I’m with you on every last word. Dammit, somebody step up and fight back. Read the 2025 playbook and counter it, lawsuit by lawsuit, protest by protest.
I am not only an angry 70 year old, I am feeling pretty damned vengeful. I am apoplectic about the lack of any concept of LEADERSHIP! by the Democrats. WTF?
It has always been thus, but it worsens every year. The cowardice is chilling. I may be old-ish, but we need to get these geriatric now rich-guy placeholders the hell out of the Capitol and deal with the shit show that is now America. Dammit.
I'm 73 soon to be 74 and it seems like we need to dust off our beans and earth shoes and hit the streets to protest. There is NOleadetship and won't be as long as Schumer is in place.
Why is everyone so shocked and outraged? This was all written in Project 2025. If a group of people spend 4 years writing a playbook and you think they aren’t going to follow it, well then, you are fool.
We are on our own here. It’s time we stop looking for help and help ourselves. The 99%. The Main Street Americans need to rise up against the billionaire 1%.
Boycott business, yes break up with Amazon! Don’t buy Tesla! Cancelled that subscription to the Washington Post! Call, write, email your elected officials so much that they know your name! Yes, it will be painful but think of the consequences ~ living in a dictatorship. Ask the people of Russia how that is going? Or Cubans? Or the North Koreans? How many Amazon packages are they getting?
What blows my mind is Project 25 was published. Anyone could read it AND there were people sounding the alarm. And yet 77 million people voted for a convicted felon who laid out what he was going to do. And every time one of these white supremacists whines about brown people, I am going to respond their leader released 1500 violent criminals.
As soon as Trump denied knowing anything about Project 2025 people believed him.
I couldn’t get anyone to look at it.
But you are absolutely correct. EVERYTHING Trump,Elon, Vought is doing is Project 2025.
Getting rid of FEMA is Project 2025 so Trump is serious about it.
Key fact:
TRUMP DENIED PROJECT 2025
JD Vance told someone in an interview Rachel Maddow showed that Project 2025 is based on the concept of the “President” being like a “CEO”. Vance referred to “Curtis Yarvin”
Then they make the leap that a CEO is like a “dictator”. It’s the “unified President” idea.
Frankly - as my late father in law was a CEO of an auto company and my first father in law retired as co Chair of another one.
Real CEO’s are held to account for lying - especially if it’s a publicly traded company.
Real CEO’s don’t have immunity.
Real CEO’s also deal with CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS if they lie about their product
Trump lied - he has immunity
but more important - Elon lied. - no immunity.
The guy applying for OMB lied (those two sent out the notices to the Federal employees)
No one authorized this!!!
Treat Elon and the rest of the rich people involved with Project 2025 like the business people they want to pretend they are
- class action sue the fuck out of them for the chaos they have caused.
Trump denied Project 2025.
People voted accordingly
Now they are trying to do Project 2025 anyway
That’s fraud
That’s being a CEO and dealing with responsibility
And catching lies made by CEO’s is a sport for a lot of attorneys. The more chaos, the more people affected, the more the payout.
Who has been involved in Project 2025 and it’s implementation
You're right. If I had the money, I would sue them. I don't have that kind of money. I'm so angry at Democrats. I feel they're letting everything collapse. I wish Musk would fall out a very high window.
I don't think it would be a stretch to argue that 77 million people voted for a convicted felon BECAUSE they saw what was in Project 2025, and concluded "we're ALL IN!"
Some Dems get the assignment and are being vocal and on point, but it doesn’t work if others are kowtowing, silent, or actually supporting these universally atrocious nominees. I’ve been wondering if it’s time for us to launch a new party that’s focused 100% on the real problems we face. The fossilized “management” of the Democratic Party is proving itself pathetically inadequate to meet the moment.
I’m done! I will soon become a registered Independent, Democratic leaning. I can’t keep defending Democrats when they aren’t even fighting for what’s right for our country. Garland fucked us over, and President Biden withdraw & endorsed VP Harris, and she conceded to trump (she shouldn’t have conceded)! All these people took their money and belongings and left DC AFTER they rolled out the red carpet for trump and his cult!! I’m BEYOND mad!!! Our GOVERNMENT failed us!!!
Absolutely NOT! We do need a strong, well spoken man to run for president in 2028. Sorry ladies, but I voted for Hillary and Kamala and this backward country refused to put a woman in the presidency. I think Pete Buttigieg would make a powerful president. I don’t know of anyone else strong enough to take it on.
