People vote against their own self interest in part because they don't want anyone they think inferior to be better off than themselves, especially if they're brown.
Anyone that thinks money beats racism is mistaken
Education beats racism.
I somewhat disagree with you..They didn't fail us. How do you win elections when your party tries to be truthful in what they can do vs someone who lied repeatedly, over & over. He's a cult leader. Biden should have dropped out a year earlier so our candidate would have had a yr instead of 100 days
WHAT can they do? They have protested with the ppl. They have talked all night to try and stop Trump's nominations. When your party doesn't have the House, the Senate or the Presidency, there is only so much they can do. Who ppl vote for matters and we totally f'd up this time.
My Senators voted for a few, including Rubio. They could rip a page out of the Treason Party’s playbook and block EVERYTHING. A forensic audit of ONE swing state would have been nice, but Hakeem only had prayers. They’re spineless and I’m done with them.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR GOP POLITICIANS? IT APPEARS THAT THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED AND DEFINITELY NOT DOING THEIR JOBS. MAYBE WE SHOULD FIRE OUR CONGRESSMEN TO SAVE MONEY.
I hope they use that money to buy some anger. A bit of fury at what DonOld & fElon have been doing would actually rile up the base and would get some results.
Well, will there still be elections? Trump will aim to have this “fixed” as he says! If he isn’t held in check we will be living under the Trump constitution soon! Scary that intelligent people are handcuffed right now with the idiots running the US.
That’s what they said last time… girl-dads were supposed to vote in the aftermath of Dobbs for the damn dems … cannot trust the panders anymore .. we the people have to do the heavy lift
There are 3 special elections (2 in Florida, one in New York) in the next few months. We can flip the House NOW. (Special elections are infamous for poor voter turnout. Let's turnout!)
There will be 3 special elections this year:
FL01, FL06 & NY21. While they’re red districts the voters there might be regretting their decisions. They might want to rein in the destruction.
I donated to each of the Democratic candidates, Gay Valimont, Josh Weil & Blake Gendebien respectively.
We need to offer security to GOP senators and representatives. This should have been done immediately after Jan6. We need to secure our leaders, journalists and attorneys as well. I hope this is being done. Use some of that money for this- it’s critical! I’ll be the first to donate to that too!
Shocking that anybody would give them any money at all after how badly they screwed up last election and continue to just run the whole party via the gerontocracy
WTH⁉️ we don't have time to wait 2 yrs.
Use that money for TV ads in prime time to reach MAGA w/ how these cuts will affect THEM.
Billboards in Red states.
Make it real w/ personal stories!
FOX isn't educating them
The sad part is, there still has to be elections next year, will we last that long? And how do we know that the system want be completely rigged by then?
As I understand it, the house could flip with the special elections this coming spring, like in April. With the very thin margin the Republicans have in the house, flipping in April is a possibility. However, we do need to also focus on the midterms and take control of Congress.
I don't see this as good news. I see it as scared and angry people whose only notion of fighting back is donating to a party that is clearly overmatched. We need new ways of fighting - not more money for the old ways.
I have a problem donating dollars when I do not see our democratic leaders standing up every day, shouting to the rooftops, gathering citizens for protests, making news. Filibustering everything No. They need to do a lot more!
While it sounds like good news, we want to see some ACTION & hear some opposition voices by members of Congress. You know, any true patriot left with a spine who loves our country & our democracy. Anyone fit the bill?!?!?!
Yes and no. I’m glad they have $ but they need new strategies. Having more $ doesn’t compute to wins. To combat maga they need to get on their level and get in the uninformed’s (or ill informed’s) mind. They aren’t responding to calls/texts/door knocks. They do not follow the news. Think Joe Rogan.
I have contributed to DCCC every year. When I got the most recent call I told the canvasser that I will not contribute anything if a single D congressperson votes with the GOP.
Weeks prior to November’s election I attended a Dem fundraiser in my rural and red upstate NY county. There were a couple of guys there running for Congressional seats; in his speech one of them castigated the DCCC for abandoning upstate candidates, giving funds only to blue downstate candidates.
