People are still too comfortable because our economy has been so good. They'll wake up when the pain starts to hit home. Give it a couple months to fester. It's going to get ugly.
It’s about a GOP hell-bent on dismantling democracy with projects like Project 2025, consolidating power, and silencing dissent. The fight isn’t over, but it’s time to stop playing nice and start fighting like our democracy depends on it—because it does.
overwhelmed by Project 2025 despite actively campaigning on it. you'd think they'd have come up with ANYTHING they'd do to prevent it from the minority
Note FAFSA forms breeched as well as data banks. Those who paid for Identity Theft protection need to call and check if this a firewall! Likely not effective to protect.
Both parties are dead. Reps have been dead for a decade or more, but the Dems are new zombies, mute and hungry for brains. I think the only way through this is a party shift: Loyalists and Patriots.
Maybe take some of your outrage for Pelosi and spend it on the actual illegal takeover of the Government by an unelected man, enabled by hundreds of neutered, elected GOP house members.
Don't know. Republican Congress, Senate, President and Supreme Court. Feels like the electorate didn't care until the obvious things started happening.
Only every time republicans have held a trifecta. Main difference is we've never seen congressional Republicans merrily cede authority like they are now. But sure, keep blaming Democrats for all this, nevermind the Rs going along with Musk & Trump or the voters cool with all this.
The problem is they neutered themselves. After the 2016 Bernie debacle they shot themselves in the foot.
As a lifelong very left leaning individual, I genuinely believe this stems back to Obama’s bailing out of Wall Street in 08, completely eradicating the good will the American people had in dems
I agree. Lots of lost faith with a virtually no strings attached bail out. The financial sector should have learned a very hard lesson that year. I’m not sure it did. And everyone else sees that.
There’s no uncertainty. WS learned nothing. Gambling away people’s money. Shorting companies and pushing them to fail so they can line their pockets more. To the Democratic Party: The problem with friends who give you money is that they’re not friends. When you turn your back on the people…
I think it stems back to the 90’s when the Clintons bragged about getting rid of welfare as we know it, created NAFTA/WTO and sent are jobs over borders and seas, and built the largest prison population the world has ever seen.
They didn’t take the threat of a second Trump term seriously enough, normalized it, and here we are. I blame garland for dragging his feet and Biden for picking him in the first place. Biden’s top priority should have been to pick an AG that took this seriously and act urgently
The GOP already sold there souls so they are not longer playing by the rules of the “game”. It looks like Dems still are. Yes, it’s not the Dems fault for the unhinged shit going on, but if they don’t step outside of their comfort zone and handle it, the people just might.
Yes. They need to reassign staffers, solicit help from volunteers, hire lawyers, and post to social media. I don't care what they do, they need to fucking try and scream from the rooftops.
I am starting to think that it was all Kabuki to start with. If it is all BS about freedom and democracy why is it any different about competition and free markets?
No fight in the leadership. They need to find a Harry Reid. Schumer should have been replaced. Jeffries need to study AOC learn about clarity and urgency.
Jeffries and Schumer terrible. They are analog fighting 3D chess. Repubs using military grade psyche ops, algorithms to target specific voters and their surrogates are strong and get the message out. DEMS : NOTHING.
That's part of why I left the party.
I needed a identity to follow that I had confidence in. Something unapologetically American and that definitely was not today's democrat party.
They're a sheepish group of followers who have no passion for anything other than identity politics.
Well, if the party had ever actually reached out to the people they care about and protect the most, instead of playing stupid games, we wouldn't be here
Yeah. I mean it can't be the voters fault they're the minority party. They could commit ritual suicide on the Capitol steps I suppose.
When you vote out "Genocide Joe and Kamela" only to gain "Ethnic Cleaning Donnie" and pretend to be outraged maybe it's time to gaze in the old mirror.
Trump didn't do the pretend populist act like 2016. Everything, from Project 2025 to allowing Elon to run amok without being elected was out in the open this time and the voters chose. Stupidly. But they chose. I hope they get another chance.
The problem is that the January 6 riots were a heinous act, but it may take something similar to physically stop what the Republicans are doing. How can that be justified?
1980s are calling they want credit for the shift of Democrats to the right, firmly giving America two right wing parties. I don’t know why pundits wonder why so many voters don’t distinguish between Vanilla bean and synthetic Vanilla in politics when they don’t taste the difference in food.
Not sure most of the country wanted. According to Investigative Journalist, Greg Palast, we had a huge number of voter suppression, 3.5 million, through old Jim Crow tactics of the 1800’s. Dems need to be more strategic, one step ahead of the game and quit thinking Republicans play honest.
I want to see a Navalny, a MLK, a charismatic leader who will gather us together in a national movement. Who will lead rallies, marches, and resistance for the next 4 years.
I'd choose Gavin Newsom.
Meh. Newsom is way too manufactured and unrelatable- he’s kind of like a K-Pop Democrat or something. Someone with genuine passion and a more normal blue collar background would be better.
