Not my post, man. But yeah, Biden is spending his last days looking out for himself and his family. That's par for the course so let's not pretend the guy is some pillar of virtue.
They don’t understand compromise and things come incrementally,not overnight. They held the country hostage with their “Bernie or bust” movement and then threw the country under the bus in 2016 and again in this past election.(15 million progressives didn’t vote).They are for the most part, selfish.
Absolutely! It's past time the Dems take their gloves off. You don't fight bullies by taking the moral high ground. "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face," Mike Tyson.
But he is not. And he is cutting deals with the Republicans that allow them to fill appeals court judge seats instead of us. Schumer won’t raise holy hell. The country needs someone who will.
But to my mind, in the short term its easier to embarrass Schumer into doing the right thing, than to get 24 other Dem Senators to demand his replacement
(not to mention that the media coverage of a leadership fight would mean less coverage of Trump's cabinet horrorshow)
Schumer doesn't care, because most progressives would rather complain about MAGA and the media, than demand that their own leaders treat Trump's fascist takeover efforts as a FUCKING CRISIS.
Imagine if the progressives with the biggest social media audience told
Me too. I can't believe that Schumer is not being challenged for the minority leadership role. He needs to step aside like Pelosi did for the good of the party. Chuck just rolls over and plays nice way too often.
Love Jasmine Crockett (and AOC too) but we need strong leaders like them in the House of Representatives where they can be influential on actual legislation
Sounds cute, but it's about dealing with putting food on the table not social issues. The Dems used to be all for that. If they go back to that, they will win elections resoundingly.
For example, the Dems media should now relentlessly assert that Hunter Biden did nothing wrong in unison now that he is pardoned by legal means. That’s the game. You gaslight the republicans and give them a dose of their own medicine. You know who hates being gaslighted the most, gaslighters!
The real irony is he was prosecuted on gun control laws the Cons want to entirely get rid of. Seems like the height of hypocrisy to jail someone for something you think shouldn't be an offense at all.
But…the media won’t go along with it…and you keep the story as a talking point for the MAGATS …while letting TRUMPS clown car nominees fly under the radar. Not worth it. It’s a dead story…let it fade away
I am just saying, whenever they bring it up, we just basically say “it is a non issue”. The same way we have been told “grab them by the p***y” (and countless others) is irrelevant. In politics, gaslighting works, sadly. Rising above it doesn’t work when you keep losing when it really matters.
Again ….to keep it going is what MAGAT world wants. Let them tire themselves out…and force them to confront the REAL story…namely the unqualified, dangerous nominees their dear leader keeps proposing. That’s the REAL story…the pardon is another deflection
Bro, I literally said, WHEN they bring it up. Ignore it by saying it is non issue and basically make them look unhinged when they keep trying to talk about it. That’s what hey have done with Jan 6. They keep saying it doesn’t matter. I am not saying don’t talk about real issues.
The dems forgot that most of the American voters were busy eating the pieces. It’s weird how we blame the democrats for not cheating and being decent people.
I mean, probably not a great campaign slogan but seriously. We have a bunch of dumbasses surviving due to the ACA but voting for Trump because he’s gonna get rid of Obamacare.
Yup. I feel like "it's the economy, stupid" needs to make a comeback in more ways than one.
There's so much of a focus on coddling and making people not feel criticized, but you're dealing with people who consider a lack of basic education a virtue
Except cheating is only relevant when the rules are in fact in play. The republicans keep doubling down on the simple math that rules don’t matter, you just need to win and cry foul when you don’t. There is no such thing as winning with dignity or moral high ground for them. Dems need to adapt.
Here’s the thing, what makes you think I am even showing up to the race? I have already arranged for a sufficient number of people to believe that you will kneecap me and pay the ref if I show up to the race. When I do show up to the race at the last minute and you do those things, I win anyway.
Playing fair when there are lives at stake is not being a decent person. You either care about decorum and not getting your clothes dirty, or you care about winning so people don’t die.
