Absolutely. After volunteering this weekend, I realized the Dems refuse to look at themselves and address deep issues. They refuse to hear it as well. This weekend I realized I was no longer a Democrat, but now an Independent.
Actually what it really needs is to pull its head out of its ass I'll let you decide if the pun is intended or not but seriously it does need to do that enough of this b******* it should have not gotten this far with their f bull crap to begin with because they should have stopped it yet here we are
Really depressing thread. We need to get rid of the far left bullshit that 90% of citizens disagree with, and which cost VP Harris the race: government funded transgender surgeries for prisoners. That ad gave us Trump.
I been writing multiple democratic leaders asking them to help me ! I want to step up I want to get in the fight I’m ready to even run for office and their response : Silence
Boy do they ever. Time for the old guard to get out of the way. Leadership looks like it's basically folded.
I thought they would be somewhat better prepared (though who thought it would be this horrific) after dealing with Trump in his first term.
Get out there, let the public in on events
You need the refresh the leadership to who is actually leading. I am seeing/hearing more of AOC and JC than anyone. I was stunned when AOC lost a bid to a gentleman in his 70’s. What are they thinking?
AOC wants to advance a bill criminalizing Pelosi's source of wealth -- insider trading... So Pelosi threw her weight around to get another geriatric old fucktard in her place.
They tried to shoot themselves in the feet to give themselves an excuse for failing to act like they were trying to accomplish anything at all, but they forgot the gun.
Agree on AOC and JC. But add in @chrismurphyct.bsky.social too! Wish we were hearing more from @petebuttigieg.bsky.social as he is just so sane and well spoken.
I love Pete Buttigieg. I loved when he went on FOX, as the brave man he is, and handed them their asses on a plate. Calmly and forcefully. His mind is a trap.
Chris Murphy I have to take your word for. Heard of him but since the election I cancelled cable news. It was too awful.
Sen. Murphy has been upfront, on cable and network news, in front of federal buildings DOGE is in, demanding access; he is everywhere, everyday, all at once. Schumer needs to step aside and allow Chris Murphy to lead as Senate Minority Leader and the sooner the better.
Well for sure Schumer is overfaced. He followed Pelosi around. He has never led. Yes now that you mentioned it I did read of the demanding access. I will pay more attention.
Oh how I miss Katie Porter!! MAYBE she could use her whiteboard to draw some useful pictures for trumpy so he might actually understand what he is doing to this country!
He isn’t particularly charismatic. Unfortunately you need to be these days. It was so much easier in my early days. Just TV and hardly cable. One is not judged for brains but for the easy comeback. Miss many good people.
They need to be gutted and start over. They put their heads together and came up with a plan called Third Way. They want to push progressives out, ignore social issues, embrace billionaires, and court centrists.
They won't consider ending Citizens United and want people to shut up about it. They haven't learned a single solitary thing! They are not capable of reading the room. If this is the path they take, I'm done with them.
Well, donkeys are mean litttle fucks that carry a large load and protect the herd. Seriously what we need is leadership and guts. The ability to stick together. Quit trying to be a cookie jar for everyone.
They need to hire people who know how to deal with propaganda. Some psychologists and people versed in dark psychology. The problem is the widespread propaganda being repeated 24/7 on Fox, etc. The Dems should run some ads against all this.
What it needs are firebrands, this play dead advice is the stupidest thing I ever heard. Retire the play nice olds and give us a couple hundred Crocket’s and AOC’s
Rebrand? This isn't a JCPenney Logo. The Democrats need ideas and a movement! Maybe, just maybe humour your left a little bit and give us a bone, we'll fight! If you just move to the center-right, looking for old Republicans again and give us a slick crappy new logo, then expect more of the same
No kidding! The days of doing nothing or talking about how things need to change are over. We've got @aoc.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social @frost.house.gov to start with!
I don't want a rebrand, I want a double down.
The Democratic Party is the party of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare(ACA).
The Democratic Party is the party of the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and Roe v. Wade.
The Democratic Party is the party of free speech and a free press
It goes much further than that. You really need to be on rural radio stations. And we need to bring back the fairness doctrine and the time provision so that no one Network can be all red or all blue. People have to listen to opposing points of view on the same channel. That’s the only way!!!
