It’s ok to experience those feelings. Let them sink in and ask what and who’s causing them. The next feelings coming will be outrage and anger. Those two are the most powerful ones we have because they kick us into survival mode, not submission. They want us to be shocked and scared but fuck THEM! 😡
Well said 👏🏻
It’s ok to be afraid, it’s what makes us human. Once you have had a good cry, remember who is responsible for all of this…get angry as hell and embrace that anger! It’s our unity, support for each other, and our anger that will get us through this! 🌹
It’s ok to be afraid. I’m afraid too. The only people not afraid, are those not paying attention. Fear gives us focus. It turns on our “flight or fight” instincts. Just know you’re not alone. Sending you positive energy and hugs!🥰🙏💙
Well Fred let me tell you you can cross off gerrymandered States especially Ohio. They have got complete and total f****** control. Don't believe me come here and check it out and I didn't mean to do a thorough investigative report look at the elections since 1980 all the way up till now
Yes. We need to take back the Dem party at the local level. Corporate Dem control has only brought us a Lite version of Republicans at best, and now at its worst it has brought us Trump.
Please reach out to @sheshouldrun.bsky.social and @runforsomething.bsky.social to get yourself on national platforms. I am an #EmergeAmerica graduate and it's another great program to get women and LGBTQIA electeds into office all across the ballot!
Think best way to fight is remind him that he sharing the world attention with Elon Musk and trump doesn’t like to share, wonder if he notice all the world is talking about is the salute at the inauguration.
The problem I have is that in these local races it's not easy to know the political leaning of any candidate. There is no "D" or "R" on these tickets, and research material is hard to come by
Then do the research and publish it on a website or local media for other voters. Even helping people distinguish between fascist and regular Republican could be helpful.
We dig deep before we vote. Check their PAC reports they file online. Check the local Democrat and Republican Clubs for who they support. It does take a lot of time but that way you know.
Doesn’t seem that way. So you mean to tell me no billionaire has funded dems? Not one? How on earth did they raise $10 Billion for harris election? Celebrities, tech companies, real estate? The Resnicks?
Then look at the whole picture and not half if it. Complain that there is too much money in politics on both sides. Be balanced. That is why there is so much division.
No. I do not agree with you that billionaires should not be elected officials. Why punish someone for their achievements? Sounds very exclusive vs inclusive. Do you want to ask a different question? Perhaps have campaign donations reforms? Dark money? Political Endorsements?
I believe that anyone should be able to run for president, but the amount of money spent and donations should be limited so that every candidate has approximately the same spending power.
Oh, Fred.
After spending 2024 traveling the streets of Florida hosting Project 2025 discussions, I am confident DeSantis cooks the numbers. And with Starlink, NO election on ANY level in ANY country is safe.
My husband is running for a vacancy in the Iowa state senate. The election is January 28th, and we hope to turn the seat blue. Iowa bleeds red right now, but Mike Zimmer for Iowa focuses on our progressive history, and the belief that our values can once again be important.
Thank you so much! Linn, Johnson, Jones, and Polk counties have been so helpful to the campaign, from canvassing to phone calls to writing postcards. We are blessed to have such friends.
Iowa may bleed red, but their voters are as pissed at the oligarchy as we are. If we can get Dems that remember it's not the party of Pelosi or Schumer, but the party of FDR, we can win landslides just as he did.
Just remember this. I would also add though local and state elections should be very important right now. But DO NOT give a bye to Democrats. They fuck up HUGE. And the re elected geriatrics after losing. Don't let them off the hook. Vote #NewLiberalParty where ever possible. The DNC blows.
"we rise up and take the power back, it's time the fat cats had a heart attack.. their time is coming to an end. We have to unify and watch our flag ascend.. they will not force us. They will stop degrading us. They will not control us. We will be victorious "
It’s not enough. Fascism & fair elections won’t co-exist.
We need men to step up right now & deprogram their friends & family. Women tried but alt right men think we’re subhuman, can’t hear us & want us silenced.
Start by pointing out they’re becoming the Taliban…bc they are & it won’t take long.
Good advice, hard part is finding Democrats to run who aren't afraid to throw punches. Look at some of the responses from Democrats in Congress, utterly passive and weak.
I AM speaking of local! Abbott removed the school board when they won and instilled his own. He took over city departments in Houston and is doing it in Austin. I in NO way misunderstood your comment.
1/Justice Allison Riggs won the NCSC seat that was on the ballot this year by less than 800 votes, but two separate recounts have confirmed her win. Her opponent is now asking the R dominated NCSC to throw out an enormous no. of votes (originally 60k, now amended to be fewer, but still a lot) and
2/declare him the winner. There’s more. NC is gerrymandered to hell in favor of the Republicans - they used Operation Redmap in 2010 to redistrict our formerly purple-shading-blue state into a radically red supermajority in our statehouse and congressional delegation, and they stole more seats in
3/the redistricting after the 2020 census. Despite that massive tilting of the playing field, our statewide offices often go to Democrats, and the Dems also managed to break the statehouse supermajority in the 2024 elections. Itstill overrepresents Republicans by a LOT, but they would no longer be
4/able to automatically override our governor’s veto with a single party-line vote. Also, this year all the members of the Council of State (which is what we call the heads of our state cabinet level offices) except for one went to Democrats, which is more than we’ve had in a long time, if ever. So
First Job: Wake up the 89MILLION Americans who are already Eligible Voters, but who chose NO ONE in November.
