You can always count on the uniparty to vote in Israel’s best interest while screwing American citizens
Of course not. We have only two choices of party:
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The Fascist party.
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The party that tells you to vote for them lest the Fascists win, but when elected, does nothing to fight the Fascists, reverse their worst atrocities, or prevent them from coming back to power.
It’s like you have absolutely no understanding of how the system actually works, and have chosen to ignore history.
The GOP is never going to cede one inch to the Dems on anything, ever. Obama picked the ACA plan because it was based on a GOP idea and they fought him tooth and nail until the final vote. Then they turned around and demanded the Supreme Court abolish it.
The only way you’ll get any change under the current system is to elect a Dem super majority in every election for the next fifty years.
YOU have chosen to ignore history. And how typically in authoritarian takeovers, the first step to fighting the takeover is to abandon the captured opposition party and to start fresh with something new. A popular front is usually needed to defeat them. Authoritarians often let toothless opposition parties continue to operate. And there are always blind fools like yourself who insist that they must be supported, though they are just another tool of the autocrat.
The only way you’ll get any change under the current system is to elect a Dem super majority in every election for the next fifty years.
This shows you are not a serious person. If that is your solution, then I can only conclude that you actually support Trump and the Fascist party.
Democrats are not a real opposition party. They are the potemkin opposition, fully captured by the Fascists.
So, what exactly is your plan for the 2026 election?
How exactly are you going to counter Trump?
Be specific and provide as many details as possible.
Nah, you’re arguing in bad faith.
Satisfy my curiosity.
Exactly which words demonstrated by ‘bad faith?’
It’s your attitude and it’s as obvious as a zit on your nose. Nobody here owes you anything, and you’ve been treated with kid gloves by some very kind, intelligent people. I am neither of those things. Sit down, shut up, listen, and maybe learn something.
So, what exactly is your plan for the 2026 election?
How exactly are you going to counter Trump?
Be specific and provide as many details as possible.
That’s my original comment, the one that has you in such a tizzy.
I use a loaded word like ‘tizzy’ because what you wrote makes no objective sense.
I asked to hear a plan and was told that I was acting in ‘bad faith.’
And now you tell me to ‘listen’
Is there any point where I’ll hear the plan?
Because I really want to hear this plan.
Don’t feed the sea lions
Pot meet kettle. A Dem supermajority means nothing when they do nothing but play controlled opposition.
Its feeling kinda Weimar Republic over here lately.
Well, to be honest, if the choices between being fucked hard and fucked softly….
Except that attitude pretends that the election in front of you is the only election that will ever happen ever again. It’s a short-sighted view that leads us to exactly where we are now. We’ve had 30 years of Democrats telling everyone “don’t boycott this election. This is the most important one in history. If you don’t vote for us, democracy is dead forever. I know we’re not really going to do anything to change things, but what choice do you have?”
In retrospect, we would have been a lot better off today if in 2016 the entire left wing of the Democratic party just boycotted the election entirely. The fact that Hillary came close to winning is the only reason the neoliberal wing was able to retain any credibility.
I voted green party that year and it’s the vote I regret the least. I went on to vote for Biden and then Harris
Thank you. Considered alternatives many times, but mostly in primaries (because it only helps the worst people win in general).
I don’t think most people even understand what a primary is (and that we’re having them literally right now). Not happy with elected reps? Go vote, pick your team (90% don’t bother). Mail-in if disabled (any state). Check out candidates online. Lots of alts and progressives on primary ballots (on Dem side).
I boycotted 2016 and look where we are now. I was young and stupid and should have toed the line. I fucking hate Hillary and everything she represents, but I could not comprehend at the time what Trump represented
I was verbally harassed by a dozen picture perfect Karen’s in a highschool gym for standing on the Bernie side during the 2016 caucus. They did not make a guy want to side with them.
Nope. Being told “it’s her turn” was it for me. You had a pro Wall Street, pro War candidate versus Bernie. I think a lot of young people either didn’t vote or switched sides that year.
Telling your future voting pool to shut up and take more austerity and less opportunity so Wall Street can get rich ain’t it DNC
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Holy shit, people keep lecturing about how we shouldn’t blame voters, but an awful lot of them still support him on various issues, FFS.
I mean…34% approve of his tariffs? What in the actual fuck.
And he still polls higher than Biden on mental ability? Jesus, I would have taken Biden in a coma over this shit.
I have a bet going with my father in law over the US midterms. He believes that the American midterms will swing things towards the Democrats and their country will get back on track. I took the cynical bet and said there was no way midterms would swing government control, because a) a large portion of the population is not inspired to go out and support the Democrats even if they don’t love the current administration and b) I fully expect whatever amount of fraud is necessary to ensure a Republican win despite poor polling.
I always hope I’m wrong and just taking being a pessimist, but articles like this make me realize that I might well be drowning my sorrows in a very nice bottle of wine in November.
34% of the voter base are his voters. If he starts polling in the 20% range he’s losing supporters. Until then these are the centrists being fickle. 34% of the voter base doesn’t see any problem with him raping children.
He hit 30% in one poll
Which is nice but at 20% he’s lost 30% of his base. 10-15% represents the Jan6 bois. You’ll never lose them.
Like 34% of the country are bots. They just do what they’re programmed to do.
Democrats had 4 years to prosecute Trump after Treason Day. No shit we “don’t trust dems more”. Sure, some dems individually are worth a damn, but 90% of them belong in prison (along with 100% of republicans) for enabling this shitshow.
This is why we need a new party in America that’s actually left of center.
National ranked choice voting, get rid of electoral college, outlaw gerrymandering, restructure the Supreme Court, overturn citizens united, restore the fairness doctrine, and we will finally have some viable options. It will probably take an Article V constitutional convention to get there.
That’s a nice wishlist, but I don’t see a new party doing anything.
They’d have to do that under the Democratic Party. That’s the only way it’s happening.
The whole point of throwing a constitutional convention would be to go around the useless fucking Congress that that’s been captured for 20 years
How is that going to happen without having a party elected into office though?
Well my friend your local elections matter. They are the foundation of this country. If I can’t trust you to elect a trustworthy person to represent your town or state…. Then how can I trust you to form a political party at the national level? So to answer your question, go elect someone accountable for the state level, then we can get the states together for that convention. You probably have a bunch of elected leadership ships in your local government that aren’t politically affiliated because it’s not important locally. But for some reason, it is nationally and the reason is money.
https://www.commoncause.org/work/stopping-a-dangerous-article-v-convention/
This makes me feel like a convention isn’t the right way to go while money still equals power in government. I’m not sure what the process for outlining how the convention would work would be, but I don’t think going in blind because it’s a nuclear option is a great idea.
The reason I suggest Article V is that it’s the only option within our system of government remaining, since the 3 federal branches are so compromised by corruption.
Theoretically it could work because the delegates would be our state representatives. These are people we know in real life, whose homes we know the location of…etc. We the people could apply certain pressures to ensure they respect our demands and don’t go off the rails.
The establishment politicians will claim as you do here - that there are too many unknowns and it’s too dangerous to attempt. In actuality, they simply know they would lose their power and grift as a result, so of course they will fight this tooth and nail. The truth is that the real chaotic unknown happens with a violent coups, which is the final remaining option. Personally, I’d prefer the reform method outlined in our constitution to that any day.
Is it really breaking news that the whole government is full of idiots?
