#us democratic party

[titleknown]

I feel like what's most galling to a lot of us about the election is that, due to the monopoly inherent in the two-party system + first-past-the-post, there's basically no way for us to punish center-dems; and especially those in the higher party structure specifically, for their bullshit without fucking ourselves with a Republican hellscape.

It's basically "Fuck over your base, get a prize," with zero accountability because it's a hostage situation. The people who need so much they refuse to fight for, things like healthcare; housing; not letting us all fucking die to climate change; are pulled back by the fact that it's either them or the fascist death cult, and they never lose their fucking jobs over it when they fail us whether they win or lose the election.

And, even as someone fucking terrified of Project 2025, I can still get why someone would want to take the only route they know how to make these bastards face actual consequences for their actions and let them burn.

The trouble is, as I implied before, the idea that Dems will actually learn something when they lose has never fucking worked in the modern era.

They didn't learn shit with Gore, they didn't learn shit with Kerry, they certainly didn't learn shit with Hillary. Obama's actual wins could've taught them something, but they flushed those lessons right down the toilet as soon as Obama's first day in office!

Most of the haggard Skeksis who haven't had the decency to die that made those decisions are still setting the tempo of the party, even as it's fucked them, and they have a network of pundits at places like the Atlantic and the NYT insulating them from their base when they're not actively shitting on it.

So letting Trump win won't even work as a form of consequences! And I don't think a third party's going to work because like... we couldn't even get Bernie past their hegemony, do you think we'll be able to get something that's even more fucked over by both parties off the ground? Not without something like ranked choice voting, that's for sure!

But, on the flipside, the problem with the "Vote Blue No Matter Who" side of things is, and I speak as someone who again is terrified of Project 2025, that mindset gives no actual ideas on how to change this.

The closest we got was the "we can push him left" narrative, which people pooh-pooh as something they dropped the ball on, but I think the tragedy of it was not that it didn't happen, but that it actually did.

Like, Biden's views were pushed left of where he's been before, he's taken some policies from the progressive wing (The big ones being in the realm of antitrust IMO) but, as current events have shown, there's extensive limits to that and we hit them hard way earlier than anyone was hoping, because there's only so much you can polish a turd.

So like, I offer a question: If we're not pushed into Donnie's Fascist Coup Plan in 2025, what would longterm, organized action to force accountability on the Dems look like?

What would an organization to chase out the Skeksis inhabiting both their media apparatus and the party itself that have been failing us for over 30 years, a movement saying "Enough is enough" at us being used as props to be milked for votes then ignored at a strength and volume we never have before, look like?

I may as well tag in @afloweroutofstone, but the question is open to the rest of y'all too.

[living400lbs]

"As a working parent, I consider scheduling my paramount skill. Time is the essence of life, and with enough colored markers and desk-sized calendars and chiming reminders, I can figure out how to meet work deadlines and make it to my kids’ swim lessons. But my first day in Congress had gone off schedule—not by fifteen minutes or even thirty, but by hours and hours. Who could run their lives that way?

I had a sinking feeling as I indignantly posed that question to myself. I was new to Congress, but I had more than a decade of experience as a working parent. I knew the answer.

Men could. A man could live, perhaps thrive, in a system that requires walking out of the house on little notice, knowing someone else will remain behind, so he could tend to the ever-evolving responsibilities of his job. For a single mother like me, however, the absence of a schedule was a death knell.

Without the ability to plan, I couldn’t find childcare. I couldn’t tell my children not to worry, that I would see them later. I couldn’t plan to use every minute wisely if I didn’t know what needed to get done. I was doomed on day one."

