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I mean they are litterally breaking a momentum for a blue wave which has never ever been at the scale this one the potential for.
With good leadership Dems could be heading into something so big the Republicans wouldn't be able to to come back.
But instead weve got these two
It's hard not to look at them as controlled opposition.
They’re on the same team (capital).
What the US call left-wing and right-wing, a sane political spectrum calls center-right and extreme-far-right
Its no where near center right, center on the scale doesn't move, just the parties. Dems haven't been center right in decades
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The man on the right says to the man of the left, "Take a step towards me and we will meet in the middle"
The man on the left says "In the spirit of bipartisanship, of course I will" and takes a step towards the man on the right.
The man on the right takes a step back, smiles and says "Take a step towards me and we will meet in the middle."
Nah, Bernie and AOC are center-right. The average dem is far-right. It’s a conservative party.
I had a typo, Dems haven't been center right for decades. They've been far right for years
In which country are you imagining Bernie and AOC fitting right in with a self proclaimed center-right party?
Israel and capitalism
Kamala Harris (before the election): Iran is America's greatest adversary.
Also Kamala Harris (before the election): She wants America to have the most "lethal" military. Not the most powerful, effective, advanced, or strongest. Specifically "lethal."
Absolutely. I'm really at my limit of the whole blue no matter who bullshit after this round of elections and capitulation.
No point in harm reduction of you can't even stand up to war crimes when it matters.
You should still vote blue if all else was equal but you should probably try and get people out in the primaries so your choice of blue is actually useful.
I think Americans should be way more interested in their primaries than the actual election but they don't seem to be.
Local and representative primaries sure. What happened to Bernie Sanders in 2016 severely damaged the credibility of presidential "Democratic" Party primaries.
They still haven't had a real primary since then. Its been coin flips and appointments since then.
They said they don’t want to be opposition. They’re literally a right-wing party. Any of their policies would be considered conservative anywhere else.
I mean they are litterally breaking a momentum for a blue wave which has never ever been at the scale this one the potential for.
Every sitting Democrat is lining up to pull an Andrew Cuomo when most races are lucky to have someone like Curtis Sliwa on the other side of the ballot line.
At least the primaries aren't over yet. This might be what candidates like Talarico and Abughazaleh need to squeeze over the line... so they can join a rump majority of progressives in a legislature that's green lighting another $50B to bomb Cuba in 2027.
I mean, the Dems want support for Israel. Behind closed doors I'm sure they're giddy about Trump wanting to level every single building in Iran at Israel's request.
"Leaders" is doing a lot of work there
cowards kinda implies they have some motivation other than being secretly pro-war
Secretly?
Well its not exactly a secret. But there is a trillion-dollar propaganda campaign to pretend otherwise.
Does anyone expect pushback from this dem leadership???
Americans need to turn over 3/4 of sitting politicians by 2028 or y'all can just turn in your Liberty Cards for good.
The rest of the world can't save you from yourselves.
Pretty sure we are already cooked frankly. Even if we get Republicans out, It's more than likely old guard Democrats will stick around. And they will do nothing... again. So that next time republicans win (and they will within a few cycles, tops. people here are dumb. Really, really dumb.) they will still be free to keep doing the bullshit they are doing now.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still gonna vote. I'm still gonna fight this shit in whatever other ways are available to me as a non-wealthy citizen. Admittedly that doesn't add up to much but still, ya gotta do what ya can, even if it feels fruitless. Rolling over and giving up just gets us even more extreme fascism even faster.
Democrats will stick around. And they will do nothing
If they did nothing that would actually be an improvement. But what they do is make sure they use their seniority in the party to keep newly elected dems from replacing them on committee chairmanships and leadership roles. I.e. Whip and Minority leader.
I agree. But when I say turn over 3/4 of sitting politicians, I mean specifically the Do Nothing Democrats. I specifically mean that americans need to primary democrats every election to keep them on the side of the people and not the corporate donors.
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Regardless of your opinion on AOC, this documentary about how she got elected lays out the steps.
Independent local grassroots electoral movement. Dedicated to getting/organizing volunteers, signature gathering, door knocking, everything from getting candidates on the ballot to winning in the election.
Candidate nominations. AOC didn't sign up, her BIL or someone nominated her and the Grassroots Movement approached her to run.
PRIMARIES. PRIMARIES. PRIMARIES. Target establishment DNCs who clearly have more in common with corporate lobbyists than their own constituents.
Run the numbers game. Only 1/4 of their candidates won. Democrats should face a primary EVERY SINGLE ELECTION.
they're cowards about the fucking Epstein files, 90% of them only got elected because of aipac
90%? You are not giving aipac enough credit
Consider this: Epstein was working for Mossad.
Im more interested in why we aren't excoriating Republicans. They can end this all today.
Some Democrats have been strongly against it by explaining how gas prices might increase and in light of all the illegal bombings and murder that it's going to cost the average voter more to fill up their vehicle.
"Let's not murder people in another country because it might slightly inconvenience us at home!"
Wow. Such argument. Most strong. Not that I expect the Democraps to do much more than put out a letter that's totally in the mail right now.
The uniparty has never been so undeniable
"Don't blame me, I voted for Kudos".
It's crazy to see a Congo Line of (D) Senators go on cable news and announce "I love our President's war in Iran, I just wish he'd asked us nicely first", as videos and pictures trickle in of whole schools being massacred and neighborhood hospitals flattened.
The same folks who were screaming "This never would have happened under Harris" a month ago have come out pledging unswerving allegiance to the Israeli flag over the weekend.
Don’t pay attention to what the assholes in congress say, pay attention to what the assholes at the Rand corp and Heritage Foundation say.
Dems have never had a war they haven't been foaming at the mouth to get into
What the republicans can’t win because their ideas are shitty the democrats will hand them because they’re spineless.
This is what you get when you think the reason your party won in 2012 is because memes pointing out, that Obama was a good Christian and Romney had several divorces...
"Ladles and Jellyspoons! Please welcome the MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries!"
"BOOOOO! GIVE'EM THE HOOK!"