36.4% of Eligible Voters voted for NO ONE.
That’s shameful…and THE PLACE to start.
#EducateEligibleVoters🇺🇸
For this to happen democrats have to stop trying to maintain the status quo and actually talk about the issues we face on a daily basis. If they want more votes they need to talk about rent and groceries, healthcare, and a lot more instead of just "We arent Trump!!"
Do you go to Iowa, the rural parts ( most of the cities are more democratic than republican) and find out what is most important to them and just get the Democrats to lie and promise to do what they want like the Republicans do? It seems this is exactly what the Republicans did .
I've been wanting to post on here similar thoughts to this. How many know who their mayor is? City council? School board? Not that I have any superiority in this matter. I know more about national politics than my local ones too.
The Republican takeover started in 2010 by organizing locally
It started in 1980's during the Regan administration. By utilizing Deny, Distract & Deflect instead of transparency every year they gained a little more.
Yes , it starts with State and Local Governments.
Electing Democrats, ridding your state of Fascist Republican leadership. Get involved in your local Democratic Party Activities
Sadly, we don't have one in my city. We were pushing Ty Pinkins for Congress in Mississippi. The Democrat Party didn't even help because we weren't in a swing state. He worked hard and so did his voters. Now we still have Roger Wicker, pushing Pete Hegseth confirmation.
I know exactly where you're coming from. This state once voted for Bill Clinton as president. Democrats need to change Bill Clinton spoke to the people. Obama spoke to the people. We need that again. I'm tired of just voting blue and deep down inside we know they shouldn't have been the candidate.
I was feeling despondent after the pardons news broke last night but this is the slap in the face I needed. Thanks for all you do. We have more power than we realize. As you said: time to get to work.
So what’s the plan? Just talking about Trump and his policies every day just gives him the oxygen he needs. Real organization of message and new leadership who will agree to stand in the breach.
Good grief! Finally! Finally a post with a fucking plan. I’m so sick of the whining and the same tired old shit of engaging with Trump voters and bots. Let’s tune them out and get to work! New blood! Young blood! Backbone! This is where all the focus needs to be. ♥️
Apparently there is. Democrats are so far off of any message it’s ridiculous and it’s been going on forever. 95% of our leaders are feckless fat-cats who don’t have the heart to fight for us. Watch any show from the 1970’s and their political gripes are exactly the same. Nothing changes.
And yes we need to DO something. Michelle Obama is right and had ppl listened to her maybe we'd have President Harris and VP Walz today and not the hellscape we're getting.
And the same do nothing Dems just sat there and took it instead of fighting it tooth and nail. If Elon did rig it, there should've been investigations. Instead there were crickets.
Every centrist and "bipartisan" Dem across the country, from Schumer to Jeffries, must be primaried and removed.
Yep, they must go but not sure how to unite. Too many flaky-ass people who just want to argue with Trumpers instead of fortifying our camps and vetting some good people. I fear of fake democrats that get elected and then switch parties. Although I’m not opposed to pose as a fake Republican 😉
That's going a little far, but the GOP was broadcasting they were going to be doing *some* fuckery, so at least a little digging would've been warranted. But nope, not a single lawsuit or recount. Just took the liars at their word that everything was legit.
Same here. I'm angry and SICK of ppl trying to shame me for being educated and "elite". I'm proud of it. I realize diversity, community & tolerance are GOOD, & other parts of the world can teach the US a thing or two.
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The more local you get, the more it affects you. School boards are a big one. We all must show up to vote out extreme fascists. School boards don't just affect our kids; it affects the entire community, whether you have kids or not. Pay attention.
🎤I'm curious!
How do we secure this election because I am 100% sure that the presidential election was stolen/cheated by not only Musk but maybe even some of the other billionaires had a hand in it? How do we stop it?
I think the purging of voter registrars played a big part. People were not sure what to do when they found out that their voter registration was questioned by hate Republicans. 💙
People were purged and challenged in voter registars listings. Republicans waited until the last minute to do that and people didn't know what to do. We need to make sure that everyone knows to check way ahead of time so it never happens again.
🎤 Too many irregularities and things that they were just asking or better get demanding to do or have done out of the blue that they should not have been able to.
What amazed me is there was an entity that would keep their voter registrar cleaned up and they all dumped it. I guess this was why. Tricky dicks. Lol.
🎤 I also believe a lot of planning went into this as I said before. They have been planning this since Trump lost and would determine that they were not going to lose this election again even if they had to cheat. The recount, the independent companies coming in and doing count after count
I’m leaving Ohio by May 15th. I am done with the Republican Gerrymandering and the attack on human rights by them. While local elections are a start - democratic candidates are rare for anything in my county. Sheriff - Republican and jerk just like he was in school. Mayor, county officials, …
By now statisticians should know where the registered voters live that did NOT vote. There are over 10 million of them. Send the dem troops to these cities to find out why and address their concerns now.
Oh! Last I read there were approx 186 million "registered" voters. 160ish+ million voted. Leaving a large gap of 10-20 million that didn't vote at all. So 90+ million didn't vote for Harris or T.
