Not going to engage with fools who don’t know basic morality and pretend that Bernie sanders hasn’t been showing dems the way out - only to watch neoliberalism rat fuck the country blue -
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The real owners of this sumbitch are never gonna let the poor people have someone like Bernie. Instead they tricked poor people into kissin a draft dodging trust fund brats ass.
I totally get it. I won’t engage with those praising neoliberals who did nothing to stop this mess. Bernie could’ve given us free healthcare, but they choose grifters like Adams and Newsom. Just focusing on pushing the message and organizing now, hoping they get it before too much harm is done.
Cool
He voted YES to 12 wars
Pushed the sale of 30 fighter jets to Israel
He's passed 0 legislation
He hired Lewandowski as his campaign chief, a known Russian collaborator
His campaign broke into Hillarys online campaign info + stole info
He's a multi-millionaire
Takes military industrial complex $
I don’t think the plan is for Bernie to run. I think his plan is to give us the blueprint to rid ourselves of these fascist fucks. He would be 86 in the ‘28 race. A candidate will emerge if they follow the blueprint, and we fill the vacuum.
That would be great! Sen. Chris Murphy has come out acknowledging that Bernie's blueprint will succeed and win voters back. (The rest of us--duh!) My fear is someone will pick up his mantle and discard it as soon as they are elected. They better preach hard specifics to get our trust and votes.
I’m liking Bernie today. But he was a big reason Clinton lost, as much as any other. At a moment when he should have weighed in with women and equality, he chose the bros and messed up the real revolution.
Clinton was the reason Bernie lost. He was the only candidate polling ahead of Trump during the 2016 primaries. The DNC fucked him in NY, TN, NV, and CA. America wants his platform.
The billionaires don’t. Clinton blew her own chances.
Bernie, the spiteful ego maniac? Berners were the reason Bernie lost. Disgusting behavior up hill and down dale. A personality cult as ugly as MAGA. The way they treated Dolores Huerta? Fuck 'em all.
The DNC are certified fascists, too. They are the other half of the equation that has us knee deep in Nazi policy, largely owned by foreign and corporate interests.
Here's an idea: how about actually run on universal iversal health and a wealth tax in a general election? You are 1/3 vs trump with this corporate dem shit. Yes...racism and misogyny are a big part of it. But biden BARELY won after 4 years of the first trump shitshow term.
He did more for Hillary than any losing primary candidate ever does. He encouraged his base to vote for her. She lost because she was not a good candidate for that year and was NOT a good campaigner.
Wrong, if not for Bernie,Clinton would have gotten even fewer votes than she did. He endorsed her and that led to many Bernie supporters holding their noses but voting for her. Neoliberals preferred Trump to Bernie and they got Trump.
But the emails! Never forget the emails. *Sarcasm
Along w the fact Hillary is a woman. Misogyny will cost us all everything at the hands of men and many women internalizing ...
Lots of good discourse here, but we need deeds right now, not words, to bring change. See you at the Saturday protests. Bring a +1 and remember there's no bad weather, just bad clothes so dress to protest
I had exactly the same experience when pointing out that Bernie Sanders had been consistent in his messaging about progressive taxation, workers rights, healthcare, education etc. Only to be told he was too left. I remarked that choosing the less worse option has ended with a US oligarchy.
The lib who responded to this didn't like me pointing out that funding genocide is evil. Cop cites are evil. Fracking whose pollution disproportionately affects bipoc & poor communication is evil. Lib response? They blocked me. Cowards. Can't even look at their party honestly, much less themselves.
I agree totally - vested interests come together en masse with media smears, red peril threats - the usual bullshit from the millionaire/billionaire class - communism etc. with their client media spewing out their lying tripe to convince people to vote against their better interests.
Hillary, Debbie Wasserman Shultz and the DNC smeared Bernie and basically screwed us out of a shot at him being president. If he had a fair shot, he could win. Establishment Democrats are scared of him as they might lose their big money donors should he get in.
Yes and … I didn’t & still don’t want another rich old white guy in office! I genuinely believe if he’d put all of his support & resources behind a younger diverse woman & signed on as VP/Mentor we would see amazing things happen. It’s happening now w/ AOC
They really would! I got to see them in Tempe a few weeks ago and it was amazing! Packed the 5,000 seat stadium including people packed in on the floor & every box full plus around 3,000 outside watching on a big screen! I hope she runs!
A testament to how entrenched patriarchy is in our country. I wasn’t thrilled about Hilary but I’ve been watching Trump since he appeared mid-70’s on Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous & knew immediately he was not normal or good. He proved that over & over in the years since
Disgraceful!
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Bernie definitely sparks action in people. That energy is dearly needed right now. BTW my favorite Cusack character in a movie is Worm from Rounders. Worn while flawed always remained true to himself if nothing else he was very self aware. Cheers to Worm!
