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Democrats are committed to losing and are turning towards "we gotta be more racist and transphobic".

Seth Moulton also turning on trans people and outright declaring himself transphobic after prior tweets recognising things like Trans Day of Remembrance.

https://x.com/SLCLunk/status/1854597079773200550

"Progressive era has to end" from Elise Jordan. When was there ever one?

https://x.com/LailaAlarian/status/1854151933117788193

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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago
[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Marx and Lenin continue to be vindicated by the passage of time.

No, the Democrats will not shift left. Their donors would rather they lose to republicans than win on a more progressive platform, and as such will not shift left.

No, we cannot "elect good democrats" to shift the party to the left. The DNC is an organization that has perfected itself as an anti-radical filter. Those who can fundraise well are elevated to the top, those who speak up against injustice are shunned and whipped.

We must actively organize outside the DNC and pressure the system. I keep an intro to Marxism-Leninism list I can link if anyone wants it, let me know.

[-] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 hours ago

Democrats in denial.

[-] dephyre@lemmy.world 35 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

No way, Democrats have to pivot more to the right, surely that help, right? …right?

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

It helps their donors, who would rather the Dems lose than shift left and win.

[-] Blum0108@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago

It has helped exactly 0 times in the past, why wouldn't it work this time?

[-] SoJB@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 hours ago

Liberals are losing their minds blaming everyone except their dogshit policies and strategies.

You know what, yeah I did cause the Dems to lose. And you know what, I’ll fuckin do it again in the midterms if they don’t move left.

[-] Commiunism@beehaw.org 3 points 6 hours ago

Fun fact: 90% of Democrats quit moving towards the right before getting moderate republican support.

But on a serious note, I remember seeing a bunch of comments on Lemmy about how Trump was guaranteed to lose against Kamala and then far-right would splinter and die out and everything would be fine again, yet this is something that might actually happen to the Democrats, given how they're seemingly pointing fingers at everyone trying to find who to blame and who's responsible. I really hope they don't delude themselves into learning the wrong lessons, but it seems likely to happen.

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 44 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Harrison has reportedly chosen not to seek to stay on as DNC chair but his dismissal of Sanders’s statement provoked anger of its own, including from the reporter and columnist Glenn Greenwald. “You and the corporatist and militarist party you lead just got your ass kicked all up and down the US, because Americans see that you only care about enriching yourselves at the corporate lobbying trough,” Greenwald wrote. “If the humiliation you just suffered doesn’t usher in some humility and self-reflection, nothing will.”

-rarely do I read an article and genuinely think "man, that guy got slammed." as the rhetoric typically suggests, but wholly hell did Harrison get slammed.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 hours ago
[-] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 hours ago

You chose Glenn Greenwald as the avatar of this message?

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago

Fuck Jaime Harrison. What a dipshit.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 35 points 12 hours ago

"We have the perfect candidate lined up for 2028! We've recruited Dr.Frankenstein and in a world first we've resurrected both Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, stitched them together, and they will be the new face of the Democratic party! Vote for us or you're racist and just want Donald Trump to win!"

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

that monsters name? Ted Cruze

[-] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 20 minutes ago)

The date is January 20, 2030. President Rafael Theodore "Ted" Cruz, the Canadian Zodiac Killer suspect, enters the Whitehouse for the first time as Commander-in-Chief. He giggles stupidly as he steps into the Oval Office, patchy beard catching his spittle. His prodigious belly jiggles beneath his too-tight dress shirt and suit jacket as he walks. The seams of his pants strain with effort.

"Oh boy, are we going to do great things in here," Ted says to no one in particular. His arms outstreched, he completes a full spin before plunging his face into Trump's chair and inhaling deeply. The prior administration's aides left it here for him, specifically as he requested. He savors the musky, faintly fecal aroma, his crooked member growing turgid, almost pressing against the inside of his trousers. Teddy shivers at the sensation.

"EVERYONE OUT!" his voice cracking as he authoritatively commands his aides to leave the room. He can't take the arousal anymore. They stare at him open-mouthed, but they comply. They'll always comply now. Ted smiles smugly, assured of his stately presence and presidential demeanor. Kneeling before the well-worn leather chair, Cruz meticulously unbuttons all but the top button of his shirt and tosses his jacket aside. Arms shaking, he drags the shirttails erotically over Vienna sausage nipples. Giggling, he says to himself, "Wouldn't want to get you boys messy", before throwing the shirttails over his shoulders. He feels majestic. Like Count Chocula from the cereal boxes mommy would never buy him. But now mommy is so proud of him and he can buy all the Count Choccy he wants. And oh does he want.

Ted whips out his phone but fumbles it. Wormlike, he inches across the floor to retrieve it. Retaking his position before the chair, he sniffs again. "Please look into the camera, no face detected", his phone reads. He looks, poutingly at the camera. He tries smiling. He tries frowning. But still, the phone will not recognize his face as human. He begrudgingly enters his password, "Z0di4c1776," and it unlocks. He holds up his Whitehouse ID to log into PornHub and navigates to the incest section by muscle memory. "Hot Latina MILF Makes Teen Boy a Man" catches his fancy. "Teddy's been a good boy, mami", he whines in a feigned Cuban accent. His hands are cold and sweaty with excitement. As he pushes play, his fat finger slips and the share menu pops up.

"Oh no Teddy you've done it again, don't post it to Twitter like the last time - and on 9/11 too, so naughty," he again shivers with an erotic sense of shame. "Oh, X, I'm sorry Elon", he says turning to Musk, "No, it's okay, keep going", says Vice President Musk before crawling into an armoire, beady eyes glinting through the cracked door.

