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🧵 There's a very unfortunate tendency of some very loyal Democrats to misapply "Murc's Law." For those who don't know of it, Murc's Law is the concept that the mainstream media acts as if only Democrats have agency in politics, and that Republican can't choose to act more rightfully.

The other reason why popularism is the Democratic Way is that most American left elites are actually libertarians or moderate conservatives. They don't want large welfare spending, restrictions on police misconduct, high taxes on corporate robber barons, or free healthcare and college....

the democrats have plenty of money. hundreds of millions. its not just waiting on tom steyer. its a disinterest in playing the game AT ALL.

Americans are rightfully fed up with the billionaire robber barons of Big Tech. Are we on the precipice of another age of reform? Here's why we might be... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-billionaire-barons-of-big-tech

This simply isn't a rational argument. Despite a contentious primary, El-Sayed has consistently led Rogers in *real* polls. He's underperformed Benson, but it's likely that any Dem would have (it's a Senate seat). Peters himself narrowly won in 2020!

MAGA cant get no love, lolz.

🚨 WILLIAMSON COUNTY: Reports of Tennessee voting machines flipping Democratic/ @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social votes to Republicans/@marshablackburn votes 🤔 (Folks in Memphis have said the same)

When JD Vance says Abdul El-Sayed should express "gratitude" for what America has given him, Vance is really saying he's lower on the American hierarchy than "heritage Americans" are. I asked El-Sayed to respond to this point. Here's his answer: newrepublic.com/article/2169...

@eschatonblog.com @brianbeutler.bsky.social @willbunch.bsky.social @espiers.bsky.social @gregsargent.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @nytpitchbot.bsky.social @playtyperguy.com @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social @heymistermix.com This is why I blame Ds not Rs for why we are here. For Ds, Fascists>DSA.

I have an essay in the November issue of The Nation about the Dem establishment class war on the youths, and by extension DSA and young progressives in general: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

@eschatonblog.com @brianbeutler.bsky.social @willbunch.bsky.social @perrybaconjr.bsky.social @elienyc.bsky.social @espiers.bsky.social @gregsargent.bsky.social @sifill.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @playtyperguy.com @owillis.bsky.social Why do ⬜ MAGAs always demand grattitude from minorities?

will try to answer these in a piece next week but for now i will say that part of the *point* of court expansion, in my mind, is to create a disequilibrium — a potential race to the bottom — that will force a truce.

Both the mainstream media and the gop (and dem leadership) bought into this notion that Trumps squeaker of a win over Harris was this giant sweeping mandate for conservatism and Trumpism. It never was. He won against a Democratic Party that has spent multiple decades hobbling itself. That’s it.

One thing we discuss is the idea that our institutions, by caving to Trump, helped persuade him of his own invincibility.But now he's shocked to be discovering that some people and institutions and countries won't surrender to him. Our exchange on this point: newrepublic.com/article/2165...

a big reason (though not the only one) that so many elite institutions capitulated to Trump immediately in early 2025 is they had learned through long experience that Dems are too chickenshit to punish them for basically any reason. but things can change!

I left x despite having a large following bc I don’t want to make free content for the world’s wealthiest racist. It’s not worth it to me.

republicans wrote us off long ago. you dont see republicans trying to win over clinton/obama/biden/kerry voters. and its more of an uphill climb for them. if dems spent 1/3 as much time cultivating their base as they do kissing the feet of republicans hoping theyll change, the party wouldnt lose

a big part of ossoff's rhetorical success is it doesnt contain the compromise and caveats that are a baked-in part of democratic party rhetoric. theres no pretending that his opponent is just misguided or will be pulled back from the edge by "the good republicans." ossoff is saying "fuck this guy"

My MAGA focus group felt betrayed by tariffs, high gas prices, and inflation. I asked if there was any way Republicans could win back their support, and they replied only if they could prove that the pain had fallen harder on Black people.

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This is a good thread. Related, on Instagram I follow a mix of outdoor influencers and Mexican artists/politicians. Multiple posts about how the women were bullied by men and how they fought back. No coincidence I think.

Democrats caved and/or facilitated this monopolization of practically every major media property in the US into the hands of a MAGA fascist psychopath. If the US had an opposition party, each of its presidential contenders would would vow to dissolve this monopoly by any means necessary.

This is why I get pissed off when anyone accuses me of being an elitist when I say young people should go to college if they can. I say that because my dad was a local lineman and contractor who did heavy physical labor for years and has had chronic back pain since his early 30s

by gawd i think she has broken in him in half

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"Economic issues not cultural wars' produces a party that both loses elections and abandons moral causes and vulnerable people. That’s not a theoretical argument—it’s the story of the Democratic Party of my entire adulthood." newrepublic.com/article/2159...

Nothing quite says "I'm an elected Democrat" like giving up twenty feet before the finish line because you're scared of the consequences of winning

Democrats still refer to “MAGA Republicans” when discussing policies all Republicans support or actively enable. All this does is suggest that there are “normal” Republicans (like Lawler or Collins). It’s bad messaging but the Dem consultants won’t give it up.

That’s the problem with Democrats. They’re too timid. They should walk some swagger. Nobody wants to join a Wimpy team.

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this is the kind of thing that people in other countries notice and will remember when Democrats try coming back around to tell us all that ugliness is behind us now

patient zero for whats wrong with the democrats nymag.com/intelligence...

We need a gold tooth, here.

Wait...you haven't figured out that Republicans don't have Lieberman/Fetterman/Manchin/Sinemas? Only one of the two parties has at least one at all times.

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I wonder if @owillis.bsky.social shares my cynicism here, but I do think that Trump is almost intentionally pushing Democrats past a point where they could get away with gaining power for its own sake and simply "containing" his worst actions. This isn't the border wall.

One post-election narrative is already pre-baked: Voters turned out *against Trump* not *for Dems*—ergo Dems' post-2024 reckoning must continue. The first part will be true. The second part doesn't follow AT ALL. What should follow is *doing what voters signaled they want* so that they are grateful.