it's like AOC is the only person who is expressing an actual emotion here
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Brandon Friedman
Four examples of Democratic messaging since yesterday. I know which one I'm supporting. And voting for.
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...yeah, I'm being cynical, or maybe I'm being serious. Who knows, it's all too much.
Most Dem reps think social media is for "Mr Smith Goes to Washington"
No!
It is for Indiana Jones punching Nazis in the face!
And that reality is also at at odds with the milquetoast statements that are put out by Johnson, Vance et al. It doesn't jibe.
So they just... don't talk about it.
Your employer, to name but one, shat on people warning about this and others mocked the idea this election mattered.
So excuse me if emotion doesn’t cut it.
glad to know you have 2016 brain for some incredibly stupid reason though
"the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron." -dril
They know they’d be absolutely destroyed with logic & facts.
Instead, they stay on faux news, you know, their little safe space. Awwww ❄️ how pathetic
It was surreal.
And, I say that as a lawyer
But I take the larger point as true.
She's NOTHING like Schumer. AOC, Crockett, Raskin & a few others are meeting the moment. Most other Ds, not so much.
I personally grew up small town Maryland and live in Chicago, and I kinda hate both sides of the mutual "urban vs rural" sneering competition. Seeing someone attack both at once is something else.
He is NOT calling AOC a "rube"
Ah, I didn't think he was calling AOC a "rube." I thought he saying people who believed in her were rubes. On reread, and through bad grammar, looks like he's saying that it's a rube who believes in AOC since she's allegedly the same as Schumer.
Follow me and admire my rage. 😉
What resonated most in the last election was the most basic yet least grasped issue most Americans faced. It was Carville simple. Eggs, consumer goods, are expensive.
The many, not so complex, reasons 'why' took more than time spent at a checkout counter to delve into. Meme beat all reason.
Calling DJT Hitler, Fascist, Felon and any other seemingly disqualifying labels could not persuade past the simple everyday opening of a wallet.
We seemingly are no longer an electorate capable or willing to process more complex issues.
We are reduced to 300 word blasts and corrosive memes.
i don't need my elected officials to tell me what i can see with my own eyes
Not everyone will develop that skill, and those are overwhelmingly in the Dem camp.
https://bsky.app/profile/weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social/post/3lgfycfqn2c2m
This is what AOC and Crockett bring. Speech not nuked of meaning.
Disagree with what you said about cancer. Cancer never wins. Either way, 1 is free from cancer.
What the hell are they scared about? That Felon won by 1.2% of the vote. Less than 30% of adult Americans voted for this bullshit.
Do something!
GOP talking point live in bluntness. If 5% is true, that's all they will say.
[Which he is, by suppressing research and communication on avian flu. It has the added advantage of being true!]
> Who are the other three talking to? <
I'm really honestly asking that question, anyone who's been a congressional staffer or worked on the hill - who are those statements 'for' exactly?
Does Schumer think his milqtoast statements make any earthly difference?
Because I see posts like that and I think of the first season quote, "The American Voters want a candidate with guts, and the Republicans have got them."
STAND FOR SOMETHING, DEMOCRATS. PEOPLE WILL BACK YOU IF YOU DO FFS. SHOW SOME FIGHT FOR ONCE PLEASE!
So yes I'm with AOC now because she's shown she's more than a sound bite/fale rage girl and a fighter for all.
…if we have elections, that is.
We need young AOCs with ideas, not old Dem dinosaurs who suppress them.
We can keep AOC though.
He's like adding a sprinkle of salt to chocolate chip cookies.
You have to draw the connection between bad standard of living / public services & republicans to win the next elections.
But you know under FPTP voting which both our countries have, you need to convince floating voters by talking about improving their material conditions.
💯
Sorry for rambling.
If somehow I found myself in the US illegally, does the constitution apply to me?
Time for another, younger leadership.
Meanwhile AOC isn't "vote for me" she's "I fight for everyone."
AOC: fuck these Nazi fucks.
Just post it your forehead
DC switchboard
202-224-3121
Let them know you don’t want them to negotiate with nazis aka the GOP!!!
Do NOT help them keep the government open!!! They are not honorable!!
I'm humbled to see the way someone so young (relative to me, anyway, with my background/generation) is willing to stand up & be counted for what's right. At great personal cost, too.
Wake up!! And where is the DNC?
Plus ça change.
https://bsky.app/profile/plentynuff.bsky.social/post/3lge5o63plc2v
AOC: Nazi Punks Fuck Off.
AOC: Change your hearts or die
AOC: You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business. And cousin, business is a-boomin'.
It’s just the OLD set-in-their-ways democrats who are terrified of being too in-time progressive. There will be a break in there. Good god…Old ONES, tell me you’re , afraid of being called “extreme”when the other side are hailing Hitler. FFS!
I’ll fix it for you.
“It's like AOC is the only person with any brains here”.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/01/statement-of-administration-policy-h-r-21-born-alive-abortion-survivors-protection-act/
Maybe if Schumer & Pelosi weren't peddling geriatrics in leadership, maybe it would be better push back.
However, this is why folks Voted or Not Voted for.
Every body knows he’s a disgusting human - but 77M still voted for him. I don’t see anything from the democrats taking to even 7M of that group.
AOC seems to largely prefer a more "peacemaker" role with her fellow Dems - she knows there are lines you just can't cross and remain in good standing, so she tiptoes around them.
I wish Ilhan Omar would join Rashida more often TBH.
The reason I voted for Harris? She was one of only a few federal Dems that had openly called for a ceasefire.
That said, if she had chosen Josh "peaceful protestors are terrorists" Shapiro as her VP? That would have been a deal breaker for me and probably would have resulted in an even more embarrassing loss.
Whether America will grow far enough past its ingrained bigotry to elect a woman of color president in our lifetimes is the question...
It very clearly is ALL Republicans
Start calling out Republicans for being the criminal, treasonous fuckwad cult member that they are
Let's have an emergency election Now! Before all our institutions are gone!
RESIST!
- allowing nazis to be okay & even celebrated in public.
- removed tons of health regulations.
What Nazis?
What health regulations?
2- elon did a nazi salute on stage (twice), wasn’t even criticized by anyone on the GOP (as far as im aware).
3- Pulled the US out of the WHO, shutdown the NIH.
Majority of reasons for not hiring or firing trans boils down to not fitting the image a company wants. For example, I cannot dye my eyeballs black, have facial tattoos, and go work work at Disney. There is an image to maintain.
"Your call is important to us. Please hold. A representative will be with you shortly."
All Republicans are extreme and MAGAS are just what they have become now.
Politicians should call it for what they are: Fascists
(Like AOC did)