Who needs Republicans when you've got Democrats like these
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If nothing else, this whole situation is a very revealing about which Democrat politicians have proverbial balls, which ones have their balls in the clamp (probably for doing embarrassing stuff), and which ones have no proverbial balls at all.
So far only AOC, Sanders, Pritzker, and a handful of others are showing they have the guts to stand up on the bullshit the administration is pulling.
So far only AOC, Sanders, Pritzker, and a handful of others are showing they have the guts to stand up on the bullshit the administration is pulling.
I really want to include the new DNC chair in that list.
"We're calling it the 'Organize Everywhere' tour," Martin told ABC13. "It's a simple premise that if we're going to win throughout this country and get back into power, we have to organize everywhere. We're visiting red states, purple states, and blue states on this tour. And Texas really is the future of the Democratic Party. This is such a critical battleground state as we move forward in the 2026 elections -- of course, the 28 election cycle and beyond."
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"We have to earn their trust back, and part of that is not just showing up a few months before the election and asking them for their vote," Martin said. "We have to get back to organizing year-round where we're building trust with communities around shared values."
Like, he's had the chair a month, and he's going out and doing local station news interviews already.
For the past 30 years every other chair would have been grifting huge dollar donors in exchange for more conservative policy positions right now.
Like, he’s had the chair a month, and he’s going out and doing local station news interviews already.
I really feel like they all need to be doing this, as much as possible. Get out there and publicize just how fucked things are, and what they're doing to fight back, and how Trump's cronies control the entire government right now and what's happening is directly their fault.
Not trying to be an asshole but if you expect anything will materially change you shouldn't be surprised when the DNC rug pulls you again.
I really want to include the new DNC chair in that list.
I strongly disagree.
“There are a lot of good billionaires out there that have been with Democrats, who share our values, and we will take their money. But we’re not taking money from those bad billionaires” - New DNC Head Martin
The DNC is run by corporate democrats which, aside from the hate, racism and bigotry, might well be the on the same team as Republicans when it comes to facilitating the actions of the wealthy in this country. Its why nothing materially changes when Dems run the show. Their wealthy donors are happy with the job they are doing currently, which doesn't include improving the quality of life for the vast majority of us because it is easier to exploit a populous that is teetering on the edge of ruin. How many of you cant change jobs because you'd lose your insurance? How few Americans have 500 dollars in the bank for a catastrophic emergency? The fact that we have to live in such a precarious position is a feature to the wealthy that allows them to exploit us for their significant personal gains. They don't see us as people, they see us as a resource to exploit and toss when they are done.
Did Biden push for Universal healthcare, or even talk about it really? What about pressing for codifying of Roe v. Wade? Or wage theft being, from a dollar perspective, the vast majority of theft that occurs in this country? Marijuana reform? Better to leave that as a carrot to try to get votes as they've shown in the last 3 elections... What about taxing the rich as a rebuttal to the constant assault on social services that help the most vulnerable in our society yet account for the smallest fraction of the actual budget? Or upholding the law and holding Trump and his cronies for the January 6th attack on our nation, which should have prevented Trump from running in the first place? The wealthy in this country are seeing their wealth explode from a government that today has enabled them to wholesale embrace corruption by attacking regulatory and oversight bodies... wonder why they didnt want Trump to be held accountable...
Biden did things in his term to help Americans to an extent, but these Donkeys in the room are glaring examples of areas that Biden had flat out ignored or intentionally neglected us. The reason to me is that the money didn't support those initiatives.... i.e. not in the donors interests.
Remember that the DNC put Biden there, and if we let them they will happily keep playing the role of controlled opposition as a fulcrum to leverage our nation to the right while giving lip service to the things we care about and enriching themselves with our donations.
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Obligatory reminder that Sanders is categorically excluded from being a "Democrat with proverbial balls" not because he doesn't have balls, but because he isn't a Democrat. I deny the Democratic Party credit for his courage.
He does still caucus with them though. For now at least.
It's not about balls, it's about loyalty. AOC and the like have loyalty to the country while corporate Dems have loyalty to corporate interests.
The problem I have with this take is that we knew 4 years ago too. For some of them, we've known for decades. We should have already been primarying them out, but between local ratfuckery and a lack of funding for primary challengers, we're stuck with these assholes at a critical moment.
After the Bernie Sanders' "stop arms sale to Israel vote", I can confidently say %90 of democrats are just worthless human shits who would have fared just as well being members of the Republic party or United Russia (Putin's party) or AKP (Erdoğan's party). As long as they got a seat of some power to glue their sweaty asses to, they will adapt to anything.
Those without proverbial balls need to be primaried. There is enough outrage to fund the campaigns without corporate donors.
