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ackbar7.bsky.social
@ackbar7.bsky.social
Just a guy screaming in to the void. He/him
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When we are fighting fascism "purity politics" is actually really important. We should not be voting for people who are going to side with fascists on any issue and especially not for people who will vote against the rights of vulnerable groups.
Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.
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I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.
Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted
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This isn't even a little bit true. Part of the 2016 Clinton/Sanders race was the Democrats going to court and getting it declared that primary elections are entirely unnecessary and if Democrats wanted to they could just select the winner anyway they wanted. They could ensure the bigots lost.
Who exactly decides who gets kicked out? There is no "Democratic Party" in the sense of a person or people being in charge. No one can wave a wand and be like: "You're expelled." People choose the party they want to associate with. The exception might be the party's Central Committee in each state.
People like this have no idea how elections work. When one is arguing to vote for the "lesser evil" they are discouraging voters of both sides because you are telling them that both are evil. It does not in any way attract voters because no one wants to vote for evil, whether it is greater or lesser
Why aren't all Democrats answering questions about trans people this way? Oh right, because they are transphobes.
Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”
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"Democrats aren't anti-trans, they just welcome anti-trans politicians in their big tent." The problem here is that I won't be in a party that welcomes bigotry.
The dccc's job is to get the dem that won their primary elected. They don't often, if at all have the choice of what that candidate does. They give the candidate money and resources. It is not democratic policy to fuck over trans people. Examples of bad actors isn't the same thing.
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The things Trump has done to the White House are among the least offensive things that Trump has done during his presidency. Democrats using this attack are telling you how little actually governing matters to them.
Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"
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Democrats could not be more clearly signaling that they have no intention to actually do anything useful. Attacking Trump for decorating like Saddam Hussein (?) instead of the Republican Party's obvious evils is really gross.
Obama on Trump's construction projects: "What's up with the gold? He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory"
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"in plain sight" gives the game away. you only hate the new camps because you have to see and think about them. those camps obama and biden stored kids in at the border were off somewhere you didn't care about and AOC wasn't getting dressed up to go do photo ops at them at the time
Alligator Alcatraz: not a pre-trump camp at the border Converted warehouses in New Jersey aren't either trump's rapidly expanding camps in plain sight and mandatory detention is filling them That's just one of the things about trump's second term policies that I'm "so mad" about
Democrats could not be more clearly signaling that they have no intention to actually do anything useful. Attacking Trump for decorating like Saddam Hussein (?) instead of the Republican Party's obvious evils is really gross.
Obama on Trump's construction projects: "What's up with the gold? He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory"
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This is how we got both sides not supporting the working class. This is how we got neither side supporting abortion rights. This is how we got both sides supporting conservative border policy. This is how we are getting both sides being anti-trans. This is not how we make the world a better place.
It is, fundamentally, an exercise of choosing the lesser evil, over and over and over again, so that the total amount of evil in the system decreases over time. And you must keep doing it, because - since evil is easy - good is easily reversed.
This is how we got both sides not supporting the working class. This is how we got neither side supporting abortion rights. This is how we got both sides supporting conservative border policy. This is how we are getting both sides being anti-trans. This is not how we make the world a better place.
It is, fundamentally, an exercise of choosing the lesser evil, over and over and over again, so that the total amount of evil in the system decreases over time. And you must keep doing it, because - since evil is easy - good is easily reversed.
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The DCCC coordinating on this is truly a vile turn. Just a complete abdication of basic morality and an unequivocal endorsement of fascism.
We all know what “protect girls’ sports” means in the 2026 election cycle. DCCC coordinating on an ad using that language is unacceptable, and it gives other campaigns permission to follow. This is an inappropriate use of party resources. (1/3) www.erininthemorning.com/p/dccc-relea...