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Also read “A Resistance History of the United States” by @tadstoermer.bsky.social

The Democratic Party leadership must understand the need to nominate and promote people who can get elected. A Progressive in New York is not the same as a nationwide contest. Be sure you understand the American electorate. Get someone elected. Then you can propose and support your policies.

Living with contradictions is one thing. Living with funding genocide is another.

That’s said, someone should let the DNC leadership know that we’re not going to vote for a corporate stooge. We’ll vote third party before another round Kamala, again. They shouldn’t have fucked Bernie.

I know what it means but why not use simpler language (like your explanation)? If you want to reach a larger audience ...

Oh, horrors. Democrats aren't like Republicans who walk goosestep, lockstep with "The Leader".

I watched Rachel Maddow’s interview with the authors this morning. Excited to read this. Rachel narrates the audiobook!

And pushing in the same direction to GET OUT of the mud.

New book recommendation! Many thanks 🙂

It’s like putting a simple protest sign on your front lawn (since 2024) get flipped the finger by the MAGATS daily. Then one day (2026), you get beeps, thumbs up, and everyone wants to talk, vent, provide support, and thank you for your courage. Leaders stand up no matter the odds.

Thank you so much! I love good book recommendations!

I haven't read this book, but I will suggest from these words that the primary issue is about achieving a workable consensus with which to act on. 🤨 🌎@☮️

I know!!

ALL your taxes. Ok.

Politics is also about persuading people. Most politicians seem to have given up on that.

Ask a trans person who they're voting for, and act accordingly. They know they aren't going to be platformed, but they'll know their best option. If a candidate is platforming on loving genocide, you are watching AI, fam. We get it, democrats suck. Until you are running, it is what it is.

Wow, you’re really confusing yourself If wishes were fishes, we would all have humpback whales in our front yards. Politics is about winning, a concept that Democrats seem to have lost somehow It’s a constant fight to do the best you can with what you have in an endless effort to make things better

adding this to my list

I agree with you 100!!

I like what you said. I need to add this to my reading list.

Those looking to get into office need the backbone to speak what those that cast the votes are saying. End the authoritarian,end ice.The boots on the ground need to do the opposite of his great America fair. Show up in numbers they can’t ignore.

Couldn't agree more! We cite Civil Resistance, and its authors, throughout the book!

Out today

Just ordered myself a copy.

I'm going to look into purchasing this for our library. The Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei also wrote a book on censorship which is also an important read.

No. Values aren’t negotiable. But winning requires more people than those who agree with us on everything. Voting rights, healthcare, and affordability only become law when you build coalitions broad enough to pass them.

That's weird. I was just thinking about this very thing yesterday. I'm getting a copy!

It does feel like the next phase in capitalism is going to need somebody to unite the masses imgur.com/gallery/AW79...

I'm questioning why the protests about "Free Gaza" and "River to the Sea" ended after election day 2024? I have bottle rockets waiting for those pro-fascist fucks in 2026 and 2028 if they set foot in my neighborhood again. Maybe I need a better reading list.

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Everybody on the Right is reading this. Everybody on the Left is reading this. Are you stupid or something ?> You don't even know who your enemy is.

The primary is where we stand our ground and back our candidate by donating volunteering & voting but after that yes sometimes you vote for who is less awful. I vote for who will cause less harm to marginalized & might actually help people. There’s Never a perfect campaigner/candidate

Exactly.

Very well said.

Some have seemingly devolved to invertebrates😣

Thank You for the recommendation 😊

This one is good too

I just read an article in some psychology journal about conservatives not being able to mentally 'hold' 2 contradictory opinions, whereas the self-described liberals had no problem at all with understanding and agreeing with 2 completely different positions. Two opposing ideas can both be true.

It’s easier to be align in hating others and using Biblical concepts to oppress them, especially when religion becomes politics. It’s harder to have perfect alignment when people have different priorities for the pursuit of justice and freedom.

On order - thanks for the book recommendation 😁

Agreed

It’s worse than no courage, they are all funded by the same AIPAC 🤷🏻‍♀️

This bugs me. Everyone wants to tell Dems what they're doing wrong and what they should do. No one wants to correct MAGA, and make THEM act like civilized folks.

I would say for Dems & Republicans.