No, it was the DNC that cheated. I know. I was there in PA in 2016. The polls clearly showed Clinton behind Trump and Bernie way ahead. But the plan to install Clinton had been made in 2008 when she stepped aside for Obama. The Dems don't give a f@ck about the people either. They are all paid off.
It’s hilarious that Bernie Sanders, who only performs well in elections in states like New Hampshire and Iowa that are overwhelmingly white, is saying that the democrats need to be more “multi-racial”.
There’s a reason that black voters, who are the ACTUAL democratic base, largely don’t trust him.
Yes, you can always find a few tokens. But it’s no coincidence that Sanders does great in elections in the whitest states in the country, and absolutely flops wherever black Americans live and vote in large numbers.
I get it. Unfortunately, it is not that simple.You’ve got to look at the slow trend of the pushing back & forth of right v left. Our country moved slow until the outright hate of the GOP. Move forward, remind, teach others; we have to get democracy back on track before we can do anything. My 2 cents
John, it is extremely obvious it’s time to get back to the 60’s Liberal party. It wasn’t age that took Joe out; it was the centrist message. Age was the tool. Bernie is drawing huge crowds with his messaging.
Bernie needs to keep doing what he has been doing - but yes, now he's too old. AOC is out there - so is Walz. They need to work on conversion.
Cory Booker's speech was epic - now if that gets him public interest he may be able to back away from his corporate overlords and work for us - redemption?
He's never stood for change, but hoping he'll see writing on the wall. Now is the time for leaders to rise up and give us a voice. More importantly make themselves seen. Not seeing a lot yet.
Slightly disappointed seeing the fundraising email from Booker a day after the speech. But that’s politics. There isn’t much amplification of the speech though.
Unfortunately since Citizens United fundraising is the only way they can campaign. It's obscene. But we have an opportunity right now to get names out there, and anybody that wants to hold office needs to get cracking.
The Democrats screwed him & the entire country in 2016, so desperate Americans decided to trust the conman over the obviously corrupt corporate Democrats...
Are we pretending Bernie had votes? Also pretending Bernie would have had any support for his agenda in Congress? I like Bernie but the majority on either side did not at that time.
So tragically motherfucking true. They sandbagged Bernie in 2016 then sicced Warren on him in 2020 to tank BOTH of them because Bernie is a challenge to the Dem hierarchy; he's (is) not a Dem, he was (is) pro-people, he was (is) for treating the disease, not band-aiding the symptoms.
oh... and wanted to add this: Chris Hedges rightly points out: Corporatist neolib Dems want stability (not justice btw) while the GOP can only run on chaos. I think it's a good analysis.
I always get a few people blocking me whenever I say something negative about Dems... so doing something right😉
Beware… Hedges HIMSELF BLEW IT in the lead up to the 2024 elections when he spent more time FEARMONGERING over what Harris MIGHT do while IGNORING what we KNEW Trump had in store. Hedges hands are NOT clean
Yes. I know. In fact, I saw him in Princeton NJ last fall walking into a restaurant as we were leaving; he said pretty much the same thing. I told him the assignment in this election was to vote for least harm & that was for Harris
That doesn't mean he isn't right. We are here due to both parties
Another thing: the Dems fear mongered over Prj 2025 yet it's pretty fucking apparent they either didn't read it OR they didn't take it seriously enough because they were not prepared for this.
Should have been. They had the blueprint. So you know, let's be realistic if we are to do better in future
Yep. JYNX! in fact, I told Bernie that very thing today. I thanked him for planting trees he know he won't sit in the shade of and thanked him for the forest he's planted in his lifetime so far.
He does us all and us in VT especially proud.
"I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.
Lloyd Dobler "Say Anything"
Bernie keeps sheepdogging for the corporate Dems and still supports the genocide in Gaza. He's talked about healthcare and raising the minimum wage for longer than my kids have been alive, and not once accomplished anything towards either. He's the shadow on the wall of the Democrat cave.
"...The United States allowed this mass atrocity to continue by providing an endless supply of weapons to Netanyahu and failing to exert meaningful leverage. This blanket military support took place in clear violation of U.S. and international law..."
AOC and other progressive congress members directly cite Bernie as their way into politics.
We might wish he was exactly like we want him to be, but he has worked hard, stayed consistent while being willing to change his positions based on evidence, and influenced national politics more than once.