We need a leader that doesn’t worry about being politically correct, that appeals to the younger generation, someone that’s honest & direct, if that includes words that offend people but is honest it will win people back to the democrats, one that will call out the GOP , when it’s BS , call it BS
It doesn’t just need a total rebrand, democrats need a commitment test to prove to voters of any affiliation why they should be trusted. It can’t just be because their ideas are better or that they have a plan. It’s that they continuously lack the ability to be the brawlers their fore-bearers were
Please don't say this because 100 rebranding consultants will be brought into the @dncc.bsky.social to pitch that when all we want is for @housedemocrats.bsky.social + @senatedem.bsky.social to stay home or walk out of the SOTU
That’s the fucking truth. Either honor the constitution complete or accept your lose! Tired of these warmongering Dems who as cowardly as the Republicans who handed over power to their 🍊 god.
Democrats need to start building up their own media infrastructure - the media is dominated by right-wing outlets who drive the news cycle most days. The so-called "mainstream" media mostly reacts to what the right-wing media is bleating about, or does both-siderism, if Democrats are lucky.
Look at the presidential campaign last year-The only time Dems drove the news cycle was the week or so before Biden dropped out & then the 1st 12-14 days after Harris entered the race. After that, it was all Trump all the time in the media- "they're eating the dogs" got 1000x more coverage than
We need to stop differing. It's our job, not someone else's. Get off the sofa +get activated into saving ourselves. Enough with this polite society malarkey, time to fight back smart +organize in large #'s. Don't share our plans in mainstream media. Secret societies win the day. It's tortoise time!
Damn @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social - I thought, for sure you’d recognize my slack humor from when you & Ally , both, followed me on TwiXter. I’m losing my touch. 😜
It's not a branding exercise. You can't rebrand corruption, rot, and collusion with their real constituents - their billionaire donors.
They've become the 21st century Whigs. NO, this requires revolt from within.
The progs/real left must break off and force coalition in order to get real power.
I imagine the new party is going to be the independent party because Dems are sleeping on the job. We’re likely to see a lot of Dems get left behind as well.
Indeed. The silence is deafening. The fact that former presidents or VP’s have so much as said a word of inspiration and hope, or fucking Nancy Palosi just vanished after causing shit storms-is sickening.
We need the changing of the guards. There are too many out of touch leaders past their prime. They are stuck in their old ways, it used to work before but now it's not working . Democrats need to be more aggressive like Crockett, Cortez, Frost
NC replaced our state party chair with a 26 yr old Anderson Clayton and my county chair is my daughter who is 29. Young Dems are now running our state. That's why we did so well electing a Dem Gov, Lt Gov, SOS, Super of Education and AG.
We saw the opposite in OK. At one time we had the youngest state party chair in the country. By the time she left the party was >$100000 in debt & couldn’t pay the phone bill. We have a young county chair who failed to hold an open meeting for 1.5 yrs. In politics experience matters.
The Democratic Party needs to stop being corporatists (see Chris Hedges). We need a far better world than we have now, and that we had before. It doesn’t have to be either way.
MAGA reaches the ill informed through unconventional ways. The uninformed don’t respond to phone calls, texts, doorbells. They don’t watch or listen to political shows. They listen to people like Joe Rogan and trust them b/c they’re not “politicians”.
1. I don’t think you’re on the right track. The Democrats have long relied on vulnerable minorities to lead the charge in activism. We have to first offer our apologies for using them but not protecting them. Democrats should be the party of we the people, not we some of the people. We need to work
2.on healing rifts, having plans to protect the vulnerable and be willing to take the risks needed to stand up for everyone’s rights. MAGA can scream about the price of eggs or Gaza all they want, but
3. it’s really strange why they’re not complaining right now, isn’t it? MAGA needed a place to direct their anger and frustration. We cannot make ourselves perfect enough for them. We should focus on being real.Because we will get called on the bs of wrapping ourselves in the flag to conceal our
5. My biggest complaint about the Harris/Walz campaign was the attempt to make them perfect. Donald Trump told dick jokes and got elected. Maybe if we’d let the candidates be less than perfect, we’d have a different outcome.
6. More and more , candidates need to show up and be themselves. That’s why Murphy, Warren, AOC, and Crockett are so inspirational right now. Be a they’re acting like human beings. If Kamala Harris chooses to come back, she makes the rules for how she will engage.
What we need is a legitimate 3rd party to temper the extremes of the Dems and GOP. Dems have been just as guilty as GOPs for hobbling 3rd party growth. Our 2 party system of oligarch congress is getting politicians richer. Dems and GOP have no incentive to change. They're all getting rich.
