I’m all for the Democrats embracing populism and ditching neoliberalism. I just want someone to explain how that works in a post-Citizens United environment. Dem populist hero Sherrod Brown was beaten by a Mercedes dealer in Ohio because he was swamped by crypto super pac cash.
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There is no point in feeling guilty. they KNIW we can't keep up.
Dems have to prioritize education funding and curricula that emphasize critical thinking, at all levels of government.
Most of the people running crypto firms are some combination of SBF, muskie, and shkreli, and the crypto sellers and traders are worse than that.
Tlaib, Sanders, AOC even Trump were outspent by opponents and still prevailed
The last dying grasps of a grifter trying to make a massive profit.
At some point it will b worth pointing that out to voters
Also, I maintain, I study the radical right in political science, Bannon et al, the level of disinformation was so intense, major reason
" A beautiful day to continue counting ALL our Votes!"
Don't matter he's a decent guy.
The only person in that focus group speaking sense was an older man who sounded Black.
*he does have RW media as free campaign donations and they have been funded all over the place
"Just tack right on trans issues, something no one cares about so you'll pay no penalty!" (Even if it makes no sense when you just stop and think abt what you just said.)
https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-democrats-failed-to-deliver-on-the-promise-of-crypto-in-the-2024-elections/
And many Americans believing it.
I suspect Marc Andreessen is waging microblogging lawfare about Twitter ads so quickly in part because he knows this.
So, Democrats should be the GOP but coloured blue, got it.
I'm in favor or local media, but Citizens United and unlimited dark money are the problem.
People I know on corporate boards are very slow to react/change; they have to deal with fat cats who want to get fatter.
Productive capital and workers are both facing high costs from a broken land / zoning system.
https://resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/the-party-should-throw-them-a-party
Think how different Harris' campaign could have been without having to take into account the wishes of those 21 billionaires.
Biden not expanding SCOTUS was a critical mistake.
IF we ever get another chance, it MUST happen.
You can't save democracy using the rules made by autocrats.
he didn't win because people didn't vote for him, because most people correctly recognized he was a sexist, racist charlatan uninterested in actually accomplishing things because then you have to deal with reality
I wouldn’t even necessarily dispute that statement! But if that’s true, that’s an indictment of the Senate Dem caucus and not of Sherrod Brown
*I get Bernie is a technicality
Brown & Tester were able to win in 2018, but this year Trump was on the ballot and a lot more money was spent to defeat them.
https://brownpoliticalreview.org/2024/11/americas-hardest-working-democrat/
I mean, if not Brown, then what Dem in at least a semi-competitive district qualifies?
As for Dem leaders, they need to think about who the 'we' is in "we, the people", and why the people think it's not them. Maybe ask Bernie.
It's such a mess... everyone's already forgotten the bomb threats to polling sites, seemingly
Move left on healthcare, education, and welfare. If Trump gets the tariffs and other stuff that he wants, the Democrats will have to bring back New Deal-style programs anyway.
left wing pundits. so the white man who beat trump leaves, dems put a black woman for racist america to vote on and she got 11 million fewer votes
https://bsky.app/profile/raisingonebrow.bsky.social/post/3lab3pvih2k2f
Money isn’t everything.
[Tester lost by 8, but Harris lost MT by 20]
fortunately I suspect that is part of the plan
then we need to get lucky and have meaningful elections in '26 and '28
it's the vulture trade
It's not about how much you spend, it's what you're spending it on.
"Ground game" doesn't matter if you don't have any ground to stand on.
We've seen what mobilizing your voter base does versus chasing donations, and both times Trump won.
Mobilize people who care about their paycheck not their party.
Bernie Sanders is a populist.
Who knows, maybe he could have held the seat without the Biden/Harris boat anchor around his neck.
Trump allied himself with the richest guy on earth who has Government contracts.
B) implement a scorched-earth campaign of state-level prosecutions of donation-laundering organizations
It might not work in the long term but it will tangle everything up in knots.
In 2016, the Jeb Bush primary campaign had greater financial backing than Trump but still lost.
We’re in an evolving campaign environment.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wosu.org/politics-government/2024-10-11/politifact-sherrod-brown-voted-to-allow-transgender-biological-men-to-compete-in-girls-sports%3f_amp=true
Propaganda works.
It took Rs 30 years. We have a ways to go.
Brown.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/05/bidens-labor-report-card-historian-gives-union-joe-higher-grade-any-president-fdr/397002/
It is my opinion that hope now lies in the coming unexpected reality. The best case is the constitution is followed, and project 2025 enrages people. I know plenty of union members that count on OT.
The worst case is terrible.
Once the GOP destroys unions they will wake up.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/31/teamsters-racial-discrimination-lawsuit
All they hear is “Dems are gay liberals who want to turn your kid into furries.”
Are union workers part of the elite now?
I'd like to point out MOST of that money came from #Cleveland #Browns owner JIMMY HASLEM so, if you ever needed an excuse to boycott a football team, my dears, this is your opportunity.
Several studies have indicated that psychedelics increase empathy.
1. Kidnap some billionaires
2. Feed them shrooms
3. Watch them turn into real boys
4. March them to a press conference and see what happens.
It isn’t a worse plan than anything else we’ve tried. 🤷🏼♀️
Say what you want about Heritage Foundation, they REALLY want their platform enacted and will do anything to get it.
While courts eventually stopped some of it, Dems developed a “brand” as an existential threat. Before that, crypto was bipartisan
I know many of the lobbyists personally. it was bipartisan for 10 years and they’re still fighting for it to remain bipartisan.
just like a majority of tech workers lean left and hate that rw nutjobs are taking over that “brand” right now
a ton of builders in crypto are leftists who came from eg occupy. those donations are like 3 guys
Trump has rich donors and lives at a goddamn golf course.
The old paradigm has been shattered. GOTV is now all social.
We are here and this is now
“Dem populist hero Sherrod Brown was beaten by a Mercedes dealer in Ohio”.
I’m like, that’s terrible. Why did he beat him up like that?”
…and then I caught up with the context.
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Both Bush and Bowman had weaknesses unrelated to their populist leanings, such as Bowman not really being a fixture in his district.