Or smarts there is no party for me to believe in. Frankly hoping some mod repubs driven out by maga run for office Larry hogan types. There are no dems to vote for.
Yes, they basically have been since Nov 1980. It’s all about fair play, white papers, position papers, mindless press conferences, identity politics & of course debating amongst themselves on MSNBC. Meanwhile the GQP is well trained, disciplined, well equipped & unleashing hell on a daily basis.
Ever since Obama, Democrats have consistently ignored their base and appeased the right in hopes of gaining some center right conservative votes. The center right votes never came, the left lost every last drop of enthusiasm but the Democrat's strategy has not changed.
No because we were still functioning as a democracy. And the out party was still viewed as the loyal opposition by the other party. Both parties when out of power were still respected by the other party. That has ended. It’s an autocracy. Ironically Republican Congress Members are out of power too.
Never in the history of this country has there been such a loss of a flank. I think there’s still some boomers out there that remember how we got this far. It wasn’t easy and it took time. We can’t give it up now. #talkinboutmygeneration
You’re right about republicans, but democrats need to stand the fuck up and make some noise. They are rolling over while billionaires come in, pillage this country and shit on the constitution.
They have mastered the expression of “Worried Discontent” … how about a some incessant outrage and naming incompetent, incoherent behavior for what it is in a scathing barrage?
The democrats need to step up! This is why we needed term limits everywhere! They have no idea how to fight. Everyone in Washington only knows how to take bribes
Understand the sentiment, but a lot of us white people did vote for her. The majority of white people in red states didn’t vote for her seems a little closer to being accurate.
Scott, i love your style, your raw upfront way of expressing yourself. I agree. When are the Democrats gonna grow a pair (figuratively) and meet this menace head-on!!
It's not that democrats lost. Trump belongs in prison. Every institution has failed. The curruption of the courts. The media. These morally repugnant degenerates will never be held to account. It's ever since Nixon. They are criminals. This country will do nothing. We're a pathetic joke.
I will fund Candidates with my money that DO SOMEHTING. I will not be funding Chuck Schumer types who say "Stop! Or I will say stop again except nicer!) to a guy with a machine gun. I can get incompetency for free by just doing nothing, not voting, and keeping my money.
It's the consultant class. They think because "Well who else will they vote for" that people will still show. This is the consequence of that attitude. People always had the option of not showing up.
Democrats showed they were just as racist as Republicans. Every time I hear the “no policies” argument, I know what’s really meant is “no white”. Please note I will be returning the favor if there is another election.
I don't think Dems win from here on out without a major pivot to the left, even assuming we have elections. The lesson learned was chase Republicans. I hope that changes because I don't know how that circle gets squared.
They did it to themselves. Unfortunately all of America will suffer
Nobody says What if Biden resigned instead of just handing Kamalla the nomination.
It would have been such an outpouring of sympathy
Plus it would have made MAGA heads explode.
The troll alone might have put her over the top.
It feels like they've been neutered for the last 30 years because of big money outright owning both parties. The far-right has been biding it's time for the last 80 years and got their golden goose to unleash their fascist, genocidal ideals on the world once again.
GOP has been running on the platform of “the government does nothing so let’s get rid of it”. So them doing nothing while they let oligarchs get rid of government is on brand.
You mean did they do anything about the brooks brothers riots or the 2000 election theft or the lies that led us into Iraq? Did they do anything but rehabilitate the war criminal that brought us here? Did they prevent billionaires from stealing our money? When *haven't* they been neutered?
The Democrats are *still* beating the bipartisanship drum when the Republicans stabbed them in the back over the ACA. Republicans helped draft that bill and use it as a cudgel 15 years later. Wake the fuck up! Virtually all of them are AT BEST cowards and wimps, if not quislings themselves.
I believe they know the far left trans stuff is getting out of hand. They will stay quiet till that gets fixed and all Americans start seeing the bullshit trump is doing. Once they notice their money and rights gone. Shit will get real
Been hiding behind strong skirts (Pelosi). We need testosterone energy right now. Testosterone is what let trump beat the Dems. Schumer & similar need to hand it over.
Neutered or not as healthcare policy voter if Trump steps away from this presidency and hasn't "fixed healthcare" from being in the catastrophic state that it's in with a full majority in House Senate executive branch and the supreme Court, then The Republican party can never make another excuse.
The entire time. And so is the American public. clearly, Americans have never thrown a solid punch in their life at another human to protect themselves.
Couldn’t agree more…. My husband just said last night, “When are dems finally going to grow some balls and step up?”. Sometimes you simply have to fight fire with fire. 🔥
Why hasn't anyone reported that Mexico ALSO received concessions FROM Trump - it was not a one sided negotiation! The US must restrict weapons crossing into Mexico. He did nothing!!! The reality is he was dominated by the FEMALE leader of Mexico 👍HER negotiation skills saved our stock market!
The Democrats were once a great party that was center left for years. Then Pelosi and Schumer gave in to “the squad” allowing the party to move hard Left and begin cutting off the genitals of minors, pushing 150+ genders and endorsing a new form of racism called DEI. And here they are destroyed.