I tend to go backwards in thought. Hope I made sense lol
Nope, I do reverse thinking, too. I guesstimated it might be 10-20 million registered that didn't vote, so that makes sense. And 90M can't be bothered registering, which makes them just as complicit in supporting fascists.
I live in MS. We have MAGA from governor- down in charge. I think they placed bets on who could come up with the most cruel, evil plan to hurt the most people. So far, a return to "slavery" is in first place, just ahead of redneck bounty hunters w/a $40 license, badge, & gun in 2nd place.
I remember it, too. The chants, the hate, the contempt for people they didn't know... I lived in Jackson MS in the late 50s. Memphis in the early to late 60s. I recall integration attempts going wrong, poll workers brutally murdered. I don't want to see that again. No one should.
I remember too. And experienced personally what was happening in Tennessee during integration and after. We old people have experienced hardships and we know how to fight. I’m ready!
Absolutely! You're very astute. That's their goal. It'll be clear later down the road, but I hope we can stop them before then. I don't think the foreign billionaires expected this much resistance. We need to double-down. Show them Americans don't yield to illegal BS!
One way to get to work is tell your reps in DC what you think. Resist. It only takes a few minutes and best of all..it doesn’t cost any money.
We don’t need money in politics. We just need people to participate.
Putin and Musk made Trump win the presidential election.
@electiontruth.bsky.social @diretalks.bsky.social @jessicadenson07.bsky.social @smartelections.bsky.social
#verifythevote
Do you actually believe that we will have another honest and fair election? Trump and his oligarchs are already planning the outcomes of all midterm elections across the country. Dictators don't have legitimate elections. We are now in a dictatorship.We are now Russia East.
There were millions of dems that didn't vote this past election. We need a good chunk of them back.
Personally I'm with you believing there might not be another honest election for as long as the orange clown is healthy. If he's healthy, he's running again in 28.
He can't run again. A president can only hold office for 2, 4-year terms. Either consecutive or individual. But we are now longer America but Russia East. A dictatorship started yesterday at noon.
I know under normal circumstances he can't run again. But under his presidency, these aren't normal times. They will find a way to make it happen. Juts my cynical take.
You can't just say it's all over. It's over when when the last person gives up. If we all had that mentality it's wraps. There are people still willing to fight on join them, not the complacent. Winning local and state elections should be the priority now
This Marine will never give up. We are dealing with a fucking dictator now. There are no more rules. A 2nd Civil War is coming. Are you ready to die protecting democracy? I am. I will never run and hide.
It's true; the passivity of Americans is astonishing. There are real atrocities occurring right now, yet we aren't seeing people rise up & take to the streets to defend our country. Too many have their heads buried in the sand. We are living in destructive ideologies. #resistance #defiance#mobilize
The best thing rn is to put our feet on the pavement. Talking on blue sky can keep our souls energized and our vision straight, but we need to actually do something. If we can, we should look at the South Koreans and see how they are handling things
Dictators don't have legitimate elections. We are all fighting like hell. We are all trying. Look at how Putin has stayed in power for more years than allowed by a Russian president. I didn't "imply" anything. It's obvious that you're very angry about a Trump dictatorship, so am I.
There's no substitute for Leadership. Without it Democrats are certain to lose the 2026 Midterms; overpowered by nagging Trump psychobabble, corrupted government inertia, & enormously wealthy donors. There must be clear, consistent, counter messaging by charismatic Leadership NOW!. Need TV ad blitz.
I agree. Someone needs to remove the coat and tie and start fighting Trump with intent to cause major damage to him, his oligarchs, and the party that supports him.
We have to hope that their incompetence & ego fights allow for the embers of democracy survive until the midterms. We have to tie up his legislation in the courts and organize on the local & state level and hold their feet to the fire.
And wait for all the bread & butter promises to fizzle.
I agree. Thought it's a fact that we can't change the minds of those uneducated idiots who have been brainwashed and reside in a cult, the ones who worship Trump. My neighborhood is loaded with the uneducated. So I'm open to suggestions.
Why? When we actually pick grass roots politicians that are doing things we want them to, big money comes in and buys the election. Just look at the effect AIPAC had in the last election.
I truly believe Elon Musk rigged the election, Trump said in many words. How are we going to trust the next election? Democrats are too chicken to protest
They first got the Dems to say it was impossible to hack the machines, which to the best of their knowledge they were but Elon Muskrat paid someone to find a way. Then distracted with the fake vote lottery.
I agree 100%. No one even brings it up but it is brought up people tell you "we're not like them" . They cheated and I'll go to my grave believing that.
Every Single Day:
1. Determine how far you can swing your arms
2. Identify the sources of MAGA power within your reach
3. Identify those harmed by MAGA power within your reach
4. Punch the #2s; defend the #3s
5. Avoid Trump flash blindness & hopelessness
6. Remember: Courage is contagious
You are right about that!. One of the things to WATCH out for is private equity groups PEG’s- they are like roaches, and have started buying up local family-owned service businesses (think plumbers, etc). Then they go to the next town over and do the same.
Here is your mission. Go to your local school board meetings. Research every elected official at the local level and hold them accountable. Research the administrators at your local schools. I guarantee you there are MAGAs in these places. Stop them. Firsthand experience on this.