From I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan by US Rep Katie Porter

[mutopians]

before we get an official announcement on who is replacing biden as the nominee, im just going to put this out there: do not mess this up. i don't care how little you like politics. i don't care if this new nominee isn't your first choice.

our alternative is trump. third party splits the votes, and abstaining is just going to fuck the entire united states over. your vote (AND support) matters, and i better see anyone who doesn't want trump to be elected and the United States to become a fascist, authoritarian regime throwing their full support behind this new nominee.

we have three months to go. we're in crunch time. if you don't want to lose your rights, support this new nominee with everything you've got.

edit: just in case this somehow wasn't obvious, this is NOT the post to be a pessimist on. don't say we're fucked. say TRUMP is fucked. we can't go back and change the nomination timeline, but we can absolutely support our new nominee and ensure they get elected.

[immaculatasknight]

Undemocratic democrats

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[destiel-news-channel]

[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Dean answers 'Tim Walz is Kamala Harris' running mate.' to Cas' 'I love you'. /End ID]

This is according to a source that told CNN, he has not been formally called by Harris yet. CNN link

EDIT: It is now official!

Tim Walz is the one who started the tactic of calling Republicans 'weird', by the way.

Tim Walz is in his second term as the Minnesota governor. He is 60 years old and a former high school teacher.

Memorable information (click the text for its source)

Walz is "a champion of Democratic causes, including union organizing, workers’ rights and a $15-an-hour minimum wage."

eliminated nearly all of Minnesota's abortion restrictions

protected gender-affirming care for transgender youth

legalized the recreational use of marijuana

"free school meals to children, free tuition at public colleges for students whose families earn less than $80,000 a year, a paid family and medical leave program, health insurance regardless of immigration status, gun violence prevention, abortion rights protections, voting rights expansion and more"

Feel free to add more.

[sher-ee]

Rise up people! Vote BLUE.

[reasonsforhope]

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed a first-of-its-kind state law Monday aimed at protecting LGBTQ+ students from having their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression revealed by schools without consent.

The SAFETY Act prohibits schools from enforcing policies that forcibly out a student and shields teachers and other school staff from retaliation if they refuse to obey such policies. 

The new law makes California the first state to ban outing policies, according to the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus.

Chris Ward, a San Diego Democrat who first introduced the bill in the California Legislature, said in a statement Monday that the SAFETY Act combats a rise in politically motivated attacks on queer and transgender students nationwide. 

"While some school districts have adopted policies to forcibly out students, the SAFETY Act ensures that discussions about gender identity remain a private matter within the family,” Ward said. “As a parent, I urge all parents to talk to their children, listen to them, and love them unconditionally for who they are."

The law’s enactment came nearly a year after Tony Thurmond, the state superintendent of public instruction, said he was forcibly removed from a local school board meeting where he was opposing a district's proposed outing policy, which was eventually blocked in court. 

“Our teachers can now focus on teaching the critical academic skills that our students need to succeed, not on policing the gender identities of children,” Thurmond said in a statement Monday."

-via USA Today, July 16, 2024

[mikewheelerfan2022]

At this point I’m convinced the majority of people promoting voting for a third party are Russian bots. Voting third party fixes NOTHING and only takes away votes from Harris. You want third party? Wait until 2028. Hopefully Trump will be dead by then and it’ll be actually safe to do so. But this election is the most important in American history. VOTE BLUE

[smashing-yng-man]

[nyancrimew]

i'm a us liberal and i think you're cool

i highly doubt you're a liberal then and just think liberal = leftist which it very much does not

[sofiaflorina2021]

Here is What Democrats Are Fighting For

Vote Blue, Vote Democrat! 💙🇺🇲

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[living400lbs]

"I had carefully studied the House calendar before I ran for office. I tallied the number of days required in Washington, D.C., the longest stretch that I would be away from my children, and how the district work periods in my community could match up with my kids’ school vacation schedules.

I failed to have the insider knowledge, however, that the House “schedule” was not a way of marking fixed times and set patterns. Voting times and days were merely aspirational, and politicians can definitely be counted on to fall short of their aspirations."

From I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan by US Rep Katie Porter

[thenameisgul]

[destiel-news-network]

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[worldspotlightnews]

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