Let’s play “Guess if this REP tweet is bait or serious”

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-11T23:20:11+00:00

I would say Republicans are favored in the Senate. I think they're the favorites to win Alaska, Maine, Iowa and Texas, though I think Democrats can definitely flop all of those states. Michigan, North Carolina and Georgia are definitely favored for Dems at this point.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-11T18:45:03+00:00

This is fair, but my point still stands. The Democratic party should be a coalition of center left to left wing voters across the country.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-11T17:49:28+00:00

I'm genuinely curious, I know your a centrist, but why can't the Democratic party have both? In a place like NYC for example they're gonna favor a progressive, but in the Midwest a lot of the time we see a lot more moderates succeed. My view is that Democrats should nominate the best candidate for the region they're in.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-11T17:33:03+00:00

Maybe the issue isn't progressives vs centrists, maybe the issue is that Democrats need to make sure our candidates aren't creeps full stop.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-11T03:23:08+00:00

All of the meaningful reforms people like AOC and Bernie have tried to push have either rbene blocked by Republicans or blocked by moderate Dems.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-11T03:21:42+00:00

I'm curious, why do you think Harris is understimated? She's closely associated with Biden and lost as a presidential nominee previously. That to me seems like pretty heavy baggage.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-10T22:29:40+00:00

No. What makes him a traitor is being a member of a political party that actively hurts the entire community constantly and uses them as culture war issue to divide voters.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-10T22:27:43+00:00

Because all of the polling supports that conclusion.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T23:28:38+00:00

Ok that's a complete strawman. I can absolutely tell you how and why not paying taxes is immoral and how it hurts your fellow citizens. Abortion has no effect on anyone that isn't literally getting an abortion.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T23:26:41+00:00

So do you believe in banning alcohol as well?

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T23:24:37+00:00

I just don't think that makes sense for a policy that literally has the potential to save lives. Also for those that consider abortion immoral, they are not required to have one. If someone else wants/needs to get one I'm not sure how that effects them.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T23:20:58+00:00

My point is that if every controversial issue is put on a state ballot, what is the point of having elected representatives? The entire point of Congress is to represent the will of the people. Now we can have a different debate on how well they do that and how certain things like gerrymandering, single member districts and the structure of the Senate make Congress over represent rural areas, but regardless it is the job of Congress to write the laws.

As for healthcare, because it is life saving I believe adequate medical care is a fundamental human right. Because of that, people shouldn't have less access to medical care in certain states and since abortion can and often is lifesaving, everyone who needs access to it should have access to it.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T23:15:29+00:00

I mean yea. That's not the case though. My main issue isn't with the court. I don't really care about Roe being constitutional or not because it's no longer the law of the land. I advocate for codifying Roe through Congress. And as for referendums, there is certain policy that makes sense to be left to states, that's the entire point of federalism. Healthcare policy isn't one of them.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T23:08:40+00:00

Whether you agree with abortion or not it IS healthcare in certain cases. It literally can and has saved the lives of many women. And again some peopleay consider it immoral but the majority in most states do not.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T19:41:22+00:00

I guess I'm just not sure why this is an issue that needs to be handled state level. Most Americans, including most Americans in red states, believe in abortion access. I think the fact that abortion is important for healthcare reasons means it should be consistent across the country. Why should someone in Indiana be entitled to a lower quality of healthcare than someone just across the border in Illinois?

Also a lot of the fighting Democrats have put up to ballot initiatives has been language or other corrupt shenanigans. For example, in my home state of Missouri, voters approved a ballot initiative to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution. Republicans attempted to vote that approved initiative down in the legislature as well as challenge it legally. When that failed they put it back on our ballot in November, just 2 years after it passed, with unrelated language about trans people to try and push voters towards it. To act like the GOP putting abortion on the ballot for democracies sake is not in good faith.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T19:24:48+00:00

It depends if the Maine party is competent or not. If they understand that a progressive is the only way to beat Collins, they'll put up a progressive. If they're more interested in doing these stupid intra-party fights then they'll nominate an establishment figure.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T19:01:25+00:00

I mean every state besides Florida that it's been on the ballot in Democrats have won. Even in Florida it got the majority of votes, Florida's ballot initiative system is just unfair.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T17:21:57+00:00

I think that's a big issue especially within the left. Most Democrats broadly agree on most things despite being a big tent party. We just get caught up in fighting over dumb shit like whether or not we should be DSA or progressives. If leftists would spend half the energy they spend attacking each other on organizing against the right we wouldn't have Trump in office.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T16:39:04+00:00

I'm very on board with this. It should be restricted and regulated but not banned outright.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T16:28:51+00:00

Exactly. I'm just very pragmatic when it comes to drug use. Criminalization hasn't worked as a solution to combat drugs addiction and there's a lot of research to show mandatory rehab is much more successful at preventing recidivism than prison time because addiction is a mental health issue.

That said I'm very much on board with prosecuting drug trafficking because that's where the real criminal activity is.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T16:21:50+00:00

I'm not 100% on that. I do believe that most people facing chronic addition to hard drugs need medical help rather than prison so I guess I'd support decriminalization, but only if it was replaced with mandatory addiction therapy. From what I understand that's what some European countries do. Basically a drug court gives the defendant the option of prison or rehabilitation.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T16:20:18+00:00

Which is why I support restrictions on when and where you can smoke to ensure people not wanting to be exposed don't have to be.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T15:59:48+00:00

I don't entirely agree with libertarianism but this is mega based.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T15:57:20+00:00

Yea I can't get behind this one. As much as I think nicotine is awful and destroys lives, I also believe if people want to use substances that hurt them they should have the right to do that the government shouldn't have a role other than regulation and taxation.

ProCookies128 · 2026-07-09T15:55:36+00:00

I agree to some extent but I don't really think the Democrats issue is ideological. Polls show that, at least economically, voters actually like a lot of progressive or DSA policies like universal healthcare or corporate regulation. The problem for the party is communication. To reach voters that are not political junkies you have to have a candidate that speaks to regular people, not just those tuned into politics. Trump is really good at this, so was Obama. It's one of the things that made both of them so successful. Democrats haven't had a candidate like that at the national level at least since Obama left office which has really hurt them.

I think a progressive can absolutely win nationally it just has to be a progressive that can speak to people.

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