Teddy's finger hovers over the X on the share menu, trembling. He catches a faint whiff from the chair and spontaneously orgasms. The muscles of his hand sieze up. "Oh Teddy look what you've done..."

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago

Trumps going for a 3rd term?

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Looking forward to Trump Jr. and Eric....

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 hours ago

I have terrible news, Margaronald's tenure in hell made them unelectable among Christians. We're gonna gave to go with plan B and get George Bush and somehow make him more racist

[-] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

Take his paintbrushes and say black people did it

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 hours ago

That trick only works twice, cause if you fool him twice, he won't get fooled again

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 126 points 15 hours ago

Quadrupling down is a bold move, DNC. Let's see if it pays off.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 47 points 14 hours ago

Can we lose to Trump a third time? We shall see!

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 34 points 12 hours ago

In this timeline, Dems will endorse and successfully help pass a repeal of the 22nd Amendment so they can run against Trump again (because he's so beatable!) and still lose.

[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 21 points 12 hours ago

please don't give them ideas

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[-] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 39 points 14 hours ago

Spoiler alert, it won't. They were already alienating their base by playing the "both sides" card.

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[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 96 points 14 hours ago
[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 30 points 14 hours ago
[-] _bcron_@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago

That's the best kind, when you get uncomfortable and say 'uhhhh... nevermind."

And this is why I’m betting Sanders is going to found a new political party, and that this is actually the death of the DNC. And all of that is a good thing.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 hours ago

Sanders is 83 years old. He’s already had two opportunities to start a new party, and both times he choose to sheepdog his base to the Democratic party instead. Bernie isn’t going to be our savior.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 65 points 14 hours ago

Fucking piece of shit.

He later served as a lobbyist for the Podesta Group.[4][11] His clients at the Podesta Group included banks, such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo, Berkshire Hathaway,[12] pharmaceutical companies,[13] casinos, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, and Walmart,[14] among others.[15] In addition to lobbying work at Podesta Group, he has also lobbied on behalf of United Way Worldwide and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.[6]

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 37 points 14 hours ago

There is no home for progressives in the Democratic Party. At this point the only hope is to go independent like Sanders or join one of the third parties and abandon Democrats entirely. Democrats will never learn.

[-] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago

Part of the problem is Sanders is one of the rare ones and he is just too damn old.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

That's why I favor building a labor party and splintering the Democrats away from their shitty party. Their party is full of people who do not belong and would be more at home in a different party, if we had a system that wasn't so unfavorable to third parties.

The only choice is to replace the Democrats as the only other party. Let all the right-wing Democrats join the Republicans and we build a new party with everyone who is left.

Seems... Impossibly hard to do though.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 8 points 12 hours ago

Which speaks to a much greater problem regarding Sanders: he dropped the chance to build a movement and parallel platform and instead just became a sheepdog for Clinton, Biden, and Harris. He was a useful lightning rod for the popularity of social spending policies and getting debt off the backs of the vast majority of people, but only served as a lightning rod, not turning it into organizing or strength. Just like Obama disassembled his electoral team to use party insiders and lose the 2010 midterms, Sanders gave away his donor list for a song and left his ground game operation hanging until they fucked off and did their own things.

This is why any turn to the Democratic party is a death knell and why we need the exact opposite approach to building the left. The heart of left strength is organizations, of people workinh to educate one another, recruit, and engage in action according to an independent political program that does not wane or falter just because one old guy capitulates to Democrats. There needs to be hundreds of people ready to replace any "important" figurehead or candidate or politician, they must be jettisonable as needed and beholden to members' will, not donors'.

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[-] RobMyBot@lemmy.ml 18 points 12 hours ago

They're truly just humiliating themselves over and over again.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

If the DNC chair had an opinion worth considering then they already would have resigned in the disgrace and shame everyone else feels for them

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 28 points 14 hours ago

This is what I'm saying here, it's time to blow up the Democratic Party. It's already done like 2/3 of the work for us. Blow it up.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 8 points 12 hours ago

Yes, join a socialist organization and help delegitimate these (literal) losers and help put focus on the issues faced by working people!

If you are are still particularly interested in electoralism, then I recommend getting together with like-minded people to create a disciplined voting bloc who loudly announce that they will not vote for Dems unless a certain policy regime is adopted.

The sassy way for me to put this is that there will be no blowing up or realignments so long as you and others vote for these clowns! This is why they try to pander using PR and not policy concessions.

[-] Josey_Wales@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago

After what we all just witnessed it is beyond me how anyone thinks this isn’t just the system working as intended. Both the Rs and Ds worship capital. That’s the only “both sides” issue that matters to them

Let them eat cake… but remember, the cake is a lie

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[-] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 20 points 14 hours ago

"Sanders you fool! The view from atop my ivory tower does not match the view you say the people who are not on the ivory tower have."

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

The democrats have been taking ethnic and racial minorities, women, and the working class for granted for decades. The slow erosion got faster, and now they got what they deserved. With no viable alternative on the left, they turned to the right. And now the democrats are slowly becoming the party of self-loathing white privilege, and they feel comfortable saying that it's "straight-up BS" that poor people matter. Poors, blacks, browns, and uteruses are just supposed to vote Democrat no matter what, right? That's what my privileged, white, college-educated friends tell me anyway. The dems got kicked in the teeth, and (almost) everyone's going to suffer for it.

[-] BitSound@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago
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