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The reason Mamdani and other "FDR Dems" are considered "leftists" is because the Dem Party lurched rightward in the early 1990s to embrace a strategy of appeasement toward Wall St., the wealthy, and the "Christian" right for the sole purpose of winning elections. "The people" are fucking fed up.

I always knew it was inevitable....just didn't think it would happen so quickly. I'm 76.☺️

And what is considered to be their left used to be smack dab in the middle.

Every state is different. We adopt a one-size-fits-all policy at our own peril.

You know what they say, "Left is right, and right is wrong." It still applies.

Surely if the dems just institute pogroms they'll pick up conservatives who were fine with the concentration camps but drew the line at child rape. I'm joking of course, no conservatives object to raping children.

In a low turnout election.

Sadly, they are probably still denying it as they collect their AIPAC blood money.

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This is how the people win.

And of course the Democratic leadership is looking to AIPAC and the right with how to do things. And then setting up their 'leftist' candidates like crazy people. I mean asking for wages, an end to genocide, jobs, and healthcare that's just insane! /s

Hakeem and Grandpa Chuckles will duck this up. I'm sure of it.

Good

We need more effective representation in Congress not WH staffers or Israeli plants.

I've been Democrat my whole life. This "compartmentalizing" of beliefs is a new concept to me, and I don't know where I belong within it. What IS a leftist? I always thought I was one. What is a liberal? I always thought I was one. Can we get definitions so I can be properly pigeon-holed before Nov?

NO MORE CENTRISM! We want progress! Step aside Schumer, Jeffries and anyone else pretending like the center still exists.

Poor Ben Davis, reduced to emotive superlative. What journalism?

This has been an on going trend, not just last night and there was one race in Maryland. Many are shifting left. The center is the new right. Get onboard or get out of the way. This is the game plan.

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Populism is populism and it does not fucking mean popular. I don't care if it comes from the left or the right, we are treading into fucking incredibly dangerous grounding The vast majority of the country appears to be too fucking dumb to know it.

Meanwhile, the MAGAts are breaking down; they are abandoning the Cheeto Chief in droves. Even Tucker KKKarlson is leaving. The swing to the left for Democrats is in response to the CURRENT FASCIST REGIME. Looking forward to the Nuremberg style trials where these monsters are held accountable.

I mean I love NY'rs but not sure the joy has reached us in other states. Happy for them tho

Absolutely

This is exactly how Trump got elected. Likud used the left. They could see the left in call/response. They murder babies, the left blames moderate liberals. Oct 7th was a plan to put Trump in office using the left, and it worked. Now more dead babies in Lebanon thanks to leftist purity gating.

Let Democrats be Democrats. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of the Sinemas and Fettermans and even Schumers running a Republican-lite scam on voters. Economic justice AGGRESSIVE Progressive Taxation Prioritize American Families Treat Immigrants Fairly End Support for Pedophiles

That actually would just be good sense😊

That's awesome 😎

You have to be kidding? A few low turnout districts in NY do NOT define the Democratic Party.

I don't believe that anymore. Bernie and AOC have drawn crowds in "red" states in non election years. People want to hear how governments are going to make things better for them

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Are the Democrats worried that their tent is too big?

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Victory in general elections requires the votes of Independents. Independents pretty much live in the center. They're risk averse. They own homes. They're middle class, what's left of it. They're more moderate. They vote. It shouldn't be hard to structure a message that can appeal 2 left & center.

The Democratic Party is unelectable while it supports gender ideology.

Unfortunately, the left can't see the forest, because of the trees. Wish it weren't so, but it is. As such, they are not reliable. They will gladly cut off thier nose, to spite thier face. Again.

It has been for 15 years

Do NOT FALL into the trap

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A lot of people seem to be making the mistake of thinking this is about policy. bsky.app/profile/gell...

Brad Lander is the comptroller of NYC and very aware of Dem history.

PS The real tidal wave - it was not limited to the 5 burroughs - was a couple of months ago in Virginia and New Jersey and winning in November the serious challenge. None of these winners yesterday will help at all then. They won in deep blue districts.

Single payer or universal healthcare. Tax the super rich. Bring back inheritance taxes . Ban All governmental stock trading. Free school lunches, breakfast. Childcare subsidies. Housing assistance. Cut the military budget 50%.

Hard disagree. The label is the problem, not the policies.

I ain't no Democrat. I ain't no Republican. All I know is if you're voting MAGA, you're voting to kill your children and their children. MAGA is a death cult for morons. The more progressive the candidate, the better off your kids will be in an already hellish future.

That light they see at the end of the tunnel is a freight train coming.

It actually goes from center right to far left.

This article is a true classic. ‘Leftists’ win in Los Angeles! DC! New York City! Cool! Can’t wait for 2028 when we win California, New York and the District … That should put us over the top to 270!

They didn't really lose in 2024 even though the single worst thing ever to happen to the US is now rampaging in the White House... ???

I.e., don't put all your eggs in one NY basket. Remember what happened to the great progressive Al Smith.

The Dems lost in 2024. Go left or lose.

Who are these people crashing out? Who hates their voters? Who are these control freaks? Of course Dem leaders will first support incumbents, in most cases, in primaries. It is the incumbents’ own fundraising supporting the party.

The won a few deep blue districts. How has Jeffries been shoved down your throat? Who are “those” idiots? By his district consistently voting for him well over 70%? And calling him a center right asshole is ignorance to an extreme hard to fathom. Save the gaslighting for someone else. Good luck!

