Democratic (Party) Direction

that was good, thanks. i can't believe third way still gets taken seriously in some quarters, but here we are

FFS

Tomorrow, the GOP is expected to finally unveil #TrumpTax plan, but w/ planned middle class tax hikes, we're sure it's in the upside down. pic.twitter.com/aCMmaD3EFj

— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) October 31, 2017

what the fuck does that even mean

lol

I wonder how much they pay the staffers on that team. Schumer fired a bunch of them right around Christmas last year.

https://www.democrats.senate.gov/sdmc

JFC, they so much remind me of when my mom tries so hard to use an up-to-date reference in conversation that I don't even know what she's talking about.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST HOW MANY PEOPLE EVEN WATCH STRANGER THINGS?! IT'S SUCH AN OBVIOUSLY SHITTY TAX PLAN JUST SAY IN PLAIN ENGLISH HOW SHITTY IT IS AND WHY!!!!

worse than that, even

i mean worse than moms

my mom would post a bunch of emojis

my mom would have won

<-I'm With DLH's Mom

this seems like a dumb thing to get upset about

I mean who even follows the Official Senate Democrats Twitter Account, this is not important

true I guess but seems symptomatic of a larger problem in their approach

the fish rots from the tweet down

the approach of having no ideas because the Third Way field expedition turned up nothing

great Atlantic piece btw

fwiw Bernie Sanders appearing in NYC to champion a feeble "progressive" like Mayor deBlasio, who's going to win reelection in a landslide only bcz he has two lunatics running against him, is depressing.

i mean, deBlasio is tin-eared and un-self-aware compared to JOHN KERRY.

again, the dateline on this story was 12/20/2016:

Incoming Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer cleaned house last week in the Senate Democrats' internal video department, firing nearly all its employees amid plans to revamp the unit with a new digital operation aimed at creating viral social media content.

Schumer (D-N.Y.) informed the employees of the Senate Democratic Media Center of their dismissal on Friday, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Several people in the unit had been with the in-house video production operation for years; goodbye emails obtained by POLITICO were from staffers who worked in the Senate for 29 years and 20 years, respectively.

More than a half-dozen people were fired, sources said; according to LegiStorm, the media center has eight employees.

"On Friday, December 16, 2016, my colleagues and I in the Senate Democratic Media Center were informed by the incoming Democratic Leaders office that our services were no longer needed," said one staffer in an email to Democratic staffers.

a new digital operation aimed at creating viral social media content.

they'd be better off pilfering from the now-disbanded DSA meme stash

wiw Bernie Sanders appearing in NYC to champion a feeble "progressive" like Mayor deBlasio, who's going to win reelection in a landslide only bcz he has two lunatics running against him, is depressing.

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, October 31, 2017 1:14 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah this bothered me too. DeBlasio really doesn't need his help, and there are candidates that the time would probably be better spent on. IDGI.

speaking of fantastic dem meme direction

It's Halloween and the GOP's scary tax bill is out tomorrow. Grab your “Trident” and let’s fight “Good & Plenty” to defeat it! #NotOnePenny pic.twitter.com/vNePmKjpSO

— Jeff Merkley (@JeffMerkley) October 31, 2017

true I guess but seems symptomatic of a larger problem in their approach

― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, October 31, 2017 6:11 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i mean is their approach to plant Easter Eggs in their bonus materials for Stranger Things fans? it's not the same thing but it shows a pretty narrow audience focus, like it's something for the supposedly smart pop-culture savvy crowd. kind of like "delete your account", everyone was like HILLARY JUST OWNED DONALD IN THREE WORDS and meanwhile no one changed their vote.

pokemon go to the polls

i wasn't sure what to think of the new trump plan, but then i saw a reference to stranger things - which i love, like everyone in the united states - which compared it to being in the upside down of stranger things. now, i know you've seen the show, but if you know one thing about stranger things it's that you don't want to end up in the upside down! no way! and that means no way to this trump tax plan!

DiBlasio has a lot of hate against him from all sides in NY, I can see why Bernie came in
as feeble a progressive as he is, he's the first mayor in a while that doesn't fellate the NYPD at every opportunity. sadly progress

thanks for the third way safari article, really good.

Senator Merkley (D-Ore.) is a bit of a dork, but he's a dork with the right ideas and a willingness to do battle for them. My wife and I gave him $100 so he could accumulate a few more Immortality Points in the D.C. video game: Congressional Empire Building. I believe he will attack the right orcs.

he's the first mayor in a while that doesn't fellate the NYPD at every opportunity.

he kinda does, but the cops hate him anyway

never seen Stranger Things cuz cable

it's not on cable.

well i don't have broadcast reception either, so it IS cable

it's on netflix, dude.

haven't read this yet but some folx online are flipping out over it

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774

so uh yeah the response to this should be interesting, also megalol at Brazile calling her book Hacks

But there also were millions approved for transfer from Clinton’s campaign for use by the DNC — which, under a plan devised by Brazile to drum up urban turnout out of fear that Trump would win the popular vote while losing the electoral vote, got dumped into Chicago and New Orleans, far from anywhere that would have made a difference in the election.

brain trust

Started reading it, pretty crazy, almost unreal. Didn't sleep much, need to revisit in a more cogent state.

I recommend staying away from Hillary stan twitter (even moreso than usual)

This has to be a stop the presses for Chapo

yeah that seems inevitable unfortunately

I'm honestly amazed that she went in so hard at both Hillary and Obama.

meanwhile, WTF is the guy's problem?

Now Ralph Northam says he'd ban sanctuary cities in Virginia, validating Gillespie's racist narrative: https://t.co/SC8sbcrgMJ

— George Zornick (@gzornick) November 2, 2017

I'm 100% fine with Dem insiders trying to distance themselves from Clinton & move left out of cynical careerism. It's a sign we're winning

— The Discourse Lover (@Trillburne) November 2, 2017

definitely seeing some takes today saying the Brazile Book is a good healing step for the party divide, we'll see

meanwhile Bernie is taking shit for not supporting Northam

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-sits-out-a-tight-race-in-virginia-after-his-candidate-falls-short

The great thing about the Brazile story is that she is describing an actual smoking gun document. Which presumably means that document will come out soon, and if it is what she says it is, this seems like a pretty open and shut case. Until then, probably a good idea to stay away from any stan twitter, be it Hillary or Bernie.

don't think a promise to ban sanctuary cities is going to lure in Sanders now

xp

This will definitely be a brief open and shut case

A well organized, brief case

the major deciding posts in the DNC are pretty much all Hillary people, right? like I seem to recall someone saying that they made up the entire rules committee.

There was a shakeup of the rules committee in October, I have a hard time imagining anyone would bother filling it up with 'Hillary people', it's not as if she's going to run again.