Really sick of people needing to use the new buzzword insult “neoliberalism” while they pretend Bernie failed every time because he got screwed rather than because he just couldn’t get enough votes. He says great stuff. His followers are loud, but they can’t math that he couldn’t achieve the votes
Like I said, just tired of the shit from this guy posting his tweets, reposting, posting something similar, and then posting multiple defenses of all of it. Ok, yer cool dude. A real rebel
It’s not a new term, but it’s become trendy for a certain bunch to throw as the insult du jour. Some don’t even know what it means, but it’s in vogue for the petulant whose heroes wouldn’t even use the term like that
cool cool
so while you and some other folks are “owning the neolibs”, got any suggestions on how to solve the current authoritarian coup and collapse of our democracy? Cause some of us are poor, disabled, queer, black, etc anything other than white rich men and it’s dangerous out here
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Very well said! There are plenty of them who seem to be nostalgic for those dems who remained silent so far while Sen. Sanders and AOC never stopped the fight for everyone regardless. All the fuss for a 24 h debate, and the "I told you so" and "We warned you" BS with H.Clinton and K.Harris.
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I mean they allowed a criminal to be president for a second term, what a betrayal! The Dem_Publicans surrendered so easily that even the French Marechal Pétain rolled shocked in his grave.
The old guard of Dem_Publicans are trying to show they are doing something now, not because they want to,
Part3
but because they're loosing their grip on that kind of power that brings them money. They've been silent so far and also afraid of what Bernie, AOC&co. Can really do.
They both are a gift! They know the only difference that really matters is saving lives making sure nobody is left behind.
After a full analysis of what’s happening in the US to date, ChatGPT has determined that we are parallel to 1937 Nazi Germany by 99.90%…..🤦🏻♀️😩😩😩😩
WE MUST ACT NOW!!!!!
It’s so interesting to read this from a multimillionaire. Forgive me for suggesting the entire idea of a celebrity writing about socialism to poor people is exactly what the USA runs on.
Is there room for this conversation in the USA? Is it not a little ironic to take our cues from the elite?
Neoliberals are clearly the real reason we have Trump. The corruption, the dumb compromising, the slight incrementalism from the status quo has let people believe that Republicans have answers.
My two cents...
You can pick anyone and anything apart but when there's a fire you just want to put the fire out.
Well, folks, there's a fire and Bernie is helping to put that fire out!
Bernie Sanders is one of the reasons we are here in the first place.
Dividing democrats and suggesting 73 million Americans voted for fascism because they secretly wanted to vote for socialism is not “the way out” by any stretch of the imagination.
I swear to God, Bernie's one of the only decent ones in the upper levels of power. I block immediately when someone bullies me into feeling that my empathies for the innocent Palestinians being murdered are anti-semitic or misplaced.
I think the murder of innocents is horrible. I also think the Israelis Hamas murdered didn't deserve it. As long as you don't blame all Jews for what's happening in Gaza, I'm totally aligned with your.
Absolutely. What bothers me is the harassment of Jewish students by pro-Palestinian demonstrators on campuses. That's where the calls of antisemitism come from, and that scares Jews a lot. We need to learn to talk to each other. We have much in common.
Mansions? His net worth is like 2-3 million. Those aren’t very impressive mansions. My parent’s crappy Southern California house is valued at over a million now. They are far from rich. Kinda dumb to be mad at people for working well into their 80s and investing their money wisely.
They are bought and sold by the same people who want MAGA to succeed. They need to get with the program or they will be left by the wayside. The age of neoliberalism is over and we have a chance to do something better.
If we organize and act aggressively we can align ourselves with the sensible policies of the rest of the developed world. We should try to lift each other out of poverty and hardship and anyone telling you otherwise benefits from your suffering.
Fascism is here and we're sliding into authoritarianism. We need a united opposition. Many comments on this thread are instead divisive. The people are showing the way- pressuring elected officials, protesting, town halls, resisting. We have some very good leaders. Their power derives from us.
Unpopular fact- Hillary stole primaries to lose an election.
More unpopular fact- Barry publicly teased an insecure narcissist at dinner and created a monster.
Mutually exclusive of both, Bernie is still right- taxation plus liberal socialism always provides the best outcomes for the most people.
Hillary was by far the worst candidate but the idea she stole it is nonsensical and unfounded. Bernie simply just failed with non white voters. It happens.
Further: Hillary lost to a spray-tanned dilettante with a Twitter account and no ground game, an election that three raccoons in a trench coat could have won.
None of this solves the current emergency, but it's the left that lets gender and identity politics supercede qualifications. Being a demographic isn't brave, it's existence. "We haven't had a 'fill-in-the-blank' so it's time" is ridiculous in the face of Fascism Racism and Despotism.
Bernie is too old to do back to back hail Mary's, but his presence is fundamental to taking back this country. There are younger Dems trying to shine right now and time will tell if they are plots for power or permutations of personal conviction.
Every non Republican needs to get off news bites and call what's happening by its actual name, use the words, stop saying "seems like". Make the big accusations, always use facts, name names. And laugh at the press at their milk toast reporting like Bill Burr did the other day. Go hard or go away.
I know in Europe he’d be considered a moderate socialist - tax billionaires to the hilt - be humane and kind - a living wage for working people and for that he’s thought of as Leon Trotsky…😂
I always go for Bernie Sanders, AOC and a few honest Dem left...Booker is paid by AIPAC and we ain't seen him doing rallies for people around the country.
