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Same.
The overton window is too far right.
Candidates who would be seen as moderate in other parts of the world like Cornel West are considered extreme left here.
It's not that doing your own research is bad, but we're taught to memorize information rather than think critically about it.
Me doing my own research is what led me to realizing that our system heavily favors what is internationally known as right wing politics.
Curmudgeon of the year award - @kenklippenstein.bsky.social who can't stand that a social media post celebrated Valentine's Day. Top shelf take Ken, tell us how much you hate politicians being people again!
Eh it’s good for them to celebrate women in today’s climate. There’s plenty of other things to drag the dems for, this is innocuous. A social media intern isn’t calling the shots, people like chuck Schumer are
I mean they have “no power.” They don’t have the White House anymore. They don’t have the Supreme Court obviously. They don’t even have the majority in the house too. So, yeah, informing ppl is all they actively do.
Republicans aren't in the minority. They control the House, the Senate, the presidency, and the SCOTUS. So yeah, currently they absolutely do control our entire government.
When they were in the minority in a few of those they did not control our entire government.
Republicans have always pushed Democrats around. They can just shout at Dems and suddenly we’ll hear the word “bipartisan” a bunch of times before a Democratic majority passes Republican bills.
It's called obstruction. They can ask Republicans if they need a course in how it's done. Even when Dems have controlled all three branches, they squandered it. This is the new "Sinema & Manchin might get mad if we try to do anything". It's a copout to keep you quiet while Dems appease their bosses
Dems ignored the courts for years while FedSoc developed & implemented a plan to take them over. Dems rested on the belief that those in law school tended to be more liberal. They ignored lower courts, neglected to fill federal judgeships, didn't pressure aging justices to step down when needed.
Dems aren't paid to uphold the policies that their base wants. They don't even hold w/ those principles. They use them as a cudgel to get voters to fall in line and to further divide the working class along race, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc to make sure that change never actually comes.
Hey genius, those of us with families can pay 15-20k a year in premiums and still not have basic events like normal pregnancy and birth covered. But sure, let’s stand up for the corporate health insurance giants.
That sound you can hear is the bottom of a barrel being scraped as they desperately search for something, ANYTHING that will make people like them again…and fail to find it.
I’m glad some of you are starting to wake up. They are politicians and should be treated as such. I don’t know why we’ve started treating them like they’re celebrities.
Didn't Kathy Hochul just refuse to remove a NYC mayor who's currently trading the saftey of his constituents to Trump for a pardon of crimes he 100% commited
In fact the NY assistant AG(also a woman) just resigned in protest over this blatant quid pro quo and coverup and the refusal of anyone in power to do anything about it. But yea, girl power
Agree. Label it “Girls just wanna have fun”! Celebrating and lifting up Women is absolutely necessary in all times(especially right now and maybe not Tulsi Gabbard though)!
But as I see it , those politicians who genuinely care about our well-being putting us & above the greedy right-wing BS automatically make them our friends. But I know how you feel. We need health care for all.
You're looking for our Senators and Representatives. These governors are working as hard as their powers will let them and I'd be more fucked if they weren't.
Kathy Hochul could remove Mayor Adams as mayor of NYC after the revelations about his blatantly corrupt deal with the Trump Admin to get out from prosecution. She said no yesterday, but now seems to mayybeeee consider it. It should've happened months ago. If you wanna send some ire her way.
The thing that bothers me is that the rule book has clearly been thrown out.
All governors, senators, and other government officials with even the tiniest amount of influence should be using their influence and positions to orchestrate a resistance 1/3
2/3 They could call on the national guard or request aid from our allies to help stop musk.
We're at the point that this won't be stopped w/o violence, so concerns of starting a war aren't really valid. We need help, & all they're doing is posting on social media about this being a 5 alarm fire.
I wish someone would put an AOC sized pea under their mattress lol 🫛
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(That’s a Princess & The Pea reference. I’m not sure people today know that story so I figured I’d better clarify lol)
8 women of the resistance!!! I live in 1 of these 8 states. I love that my governor has a lady group of peers. My governor has had kidnapping threats against her so if she wants to call 1 or all 7 of the ladies about the current climate, I’m good with that. The good ol’ boys club got us here!!!
welcome to democracy , i am "Galentine, I'll be your serv-o-tainer for the evening, can i get you guys going with some platitudes while you look over the 2032 policy proposals?
The Dem Party leadership, consultants, n strategist are completely out of touch with the BASE they have no clue how it feels to live paycheck to paycheck having maybe $200 in savings 🤦🏿♀️Schumer said he thinks the illegal Federal Funding Freeze is great for Dems bc voters aren't going to like it 🤦🏿♀️
It’s okay to have fun with it every once in a while Ken, this is the type of light hearted shitposting that’ll help democrats regain the cultural zeitgeist.
