I am convinced the Democratic Party is as weak and paralyzed over fascism in 2025 as the Whig Party was weak and paralyzed over slavery in 1850. When the Whigs finally collapsed in 1854, a strong, activist Republican Party emerged and saved the US from disunion. The Democratic Party needs to go.
I agree with you. We need fighters. Jeffries has been a huge disappointment which sucks because I had high hopes. He and Schumer have got to go. People need to see angry. People need to see fighting back and protesting. They need to feel heard and people need to see there's a way to have an outlet.
1/3 of the country voted for a racist and another 1/3 of the country rather complain than vote and your response is that it’s the “democrat leadership” that’s the problem???? R U serious???
they are leaders that govern, not activist...that's the issue with republicans in congress; they care more about right wing activism than governing for the country..im glad democrat leadership care more about the country than social media likes
The only thing the Democrat leadership cares about is making sure AIPAC finishes paying off the mortgages on their mansions. Israel is currently committing genocide with impunity, so everyone's happy.
As long as they are successfully fund raising and apparently they are this is not going to happen. Why are they not listening to us??? @aoc.bsky.social AOC/Crockett et al need to be front and center as the new leadership. I am exhausted of the old guard. They are losing more support everyday.
Either the Dem leadership goes or the whole Dem party goes, there’s literally zero way it survives in it’s current state. They are completely spineless and tone deaf.
I think of the 2nd trump administration as if the third reich invaded the US. the democrats serving as vichey collaborators. These very old& extremely wealthy politicians have no stake in anyone or anything but themselves. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Always.
Abso-fucking-lutely. And not replaced by the same old shitbags either.
Every time I've seen someone suggest Newsome as a presidential candidate in the last 4 years I've been raising red flags. He's the same milquetoast corpo-dem bullshit. Throw that *entire* brand out, they're corrupt as fuck.
The treatment of the homeless as lazy parasites by CA government in general is just disgusting. MA hasn't been much better. Two highest cost of living states with a huge homelessness issue, gee what could the problem be?
We're spending money to actively harm the poor. "Christians" should be furious.
I haven't followed him much since the 2020 primary season but he seemed pretty corpo-centrist then and was relatively ineffectual as DOT lead, so he's also on my red flag list.
OTOH I haven't seen him outright blame Trans people for Kamala's loss (yet), at least, so at least he's ahead of Newsome.
He's pro-billionaire, had an incident with BLM protestors when he was mayor, got protested out of a fight for 15 demonstration, ran against M4A, etc. Lots of red flags.
Knew the first and last, didn't know the middle, though that tracks with the first and last xP fucking gross. The m4a issue was basically a litmus for who got DNC support in that election >_>
Well, to be fair, they did go, lol. The voters didn't vote their candidate into the oval office, and they voted maga into the majority party. Maybe the midterms will bring changes if we're allowed to vote again.
What if we split leadership into two roles in each chamber?So you have one person who is responsible for corralling the votes (Jeffries and Schumer), and then two others who are responsible for messaging (Crockett (or Raskin) and Murphy)? Why is this not the right answer?
I am not sorry. I'm a gen-x who has been saying this for decades as I watched dems of my generation get sidelined instead of grown as replacements. When the current leaders go, their power networks will go with them. They don't care, but it will leave a void the GOP will take advantage of.
"Official leadership" is doing some heavy lifting. She single-handedly chased Biden out to the Presidential race. "Official" or not she's holding the youngins back. They need to be cut loose and speak in terms that your average voter understands. AOC, Crocket, Frost, Presley. Cut. Them. Loose.
I said leadership and I meant it. Biden needed to go, sad as it was. I don't see any mechanism by which she's holding the younger members back. They have been vocal and present.
AOC targeted Pelosi the 1st week she went to congress with Pete Thiel's tech guy as her Chief of Staff. He staged the hit on Pelosi, cameras, activists & AOC made her debut clout chasing PR on Pelosi's name & positiin.
Thiel's 3rd Party sabotours came to take down the middle. Our Democracy.
Pelosi and other leadership made backroom attempts to stop an insurgent grassroots campaign to vote in more left candidates. She's responsible for knifing the left in the back when the answer to defeat Trump was leftism, not neoliberalism.
Your ilk lost to trump twice and still blame the left.
I am convinced the Democratic Party is as weak and paralyzed over fascism in 2025 as the Whig Party was weak and paralyzed over slavery in 1850. When the Whigs finally collapsed in 1854, a strong, activist Republican Party emerged and saved the US from disunion. The Democratic Party needs to go.