This isn't particularly political but while we are on the topic, "The mystery of courage" by William Miller was worth buying used at Powells and offers a lot of tangents for people who are working themselves up to it. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

For Dems? Doesn't saying that it should be required reading for just one group negate the message of the book?

The Democratic Party is a mess. I registered as an independent this year. I’ve been a registered Democrat since the Carter administration. The democratic leadership does not support my interests anymore: the far left is no longer tethered to reality.

Too many Democrats do not get this very basic FACT of electoral politics. There are no perfect candidates, just as there are no perfect humans. They do not exist.

Thanks for this recommendation - just finished reading this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Can’t wait to put it into practice!

Dems wait for Black Americans to push the jeep out of the mud and then repay us with benign neglect.

Dems gotta be a big tent. Make allies wherever possible.

#VoteBlueToProtectWomenRights #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica #VoteBlueDownBallott

I am going to quote that into perpetuity

Much needed reading in Sweden today under the current Swedish fascist light "MAGA" government.

To defeat great evils, sometimes we must be allied with lesser ones.

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There's a book for that: Sheep in a Jeep, by Nancy Shaw

The problem is it is Elon Musk's jeep. It's nuclear powered, if we don't keep it running it destroys everything and everyone.

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Thanks for the recommendation!

I'm happy to report that I'm on the waitlist at my local library for this audiobook! Super-excited and thank you for letting me know about it. ✊🏽💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

And written by 2 women. BRAVO!!!

On my reading list. Thank you!

m e r c i. 𖧷

And then there is this arithmetic problem. youtube.com/shorts/x9a4O...

I'll see if it is at our local library📖💙

Counterpoint: Democratic leadership is courageously defending the interests of their corporate and PAC donors 🙃

I also believe just leave the Jeep in the mud with all of its dirt

Your kid's sick. You have to take the bus to doctor but the bus doesn't go all the way. Do you not go and let your kid suffer or do you take the bus as close as you can get and then walk? That's voting. Vote for the person who gets you closer to progress. Don't make perfect the enemy of good.

I’m currently reading Timothy Snyder’s “The Road to Unfreedom” which gives historical context to autocrats like Putin erasing history and convincing people that their way of governing is inevitable, which it’s not. As always with Prof. Snyder, great book. (He wrote “On Tyranny.”)

Sounds like Iike a great book foe everyone.

The jeep stuck in the mud is a perfect analogy for democracy in America.

We disagree. Politicians weren't Elected because they can agree with each other ... they were Elected to Represent their Constituents & help US Citizens manage OUR Country. We The TaxPayers require OUR Tax$$ to be used to make OUR Lives better ... not to support CEO's, Billionaires & Corporations.

Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky is another great read.

I hope my sister is connected to you. She would love this …. I love it too. 😁 I took a screenshot to send to her, so she could connect with you. 😊

It's funny how the people making life miserable are literally, scientifically cowards (enlarged amygdalas)

A meme of obviously different types of people cooperating to push a jeep out of mud would be nice about now.

it was an interesting listen

Thank you for this.

Also read this book:

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Accountability, meanwhile, is about being willing to shoot the motherfucker who intentionally drove it into the mud because you didn't praise him enough.

I will check it out 👍🏼

Just put this book on pre order but Ed Spires from NWSOFA gave the best zoom presentation incorporating insights from this book! Wonderful presentation!! Collective courage, resisting fear and defending democracy can be viewed on north west suburb of Chicago Indivisible youtube! (NWSOFA)

Destroying our government destroys more of our non-religious communication systems.

I think a misconception is that Dem politicians want progressive programs but lack the ability to deliver them, when in reality, they usually have the ability but not the conviction. Those who rise to the top are filtered from childhood and as representatives to be loyal defenders of the status quo.

Thanks for the book recommendation!

I’ll add it in.

The days of civil unrest of the 1780's are at our throats again as populism thinks it knows best. It's always been a compromise in keeping the union lest it all fly off into crumbs of confederacies.

Rachel Maddow did a segment on this book, the authors, and the topic of dissidence in our current political climate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQC...

>>Politics isn’t about finding people who agree w/you on everything. It’s finding enough people to push the jeep out of the mud together.<< 🎯 Nice. Suck it, purists!

analogy 👍

In some cases these people, no matter what political party have vacationed together, drank beer/wine together and forged relationships. True courage isn't standing up to your enemies. It's standing up to your friends.