Oh it’s going to be ok. When everything goes tits up, all the dipshits that voted for him will die out because they can’t afford their diabetes meds without government support. The ones that don’t will end up getting shot by their daughters for creeping on them at night.
So far I've heard Ben Wikler (Wisconsin Dem Chair) @benwikler.bsky.social (on The Bulwark) and Ken Martin (Minnesota Chair) @kenmartin.bsky.social on Simon Rosenberg. We need someone who totally gets that we need to repudiate neoliberal economics. Move past Clinton and Obama but do Biden in spades.
Absolutely I couldn’t agree more. I’m tired of Democrats always trying to do the right thing play by the rules bringing a water gun to a gun fight was fucking go.
They mean someone who is willing to fight to win actual progress rather than someone who will fight to maintain the status quo/shareholder value. A street fighter who will use effective tactics rather than the weak ones employed by the Democrats since the 90s and earlier.
OK. Still sounds vague. What do those tactics look like? A shift in rhetoric? Outreach to new media/platforms? If so, which ones? What is the messaging to Latino males? What is the messaging to first-time voters? What are the top three, and only the top three. policy concerns?
Buddy, you're asking for detailed list of revolutionary tactics on a social media platform that allows 300 characters per post. If I came up with a list of three concerns, you could say that they're still too vague.
Do you seriously expect someone to write a manifesto online about what a winning DNC strategy will look like? Is that the price of entry to criticize the current strategy, which resulted in losing the WH and both houses of Congress?
Total war mentality. Scorched earth, Sherman's March to the Sea.
The way to reclaim our stature is by reclaiming the worker's trust. If we make their life better, we would never need to doubt the outcome of a thousand elections.
Biden is the living embodiment of a political punching bag. Bully Trump beat the living shit out of Biden every day, except one - Nov. 4, 2020.
He never did, and cannot throw a verbal punch. “Trump is….no I’m serious…he’s a ..I’m not joking, folks…you know …God bless him.”
Please, please, not Rahm Emanuel. He's done really stupid stuff like privatizing the Chicago public parking meters. The contract he signed had loopholes galore. The city was snookered & he looked like an amateur. There's more. That one just really stuck. Plus, he's a legacy Dem w. a capital L.
I will never stop being amazed at how stupid our country must be to believe that Trump and MAGA would really do anything to help the American people. Stupidity!
Now you know.
The Biden/Harris Crime Syndicate IS ABOVE THE LAW, and the "GREATEST DOMESTIC TERROR GROUP" in the history of our nation was NEVER patriotic MAGA, it was the DEEP STATE intelligence community that performed a coup in 2020 and installed said syndicate.
I vote for @aoc.bsky.social or @repjasmine.bsky.social to lead the Democratic Party. I’m an independent but I love these two…I will take @berniesanders08.bsky.social if he is willing go back to being democrat.
Bernie votes with the Democrats. He runs as an Independent with the full support of Vermont's Democratic party. The only reason he doesn't sign on AS a Democrat is to keep the lobbyists away and the DNC from threatening him with a Democratic challenger.
They'd better ACTUALLY ASK undecided working poor and lower middle class voters what they actually want AND THEN ADDRESS IT
If the Dems had actually run on actually left policies like stopping inflation - even if by price caps, massive minimum wage increases, workers rights, Medicare for all,
1y visas for non-criminal undocumented migrants that renew for 2y if still not charged with crimes, then become permanent visas. After 2 more years, can apply for citizenship, Border Force strengthening, protection of abortion, etc
You know...the stuff undecided swing voters ACTUALLY voted Trump
For: the MICROeconomy -ie their bills and taxes, and immigration.
Trump said he'd cut bills and taxes, and close the border and remove illegals.
Harris said the economy was great, and you're racist if you complain about immigration.
Same here. Stop rewarding the same people who got is in this predicament. Find someone who is not part of the good old boy/girl democratic establishment and who is willing to fight the Republicans tooth and nail and get their hands dirty.
I'm actually ready for an individual leader of neither party to Stop Playing Chess, and stop boxing, and start pulling out some serious Octagon Jujitsu moves!!
