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FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.” Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College. Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.

in the past month alone, Gillibrand has 1) stood with Trump to criticize congestion pricing 2) defended with serial sexual harasser Andrew Cuomo 3) supported giving Trump and Elon authority to impound funds. she might just be the lowest WAR Dem in the senate

I am so fucking furious at Chuck Fucking Schumer

You couldn't ask for a clearer picture of the fundamental crossroads in the aftermath of Democrats' loss to Trump: Leader Hakeem Jeffries meeting with 150+ Silicon Valley donors vs. Bernie Sanders going on a national tour to talk directly to voters in Biden '20—GOP '24 districts

What one should be doing at this moment is rallying the base and trying to get low-information voters to pay attention. Instead, Schumer is trying to play to Republicans because that's all that Democrats ever do, despite the fact Republicans will never vote for them.

One can only hope 🙏

it’s becoming increasingly clear the goal of the far right is to defund and buy up every source of reliable information until there is no more objective reality to counter them

So after completely imploding nationwide, losing the popular vote for the first time in forever, there’s no leadership changes?! Just the same uninspiring milquetoast centrists that got us into this mess? Have some shame and let the new blood actually fight for people.

Back. To. Back.

To recap: •Dems negotiated a year-end bill with a few wins. •Musk killed it to duck scrutiny of his Chinese investments. •Republicans fumbled around and then pared it down to a "clean" CR, disaster relief and Ag money •It needs Dem votes to pass today •Dems will apparently vote yes with no changes

As the oligarchy begins to take shape, this meme seems more prescient than ever. They have convinced you that immigrants are your enemy while they pick your pockets at the same time, you’ve been duped. It’s the billionaires who are ruining this country,not migrants. Always has been. #RiseAndResist

Excellent @jamellebouie.net piece. I would normally pick out a sentence or two, but every paragraph is essential. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

The Democratic party will continue to lose far, far into the future because their clueless 70+ members are never going to get out of the way until they pass away. They do not care about winning. They only care about insider trading and enriching themselves.

One reason people insist that you use the proper channels to change things is because they have control of the proper channels and they’re confident it won’t work. - Jon Stone

Time shortlisting Netanyahu for man of the year for ‘defying criticism’ The US threatening the ICC Starmer thanking the army for ‘a busy, busy year’ for work they ‘cannot talk about’ Fascism is here, now, hidden behind endless consumption, giant screens & hollow distractions

"Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Cut Ties With Billionaires and Corporations" Justice Democrats' @alexandrasiera pens a powerful op-ed for @zeteo.com

The New York Times had entire homepages full of stories on campus antisemitism hearings. It has not yet written about the biggest human rights organization in the world saying that Israel is committing genocide.

The world’s richest 1% have more wealth than the bottom 95% put together, according to Oxfam. There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality. It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.

Read this excellent piece by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social www.thegauntlet.news/p/brunch-int...

For the first time since 2010, Central Michigan will win the Victory Cannon on their home field! 16-14 CMU over Western Michigan is your final score from Mt. Pleasant!

There’s nothing like appointing absolute morons and villains to convince people that government doesn’t work and shouldn’t exist. This has been the project of the right since the 1960s and it succeeded.