AOC and Bernie are giving the Democratic Party a masterclass in leadership. They are willing to go to the people and hear them and speak to them. I don't understand Democrats who do not see the powerhouse in AOC. /1 - ThreadSky

johnplante.com • 26 days ago

AOC and Bernie are giving the Democratic Party a masterclass in leadership. They are willing to go to the people and hear them and speak to them. I don't understand Democrats who do not see the powerhouse in AOC. /1

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AOC: We need to be taxing the rich on the floor of the Congress

We need to be establishing guaranteed healthcare on the floor of the Congress

We need to be passing a living wage on the floor of the Congress

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carrigoak.bsky.social•25 days ago

American voters just elected Agent orange do you really think they can back someone like AOC?

curiousreads.bsky.social•25 days ago

I believe by FAR the reason Trump & Obama were elected was not because of their policies or opinions. But because they represented *change* from the standard ruling political class. Whether they actually represent change, or if their change is actually worse doesn’t matter. It’s change. AOC has that

eggsandtote.bsky.social•25 days ago

There's a weird amount of Bernie/Trump and AOC/Trump voters out there. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but the best explanation I've heard is thinking of it as "establishment vs. outsider" instead of "left vs. right."

pdoggie.bsky.social•25 days ago

I agree that AOC represents change and that this is what Trumpers voted for. The difference is that AOC’s “change” would actually benefit the common good—tax corporations and the rich, providing a living wage, universal healthcare, acceptance of diversity, etc.

sputnickvic.bsky.social•25 days ago

Make sure you donate to both to fund these trips. Even if it is $10

hungerman.bsky.social•25 days ago

Damn we need editing options...

hungerman.bsky.social•25 days ago

Any national guard who answer the call have declared who's side their on and don't deserve the respect they'll expect Our enemies are those who protect criminality

viet69vet19.bsky.social•25 days ago

Now she and Bernie need to get their butts back to Washington and demand to see proof of all the fraud that musk is supposedly finding!

phyllishistorian.bsky.social•25 days ago

If the message isn't packaged in a middle-aged white male, they don't get it.

fiercelady.bsky.social•24 days ago

As long as she understands that she has to reach the middle too. This is where the left fails.

maryruthlessness.bsky.social•26 days ago

Rallies? Start leading lawsuits or investigating how Musk stole the election.

stokitt.bsky.social•25 days ago

They're weak and lazy. Taking our money to sit around and do nothing. Time to vote them out and put in people willing to do the work.

mickierinehart.bsky.social•25 days ago

The Democratic and Republican parties are ineffective and no longer relevant. Their members are powerless. The MAGAs have overthrown the Rs and we need the Progressives to coalesce under the AOC-Bernie leadership and stand up where the Ds have left a void.

atticushawk.bsky.social•25 days ago

In UK we have been going through something similar, but it has led to a bad situation with the Convservatives shifting Right because of a breakaway group. The election was a landslide for Labour because their message was… “It’s time for politicians to go back to being Public Servants”. USA take note

tension352.bsky.social•25 days ago

I'd they we ineffective, 3rd parties would be winning elections. They are both effective at their main purpose, raising funds and winning elections. The problem both have is their policies are wrong. This is much more true of the GOP than the Dems of course but there is an opportunity for a change

johnnyfrancis.bsky.social•25 days ago

All you gotta do is look at how the majority of Dems are being funded and you’ll see why AOC and Bernie get black balled. We need to get money out of politics.

jimjayhawk.bsky.social•26 days ago

Those corporate democrats are the moderate Republicans of the 90s who have done all the could to keep the dems in bed with Wall Street, DINOS who can't give progressives an inch. Their only play is to throw Progressives under the bus

tension352.bsky.social•25 days ago

The corporate Dems were actually much more influential in the 90s than they are today. The Blue dog democrats are almost extinct in 2025. The party is much more progressive now than it was then.

jimjayhawk.bsky.social•1 day ago

Still to damn many r-lites who will throw progressives under the bus the moment the polls close

jimjayhawk.bsky.social•25 days ago

There are progressive element, but when decisions are made, progressives are consistently thrown under the bus

proudlycanadian.bsky.social•25 days ago

Because Democrats have always spent more time worrying about people who will never vote for them than listening to the people who would vote for them. Too many are republican lite & owned by corporate money.

fightswithrhoombas.bsky.social•25 days ago

They see it. They don’t like her because they can’t control her and it shows

johnrikala.bsky.social•26 days ago

It's time for the Neville Chamberlains of the Democratic Party, e.g., Chuck Shumer, to be put out to pasture. We need warriors, not appeasers.