Step aside & let the youth take over! They're the ones who will deal with failed climate change, facism, racism, abortion, autocracy, gun laws, mental health, insurance companies abuse, recession etc!! Everything that the Republican party abdicated! 🤬
You have an AI pfp, and used AI for the cover of your article. What the democratic party needs is for republican-lite jackasses like yourself booted from the table.
Yes, to the days when unions had so much clout that people disappeared for doing the wrong thing. The right understands violence well; it's their creed. This is why the left has failed. No teeth.
They should rebrand,call themselves the Phoenix Party because after the Trump/Putin regime burns your country to the ground they will need to be a phoenix to attempt to resurrect it.My guess is it will be unable to be saved.
Dems are weak,feckless, pathetic and recalcitrant POS who have NO FEKN CLUE
It’s not about rebranding, we can’t put lipstick on a pig. We need a left wing populist movement that rightly places the blame for the degradation of the country solely at the feet of corporations, lobbyists, billionaires, and oligarchs. People should be pissed that they have hijacked the country.
By rebrand I don't think he means the existing politicians. I think he means putting progressive youth into office, and focusing the party around likeable democrats, rather than defer to seniority. People over process.
Nope. The least voting demographic is 18-29 yo & in the most recent election the demographic whose protest stay at home/3rd party votes were key to trump’s win.
We see these disastrous town halls the GOP is holding. Democrats should take advantage of that anger and hold alternate town halls in the same locales. Spend the time outlining our policy ideas and explaining how we're trying to fight to preserve existing ones that the GOP is attacking.
I agree on the headline but that article is all style and no substance... They'll never build trust with the working class while they're beholden to neoliberal economic positions and Ken Martin's "good billionaires"
Or they could make an actual plan to oppose, win elections, and safeguard the country. I suggest calling it Project Progessive. Unfortunately, no democratic leadership at any level are interested in an actual plan.
There was a time before Bill Clinton when we did that, but we couldn’t compete with republicans. Citizens United pushed that even farther. I’m 100% in favor of campaign finance reform, but it will take a resounding majority.
Funny… the GOP is quite literally a fucking cult but the Dems are the ones that need to rebrand? Have we all just given up calling out the insanity? Here’s a new line for your post: “The GOP is evil and must be destroyed.”
Their new plan called Third Way calls for casting out Progressives, ignoring social issues, embracing billionaires, silencing people calling to end Citizens United, and courting centrists.
It is and it must, but the Democrats COULD NOT CONVINCE VOTERS of that, at least not the ever-shrinking pool of voters whose votes can potentially be swayed.
They don’t need to rebrand (I f’ing hate that term), they need to get back to their roots; the working class. Every time I saw a celeb endorsement of Harris & the appearances at rallies I cringed. The avg working person does not give a FUCK about celeb endorsements. The party chair is to blame.
. . . the Left as consumed with gender multiplicity, pronouns, open borders, DEI, and basically wanting to give their jobs away to other people. And the Left basically falls into the trap of HELPING them do it.
That’s whats frustrating about this discussion. The Left twists itself into pretzels to reach people but the Right are evil f’ing liars & everyone just shrugs. When 54% of US adults read at less > 6th grade reading level we have a generational problem, not a branding one.
This isn’t the Third Way bullshit, is it? Where we shove all the progressives out of the party they’re barely in anymore??? Be VERY VERY careful what you get behind people. Third Party is our Heritage Fdtn!!!! Watch out for this kind of messaging. It this isn’t Third Party, peace out.
What they need is to stand for things that matter to people who should be voting for them. So stand for protecting workers' rights, stand for investing in education, stand for investing in public services and stand for equality. But don't stand on stage with Beyonce because you think she's cool...
Yes, but I’m still amazed that the alternative is a group of misogynists, who flagrantly violates the Constitution, blatantly embraces racist ideology, selectively agrees with indiv liberties, and is steering the economy over a cliff… yet people are like “Democrats though…am I right?” 🤦🏻♂️ WTF
It is for the working class period, it is for freedom, it is for democracy period. Not every fringe group needs to be listed under that tent but they are all welcome.
Healthcare is a right, housing is a right, education is a right, food is a right, childcare is a right
The Democratic Party needs to shed their lackadaisical politicians and find some with spines that actually represent. Jasmine & AOC got game!! @repjasmine.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
Change the party symbol to a
horse, eagle, lion, antelope
Just about anything but a donkey
donkey often is described as---lacking intelligence, strength, and often loud and stubborn
The symbolic unofficial but used often.