I will support a DNC chair who is unafraid to fight back and use the same aggressive tactics that the Republicans have employed against us. The high road has proven ineffective and has allowed Trump to return to office. It's time to get serious and defend our position with strength.
We must support political candidates, no matter their offenses. Engaging with far-right media is essential to reach their audience. People have access to both liberal and conservative viewpoints, and we need to make our voices heard.
Isn’t it a bit of a thankless job? Don’t you need those two where they are? Genuine question. I’m Canada we’re like Britain we have party leaders who also govern/form the opposition so the DNC workings are a bit of a mystery to me 😊
Would they have to leave the House of Representatives? I feel like we REALLY need their voices here to get through the insane ‘investigations’ that are no doubt going to continue with R majority
Thats why it must become the powers that were.
Pelosi, Schumer, Durbin, Nadler, should all retire. Backstabbing, calculating, and folding to the GOP. Sellouts to personal comfort.
I used to be a Pelosi admirer, until her book “The Art of Power”. She COULD have exposed so much, but was thinking of her book sales.
Fuck that vile, self-serving operative. She never expelled or
even accused her House members of wrongdoing.
She ran interference for Gaetz, ffs.
Didn't she cover up some shit on Trump until another book came out, too? These folks who do that shit wear me the fuck out and nobody should ever buy a fucking copy of those books.
So long as the Democrats play identity politics MAGA will gaslight mercilessly. Dems had tons of opportunities to bring on ordinary people to tell their stories, or even have the teamsters address their convention. Blew it.
I keep seeing this, but Wisconsin should have been particularly winnable among the swing states, yes? No (rightly) aggrieved Muslim community, D Governor, recently D Supreme Court, potential to energize big numbers in Milwaukee and Dane counties, Mayor of Waukesha(!) endorsed Harris...what happened?
I personally prefer winning and having things like healthcare banking regulation and Lilly Ledbetter to losing and having rights stripped away but to each their own.
And you think Rahm Emanuel had anything to do with those policies? Barack Obama sent Emanuel home because he was such a disruptive force. But, you do you. 🙄
He was the architect of the blue wave of 06 that sent Pelosi to the speakership and prepared the ground for Obama by recruiting quality candidates that win elections. He sounds like a lousy guy I wouldn’t want to hang with and I am against his centrist policies but we lost.
Can’t overestate the difference between losing + not losing. We nitpick each other in a range of really healthy debate about which dial to turn and by how much, but if we lose all power literally none of that matters, retrospectively it *didn’t* matter, if our narcissism cost us this gravely.
Democrats have been described as coming to a knife fight with a Republican. The Republican brings a machine gun and the Democrats brings a bowl of potato salad
Democrats just can't seem to get their message out. They don't have the same media outlets either, like Fox propaganda network Newsmax, OANN, and others.
I have gotten so much info from them. I love the whole crew! Ben, Michael Popok, Michael Cohen Political Beatdown, All the lawyers. Marc Elias, Brian Tyler Cohen....
No. They have their own propaganda - all listed in the one and only reply to this pathetic post. The thing is - no one watches them because they're so ridiculous
That’s hilarious. Every mainstream media outlet is left leaning! ABC. NBC. CBS. MSNBC. CNN. Etc etc. They don’t have the same media outlets? Propaganda? Perhaps it’s the message and not the outlets? “Mostly peaceful protests” cue the fires in the background 🤣🤣🤣 there is your propaganda!
That is a smoke screen. Even NPR is a Republican bias.They give Republicans more air time even when the Democrats control the government. They are afraid of Republicans who continue to threaten to shut them down. Nobody fears the Dems!
MSNBC has kissed the ring with the exception of a few.
Republican bias? How friendly are these media outlets to Trump versus Joe Biden? Did they call out Biden for his deteriorating capabilities? No! They gave him cover, until the debates and it couldn’t be hidden any longer. Nice try, but they are all liberal/left leaning and run cover for the Dems
Fuck Centrists and their lock on the DNC. Go Left or lose forever (I know many DNC prefer Trump to Bernie cause they're rich, and rich people don't want to pay taxes.) Centrists are weak af. DNC get out of the way and let the Left lead. No more nominees who don't fully back Socialism and Antifa.
