This is either fiction or dangerous thinking. Compare with "I will vote for any politician who promises to reduce corruption in the federal government i.e. drain the swamp." Regardless of whether their promise can be trusted or what else they might do. Isn't that how we got here?
The one who voted for the overly broad IHRA definition of anti-semitism which makes the black bagging of people protesting against the Israeli genocide in Gaza possible?
Nope.
And pass a law that says any person in law enforcement or homeland security who accepts a presidential pardon is banned from serving in law enforcement or any federal agency.
How do we avoid sinemas, Fettermans, and Gallegos? Like AIPAC tracker seems to have a good head on their shoulders...is there a database that kind of cross references people? We should think about that...
Im all for playing down and dirty because I'm an asshole but are there orgs/organizers that have consistently delivered on candidates that have demonstrated action across the board?
There's a way to go about this scientifically. Look at those orgs, cross reference candidates they monitor.
So like AIPAC tracker right? 2 more orgs like that. Cross reference all candidates. Make the material widely available to dem voters on the left. If you can't coordinate behind one leader, educate the group.
Agreed. ie I want Fetterman gone. But all I’m asking is see the forest through the trees……because the GOP will happily give money to spoiler candidates
FYI calling the unwillingness to sacrifice marginalized people "purity tests" doesn't persuade anyone to follow your path. My "purity test" was "don't allow cops to murder Black people with impunity." Cops responded with more brutality and Dems gave them more $ and built Cop Cities across America.
Also FYI I'm not saying sit out any election, but folks need to be more vigilant during primaries so we don't end up with folks like Sinema, Fetterman, etc.
Glad to know the kidnappings of vulnerable minorities is a "purity test." Are there any BIPOC whose safety and survival is not a purity test getting in the way of more important things? 😑
People who know me offline often say I am sweet. But I am not sweet when I am tired of vulnerable minorities being kidnapped, killed, etc. and people call concern for their lives & safety "purity politics." Black Americans, Latinos, Palestinians, trans people, we have that in common. Expendable.
Washington is trafficking our neighbors to slave labor camps out you're out here whining about people having the most basic standards. Decorum politics does some rancid shit to people's brains.
The absolute thuggish behavior of ICE, with local cops often providing back up, is gonna convince a lot more Americans how badly we need total reform of law enforcement and qualified immunity across the board. Just the visuals of masked, unidentified men grabbing people off the street!
Like honestly- who are these masked men? Are they actual ICE agents? Deputized vigilantes/extremists who are not trained and don’t care about legal rights of citizens and non citizens alike? This admin has zero credibility, I suspect the worst.
They’ll be prosecuted like the Nazis were after Trump leaves. They need to be reminded of this daily. “I was just following orders” didn’t work for the Nazis and it won’t work for the ICE agents. Same holds true for Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem
Nobody is going to fall from the sky and enforce the law.
The dems are collaborators, they purposefully botched impeachment twice and protected him from consequences for 4 years so he could rule again. People are in gulags right now, you want them to wait 4 years and then hope the dems do something?
most of the nazis were not persecuted after the end of the nationalsocialism, "denazifization" in germany never happened: many nazis got high ranking jobs in both western and eastern germany (for example in the secret services) as well as in the US (operation paperclip)
sorry you're getting mobbed by doomers here who don't realize this is a moment where the entire political dynamic has already shifted and will continue to shift and we can shift it for good, not just evil.
here's hoping to a better US and a better world- see you there.
While I have your attention, my friend @aseelsehwel0.bsky.social is trying to raise money so she and her family of 6 can leave Gaza, please consider giving to their gofundme:
" Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer shot down suggestions to abolish ICE, saying Wednesday that the government’s top deportation agency does things that are “very much needed.” "
Happy Fucking Mother's Day, you ICE bastards! You take a mother away from her baby right before Mother's Day?? Man's inhumanity to man! Hope this haunts you guys forever, and the police who went along with it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0CoDXMuH9g
Second that. Penance must be paid. We don’t just save democracy and move on. We right all the wrongs. There is only justice when the evil is brought before the laws our country was founded on.
Fair enough. From the outside looking in it seems like the party is infected with more Fettermans than Barakas and the establishment won't let the old whytes let the strongest candidate take the lead
I hate to dampen any enthusiasm, so I'll just summarize:
we want to promote rule of law, so
laws that are broken lead to
investigations that gather evidence so
grand juries decide to bring charges as an indictment
which leads to an arrest and so begins
prosecution with representation in court ...
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Nope.
They’re hiding their faces for a reason— they know what they’re doing is wrong
I favor throwing them into the water to see who sinks or floats.
Seriously how about starting to identify all by name. Like who are who arrested the nj mayor and who gave the order?
But I’m also going to vote for any Democrat I need to in order to win seats. I don’t have time for purity tests.
I’m incredibly disappointed in their leadership but control of the House/Senate is all that matters in 2026 for my vote.
There's a way to go about this scientifically. Look at those orgs, cross reference candidates they monitor.
we didn't even do that! look where it's got us
The dems are collaborators, they purposefully botched impeachment twice and protected him from consequences for 4 years so he could rule again. People are in gulags right now, you want them to wait 4 years and then hope the dems do something?
here's hoping to a better US and a better world- see you there.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-sehwel-family-with-their-medical-treatment?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=qr_code&utm_source=customer
Throngs of protesters need to swarm the mother fuckers & beat the livin shit out of them.
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The country would need a SocialistDem wing to BURST out of the corporativist confinement that Pelosi and Schumer have cast upon it...
but, as per comments?
all y'all aren't ready for accepting truth, this 2025
June 27, 2018
" Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer shot down suggestions to abolish ICE, saying Wednesday that the government’s top deportation agency does things that are “very much needed.” "
^
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/27/chuck-schumer-shoots-down-calls-abolish-ice/
... but what if it were Hochul?
I've watched enough movies to know how that works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0CoDXMuH9g
I agree tho, this should be a campaign promise along with the abolishment of ICE.
It carries the death penalty when it involves kidnapping.
https://bsky.app/profile/rockymtnview.bsky.social/post/3llffm4qyg22x
they fear accountability
we want to promote rule of law, so
laws that are broken lead to
investigations that gather evidence so
grand juries decide to bring charges as an indictment
which leads to an arrest and so begins
prosecution with representation in court ...