Please, if you agree repost this so others do the same. Don’t just like it. Pass it on. Get the word out. These people ran for school board to prevent the education they deserve! That you pay for! Public schools R controlled by Christian-Right agendas! U don’t know what I fought against for 4 years!
Yup. And this group is the biggest threat of all, w/ a membership of approximately 110K & 250 chapters in 42 states. Involved w/ multiple radical right groups & provided funding for Jan 6 attack
Thanks, Tim. I missed the 60 Minutes interview. I hope the same is happening to them in other red states, too. But, from what I've read more recently, they seem to have recovered from their previous scandals and are going full force in their mission. I'll do further research on this.
For the last decade or so, I've researched every candidate and proposition top to bottom. Hubs and I set a day to discuss ballot choices so we know who and what we are voting for. Then we do our ballots. 🥰 I wish I started sooner but it's never too late to be an informed voter!
Totally 💯 school board have so much power they control budgets nothing is easy As a house wife I spent 10 years volunteering in schools when my children were growing up we need to go back to the basics there is no representation for minorities
And so would turning into Hawaii... statehood did nothing for the ethnic Hawaiian population... White supremacy is the American way and baked into how it functions...it will do nothing for us.
Let your officials know you support being strong defenders of Canada, against U.S.! Charlie Angus on MTN today had message to Trump.
Or, adopt a couple of us?😀
We support you too! I used to be assistant to rep in Canada for grocery store design and manuf so went to BC looked at stores yrs ago.
Nope. It's already too late. It was too late in 2010 when we could have killed maga in the crib but instead pouted and pissed all over because President Obama was not perfect. We need to let this play out unencumbered. It WILL destroy America. Unfortunately we have to let it die to save it.
Write letters to the current elected officials. Old fashioned letters with a stamp will need to be answered and filed not ignored like emails. Sometimes, when a thoughtful argument is presented change happens.
And we can only hope that those that do rise to make a change through civil engagement in their local or state governments, do not become like those before that forget what their purpose was/is and let the ability to have power/influence over take their initial purpose. “
That's the problem. We are still thinking that the Democratic system is working. 2026 will be one of the most important elections in our history to turn Congress and local elections blue, if they let us have elections.
Nothing is guaranteed anymore. Not elections, not our freedom.
I still don’t believe that Arizona went red. We have a blue governor and two blue senators. We have 2 blue HOR’s but the other la are red. I’d say we are Purple.
Pay attention to the local elections: senate, house, judicial appointments, school boards and county commissioners. These are crucial and affect us as much, if not more, than who is president.
A yes because the left is totally right when 36 percent idiots linger in the middle not voting god how the stupid grows in this country it truly just astonishes me
Those people didn’t vote precisely because the Democrats aren’t far enough to the Left, especially on economic issues.
The most popular elected representative in the country, is a Democratic Socialist. And the last time the Democrats nominated a Democratic Socialist, he won 4 times.
No. They didn’t vote for a variety of reasons, but mostly because they don’t think it matters to their own lives. THAT is precisely why local politics matters. The OP is right.
Marie Perez, Washington (red) District 3, won. She ran on local issues and meeting her community members where they are, not universal health care. The OP is about winning local and state elections. You are right about the ineffectiveness of the “stop Trump” platform for those voters.
Leftist policies are overwhelmingly popular, especially when you don’t use words like “social” because people have been preconditioned by 80 years of constant propaganda to hate anything socialistic sounding.
Yet, they are the broadly popular policies. Funny how that works.
Yes. And frankly it’s time to get rid of the weak Dem leadership that didn’t call the January 6 attack a coup attempt, that didn’t hold their colleagues who aided in the attack to account, and that didn’t call them (and Trump) traitors. Words matter. Inaccurate wording downplayed the seriousness.
It's the OLD DINOSAURS of the Democratic party. They had their day (Hell, they've had their decades!) and they won't retire, sit down, & get the hell out of the way!
They're reacting as though they're dealing with the GOP of the 1960s instead of fascism, FFS! GTFOH, OLD Dems!
Then persuade people to vote and win primaries. You can’t complain about election denial from Trump when liberals repeatedly don’t show up in enough numbers to win but then make things worse punishing allies for daring to not give them the primary elections victories they didn’t win with votes
I write/call my senators/representatives.
I vote EVERY election.
I encourage others to vote.
I got my college-aged daughter to register her friends.
I'm an election worker.
What the fuck MORE would you like me to do?!?
Don't say "run for office". I'm one of those dinosaurs we all are sick of!
You always have the option of winning primary votes. The Sanders campaign was the first election deniers in 2016 that contributed to this whole nightmare. Bernie lost by a 10% vote margin. That’s an ass kicking in every other election and then tried to take it away at the convention.
You mean the one where there was enough evidence of rigging that the DNC had to argue in court that they don't owe people a fair primary? I voted for Hillary in the election, but the corruption was obvious and it has to go.
Here in Ohio, we have work to do. Over the past 6 years, our politicians have become MAGA. Gerrymandering will be the death of Ohio. In the spring I'm going out to rural areas to talk to folks. They can tell me to fuck off but I'm doing it.
That's not enough. The fascists just took the US presidency and its institutions. People need to wake up. This is now war. And everyone has to be willing to fight.
And it wouldn't work even if somebody did that. But people need to stop thinking things are going to get better because somebody else is going to fix it.
