Thuggin Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago The BlueSky mass migration is real I know people are hesitant to completely cede Twitter to the right wing, but it's not getting any better on Twitter. The UI and algorithm on BlueSky need some work, but the more people use it the more incentive they'll have to improve it. It honestly reminds me of old Twitter before all the toxicity. 6 1
ClashAndBurn Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 3 minutes ago, Bears01 said: @Vermillion Schumer is going to beg, plead and cry for him to run against Su Co in 26. No other Democrat stands a chance winning his seat, so he should just stay in the house, where he's just a number, and not the heir to Joe Manchin An heir to Joe Manchin is exactly what Senate Democrats want though. There's a reason they desperately wanted Conor Lamb to win the primary over John Fetterman. They want someone in their corner who can reel them back from ever actually having to deliver on policy that satisfies the base and spooks the donor class. 4 1
Cesar Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 49 minutes ago, Breathe On Moi said: it hasn't t dawned on me until now that the only reason X posts are shared so much on here is solely because the server doesn't allow/embed posts from elsewhere we've been conditioned there should be a way to fix that 1
Thuggin Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 5 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said: An heir to Joe Manchin is exactly what Senate Democrats want though. There's a reason they desperately wanted Conor Lamb to win the primary over John Fetterman. They want someone in their corner who can reel them back from ever actually having to deliver on policy that satisfies the base and spooks the donor class. In hindsight, could Conor Lamb have been any worse than Fetterman turned out to be 1 1 2
Communion Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, GhostBox said: I did believe Schumer should step down from leadership and let someone younger and not likable have the leadership spot. I don't mean to be a cynic but.. *gestures* who? Nearly 66% (31/47) of the Democratic Senate caucus will be old enough to qualify for Medicare by their next election. The below is kinda blackpilling and makes me question how people can can grow affectionate to politicians. It's one thing to be Bernie, but how do you tell me you're in your 70s and worked two decades in the Senate and you still don't want poo people to have healthcare? FALL IN THE SHOWER, YOU OLD FUCKS!!! 1 1
ClashAndBurn Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 8 minutes ago, Thuggin said: In hindsight, could Conor Lamb have been any worse than Fetterman turned out to be In a situation where the Democrats take back a trifecta, he'd potentially take Manchin's place in preventing an overthrow of the filibuster. Aside from his extreme stance on Israel (which truthfully matched where Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were ), Fetterman's been a standard party-line Dem. Which, you know, sucks for leftists who supported him, but is still better than the obstructionist Conor Lamb could have been. Very solid chance we never would have seen a notable difference anyway, seeing as there's no real path to getting the Senate back ever again. Ossoff's surefire loss will, at best, neutralize any potential gain from the slim chance we're able to flip the Susan Collins seat in Maine. And pretty much all other R seats are safe. People in the next Election thread for Midterms + 2028 will fool themselves with delusions of grandeur about flipping Thom Tillis and John Cornyn though
Wonderland Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 38 minutes ago, Communion said: I don't mean to be a cynic but.. *gestures* who? Nearly 66% (31/47) of the Democratic Senate caucus will be old enough to qualify for Medicare by their next election. The below is kinda blackpilling and makes me question how people can can grow affectionate to politicians. It's one thing to be Bernie, but how do you tell me you're in your 70s and worked two decades in the Senate and you still don't want poo people to have healthcare? FALL IN THE SHOWER, YOU OLD FUCKS!!! The way the most shocking thing to me on here is Chris Murphy being 51 2
Bears01 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 28 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said: In a situation where the Democrats take back a trifecta, he'd potentially take Manchin's place in preventing an overthrow of the filibuster. Aside from his extreme stance on Israel (which truthfully matched where Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were ), Fetterman's been a standard party-line Dem. Which, you know, sucks for leftists who supported him, but is still better than the obstructionist Conor Lamb could have been. Very solid chance we never would have seen a notable difference anyway, seeing as there's no real path to getting the Senate back ever again. Ossoff's surefire loss will, at best, neutralize any potential gain from the slim chance we're able to flip the Susan Collins seat in Maine. And pretty much all other R seats are safe. People in the next Election thread for Midterms + 2028 will fool themselves with delusions of grandeur about flipping Thom Tillis and John Cornyn though This is me being objective (since I'm basically in total agreement with you that this party sucks and isn't worth any of our votes), but: Thom tillis is far from safe in a Trump midterm in NC. Depending on the candidate. NC Dems actually did very well downballot, and even Cheri Beasley did relatively well in 2022. But again, depends on the candidate and what the country looks like. I actually think he's more in danger than Susan Collins, he came closer to losing than she did in 2020 and he ran against a **** candidate at that.
Wonderland Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 43 minutes ago, Vermillion said: I mean, he ran almost 8 points ahead of Kamala in Ohio. They'd be foolish not to give him the chance to snatch his seat back
Communion Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 7 hours ago, anti-***** said: @Communion They finally got Bernie on podcast at NYT. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/podcasts/the-daily/bernie-sanders-democratic-party.html The below now making me curious enough to actually listen ddd.
ClashAndBurn Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 6 minutes ago, Bears01 said: This is me being objective (since I'm basically in total agreement with you that this party sucks and isn't worth any of our votes), but: Thom tillis is far from safe in a Trump midterm in NC. Depending on the candidate. NC Dems actually did very well downballot, and even Cheri Beasley did relatively well in 2022. But again, depends on the candidate and what the country looks like. I actually think he's more in danger than Susan Collins, he came closer to losing than she did in 2020 and he ran against a **** candidate at that. The thing is, everyone has been chasing NC as some unicorn that's dying to flip back to Democrats and that simply hasn't been the case for over a decade now. The -only- reason Stein won the governor's race was because he was a Jewish man running against a self-avowed black Nazi. It's about as much a swing state as Minnesota is at this point, yet no one even dares to consider that state even having a possibility of flipping red. Tillis just has to not be a literal Nazi, and he should win pretty comfortably. The Democrats in general are just weak as a party right now, and with Rahm Emanuel as their likely future DNC chairman, it's almost guaranteed they're not going to have their **** together.
Bears01 Posted 53 minutes ago Posted 53 minutes ago 4 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said: The thing is, everyone has been chasing NC as some unicorn that's dying to flip back to Democrats and that simply hasn't been the case for over a decade now. The -only- reason Stein won the governor's race was because he was a Jewish man running against a self-avowed black Nazi. It's about as much a swing state as Minnesota is at this point, yet no one even dares to consider that state even having a possibility of flipping red. Tillis just has to not be a literal Nazi, and he should win pretty comfortably. The Democrats in general are just weak as a party right now, and with Rahm Emanuel as their likely future DNC chairman, it's almost guaranteed they're not going to have their **** together. At the presidential level I don't disagree with you, at all. NC is never going dem again at the presidential unless Dems run an absolutely amazing candidate, or the national environment is just dire for republicans. But the senate and presidential are too different things. Stein also won 2 statewide elections previously so it's different. But as I previously emphasized; it's about the candidate he runs against more than anything
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