Nope. They weren't sharing that nonsense w/MAGA. You know who benefitted from this TrackAIPAC account??? AIPAC did. AIPAC leaked all their own 💩 like diarrhea & we all FELL for it. So- I no longer give a damn what TrackAIPAC says b/c they accomplished their goal- to get TRUMP IN & KILL MORE PEOPLE.
I admit I made the mistake of sharing that account. I did. — Doesn't matter now. Leon Smuk, Tronald Dump, & Bibi- TOLD us what they were doing- & how they would- long before the election, gave ppl "the illusion" of voting.. 1000s of ballots were not counted, etc.. & continue the War Inc Genocides.😒
We know...but their dirty games won't last forever...not even any longer...
Yesterday we were almost 4 millions in so many cities and we all were so really pissed off...
Take action! I hope everyone worried / angry / frustrated about what’s happening turns out this Saturday (4.5.25) to protest the destruction of our democracy. State capitols and major cities. https://events.pol-rev.com/search?search&contentType=EVENTS
Near DC? Join us at the Washington Monument at 12.
How about we go back to fighting the Bernie vs Dems battles later. Let’s just be unified and fight the right. We can go back to independent this, leftist that, progressive, center left, etc later.
Blaming leftist? Nope, I just blame Trump voters. Like that woman n Wisconsin I saw in the news mumbling about voting for Trump because of immigration. A woman who has probably never ever seen an immigrant in her life. Like I said, we can go back to our arguments on the different groups later.
Is this the hill to have democracy die on? Would it be more helpful for us to unite against the criminal and his shit show and get the most qualified decent intelligent human being to be the next president?
After Biden's "nothing will fundamentally change" speech, I remember asking people what will happen, in 4 years, when nothing has fundamentally changed and it's election time again.
Democracy can only survive if we defeat the conditions that led to Trump in the first place
What? Best economy in the world, lower inflation, covid under control, a world where our allies w/shared goals. Investing in greater good in healthcare, education, infrastructure, employment & more? Fundamentally everything has changed, not for good. Lies, bigotry & ignorance brought us trump IMHO.
It's an economy that has not worked for many people. Still the only major country to not guarantee healthcare. Labor union membership at historic lows. Profit motive enshittification.
I think people see the contradictions of capitalism. The Republican lie is to scapegoat immigrants and trans people
And precisely nothing to safeguard any of that. So if it only lasts 4 years, what's the fucking point?
Also, while we're listing off achievements... how'd 'Merica do with children getting blown away in classrooms? How did Biden do with Black people in prison for minor, targeted crimes?
We ain't voting our way out of fascism, that's not how this works. Not saying don't vote. I vote, why not. But the DNC consistently shows how complicit Dems are. Example, Booker does the speech stunt, then immediately does not act what he preaches. Proceeds to use the publicity to ask for donations.
Suggestions? How do we proceed? Those that blame the past are unhelpful. We know the supreme court removed any $$$ restrictions on politics so sadly $$$ is raised & way too much is spent to win the fight. Have a solution where republicans don't have power? That's what we need to restore democracy.
Thank you for the question, it's definitely a valid one. My personal political belief system is anarchism which I disclose, as it colors my answer. Don't let the term get in the way of the meaning, it's NOT the belief that we must live in chaos. We believe you must build anew in the shell of... 1/n
the old. This system is beyond the point of no return. Even if you voted out the issue, let's say elections miraculously remain legitimate and free, Dems get control of the legislature, and Trump gets impeached. Ok? Now we've got Vance, whis also a literal Nazi. Let's say we survive for the... 2/n
full four years. Assuming again elections remain legit, we get Dems in. History with the Dems show they never seem to leverage their power, they just coast on the vibes that they'll easily get re-elected because "look at the alternative" as they continue to pump money into militarizing... 3/n
It’s not but it seems cathartic for people like John to lash out and feel morally superior to those who didn’t back the same people he did. I hope he realizes soon that most of us are in the same damn boat
We can't go back, debating what could or should have been is fruitless. If we could I'd say let's skip #45, 47 entirely but we can't. We need to spend all energies on finding the right person to fill the seat in the white house along with several qualified house and senate seats. Get to looking.
As if people who voted for Biden and not Bernie in the 2020 primary (which feels like an eternity ago!) don’t “know basic morality” JFC get over yourself you pompous ass
Man, things change and that is why debate is good. For this country, neo-libiralism had to fail for progressive ideas to make a comeback. Bernie's audiences got bigger because people's lives got worse.
I call them Blue MADA as facts don't matter to them either. They treat politics like sports. They believe their party is perfect and can do no wrong. I block them as much as MAGA's and Tankies.