I hate to say it but the idiots who will never vote for a woman will also never vote for a gay man. I love ❤️ Pete, voted for him in the primary, but this country is so ass-backward with it’s supposed Christian values.... It may be another 20 years (assuming the US still exists) before there is a woman Prez.
Pete is male and a veteran. Married with children, NO scandals, well educated, excellent communicator, very able to stand up for himself. I don’t give a damn about those phony so-called Christians. They are going to be in hiding after trump nearly bankrupts this country and leaves our democratic republic bleeding and torn.
Thank you, my thoughts exactly. I like Pete, but Dems need to think electability. Playing the gender, race and sexual orientation game just lost the election to Trump. Wake up Dems, how many failures do you need to see the light. There are 330 million other Americans. Any chance one of them might come with less baggage and fresh electability? All we keep hearing is the same old names like Kennedy, Clinton and Harris and now the Trumpsters.
Our nation was founded as a protest against royalty and the rule of a King. Yet every year we get closer and closer to reinstalling another one. No telling how many voted for Trump because wife is attractive. This screams term limits.
We also need stronger anti-nepotism laws so government does not become a spoils system for friends and family.
I keep feeling there's more to the story of Democratic apathy. Some untold backstory about politicians being bought off, or threatened by Trump thugs. It's a very dark paranoia I bring to the narrative, but I cannot otherwise fathom the lack of courage, imagination and sheer outrage on the part of the most powerful Democratic figures.
I promise I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I've read some very compelling articles (with data to back their claims) that there was interference in the election. At this point, whatever. . . we can't do anything about it because there's no Republican legislator with either a brain or a spine who would even consider looking into it. But my question is, HOW do we ensure it doesn't happen again??? WTF do we do to make sure we have even a shred of a chance to take back power from a dictator and his oligarchs? I'm heartbroken, disappointed, and absolutely apoplectic. I just wake up every morning hoping he somehow died. (Not that that would fix things, but I really believe a majority of his followers have loyalty to HIM over party.) Anyway, it's a horrible situation and I wish I had someone in the democratic party to pin my hopes on.
Read same info you did about election. Went so far as to call Raskins office and lv msg he no longer could call himself a Constitutional "scholar" if he couldn't get groundswell around the 14th amendment, sec3. Just sick of the bump and nod bs of them not doing a damn thing
I've thought that same thing. Who's in cahoots with who and why? Does everyone have so much dirt on each other they're afraid to open their mouths? Something just isn't right!!
My theory is that they are threatened by Putin's FSB just as the Republicans are. They rationalize their inaction by saying "well, I'm the best we can have bc I know what's really going on"
Read that same article. Tried to get access to the system that makes all payments to social security, Medicare, and federal payroll. He could shut down the country with that kind of access.
Yepper. You heard correctly. The guy Trump appointed has already quit due to Musks meddling. So help me if he gets access I am gonna scream bloody murder as this is just wrong and even if Dems are in the minority they damn well better start yelling. They DO have power as if I remember correctly, you need a quorum to even go into session. Dems should just sit in the hallway.
Ok so why are we not going after Kamala to tell her to get off her ass and come back and protect and fight for us. I’m guessing she’s hurt, SO ARE WE BUT WE’RE STILL GOING AND READY TO FIGHT. So who is the person to do that! Everyone has to bombard her with emails, text messages and phone calls. Unless there is someone else we want to fight for us. Since we have no leadership right now it’s up to we the people. Let’s go get someone who we believe in. IMHO I believe it’s Kamala unless someone else has a better idea. Then please tell us! We need to pick a leader. Let’s get started instead of complaining and reading about how messed up our party is, which it is. Let’s bombard them with emails, text messages and phone calls. Please if anyone has any suggestions let’s get started.
P. S. I’m picking Kamala because we don’t really know what she went through and she came extremely close to winning in such a short amount of time.
Yes, we are desperately craving leadership. No one is stepping forward so it’s up to us to pick someone and back them. Hopefully we will find someone soon. We have to. Get rid of the democrats that are not doing anything and get the younger ones. They seem to be trying. The older ones are a waste of time using their old ways which are not and have not been working for us. If their ways did work we wouldn’t be here right now.
Well personally I want leadership. But I sure wouldn’t be a bit surprised if someone does want revenge. People become desperate when things are constantly being taken away and they are constantly being belittled. They give up or do a “Luigi”. They feel they have e nothing to live for or want revenge. It’s human nature. And it’s not a good thing. They need to put all that energy into fighting back.
