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The Democrats used to have a President called FDR who was elected four times in massive landslides with a program of economic populism and massive investment in infrastructure and social programs. The Party elites today barely know who he was and despise everything he stood for.

Donald Trump was elected by Americans to defend the interests of Americans. The question we, as Europeans, must ask ourselves is, are we ready to defend the interests of Europeans?

People can analyze, hypothesize, blame Dems till they are blue in the face. None of it matters. This is the game right here. Misinformation works. Those that believed misinformation voted Trump. Those that believed the truth voted Harris. There is NO candidate that can

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That was a cataclysm. Electoral map wipeout. Senate D practical ceiling is now 52 seats. R's is 62. Time to rebuild the left. We are out of touch with the crisis of meaning/purpose fueling MAGA. We refuse to pick big fights. Our tent is too small. 1/ Some early thoughts:

7/ Meanwhile, men tumble into a different kind of identity crisis, as the patriarchy, society's primary organizing paradigm for centuries, rightly crashes. The right pushes an alluring dial back. The left says "get over it". Again, a refusal to listen/offer responsible solutions.

9/ Real economic populism should be our tentpole. But here's the thing - then you need to let people into the tent who aren't 100% on board with us on every social and cultural issue, or issues like guns or climate.

10/ Those are hard things for the left. A firm break with neoliberalism. Listen to poor and rural people, men in crisis. Don't decide for them. Pick fights. Embrace populism. Build a big tent. Be less judgmental. But we are beyond small fixes.

I was assured by so many people that the only lesson any Dems would draw from a loss would be to shift right, but here's a senator clearly trying to position ahead of 2028, going right out of the gate with basically Bernie was right and neoliberalism broke the country.

Wow. Democratic senator says the quiet part loud and admits why the party is terrified of populism: “populism is bad for our high-income base.”

Spent last week licking wounds. Now it's time to get to work. Some thoughts on the path forward. In short, we need to rebuild the left. No band aids. Admit that our policies don't connect with people emotionally. Stop being so afraid of populist fights. Build a bigger tent.

Bernie Sanders responds to Nancy Pelosi's statement that "I don't respect him saying that the Democratic Party has abandoned the working class." SANDERS: "We have not even brought forth legislation to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, despite the fact that some 20 million

No part of me is shocked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one the the VERY FEW elected Dems doing anything at all right now to speak to constituents in a real way. Thank you, Congresswoman.

Should Sonia Sotomayor retire? Sure. Of course she should, don't be stupid. Will she? No. Of course not, don't be stupid. Democrats lack the strength and the will to play hardball with the Supreme Court. It's why we fail. My latest in The Nation thenation.com/article/politi…

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How can anyone read Jack Smith's report and not realize how broken and corrupt the justice system is that someone accused of doing those things could successfully run out the clock with the help of compromised judges and be placed back in a position of power.

I think the change in WaPo's slogan from “Democracy Dies in Darkness”to "Riveting Storytelling for All of America” says just about all we need to know about the demise of America's press.

call me a shitlib but I do not think kamala harris would have done this

DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER somehow this is the first time i have seen anybody point out the obvious fact that the United States Federal Government being a slow, immovable, redundant bureaucracy is kind of the whole point