Antifa is not going to draw in any votes. Just the opposite. Causing chaos and disorder are not popular traits. And yes, I’m well aware of Anti-fa’s history. This current iteration is nothing like the former. We need a tough pro-labor person that wears steel toe boots. A union organizer
That’s fine. Step 1. Don’t call yourselves “Antifa”. Republicans will slam dunk that shit. Call yourselves the “grass roots organizers”. Step 2. Disavow yourselves of the chaos agents. Then we’ll talk. Btw? I worked on Bernie’s campaign in ‘16
I want someone who isn’t so hellbent on having” the first woman President” that they cannot read the room.
I voted for Kamala, but be honest; she was admitted though Biden’s back door. We should have been given an opportunity to vote for our nominee.
Is there anyone in the running who will buck the current corporate control and fund candidates with a winning message against the elites controlling both parties?!?
I think we all overthink our battles. Little can/could be done against overt/covert media manipulation, misinformation campaigns, and radical cult behaviors.
We need the energy of someone like Howard Dean. I am sick and tired of party leaders wasting time thinking they can win over fascists and insist on playing by the rules against lawless morons.
Bunch of pussies on the Democrat side.
I'm honest.
They better start mouthing off and making threats and degrading people If they want to get anywhere.
GET LOUD.
The job of the DNC is to present us with a candidate who has the best chance of winning. Their focus seems to have been on pushing boundaries instead. We need new leadership there. There was no reason for Dems to lose this election besides having weak candidates.
The job of the DNC is to lead the party and elect Democratic candidates nationwide. The job includes fundraising and supporting Democratic organizations. It does not include selecting presidential candidates, for which there is a formal proscribed process.
Trump 1st ran for POTUS in 1999. He’s had 24 yrs to learn all the tricks & find those willing to follow him. He’s a total con man & 100% transactional - he will give some of his voters what they want, the rich, but the others have been duped, time will tell, he’ll F-over the majority of Americans.
"You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way! And that's how you get Capone." -The Untouchables
And that's how you end maga and the gop. Escalation and retaliation.
Because if it isn't close enough of a margin in enough states to sway the electoral college it's just a waste of time and money. As Trump demonstrated in 2020.
Democrats are we imps. Jamie Harrison lost the House twice and Senate at a time we can afford Trump judge nominations WTF
was Biden thinking when he nominated Harrison & AG Merrick
Well, the people of Chicago actually were very sick of Capone’s gangster-style leadership & he did get imprisoned. Trump is a total gangster. What the US needs is the kind of leaders who will have the guts to use the law to stop the gangsters, & not to be intimidated by gangster GOP followers.
We need one that knows how to win an election, one that knows if we allow our more radical party mates to dominate conversations and try to shame us into accepting very unpopular ideas that we don't have a chance in hell of winning!
1. You are wasting your time doing that, if you haven’t noticed the Dems have these irritating choices of picking milksops for there leadership. This is why Russian were openly attacking our sovereignty while those in the WH and their national security people acted as if it was no happening…..
2. …..and we wondered how our elections could have hack by billionaires tech while we are supposed to have CISA who suddenly are all quiet and not giving us their true opinions of the election. That should tell you all you need to know.
I truly have become convinced that Russia is holding the US hostage with this election. Russians have been everywhere claiming they'll force America to become catholic and kill all the freemasons here. Lol. It's like they have no idea just how huge the masons are and just how much they own..
At this point I'll take Huey P Long's 1930s politics. Corrupt as all hell, yes, but no one ever fought harder for the little guy. Republicans hated him, but they also FEARED him.
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And I never said Biden was " an awful, awful man".
You're a disingenuous liar. You've got a future in the Democratic Party.
Anyone said anything about that?
He should be on every show, every morning, trashing some aspect of Trump's agenda in the most attention getting way possible.
THAT is how you drive the narrative.