It’s true. There are studies showing that nonviolent opposition is more likely to bring about democracy, while violent opposition results in violent governments.
I’m using my time and energy investing in local politics for the time being, joining community action groups and sending emails every time something comes up . I’m in Indiana and the legislative proposals this year look like a mini Project 2025
I love Kamala, her campaign was brilliant and stirring. She was qualified for the role. That said, America does not seem ready for a woman president. When Biden dropprd out, owing to what was at stake--A country, a democracy – – Democrats in power needed to play three-dimensional chess. The move would have been selecting a big personality. A big media-presence Democrat. I hate to say it, a star. What about Gavin Newsom?
I think the US populace is ready, but too many other things were against the Ds: much of the mainstream press carried the Rs' water, and the D campaign possibly misstepped with some of her alt media appearance choices; the campaign seemed to take a more corporatist tilt rather than sticking with a populist message (including hiding/muzzling Walz); and focusing too much on very few states.
I understand why the campaign visited MI, WI, AZ, etc. so often, but it would not have hurt it at all to reiterate in each speech that Dems in all states needed to vote. I watched a lot of campaign events and heard that as a slogan at best, rather than the "Sit down, shit's getting real, and here's what we all have to do" talk that obviously a lot of Ds needed to hear.
And of course, there was the internal pressure on Biden to withdraw, served up by some of the very people who should have been staunchly countering the R and media claims that he was the mentally weak candidate. I will never forgive nor forget those turncoats.
I went with Kamala because she did come very close and right now she still is a super star if she would just start focusing again and talk to us. Plus that was the older Democrats that were in power, which did not help. We have younger ones with new ideas and energy to back Kamala. Also, all the lies that were being spread had people confused. They didn’t vote or voted the wrong way. I feel we are especially now seeing how many males have failed us ready for a female president. we are so eager to fight we can taste it! I already sent her two emails when she asked for a donation. Boy, did I lash into her (in a good way). I hope she got them. It didn’t say it was not sent:
If, somehow, we don't get rid of the dried up corpses in charge of the D party we will never have any progress or stand-up politicos. As M Twain said 'It's not the size of the dog in the fight...it's the size of the fight in the dog'. And the corporate old tools fight only for their wallets. Nearly the only Ds left who have any balls, ethics, compunction are the 40 somethings who can see where their future is headed if we continue to refuse to make health ins changes, climate and energy changes, economic changes, PAC/dark money changes, foreign policy changes. And nothing will change with 'leaders' who won't confront the rot inside the D party and the destruction being instituted from the WH. For the life of me, I don't understand the prostrate position the D's are assuming. I'm not totally surprised, though, because they could have fought harder for change during the last 4 years. Yes, there were big economic/jobs/energy bills - but what about the issues that determine how we live day to day? especially medical insurance, income inequality, minimum wage - they hardly, and ineffectively, fought back against t***p's 4 years of campaigning/lying/bs. And we wonder why we lost. MAGAs responded to t***p's 'sympathy' that they weren't where they thought they should be in life by offering up minorities to blame and all stewed together with copious doses of ignorance, gullibility and anger. How did Ds respond to that? with real policies that would make a difference? I don't remember any. With vehemence like Michelle offered at the convention. I don't remember any. We should have a '28 Pres candidate out there on the campaign trail right now, deflecting attention from and angering the orange a-hole instead of hunkering down and hiding in bunkers and offering up piss poor excuses for their past failures.
As usual, couldn't agree more with all of this. When Schumer and Durbin were given leadership of the party again in December, I knew we were in deep shit.
birds of a feather stick together...no matter their age, longevity in office, wealth they will give up power when they have no cognizance left. See Kay Granger, Diane Feinstein - unable to participate. And Grassley, Pascrell, Hoyer, Rogers, McConnell, Waters, Durbin, Risch, Cardin, Carter, Ishoo, Wilson,. Davis, Pelosi, Clyburn, Napolitano - all over 80. They are not representative of the average age of the country as a whole and should recognize younger representation will change the trajectory of the nation for the better.
I shared very similar thoughts of the impotent Schumer-Durbin regime on this platform a couple days back, and pointed out that we DO have brawlers in the Senate who are much more fitted for leadership in these times: Murphy, Warren, Bennet, Whitehouse, for starters.
That note has gotten by far the most likes and restacks I’ve ever racked up here. It’s still bouncing around in the Substack ether. There is an absolute craving out there for Democratic leaders who can exhibit some authentic spine, fire, and passion.
