Prez who had the House and Senate.

You're right. During Obama's time, he was able to get Obamacare out the door due to a majority in both houses. As you know, Obamacare was a shell of what was promised because Democrats wanted to be bipartisan back then 👀

Yup, uniparty for the lose.

This - Biden had every chance to do this.

But he had to try and make everything bipartisan like that's done kind of good thing. Meeting a fascist half way is not a way to make good policy or good politics.

So did Obama...

Yup

As mad as I am at the Dems I also am not giving conservatives a free pass for their awful policies and behavior.

Demon and demon-lite are the voting options, no wonder turnout is so abysmal.

But like, the right is still the villain here. It’s just that Dems weren’t the heroes we needed. I think that distinction is important.

They are politicians, not Marvel characters. The Corp Dems are every bit as bad as a repukkklicans. They just blow the smoke up our asses with more decorum.

I disagree. They’re not heroes, like you said. And they’re not champions of communism…they’re not here to change the system. But they are not maga-fascists. They’re not actively taking my rights away. They’re not who we need, but they’re not the same

Yeah, I'm done with the lesser of two evils. Evil is evil. They're just different evils.They didn't try to take away your rights but they did a fucking hell of a job taking Palestine lives. And now too many powerful Dems are blaming Trans rights as one of the big reasons they lost.

No. Dems never had chance to codify Roe unless they carved out an exception in filibuster for abortion rights Without a filibuster exception, it takes 60 votes to pass legislation in Senate If there is a filibuster exception, the danger is Republicans could ban abortion with 51 votes in Senate

Some of those lifelong politicians on the Democratic side got very wealthy during their tenure.

Even more so from the right

No doubt. But in my mind when this question comes up, there’s one person that flashes and something she said-“We are a free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that,” Pelosi, whose venture-capitalist husband holds tens of millions of dollars’ worth of stocks and options

Nah he's just the best stock picker ever seen. /s

We aren't the right, though. We need to hold our party accountable. The right has been crap for decades. In this moment, we see that there truly are no principled repukkklicans.

Right when taken to the extreme conclusion always ends in fascism, left to the extreme ends up being some kind of communist utopia. I'd rather have the latter than the former tbh.

No it’s not.

Bring back the Fairness Doctrine!

The Fairness Doctrine would change nothing about this.

Everything in this thread. ⬆️

Codify anything you value since "the institutional guard-rails" proved useless. Voting rights, Women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, Veteran's rights all of it.

What we’re seeing now is Trump pretending to invalidate laws by his EOs.The media plays along.

It's not easy to do without making it easy for GOP to do opposite Dems can't codify a right without an exception in filibuster. Otherwise, it takes 60 votes to pass legislation in Senate If there is a filibuster exception for that right, danger is GOP could codify opposite with 51 votes in Senate

Exactly. Relying on “Gentlemen’s agreements” and “common sense” didn’t work too well

This entire thread is a list of things for which you would never have enough votes to pass laws. They can only really be passed at the state level. And maybe if you can get enough states to agree, you could do an update to the constitution eventually. But that's unlikely. So state level is max.

We're at a turning point in history. Things are going to be a bit more fluid for a while.

While I agree that killing it led almost directly to where we are, the internet makes it nearly impossible to reimplement. I wrote about it this week if you like essays. open.substack.com/pub/radicall...

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Democrats never had chance to codify Roe unless they carved out an exception in filibuster for abortion rights Without a filibuster exception, it takes 60 votes to pass legislation in Senate If there is a filibuster exception, the danger is Republicans could ban abortion with 51 votes in Senate

Agreed

Billionaire oligarchs can buy anything that is for sale. The problem is, for honest patriots, public offices should not be for sale.

I agree. However, it would probably take a revolution. I think both sides like it just the way it is.

C'mon, Citizens United was a 5-4 decision heavily opposed by the liberal justices. The parties are not the same.

They aren't supposed to be political, but thank you for informing me. My question is-how do we change this?

None of this can happen without revolution and a completely new constitution. You do not fix a system designed for corruption.

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For starters!