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now you know why Cryptkeeper Pelosi picked him over AOC for this position
Truly an unsaveable party.
Let it burn but we need a replacement fast
Considering what Trump and L1 are doing, Democrats should put every rock they find into their path. Instead they do this. Cowardice.
Considering what Trump and L1 are doing, Democrats should put every rock they find into their path. Instead they do this. ~~Cowardice~~ Cumplicity.
FTFY!
If we are going to lose anyways it’s time to make a third party. Call it the Progressive Party and continue to lose until democrats give up. These people literally only care about lining their pockets.
Yeah that seems to be a popular idea but it never gets anywhere after that.
My thought was, since the DNC organization exists and anyone can participate, we should y'know - take it over. Basically. Like it was intended.
So in the first example we'd have to build it from scratch (pros/cons) and in the second example, we'd have to deal with a fully functioning national party (pros/cons).
They essentially cancelled the last few primaries. Bernie was gonna win and they cancelled it. Biden wanted to run so they cancelled it. Biden backed out last minute so they cancelled it for Kamala. Shit is so undemocratic it’s crazy.
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This POS can go to hell.
Along with Pelosi. In the name of American unity, I'm ok with this shit and Pelosi being on the hanging block with the Republicans.
Definitely
Fetterman 2.0
What makes a democrat "top"?
Like, is he the one who fucks you in the ass? That's probably it.
Edit: just to remind everyone; the DNC is a sunk cost. You can keep trying to make them fight back, make them stand up for you, and make them care. At the and of the day they will take your energy, take your money, take your vote and do nothing with it.
What makes a democrat "top"?
They have a leadership position, like a committee chair.
Assuming there was any good faith in there. Which-
Everyone downvoted me and called me an idiot when I said the Dems are weak and useless. Most of them don't have a spine.
People lost their minds when I suggested the dems are at fault for losing so badly, not protest voters. It's funny as hell thinking the old guard of the democratic party will ever become effective
Both of them are at fault. The voters are just as culpable for being so misinformed about what was at stake, and the democrats should've told them more.
But the info was all available, so that's not an excuse.
The Dems told us a lot, the problem is they don't follow through with action. People are suffering and all they've got to offer is some ineffectual policy efforts and being the lesser of two evils. We're bombarded daily by sensationalist talking points so telling us that Trump is a fascist is met with desensitized ears. And any policy stance they take is so generic and bland in an effort to appeal to everyone that it inspires nobody and it all comes off as empty promises.
Despite being the party of not actually achieving anything meaningful to the majority of the working class for a generation, people still came out by the millions to vote for them because the alternative is that bad. But their chronic complacency was enough to tip the scales.
They were "relaxed about Trump" back in the campaign for President hence didn't even try to appeal to voters left of center (whom they later slandered via their minions and useful idiots as having the blame for the Trump victory because they didn't vote for the very Democrat leaders who didn't even try to appeal to them) and they're still "relaxed about Trump" now that he's using the powers of the Presidency to go full-Fascist.
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in a CNN appearance on Sunday, Connolly said workers should comply for now.
“I guess if you can, cover yourself and do the five things you did last week just to be able to say, ‘well I did it,’” he advised.
Obviously Congressional Democrats need to fight, but this sure sounds to me like he’s just telling Federal employees to cover their bases in case the courts rule DOGE does have authority. This is their livelihood, after all.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding.
It's also much different than what the headline suggests.
Still bad though. They should already have a plan. They're not nearly quick enough as a body to handle what's going on.
Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said government workers should comply with an Elon Musk order that is being disputed by others. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency sent out an email...
Thank you Nancy Pelosi!
Why should he give a shit. He literally has terminal cancer. This who the DNC picked over a young a vibrant AOC. The DNC needs to be burned down and replaced from the top.
He's seventy-four with a cancer diagnosis so... 🤞
Tell the Gambler, the Rambler, the Backslider,
Sooner or later God'll cut you down.
Connolly is an accomplice in the coup d'etat.
Wow, the cancer must have spread to his brain.
Lets hope it finishes him off soon, fuck this fascist colloborating sack of shit.
Just to state the obvious, you should be bitching at your representatives, state and federal, all the time.
Yes, that includes me too. And no, I don't do it either.
I have heard from others this website can be really helpful for getting yourself going on this - https://5calls.org/
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Too democrat recommends fascism
The Dems are so good at being the opposition party that they are… complying with the fascists? This is pathetic.
They don't want the soap on a rope.
And now the party should primary him...too bad the party is a feckless shell of bullshit wrapped around a bunch of greedy little piggies.
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Stupid cunt.
It's nice of them to so formally declare themselves enemies of the working class.
They say that all that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing (or something similar to that) but it doesn't hurt to have a few "good" men in power, just go along with it I guess.
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