With you 100%, Earl. My concern, as I mentioned in a previous post, is that our “tent” has, maybe, gotten too big. From progressives to right leaning “centrists” who want nothing more than for everything to remain the same – for them. The extremes of ideology we try to encompass severely limits any kind of cohesion or unity. Our current party leadership most definitely falls into that centrist mentality.
Maybe it’s time for a party divorce. Or, at the very least, the party leadership stands up and proudly declares exactly what core issues it stands for. Party members can either identify with the stance or leave. We can’t be all things for all people. You’ll never get true, progressive legislation as long as we have the Manchins and Sinemas – and their kind of thinking will always be with us to water down forward-thinking actions that actually helps people.
Fat chance of that happening. It is all about the money which unfortunately T knows how to use its power. He has a Midas touch to get other peoples money into his pocket. We need to change Crypto to Klepto coin. Who needs tax cuts when you can bypass the tax system altogether. IRS has no tools to monitor. They even ask you on your tax forms to declare it, HAH.
Dems not allergic to money, they out spend Repubs. They pissed away $billion and begging for more to pay for worthless services to friends. This validates Repubs claim... give Dems all the money in the world and they still could not solve problems. All they know is spend, spend, spend. Bigger the problem, more money needed.
Student loan forgiveness, screaming example. Attempt to buy votes and not solve the real problem. The more forgiveness the higher tuition becomes. Feed the beast and it wants more. What about limiting student loans to one year and making colleges use their endowments to fund student loans. As for those not paying, they report to the local military recruiter for duty. No more free lunch.
You cannot buy enough votes to win. You have to appeal to both sides of the American divide to win. Dems need to stop trying to pickpocket the rich to incentivize the poor to stay that way.
Seriously Dems need to change how you look at poverty. Where is the outrage against the crime and drugs on the street. Whatever happened to individual responsibility. Sick and tired of hearing how murder is excused because they were on drugs or have some mental issue. I live in a state where every day another crime is committed by a serial criminal with a long rap sheet. Appears you get a discount for the more crimes you commit.
Where is your State Government in all of this? If you have this kind of generational criminal aspect, your State Government needs to get on it and crack down.
Washington State, solidly Democrat. To give you a living example, I sent complaints to three agencies over our massive junk and abandoned car problem. Junk cars are the state flower here. They replied it was not within their purview. I wrote governor and local reps. Response was blanket thanks. Government here only wants to do as little as possible. They are more interested in feel good issues. Just spend billion on fish rights. But ask them to fix something immediate and they will find all kinds of reasons to duck. Meanwhile superintendent of our small school system of 6500 gets $245k a year and looking for more.
Couldn’t wait to be a registered Democrat when 18 yr olds were finally granted the right to vote (1971). Well, here I am 54 yrs older and I am completely done with the Democratic Party. It’s so broken, right along with the Republican Party, that I don’t want to waste any of the years I’ve got left supporting such incompetent and clueless politicos. The whole country is being laid waste!
The whole friggin’ 2-Party system has to go … but there are too many entrenched interests keeping up their despicable charade of being a “Government of, by, and for the people.”
So yes, I will be walking away from that legacy loyalty I held close to my heart and my beliefs about our country. I will change my registration to Independent and choose my leaders wisely.
I’m with you on every last word. Dammit, somebody step up and fight back. Read the 2025 playbook and counter it, lawsuit by lawsuit, protest by protest.
Yes, please.
Absolutely Right. ENOUGH Already.
I am not only an angry 70 year old, I am feeling pretty damned vengeful. I am apoplectic about the lack of any concept of LEADERSHIP! by the Democrats. WTF?
It has always been thus, but it worsens every year. The cowardice is chilling. I may be old-ish, but we need to get these geriatric now rich-guy placeholders the hell out of the Capitol and deal with the shit show that is now America. Dammit.
I'm 73 soon to be 74 and it seems like we need to dust off our beans and earth shoes and hit the streets to protest. There is NOleadetship and won't be as long as Schumer is in place.
YES.... Dammit !!!! Angry and Anxious 🤬
YES 🌊 TIME TO CUT THE HEAD OFF THE SNAKE 🐍
Why is everyone so shocked and outraged? This was all written in Project 2025. If a group of people spend 4 years writing a playbook and you think they aren’t going to follow it, well then, you are fool.
We are on our own here. It’s time we stop looking for help and help ourselves. The 99%. The Main Street Americans need to rise up against the billionaire 1%.