I've seen a lot of shit talking of Bernie recently. I don't understand it. He's part of a very small group of Dems with the fortitude to stand up to that embarassment. I dont care what your political affiliation. Right now anyone anti-maga is a friend.
People want to know what they can do. Bernie has no concrete suggestions because he knows that the only thing that can save us is Congress—which is where he should be focusing.
How exactly can Congress save us when an embarrassing number of dem Congress people are voting for Trump's agenda?
Compromising with fascists is fascism and Republicans haven't negotiated in good faith in at least 15 years. What do they think they are going to accomplish with bipartisanship now?
I’m not suggestion bipartisanship. I think Dems should disrupt, obfuscate, and generally cause trouble. Repubs have managed to do so in the past even when they are minority.
Put pressure on our representatives, both federal and state. A big Bernie rally does nothing to motivate Congress. A big rally in front of your reps’ office? Much more likely to promote change.
way too much “Kamala would have saved us” rhetoric on here. Like yes the stock market would go brrrrr but material conditions for the average person would have continued to be ignored just like it was more or less under the last 25 years of democratic policy.
The only platform the democrats should run on is improving the material conditions of the working class. Everything else we hope to accomplish is impossible until people have their basic needs met.
Be careful, playing the "both sides are bad," game. I see it paralyze non-maga Republicans, in particular. There is a clear choice, that respects humanity, and constitutional norms.
This whole comment thread is almost pure fire. I’ve been feeling alone in my beliefs similar to these so thank you @johncusack.bsky.social for posting this.
They’ll blame anyone but themselves. Blue maga ruined our country along with red maga. They still hold a grudge because Bernie wasn’t nominated. They told people not to vote. They are on this platform screaming for help from the same people they refused to vote for. They aren’t our friends.
Republicans vote as a block. Democrats vote as individuals. AOC and Bernie prove that working together gets results. Democrats need to start working together.
Do you have any evidence for that? There was majority support for mass deportation in the polls leading up to the last election. I also saw many polls with greater support for Israel than Palestine. I'm not sure the American people are who you think they are.
Maybe wishful thinking, but with the current financial reckoning, if there was a Dem candidate who actually delivered counter to this economic collapse and moral outrage, it could be powerful.
For sure. The majority of Americans are against what's happening, so there's a lot of room for leverage if the right people step into the power vaccuum.
And once a not-perfect Dem is elected we can have more influence on them than any elected Republican. Make the primaries robust then vote blue (there’s always gonna be the risk of getting a Fetterman or a Sinema but still better than a R who will stick with their king).
Dem cheerleaders always say this, but what the mean is leftists should move to center for peace. It never occurs to them that the party should move left.
Same thing, different names for universal healthcare. Has nothing to do with the existing Medicare except infrastructure. #Medicare4All would eliminate private insurance companies, uncouple care from employment, cover everyone and everything with no payments at the point of service.
nope
Universal means everyone is covered by something and can include private.
M4A is a subset of universal where the only insurance is Medicare/government single payer.
Sanders did not hire minorities or women in leadership positions until he was running for president. 40 years of hiring white males . How republican of him.
I’d like to know who was stock buying today in Trumps cabinet?
Those fuckers are getting rich off tanking the economy? I want to know who was buying and how much money the grifters are making off everyday people going bankrupt? You should all want to know this. * & Bernie is fucking amazing!
You're right...but if we change this point of view and put it this way: what if... his good work so far is an actual step in stone for a new generation of politics never seen so far? Lets talk about that force of nature called AOC.
Dissing Ds doesn't affect turnout, Ds not delivering material benefits to voters affects turnout.
Rs *like* Bernie's policies. Universal healthcare? Taxing billionaires? Even MAGA wants that.
Who *doesn't* like that? Politicians taking money from billionaires. No such thing as a good billionaire.
You and bernie gave us trump in 2016 and you can’t defend your weak position. You are not going to engage because you can’t. Maybe you can help bernie sabotage sanders name some post offices. All you ever spout is sour grapes.
Bernie supporters voted overwhelmingly for Clinton, at significantly higher rates than Clinton primary voters voted for Obama in '08.
This is where we are; If we manage to recover our government from authoritarians, maybe we can get the facts straight and air grievances before the next election.
Thanks,Lauren Elizabeth's article, it's really refreshing.
I've got a few additional elements next time I see those brainwashing post about H.C. and K.H. stating: "I told you so" or " We warned you" Like they had nothing to do with Chump 2nd term re-election.
"A bad worker always blames his tools"
The Dem_Publicans always blamed others for their stupid, intentional and arrogant actions.The entire Planet saw on TV what happened in 2016...the dnc made the choice to get rid of Senator Sanders, because with his elections he would've eradicate a lobby's way of bribing corrupted politicians.
Hardcore neoliberals, especially AIPAC diehards, fear progressive populism far more than right-wing populism.