I feel like we’ve had this debate before. I said that armed conflict will just create pockets of insurgents/occupations and that the power vacuums will fast track us towards Balkanization and instability as populist leaders begin vying for power.
Not armed conflict, that will achieve nothing. But you can't sit on your backsides and throw pet theories on what to do next.
The fascists think they can do whatever they want. So are you going to roll over and let them? That's the question everybody needs to be answering now.
We need to de-centralize our efforts. Turn our politics into local fights. God bless Tennessee and San Francisco, but I have Brooklyn shit to worry about.
I have always been a huge fan of Raskin, AOC and Newsom. Wanted Newsom to run in 2024.
Want Franken to return. We need Franken.
Hopeful for the newbies of Crockett and Moskowitz. They are fighters and brilliant.
Sure, she has her benefits. But we need to shift our focus from one monolithic leader and start looking at coalitions and groups of leaders. So unless you live in The Bronx, she can’t be the one you want to lead your community’s efforts.
A few years ago when my state was in a frozen shit can & a failed power grid- AOC was in Texas raising $ & donated food/essentials to distribute to those in need.
Where was Cruz??? Yeah, that little bitch fled off to Cancun… even left his dog home alone… in 5degree temps!
And I wish we could clone AOC so she can be all places at once. But a) cloning technology isn’t there yet and b) if we put all of or eggs in one AOC basket then all it takes is for video of AOC being mean to a puppy and we’re back at square one.
And besides, if some Texas grillmaster came to my community trying to rally me and mine, I’d say “respectfully, I like you, but what do you know about trying to catch the 2am Number 6 in Pelham Bay when half the platform is under construction and the other half is under a homeless camp?”
Not so fast. AOC and Warren waltzed into Wisconsin and put their weight behind a senate candidate who got his ass handed to him in purple areas. Now we and the country have to live with Ron-fucking moron-Johnson for 6 more years thx to their ignorant intervention and Wisconsin politics stupidity.
AOC and Warren didn’t register at all in Wisconsin in 2010 when Johnson beat Feingold for the US Senate seat in Wisconsin.
AOC was something like a 21 year old student dancing on rooftops in Boston when Johnson won his US Senate seat in 2010; and Warren was an unknown in WI in 2010.
It’s wishful thinking to blame them. I looked at the numbers in details over elections before, then and since for the state, and the idea that AOC and Warren moved the needle is ridiculous. Johnson beat Feingold in 2010 for reasons that had ZERO to do with AOC and Warren. Obama won WI in 2012.
They pushed dem primary candidate who would never win enough votes outside of Milwaukee/Madison. Torched campaign of female candidate with much better chance of winning statewide. AOC/Warren candidate got slaughtered outside of Milwaukee/Madison. And we got 6 more years of Johnson.
You are lovely. I feel like if we look no further than ourselves to find the leader, a leader that suits the most of us and wants to help will emerge. It is the point of the OP. AOC has good intentions but her stance on the mid-East is a question that I am certain she finds difficult to answer.
I don’t care about how she feels about the Middle East! We are in a fight for our country!!!!! If we don’t take our country back from the oligarchs it won’t matter!
Tell you what. Fuck the mid east. Its you dumbasses that caused Harris to lose. Now that Netanyahu and trump are killing everyone over there. Where are your goddamn protest?
I am DONE w/🇺🇸 voters & their 1 vote issues! You cannot help someone into the lifeboat if you’re out of it! WE HAVE A MAJOR problem in 🇺🇸! WE must FIX this 1st! Right now the Middle East is not what I want 🇺🇸 to become & we are on a slippery slope! Next time U fly read the instructions! U MASK 1st!
Maybe the "centrists" should, for once, be the ones willing to compromise!
Maybe that's been the key all along, and they should be humbled enough after this historic loss to realize they can't always get what they want & ask everyone else to compromise their values
preparation in motion is so quiet, don't want to alarm and cause a rush on banks. So, AOC was not too effective and because of her and all 500+ of them, the Executive is a monarch and throne, and we face another WWII and Great Depression. Sorry so long; this is me being quick too!