This is the ONLY answer, to the extent there is one. New name, new faces, new approach. It can’t be the same old shit. It has to consist of leaders who are willing to drag on Republicans and Democrats. If it’s convincingly not the old Democratic Party, traditional Republican voters will come.
Contract with America 2026, make every Democrat running for office sign. Focus on restoration of democratic principles, rejection of authoritarian expansion, re-establishment of trade with our allies and friends, etc. Things that will resonate with all those that have left the Republican party.
I do like a few of the newer/younger Reps, but I worry that they'll be either chewed up and spit out, constantly dismissed, or become corrupted. I hope I'm wrong.
You need to stop blaming Russia for the US society. Trump is a symptom of a sick society, he was inevitable, and predicted, but y'all just kept on truckin'. As long as you all refuse to take responsibility, and refuse to change, it is not going to get any better.
My husband reads a lot , speaks fluently, and 5 languages and a couple more he can converse, and he said that it was predicted by many intellectuals about somebody like Trump that will be elected. Exactly what you typed.
It’s deeper than that. It starts with a strategy. and then the branding and messaging come from that. WHAT IS THE STRATEGY?!? J*sus there must be smart people who can do this. Also, I can make myself available.
We need more fire like @repjasmine.bsky.social. It’s been proven there is no playing nice on the maga side. Democrats need to show we aren’t putting up with their 💩anymore.
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As an old Democrat, I say that any Democratic politician over the age of 50 just needs to sit down, STFU and allow younger, more media-savvy Democrats to step up.
But money and power are a powerful drug, so I’m not expecting it.
Rebrand all you want, Democrats. But if you continue to not prosecute people because you fear retribution or need to hide your own indiscretions, you deservedly have no future.
The dem party needs to get its messaging game together asap, true. But they also need to reshaped in the dnc. Too many consultants and former politicians run the dnc and its ended us up here, twice. They need ppl from the working class so their minds aren't constantly in the stock market.
NO, we do not. We need to kick the Kleptocrats, technocrats and traitors out of our DEMOCRACY as of yesterday, because as of today, it is a fascist autocracy, Hitler / Putin / Orban / Kim style
Republicans run a very sophisticated & coordinated propaganda machine. It reaches all of middle America. They own X, Fox, local newspapers, tv & radio stations across the US. They all stay on the same message ad nauseum until it seeps into your brain regardless of if it’s true or not.
They play it smart, they rarely just scream Democrats are evil, usually they just play up any Democrat problem and don’t even address any of the Republican scandals.
Trans girls playing h.s. sports = big problem.
Oligarch who paid off the President getting no bid contracts = not mentioned
When the newspaper on your doorstep agrees with the talk radio dj in your pick-up who says the same things as the local newscaster on the tv at the diner where you eat lunch. You just can’t help but believe it, anything else must be “fake news”. The Dems don’t have anything to counter that.
Rebranding? How is better marketing gonna help when they continue to bend their knee to corporate interests, at the expense of constituents? They're a lost cause.
All well and good but why is the Repulsicans not being held accountable. These losers keep sliding under the radar. Dems need the likes of Crockett, and the younger ones to be in the forefront. But we need to call out the Rep. they had an opportunity to get rid of Orange needle dick after Jan 6th.
Seriously, if you are who you say you are & actually work for the Democratic Party & would actually listen to the working, middle class instead of Beyoncé, George Clooney or whoever we could win an election!! But heaven forbid the Democratic Party listen to us anymore!!
I could literally ouija JFK’s spirit up in this place & he could tell you the exact same thing but if some celebrity needed their butt wiped the head of the Democratic Party would run & do it!!! The Democrats have forgotten who actually votes!!!
We NEED more than that!! We need to go back to the starting line, start all over, make some serious apologies, remove our lips from certain people’s asses & reassess the WHOLE DAMN situation!!!Like seriously, 45 yr old LIFE LONG DEM HERE! PLEASE CALL ME!! I will help you out!!!
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That means pushing back against Russian crime organizations.
That means pushing back against the Russian Orthodox Church’s promotion of hate.
That means pushing back against anyone coopted by a hostile government.
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We need to highlight policies that benefit ALL Americans, not only social interest groups.
We NEED to be more relatable with kitchen table topics that speak to everyone.
