“this is a permanent political realignment and we are doomed to the fringes of minority forever” has never once been true in the history of American politics and I don’t think it’s going to start now
there’s a lot of work to do but that’s no reason to give up
there’s a lot of work to do but that’s no reason to give up
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So yeah, once prices don’t come down and they actually go up because of tariffs, I’m thinking the midterms will be different
This is who I want to hang around with.
But acting like it already has is obeying in advance and allowing institutions we need to fend for themselves rather than being fought for.
that Him Not Yung either. He may not even live out his term.
their ideal situation is for the GOP to take an election in an absolute sweep so they can just give up politics and go brunch with their rich racist friends forever
Followed because you're right.
The difference is that in the past people on both sides of the aisle still believed in country over party (or over self).
I see no reason to believe that this isstill the case.
And the south didn't want to take over, they wanted to separate.
For a bad reason of course. But they set up their own country, a democracy of sorts.
Trouble is, you don't vote fascism out. 😧
People disappear, people die before their time, people starve ... Until rebellions, uprisings and vicious clampdowns amidst the distress.
I will die before I do that.
It's not a hopeless fight unless we give up.
Few people care to know to begin with and fewer still remember.
Jan20 there are no Rules. Trump is a failing Doofus47. #Vance48 and Federalist Society are maniacs.
-the Federalists
-the Whigs
-Republicans in the South after Reconstruction
-Radical Republicans nationwide after Reconstruction
-New Deal Democrats
-Democrats now in several major states
Or maybe nobody will care until groceries skyrocket again and it’s not for record profits this time.
Americans don’t care about shit until it directly affects them.
Things will be true and self-evident in 6 months that nobody on this site can even imagine right now.
The real danger is that they're going to use the military/feds against political opposition, and will refuse to give up power in 2028.
It’s less work to throw up your hands and declare we’re hosed.
My House guy is good
Still no reason to give up, but every institutional advantage goes to the fascists.
Everyone that remains will celebrate 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🎉
Jesus and Elijah both returned as women and will marry each other.
There's nothing more horrendous than the thought of not being able to give your child a life they deserve.
It's basically new guard waiting for old guard to croak out.
There’s a small percentage who actually like Trump but I suspect for most his appeal was primarily as an alternative to the status quo
They also need to understand they weren’t “forgotten”, they were abandoned by the very people they just voted for.
Two years before Bill Clinton thrashed him.
It's the basic work of citizenship, and we're here because we've not stood up on our hind legs and fought back.
I'm old enough to remember the Sixties and I'm still fighting for justice, equality and opportunity for all. 💪🏆🗽
Or maybe a serious answer: if he really truly is a Whig, that would explain why the Rally to Restore Sanity wasn’t tactically aligned with the interests of the less-insane of the two parties.
If at any point the GOP had been held to its rhetoric I firmly believe we wouldn't be here now.
The other part that tips me towards despair is just how many people are going to suffer - it’s going to get a lot worse before we get a glimmer of things getting better.
but it's just so demeaning that this particular individual has overshadowed national and international politics for over a decade - it's like being beaten up, robbed, and left for dead by a drunken incontinent clown
contrast Trump who seems eager to destroy every single regulatory institution we have
- Moltke wrote to his wife in early June 1940 after Hitler's stunning defeat of France.
They talked about how horrible Obamacare is & how they will repeal it if they win.
Utter baloney, ALL OF IT.
The problem is THE LIES, the unchecked, unmitigated lies some seem to have no shame peddling.
Reagan won 49 states & 58% of the vote in reelection. You'd think it would take decades to recover from a loss like THAT, but Dems won the Presidency 8 years later.
Blaming Democrats instead of where the blame belongs (34-felon & Republican sycophants) is the road to hell.
Point-of-fact; Pelosi "training up" AOC is not even glancing "right".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act
But the moderate randos who voted for him on the price of eggs or some shit?
They're gonna be singing a different tune in the next year or so...
Exactly the right message and attitude— all true. Trump & his new axis of evil buddies did everything they could to hurt and obstruct the #BidenHarris administration before Biden even announced his intention to run in 2020. They started on his son in 2018– Dems have to stop beating ourselves up.
60 Dem Senators may never happen again (not that it went well last time)
We didn't have time for this. It's hard not to feel like the villains won and the future is lost.
Join me. Read share, and support the plan.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/21/2287839/-We-Can-Stop-Trump?_=2024-11-21T11:19:50.000-08:00
THE MAIN STRATEGY OF RUSSIAN AND MAGA DISINFORMATION IS TO CREATE EXASPERATION AND EXHAUSTION.
They think we will curl up in a ball and give up.
Again- it's not about the lies themselves; it is about their goal to make us exasperated and stop fighting.
RISE UP
This is why I'm scared.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_Carolina_gubernatorial_elections
that they not succeed in dismantling our government.
You can almost imagine them, far from horrified, with a curious political mad scientist intensity, flipping all the switches to see if it holds up.