Please! Stop working by the norms of 30 years ago. Work within the law, but hold people accountable for their actions! And do bold things that will help the bottom 90%.
Please! Stop working by the norms of 30 years ago. Work within the law, but hold people accountable for their actions! And do bold things that will help the bottom 90%.
Has to be real talk for sure. I do think Biden did good things, but he fucked Gaza bad and he fucked the entire primary. I liked Harris and can't fathom how anybody thought Trump was a better or similar option, but she probably would not have won the primary if Biden didn't run.
I'm not sure where we're missing here. To get support, you need people to like you. To get people to like you, you need to talk to them. Based on those conversations, that should drive some of your policy decisions, but the more important thing is that they continue to like you.
People love Donald Trump, they don't love his policies
I think you have way too high an opinion of the average voter. Only 1/3 of the people in this country can name their senators and Rep. Most people had no clue what Trump or Harris were actually running on. If they did, they would not have voted for project 2025.
I'm not against that. But if people campaign more like Mamdani, they will be more likely to win. Regardless of their policies. Policy matters, but showing you are listening to people and actually care about them, that means a lot more in my opinion.
I don't know how that has anything to do with what I was talking about
You guys really are good at creating a coalition
If Cuomo and Mamdani had the exact same policies, would you have a hard time deciding who to vote for?
Looks like a cross between the Titans and Chargers. Don't hate the the look of them, but they don't look like the Patriots.
We disagree. I hope you stay well.
I'm not the one threatening anybody, that would be our president
No. You won't. People like me, who would vote for Bernie or Zohran, are your allies. I am just very firmly against fascists. And if people are willing to allow fascism, then we've lost the plot.
I'm moving to Canada. You guys can figure this out.
Look, I sympathize with your situation. I hate that people are living in fear. My opinion is, Harris would be way better than Trump. That's all. She's not perfect. I hope you stay safe.
She would not have kicked people out of the military. She would not have renamed USNS Harvey Milk. She would not have erased the Enola Gay. You are making false arguments.
Kamala had things to improve people's lives. Biden improved people's lives. There is more work to do, but letting fascists win elections won't get any of that done.
My God. Just be happy that you got Trump elected.
The people that go to rallies are about 0.01% of the population
You know, Kamala would not have made a war on trans people right? All this resulted from Trump winning.
Nobody is complaining about eggs anymore. They were under Biden. The news cycle is driven by the extreme right, then it goes to Fox, then CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, ... all cover what Fox is running. There may be people in your bubble complaining about eggs, but it's not a constant story.
Not like they were under Biden. I honestly never hear any stories about the economy.
Yes, thank God Trump is president. He's been so much better for the left. You guys nailed this one, great job.
RIGHT. And the economy is ABSOLUTELY NOT BETTER NOW. So, why is it that people are no longer complaining?
Please show your work on this one
If people were complaining before, but aren't now. Then yes it is.
We're all living under a dictator right now. I didn't vote for him.
That is a totally fair argument actually. And they should absolutely consider that. I will actually be surprised if Republicans don't do it first. On the other hand, they will just do whatever they want, leave it in place, and then Ds will follow the rules.
Ha, ok. That's kind of funny. I'm living in reality though and don't expect universal healthcare to part of the Democrat's platform. I would actually be pretty annoyed if it was, because there is zero chance of it happening. At least in the short term future.
I have no idea WTF you're talking about
In what way? Was she promising to deport them like Trump?
Again. Messaging. Democrats suck at it. The economy certainly is not better now than it was in November. How many people are complaining about the economy now?
The economy was very good when Biden left office. That's part of the messaging problem.
The majority of people liked listening to Trump on the bro podcasts and the influence machine they built on Tiktok and other social media. Project 2025 was wildly unpopular and he got elected anyway.
I think some centrist Dems have been weak on this for sure and I hope you are ok
Have you ever listened to a Democrat? They sound like robots following a script supplied by a consultant that looked at polling. They should say what they think and say it with conviction. There are a few that do, and they are getting a little better, but they should stop calling things distractions
Excluding what minority groups? Harris is a black woman.
You live in a bubble.
Not saying we shouldn't criticize anybody. We should always expect more. We should be realistic though. There's zero chance of universal healthcare without 60 votes in the Senate, presidency, and 218 representatives in the house
Because nobody could look at the Trump platform and Harris platform and pick Trump's. Only about a third of Americans can name their representatives in Congress. Politics is about vibes and Harris wasn't able to reach enough people.
Democrats aren't your problem there. Need 60 senators to vote for that. There's only 47 Ds right now.
No. Dems lost because they didn't talk like normal people and the only message the VAST majority of people got about them was from Republicans. Their only channel was the Sunday shows. This is the right strategy, let's see if they can execute.
Maybe, but that's not why she lost. MAYBE why she lost Michigan, but Trump had the vibes and she didn't. Cast majority of American voters are way less informed than people on this site.