Everyone should see the graph below, it stunned me the 1st time. I knew Citizen's United was bad, but seeing the stark change so quickly afterward is chilling. We need serious limitations and transparency on campaign funding and lobbying. Also, strict crypto regulations to make hiding bribes harder.

Also, billionaires not willing to do the gov wishes, such as paying wealth taxes towards social programs etc should see them receive the xi special of being removed and the company run by the gov. Screw these fuckers that ruin the world for the majority so they can brag about their 3rd yacht.

Yup, exactly.

If you can't tax 'em, eat 'em.

This is sick

When the rich are finally taxed properly, guess what? They’ll still be rich. I have no patience for ultra rich people complaining about taxes.

📌Kall

Easy way to save social security. People do not know that in 2025 the maximum earnings subject social security tax is $176,100. Most of us pay social security tax on every penny we ever earn, but not the top %. If we eliminate this cap and cap benefits paid out, that will save social security.

I wrote about this issue earlier in the week if you ever need any supporting information. I couldn't agree with you more! open.substack.com/pub/radicall...

The rich need to be branded as domestic terrorists

Obviiiiiis!

The wealthy, since the founding fathers, have been threatened by class consciousness. Dr. King started to give speeches. Fred Hampton did the same. Look what happened to them

I follow the work of the working families party. They lend me some hope.

We'll have to keep fighting. Follow back Sarah. 💪

Good the pendulum is swinging back to where the so called lower classes are starting to understand that Society also belongs to them not just the so called upper classes of Society it has taken a hundred plus yrs for it to return to this side of its swing. Mayhap they can arrest its swing this time.

Agree.

The upper classes kept having massive wars and then constant conflicts to which they sent the young men (and later the women too) of the lower classes to fight while also draining the lower classes of materials and time to "get ahead" or at times, even maintain a basic standard of living.Wars do

You are telling me nothing I didn't already know as per this chart. That is you present social structure the other chart is the structure of a true democracy based upon respect which just another name for Equality. Since true respect can only be given between equals.

Am unclear here. Are you offended by my comment?

1/2 No! Just letting you know I understand you. Those charts are just to help you understand the difference between a Vertical structured Faux Democracy and a horizontally structure true Democratic Society which requires no privileges to maintain it. Study the two charts to understand.

The role of privileges within a vertical structured Society Here is another chart to help you understand the role privileges play in your Society.

Oh, okay. Great chart btw. Yes, as you stated if you think about the last 100 years, since modern medicine & improved food supplies have diminished other threats to stability, it seems like we have no-stop conflicts when you look at global stats. Seems like many of these conflicts are simply created

for no good reason. Now, the US gov is reverting back to trying to make the masses sick, hungry, and poor if you consider what FOTUS & RFK Jr are doing.

It’s easier to control people who’ve been traumatized and abused

Exactly...and who have limited energy (most of it is spent just surviving), time (again...spent surviving), and resources that must then be controlled/limited (thinking of the wartime rationing).

nothing but negative things for the middle and lower economic classes.

I can’t think of a time since WWII that the *right* side “won” a war. There have been dozens of conflicts and wars since then. For that reason, I feel like the chances of violence being effective are slim to none.

My point is, relative to the comment I responded to, that for at least the last hundred years, wars have basically oppressed the lower classes in social hierarchies so those belonging to it had not the time, energy, or resources to understand and use their power against the upper classes who also

create the conflicts/wars. Not saying you are right or wrong, but only that upper classes use war to deplete the middle and lower classes of the ability to use the power that size alone gives those two classes. Conflict is used to control the mid & lower classes by the upper classes...who often

An additional point--they have been very effectively using identity politics to keep the lower classes at war with each other instead of the wealthy. (Don't look at the CEO, look at the immigrant taking your job! look at DEI keeping you from opportunity!) The right built their whole platform on it.

MLK and Fred Hampton would not have been assassinated if they hadn’t started advocating for class consciousness and unifying working class white people with POC.

