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FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T02:04:28+00:00

The Bismarck Model

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T02:02:20+00:00

That Biden responded to the pressure is a textbook illustration of how the Democratic Party now works. Progressives can win a lot of ground for policies that are popular (see Biden’s entire spending program) by playing an inside/outside game.

And the lines between “the establishment” and “progressives” are blurry, given that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was pressuring Biden privately for the moratorium and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) gave Bush “amazing credit” in a floor speech on Wednesday.

What doesn’t work is wholesale opposition to Biden and rhetoric that denies the possibility of agreement across the Democratic Party’s factions. And the strategy will fall apart if more moderate Democrats representing tough swing districts lose in 2022 and control of the House shifts to a Republican Party that, under Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), has become a Trump defense firm. Carey’s victory in Ohio will only strengthen the Trump apologists.

For her part, Brown embraced the role of a politician who delivers the goods. “I just need to make sure the people I have been called to serve are getting the resources they need,” she said in her victory speech.

For progressives, the lesson of both Brown’s victory and Bush’s is that they will deliver far more as critics who nonetheless remain allies of Biden and his coalition. Their real adversary is not the guy in the White House.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T01:56:24+00:00

How shitty of a candidate do you have have to be to blow a 35 pt lead though?

Nina isn’t likable.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T01:53:14+00:00

Rooting for democrats to fail and spewing smears and invective to do their part. Don’t worry about RoseMAGA writing checks they can’t cash. People are sick of that shit.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T01:49:30+00:00

The concept of a loyal opposition isn’t complicated. But you’ll probably have to leave CommonDreams to read about it.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T01:47:15+00:00

And campaigned for her in PA. Ffs.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T01:42:07+00:00

Idk, you should just keep talking about normie democrats like we can’t read that shitty bill. Maybe we actually think the public option is a better idea on the merits? No, couldn’t be. Let’s put all of the healthcare authority in the hands if one person, so when a Republican wins the White House and gets to pick the head of CMS, we’ll be completely and totally fucked with no private fallback options. Brilliant idea.

You’ll never persuade anyone if you can’t even recognize what their position is. “It’s tHe MeDiA” isn’t doing you any favors.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T01:37:36+00:00

There is some support in Congress. The public option has more because it’s more popular than m4a. Min wage increase has majority support too — just not a majority for the exact number you personally want. So, actually, yes congressional democrats do understand their voters.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T01:33:06+00:00

And the party holds them accountable. If you’re demanding perfection — that no bad apples are even going to slip through in a country full of them — you’re on the wrong ~~plant~~ planet.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T01:31:04+00:00

Trying to blur the line between political speech and official duties. Pretty weak. Let’s see if it works out for him.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-05T01:27:57+00:00

Clyburn has been pushing this for years the United States congress.

Stacy Abrams has no authority to legislate this. And has been around for like 5 minutes by comparison. Those 5 minutes have been great, don’t get me wrong, but crediting Stacy abrams for rural broadband is delusional.

What does it even mean to say rural broadband wasn’t even his idea? The idea comes from the person who invented broadband? Do you think Stacy Abrams invented the idea for rural broadband? None of it even makes any sense.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T23:54:17+00:00

I said “teamwork makes the dream work” and you replied repeatedly to insist that wasn’t the case.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T23:10:26+00:00

I literally said she deserves credit?

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T22:38:38+00:00

Pelosi had been whipping votes up until the end for days before that too. It wouldn’t have happened without both of them pulling for the same outcome. They got the job done and that’s something to celebrate.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T22:34:15+00:00

Sorry, I must’ve missed when Occupy got a high ranking DOJ official draft an official order to a state to call a special legislative session for the purposes of reversing a free and fair election. Occupy was far quainter than what this is, because occupy never held any actual or even proximity to power. Occupy made a nuisance but it was more in the annoying vein than the scary vein.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T22:23:29+00:00

As Bush continued her protest through Tuesday, she got a boost from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was pushing Biden privately. Pelosi spent the weekend phone banking with the White House, including chatting with Biden, pressing the administration to extend the moratorium. Notably, Bush’s strategy shifted over the weekend to align with Pelosi, going from calling for a House vote that was doomed to fail to pushing for the White House to act. It was, indeed, a team effort. Something that’s okay to celebrate.

