Why am i feeling like we no longer have a Democratic Party and they have all abandoned us for Trump and Putin ? Hopeless feeling - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

princesskim.bsky.social • 111 days ago

Why am i feeling like we no longer have a Democratic Party and they have all abandoned us for Trump and Putin ?

Hopeless feeling

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americannotdorr2.bsky.social•111 days ago

I've been saying for decades that both parties are merely acting out the scripts provided by their mega donors but most people don't listen. Both parties have had the trifecta (Presidency, house & senate) & still couldn't - or wouldn't - do what the people wanted. It's time for a new government.

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

I actually agree with that but what type would work bc we are having them make decisions for us and that’s not what we want! They don’t listen until they need your vote or your money!

americannotdorr2.bsky.social•111 days ago

During the Albany Congress Ben Franklin asked "Why do we need Great Britain" - 20 yrs later they invented a new version of democracy. Maybe it's time we reinvented the political wheel. Think of the changes we currently already need. Allowing ONLY the voters to donate to politicians - then to a

americannotdorr2.bsky.social•111 days ago

hard cap would improve a lot of things.
Severely punishing political corruption EVERY time, would also help.
National referendums on all legislation would improve our government immensely.
Amending the Freedom of speech to punish political fraud ads like we punish other types of fraud is another.

octopuspantleg.bsky.social•111 days ago

I feel like the Democrats broke up with me through voicemail

jodywayzata.bsky.social•111 days ago

There are millions of us

annjoness.bsky.social•111 days ago

😬

thehentyhouse.bsky.social•111 days ago

I feel exactly the same. The helplessness of understanding that absolutely nobody has our back. That we’re entering Panem and the Hunger Games. That the country voted for the worst of humanity, a sexual abusing rapist. I cannot stop crying. I’m devastated.

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

Can’t believe Biden takes an oath to protect the country from this stuff- helps the Ukraine to fight Putin but lets Putin just walk on in here and take over our country? It makes no sense

thehentyhouse.bsky.social•111 days ago

Zelensky has been beaten and is a dead man walking. So many lives lost for what? The new world order of Putin, Trump and Elon has evolved and we’re truly fucked! Putin has won, he’s been working behind the scenes on this for years. His chess game versus our drafts game.

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

Agreed- Biden helping him fight Putin when Biden won’t even protect US from Putin as he’s handing us over to him- makes me sick

plschangetimeline.bsky.social•111 days ago

I think that Biden is trying to save us from WWIII + millions of American lives lost. If Putin takes Ukraine, he won't stop + might invade a NATO country next. We have NATO obligations + whether we fulfill those (fight w allies) or openly violate them (allies now enemies), we're on a path to war.

thehentyhouse.bsky.social•111 days ago

Trump will pull us out of NATO! There is no good outcome whatever way we look at this.

bethechangeuwant2c.bsky.social•111 days ago

You're not alone.

jaguar1960lorib.bsky.social•111 days ago

Still waiting for that big recount of swing states

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

Me too! wtf is taking so long ?

duenorth1.bsky.social•111 days ago

Hold on, it's a pendulum.

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

??

duenorth1.bsky.social•111 days ago

It ebbs and rises again. If it can hold it's momentum and path. 🤞

akfny.bsky.social•111 days ago

I hope our allies remember when we were there for them

alexloop1987.bsky.social•111 days ago

I’m more worried about how the media lead us into this. Even the “liberal” networks didn’t do their job correctly. We all saw what his first term was like, the media should’ve been going against him hard. And yet, it was like 2016 all over again. Utter insanity.

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

We are the only ones listening to CNN, MSNBC- reading the newspapers- MAGAs don’t-but we amplified their crap in here bringing more attn to it- all the ppl on here trying to inform us just amplifying the message- it’s just as bad

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

2/2 there too- we focused on them- we focused only on the distractions TRUMP was doing instead of going the route of amplifying Harris- I blame the Dems too- we sabotaged ourselves

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

If ppl would have listened to me early on and starved them- instead of constantly highlighting their garbage and complaining abt them-.their voice would have been muted - yet I blame the Dems for feeding into their crap- giving them more power than what they needed- we r at fault

suezeerdh.bsky.social•111 days ago

I’m so irritated with the silence from our spineless government.

sylvesterskycat.bsky.social•111 days ago

I won't 'like' this, but I totally agree. On another note, like I said earlier, MIke Tomlin's a fucking genius.

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

Love that he switches and uses Fields! Epic! I have been wanting them to do that!

sylvesterskycat.bsky.social•111 days ago

Yes! He'd be the coach of ANY football team I owned, if I could manage it. And how stupid are the Bears?

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

The Bears have a new OC?

sylvesterskycat.bsky.social•111 days ago

I think they do. Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

libradad.bsky.social•111 days ago

It is always darkest before dawn. But I fear that dawn is a long way off.
At least the Steelers won.

princesskim.bsky.social•103 days ago

Then they lost 🤔

bowiejax.bsky.social•111 days ago

Hopelessness seems forever, but once the mist clears and people can see, it won’t take long for them to look back at the past 4 years and say to themselves, “What were we thinking.”

At the same time, the Dem Party has to get its shit together.

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

Most of us don’t make it through these 4 years

bowiejax.bsky.social•111 days ago

You will because you are a fighter and won’t take their crap.

I do feel for many others who might not have the support to fight back

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

Not sure i actually can. I don’t have the support- you can’t say that bc you don’t know me or my circumstances

bowiejax.bsky.social•111 days ago

Of course I don’t know yours or anyone else’s situation. I base it on the fact that you are willing to call BS when you see it & are outraged by what has happened politically & are willing to say what is on your mind. That takes courage.

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

It’s gotten me in trouble my whole life- maybe I’m just done calling out the bs when no one is even listening

mark-7.bsky.social•111 days ago

It’s sad. It reminds me of a post here in the U.K. regarding the Conservatives, which can apply to Trump and his mob:

“The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because its handle was made of wood it was one of them.”

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

Yup- scary

1mfriend.bsky.social•111 days ago

We are regrouping.
We need to do more local organizing.

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princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

I’m done when our leaders are ok sending us to the wolves

1mfriend.bsky.social•111 days ago

Say more.

appledawg.bsky.social•111 days ago

Our democratic representatives!

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

Yup

appledawg.bsky.social•111 days ago

I’m not very happy about that ☝️

loriana83.bsky.social•111 days ago

Bc that’s exactly what we are going through and it sucks.

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

It’s a train wreck

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

Yup

austexdav.bsky.social•111 days ago

I have to believe we are regrouping.

embeessem.bsky.social•111 days ago

I feel like we all need to learn how to organize amongst ourselves

flurrymcfinch.bsky.social•111 days ago

They are taking the high road instead of fighting for democracy. That’s paving the way for no more Democratic Party and no more voting.
Then we’re stuck in a MAGA dictatorship.
How do we break free from that?

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

Idk tbh- I’m disgusted!

flurrymcfinch.bsky.social•111 days ago

He has the f….. immunity. Well, f…. use it.

princesskim.bsky.social•111 days ago

No kidding! Weak af! He’d get more votes for the Dems in the future if he did something now

flurrymcfinch.bsky.social•111 days ago

Me too.

foreverblueone.bsky.social•111 days ago

I think we are all astounded that our party lost to a racist, misogynistic traitor and it’s taking time to process.

I feel a bit hopeless and abandoned also, but think with time, we will come back stronger and more dedicated to fighting for the rights of ourselves and others!

We MUST resist!