They lost to trump again too, if you forgot. Kamala wasn't a DSA member.

Very excited how my state is going

I'm still laughing that a 10% voter turnout rate in NYC that flipped 3 deep Blue seats is some sort of revolution. 😂

"Actually, losing 2 incumbents to leftist challengers in a single night is not bad for the faction that just lost 2 incumbents." Jesus Christ.

Tell me that you have never bothered to read the DNC platform and have ignored literally hundreds of Dem candidates without having to say the words.🤣

No clue where you are getting “leftist” from. Who is leaning right? Be specific. But, as an example, Pelosi led the DCCC to flipping 40+ seats red to blue in the House in 2018. Our Revolution and Justice Dems flipped zero. None. Similar results in 2022.

Again, what a weird extremely myopic annd extreme online view. None of that is even close to fact. Is that faction even happy for wins, or is this all just a game to you?

I agree. Put up AOC and watch us win five states. Maybe. It's always missing the forest for the bright shiny trees. Worked for McGovern! Can you imagine if there was social media echo chambers then?

Republicans are in control right now because of Elon Musk. I will die on this hill.

You've never met a small business owner?

Marco Rubio was confirmed by the Senate 99-0. Don't even try to exonerate the Democrats and Independents in office for their actions in propelling us towards this current state.

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But it’s made for a decade of great scare tactic fundraising emails… the DNC’s world has been ending and they need just $5 from you to save it since 2015… 🙄

Sure, I agree it’s shifting left, and the right is shifting farther right.

Far-left is in the eye of the beholder and often aligned to how conservative an area (voting district, state) is. As someone else pointed out, Talerico would never win a house district in NYC, and Mamdani would never win a house seat in TX, never mind senate seat. I don’t believe it’s messaging.

So you mean to tell me they lost the vote and still won't budge? The audacity.

What a ridiculous statement, Jan.

Hard to believe that public servants who want to serve the public rather than consultants and rich donors would be popular.

I don’t even listen to those “leaders”. I turn the channel whenever they come on TV, it’s always the same old crap. I don’t understand what they don’t get about this.

The Overton window has been pushed so far to the right, anyone more liberal than Reagan is considered a leftist. Far right parties in other countries look like leftists compared to our Rs.

It's a Sunset on Fascism and a new dawn for people power and basic Democracy.

I don’t quite get the adage that 3 races in NYC and the win of the Mayoral race in NYC with 8 Million people, must now be the litmus test for the USA & how every state and the majority of 45-90 Million estimated registered Dems must vote when given a choice of one Dem vs another in a primary,

There's a great JFK quote about being a liberal and what it means: "someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties-". The right has sneered at liberals for too long regarding these values.

People are starting to realize that maybe if we actually TRY to implement some left wing policies, we can at least see if they work. Instead of just saying "that's communism and communism failed and cuba sucks and bread lines" while getting an email about how their credit score went down again

was wondering how the Dems would alienate voters in the dem middle! Again dems, Keep shooting yourself in the foot and a repub will win in 2028. STOP ALIENATING YOUR OWN PARTY !!!

I was wondering how the Dems would alienate voters in the dem middle! Again dems, Keep shooting yourself in the foot and a repub will win in 2028. STOP ALIENATING YOUR OWN PARTY !!!

They damn well better be taking stock!! They better have their asses out there throwing the shit back at the gop, JUST LIKE THEY ARE THROWING THE SHITTY LIES IN OUR faces every DAY! They throw, You throw, Dems! STOP ✋️ being scared 😱 to give IT BACK! TIME IS SHORT! And WE DO NOT NEED TIMID ACTIONS!

Tbh, the Biden/Clinton/Schumer/Reid/Feinstein crowd should have been unelectable after they voted to allow Bush to invade Iraq. The center- right clique has controlled the party for decades.

Also what is the most horrible “soshulism” programs they keep putting in square quotes on RW and MSM media? Universal healthcare? Wealth taxes for billionaires? LGBT people living openly without fear? Holding big business and oligarchs to the same standards as everyone else?

The American people want representatives that care about the actual people. I am so sick of greed and ass kissing companies. ENOUGH

Please listen, Dem leadership!

breaking news: the left is on the left

The leadership of the Democratic Party is solidly center-right and is very out of touch with their voters.

Go Mamdani Go!

Exactly

Yes. In New York City Democrats are well left of center. In Upstate New York, not so much. We must run where we are to represent our constituents where they are. Don't overthink it and don't panic.

I don't think Boomers forgot about socialism. As a kid growing up we listened to our WWII era parents fear-monger discussions about communism. We had "duck & cover" drills @ school in the event of a USSR nuclear war. The fear of missiles parked in Cuba and pointing at the USA. Boomer kids were 1/

Run-on sentence... Don't care. I suck at "English", and restricted with character limits.

The DNC is not at all interested (in a positive way, anyhow) in ppl like Mandani. Corporate donors hate the idea, let alone the reality, of Mandani & his winning candidates are the stuff of corporate donor nightmares, as well as the nightmares of Schumer & Jeffries.

They don’t want Progressives in. They want to keep the status quo. They’re making too much money the way it is. You CANNOT trust them.

This mayor is an up n coming leader of our future etc

The energy and the people HAVE been on the left for more than a decade now. It just becoming impossible to ignore now. Not to beat a dead horse but Bernie Sanders was always right and pointed out the way the wind is blowing WAY back when The sclerotic democratic leadership’? Not so much.