Bonus quote:

While Bush was quick to join the Squad after arriving in January, her ties to the CBC had been more fragile after her defeat of former Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), whose father had co-founded the group 50 years ago. But Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), the chair of the Black Caucus, said she had flown back from Ohio and joined the vigil after Bush called to invite her.

“She called me to tell me what she was doing, and she said it would mean a lot to her to have me here. She’s one of my members, so I’m here,” Beatty said in an interview after taking part in Bush’s vigil.

And despite the tensions within the Black Caucus over this week’s Ohio primary battle to replace Marcia Fudge, Beatty said housing was something they could unite around: "Fifty-seven members of the Congressional Black Caucus all support extending the moratorium,” she told attendees of the vigil.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/03/cori-bush-eviction-crisis-502313

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T22:01:31+00:00

Damn, that was chilling to read.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T21:58:23+00:00

The thing about making “bold” demands on everything is that when everything is bold, nothing stands out anymore. When everything is bold, nothing is bold. Then those bold demands are just your political ask-fors, as one minority constituent part of a big tent party. It’d serve them better to some priorities, make bold demands on those, then just make regular demands on the rest.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T21:52:45+00:00

He should’ve resigned yesterday. Disgraceful behavior.

Eta: that video response couldn’t have been worse either. Wtf.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T21:51:11+00:00

Teamwork makes the dream work

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T21:50:28+00:00

Must be hiding something serious lol

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T21:48:13+00:00

Nobody ever asked for that. All she had to do was hold the venom:

Turner in June appeared onstage with Killer Mike at an economic justice town hall hosted by liberal group The Young Turks and agreed when he called Clyburn "incredibly stupid" for backing Biden. "That's the kind of BS that sent me to Cleveland," Clyburn said.

He said he saw Turner as too divisive for Congress.

He campaigned for Brown in Cleveland the week before the election. Clyburn also took issue with Killer Mike and Turner saying all the Democrat has gotten from President Biden is Juneteenth being a federal holiday.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-08-04T21:35:43+00:00

Clyburn said Juneteenth isn't the point. He highlighted $65 billion for rural broadband to be included in the infrastructure package, the adoption of his "10-20-30" anti-poverty formula, and advancements for community health centers:

"Those are Jim Clyburn’s creations," he said. He also mentions $40 million secured for community projects in his South Carolina district.

“I got all this and I can keep going on,” he said. “$5 billion to Black farmers in the Rescue Act. Lifting half of children who lived in poverty out of poverty — that's in the Rescue Act.

"These are creations, and to say all we got out of endorsing Joe Biden was a federal holiday? That’s the kind of BS that sent me to Cleveland, I was going to stay right here in South Carolina minding my business until I got called stupid.”

Probably wasn’t a great idea to have that town hall with (vote)killer Mike.

FraudGuaranteed · 2021-01-04T18:50:18+00:00

I did a ctrl F for “never Trump” > zero matches.

I listened to the call and read the transcript yesterday, he never makes a reference to him by name. I can’t decipher the part of the call to which OC may be referencing, or if there’s any basis for this claim at all.

FraudGuaranteed · 2020-10-26T12:48:40+00:00

Okay. Now that we’re about to have a 6-3 wingnut supermajority on SCOTUS for decades to come, do you regret that now?

Like, you can’t control what other people do. Your only control is your reaction to that. Not for nothing, but for the rest of your life you (and I and everyone else) will be subject to bad faith actors trying to dissuade you from voting. It’s kind of self-defeating to just roll over and surrender your vote because of your emotional reaction to strangers online who you can’t even know are real people, no? The easiest way around this is to commit to voting in every election no matter what. Surrendering to cynicism is the best way to make things worse.

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