They are completely useless. Tonight their cowardice was on full embarrassing display. They are incapable of handling reality unless it follow a form. I'm a lifelong Democrat, but it's obvious now that we can't count on them. They are pathetic. Our heroes will have to come from elsewhere.
Shit take.
When does this circular firing squad crap end?
The Left cannot get united and get on message as long as this bs continues.
Why is it so hard for some ppl on the Left to stay focused on attacking Trump and the GOP?
Seriously.
The Repubs don’t screw themselves with this friendly fire bs.
Unfortunately, because most Americans *can't be bothered to show up during primary elections,* a lot of ineffective Democrats (and trump-fluffing GOPers) will be in contention in November '26. This is nightmare, sadly, of the American people's making.
I agree along with republican leaders.
It’s horrifying listening to democrat leaders quote Reagan and defend reaganomics to seem more moderate.
As well as the constant capitulation and side stepping for this administration. All because their downors (owner + donor) directly benefit their policies
I am convinced the Democratic Party is as weak and paralyzed over fascism in 2025 as the Whig Party was weak and paralyzed over slavery in 1850. When the Whigs finally collapsed in 1854, a strong, activist Republican Party emerged and saved the US from disunion. The Democratic Party needs to go.
I am convinced the Democratic Party is as weak and paralyzed over fascism in 2025 as the Whig Party was weak and paralyzed over slavery in 1850. When the Whigs finally collapsed in 1854, a strong, activist Republican Party emerged and saved the US from disunion. The Democratic Party needs to go.
Its clear that the Dems couldnt even come to a consensus about how to handle tonight. Those who either didnt attend or left during the address should seriously consider starting a Dem equivalent to the Tea Party - might as well let the world know which Dems have a spine and which ones need primaried
Expeditiously... This man's talking about territorial expansion and they're wearing pink ties and waving church fans. They need to get primaried and pack their things. Quickly.
Totally agree! Dems need new leadership who know how to fight. It's so frustrating to watch them so disorganized, giving weak responses & looking weak. The old Decorum Dems should step aside and let others who know how to fight take over, someone like Jasmine Crockett. A dictatorship is unfolding.
3) We need a new party that partners with Dems in the interest of good but also allows progressives to implement policies & messaging that is needed now.
Democrats stayed home and didn’t vote. All branches controlled by GOP. Where were our voters when we needed them? Biden and Harris told us what was going to happen. Democrats were too lazy, misogynistic and racist to vote. What’s your winning plan? WP didn’t have guts to endorse VP Harris.
Senator Slotkin’s response. It was a typical rerun of a feeble, weak Democratic rebuttal. Should be Bernie or Elizabeth Warren doing last night’s rebuttal to trumps nonsense.
I am convinced the Democratic Party is as weak and paralyzed over fascism in 2025 as the Whig Party was weak and paralyzed over slavery in 1850. When the Whigs finally collapsed in 1854, a strong, activist Republican Party emerged and saved the US from disunion. The Democratic Party needs to go.
Not sorry, I'm not related to any of them. Purely pragmatic: they're not doing the job they were hired for, time to buy them a retirement cake and find someone capable.
And they all need to believe they could lose in the next primary. They don't mind asking for our money and knocking on doors, but when push comes to shove, they skip town.
The majority of the Democratic Party needs to go. They are owned by the capitalist system and the status quo. It’s up to us and the few that are true fighters for the people.
Totally agree! This is a fight to save our nation! The leadership of the democratic party is ill equipped to meet this challenge!
We have fighters who are!
AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Cory Booker, and more are getting out there and pushing back and holding MAGA to account. We need warriors not sheep!
They are perhaps following this ludicrous advice: “With no clear leader to voice our opposition and no control in any branch of government, it’s time for Democrats to embark on the most daring political maneuver in the history of our party: roll over and play dead”. ~James Carville
Hi from Canada. Couldn't agree more. Very clearly Republicans are not the only ones more worried about keeping their cushy jobs than fighting authoritarianism.
(We have an ex-prime minister who will be looking for work soon - very handsome, gives great speeches)
I thought it was bad in the 2000s during the run up to Iraq, and I almost left the party then. This is worse. It's seriously making me wonder how many of them have billionaire dollars in their pockets. They wouldn't even have to do anything for it, just keep doing nothing.