Which seats? Can we encourage their states to switch to only paper ballots and hand counting to keep Musk out of their electronic tallies? Im serious. IF this is our only chance in a ‘billion’ to gain ANYTHING, its not rocket science and CAN make a difference.
And do we have rock solid assurances from DNC DCCC that they will do whatever it takes to elect people who want to serve constituents and not capitalism? Are they all in for the two special Florida elections? The Senate seat in Ohio?
Do you genuinely believe that trump is going to honor any federal Dem win? He just wrote an order stating only he and Bondi can interpret the law. Who do you propose is going to stop him if he doesn’t?
Democrats are playing by the rules. The GOP and this administration are not. Who knows what this country will look like in 2026 and how much more incapacitated dems will be in what they’re able to do to reverse the path we’re on.
Democrats need to use that money on campaigning and stop wasting it on useless has-been, grifter consultants who are out of touch with the voting public. #smdh
Money doesn’t do any good when the other party owns and manipulates the news people consume. Right now, Twitter is promoting right wing propaganda in German elections. Twitter, Fox, Truth Social and Facebook are propaganda machines.
Their spending record renders this meaningless. The only metric which counts is how much media attention they can get. They're not going to succeed with strongly worded letters and sit down interviews. They need publicity stunts. Unfortunate but true.
Joyce, what are the chances we can actually flip those seats in Florida? I hate to donate now for that if it can’t be done. I have actually already donated, but I didn’t wanna donate more if it’s a lost cause I’d rather give it to y’all when it’s, something more winnable.
I find it really difficult to send more money to a party that completely failed to sniff-test the election we just had even though computer security professionals were screaming their heads off.
Not from me. With several notable and laudable exceptions (none of whom are leaders of the party), they are fumbling the ball completely when we need them most.
It's hardly discouragement to impress upon the DNC that a clock is ticking and we must NOT assume there will be elections in 2 yrs.- check your history. What you're reading are concerned citizens urging for action TODAY and a more strategic use of funds for TODAY!
Dems can raise money like no other. What they do with that money and how they respond to the existential threat we now face - that is the question now.
That’s great. But what is the strategy? Example: Trump carried FL CD-1 district by 37% in November 2024. Who is the DNC candidate for the special election? The same candidate who was trounced in November. Unfortunately, all that money won’t swing that seat, especially without a viable candidate
Imagine what the total would be if they were actually doing something to block all the illegal activity. How many thousands have hit unsubscribe instead?
We need to rise up and resist because if Democrats think we can wait till the midterms, our chance will already be over. The voter suppression and brainwashing from Republicans will be so giant that Dems won't have a chance to win then if we don't oppose Trump NOW!
I donate every month, what I can. Forgive me for being blunt, but if you don’t donate, make calls, attend a protest, something…you have no right to bitch and you are not resisting fascism. Agree?
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social Luv you & Dems but I am now a registered Independent and at peace. The way our nation can progress is if we eliminate the NEED to raise funds. Who won on the field of Big Money? Right? Let's fix it instead of celebrating more victories on the bloody battlefield of money.
yes, but did you see their approval rating in the last poll? congressional Dems polled at 21%. lol they have no message that is making any connection with people. not doing enough for the hard-core Dems and no catchy three words slogan that will let people understand we’re in deep Doodoo
You all still think you’re going to have elections? And when are you knuckleheads going to get it through your thick skulls that a higher amount of money raised doesn’t guarantee an electoral victory?
Does anyone care that a terrorist group slaughtered, tortured and kidnapped people in the worst terror attack since the Holocaust? That they still have hostages? and demanded hundreds of terrorists be released as ransom fo four slaughtered bodies?
money does not matter if you have losers managing it! Has anyone heard a peep or any message from the new DNC chairperson??WTH is going on with the whole DNC
This post links to the DNC'S big announcement about its strategy to fight Trump 2.0. A hint ... It's worse than awful. Martin got avaged here on BlueSky when he posted it.
There will be three special elections in the House coming up. They’re uphill fights but every dime of this should be focused on these. We could technically take the house NOW.