How did she go against them though? I don't recall what she said about sending weapons.
Witcoff gets the Nobel Prize for cock gargling
I think Biden's policy was terrible by the way. He thought he could control Bibi like Trump thinks he can control Putin. But Harris was the sitting VP. She couldn't walk too far from the president.
How did she go against the voters?
How many weapons did she send to Israel? Oh none, Trump has been sending them.
I have never seen anyone struggle so hard to laugh/smile normally
Then why are they so scared of him? Maybe learn from him. Make the tent bigger.
For fucks sake, this is unbelievably frustrating. We have a fascist as our president. I think Democrats can cool it on Zohran and the left can stop complaining about Hillary and Kamala.
People vote on vibes. The people that decide the election pay attention to Tiktok and podcast bros.
Watch out @bencollins.bsky.social, you have some competition
People that put Trump on a pedestal and blindly follow his every word are fucking losers. They are the joke.
Man, that is quite a generous interpretation for people saying the economy was bad when they, personally, were doing well. My opinion is that people were not willing to give Biden credit. And I disagree, I think people are dumber than I imagine. Look all around you. People voted for this.
How many people are complaining about the economy now? The economy is not better now than it was in November.
The national guard should take over Texas. Such a dangerous place.
That man is pissed that he's never touched a woman
Could probably bag quite a few congressmen
Getting Chamberlain vibes
If it makes you feel better, we keep yielding power to Russian and China
I assume you are not American and are using the collective "you"?
They handle the situation by beating the shit out of people. You saw how they handled law enforcement at the Capitol on January 6.
How have these morons not been shot yet?
That would be the greatest troll ever
Thanks!
I follow you, but I usually don't understand what you post. Any chance you can provide follow-ups to your original posts with a translation for normal folks?
And yet they vote for him
So does Babar
He did have a stroke
Can you point me to a video where he actually said something? A post on social media doesn't count in this situation. Biden actually showed up to the funeral.
Sure, they should ask, I guess. But that will probably piss him off and he'll say they have behaved very badly, treated him very badly. He's a psychopath, no empathy for other people.
He didn't even say anything about the Democratic state senators from Minnesota that were actually assassinated. He's fine with this, it's actually the plan. Intimidation.
It's totally a game. Somebody gets to claim they voted against it, but it passes anyway. Or in the case of the big brutal bill, Murkowski voted for it and then complained about how bad it was and that the house needed to fix it.
My God, listening to Bill Kristol and then listening to Democratic leadership is so disheartening. Jeffries has been better, but Schumer is useless.
A lot of crimes to prosecute for the next admin. Add it to the list.
He also told Maher he's a phony intellectual (not in those words) which was absolutely amazing. Love Burr.
Thank goodness Kamala wasn't elected
I was super confused, thinking this was about Jim Acosta. Often helps to keep reading to the end.
John's a fan of the convicted sex offender and likely pedo, roots for him. Cool. Also, the president hates black people. And women. And he's building concentration camps. But man, it was an awesome experience.
Oh, GOP members of Congress are without an ounce of integrity. They will do whatever they can to prop up their king and ensure that he won't primary them.
If only people told them what was going to happen.
I don't disagree, but to the original point, Trump's in a tight spot here. And I hope he gets fucking crushed. But they don't call him Teflon Don for nothing.
I think people will still want to see the files. Doesn't change the situation much.
And nobody will want to see the files?
He is such a moron
Agree. What are you going to do about it?
The killer for Trump though, is that he basically said Trump doesn't know anything about sports
He said that there was supposed to be an Epstein joke here, I guess it got deleted.
I don't know the man other than what I see on tv. But I imagine that he cares a lot more about what's going to happen to the camera guys, writers, Craft Services folks,... than he does about himself.
Oh, you got screwed over like all the people you voted to screw over? Welcome to the club!
The last Japanese soldier to surrender was in 1974. They weren't ready to surrender.
Franklin warned us "if you can keep it". I think the leftists were closer. We're the frog in the pot that has been boiling for years.
Assuming things stay relatively like they are. There was a dramatic switch between the parties in the 50s to the 70s. So if Ds become the fascist party, then I will reconsider.
Absolutely. I have never and will never vote for a republican.
Democrats try to give people healthcare. Trump is taking it away. I'm not sure why you are upset with people that wanted to elect somebody that was going to expand healthcare. Standing next to somebody does not mean you align with their policy. It was an alliance against what we are seeing today.
Man, I'm just so pissed at the way things are. I obviously can't understand how people could allow Trump to win. And I agree with them on Gaza and Joe should have never run for a second term. But letting Trump win because of those things? I have a hard time wrapping my brain around that.
Will somebody please tell Trump that he was president when Epstein was arrested, indicted, and "killed himself". How is this a Democrat hoax?
Where is the insult? We're saying you should vote.