Boycott business, yes break up with Amazon! Don’t buy Tesla! Cancelled that subscription to the Washington Post! Call, write, email your elected officials so much that they know your name! Yes, it will be painful but think of the consequences ~ living in a dictatorship. Ask the people of Russia how that is going? Or Cubans? Or the North Koreans? How many Amazon packages are they getting?
There was no plan in place for fighting it -- only finger-pointing. And yes to all the actions you are suggesting.
What blows my mind is Project 25 was published. Anyone could read it AND there were people sounding the alarm. And yet 77 million people voted for a convicted felon who laid out what he was going to do. And every time one of these white supremacists whines about brown people, I am going to respond their leader released 1500 violent criminals.
As soon as Trump denied knowing anything about Project 2025 people believed him.
I couldn’t get anyone to look at it.
But you are absolutely correct. EVERYTHING Trump,Elon, Vought is doing is Project 2025.
Getting rid of FEMA is Project 2025 so Trump is serious about it.
Key fact:
TRUMP DENIED PROJECT 2025
JD Vance told someone in an interview Rachel Maddow showed that Project 2025 is based on the concept of the “President” being like a “CEO”. Vance referred to “Curtis Yarvin”
Then they make the leap that a CEO is like a “dictator”. It’s the “unified President” idea.
Frankly - as my late father in law was a CEO of an auto company and my first father in law retired as co Chair of another one.
Real CEO’s are held to account for lying - especially if it’s a publicly traded company.
Real CEO’s don’t have immunity.
Real CEO’s also deal with CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS if they lie about their product
Trump lied - he has immunity
but more important - Elon lied. - no immunity.
The guy applying for OMB lied (those two sent out the notices to the Federal employees)
No one authorized this!!!
Treat Elon and the rest of the rich people involved with Project 2025 like the business people they want to pretend they are
- class action sue the fuck out of them for the chaos they have caused.
Trump denied Project 2025.
People voted accordingly
Now they are trying to do Project 2025 anyway
That’s fraud
That’s being a CEO and dealing with responsibility
And catching lies made by CEO’s is a sport for a lot of attorneys. The more chaos, the more people affected, the more the payout.
Who has been involved in Project 2025 and it’s implementation
You're right. If I had the money, I would sue them. I don't have that kind of money. I'm so angry at Democrats. I feel they're letting everything collapse. I wish Musk would fall out a very high window.
musk should take trump and Vance with him through that window.
Some of whom have already been rearrested :)
One has already been unalived too. (Sorry I'm not familiar enough with Substacks rules to know if the other word is ok).
I don't think it would be a stretch to argue that 77 million people voted for a convicted felon BECAUSE they saw what was in Project 2025, and concluded "we're ALL IN!"
I personally like to constantly say/post FAFO😊
Same here! I’m not going to stay silent anymore! Game on!!
Some Dems get the assignment and are being vocal and on point, but it doesn’t work if others are kowtowing, silent, or actually supporting these universally atrocious nominees. I’ve been wondering if it’s time for us to launch a new party that’s focused 100% on the real problems we face. The fossilized “management” of the Democratic Party is proving itself pathetically inadequate to meet the moment.
Yep. Harrison says as much ...
I’m done! I will soon become a registered Independent, Democratic leaning. I can’t keep defending Democrats when they aren’t even fighting for what’s right for our country. Garland fucked us over, and President Biden withdraw & endorsed VP Harris, and she conceded to trump (she shouldn’t have conceded)! All these people took their money and belongings and left DC AFTER they rolled out the red carpet for trump and his cult!! I’m BEYOND mad!!! Our GOVERNMENT failed us!!!
Totally agree!
Time for AOC!
The comment was relative to following her commitment to resistance not having her run as a presidential contender.
Keep thinking that and Donald, Jr will be next president.
Absolutely NOT! We do need a strong, well spoken man to run for president in 2028. Sorry ladies, but I voted for Hillary and Kamala and this backward country refused to put a woman in the presidency. I think Pete Buttigieg would make a powerful president. I don’t know of anyone else strong enough to take it on.
I hate to say it but the idiots who will never vote for a woman will also never vote for a gay man. I love ❤️ Pete, voted for him in the primary, but this country is so ass-backward with it’s supposed Christian values.... It may be another 20 years (assuming the US still exists) before there is a woman Prez.
Pete is male and a veteran. Married with children, NO scandals, well educated, excellent communicator, very able to stand up for himself. I don’t give a damn about those phony so-called Christians. They are going to be in hiding after trump nearly bankrupts this country and leaves our democratic republic bleeding and torn.
