i’ve been saying that i probably don’t have a lot of fine tuned ideological agreements with pritzker but he conveys an honest clarity about What Must Be Done.
She went to the WH to save Michigan from Trump, and he's gonna Reek the shit out of her before she leaves Lansing, if he can. Fuckin' Midwest Liddle Marco.
I saw someone post on another mention of this article that she could have played it like the Maine gov and splashed media with yrumps refusal for aid. Looks like that’s what NC is going to do now that FEMA has denied their aid request. The point of trump having these meetings is to humiliate…
There are a lot of white liberals who are seeking a permission slip to like Trump. I was #Bernie from the jump bc the whole #Hillary #Trump matchup was phony from day one and Biden & Whitmer & Buttigieg & Newsom are more of the same.
Generally speaking, that has been Whitmer's response to Trump. I find myself often questioning Whitmer's judgement only to later find out I was wrong for doubting her. We're a border state and heavy in auto. I suspect she was putting MI first and doing her job.
Putting aside the racism, the contempt for democracy, the anti-queer pogrom, the threats to wage wars of conquest, and the corruption—there is no reason Whitmer had to endorse the tariffs that are imploding the domestic and global economy.
I think it was a trap. She capitulated in a small way by meeting with him quietly and he blew it up. Blue state governors are falling for his manipulations.
Not really, more like "they're going to do this because they think they need to do it to appease him" but he's going to attack their schools / hospitals / immigrants / citizens anyway.
Yeah, I worded it wrong. All I meant to say was that they are going to do it so I'm not wasting my energy on them because at the same time, Dems are still approving Trump nominees in the Senate.
Yea, I'm with you on this. A governor meeting with the president isn't an example of giving in or condoning anything he does. She is doing her job.
Also, not sure if this is the case, but photos arent always what they seem. What if she was in motion when this happened. If she hid 🤷🏼♀️ if she didnt 🤷🏼♀️
I really don't understand what it will take for these people to understand that "bipartisanship" doesn't work then the Republican Party is a fascist movement.
Yep, the Hillaryization of Whitmer has begun 2 years before any decisions even need to be made. Ridiculous how much less slack women politicians are afforded.
we should just be equally hostile to all politicians. they're not clergy. they're seeking out power and don't even feel like lying to us about the bad shit anymore. rubio got -unanimously- confirmed!
Yeah he won in Arizona this last election. I don't know much about him either but winning a swing state is a good sign. Saying someone looks like Vance is brutal though lol
For some reason, they get real mad when I point out that Trump 's election hasn't been great for Palestine. Or Ukraine. Or a lot of people in the United States. Or democracy.
You keyboard warriors have no responsibility like she does. She unfortunately needs federal emergency assistance and for the Great Lakes plus his tariffs are going to tank Michigan’s economy. She’s doing her job
She was obligated to meet with them to confront them about the illegal withholding of funds from our state, but the moment it was clear that it was an ambush press conference rather than a negotiation she was obligated to make a scene. Tell him off on camera and walk out. Terribly disappointing.
Both Gavin and Gretchen's teams are truly terrible, either at mitigating their boss's bad instincts, or foisting their own bad instincts onto their boss.
How did she NOT see this coming? "Sure, Mr. President, I'd love to come discuss how to strengthen the auto industry with you, just the two of us. WTF are all these cameras & reporters doing here? Fuck no, don't praise me in public."
stranger things have happened in US politics but I think Whitmer is done done, as a Dem anyway. impressively dumb political instincts to do a bipartisanship photo op with Trump at the WH while he's trying to blow up everything with full GOP support, then handle it the way she did.
She didn't do a bipartisan photo op, she was there for a meeting on specific issues and was surprised and caught off guard being ushered into Oval Office while T signed orders unrelated to their meeting and the press was there, h used her for a surprise photo of not a planned one
Harm prevention is always worth the shot, unless you just want to see T collapse the global economy and people everywhere lose their homes and savings and futures and retirements out of spite, to laugh at MAGA
I laugh at MAGA all day
I want to prevent their harms not enjoy them though
reason to attempt it now is precisely because Ts tariff policies have failed so incredibly, now is the moment his ego might be deflated enough to listen to reason
a theory of politics called Political Opportunity Structure points out sometimes a door opens but only briefly
Hmmm... Governor Whitmer out, Governor Guilfoyle out...
That leaves Governors Mills, Pritzker and Beshear.
It would be great if Democrats could convene a party convention BEFORE the primaries to hash out unified policies going into 2028 so that our eventual nominee follows us, not the other way.
As a Michigan resident, @govwhitmer.bsky.social did the right thing to meet privately to make the case for how Michigan is impacted by the #StageCraft of #ContemptuousTrump.
Honestly it should be a disqualifier if you’re a billionaire, especially in light of the billionaires running our government now. Railing against billionaires is honestly the most effective talking right now and I think will be no different in 2028.
That’s not to say Pritzker has been bad but he shouldn’t be the Democrats first choice. I don’t know if the “traitor to his class” stuff will work for Pritzker like it did for FDR.
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Dem Governors ARE going to be meeting with Trump, folks. It's their job, and does not in itself mean they are capitulating.
See: Maine, Illinois
The only gold right now is a golden casket for the dismembered corpses of the rich of both parties.
Also, not sure if this is the case, but photos arent always what they seem. What if she was in motion when this happened. If she hid 🤷🏼♀️ if she didnt 🤷🏼♀️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Whitmer_kidnapping_plot
They don't bother to get creative.
oh you're not even american. quelle surprise.
Meanwhile, Shawn Fain makes fun of those people who care about 401 k balances.
And you would mostly be wrong
https://bsky.app/profile/notdred.bsky.social/post/3lmnc4hpsnk2q
I laugh at MAGA all day
I want to prevent their harms not enjoy them though
a theory of politics called Political Opportunity Structure points out sometimes a door opens but only briefly
Sane talk time = now
That leaves Governors Mills, Pritzker and Beshear.
It would be great if Democrats could convene a party convention BEFORE the primaries to hash out unified policies going into 2028 so that our eventual nominee follows us, not the other way.
D's and socialists and Greens have supported targeted tariffs
Biden did CHIPS act for manufacturing
Attempting to inject a sane approach into this destructive insanity is not a bad thing, its compassion
One makes efforts or just cries
Presumably you and I are in positions to do little besides cry
Whereas it's literally her job to make the effort
Just on a human level, if I were her I'd want to be able to look back and say 'I tried'
Even slight damage control might save a life
She’s already regretting it
Hey if you have better ideas for how she protects MI jobs and her voters (her auto unions want some sort of tariffs) name them
How should she have spent that day?
If a politician is too dumb to realize there is likely a trap then ….