votes and supporters if they tell it straight. Further, if you knew what was really going on, especially with money, rearmament, and prison building all over the globe, you'd be in a panic. No one wants to discuss because there would be literal financial panic. I hear it in my circles--the
anyone discuss this. I am typing this to you in one shot, no notes. I am a historian, invited lecturer, and former Fortune 500 analyst who still manages money--I HAVE to know these things because I have millions on the line. AOC is helpless. Harris was too. They both lose too many needed
was. Prior to 7 Oct, Gazans had to enter their land through Israel, and leave the same way; could not fly out of their own airspace. Israel listened in on all incoming and outgoing communication under the pretense of it might be Hamas. The people of Gaza suffered long before 7 Oct; I never hear
because the war in Israel/Gaza DID impact our election and was protracted on purpose to affect our election and to put opposition to Trump in a jam--if they say Gaza needs help, they are anti-sem, if they say Israel was wronged, they are in favor of killing Gaza babies in an open air camp, which it
and fundamental religious sector. AOC didn't do much to affect change in this area from my vantage point. For someone to say I am worried about a small thing here while bigger things for happening is so gosh darn stupid--and, again, the sayer of it has no clue they are stupid and yelling it to me--
been complicit and didn't know or care. I always ask someone who yells at me about these things if they were upset about Gaza and Israel prior to 2012, because since, we've all been paying for it. But I protested in 2001 and prior for Palestine, and not against Israel, but against their leaders
through Israel. They know Israelis needed a distraction from the lack of due process afforded the PEOPLE of Israel. AOC is part of this group, yet she speaks louder than many about being different. I do not loathe her, and others here are ignorant about the complexities--they, themselves, have
operate in completely Constitutional ways according to powers granted them in Article One Section 8 Lines 1-Elastic Clause. They did not use these powers. They let many POTUS pass EOs. They allowed many violations of our Great Document. They know how much money goes to Hamas
and Branch III doing the same, everything you've been living for months if not years could have been stopped by Congress. Now, I teach, study, and read for fun the Constitution and all related law, so I am coming from a very informed place. There are so many missed opportunities for Congress to
Netanyahu was indicted by his own justice system; Israelis and their press have discussed he used the protracted war as cover to avoid further justice. He is their Trump, and our slow movement over here has elevated Netanyahu. So, Congress, by allowing a too-powerful Executive,
My concern is with all of Congress, mamafi. But the OP referred to her, thus my comment. I feel all of Congress has allowed events to unfold; we've given money to Netanyahu for years, he's funneled it through Qatar to pay Hamas since 2012 to avoid the two state solution.
The more I think about the way you framed my comment, the more I see you as the contents of a tube of hemorrhoid cream, effective in only one environment.
Yes, because that is exactly what I said--explicitly or implicitly, Jim. Scream you don't do complexity at us real loud next time. And, also, make sure you begrudge the poster (me) who advocates each of us taking responsibility for ourselves to make the entire place better.
NC Senator Thom Tillis (R) ran unopposed in my parent's district for a local office, then ran unopposed in his next 3 races... until he was running for senate.
I could have beaten him at the beginning with just 3000 votes, if I still lived there, and understood the long-term consequences
Yes, yes,YES!! I don’t care what your political party is, for all those that realize what a huge mistake it was electing this idiot, you need to vote DEMOCRAT in your upcoming elections in order to save America!! Don’t mess this up!!
A plan now, better yet, a plan yesterday, is the best route. Would be cool to see people sharing more resources on how to get involved. I will once I find more.
People need to get it together and start selecting candidates for these positions now!!! Democrats and good trump proof Republicans and not the cows we have now!!!
We can all email our federal representatives. That should occur in the near future. The Fotus is seeing what he can get by with by testing the waters. If no one objects, it will get worse.
Why is my Iowa state white, Fred? Because it's such an utter locked in lost cause with the solid Republican takeover that's happened? I'd agree with you as even our solid Democratic county flipped after like 60 years this time. 😔
I have run for mayor of a town thanks. Second, I work with multiple campaigns and work with a political data firm that helps small campaigns. As far as money...yeah...you raise it. Was this like a clever gotcha?
Republicans have been committed to their Reich from the ground up while dems have been playing word games. Time to get back to the progressive grass roots and progressive platform for all Americans and drop the nonsense and highbrow
Lets find young smart enthusiastic people for leadership position. Is time to let our senior leaders to rest. We thank them and elect new generation of leaders.
Young, smart people are stepping up by the thousands and they are not failing. Check out @runforsomething.bsky.social and the incredible success young leaders across the country are having running on issues that matter and building a strong progressive bench.
They staying there because there's nobody to replace them what they suppouse to do just go home a leave their seed empty. Now is the time for new leadership and hopefully we find them. Vetting is the key we can't just let anybody in the Government.
Have to disagree a bit. AOC ran for a committee position and was undermined by Pelosi, who supported an old white guy with cancer. Pelosi should have supported AOC to help transition in a “new guard” in committee roles.
There are replacements. They just need to accept their time is at an end.
I think we need to speak up. The more people call & email, talk about it publicly, and publish letters to the editor in local newspapers, and the more we pressure them to explain themselves, the harder it will be for the Dem leadership to pretend that they don’t know we need this
Why ageism here? Almost all the fascist criminals in the administration (as well as the thugs of Jan 6) are millennial and Gen X (and a few Zs). Not a good look to resort to indignant discrimination just because it is still allowed.
That's not ageism it is necessity the World is changing we have to go with the changes. Lets face it people retired at 66 or 67 why politicians still working in their 80 ?
Fair points for sure. I’m an old guy. Not as old as Pelosi/Schumer, etc, but over 60. So is it still ageism if I say the old people need to step aside and support younger generation colleagues?
Wouldn’t you want same generation candidates leading the opposition? I wouldn’t mind seeing it.
People vote red because all they know are the lies and bs democrats and independents actually need to stop whining And get out turn these frightened moms/dads around
STOP PAYING YOUR TAXES STOP FILING YOUR TAXES.
I listen to a professor today speak of how all these billionaires got their money from you & I
where does the government get their money from us
This will only work if democrats move to rural areas and not the large blue cities. It’s why we keep losing in Texas. We need a blue wave in West Texas!
There are just enough special election house seats for the taking to give #Democrats a majority!