Remember, there are some blue candidates running in the April special elections (Weil comes to mind) and 2 House Reps would give it to us. Need a few more by next fall in the midterms for the Senate. Things are going badly enough and are going to fall onto the states enough that it might work.
WAIT! Tell folks about the 2 seats up for special election April 1st! Yes, it’s Florida 1 st and 6 districts (they get hurricanes!) yes they are red…but let’s get busy - flip them and the house is no longer republican—message disaster relief/ housing insurance and oh yeah, price of eggs!
Can they do it? Can they finally drop all the rhetoric and focus on basics like economic security, costs in housing, insurance, groceries, energy? That's what they need to address.
We don't have to wait for 2026. The special election is coming in FL1 and 6. Additionally NY 21 If democrats win all three, House majority will be in the hands of democrats.
I dont think money will the weight on the scale. Elon is rigging everything, so that no amount of money or voter engagement will ever play a role anymore. MAGA will just flip the votes to their side going forward. Elon and Trump must be stopped now, it can not wait 20 months to the misterms.
The Democrats had plenty of money in the election, not withstanding the “contributions “ of musk to Trump and his minions. Look what happened. It’s not good news unless they actually start fighting. And expel the Fetterman-type collaborators from the party.
This is a good sign but it will require a lot more than just money to win. Money is no good if not spent properly. It will require highly targeted strategic messaging and outreach.
They raised some of this money because people had set automatic monthly donations for the campaign. I read an article that complained about this as being a ripoff. Usual practice would be for automatic monthly donations to cut off no later than December.
The e new DNC chair released the big plan for the response to Trump. He posted it on BlueSky and got savaged .. rightly so. Read Meredith shiner's comments in this post. They are enlightening.
The DNC is worthless! Sick and tired of being hounded for money! Did you see their big plan to respond to Trump 2.0? There was no plan. It's just a long restatement of issues with Trump!
Are you kidding. They won’t even hold elections by 2026. Trump doesn’t want any more and he seems to get anything he wants now. No one will stop him. NO ONE.
How much of that money will go to whoever is going to primary Jared Golden? I will literally vote for a golden retriever if it means not letting him win again in 2026
One good step in that direction, would be to put up candidates for ALL available races and not to let any position to go unopposed!
For the last few elections, in my state there were way too many one-sided races with no alternative to the GOP candidate!
You can't win if you don't even try!
Any money raised by the Democrats now will be completely useless if there is no democratic republic left in which to have free and fair elections in 2026.
Democrats seem to be fixated on winning an election 2 years from now instead of stopping the fascist coup happening at this very moment.
Dems winning the special elections for 2 House seats in Florida would certainly narrow the #AmericanFascistParty majority in the 119th Congress, but Dems would still be the minority.
Even if the Dems won both seats, if they fail to stop the coup now, it won’t matter.
Yeah, the original post with the screenshot referring to 2026 was misleading for sure. I think it’s an uphill climb to win all three seats that’s why I was asking Joyce to weigh in (the one who posted everything originally) to see what she thought our chances REALLY are in Florida. 
There’s actually a third seat in New York. I didn’t mention that in my other post because the York may be a little easier to win I don’t know but Florida is definitely tough. I think if we win those three seats that that would give us the majority and this is taking place in April.
Fair enough, as I forgot about Stefenik, as she hasn’t yet resigned.
But, my original point still holds true (at least in my opinion):
If the Dems—and we the people—are not able to stop the ongoing fascist coup, those elections won’t mean much, even if the Dems do cause a dead split in the House.
How is this good news? The Democratic Party is in a shambles with milquetoasts at the helm, and still bringing a slingshot to a gun fight. Better that money goes to folks that will actually do something before it's too late. No time to wait for midterms, the takeover will be done by then.
GOP play long game. In my county 3 Dems got elected
As soon as they did they&their fam switched to Republican
They lied & spyed. They think it funny posting how stupid we are. Calculated.
This happened all over the nation while Dems Slept.
This term Dems need to quit playing nice & do the same
The cracks are beginning to show. For what it's worth, we're starting to see negative comments from the likes of Mitch McConnell, Nikki Haley, and Mike Pence.