Yes, I love him too! But he is not a viable candidate for the presidency.
So you do not believe a woman would stand a chance, but Pete would?
Thank you, my thoughts exactly. I like Pete, but Dems need to think electability. Playing the gender, race and sexual orientation game just lost the election to Trump. Wake up Dems, how many failures do you need to see the light. There are 330 million other Americans. Any chance one of them might come with less baggage and fresh electability? All we keep hearing is the same old names like Kennedy, Clinton and Harris and now the Trumpsters.
Our nation was founded as a protest against royalty and the rule of a King. Yet every year we get closer and closer to reinstalling another one. No telling how many voted for Trump because wife is attractive. This screams term limits.
We also need stronger anti-nepotism laws so government does not become a spoils system for friends and family.
Men are not going to elect a woman president YET. Yes, I believe Pete could win. He is a tough man who is not afraid to face down his adversaries.
I keep feeling there's more to the story of Democratic apathy. Some untold backstory about politicians being bought off, or threatened by Trump thugs. It's a very dark paranoia I bring to the narrative, but I cannot otherwise fathom the lack of courage, imagination and sheer outrage on the part of the most powerful Democratic figures.
I promise I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I've read some very compelling articles (with data to back their claims) that there was interference in the election. At this point, whatever. . . we can't do anything about it because there's no Republican legislator with either a brain or a spine who would even consider looking into it. But my question is, HOW do we ensure it doesn't happen again??? WTF do we do to make sure we have even a shred of a chance to take back power from a dictator and his oligarchs? I'm heartbroken, disappointed, and absolutely apoplectic. I just wake up every morning hoping he somehow died. (Not that that would fix things, but I really believe a majority of his followers have loyalty to HIM over party.) Anyway, it's a horrible situation and I wish I had someone in the democratic party to pin my hopes on.
Read same info you did about election. Went so far as to call Raskins office and lv msg he no longer could call himself a Constitutional "scholar" if he couldn't get groundswell around the 14th amendment, sec3. Just sick of the bump and nod bs of them not doing a damn thing
I've thought that same thing. Who's in cahoots with who and why? Does everyone have so much dirt on each other they're afraid to open their mouths? Something just isn't right!!
My theory is that they are threatened by Putin's FSB just as the Republicans are. They rationalize their inaction by saying "well, I'm the best we can have bc I know what's really going on"
Doubtful. Sorry that's hope that's keeping you going. If they were going to put up a united front and fight back we would already know it by now.
If that is the case, they should leak it.
Elon Musk has attempted to get access to the $6 trillion Social Security funds in the treasury through his lackeys (per Reuters)
Read that same article. Tried to get access to the system that makes all payments to social security, Medicare, and federal payroll. He could shut down the country with that kind of access.
Well, I mean, why wouldn't he? He hasn't even reached $1 trillion "on his own" (with tens of billions of $$$$$$$ of our tax money).
What's the bounty on Elon Musk's head?
Yepper. You heard correctly. The guy Trump appointed has already quit due to Musks meddling. So help me if he gets access I am gonna scream bloody murder as this is just wrong and even if Dems are in the minority they damn well better start yelling. They DO have power as if I remember correctly, you need a quorum to even go into session. Dems should just sit in the hallway.
The democrats are mia. This is ridiculous.
Ok so why are we not going after Kamala to tell her to get off her ass and come back and protect and fight for us. I’m guessing she’s hurt, SO ARE WE BUT WE’RE STILL GOING AND READY TO FIGHT. So who is the person to do that! Everyone has to bombard her with emails, text messages and phone calls. Unless there is someone else we want to fight for us. Since we have no leadership right now it’s up to we the people. Let’s go get someone who we believe in. IMHO I believe it’s Kamala unless someone else has a better idea. Then please tell us! We need to pick a leader. Let’s get started instead of complaining and reading about how messed up our party is, which it is. Let’s bombard them with emails, text messages and phone calls. Please if anyone has any suggestions let’s get started.
P. S. I’m picking Kamala because we don’t really know what she went through and she came extremely close to winning in such a short amount of time.
Whether it's Harris or not, people are craving leadership right now.
Yes, we are desperately craving leadership. No one is stepping forward so it’s up to us to pick someone and back them. Hopefully we will find someone soon. We have to. Get rid of the democrats that are not doing anything and get the younger ones. They seem to be trying. The older ones are a waste of time using their old ways which are not and have not been working for us. If their ways did work we wouldn’t be here right now.
