Barack Obama just delivered a blistering takedown of Trump's lawlessness. Importantly, Obama also offered Dems a way to argue that Trump's dictatorial abuses of power and his imminent wreckage of the economy are the same story.
New piece from me:
https://newrepublic.com/article/193641/obama-speech-trump-takedown-democrats-fight
New piece from me:
https://newrepublic.com/article/193641/obama-speech-trump-takedown-democrats-fight
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They packed up & left.
Followed by infighting/party is toxic bs + stupid moderates collaborating w/ tear it down MAGA.
I want folks who never leave 🇺🇸 on field of battle.
"Predecessor" or "successor"?
Yet it’s important to note that the anti-incumbent wave of 2024 was worldwide.
Democrats self-flagellating over details of the campaign may be overstating how much play was in the rope.
He’s wrecking science, he’s wrecking education
Though these do fall under the umbrella of “He’s wrecking everything”
trump in prison is the start of the end of totalitarian creeping further
Sadly the odds of that comprehensive cleanup of a within the Halls of Power happening are quite slim indeed.
The corruption runs far deeper than any single person.
one never knows
Both him & Elon are under the impression the west is weak, and they've said it
Recent actions of Trump serve to say 'I'm not weak like you'
Like every other dictatorship before him
https://bsky.app/profile/pdambournet.bsky.social/post/3llpyyvzixc2e
https://bsky.app/profile/pdambournet.bsky.social/post/3llkwqnzflk2q
But the rank-and-file is working hard. There have been far more protests for Trump's second term as there were at this point in 2017
Sucks not having a majority in either the House or the Senate.
Or on the SCOTUS.
Where is Schumer? Where is Gillibrand? Where are dozens of other Dem politicians who should be at the center of this fight?
Our lame Congress is doing... nothing 🤦🏼♀️
Yet, there are literally HUNDREDS of Democrats who were elected/reelected in 2024 to work on behalf of their constituents. And they are doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
They assume they will be reelected in 2026 anyway, so why bother...
now that bluesky is aware of the broligarchs, why not drag the rest of the country into reality?
I want a social safety net, Medicare for All, defunding the police, and trials for everyone involved in Project 2025. At the very *least.*
Go away, Obama.
You're just here to capture energy and tamp it down.
This is unserious, learned helplessness.
The Dem leadership has repeatedly pushed Right and lost bc of it.
Take it up w/ them.
The Left has asked for healthcare, no genocide, & ends to wars.
Cmon now.
Although Hillary has been speaking and tweeting.
Stop navel-gazing & fcking DO SOMETHING.
This is a time when the Tech Bro “Move Fast, Break Stuff” ethos should be put to use for, you know, saving Democracy.
Stop w- the focus groups. The best messaging is the appearance of ACTION.
👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
“People tend to think, democracy, rule of law, an independent judiciary, freedom of the press—that’s all abstract, because it’s not affecting the price of eggs. Well, you know what? It’s about to affect the price of eggs.”
That's a message to Dems:
https://newrepublic.com/article/193641/obama-speech-trump-takedown-democrats-fight
Fascism doesn't have a space in a democracy
https://newrepublic.com/article/193641/obama-blistering-new-takedown-trump-gives-dems-way-forward
So Obama should talk to Democratic politicians.
People will protest tomorrow, but the Democratic members of Congress will not.
Are bitching abt egg prices, are hystetical over Nitendo tariffs
Fuck Our Voting Right😪
Seriously ashamed of Democrats.. they have learned nothing from having the right to
Govern our own body parts & love who we want is gone. Our schools are gone.
But hardboiled eggs & video games
Did not say that post agreed w idiot Dems who like idiot Repukes do not intend to learn from past. And watch what people have done
Not what they say.
(h/t @ilyasomin.bsky.social)
https://newrepublic.com/article/193641/obama-speech-trump-takedown-democrats-fight
It takes a village to destroy a village.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193641/obama-speech-trump-takedown-democrats-fight
(h/t @brianbeutler.bsky.social)
https://newrepublic.com/article/193641/obama-speech-trump-takedown-democrats-fight
You will NEVER win a distraction contest with Trump. You will OFTEN win an argument on whether Trump is right about something.
No one proved any deportee was dangerous, criminal, or a threat to anyone. It's blatant racism by an entire administration of nasty racists. It's illegal & immoral. It's kidnapping.
We all need to scream.
@rubengallego.bsky.social
All hat, no cattle.