That's why they risked giving MAGA power rather than give Progressives a majority. Ultimately, under fascism big businesses can still buy influence; but we want money out of politics.
I agree, but now they're gone too far. It's also a grave error thinking this new fxxxxism is like the original one...this is something different and much more dangerous. This is not just fxxxxism, is a prelude to total annihilation, and you can see the kind of damage and how fast it's been so far.
There cannot both be so many die hard sanders supporters that they caused trump to be elected twice and not enough of them to move the DNC left on their platform.
Political parties exist to represent voters. The DNC was very clear they didn't want or need leftists.
No they did not, quit pushing bullshit. Maybe dipshit bernie should have wormed his way into the gop and ran as a republican instead of worming his way in like a parasite to run as a Democrat.
The Democratic Party on the left:
Forget them, they have to vote for us anyway!
And even if they don't, they're too few to matter anyway!
And even if leftists who won't vote for us somehow become numerous enough to hurt us electorally, they can serve as our scapegoat!
EXACTLY! Democrats caused this the moment they stole the nomination from Sanders in 2016. Trump even said himself, that he wouldn’t have been president at all if “the crooked Democrats didn’t steal the nomination from Sanders.” He himself knew Bernie would’ve/should’ve won in 2016. We didn’t forget.
The thing about Bernie Sanders is that people want to find ANY reason they can to not give him their support, even though everything he says is common sense to them. 🤦🏻♂️
I've gotten into this with them. They consider him bad on race and gender issues. They blame him for losing primaries. I sorta feel they are missing his larger point about how money in politics fucks everything a d led to trump.
He voted YES to 12 wars
Pushed the sale of 30 fighter jets to Israel
He's passed 0 legislation
He hired Lewandowski as his campaign chief, a known Russian collaborator
His campaign broke into Hillarys online campaign info + stole info
He's a multi-millionaire
Takes military industrial complex $
It’s a game for Billionaires! they can gobble up resources at much cheaper prices now. Why do you think COVID happened & during Trumpy’s term? Why do you think Elon poured Billions into Elections to get Trump Elected? Why did 911 happen? Israel wants Gaza for Trump properties. Look at the end game.
Elizabeth Warren and other democrats let Bernie and all of us down during the 2016 election. He was ahead of all the runners for democrat leader until she and others handed over all their voters to Joe Biden who wasn’t doing very well at the time…!!!
Totally drastic for Americans and democracy…!!!
Pardon me, but that doesn't do shit these days. I've never cared about what a "celebrity" says about politics, ESP when they don't engage with the public directly. It's all blowing hot air. I respect the hell outta the ones that get out & march with us, tho.
We all have our own level of comfort, I understand. I've known many in his industry.
My point is he's just blowing hot air by posting things like this if he isn't willing to actually interact or do something by being part of it. This isn't being part of it, IMO.
honest anti-two-party assessment here: if the National Presidential Nomination Election were held on the same day across the US, we wouldn’t be in this mess, the gatekeeping of money by the RNC & DNC has got this country by the throat. Bernie should’ve had the nom in 2016, but DNC stole it in Nevada
even a broken clock can be right 🤷♂️
this whole state by state nomination is more than 50years antiquated, and is only there to keep the parties controlling the money flow
one more wish list fix: Election Day should be a national holiday day off from work
Seriously, I mentioned the DNC learned all the wrong lessons from the Clinton campaign and the way Clinton apologists poured out of the woodwork to chide me for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, to dismiss me without understanding - proving exactly what I was saying out loud.
I feel like I’m in a real life version of “Cell”. Once the ignorant put the phone to their ears and tune in Fox News their eyes glaze over, they come running for me, waving their arms, making zombie noises…
It won't be Bernie, he's to old and just has never drawn the votes. It won't be AOC, smart, but too young. Won't be Kamala again. Booker...probably not. Jefferies? He's no Obama. Who else is there? What if Kinzinger was a Dem... Who can win the next one? Who?
Just my opinion. Takes more than talk to become President. He speaks well, He can stand and talk for 25 hours while wearing Depends, but is he smart, is he tough, is he savvy? Can he win? My opinion...I'm not sure he can win. We need someone who can win...whoever that is.
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you keep fixating on wheter right or left, when what's important is:
who can rule for america instead of for russia? (trump can't)
who can stand up to rival china? (trump can't)
who can protect allies? (trump can't)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1c58mAKdVmQ
He voted YES to 12 wars
Pushed the sale of 30 fighter jets to Israel
He's passed 0 legislation
He hired Lewandowski as his campaign chief, a known Russian collaborator
His campaign broke into Hillarys online campaign info + stole info
He's a multi-millionaire
Takes military industrial complex $
The billionaires don’t. Clinton blew her own chances.
We need a new party.
We need a whole new system.
Lobbying and the end of the wealth tax are our Sword of Damocles.
I personally think that any candidate that accepts corporate PAC funding will likely not be part of the 'real revolution'.