What about Pete Buttigieg? He spoke up when trump was blaming DEI and everyone but himself!
But maybe we're craving revenge of our own, more so.
Well personally I want leadership. But I sure wouldn’t be a bit surprised if someone does want revenge. People become desperate when things are constantly being taken away and they are constantly being belittled. They give up or do a “Luigi”. They feel they have e nothing to live for or want revenge. It’s human nature. And it’s not a good thing. They need to put all that energy into fighting back.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. jfk
It’s true. There are studies showing that nonviolent opposition is more likely to bring about democracy, while violent opposition results in violent governments.
I’m using my time and energy investing in local politics for the time being, joining community action groups and sending emails every time something comes up . I’m in Indiana and the legislative proposals this year look like a mini Project 2025
That is excellent. Thank you!!😊
Correct, but unfortunately human nature kicks in, which is unfortunate.
I love him too, but isn’t he running for a Senate seat? We can try him too.
I love Kamala, her campaign was brilliant and stirring. She was qualified for the role. That said, America does not seem ready for a woman president. When Biden dropprd out, owing to what was at stake--A country, a democracy – – Democrats in power needed to play three-dimensional chess. The move would have been selecting a big personality. A big media-presence Democrat. I hate to say it, a star. What about Gavin Newsom?
I think the US populace is ready, but too many other things were against the Ds: much of the mainstream press carried the Rs' water, and the D campaign possibly misstepped with some of her alt media appearance choices; the campaign seemed to take a more corporatist tilt rather than sticking with a populist message (including hiding/muzzling Walz); and focusing too much on very few states.
I understand why the campaign visited MI, WI, AZ, etc. so often, but it would not have hurt it at all to reiterate in each speech that Dems in all states needed to vote. I watched a lot of campaign events and heard that as a slogan at best, rather than the "Sit down, shit's getting real, and here's what we all have to do" talk that obviously a lot of Ds needed to hear.
And of course, there was the internal pressure on Biden to withdraw, served up by some of the very people who should have been staunchly countering the R and media claims that he was the mentally weak candidate. I will never forgive nor forget those turncoats.
Perfectly said
I agree!
I went with Kamala because she did come very close and right now she still is a super star if she would just start focusing again and talk to us. Plus that was the older Democrats that were in power, which did not help. We have younger ones with new ideas and energy to back Kamala. Also, all the lies that were being spread had people confused. They didn’t vote or voted the wrong way. I feel we are especially now seeing how many males have failed us ready for a female president. we are so eager to fight we can taste it! I already sent her two emails when she asked for a donation. Boy, did I lash into her (in a good way). I hope she got them. It didn’t say it was not sent:
info@contact.kamalaharris.com
I Love that man!!!! He had already stood up to trump. We can try and bombard him with our emails,etc and see if he is up for the challenge
If, somehow, we don't get rid of the dried up corpses in charge of the D party we will never have any progress or stand-up politicos. As M Twain said 'It's not the size of the dog in the fight...it's the size of the fight in the dog'. And the corporate old tools fight only for their wallets. Nearly the only Ds left who have any balls, ethics, compunction are the 40 somethings who can see where their future is headed if we continue to refuse to make health ins changes, climate and energy changes, economic changes, PAC/dark money changes, foreign policy changes. And nothing will change with 'leaders' who won't confront the rot inside the D party and the destruction being instituted from the WH. For the life of me, I don't understand the prostrate position the D's are assuming. I'm not totally surprised, though, because they could have fought harder for change during the last 4 years. Yes, there were big economic/jobs/energy bills - but what about the issues that determine how we live day to day? especially medical insurance, income inequality, minimum wage - they hardly, and ineffectively, fought back against t***p's 4 years of campaigning/lying/bs. And we wonder why we lost. MAGAs responded to t***p's 'sympathy' that they weren't where they thought they should be in life by offering up minorities to blame and all stewed together with copious doses of ignorance, gullibility and anger. How did Ds respond to that? with real policies that would make a difference? I don't remember any. With vehemence like Michelle offered at the convention. I don't remember any. We should have a '28 Pres candidate out there on the campaign trail right now, deflecting attention from and angering the orange a-hole instead of hunkering down and hiding in bunkers and offering up piss poor excuses for their past failures.