4/1: Gay Valimont for house #FL-1
@gayforcongress.bsky.social
Josh Weil for house #FL-6
@joshweil.bsky.social
Yet to be announced date
Paula Collins for House #NY-21
@collinsforny21.bsky.social
Absolutely correct. Don’t be distracted on the convicted felon side of politics. Now is the time for your local area and state elections. This how we keep the guardrails. You have school boards, judges and aldermen to vote for. State representatives. State engaged.
I hear you! For sure! But here is the thing - that system is broken! Dems keep playing by the rules while GOP make their own rules and act as if that’s ok, and then we treat it as if it’s ok! The media treats it as if it’s ok! We need a different game!
Has anyone asked "dems in charge," a theoretical title, how GOP would have reacted if Dems did this? What would be their response if we broke rules and norms? Ask a few sane Republicans. Then do what they would have done if Dems threw out all laws and bulldozed the guardrails.
Can we get candidates and policy worth fighting for please?
Not just a Republican in a blue jumpsuit, not a feckless rube who will cave at the slightest opposition, not someone who thinks they deserve it at our expense?
Can we actually be the people and nation we hoped we were?
Hey Bruce. You were not standing next to me when I took on all of them. You definitely did not help pay my lawyer. You did not protect my family when we were threatened. You did not speak urgently with DNC supers pleading to save lives, with the entire delegation of the United nurses union…
Fred, I appreciate your posts and sentiment.
Problem is that the Democratic Party has completely rolled over and given up. Why should we put ourselves in danger when the only people who can really resist aren’t?
First, I don’t agree the Democrats have rolled over. Second, supporting a local campaign is where we start and the national party has fuck all to do with that.
So if you know that if you call the cops and they aren’t going to show up, are you just going to take whatever happens to you, or are you going to defend yourself?
California and New York and every other democratic state that can must gerrymander their voting maps. If they had done this in a contemporaneous way the republicans wouldn't have been in charge last Congress or this one
SECEDING from tRump & GOP adoring Red States & create a nation called UNITED DEMOCRATIC STATES OF AMERICA (UDSA): includes all blue States ie CA,NY,NJ,HI,CO,OR,WA etc including DC & PR-choose our own POTDSA & VP-we’ll be the most progressive,free, equal, happy & wealthiest nation in the world!
What is the plan? Spread outrage? Create fear? Dems need serious soul searching first. Need to speak to nobodies like me to have insight. I talk to people daily as a hospital case manager. There are reasons the Dems lost.
That is the way to take back power, but I can tell you there are states like Tennessee that are so ruby red cultist controlled and it will not be anything but GOP probably for decades. The indoctrination is so thorough and pounded in from childhood for multiple generations now.
We are trying to move from alabama to Massachusetts (my husband is from there) but it’s not easy. We are probably looking at 2 yrs and I’m scared if we aren’t able to sell our house.
OK. Now you have a bunch of disorganized states who not only have their territory split down the middle by a hostile adversary but also have fully staffed military bases in every single one of those states. Your rebellion would last about 6 hours.
Wrong.
An amicable divorce is the only way this can work. There’s no reason for violence.
And the Blue states are way better organized than the broke-dick Red states.
A single supercarrier on the Pacific coast would be more than enough to pacify California, Oregon, and Washington at the same time. Non-violent succession isn't a real thing.
GOP with Koch brothers money started to take state legislators and up the national chain. The purple states like my NC state legislators as GOP keep gerrymandering and taking our democratic governors powers.
Problem with this is the magas lies will get bigger
Democrats need to teach these jerks a lesson and bring the fight to them. Make major
Points on all of trumps lies
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The Georgia Dem chair is going down next year. Weak leaders need out!
We take back our party NOW!
Bc Democrats are so far up the a** of #ApartheidIsrael there is no backbone left.
It’s ok to be afraid, it’s what makes us human. Once you have had a good cry, remember who is responsible for all of this…get angry as hell and embrace that anger! It’s our unity, support for each other, and our anger that will get us through this! 🌹
#StrongerTogether
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Do you agree?
After spending 2024 traveling the streets of Florida hosting Project 2025 discussions, I am confident DeSantis cooks the numbers. And with Starlink, NO election on ANY level in ANY country is safe.
Uprising by Muse
We need men to step up right now & deprogram their friends & family. Women tried but alt right men think we’re subhuman, can’t hear us & want us silenced.
Start by pointing out they’re becoming the Taliban…bc they are & it won’t take long.
#GetBusy 😎🗽🇺🇸
This may not be feasible but, is it possible to move?
36.4% of Eligible Voters voted for NO ONE.
That’s shameful…and THE PLACE to start.
#EducateEligibleVoters🇺🇸
The Republican takeover started in 2010 by organizing locally
Electing Democrats, ridding your state of Fascist Republican leadership. Get involved in your local Democratic Party Activities
Every centrist and "bipartisan" Dem across the country, from Schumer to Jeffries, must be primaried and removed.
But yeah, frauds like Fetterman and Sinema are a real problem. Maybe we need to have stiffer consequences for that kind of betrayal.
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How do we secure this election because I am 100% sure that the presidential election was stolen/cheated by not only Musk but maybe even some of the other billionaires had a hand in it? How do we stop it?
I tend to go backwards in thought. Hope I made sense lol
We don’t need money in politics. We just need people to participate.
https://www.nationalfinancialplan.com
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#verifythevote
I didn't vote for him.
