The messaging is simple: It's us, the 99%, versus Trump and his friends, the 1%. Us vs the elites. Us vs. the oligarchy. They're taking all of our money and wealth. But then you have to back it up with passion, rhetoric, and policies. Will Dems give up on billionaire donors? Nope. - ThreadSky

wajali.bsky.social • 35 days ago

The messaging is simple: It's us, the 99%, versus Trump and his friends, the 1%. Us vs the elites. Us vs. the oligarchy. They're taking all of our money and wealth.

But then you have to back it up with passion, rhetoric, and policies. Will Dems give up on billionaire donors? Nope.

Reposted from The New York Times

Democrats plan to focus on President-elect Trump’s billionaire allies as they gear up for a fight over his proposed tax cuts. It’s a strategy that suggests that President Biden’s farewell warning about an emerging “oligarchy” could have some resonance.

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seangray1.bsky.social•35 days ago

so true

longtimefanpr.bsky.social•35 days ago

Problem is the 99% includes 75 million maga voters who are either supportive of an oligarchy and/or too stupid to know the difference.

maltesefalcon1234.bsky.social•34 days ago

To paraphrase Carville, “It’s the economy stupid”. It’s about the jobs, agricultural, blue and white collar, quotas on American doctors, where American workers are being replaced with cheaper foreign workers. The economy is good, but it doesn’t filter down because the oligarchs take the profits.

phan-878.bsky.social•34 days ago

In this country you get what you pay for. The Broligarchs bought Trump, now they get their pay-off. Same as it ever was.

disinfowars.bsky.social•35 days ago

gloria6262.bsky.social•34 days ago

It’s always been about extending tax cuts for the rich. Don’t get it twisted MAGA redneck fools.

imcynical2.bsky.social•34 days ago

Problem is 60% of the 99% want to be 1% and will step on your soul to get there.

unclericodynamite.bsky.social•35 days ago

It is that simple... Profits above people to enrich the select few...

chandranatha.bsky.social•35 days ago

It’s a start.

mateoatl.bsky.social•35 days ago

This works if his failure to deliver on populist promises is so profound it is palpably felt in Trumpland and MAGAville. A third of the country has to be convinced to get off that train and see what has been in front of their eyes the whole time.

gordonvincent.bsky.social•35 days ago

Simply put, DC Dems will do anything to stop Trump and help the American people except what works.

roastedtato.bsky.social•34 days ago

Contrasting what the Democrats say and what they do make it feel a lot like they're being paid a lot of money by someone to not learn any lessons. Which is probably because that's basically what is happening.

justjustan.bsky.social•34 days ago

The problem is Democrats think the average American cares about billionaires and even knows what oligarch means. They don’t. Most Americans never got past a sixth grade reading level. Dems will continue to lose the fight until they talk in plain language. “The ultra rich are stealing from you”.

deepstatepotato.bsky.social•34 days ago

As long as they think he's hurting people they don't like, he can rob MAGA blind and they'll just look the other way. This will _never_ change.

littlebirdsfeather.bsky.social•35 days ago

I'm done with both. Third party is the only way to see real change. My next vote will be with Andrew Yang!! MATH!!!

heidi-s.bsky.social•35 days ago

Voting third party will ensure losing democracy forever! Dems and progressives rally together for change.

littlebirdsfeather.bsky.social•16 days ago

I think that's already happening. Didn't we rally together for the general election? We had hope for a minute. I will continue to fight but still believe in a third party. Gary Johnson and Bill Weld would have been perfect but corruption and greed won that one.

planetaryfog.bsky.social•35 days ago

What about people like Mark Cuban or MacKenzie Scott - they’re billionaires, but seem to be really good guys - I think there is room for rich people in the Dem party - just not greedy rich fascist hoarders

debscheetzam.bsky.social•34 days ago

There are decent billionaires who do the right thing and are needed. Mark Cuban.

kfranzoni.bsky.social•35 days ago

Jeezez waja you so nihilistic

homonovae.bsky.social•35 days ago

It’s not 99% it’s more like 35% against 35% who are on trumps team versus 30% who probably don’t even know there was an election, don’t care because they are a bunch of morons

bearsaremean.com•35 days ago

The problem is so many of the Dems we elect are also the 1 percent, they're buying as much meta stock as anyone

hayleecomet.bsky.social•35 days ago

It won’t work. The impeachments did not work, Mueller’s report did not work, the 1/6 Commission did not work and Jack Smith’s investigations did not work. Evil has penetrated the fabric of our country. I hope they eat each other alive.

maltesefalcon1234.bsky.social•34 days ago

This is the oligarchs. The Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg’s of he world. Not Trump, the leader of the MAGA cult.

They, along with the multinational CEO’s, are the ones responsible for firing American workers and offshoring manufacturing to replace them with cheap foreign workers.

hayleecomet.bsky.social•34 days ago

Touché

snowmein.bsky.social•35 days ago

Yes! Include everyone in the message against the very few oligarchs. Don’t limit it by race, gender, religion, region or class. It is WE the PEOPLE against the strongmen.

speckonblue.bsky.social•35 days ago

Billionaire donors seem to give up on Democrats.
Not that it matters. Even Bolsheviks had then millionaire donors, didn't do any harm.
Our problem is, 40% of the country absolutely refuse to see it as 99 vs 1. Donors or not donors

bluedotinfl.bsky.social•35 days ago

Well it seems our dems in office don’t have balls, so how do WE fight back?

theled.bsky.social•35 days ago

Don’t just not watch the Inauguration. Send a powerful message. Tune your tv to Nickelodeon all day Monday. Make him lose in the ratings to CARTOONS

Attend MLK celebrations.
Leave your TV on!
Get Trump where it really hurts…his ego.

willowspond.bsky.social•35 days ago

That’s exactly what I had planned. Great minds think alike 😊

thumperscov.bsky.social•35 days ago

It’s far smaller than 1%. 1 of every 100 people isn’t a far too wealthy evil oligarch.

taylorstanjr.bsky.social•35 days ago

Stop using words like oligarchy and just put up an old fashion pie chart showing you will pay this much more, fewer eggs for you, while they will pay this much less, more eggs for them.

henryhill1.bsky.social•35 days ago

'Kindler Gentler Oligarchs', but corporatocracy oligarchs just the same.

overherenow.bsky.social•35 days ago

Yeah the thing is it’s not “us” vs them. “us” keeps electing the democrats who don’t actually do the things necessary to protect us from the oligarchs. Dems have lost 4 years of control in DC. But their lives don’t change the way ours do with the consequences. They don’t really care that much.

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