Good luck w/ rampant legislated voter suppression in red states. If you were as shocked about election results as I was, well it wasn’t all about the dozens of theories floating about. @gregpalast.bsky.social has data.
Trump has zero allegiance to allies. It means nothing. His word means nothing. To verbally attack Ukraine by Trump is a victory for Russia. Trump has sold out USA and republican senators & representatives seem to be ok with that.
Sad!
Money is good but the Democratic Party needs leadership. Strong, articulate, united leadership as we, the people, rise up. Got any ideas about who could best fit the bill, Joyce?
That's great but we can't wait for 2026 with how things are going, this is so bad and this may sound very overboard, but when Canadians are writing about readying for the possibility of war and the president is golfing while Elon is in charge it feels like we won't even get that far for an election
Yes, good, but I personally am tired of feeling like individuals have to give their own money to even have a chance at democracy. Let’s get $ out of politics!
My wife and I donated a lot for our tax bracket last election cycle, I want to see a plan. The Democrat party lost the room last time around. What happened to the Howard Dean fifty-state strategy?
Will there be any races without gerrymandering and voter repression? These two things water down Democratic votes and allow Republicans to win even in areas with mostly Democratic voters.
We need to show every countys ability to win and fight the good fight to stop their cheating.
And this is the reason why they won't fight for the people because the money will keep coming in it's time to put out a list every day of the politicians who refuse to do their job and primary their ass
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People vote against their own self interest in part because they don't want anyone they think inferior to be better off than themselves, especially if they're brown.
Anyone that thinks money beats racism is mistaken
Education beats racism.
Establishment Democrats don’t deserve our money, they failed us and continue to fail us.
FL01, FL06 & NY21. While they’re red districts the voters there might be regretting their decisions. They might want to rein in the destruction.
I donated to each of the Democratic candidates, Gay Valimont, Josh Weil & Blake Gendebien respectively.
People, state senate & state house elections matter too.
Go to https://dlcc.org/for-voters/
I’m underwhelmed by Schumer, Jeffries & Co. so far. Lack of money is not the problem. Lack of courage is.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/democrat-leadership-vacuum/681540/
Use that money for TV ads in prime time to reach MAGA w/ how these cuts will affect THEM.
Billboards in Red states.
Make it real w/ personal stories!
FOX isn't educating them
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/02/doge-employee-edward-coristine-lands-cisa-dhs-email/403126/
Citizens' United is a nail in the coffin of democracy.
This is doable.
https://bsky.app/profile/jaynenebula.bsky.social/post/3lid7npolv22z
I don’t think 2026 will matter… America will no longer be a Democracy!
But what the D’s need is “real”, dynamic leaders to get their mojo back with the electorate.
The D party is stagnant.
Get some fire in the belly.
https://bsky.app/profile/exit2.bsky.social/post/3librxx76p22g
For the last few elections, in my state there were way too many one-sided races with no alternative to the GOP candidate!
You can't win if you don't even try!
What’s the make-up of Stefanik’s district NY21?
VOTE💙VOTE💙 VOTE💙
Democrats seem to be fixated on winning an election 2 years from now instead of stopping the fascist coup happening at this very moment.
Dems winning the special elections for 2 House seats in Florida would certainly narrow the #AmericanFascistParty majority in the 119th Congress, but Dems would still be the minority.
Even if the Dems won both seats, if they fail to stop the coup now, it won’t matter.
But, my original point still holds true (at least in my opinion):
If the Dems—and we the people—are not able to stop the ongoing fascist coup, those elections won’t mean much, even if the Dems do cause a dead split in the House.
As soon as they did they&their fam switched to Republican
They lied & spyed. They think it funny posting how stupid we are. Calculated.
This happened all over the nation while Dems Slept.
This term Dems need to quit playing nice & do the same
STOP THE POWER GRAB
STOP THE COUP
The president can not legally give himself power.
What makes anyone think there will be elections in 2026?
Sad!
We need to show every countys ability to win and fight the good fight to stop their cheating.