Democrats should 100% play up the “hot girl” schtick, remind republicans they’re the party of small wieners and ugly women
Look. The country is a diverse place and there’s lots of different messaging campaigns that are needed. This is one in particularly where the republicans have just beat the shit out of democrats on low brow messaging. How much more do you want to lose
I’m all about women getting together to show their their solidarity and their power. There is nothing wrong with this. It’s because of women that we do have healthcare so let’s celebrate them.
see thats crazy because hochul could use the bully pulpit to campaign for the New York Health Act which is exactly that, but she won’t, because she’s a gigantic pile of 💩
And it causes a bunch of dems to have these weird parasocial relationships with the party, like it's their sports team or fraternity, rather than a political party.
It’s not weird it’s the Democratic Party saying a popular culture thing and pointing out some of the governors that they want to promote. You’re just not used to hearing the term Galentine.
When an “independent journalist” criticises 1 side (scrolled your page), it highlights the issue: siloed media messaging favouring the right (thus, not so indy). Also, your pinned skeet is ppl having fun… Dems can’t enjoy the lighter side of life like you? Huge red flag.
Oh no what awful bitches how dare they make a positive post promoting lady friendships during a time of absolute chaos.
They should just immediately go burn down the establishment for Ken.
Bruh they're not just "painting their nails and braiding eachothers hair" in the rotunda
Who needs friends or healthcare when we got a guy who sounds like a pilot on a broken intercom bringing back the bubonic plague because needles with medicine is evil.
These 8 women have more intestinal fortitude than the cowards in the House and Senate combined. They may just keep this country from completely imploding on itself in the next few years. How they react to Trumps bs is all I'm concerned with. If they're all friends, better for them.
Funny the people that think the governors actually put that together. These “representative accounts” on the Meta platforms are skilled at getting you to engage so they make MONEY. So stop commenting and sharing their posts. Just block them.
A goofy Twitter edit isn't preventing you from healthcare, Republicans in government are. If used an nth of a degree of the energy you spend ragging on the Dems maybe we could change that, but it seems you'd rather boo from the sidelines and to fascist's work for them.
When we use such energy to do that and give them a supermajority what do we get on healthcare? A GOP plan - Romneycare, and told women's reproductive rights ain't a priority 🤷♂️
It's high time we had a progressive party in this country tbh. "But the GOP" is getting real old.
Dems have had 8 of the last 12 years and the whole country has been begging for universal healthcare the whole time. This isn't about Republicans, this is about Democrats refusal to act.
So that raises the question why aren't the dems doing the same thing right now? Why are they going along with the Republicans when the Republicans never do the same as you admit? Why is the opposition not opposing
They are doing things. Democratic governors and attorneys general are suing to block Trump's executive orders. Democratic Senators have mostly been voting against Trump's cabinet picks. The news won't tell us that. The Democrats will advertise it if they're smart.
Republicans are a useful boogeyman to them, so Dems appeal to them and scorn their progressive base. The sooner people stop making excuses for Dems, the sooner we can actually get something done.
There's a lot of angry people posting about this. A lot of people hurting. But these are 8 women Governors who are doing their best despite verbal attacks, and in the case of Whitmer, kidnapping threats. 8 governors out of 50ish. Majority men.
"Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." Yoda
Maybe pay attention, because right now Laura Kelly is fighting for healthcare, trans rights, and workers rights in the mostly red state of Kansas. Go suck on a $10 egg.
Your post is weird. They aren’t asking to be your friend. Get over yourself. They are just showing that women are willing to work together and not let things like testosterone and pissing contests to get in their way. These are successful women who have hearts.
I'll celebrate any democratic congressmen or women who actually do anything to help stop what's happening. I haven't met one yet who isn't just making their next campaign finance plea.
It's Valentine Day. You're a male, this is just a spin on women empowerment. Oh course you want healthcare. Perhaps if we had Bernie Sanders as president way back when but 🍊🍕💩here we are again the 🍊🍕💩 is in the WH. I don't know about you but if I want something I go & tell it to folks in politics 👇
This is extremely weird. WTAF? Especially the one singling out the women? That’s misogynistic as all hell. This is like 1950s BS…Give the little ladies something pink and pretty, that’ll make them happy.
Here is the thing….I have gotten so many “Wish (Democrat in power) a happy birthday” messages in my email. Even for politicians I like. I like Bernie, but I’m not gonna wish him a happy birthday. Bernie doesn’t (and doesn’t need to) know who I am.
