Democratic (Party) Direction

yeah that seems like something you'd wanna straighten out prior to going full blast on twitter

one needs to make allowances for rookie errors, if that's what this is

(or at least, expect them)

I assume she's pissed about the missed calls more than anything?

not sure why she (or anyone else) would take that at face value - according to the WFP people they reached out to find a way to remove Crowley from that ballot line and he refused

lofgren / streep 2020

from Gothamist:

UPDATE: The Working Families Party is now calling on Crowley to register to vote in Virginia in order to take himself off the ballot line, but a spokesperson for Crowley says the congressman finds that suggestion "unacceptable," NBC News reports.

"It is disappointing that Crowley has refused to vacate the Working Families Party ballot line," Bill Lipton, state director of the Working Families Party, said in a statement. "The only remaining way for Crowley to do the right thing is to switch his residency to Virginia, where his family resides and his children already go to school. It would fix the problem he created in an instant."

http://gothamist.com/2018/07/12/joe_crowley_ocasio_cortez.php

cummings / colbert 2020: you have texts; we have guilty pleas

donald j. trump is a russian asset

donald j. trump is a russian asset

This movement was basically started by Sean McElwee on Twitter in the early part of the year. I and others chipped in where we could, highlighting American ethnic cleansing on Twitter and in our writing. And by July, we have 43% of Democrats supporting the abolition of an evil agency of American ethnic cleansing. That’s amazing! Despite the 24-hour news cycle, social movements aren’t built overnight. Tiger Beat on the Potomac has no way to compute this because social movements don’t fit its model. So it seems unpopular. But it’s not. It is just being introduced to voters and a full plurality of Democrats want to eliminate this evil agency. Really, we should be very proud of this and continue to move forward demanding its complete abolition and a totally different immigration system as part of the 2020 Democratic platform. Anyone who wants to win the Democratic nomination needs to embrace this. Kirsten Gillibrand, being better at her job than her competitors, understands this and has gotten ahead of them all.

The lying tweet about Crowley running wasn't a 'mistake', it was to raise funds:

So much for “Born to Run.”

If you want to see me in Congress, we need your help now more than ever. We cannot underestimate the power of dark money.

Support us now: https://t.co/piU7pXr9CU

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) July 12, 2018

I don't really get why she needs to do that, isn't it an extremely blue seat?

evil lie is part of a former waitresses's dastardly plan to publicly raise money for her grassroots political campaign

fred, you're a weirdo

handwringing about that is imo like being mad that your plumber is not descending into large green pipes with sound effects to defeat king koopa

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, July 10, 2018 3:44 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but how else will we defeat king koopa?????

Fred go volunteer for some re-education camps

The lying tweet about Crowley running wasn't a 'mistake', it was to raise funds:

Is the Working Families Party also lying?

dnftDane

With the exception of #6, I found this list of the features that characterize the crop of new Democratic candidates profoundly depressing. Just more of the same. How anyone could see in this crew anything other than (bad) branding escapes me. https://t.co/woCrQfxvTl

— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) July 13, 2018

if you actually read the list it's not actually terrible or "more of the same" at all

Nor is it branding. It’s just like…facts about some people?

Also it is kind of impossible for millennials to represent “more of the same”, the oldest Millennials have only been eligible to run for the house for maybe eight years.

Didn't realize Corey Robin was such a big Pelosi fan

making your choice of leader a primary "plank" is dubious; win first

"Why is being a millennial terrible?"

Unless it's tied to a new politics and set of ideas about economics and the state, it's just a branding exercise.

— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) July 13, 2018

but that article doesn't say it's a plank, it just quotes their response to a direct question xp

wow, people under 40, who lived through the George W. Bush era? just terrible. what a disaster for the DNC.

some of them won't even support Nancy Pelosi! no wonder Morbs is pissed.

this person's tweets make no sense, this blog post is not about campaign strategy or branding it's just "what do these people who happen to be running in GOP-held seats happen to be like"

younger Chuck Schumers, that's all ya need

here is the entirety of the support for your characterization in this article:

All were against abolishing ICE. None are talking up “a federal jobs guarantee.”

pick a smarter twitter user next time!

why start now

i'm calling for socialist reinforcements vs you lawyers

https://www.vox.com/2018/7/12/17564576/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-twitter-ballot-new-york

This is a good article that I think both makes clear why Ocasio-Cortez would doubt Crowley's motives and also leaves the possibility that his motives are good. My inclination would be not to trust Crowley though.

My dad warned me from a young age not to go to law school for no reason, which is the only thing keeping me from applying to law school right now. That and I’d have to dress better. xp

the tweet is a bit dopey but I like Corey Robin a lot

in the Jay Roach HBO movie about this election, I would like Crowley to be played by Michael Gaston.

corey robin seems smart till you follow him on twitter and realize he's kinda not

a lot of ppl are like this tbh

just not on this board

I'm gonna judge more by his book than his tweets, thx

My dad warned me from a young age not to go to law school for no reason, which is the only thing keeping me from applying to law school right now. That and I’d have to dress better. xp

― devops mom (silby), Friday, July 13, 2018 12:21 PM (forty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know several lawyers and your last point is...not true

I mean, I assume I wouldn’t be allowed to wear shorts, is what I’m saying

My boss wears shorts and has said I could do the same. But I need some semblance of dignity.

Hmmm, so Dems at all levels need to do more Facebook, Instagram, google, etc. ads...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/technology/tech-midterms-democrats.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology&action=click&contentCollection=technology®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Dozens of progressive groups are organizing for Democrats in this year’s midterms. But Tech for Campaigns has focused on a particularly challenging assignment: dragging Democratic campaigns into the digital age, before it is too late....In a year and a half of existence, Tech for Campaigns has become a kind of Democratic Geek Squad — a national volunteer network consisting of more than 4,500 tech workers with day jobs at companies like Google, Facebook, Netflix and Airbnb. These volunteers, who include engineers, marketers and data scientists, are matched with Democratic campaigns across the country to provide training on digital skills, such as how to promote themselves on social media, build their email lists and use data analytics to identify potential donors...One of the group’s biggest tasks, Ms. Alter said, is persuading candidates to campaign heavily on social media, rather than relying solely on TV ads and printed mailers. Many Democrats running in 2018 are spending a much smaller percentage of their ad budgets on digital ads than their rivals, sometimes as little as 10 percent versus more than 40 percent for Republicans, according to two political consultants with ties to multiple campaigns.

"Tech for Campaigns has become a kind of Democratic Geek Squad —"

they'll take your hard drive, copy all the porn off it, and charge you $300 to reformat it?

e pluribus unum

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/14/identity-politics-right-left-trump-racism

Does anyone know how Abdul El-Sayed's chances are like for the Michigan gubernatorial race? He seems good. I'm watching his big speech in February about poverty.

https://abdulformichigan.com/issues

ICYMI, another "key adviser" to Cuomo was convicted on corruption charges this week, and Nixon is calling Prince Andy either clueless or corrupt.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2018/07/13/top-cuomo-official-and-donors-convicted-in-buffalo-billion-trial-the-governors-feminism-michael-cohens-new-digs-285903

¿Por qué no los dos?

Hmmm, so Dems at all levels need to do more Facebook, Instagram, google, etc. ads...

?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology&action=click&contentCollection=technology®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Hmmm.

Heh

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-senate-feinstein-de-leon-endorsement-20180714-story.html

(Although didn’t this already happen at a convention earlier in the year?)