Which is why we need to elect AOC in 2028.
Along w the fact Hillary is a woman. Misogyny will cost us all everything at the hands of men and many women internalizing ...
Voting for the lesser evil only begets more evil.
That’s a lot of winning 🤷♂️
Maybe if everyone who voted 3rd party or stayed home had voted Gore in 2000, Hillary in 2016, and Harris in 2024 none of this would be happening.
Like Bernie said to.
We have some great “young Bernies” looking ahead 👍
Steps to a real DEMOCRACY
Exposure + Motivation + Coalition building + Revolution
Revolution: https://www.keithalanhamilton.com?p=10712
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Simple minds.
There’s a reason that black voters, who are the ACTUAL democratic base, largely don’t trust him.
https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/March-2016/Bernie-Sanders-Arrest-Kartemquin-1963/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sanders-civil-rights-photos/
They will never relinquish the billionaire tit.
Cory Booker's speech was epic - now if that gets him public interest he may be able to back away from his corporate overlords and work for us - redemption?
The Democrats screwed him & the entire country in 2016, so desperate Americans decided to trust the conman over the obviously corrupt corporate Democrats...
And here we are
The DNC rigged the Democrat Primaries in 2016 & 2020, much worse in 2016, to ensure he didn't get the nomination.
Who did instead? In both cases, corporate shill Democrats.
It's amazing that I have to explain this.
The DNC rigged the primaries against Sanders, this is known. Get updated. Bye
in fact, they keep untangling the bullshit with consistent, morally centered ideas and policies.
#BernieSanders is an old man planting trees in whose shade he will never sit
I always get a few people blocking me whenever I say something negative about Dems... so doing something right😉
That doesn't mean he isn't right. We are here due to both parties
Should have been. They had the blueprint. So you know, let's be realistic if we are to do better in future
He does us all and us in VT especially proud.
Lloyd Dobler "Say Anything"
Bernie talks big and then votes like a moderate.
We might wish he was exactly like we want him to be, but he has worked hard, stayed consistent while being willing to change his positions based on evidence, and influenced national politics more than once.
He votes against arming Israel and calls it ethnic cleansing, but he "supports genocide".
He votes 94% progressive, but he "talks big but votes like a moderate".
This isn't a coherent critique. Maybe you just don't like him?
I can't get over it & it makes me wanna cry. We could have had Bernie.
Not me. Us.
Like I said, just tired of the shit from this guy posting his tweets, reposting, posting something similar, and then posting multiple defenses of all of it. Ok, yer cool dude. A real rebel
Democrats have been neoliberals for decades at this point.
Kwamé Ture (neé Stokely Carmichael) wrote about them before I was born, and I’m 54.
The DNC are not your allies. They never have been.
https://redsails.org/the-pitfalls-of-liberalism/
Thanks for the read
so while you and some other folks are “owning the neolibs”, got any suggestions on how to solve the current authoritarian coup and collapse of our democracy? Cause some of us are poor, disabled, queer, black, etc anything other than white rich men and it’s dangerous out here
Very well said! There are plenty of them who seem to be nostalgic for those dems who remained silent so far while Sen. Sanders and AOC never stopped the fight for everyone regardless. All the fuss for a 24 h debate, and the "I told you so" and "We warned you" BS with H.Clinton and K.Harris.
I mean they allowed a criminal to be president for a second term, what a betrayal! The Dem_Publicans surrendered so easily that even the French Marechal Pétain rolled shocked in his grave.
The old guard of Dem_Publicans are trying to show they are doing something now, not because they want to,
but because they're loosing their grip on that kind of power that brings them money. They've been silent so far and also afraid of what Bernie, AOC&co. Can really do.
They both are a gift! They know the only difference that really matters is saving lives making sure nobody is left behind.
WE MUST ACT NOW!!!!!
Is there room for this conversation in the USA? Is it not a little ironic to take our cues from the elite?
Dumb compromising. You mean government?
Slight incrementalism. Health care? Employment? Civil rights? Climate policy? Education?
As we're finding out, the status quo is not bad so let's stop whining.
You can pick anyone and anything apart but when there's a fire you just want to put the fire out.
Well, folks, there's a fire and Bernie is helping to put that fire out!
Dividing democrats and suggesting 73 million Americans voted for fascism because they secretly wanted to vote for socialism is not “the way out” by any stretch of the imagination.
Just block me, Bro.
And letting them live under th3 bridge if we can't live in one of Bernie's many mansions.
Go fuck yourself.
Heard Netflix is hiring.
More unpopular fact- Barry publicly teased an insecure narcissist at dinner and created a monster.
Mutually exclusive of both, Bernie is still right- taxation plus liberal socialism always provides the best outcomes for the most people.
Bernie Sanders is out there saving your wretched party. Right now.
