I think you've hit the nail on the head, as usual. That's why lots of folks like what Jasmine Crockett and Gavin Newsome are doing. More of that, please.
Biden got thru landmark legislation w/slim majoritys in both house and basically a 50/50 Senate you rube. willis is a shrill voice on the faux populist left.
Either you completely misunderstood my point or you intended this comment for someone else. I meant that Dems now stand for a constrained executive branch, fiscal responsibility, a strong defense, and global leadership, all of which USED to be conservative principles but under Trump no longer are. I said nothing about Willis, whoever that is.
Most excellent. And it feeds into what Gavin Newsom is now doing with the November ballot initiative to temporarily suspend the admirable apolitical redistricting program in California, in response to Texas's corrupt GOP gerrymander. When trump demanded five more rightwing Texas Congressional districts in order to support his fascist presidency, it was not much different from when he called Georgia's Brad Raffensberger on Jan. 2, 2021 to "find 11,780 votes." What Newsom is doing is super, man.
One big problem is John Roberts and the Fascist Five. They do not believe in democracy, and demonstrate it in every major decision. In Shelby County v. Holder they said Congress didn't have enough evidence to justify its decision on voting rights. They created a brand new doctrine called the Dignity of the States to justify this violation of separation of powers. They continued to invent new "doctrines" to tear down the powers of the legislature and the Democratic President. See, e.g., Biden v. Nebraska.
Then these foul bastards created a new doctrine: the Immunity of Donald Trump, in two cases, Trump v. US and Trump v. CASA. In the latter they threw away the powers of the judiciary, making themselves the only judges of the legality of Trump's actions.
Nothing will change while these bastards are in power.
Lol Biden in 2yrs with slim majoritys in both houses and basically a 50/50 Senate got thru landmark legislation not seen since LBJ or FDR. olivers GRIFT continues. 😂 the country outside of major cities is more purple/red than ever before because of the tranches of RW MEDIA created by billionaires, and PUTINs help for trump as well(social media troll farms).
Weird. No mention of how the progressives are the ones who got us here. Dems and Libs are required to vote for them if they win a primary, but they are not required to vote for Dems and Libs who win a primary.
Crap over your core base, neglect it over 4 years of a Presidency to chase voters who rejected you again, and it won’t bail you out is what happened…and even less Republicans than ever voted for Harris, 5%, Biden got 6% in 20 and Clinton 7% in 16.
Keep chasing after people who won’t vote for you instead of those who will and have if you listen to them and do what’s right morally, though, it went over so well in 2024 after all…
The opposite is the reality, Dems have not heeded their own nonwhite base enough or their Left flank which even includes moderates/centrists now forget progressives as the establishment wing is Right of center and W Bush era Republicans on policy save abortion…here we are.
The strategy of being affluent, white, and performative wokesters alienates more voters from Dems than it gains with anyone else…thus must change by 2026, Newsom and the TX House Democrats of those elected are giving us a blueprint on the method to do so rightly.
Not speaking for Oliver, but my daughter lives in Jeffries's district and points out that Mamdani carried the district by 13 or 14 points. Given that Mamdani's two most credible Democratic challengers, Adams and Cuomo, are politically and/or personally corrupt in a way that Mandani ("Oh, my god, he lives in a rent-controlled apartment!") simply is not, I think the question is why hasn't Jeffries endorsed Mamdani for mayor, not why should he.
Jeffries’ endorsement will do nothing to enhance Mamdani but will galvanize the anti-progressive portion of the NYC electorate that will unleash huge sums of money and “anti-communist and anti-cop” propaganda.
Jeffries is in line to replace Johnson as Speaker of the House and it is unfortunate there are people calling for a primary against him. There is nothing the financial backers of MAGA would rather see is a NYC House member engaged in a knock down drag out intraparty fight rather than have the Democratic incumbent win hammer the GOP NYS House candidates and Trump.
[[Jeffries’ endorsement ... will galvanize the anti-progressive portion of the NYC electorate that will unleash huge sums of money and “anti-communist and anti-cop” propaganda.]]
They're going to do that whether Jeffries endorses or not.
I think you've hit the nail on the head, as usual. That's why lots of folks like what Jasmine Crockett and Gavin Newsome are doing. More of that, please.
Once we accept that the Democrats are the conservative party, everything makes much more sense.
Exactly. Democrats are conservatives and Republicans are the radicals.
Biden got thru landmark legislation w/slim majoritys in both house and basically a 50/50 Senate you rube. willis is a shrill voice on the faux populist left.
