The Tea Party changed the trajectory of Obama’s presidency, launched the careers of current GOP stars, and paved the way for Donald Trump, @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. Could Democrats harness the same grassroots energy for themselves?
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The GOP Tea Party, could-and did-"Revolt" Against Only A Sitting Government.
Any "Liberal Tea Party"-Might Also Have To Contend With #MAGA Gatekeepers.
That is Unless #SEXOFFENDER #CONVICT #Trump Harms MAGA Enough For Even MAGA To Want To Be Rid Of Trump and #MAGAGOP.
•The Reichstag Fire
•Exactly 4 weeks after Hitler was sworn in
•That burned their parliament building
•Nazis established a state of emergency
•The Nazis took over.
Imprisoned any and all opposition
This is why Trump
Firing Generals, JCOS, Inspectors Genl
•Project 2025
•Butterfly Revolution
•RAGE (Retire All Government Employees)
Billionaires can own their own "Zones"
Robber Barons/Gilded Age - On STEROIDS
but the 77 million ignorant mostly old white
and Christian evangelical nationalists hypocrites
and alt-right types
“voters” from the rural red hinterland
gave the country away to Russia.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/13/tea-party-billionaire-koch-brothers
Do they want to win elections or lose almost every time by taking the perceived righteous moral high road?
All they need to do is capture the middle of the country with creative conversation.
https://bsky.app/profile/singularityhorizon.bsky.social/post/3lixak2bqxc2e
1) The tea party was astroturfed to start, funded by deep pockets, declared on CNBC with huge media support;
2) It ran against Republicans. Liberals have to be less queasy about demanding more from Democrats.
1. Rooting out corruption w/ a sincere desire to punish those engaged in corruption in a real way.
2. Smash the oligarchy so that the uber-rich do not have outsized power/influence.
3. Economic populism.
They might be able to if they start backing Ordinary Americans instead of looking to back corporations and get insider trading perks.
But now that people are starting to realize they were conned. Words won't be enough. They will have to actually DO something.
Let's not play coy.
Don't hold your breath.
And (pussy hats aside) we refuse to wear stupid hats while raising trouble in the halls of Congress to demand something better.
It's fucking socialism you morons. You know, the thing that FDR used to create the post WW2 economic boom.
It’s sure worth a try
Hey Atlantic, leave these headlines to @nytpitchbot.bsky.social .
https://bsky.app/profile/we-are-toast.bsky.social/post/3liqfwrjf4k2c
Since this largely describes Democratic party policy over the last 30 years, can we try something new?
Maybe the democrats will fare better, but…
The Dems don't have any equivalent grassroot issues outside of -- maybe -- women's healthcare/abortion rights. And that hasn't been enough in the past.
We haven’t even reached the full impact of firing the federal employees, once they’re gone. Or cuts to Medicaid. Or Medicare. Or Social Security.