When the CEO is actively Anti-Pizza, or any benefits whatsoever, in fact they want to penalize workers, maybe we gotta just appreciate the pizza (while still demanding raises)
That's usually how it is in the workplace, too. The boss is trying to raise morale with pizza while the CEO only cares about the stock prices going up.
The Democrats are about as useless as a Band-Aid on a headache. Unfortunately, that's not even an apt metaphor. What I should say is, they are as useless as a Band-Aid on a cannonball wound.
But also, these are publicly available photos that some kind soul lovingly photoshopped and made into a cute greeting. Big Gretch has more important things to do, and that’s why we love her. (💙 Michigan)
Your comment insinuates that none of those women cares much if at all about us or our democracy, and is intentionally “not even trying” lol. It is an exaggeration for internet points.
Buddy, if you think ANY democrats are reacting to this accordingly then I would urge you to pay attention to what is going on here. Honestly, if you are proud of how the Democrats are handling this, then you are part of the problem.
Listen to yourself. You’re saying there are not ANY democrats who give AF. This attitude comes from paying attention to internet outrage instead of reality lol
So its weird for democrats to do something like this, but having everything stripped away, RFK Jr is your go to med guy, Eleanor Musk is ya President, the White House speaker is a dumb ditzy blonde, the Head of Defense is an Alcoholic, the Head of intelligence is not intelligent.. But this... wierd?
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Also, did you know we have all these Dem governors? I'll bet most people didn't know. So it is a clever way to educate.
I wish I could say you’re wrong.
The overton window is too far right.
Candidates who would be seen as moderate in other parts of the world like Cornel West are considered extreme left here.
In my book
They’re just asking for things the rest of the world has already figured out.
Look it up!
On second thought don’t
That’s how we got in this mess people doing their own research.
Sigh….
Me doing my own research is what led me to realizing that our system heavily favors what is internationally known as right wing politics.
Clearly a guy statement. Find real things to complain about
When they were in the minority in a few of those they did not control our entire government.
Harris could have stopped the Biden/Harris Dem genocide.
And campaign for that.
She sdidn't. She lost. So, stop late lamenting. (Hi Pelosi)
Wait
Do you think we folks here are the well-heeled political party operatives or elected politicians?
Or are you just a kind of general dumbass liberal
Does "independent journalist" just mean, "I have no clue what I'm talking about?"
I know Trump wants to be a monarch/tyrant, but governors aren't monarchs either.
I apologize.
All governors, senators, and other government officials with even the tiniest amount of influence should be using their influence and positions to orchestrate a resistance 1/3
We're at the point that this won't be stopped w/o violence, so concerns of starting a war aren't really valid. We need help, & all they're doing is posting on social media about this being a 5 alarm fire.
it’s not hard
Meanwhile, in Alabama …
https://youtu.be/vMsNq3i7yIY?si=HUm-ctNOyoMVsfJB
I wish Dems would wake up.
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(That’s a Princess & The Pea reference. I’m not sure people today know that story so I figured I’d better clarify lol)
Maybe we should try an other election ground?
Is NOT any elected official. Just a social group.
Elect Real Democrats!!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-announces-plan-to-impose-fair-and-reciprocal-tariffs-against-us-trading-partners/ar-AA1z02TS?ocid=TobArticle
Democrats should 100% play up the “hot girl” schtick, remind republicans they’re the party of small wieners and ugly women
And then we'll see.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sinema-opposes-bidens-call-filibuster-exception-pass-abortion/story?id=86069899
Yeah ok nevermind. Waste of time
Got excited!
They should just immediately go burn down the establishment for Ken.
Bruh they're not just "painting their nails and braiding eachothers hair" in the rotunda
Actual organizing & taking any action is for those "other" people.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter115&edition=prelim
But we need to prioritize the right one. Give me rights, freedom, protection, and prosperity. Then I will want to be your friend
Why was Pelosi leading the Biden/Harris Dem troupe?
God, that party pisses me off right now.
We’ve all been spending a lot of time in a “serious” state of mind. Too much time.
Healthcare? We’ve got Bobby and Mehmet. 😝
It's high time we had a progressive party in this country tbh. "But the GOP" is getting real old.
Call RFK Jr ,offer Him a "favorable" interview, sure He'll put You on His VIP waiting list.
"Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." Yoda
Does it matter they are women? Sure I guess, but WHY THE HELL AREN'T THEY USING THEIR POST TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE INSANE CHEETO?
I'm speaking.
No.
I'm speaking.
Apparently you have to give them some leverage first, according to Hakeem Jeffries.