Either you completely misunderstood my point or you intended this comment for someone else. I meant that Dems now stand for a constrained executive branch, fiscal responsibility, a strong defense, and global leadership, all of which USED to be conservative principles but under Trump no longer are. I said nothing about Willis, whoever that is.
Most excellent. And it feeds into what Gavin Newsom is now doing with the November ballot initiative to temporarily suspend the admirable apolitical redistricting program in California, in response to Texas's corrupt GOP gerrymander. When trump demanded five more rightwing Texas Congressional districts in order to support his fascist presidency, it was not much different from when he called Georgia's Brad Raffensberger on Jan. 2, 2021 to "find 11,780 votes." What Newsom is doing is super, man.
I agree with every word of this.
One big problem is John Roberts and the Fascist Five. They do not believe in democracy, and demonstrate it in every major decision. In Shelby County v. Holder they said Congress didn't have enough evidence to justify its decision on voting rights. They created a brand new doctrine called the Dignity of the States to justify this violation of separation of powers. They continued to invent new "doctrines" to tear down the powers of the legislature and the Democratic President. See, e.g., Biden v. Nebraska.
Then these foul bastards created a new doctrine: the Immunity of Donald Trump, in two cases, Trump v. US and Trump v. CASA. In the latter they threw away the powers of the judiciary, making themselves the only judges of the legality of Trump's actions.
Nothing will change while these bastards are in power.
The RALPH NADER LEFT helped put BUSH 43 in the WH. He gave us Roberts and alito.
Couldn’t agree more. Bring a gun to the gunfight for goodness sake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru
Lol Biden in 2yrs with slim majoritys in both houses and basically a 50/50 Senate got thru landmark legislation not seen since LBJ or FDR. olivers GRIFT continues. 😂 the country outside of major cities is more purple/red than ever before because of the tranches of RW MEDIA created by billionaires, and PUTINs help for trump as well(social media troll farms).
Weird. No mention of how the progressives are the ones who got us here. Dems and Libs are required to vote for them if they win a primary, but they are not required to vote for Dems and Libs who win a primary.
Opposite, that applies to the center Right.
Crap over your core base, neglect it over 4 years of a Presidency to chase voters who rejected you again, and it won’t bail you out is what happened…and even less Republicans than ever voted for Harris, 5%, Biden got 6% in 20 and Clinton 7% in 16.
Keep chasing after people who won’t vote for you instead of those who will and have if you listen to them and do what’s right morally, though, it went over so well in 2024 after all…
The opposite is the reality, Dems have not heeded their own nonwhite base enough or their Left flank which even includes moderates/centrists now forget progressives as the establishment wing is Right of center and W Bush era Republicans on policy save abortion…here we are.
The strategy of being affluent, white, and performative wokesters alienates more voters from Dems than it gains with anyone else…thus must change by 2026, Newsom and the TX House Democrats of those elected are giving us a blueprint on the method to do so rightly.
Yes!
What do you think of the knee jerk reaction to every social media post of Hakeem Jeffries demanding he endorse Mamdani for NYC Mayor?
Not speaking for Oliver, but my daughter lives in Jeffries's district and points out that Mamdani carried the district by 13 or 14 points. Given that Mamdani's two most credible Democratic challengers, Adams and Cuomo, are politically and/or personally corrupt in a way that Mandani ("Oh, my god, he lives in a rent-controlled apartment!") simply is not, I think the question is why hasn't Jeffries endorsed Mamdani for mayor, not why should he.
Jeffries’ endorsement will do nothing to enhance Mamdani but will galvanize the anti-progressive portion of the NYC electorate that will unleash huge sums of money and “anti-communist and anti-cop” propaganda.
Jeffries is in line to replace Johnson as Speaker of the House and it is unfortunate there are people calling for a primary against him. There is nothing the financial backers of MAGA would rather see is a NYC House member engaged in a knock down drag out intraparty fight rather than have the Democratic incumbent win hammer the GOP NYS House candidates and Trump.
That’s my reasoning.
[[Jeffries’ endorsement ... will galvanize the anti-progressive portion of the NYC electorate that will unleash huge sums of money and “anti-communist and anti-cop” propaganda.]]
They're going to do that whether Jeffries endorses or not.
DEFUND THE POLICE was a disastrous thing to push by DSA. it hurt Dems in 2020/22/24.
"Defund the police" was a marketing disaster, not a disaster on the merits. In fact, it was a great idea.