That’s about as enthusiastic as I can get right now, but we do have some Democrats who actually get it. JB Pritzker is setting the tone.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Sunday called for mass protests against the Trump administration and blasted “do-nothing Democrats” who have failed to mount a stronger opposition to the Republicans in control of the federal government.
“Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now,” Pritzker said in his keynote address at the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner.
“These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” he continued. “They have to understand that we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have.”
“We must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box,” he added.
Oh my gosh! He’ll never get invited on CNN with that kind of rhetoric, and Watters will say snide things about him on Fox! Good. Set their hair on fire.
Also, he has a few words for his fellow Democrats.
But he also criticized some members of his own party for listening to political pundits instead of everyday Americans, saying they are “flocking to podcasts and cable news shows to admonish fellow Democrats for not caring enough about the struggles of working families.”
“Those same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on our defense of Black people, of trans kids, of immigrants, instead of their own lack of guts and gumption,” Pritzker said.
Wow. The DNC is going to try to kill his chances in the next election, because they like their candidates to be gutless, hollow old farts.
JB Pritzker will be one to watch. Our governor, Tim Walz, has not let up on his criticisms of weird Republicans, and Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been stirring enthusiastic crowds all around the country. Sanders is too old, I’m sorry to say — we should have elected him to the presidency 20 years ago — but I’d vote for AOC in a heartbeat. We’ve been saddled with Schumers and Pelosis for way too long.
(Oh, hey, Buttigeg works for me, too.)
Pritzker said more that I like:
Pritzker is saying the right things, but IIRC is a billionaire, so tweak your hopes and strategy accordingly.
Repeated from the Infinite Thread:
Fetterman campaign bleeds money
I completely disagree. The whole duopoly is a sickness. Recall that all the Democrats confirmed Marco Rubio to his current position. AOC voted for weapon shipments to the fascists in Israel, so did Walz, if not recently. Schumer, sure, he’s an absolute failure of a politician, sending sternly worded letters in times of fascist takeovers, but I really don’t see any other Democrat being any better. Pritzker is shouty, but also very rich.
When this is all over in a few decades, the USA needs to write a new constitution and restore public education, or it will just be another failed state. And until then, we’re all in trouble.
There is significant resistance and it is getting organized.
The majority of Americans oppose what Trump, the GOP, and the oligarchy are doing.
Pritzker is one. Some Democratic Senators are others.
Patty Murray from Washington, the West coast senators, Chris Van Hollen from Maryland went to El Salvador, etc..
Some House Representatives. like Cory Booker and AOC.
A large number of Judges.
People have realized that Trump and the GOP are bullies and you have to stand up to them. If you give in, they just make more demands.
.1. If you oppose the fascists, you might well win or you could end up losing.
.2. If you don’t oppose them, you are guaranteed to lose.
The choice is obvious and it shouldn’t be hard to make.
Guys like Senator Chuck Schumer and Governor Newsom of California haven’t figured it out and should be primaried out of office.
^Cory Booker is a senator.
#3 rorschach —
We need to be careful here. We have no idea what the end result will be. If we had a Constitutional Convention (aka Convention of States) there’s a valid fear of a runaway convention. We could have all kinds of amendments that we didn’t bargain for. Here are just some changes conservatives contemplated at a mock convention a few years ago.
Repeal the 16th Amendment, which grants Congress the ability to impose an income tax
Repeal the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause
Repeal the 22nd Amedment limiting presidential terms
Reduce the power of the federal judiciary
Give states standing to challenge the constitutionality of any action taken by Congress or the executive branch
Make abortion illegal nationwide
A balanced budget amendment
An amendemnt protecting the rights of property, contract, religion, and association
No direct election of senators
No birthright citizenship
No flag desecration
No gay marriage
An amendment limiting what goods could be bought, sold or transported across state lines.
There were others, but you get the gist of how the MAGA revolt could completely transform the nation.
May Day events: https://maydaystrong.org/
@6: Yeah, that’d be scary.
We need a lot of education and culture shift to promote the values of a free society over the corruption of a repressive one. Especially among white men.
Amazon’s Starlink rival sees the first 27 satellites successfully reach low-earth orbit — Project Kuiper satellites ‘operating as expected’
A competitor could benefit from anti-Musk political sentiment. However, if there is a more general anti-USA sentiment, Bezos could suffer along with Musk.
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Whoops, sorry. Got this confused with my tab for the Infinite Thread.
@3 rorschach:
The underlying problem that needs fixed is the election system that forces a two party system on the country. Some type of proportional representation in the House of Representatives, a better system for the Senate and Presidential elections by Instant Runoff Voting is what the country needs to really fix election and government representation problems.
I have mentioned it so often that you probably are sick of it, but a reform of the supreme court must be first on the agenda in 2028 if the Democrats get the presidency and congress.
If one of the old crooks dies before the senate shifts, Trump will appoint a new judge. So a Dem presidency & congress majority must in that situation be prepared to extend the supreme court with four seats. This is an existential issue, and fuck the Dem veterans who are scared of doing what it takes.
Primaries are your friends.
Well, that didn’t last long. Not if your ideas for how to fix the situation we’re in is to elect people like Pritzker, Buttigieg, or
Pelosi 2.0AOC.When Mona Eltahawy said white people have a delusional amount of confidence in their government and institutions and that they are childishly naive in believing that institutions will save from autocratic power, she was talking about this.
Are you telling people you are not a white person?
(It ain’t institutions, it’s specific heroic people!)
@ 15 Morales
I’ve already picked you up on this fallacy Morales. Try paying attention this time.
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Fallacy-of-Division
For example, “men are responsible for 90% of sexual assault” is not a claim that if a person is a man, they are responsible for 90% of sexual assaults.
Are you genuinely so stupid you don’t understand that, or just pretending to be stupid?
I used to live in AOC’s district and voted for her the first time she ran . I’m still proud that I did even though they’ve changed the voting district an I’m no longer able to vote for her. Note, I didn’t move THEY changed the voting district. Almost everyone in her old district is Black or Latino. She still won re-election!