This is ultimately what is needed - they need to come out qualifying positions that show they’re capable of helping this country recover. That means, yes, stating loudly that people who break the law in this administration will be charged and that we must restore law & order immediately. Noting less
You can say that again - Schumer & Jeffries are not as inspiring as natural leaders Crockett, AOC or Bernie hence why we always fall back to bipartisanship
We need a new party - call it the Keg Party.
Have local meetings called Powder Kegs.
Like a real kegger - bring your own cup of whatever color you want. Red, blue, purple, rainbow, clear, whatever.
Just be part of the conversation and commitment to making your local community better
Start local
Gotta disagree! Just carrying on will nor fix this! Thoughtful & careful actions will work. This plan was nor created in a day & we cannot reverse it in a day!
Bill Clinton won where other Dems would have lost, so the lesson they took away from it was that they had to replicate Bill Clinton’s policy approach every single time.
It's the DLC - the Democratic Leadership Council. They took over in 1992. Clinton was one of their big leaders in the early days. So was Biden. Their goal was to drag the Democratic Party to the right, and they succeeded, and in so doing destroyed America.
Yep. Bipartisanship is anti-democratic. It says that the results of the election don't matter in the least - either way the Republicans get to exert influence over the outcomes.
That isn't how democracy works. Democracy works by the winning Party gets its way.
If this shithole was a real democracy and people loved liberty, personal freedoms, and cared about their money, and healthcare, they would've started the REVOLUTION weeks ago.
I think the senior members still think they need to be able to have lunch with their corresponding opposition leaders and of course all the lobbyists. I'm sure that's it. Washington makes them perverse in a vain effort to keep talking. They need to stop them. Not talk to them.
Because congresswomen like @jasmineforus.bsky.social and @aoc.bsky.social are such great communicators that they may offend big Democratic donors so neoliberal leadership chooses the elderly stricken with esophageal cancer instead to be sure.
We are seeing the real leaders now and some should have been in leadership by now. These centrists just don’t like retiring until they find their mini me to keep the status quo. Look @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social was picked by Pelosi and is worse than her. @schumer.senate.gov needs to retire
In TWO WEEKS the entire government could shutdown — or Democrats can give in and let 47 abolish the Debt Ceiling, cut Medicaid to the bone and God knows what else.
Should add Chris Kluwe to this list: why is a former NFL punter making national headlines for civil disobedience while Hakeem Jeffries is on a book tour?
Democrats are starving for leadership in Washington. Starving for elected leaders to take the fight to Trump, in the nation's capital, as directly and brutally as he's taking it to average Americans.
AOC don't seem to have a problem. Only problem she's got is how hard women, & especially black women, have to work to be considered... Yeah, STILL not equal.
Dems don't wanna listen cuz then they'd have to choose; Constituents or Donors.
No Ethical Billionaires!
Good grief, that Twitter account that was yelling every day for the entire Biden term with clickbait like "THIS time Chump is gonna get it! Justice is right around the corner!" has a podcast? And it's the only thing popular enough to knock off Rogan?
And why are people listening to Twitch streamers who are sketch as hell, and act like raving lunatics after snorting Adderall, instead of Democratic leaders?
for Senate? Honestly seem like we need strong Governors protecting their states. Realistically more people know who their Governor is than their 2 Senators.
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Have local meetings called Powder Kegs.
Like a real kegger - bring your own cup of whatever color you want. Red, blue, purple, rainbow, clear, whatever.
Just be part of the conversation and commitment to making your local community better
Start local
A new more energized Democratic party will emerge from the ashes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Leadership_Council
That isn't how democracy works. Democracy works by the winning Party gets its way.
https://bsky.app/profile/brandonfriedman.bsky.social/post/3lj7fmoqbec2x
We all must do our part to pressure evil & corruption that's taking over America.
Need to make them pay attention.
Write a book, have your campaign funds buy a shit ton of them and then hand them out for free as he tours. Makes a bunch of money legally.
Awful.
And if we have free and fair elections in 2026, 85-90% of Democrats need to be primaried.
Dems don't wanna listen cuz then they'd have to choose; Constituents or Donors.
No Ethical Billionaires!
This is an untenable state of affairs.
There is a reason we call their editor in chief (Ron Filipkowski) “Mr. Potato Head.”
the oligarchs paid for the fascists and the fascists' opposition party - makes sense - why not pay to control who you're fighting against?
Which is just stupid.
Plus, many would break a hip if they carried a placard.
They’re just a bunch of fractions. And at the top, the undead…
The young ones have no chance until the undead just fully decompose in their chairs.
Time for a new Liberal Party.
They're just so ill-fitted to the moment.
Our country needs organized, aggressive, loud, and sustained opposition.