I and everyone I know voted for Harris. Even though we knew pivoting to the right was a failing strategy. That is LOYALTY!!
We need people who will FIGHT!!!
Bernie is the best president the US never had.
Chicago grew up hearing Rev Jackson & Bernie.
I don't AGREE w/all Booker says or does.. but Rev Jackson always said (Nutzies) will try to divide us.
When we put the lives of one group of people- over the lives of other groups of people.. Who benefits from that? 👈🏽
The Nutzies benefit.
Simple as that...
Yesterday we were almost 4 millions in so many cities and we all were so really pissed off...
ENDGAME
is closing...no more of this.
They even made a movie. Attack of the 5'2" Women.
Near DC? Join us at the Washington Monument at 12.
Caring for the citizens has never been commnism - look at Russia and Belarus...
Capitalism can work very, VERY well alongside compassion. Safe workers work better.
Democracy can only survive if we defeat the conditions that led to Trump in the first place
I think people see the contradictions of capitalism. The Republican lie is to scapegoat immigrants and trans people
Also, while we're listing off achievements... how'd 'Merica do with children getting blown away in classrooms? How did Biden do with Black people in prison for minor, targeted crimes?
Easy to just list off a few (debatable) things and ignore the rest.
by that, I mean republicans.
Or maybe look ahead and support our good options going forward.
Sounds pretty MAGA...
Maybe sit this one out?
Compromising with fascists is fascism and Republicans haven't negotiated in good faith in at least 15 years. What do they think they are going to accomplish with bipartisanship now?
The utter gall.
You SHOULD be thanking this dude but we get he doesn’t fit your white savior narrative.
YOUR demographic continues to ratfuck us. You could be tone deaf and pompous on the other site if this is all you got.
Signed, women in a red state with restrictive abortion lies that are killing other women.
Dems literally ran on ending it. But it requires a Supreme Court majority, just like every thing else you want.
That's why she told you the courts were so important.
And now you'll have 400+ Trump judges.
But that's like step 9 or 10.
Same with universal healthcare or codifying Roe.
All of those will be blocked by this court.
And not just SCOTUS.
But the federal judges.
Paxton will have M4A blocked in federal court before the ink is dry.
Judges trump Presidents.
But dictator on day one is okay
It’s pre-requisite at this point, for anyone running for any office.
Universal means everyone is covered by something and can include private.
M4A is a subset of universal where the only insurance is Medicare/government single payer.
Those fuckers are getting rich off tanking the economy? I want to know who was buying and how much money the grifters are making off everyday people going bankrupt? You should all want to know this. * & Bernie is fucking amazing!
and his dream of controlling the northern hemisphere.
When you diss Ds, it affects turnout, and Rs get control of Congress and the WH. 3rd party voters helped Bush, and Trump win in 2016 and 2024.
Rs *like* Bernie's policies. Universal healthcare? Taxing billionaires? Even MAGA wants that.
Who *doesn't* like that? Politicians taking money from billionaires. No such thing as a good billionaire.
This is where we are; If we manage to recover our government from authoritarians, maybe we can get the facts straight and air grievances before the next election.
I've got a few additional elements next time I see those brainwashing post about H.C. and K.H. stating: "I told you so" or " We warned you" Like they had nothing to do with Chump 2nd term re-election.
"A bad worker always blames his tools"
That's why they risked giving MAGA power rather than give Progressives a majority. Ultimately, under fascism big businesses can still buy influence; but we want money out of politics.
Trump is attacking elections, purging dissent, and destroying institutions.
What are dems doing?
Schumer voted for the bad faith CR. Newsom platforms MAGA propaganda. Waiting for "the next election".
It is all so delusional and dangerous.
Political parties exist to represent voters. The DNC was very clear they didn't want or need leftists.
I voted blue no matter who
I would rather vote for someone with good ideas who I didn't like than someone with bad ideas who I like.
They are doing a job not getting a drink with you.
And maybe blue no matter who should have been for moderates with no imagination ok with ongoing status quo mediocrity
Forget them, they have to vote for us anyway!
And even if they don't, they're too few to matter anyway!
And even if leftists who won't vote for us somehow become numerous enough to hurt us electorally, they can serve as our scapegoat!
Pushed the sale of 30 fighter jets to Israel
He's passed 0 legislation
He hired Lewandowski as his campaign chief, a known Russian collaborator
His campaign broke into Hillarys online campaign info + stole info
He's a multi-millionaire
Takes military industrial complex $
Totally drastic for Americans and democracy…!!!
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=&ruling=false&speaker=bernie-sanders
Thanks.
What are you doing to change shit?
My point is he's just blowing hot air by posting things like this if he isn't willing to actually interact or do something by being part of it. This isn't being part of it, IMO.
this whole state by state nomination is more than 50years antiquated, and is only there to keep the parties controlling the money flow
one more wish list fix: Election Day should be a national holiday day off from work