But to my mind, in the short term its easier to embarrass Schumer into doing the right thing, than to get 24 other Dem Senators to demand his replacement
(not to mention that the media coverage of a leadership fight would mean less coverage of Trump's cabinet horrorshow)
Schumer doesn't care, because most progressives would rather complain about MAGA and the media, than demand that their own leaders treat Trump's fascist takeover efforts as a FUCKING CRISIS.
Imagine if the progressives with the biggest social media audience told
But they won't, because that would imply that Dem leaders aren't doing their jobs...
and prog influencers don't criticize Dem leaders.
https://youtu.be/V3Eb2BXpL60
Comes in with no matter how many good ideas they have the dnc collective
Absorbs them and we just revert to the mean again
That's the team up I want backing my play for a place at the table. I respect both of them.
That's a joke right?
He's in his 80's.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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We need to start having these debates in public and winning them. We also need to throw as much shit at the wall as they throw at us.
Maybe she should have acted like they were though...
There's so much of a focus on coddling and making people not feel criticized, but you're dealing with people who consider a lack of basic education a virtue
But we're still facing the end of the U.S. Constitution and rule of law for a felonious dictator.
https://bsky.app/profile/freqforce.bsky.social/post/3lciiryiab222
We need a strategy to appeal to 25% of blue collar white men and their wives.
Re: 2nd part, weirdly, Tom Cruise kinda showed what that might look like in the Darkstar launch sequence in Maverick.
I think the Democratic Party needs specifically to name the part in the American story that the white working class will have.
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Will kick boxing suffice ?
The way to reclaim our stature is by reclaiming the worker's trust. If we make their life better, we would never need to doubt the outcome of a thousand elections.
He never did, and cannot throw a verbal punch. “Trump is….no I’m serious…he’s a ..I’m not joking, folks…you know …God bless him.”
Read "Watchdogs Say World’s Richest Man Elon Musk Has ‘Declared War on Social Security’" on SmartNews: https://l.smartnews.com/p-14hZZl4/Tg...
The Biden/Harris Crime Syndicate IS ABOVE THE LAW, and the "GREATEST DOMESTIC TERROR GROUP" in the history of our nation was NEVER patriotic MAGA, it was the DEEP STATE intelligence community that performed a coup in 2020 and installed said syndicate.
It’s time for NEW leaders, fiery who fight fire with fire. Bernie’s great and all however enough!!!
New chapter for the Dems
They are just as progressive smart and snarky
If the Dems had actually run on actually left policies like stopping inflation - even if by price caps, massive minimum wage increases, workers rights, Medicare for all,
You know...the stuff undecided swing voters ACTUALLY voted Trump
Trump said he'd cut bills and taxes, and close the border and remove illegals.
Harris said the economy was great, and you're racist if you complain about immigration.
And here we are.
to fight appear among the
Democrats, dead enders
at DNC make the person
disappear quickly
It’s very dismaying
Pelosi, Schumer, Durbin, Nadler, should all retire. Backstabbing, calculating, and folding to the GOP. Sellouts to personal comfort.
Fuck that vile, self-serving operative. She never expelled or
even accused her House members of wrongdoing.
She ran interference for Gaetz, ffs.
Enough of the coastal crowd
Although Rahm Emanuel is known for both, really. And for winning at both.
or playing ping-pong at a tennis match...
MSNBC has kissed the ring with the exception of a few.
https://www.wsfa.com/video/2023/08/07/full-video-viewer-records-montgomery-riverfront-brawl-begins/
They have to box AND play chess.
I voted for Kamala, but be honest; she was admitted though Biden’s back door. We should have been given an opportunity to vote for our nominee.
I'm honest.
They better start mouthing off and making threats and degrading people If they want to get anywhere.
GET LOUD.
And that's how you end maga and the gop. Escalation and retaliation.
was Biden thinking when he nominated Harrison & AG Merrick
https://youtu.be/UKOhrN1W4Vs?si=rqjLGqAaepip85y2
We need to make Republicans afraid again.
Al Franken is a smart cookie. More like him.