Democratic (Party) Direction

Independent and third-party candidates could be good options some places, it depends on the local political dynamics and who the candidates are. That would just put more pressure on the Democrats.

(Knowledge of the local landscape everywhere is also important, and there are already groups almost everywhere that are informed and engaged. A lot of this would just be connecting existing resources and expertise.)

#PROJECTION: Rep. Danny Davis will win his primary after a challenge from progressive Kina Collins. #IL07 #ElectionDay #Elections2022 pic.twitter.com/Qa0XfwY4C4

— Democracy Desk (@DemocracyDesk) June 29, 2022

Oh thank god, the median age of a Democratic Congressman might have dropped below 76.

I think viewing the Democratic Party as a top-down organization with a single vision is completely wrong, especially post-Obama. The DNC, the DCCC, and the individual state parties do a really mediocre job of coordinating and any movement within the party is going to have to come from building larger caucuses in the house, or competence from larger state orgs, imo

There have been a myriad of articles written about how Obama’s campaign worked largely outside the DNC and he let the opportunity to rebuild it rot on the vine.

Safe D Seats tend to reside in rich cities full of upper middle class types whose self-image and pocketbook will fight against anybody more progressive coming along.

I think there might be more value in trying to get some people in as independents(or fuck, even socialists) into office in other parts of the country

― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Tuesday, June 28, 2022 7:36 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

You mean like NYC? DSA-backed candidates have had huge successes there. If anything I'd say cities are where these types of candidates have done best.

JB’s victory speech remarks on futile bipartisanship and what we owe to our grandchildren: “We owe it to them to win.” pic.twitter.com/OzKG4JD6Fy

— Socialists for Pritzker (@PritzkerForPrez) June 29, 2022

Did not expect to wake up to some progressive folks booting around the idea of a Pritzker prez run in '24. Most of them acknowledged that it would never happen, but it's a thought I wouldn't expected to ever hear.

I imagine the details of his governing aren't all that great but he's been the most proactive top level Democrat over the last few years and people yearn for that.

think there might be more value in trying to get some people in as independents(or fuck, even socialists) into office in other parts of the country

One of the most satisfying things about my socialist city council rep is her explicitly publicly chiding her Democratic colleagues for being cowed lapdogs of big business, when they vote in the interests of big business

xxp americans love a big guy

It's true Joe Manchin wrecked the entire agenda and is hostile to the party's program, but what if they could get even more Joe Manchins? pic.twitter.com/lG1CgUunzH

— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) June 29, 2022

what happened to mcelwee? wasn't he like a vox liberal or something two years ago?

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I tried to read that article earlier today and it made me want to die. The main profiled NJ Dem guy's politics are literally just "lower taxes + more cops"

"Biden and officials are concerned that more radical moves would be politically polarizing ahead of November's midterm elections, undermine public trust in institutions like the Supreme Court or lack strong legal footing, sources inside and outside the White House say."

— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) June 29, 2022

It’s almost as though they want the country to be taken over by fascists

Hmm

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— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 30, 2022

Ha daaaaamn

so let's get this straight one of the two major political parties in this country not only refuses to do any of the massively popular things they ran on they are also openly bankrolling opponents who do not see their power as legitimate

I’m not going to be the one who said “I told you so” because it is obviously unhelpful.

What I will say is that I truly believe that we would all be better off if every member of every branch of the federal government spontaneously combusted

I would need to see a carbon footprint on that.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 30, 2022

I dunno. The whole effect she's looking for there hinges on a paraphrase by @AlexThomp of something reported elsewhere by "@nanditab1 and @TrevorNews", which is neither quoted nor linked. My problem is I have zero idea who @nanditab1 and @TrevorNews are or what kind of sourcing they have access to about what Biden is saying to his advisors. So basically AOC's zing requires a reflexive belief that it just has to be true, because it sounds sorta like what we think Biden would think.

they are white house correspondents for reuters

“Hi, I’m Trevor News”

My problem is I have zero idea who @nanditab1 and @TrevorNews are or what kind of sourcing they have access to about what Biden is saying to his advisors and if I took 38 seconds to type in their twitter handle then I can't make this post.

I don't have a Twitter account and don't intend to have one.

But thank you for identifying them for me.

no thank _you_ aimless, for explaining what makes a good tweet

"More radical policies are politically polarising ahead of elections" -- you can just smell the paralyzing fear.

Don't want to polarize people before they go out and vote for one of the two poles in American politics.

Aimless unable to figure out twitter is a similar kind of thing. They don't even want to look, never mind do.

Aimless unable to figure out twitter

fuck off

you literally just said that you couldn’t read a bio because you don’t have an account

fwiw i don't have a twitter account and did not go to these reporters' twitter accounts to find out who they were. i just looked up the reuters article whose headline is visible immediately beneath those twitter handles.

what i'm trying to say is there are many ways you can find things out for yourself if you feel like you're lacking critical information.

Let's not argue about who killed who.

I'm upset AOC didn't include a Wikipedia link for those of us who don't know what a "Biden" is.

"we aren't going to do anything to make things better, but if you don't vote for us it will get even worse"

It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.

People saying “don’t vote, it doesn’t help:” this is how Trump won in 2016 by 77k votes, and appointed the 3 justices who overturned Roe and more. Want to see how much worse things can get, be apathetic and let Republicans take majorities. This hand wringing is a fool’s errand.

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) June 30, 2022

I mean, yeah, of course I vote blue in November.

I will also take a dump at some point this afternoon

Bernie or gut bust

tbh probably the most consequential votes I will cast this year were in my local Republican primary in May. A couple of moderate Republicans beat back hard-right challengers, with a certain amount of crossover support from non-Republicans. (I vote in way more GOP primaries than Democratic ones, around here it's the only way to have any say in a lot of offices.)

my heart goes out to the intern that has to keep breaking the news about roe to dianne feinstein every 4 hours

— أنيا anya (@unc00lniece) June 26, 2022

fuck off

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 30 June 2022 bookmarkflaglink

Glad I'm not going to be responsible for your care.

you really are a cold-hearted piece of shit julio

every previous time i've started on you it's been the result of direct antagonism but come on, are we all really going to stand by while this worthless nutcase pisses his poison everywhere

sorry to be all "austerity socialism" but in any rational world no nut milks would exist - oats, on the other hand? can be grow in all sorts of different environments and don't haemorrhage water as much. Under socialism it will be only oat milk if you're vegan sorry

— Arbeitology (@Arbeit_Fish) July 1, 2022

can we not live in a socialist utopia where there’s a magical milk alternative with the water-use of oat milk and the low calorie count of almond milk??

does soy milk count as a "nut milk"

I got some nut milk for ya

is it already no nut milk november?