johnplante.com•26 days ago

The politics of hatred, division and judgement is used to distract people from the issues that affect them at home while hurting the people who are the targets of this division. Corporations thrive on these divisions. Keep your eye on the ball. /2

johnplante.com•26 days ago

And yes, trans kids absolutely need Federal government level protections. They never should have been political targets in the first place, the same as any other minority group the GOP has historically targeted to stay in power. /3

johnplante.com•26 days ago

And why do trans kids make such a great target for the GOP? As minors, they don't have their own sense of political agency. They are a small subset of the population with no political voice of their own, showing the GOP will bully anyone to stay in power and weaponize the people in doing so. /4

johnplante.com•26 days ago

Do not hesitate to engage in politics, particularly in this moment in time. It's hard to know what could happen from here, but I do know it's a moment in time where we must stand up for the values we all hold dear and raise our voices in defense of them, not just for us but for future generations./5

johnplante.com•26 days ago

We do not want to wait until we are at the bottom of this downward spiral. Engage today. /6

lotsofdogsinla.bsky.social•25 days ago

I’m just done with hearing them talk, talk, talk. Maybe their rallies empower people but there isn’t a game plan yet nor enough legal challenges to the clearly illegal shit happening. Fucking do something, Dems.

ogdendb.bsky.social•25 days ago

The Democrats need to establish a unified message and get everyone on board. The encourage all attendees at rallies to start going door to door and reaching out to everyone

virginia1973.bsky.social•25 days ago

I appreciate what @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov are trying to do, but I can't fully support. Extremist on the right are killing our country, but I don't think extremist on the left are going to help advance commonsense policies. We need to get back to focusing on the majority of the ppl.

batgrrrrl.bsky.social•25 days ago

Hello? I’m genuinely curious about your thoughts on leftist extremism. Not trying to be oppositional.

batgrrrrl.bsky.social•25 days ago

Please tell me what is extreme about AOC and Bernie?

virginia1973.bsky.social•25 days ago

I appreciate them, but I think we need to get back to widespread, middle of the road politics to garner support from moderates & independents. I think where we have gone as a party (and I respect where we have gone) left us vulnerable to attacks and dissention. Not hating. Just want to get us back.

allenchristian.bsky.social•25 days ago

Their policies do focus on the majority of the people. It's dumb centrist idpol that doesn't give a fuck about the poor and working class that's lost voters.

virginia1973.bsky.social•25 days ago

I'm a centrist & I do care about the poor. I've literally spent my entire career working to support the poor & disenfranchised. This is politics & we need to appeal to wider base. We lost women, black men, Hispanics, independents & more. We need to be smart in our marketing to win again.

allenchristian.bsky.social•24 days ago

That you think of it as "marketing" and not actually a matter of working for people is the fucking problem. The people who are susceptible to frauds are already voting for the Republicans. Dems might want to try, y'know, not being a bunch of fucking liars for once.

virginia1973.bsky.social•24 days ago

Different opinions. We lost because we didn't have good messaging & pushed ppl out. Cheeto won because they messaged hated & fear, especially far left policies. i think it's important to gain trust of ALL Dems & independs. Can't win WH if we don't incl. mods. Sadly, everything in life is marketing.

allenchristian.bsky.social•24 days ago

Harris pranced around with the fucking Cheneys, and you think the issue was that her messaging was "too far left"? Give me a fucking break. Moving further and further right is not a winning strategy. Evidence: the past 40+ years. Obama did not run as a moderate. He ran as a reformer.

jackwrong.bsky.social•25 days ago

Sic Semper Tyrannis

vickie116kc.bsky.social•25 days ago

I Went On Friday

aarondcomedy.bsky.social•26 days ago

Truth!!

njm-kl.bsky.social•25 days ago

This should make nancy pelosi aware that @aoc.bsky.social is DOING something to win the mid-terms. I think @aoc.bsky.social should also be running for speaker of the house.

7junne.bsky.social•25 days ago

brilliant young lady !!!

malt-dismay.bsky.social•26 days ago

Meanwhile, Democratic leadership rolls over and plays dead because they are in a funk believing voters totally rejected them instead of understanding voters were totally conned by the right.

pokerbum.bsky.social•26 days ago

Too many in congress are in thrall to wealth. Find the wise and courageous in your community and join them in the streets. Then turf the bastards out of office.

cynharp777.bsky.social•25 days ago

Having a rally is not leadership otherwise Dump would be the greatest leader in the world…bringing together a strong coalition of folks act, donate and vote…the acting and voting is most important! Can they get the genocide Joe and dementia Joe folks to wake the eff up!

taoofsarcasm.bsky.social•26 days ago

Follow. The. Money.

johnduggan14.bsky.social•25 days ago

You don’t have the votes.

bettygirl1330.bsky.social•25 days ago

She frightens the old guard. She doesn’t play by their rules nor those of the big donors. And we the people love that about her.

redlantern13.bsky.social•25 days ago

Make them vote on each of these. Make them say no!

wnjeffers.bsky.social•25 days ago

Dems are mainly the pawns of the corporations and big finance. Not on the side of working people. We need an opposition party and I do not see Dems ever being that.

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