jesus
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
at least as much as some fucking messageboards full of amateur pundits
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
tell me how Pelosi & Schumer are worth more than a warm bucket of piss
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:35 (four years ago) link
i don't really think they'd be better at their jobs if they were angrier
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
it's good that this thread is back
― edgard varese-type beat (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
Adam Johnson is cute.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
saw the photo neeevvvveeerr miiiiiind
It’s very easy to determine how good Chuck and Nancy are at their jobs: just look at who gives them money and see if they’re delivering for those entities. I suspect they’re probably ok at it.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
"anger" could be better framed as "sense of urgency"
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
idgi, morbs. you class ilx as a place where no one is intellectually capable of providing substance or addressing it, so you obviously don't expect substance here. But when someone doesn't provide substance, that makes him a schmuck? You're here, too. And not exactly brimming over with substance either.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
if Shakey weren't apparently on a break we'd really get something going here
― silby, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
morbs is actually much nicer irl because nobody can do cartoonish internet anger in person
― iatee, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
maybe just better behaved in person where he can get smacked
― Mordy, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
hahaha
imagine the most direct response to that.
correct.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
I don't spend much time in the physical company of tedious gabby Democrats
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
nobody can do cartoonish internet anger in person
I can totally do this
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
I read Matt Stoller's newsletter and get a lot out of it but this was a massively disappointing 'take' from someone who's supposed to be - and often is - very smart:
1. I've been pretty aggressive about pointing out progressives got crushed, but I don't have a strategy going forward. That's because admitting defeat and figuring out what to do has to be a collective conversation. Here are some thoughts...— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) April 18, 2020
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:19 (four years ago) link
Stoller has been the sort of imbecile taken in by Josh Hawley.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link
I lost the will to live around point 7.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link
that... is a fucking mess
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:31 (four years ago) link
that's pretty stupid
― silby, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:35 (four years ago) link
I read as much of that as I could stand, but for someone who says he has no strategy and the direction of the left needs to be the result of a collective conversation, he makes one hell of a lot of assertions about strategy and most of them are hella simplistic and indistinguishable from neoliberalism. Not to mention the ones that are just wrong.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:00 (four years ago) link
i like that it skipped from point 4 to 6. seemed illustrative of the entire argument: i live in a warped universe where there is no number 5
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:00 (four years ago) link
tuned out around 4 but kept scrolling and boy did it continue
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:10 (four years ago) link
it should be a crime for a 'tweet thread' to last more than two tweets
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
Who even are all these people!!! Posting things. Ffs
― silby, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:14 (four years ago) link
New board description
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:17 (four years ago) link
someone who's supposed to be - and often is - very smart
could've fooled me
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:41 (four years ago) link
I always think he's Matt Zoller Seitz
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:42 (four years ago) link
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/mike-bloomberg-to-donate-18-million-to-dnc-in-2020-election.html
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 4 May 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
and he spent something like, what, $600 million or so on his own primary campaign and made it sound like he would pitch in at least that much to defeat Trump in the general election?
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 4 May 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
I'm sure he'll spend a lot more, just wish he was doing it w/ his own pac or whatever and not through the party
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 4 May 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article243820362.html
of course
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 27 June 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
thinking about USPS, tax day, that two-year period of complete Democratic control of government we had a while ago, and how many small and easy things they didn't fix on account of none of them being normal people with normal problems— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) July 16, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 July 2020 12:50 (three years ago) link
Democrats did not have a veto-proof majority until a few months in 2009, and Pareene knows that; but, yes, the USPS bill should've been repealed.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 July 2020 13:08 (three years ago) link
To be fair, I think everyone who supported Democrats in the 2006 & 2008 elections did it on the condition that Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson be given veto power over everything. I guess I shouldn’t say everyone but I know I did.— Mike Racioppo (@RacioppoMike) July 16, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 July 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
i also disagree with the idea that "none of them are normal people with normal problems" that's just not true and that's not why they didn't pay attention to the USPS during this short period
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 16 July 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
being a multimillionaire is not normal
― singular wolf erotica producer (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 17 July 2020 03:24 (three years ago) link
A veto-proof majority isn’t needed when you have a Democratic President.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Friday, 17 July 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
I think the issue is cloture not veto
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 17 July 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
putting on kid gloves to deal with Justice Dems
https://theintercept.com/2020/07/18/jamaal-bowman-nancy-pelosi-statement/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 July 2020 02:26 (three years ago) link
she also made a point of endorsing ilhan omar
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 19 July 2020 05:04 (three years ago) link
Legalize MarijuanaDNC Platformvote: 106n, 50y, 3a% support: 31/67 (-36) 👈Polling – Pew 11/19Public: 67/32 (+35)Dems: 78/20 (+58) ←
DNC Platformvote: 106n, 50y, 3a% support: 31/67 (-36) 👈
Polling – Pew 11/19Public: 67/32 (+35)Dems: 78/20 (+58) ←
Medicare for AllDNC Platformvote: 36y, 125n, 3a% support: 22/76 (-54) 👈Polling – KFF 5/20Public: 57/40 (+17)Dems: 78/19 (+59) ←
DNC Platformvote: 36y, 125n, 3a% support: 22/76 (-54) 👈
Polling – KFF 5/20Public: 57/40 (+17)Dems: 78/19 (+59) ←
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 09:41 (three years ago) link
🤦♂️
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 09:55 (three years ago) link
But at least the president will tweet 5 times a year.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 10:20 (three years ago) link
"We are proud our party welcomes advocates who want to build on and strengthen the Affordable Care Act and those who support a Medicare for All approach."
Incisive
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 10:28 (three years ago) link
absolutely worthless
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 11:04 (three years ago) link
One thing voters in 2020 really love is triangulation and taking a halfway approach on everything, like their health, and fossil fuels.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 11:11 (three years ago) link
FWIW the majority of Americans also oppose eliminating private health insurance.
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 12:38 (three years ago) link
I.e. a lot of people think “Medicare For All” sounds like a great idea but when you poll them on policies that would be implemented under M4A they don’t like it
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 12:44 (three years ago) link