Yes...the ruling class needs all of us to remain divided hence modern day campaign against kindness, tolerance, and understanding (aka "wokeness")) and against diversity, equity, and inclusion.They need those they try to keep below them by suppressing economic security to stay divided. It is the

only way they stay where they think they belong since so many of them believe they are genetically or intellectually superior (which they actually are not, just more privileged they are able to develop whatever gifts/talent, intellect, beauty, etc...) to the rest of society. It is disgusting.

start the violence. 🤔 Nothing is done without multiple purposes.

You betcha! Where do you think fatphobia began? White f faces who disrespected brown and black women’s bodies. Yt supremacy infiltrates everything in our world.

Uncomfortable truth

It is, but the question is are we going to continue to go along with it.

The only way to defeat fascism is resistance. The population of the United States is 340 million. Of those, only a minority fraction are still Trump supporters.

It’s not the consciousness. It’s the conscious effort of the ultra Right to engage in a democide that removes most of the middle, and all of the lower class. demodirge.substack.com/p/republican...

Most of them are white. Not enough privilege?

GOOD

Trump just eliminated those going forward, so I guess this’ll be the last profitable quarter for Elon, oh, wait, no, we just spent the last 90 days reminding everyone to buy a different brand of EV, so he’s going to calamitously miss earnings predictions rebates or no. Too bad, so sad!

Good

The only things we have to fear are fear itself and the People that won't stand up for Our Constitutional Country and the rule of law... We the People includes all the scared ones who need to realize they must stand against fear to save the country. its as easy as crossing the Isle.. Join the Union

It's been felt on your tour. I think you know exactly what we're hoping in 2028. <3 And...We are.

They should never have gone full Nazi. Now all the semi-nazis are gonna have to renounce the nazism. Which means no more insider trading, AT A MINIMUM.

I can tell from which of my letters my rep ignores. @magaziner.house.gov

Why is it that no matter what the topic is I feel the need to take a shower every time Trump speaks

The worst individuals inevitably fall to the underclass once they are exposed. Civil society depends upon it.

Thank you AOC for giving coverage to this issue. Billionaires are the number one problem in America. The root cause of every problem. The more you make people aware, the more they will demand change from the weaker politicians. Every dem running should be asked: Do you support a wealth tax?

And campaign funding methods?

Yes, citizens united should be ended. But one problem is that a person with a billion dollars can hire a hundred lawyers and find ways to get a hundred million to a politician. If you only have 50 million, you can’t spend 100 million every year. We need both.

Yeah!!!! Hate hate hate!!!!! Jealous!!!

Injustice is something important to fight against. Jealousy is a personal issue to work out in your own. Injustice is a social issue that needs not to exist. Injustice for one is a threat to justice for everyone everywhere. Rich people not paying taxes while standing on the poor is injustice.

Lol, silly you think fairness and equality demands stem from jealousy. You don't understand right from wrong.

🤡 take.

Please....fuck off and slither back to MAGA land, where you came from.🙏💙🖤

Not jealous but see the point in everyone paying their fair share. Why should a poor person pay more? 🤔

Oh now I see a rich troll you are....

No matter how much you lick their boots, the ruling class billionaires won't give you more money, nor will they give you the hug your parents refused you as a child that made you this way.

Why shouldn’t the rest of us breaking our backs to pay our taxes be jealous of the people who are not asked to contribute an equal percentage of their income to the land that has provided them with much milk and honey? Billionaires need to pay their proportional fair share like we working folks do!

The IRS needs to start raiding the billionaires and seizing their shit for not paying taxes.

I would say we need to fix the lobbyist problem that has allowed these billionaires to rig the system so that they owe hardly any taxes as a percentage of their income while taxing the hell out of the middle class. The rich make their freeloading off the middle class very legal. THAT HAS TO END!

So why not fix both?

That too. We must make sure this never happens again. America's been somewhat of an oligarchy for centuries, and that needs to end.

There are no Tariff Negotiations, just Trump making the Stock Market drop like a theme park ride, then trudge back up the hill like Sisyphus. He has made no deals, just lies about all the countries kissing his ass. "Please, sir, let's make a deal". Bullshit.

Elon?

The top hates the bottom, that is indeed the message they have given us I am glad you see it.

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