Personally I'm with you believing there might not be another honest election for as long as the orange clown is healthy. If he's healthy, he's running again in 28.
Or we find ways to nullify it.
Hispanics getting profiled, ICE raids at schools creating more trauma
Loss of trust by the Black community
Loss of confidence in white voters in what WAS swing states
And who’s gonna step up? Pelosi? Biden? Maybe someone younger - in their 70s😂🤣😳
Nice guy but … NO
We are also dealing with misogyny & racism IN the Dem Party
Such a clusterF…
And wait for all the bread & butter promises to fizzle.
Vote Local!
1. Determine how far you can swing your arms
2. Identify the sources of MAGA power within your reach
3. Identify those harmed by MAGA power within your reach
4. Punch the #2s; defend the #3s
5. Avoid Trump flash blindness & hopelessness
6. Remember: Courage is contagious
Moms for Liberty
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A couples retreat or two & 'new & improved'!
You may enjoy following @julieroys.bsky.social / Roys Report
Follows & reports on all the church scandals .. FULL TIME JOB!!
Messaging is everything
Knowing the key issues
Via ALEC & Heritage etc - they’re well organized & have the talking points laid out
Our side?
We’re ALWAYS ON DEFENSE!!
Or, adopt a couple of us?😀
We support you too! I used to be assistant to rep in Canada for grocery store design and manuf so went to BC looked at stores yrs ago.
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Nothing is guaranteed anymore. Not elections, not our freedom.
You guys just refuse to get it.
And he will rig it so that he will control the system. The whole system. He wants dictatorship.not just for himself, but not his children as well.
Pay attention to the local elections: senate, house, judicial appointments, school boards and county commissioners. These are crucial and affect us as much, if not more, than who is president.
Either become a truly pro Labor power party, or go to the dust bin of history.
The most popular elected representative in the country, is a Democratic Socialist. And the last time the Democrats nominated a Democratic Socialist, he won 4 times.
They moved right, so people didn’t have anything to vote for, just something to vote against, and that’s not enough.
Yet, they are the broadly popular policies. Funny how that works.
On most issues 60+% of Americans are liberal/leftist.
We're stupid.
40 yrs of AM radio, Fox and Frauds, and now the Shitter, and every other Bilkionaire owned app has a way of changing minds.
Propaganda works.
They're reacting as though they're dealing with the GOP of the 1960s instead of fascism, FFS! GTFOH, OLD Dems!
I vote EVERY election.
I encourage others to vote.
I got my college-aged daughter to register her friends.
I'm an election worker.
What the fuck MORE would you like me to do?!?
Don't say "run for office". I'm one of those dinosaurs we all are sick of!
Sinner down, Davy Crockett, that shit ain’t happening.
People need to start standing up now.
The fascists think they can do whatever they want. So are you going to roll over and let them? That's the question everybody needs to be answering now.
Want Franken to return. We need Franken.
Hopeful for the newbies of Crockett and Moskowitz. They are fighters and brilliant.
Where was Cruz??? Yeah, that little bitch fled off to Cancun… even left his dog home alone… in 5degree temps!
AOC was something like a 21 year old student dancing on rooftops in Boston when Johnson won his US Senate seat in 2010; and Warren was an unknown in WI in 2010.
Maybe the "centrists" should, for once, be the ones willing to compromise!
Maybe that's been the key all along, and they should be humbled enough after this historic loss to realize they can't always get what they want & ask everyone else to compromise their values
How is aoc a concern
I could have beaten him at the beginning with just 3000 votes, if I still lived there, and understood the long-term consequences
Kentucky elects it's executive officers in odd-numbered years, and the Governorship is OPEN this year. #AndyBeshear is term limited.
Hopefully the other states can save this country
They need to be pushed out, or better still the younger folks need to break away.
There are replacements. They just need to accept their time is at an end.
Wouldn’t you want same generation candidates leading the opposition? I wouldn’t mind seeing it.
Come on democrats, get out and vote.
I would too but my state is next year
I listen to a professor today speak of how all these billionaires got their money from you & I
where does the government get their money from us
4/1: Gay Valimont for house #FL-1
@gayforcongress.bsky.social
Josh Weil for house #FL-6
@joshweil.bsky.social
Yet to be announced date
Paula Collins for House #NY-21
@collinsforny21.bsky.social
#NY21 #resist #Bluecrew
Take a deep breath and exhale slowly. Then reach out to groups that you can be impactful. Let's get the votes out.
Important Note: Don't stress on what you can't control.
Not just a Republican in a blue jumpsuit, not a feckless rube who will cave at the slightest opposition, not someone who thinks they deserve it at our expense?
Can we actually be the people and nation we hoped we were?
The VERY least you can do is allow me an opinion on behalf of my people?
Problem is that the Democratic Party has completely rolled over and given up. Why should we put ourselves in danger when the only people who can really resist aren’t?
Former Speaker of the House
~ 👏🏻💙 #TipONeill 🇺🇸
An amicable divorce is the only way this can work. There’s no reason for violence.
And the Blue states are way better organized than the broke-dick Red states.
or expect the Dem’s national
Leadership..they’re out of touch with local politics
Democrats need to teach these jerks a lesson and bring the fight to them. Make major
Points on all of trumps lies