Hey ok, we get the meta-point here (and I’m not a hater, very grateful for a lot of your reporting)—but people should know there was a lot of good stuff in that protest!
This speech was … perhaps the nadir, yes. But I blasted the whole video at home and felt energized away from doom. We need that.
Every protest — no matter how lame a protester or protest — in support of opposition to this insider threat coup and in support of the Constitution is to be saluted. Stand united or fall divided. If now frail Grandpa wants to be involved on the front, cheer him on. Every person counts.
Oh for fuck sake. The cane shaking at the left of the frame is so iconic for the congressional plutocratic gerontocracy that brought us to this sad day. Go back to your office, Chuck. It's almost time for lunch.
Earnestly happy to see Chuck Schumer re-learning in real time that performance is key to politics. If I feel disgust at the fact that he’s doing it badly, it’s because he hasn’t practiced in decades if he’s tried it at all.
Musk's wrecking around on ketamine with a harem of hyped-up youngsters, and the Dem Octogenarians look like the wedding tribute-act everyone hides their faces from in second-hand embarrassment
Sure, low hanging fruit, make fun of the old guy, but he’s at a demonstration and you’re sitting somewhere at a desk or on your phone making fun of him.
We never had one. The closest thing to the general strike was the Delano Grape boycott & strike in 1965. The biggest labor union today voted for Trump. I just don’t see how could this be possible without the economic disaster affecting much of the country first.
The maga base is hearing all sorts of populist pleasantries from bannon. Once they figure out they were played it is possible many will break the spell
I feel our best hope is overreach. These bozos don't know when to stop, its all blitzkrieg all the time
The problem is not that Musk and DOGE or anyone else that wants a more efficient government are doing or suggesting, but it has to be done under Constitutional laws and with Congressional oversight to ensure transparency and checks and balances. Nobody has unchecked power. https://bsky.app/profile/ludvikherrera.bsky.social/post/3lhh4kh36i22k
This is always so fascinating. Everyone in this clip is various states of embarrassing but they're earnest - except for Hillary, who is clearly putting on a show
What I really find repugnant is people who appear to be anti fascists. Who appear to demand an end to a coup. But then smugly find something wrong with any attempt by people when they fight back. Cynicism is another way of letting the fascists continue their crime spree.
Yeah, if you hadn't spent 20 seconds looking at this post, you could have focused on the "coup" instead. And you probably would have stopped it by now, somehow.
Correct. Where some of Ken's followers have a problem with the "haha ur old" line of criticism is that we perceive a risk of letting people who are younger, more telegenic, but no less responsible for the current situation off the hook. Meanwhile, Bernie is old AF and still fighting the good fight.
Sure, but this is not that. Dems had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do this, and they did it. Baby steps. But give credit where due. Making fun of Schumer for being old and corny isnt helping right now
Years of being told that criticizing this gerontocracy "isn't helping" has gotten old. Kept hearing the same thing years ago when 2/3rds of polled Dems said they didn't want Biden running again. Folks saying "maybe don't" were told it "wasn't helping" and we needed to get behind him. Here we are...
If they have to be “dragged kicking and screaming” to do anything then we need to keep dragging them until they do something. You can’t just watch them make an empty statement and call it a win.
She is the real path back to democracy. Youth, passion, brains, and so-far not appearing to be corporate captured. The Dems were business as usual through all this until their voters showed them how to act. Lead, do not be led. Get loud! Go left!
Peoples lives and livelihoods are at stake and we're supposed to be grateful our elected officials, whose job this is, are taking baby steps to do a half-assed job they were dragged to kicking and screaming, which is, important note, opposing out-and-out nazis tearing apart the fabric of society.
This shit *is not working.* They've been taking the same approach to everything my whole life because a lot of them have been in office since I was a kid. Some before I was even fucking born. And they are absolutely the worst people to handle this moment.
To separate the age of dem leadership with their failure to rise to this moment? Not really, unless you're some kind of sad, pathetic apologist for these decrepit morons.
nooo dont point out the one opposition party is completely useless! just focus on how the other party is bad! That will surely make the DNC magically useful
Pointing out that our opposition party is in total disarray is good. But this is just a useless dunk on someone for being old and corny. The context here is that Schumer (who i despise) was speaking at a rally outside Treasury—ie, finally doing something useful
You need leader that can motivate and lead people for this. This is why people are calling this shit out. Democrats need to WAKE THE FUCK UP and find some real leaders. No one is going to show up to protest if they see this because whatever this is is getting nothing done and is just embarrassing.
Just Stop!
Stop parroting GOP language
Stop the performance art. Only effective action.
Stop compromising. Stop giving away votes. Look for more Kinzingers and Cheneys and support them completely.
Max court press (Federal and States).
Focus on midterms. Stop voter suppression. Contest every district
one of the lesser but more irritating things about the Democratic gerontocracy is how they come up with the most ineffective cringe shit you've ever seen and are so visibly delighted with themselves for their cleverness
Even that sad BS would be good and fine accompanied by action. But instead they awkwardly chant and then go to their cocktail parties for business as usual.
also Grandpa Joe feebly waving his arms around like he's afraid his bones will dissolve if he's too energetic doesn't really project strength and resolve
Somebody call his office and let them know that I'm willing to speak at these events for them. I dunno if i'll have anything good to say, but it'll probably be better than that
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This speech was … perhaps the nadir, yes. But I blasted the whole video at home and felt energized away from doom. We need that.
And if cane energy is what it takes to show more of the country there is growing opposition and that more energy is needed, all the better.
it’s to capture the people who aren’t paying attention, many of whom are not pleased with the geritocracy.
I feel like we’re for real in one of those “what would you do if an asteroid was going to hit the earth and you had a few days to live” scenarios.
We’ll “win” when Shumer and the like retire finally.
‘Your sons and daughters are beyond your command, please step aside if you can’t lend a hand’.
give people some grace. schumer is old. he is trying. the future of the Dem party is BLACK Women!
We’re so screwed!
Remember: #jonstewart2028
General strike is our last line of non-violent resistance.
Even if it never happened before its worth considering and I'll bet some of those union guys are having second thoughts
We need the whole country to stop but we need the MAGA base with us. At least some of them.
I feel our best hope is overreach. These bozos don't know when to stop, its all blitzkrieg all the time
We need a NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE OPERATION NOW to remove and detain musk and Co. And we need to impeach the OBVIOUS TRAITOR T****.
WHAT THE MOTHER FUCKING FUCK.
Internal monologue: we gotta wrap this up so I can get to the the early bird and get to bed by 6:30
Klippenstein is false flag. I see it now
Honestly yes the dems are bad but this kind of posting absolutely breeds cynicism and complacency, which is exactly what Ken claims to be against.
Gain a sense of perspective. None of us can be this bad at our jobs.
You fucking pathetic DNC bootlickers are exactly why we’re in this position, fucking Vichy Democrats
Fuck off with your neoliberal incrementalism bullshit
She explains why the dems suck at this and why they’ve looked more inactive.
She gives us real marching orders. Put your frustration into some of these things, it’ll help!
Stop parroting GOP language
Stop the performance art. Only effective action.
Stop compromising. Stop giving away votes. Look for more Kinzingers and Cheneys and support them completely.
Max court press (Federal and States).
Focus on midterms. Stop voter suppression. Contest every district
When they aren't and they try to do it anyway it's so bad you can't watch it.
That said, there were a bunch of other Dems speaking yesterday who seem to finally be finding the right notes to hit.
Please share the successes as well as the failures.