It's part of the job description.
They'll wake up.
The grassroots will see to that.
But will they unify?
Will they sound confident, take bold action, make a loud persuasive case?
Now those are always the head scratchers.
So tired of hearing this BS. Dems didn't have a problem but there is a problem with American voters. When Racism, Fear and Greed are the only things people listen too then nothing will change their votes. America needs to change and that isn't happening anytime soon
The main question is why do a huge portion of White people vote the way they do? We have people that immigrate here that have racial issues that voted for Greed. Stop this then we can talk
You joined the conversation...what the Hell are you talking about? America doesn't have a Racism problem with us descendants of Slaves? White people don't want to fix the problem because they can get Idiots to vote against their own best interest because of race?
Idk man you just sound like a fuckin doomer covering for the Democratic party's failures. If you just accept the electorate as irredeemable racists and shitheads that can't be plied with anything but hatred, what's the point of politics? At that point the only option is war. Is that what you want?
The biggest problem is that Dems of today have a legacy that isn't theirs. Conservatives repeat these lies blaming others for what their "Ideology" did in the past. Nothing changes till people quit wanting to believe in lies.
If people are realizing and stating they voted wrong proves my point. People voted against their own families here illegally because they believed the BS. Then we have brown skinned people that only care what happens to them and not others.
We would have better politicians if people were not so Damn "Stupid". If you believe Haitian ate dogs and cats you shouldn't be able to vote. If you don't know what a Tariff is then you shouldn't vote because you are Stupid.
If the United States population had rights that could be taken away if the "wrong" party is voted into office, we never actually had them. We had privileges which were given to us by the powerful, and were ripped from our hands like petulant children.
Not in my lifetime have the Dems ever been this cowardly, this weak, this timid, this afraid to fight. They are also still drunk on fundraising from "good" billionaires.
Something like 2/3rds of eligible voters didn't vote for either candidate.3rd party can't grow from grass roots - Ds & Rs colluded to lock out via le 3rd party but that's the obvious play. GOP stop being adults - GOP who want to be adults but can't have a (D) behind their name start a new party.
Has the rule of law ever been this neutered? Supreme Court set this table. They will have to decide if they want to sit and eat the institutions of democracy with the other insurrectionists. Dems & GOP colluded to limit 3rd party competition.Then the GOP were bought by authoritarianism. 🤷♂️
They have been self destructive (in my lifetime), but I have never seen them so lost and ineffective.
And it's coming from the top of the party. They all seem old and weak.
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As a lifelong very left leaning individual, I genuinely believe this stems back to Obama’s bailing out of Wall Street in 08, completely eradicating the good will the American people had in dems
That will be much worse.
Just yesterday Chuck was talking about Potash with fewer than a dozen people in a grocery store, and the day before that he discussed lentils.
Very tough man!
I needed a identity to follow that I had confidence in. Something unapologetically American and that definitely was not today's democrat party.
They're a sheepish group of followers who have no passion for anything other than identity politics.
When you vote out "Genocide Joe and Kamela" only to gain "Ethnic Cleaning Donnie" and pretend to be outraged maybe it's time to gaze in the old mirror.
The rest are a waste of space.
They need to be talking with our military and CIA right now instead.
I honestly don’t mean to be disrespectful but you have no idea what Palantir is capable of and you need to snap out of it
https://bsky.app/profile/mockingjaysongs.bsky.social/post/3lhddf6r3p22b
I'd choose Gavin Newsom.
Gore v Bush
McConnell blocks Garland
GOP forces Kavanaugh confirmation
Garland let’s Trump get away with everything
Dems allow a
completely inexperienced Judge Cannon destroy the largest espionage breach ever by a former president done in broad daylight
Dems don’t have nuts
Politicians walking around without gonads are almost 100% republican at this point
Now they are busy 'Fundraising off of FAILURE' for another election cycle.
Nobody says What if Biden resigned instead of just handing Kamalla the nomination.
It would have been such an outpouring of sympathy
Plus it would have made MAGA heads explode.
The troll alone might have put her over the top.
Schumer gives a statement that had Susan Collins’ “I’m concerned” vibes.
Watch AOC she breaks this all down.
They'll wake up.
The grassroots will see to that.
But will they unify?
Will they sound confident, take bold action, make a loud persuasive case?
Now those are always the head scratchers.
You are completely out of touch.
When a political party blames the voters for its loss- they're screwed.
What do you want them to do?
All the checks and balances are broken if the lunatics have control of the whole asylum.
But that was a different type of uselessness. It was more "active collaboration" whereas this is more "resigned to impotence."
The right has been infested with foreign corruption.
There's only been one response in history that works well against tyrants and it's not peaceful.
Only someone who lives with 24/7 security, personal assistants, drivers and netflix/spotify deals would think that is a plausible reality.
When they go low, you get into a fighting stance.
It’s like a teacher standing in front of the class shouting “These students must learn! Someone must teach them!” 🙄
And it's coming from the top of the party. They all seem old and weak.