As usual, couldn't agree more with all of this. When Schumer and Durbin were given leadership of the party again in December, I knew we were in deep shit.
birds of a feather stick together...no matter their age, longevity in office, wealth they will give up power when they have no cognizance left. See Kay Granger, Diane Feinstein - unable to participate. And Grassley, Pascrell, Hoyer, Rogers, McConnell, Waters, Durbin, Risch, Cardin, Carter, Ishoo, Wilson,. Davis, Pelosi, Clyburn, Napolitano - all over 80. They are not representative of the average age of the country as a whole and should recognize younger representation will change the trajectory of the nation for the better.
Good thoughts, but please use paragraphs in future to keep from going blind.
I shared very similar thoughts of the impotent Schumer-Durbin regime on this platform a couple days back, and pointed out that we DO have brawlers in the Senate who are much more fitted for leadership in these times: Murphy, Warren, Bennet, Whitehouse, for starters.
That note has gotten by far the most likes and restacks I’ve ever racked up here. It’s still bouncing around in the Substack ether. There is an absolute craving out there for Democratic leaders who can exhibit some authentic spine, fire, and passion.
And do so without a script.
With you 100%, Earl. My concern, as I mentioned in a previous post, is that our “tent” has, maybe, gotten too big. From progressives to right leaning “centrists” who want nothing more than for everything to remain the same – for them. The extremes of ideology we try to encompass severely limits any kind of cohesion or unity. Our current party leadership most definitely falls into that centrist mentality.
Maybe it’s time for a party divorce. Or, at the very least, the party leadership stands up and proudly declares exactly what core issues it stands for. Party members can either identify with the stance or leave. We can’t be all things for all people. You’ll never get true, progressive legislation as long as we have the Manchins and Sinemas – and their kind of thinking will always be with us to water down forward-thinking actions that actually helps people.
Only when the money starts drying up will they get desperate enough to LISTEN TO US.
Fat chance of that happening. It is all about the money which unfortunately T knows how to use its power. He has a Midas touch to get other peoples money into his pocket. We need to change Crypto to Klepto coin. Who needs tax cuts when you can bypass the tax system altogether. IRS has no tools to monitor. They even ask you on your tax forms to declare it, HAH.
Dems not allergic to money, they out spend Repubs. They pissed away $billion and begging for more to pay for worthless services to friends. This validates Repubs claim... give Dems all the money in the world and they still could not solve problems. All they know is spend, spend, spend. Bigger the problem, more money needed.
Student loan forgiveness, screaming example. Attempt to buy votes and not solve the real problem. The more forgiveness the higher tuition becomes. Feed the beast and it wants more. What about limiting student loans to one year and making colleges use their endowments to fund student loans. As for those not paying, they report to the local military recruiter for duty. No more free lunch.
You cannot buy enough votes to win. You have to appeal to both sides of the American divide to win. Dems need to stop trying to pickpocket the rich to incentivize the poor to stay that way.
Seriously Dems need to change how you look at poverty. Where is the outrage against the crime and drugs on the street. Whatever happened to individual responsibility. Sick and tired of hearing how murder is excused because they were on drugs or have some mental issue. I live in a state where every day another crime is committed by a serial criminal with a long rap sheet. Appears you get a discount for the more crimes you commit.
Where is your State Government in all of this? If you have this kind of generational criminal aspect, your State Government needs to get on it and crack down.
Washington State, solidly Democrat. To give you a living example, I sent complaints to three agencies over our massive junk and abandoned car problem. Junk cars are the state flower here. They replied it was not within their purview. I wrote governor and local reps. Response was blanket thanks. Government here only wants to do as little as possible. They are more interested in feel good issues. Just spend billion on fish rights. But ask them to fix something immediate and they will find all kinds of reasons to duck. Meanwhile superintendent of our small school system of 6500 gets $245k a year and looking for more.
Jfc - issue a progressive platform and run with it. Hard.
Saying we're going to need money to fight sans plan is grifting.
Couldn’t wait to be a registered Democrat when 18 yr olds were finally granted the right to vote (1971). Well, here I am 54 yrs older and I am completely done with the Democratic Party. It’s so broken, right along with the Republican Party, that I don’t want to waste any of the years I’ve got left supporting such incompetent and clueless politicos. The whole country is being laid waste!
The whole friggin’ 2-Party system has to go … but there are too many entrenched interests keeping up their despicable charade of being a “Government of, by, and for the people.”
So yes, I will be walking away from that legacy loyalty I held close to my heart and my beliefs about our country. I will change my registration to Independent and choose my leaders wisely.
Exactly this.