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Thirst Traps Over Think Tanks: Dems Want Hotter Candidates on the Ballot (www.thebulwark.com)

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“Oh my God, I want a hot president,” Jennifer Welch of the I’ve Had It podcast said in an interview last week. “Hot democrat alert,” posted Democratic influencer Keith Edwards in response to a video clip of Sam Forstag, a 31-year-old smokejumper running for one of Montana’s two House seats. If you search Jon Ossoff’s name on X or TikTok, you’ll be met with a number of thirsty posts calling the Georgia senator a “total hottie.”

“Jon Ossoff—there was just something about him,” said the content creator Qondi Ntini, who runs what can best be described as an Democratic thirst-trap X account, where she frequently refers to Ossoff as “Senator My Boo.” She’s raised thousands of dollars for Democratic candidates through the account and has been invited to the White House and the DNC as a part of their content-creator programs.

“The way I see thirst and the people that I choose to support, it’s more about their values and what they can do for their constituents. The hotness stems from that, and it makes them hotter. It’s also kind of a rebuke of toxic masculinity,” she added.

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[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are some good podcasts, hardcore history comes to mind, however, the civilizational cost of people like Meathead Rogan, Theo Von, Andree Tate et al is too high to be covered by the good ones.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whenever I see a leftist shilling for the Democrats, I always just want to say: "Do you have any idea how much they hate you? They hate you so much."

[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 points 1 day ago

Leftist and Dems are incompatible. Centrist at best, socialized healthcare is centre, as is taxing those who have too much. A leftist would like to abolish the system that gives rise to the billionaires in the first place.