The US electorate voted him in - what do you expect the losing party to do? She has to appeal to all sides about what they’re actually losing. Just slagging off the orange ape isn’t going to cut it.
I am convinced the Democratic Party is as weak and paralyzed over fascism in 2025 as the Whig Party was weak and paralyzed over slavery in 1850. When the Whigs finally collapsed in 1854, a strong, activist Republican Party emerged and saved the US from disunion. The Democratic Party needs to go.
If @govpritzker.illinois.gov or @governorwalz.mn.gov want to pick up the ball I think a ton of Congressional Democrats would welcome them taking a leadership position so they don’t have to pretend to like/respect Schumer and Jeffries.
My brother voted for Obama and then Trump. He is susceptible to crap on the internet. Dems could win him and others like him back but the leadership is a problem. Our hope is Trump/Elon screw things up enough that people like my brother vote Dem.
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I'm not a centrist.
I'm not joining a centrist party.
I can't even burn being a Dem card because these guys won't make a move.
https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us02192025_urxu99.pdf
And they do.
I think of the 2nd trump administration as if the third reich invaded the US. the democrats serving as vichey collaborators. These very old& extremely wealthy politicians have no stake in anyone or anything but themselves. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Always.
Every time I've seen someone suggest Newsome as a presidential candidate in the last 4 years I've been raising red flags. He's the same milquetoast corpo-dem bullshit. Throw that *entire* brand out, they're corrupt as fuck.
that shit rankles me more and more, because it gave more permission to other states to do that shit more
people need to SEE the hoovervilles to know they're there
We're spending money to actively harm the poor. "Christians" should be furious.
OTOH I haven't seen him outright blame Trans people for Kamala's loss (yet), at least, so at least he's ahead of Newsome.
An existential threat to your country and there is no sign of a political opposition, more than concerning!
We need new leaders ASAP. Schumer, Pelosi, Jefferies (the most disappointing of them all); all of them need to GO.
Get AOC and Jasmine Crockett in those leadership positions so we can actually DO something.
They have not been up to the task for some time!
https://bsky.app/profile/prodigalhoosier.medsky.social/post/3ljm3ubjj222y
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-loses-oversight-gerry-connolly-2002263
Thiel's 3rd Party sabotours came to take down the middle. Our Democracy.
Your ilk lost to trump twice and still blame the left.
When does this circular firing squad crap end?
The Left cannot get united and get on message as long as this bs continues.
Why is it so hard for some ppl on the Left to stay focused on attacking Trump and the GOP?
Seriously.
The Repubs don’t screw themselves with this friendly fire bs.
Clearly, he ain’t that dude.
It’s horrifying listening to democrat leaders quote Reagan and defend reaganomics to seem more moderate.
As well as the constant capitulation and side stepping for this administration. All because their downors (owner + donor) directly benefit their policies
Absolutely no fight in them and it is be design.
Fighting the Democrats ia a waste of effort that is needed to fight fascists.
We need to move on from these Vichy Democrats the way the French Resistance did from the Vichy French.
The Europeans are building security outside Nato, something similar is needed here. let go.
Keepers ...
-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY 14th District
-Jasmine Crockett, Texas District 30
-Chris Murphy, Connecticut
-Bernie Sanders, Vermont
-Katie Porter
-J.B. Pritzker
-Gretchen Whitmer
-Mallory McMorrow
To transform a party you just need to be the ones who show up. Primary, howl, complain… then vote in droves no matter who your party puts forward.
One drags the party your way, the other gives it power.
Mulch the NPR tote bags, knock down the ivory towers, and leave the pearls in a drawer unclutched.
That being said I do recognize that that means frightening away a _lot_ of the big money.
Which makes things more difficult but makes certain decisions easier.
They must not be part of the reconstruction. You’d be rewarding failure and cowardice.
This is an opportunity to start something good. Just need principled leadership with a vision and spines.
2)Trump & Musk will do everything possible to manipulate elections & votes until they are out of office. So #1 is even less possible.
Schumer and Jeffries need to go
We have fighters who are!
AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Cory Booker, and more are getting out there and pushing back and holding MAGA to account. We need warriors not sheep!
Spineless
AL GREEN '28
202-224-3121 - Congressional Switchboard.
(We have an ex-prime minister who will be looking for work soon - very handsome, gives great speeches)
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
It's a new world and a new party.
Hear hear!
Unfortunately, im not talking about their taxpayer funded paycheck.
Unlike the rest of us, Democratic leadership will not experience any disruptions.