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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 146 points 3 days ago (5 children)

if Democrats ever win I fully exepct this:

"Now is a time of healing. To better unify our Great Nation™®© we are going to let Republicans fill every committee and pick every judge, we are even looking into how we might let them have the presidency. If we can't, do not worry, we will behave as if we were Republicans and will do as they wish."

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 44 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think Bernie's Fight the Oligarchy Tour is changing this, but more people needs to push this.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

So is David Hogg, the new Vice Chair of the DNC. He’s a Gen-Z school shooting survivor who’s committed to primary out the centrists and turn them into a real opposition party.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

committed to primary out the centrists and turn them into a real opposition party.

I can only say good luck to him. I think the party still wants to be R-lite again.

SHOCK POLL: AOC a Close Second Place Behind Kamala Harris in 2028 Democratic Primary

https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-poll-aoc-a-close-second-place-behind-kamala-harris-in-2028-democratic-primary/

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I’m talking about Congress. Next November is our next chance at stopping Trump.

Can a party still promoting "let me talk about my Glock so some Republicans might vote for me" Harris have any chance of purging the centrists?

I know I'm being super pessimistic and I hope you are right and would love to be wrong. The trajectory of Kamala's 2024 campaign pretty much destroyed any notion I had that Dems as a party will ever take any other course but just left of R enough to show daylight between the two. Every time R moves right D just follows.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They’re doing more than making noise on the floor. Democrats voted and spoke out against Trump’s cabinet nominations, forced a 15-day vote against Trump’s executive order, confirmed Biden’s pending judicial appointments when Republican attendance is low, and are the ones bringing these cases to the courts.

With that being said, there are still many appeasement centrists that wouldn’t speak out if you lit them on fire. They’re the ones that need to get replaced with youthful progressives who will drive change, but ultimately that will be up to us at the polls.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well I appreciate the reminder that things are actually happening in many cases, I'll try slightly harder to keep my pessimism in check! 🙂

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It’s probably better for your blood pressure. Lol

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

Once Newsom is in CECOT he will have plenty of time to think about what he could have done.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 15 points 3 days ago

Yep, that's what Obama did with the Bush people and the people that caused the GFC. And now all these people are back for round 2 with nothing learned (well, they learned there are no consequences no matter what they do).

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yea, the "democrats" will want to "reach across the table" and work with these fucking traitors. Why? Because most of them are likely in on it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They take the same money from the same corporations. They don’t care if they win or lose an election.

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

But corporations are people right?

[–] Psycoder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I can't believe I had to scroll down this much to find this. This is the true answer.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Fucking hate how true this is.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's bullshit, whenever the DNC is trifecta majority it's straight progressive agenda. We need not only democrats but we need senate supermajority again.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure we live in the same reality.