The people need a real party.
Not a rebranded corporate paid to lose party.
If the rebrand is more of the same is it a rebrand?
We can’t disarm!
We need all that billionaire cash!
If that still their mantra no rebrand will work.
Divide and rule, is destroying America.
Find some common ground for the 70% of us who aren’t far left, or far right.
I thought they would be somewhat better prepared (though who thought it would be this horrific) after dealing with Trump in his first term.
Get out there, let the public in on events
AOC wants to advance a bill criminalizing Pelosi's source of wealth -- insider trading... So Pelosi threw her weight around to get another geriatric old fucktard in her place.
Chris Murphy I have to take your word for. Heard of him but since the election I cancelled cable news. It was too awful.
I have seen much of Eric Swalwell. I don’t see the appeal. I will look again
I miss Katie Porter.
When they should be
the Elephant which is totally unacceptable!
Every Elephant and the ones who love them say so…
The fate of our country should not be a game
where
One side doesn't have any rules
One side lies continuously
no shared facts
No shared info sphere
And we think winning by 1 point is all that matters
A one point win will bring us right back here
to be sure.. i think we can pin all the losses on the donkey. i mean who gona vote for a donkey, apart from Jesus 🙏😂
Demand a general strike demand millions in every state capitol!
We need to shut it down!
The Democratic Party is the party of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare(ACA).
The Democratic Party is the party of the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and Roe v. Wade.
The Democratic Party is the party of free speech and a free press
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000195-5511-d4a2-afbf-dd7121940000
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/03/02/democrats-in-despair-00206883
The FD never had a “time provision” and never applied to networks or cable channels.
It was a very narrow policy for local broadcast. Most stations still meet the old requirements with a basic issues program.
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R40009.pdf
U.S. v Playboy
Independent centrists are where it's at. Fuck this horseshoe theory bullshit.
They've become the 21st century Whigs. NO, this requires revolt from within.
The progs/real left must break off and force coalition in order to get real power.
We need a leader
Not ONE has said fuckall about our stolen election and his absolute illegitimacy
😡
And are STILL too fucking quiet
They ALL handed US over to a KNOWN fascist
With SMILES
It's popular now among the majority of Americans, so no excuses?
And have.
Got lost in tRUMPS flooding the zone.
Our brains are overheated jelly.
They ignore it at their own peril.
Trump has permanently broken the system by overwhelming it.
And is now having Musk demolish it.
SS, Medicare, Medicaid, the rule of law, will be FUBAR if they exist at all.
By Putin’s design.
Step aside & let the youth take over! They're the ones who will deal with failed climate change, facism, racism, abortion, autocracy, gun laws, mental health, insurance companies abuse, recession etc!! Everything that the Republican party abdicated! 🤬
So is United We Stand.
Moving to the right will not work, it never does.
Dems are weak,feckless, pathetic and recalcitrant POS who have NO FEKN CLUE
We have not been very strong or forthcoming in our beliefs lately
Enough with tiptoeing around Republicans in fear of their retribution.
Dems ARE doing more for the working class already than Trump and Musk ever will, but somehow they can't convince working-class voters of that.
The GOP has very effectively "branded" . . .
Getting rid of the old ghouls and their feckless protégés is the only way this party can possibly recover.
Healthcare is a right, housing is a right, education is a right, food is a right, childcare is a right
horse, eagle, lion, antelope
Just about anything but a donkey
donkey often is described as---lacking intelligence, strength, and often loud and stubborn
The symbolic unofficial but used often.
You’re not winning those votes over there.
We actually read and support the Constitution.
Fucking fix the Education System so they teach kids CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS.
So when an Orange Sociopath lies to them, they actually COMPREHEND they're being lied to...
"Rebrand" becomes irrelevant. Democracy saved.
"STOP HIRING THE SAME CONSULTANTS!!!"
Everyone pro democracy.
Pro constitution.
Pro rule of law.
Peaceful transfer of power.
I do like a few of the newer/younger Reps, but I worry that they'll be either chewed up and spit out, constantly dismissed, or become corrupted. I hope I'm wrong.
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But money and power are a powerful drug, so I’m not expecting it.
Need a plan for 26
Need a think in /conference to discuss what they stand for and publish an agenda to take out Maga !
Trans girls playing h.s. sports = big problem.
Oligarch who paid off the President getting no bid contracts = not mentioned
LEADERSHIP!
We need leadership that does something useful.