It's so funny being a diehard for the Democrats no matter what. It's like being a fan of Live Nation.

I understand this rationalization, but after 2 cycles of running “moral, principled leadership” and institutional rule of law, it’s politically incoherent and hypocritical, two things dems can’t afford right now. This makes the case against Trump more difficult, to save his son. It’s bad leadership

I agree it’s a hit job. Doesn’t change the fact that pardoning him because it was “political” erodes trust even further in the justice system and affirms Trumps claims that it was weaponized against him. It’s also visibly inauthentic and elitist, part of why dems have lost working class voters.

Great insight- you changed my mind. Now I support “rules for thee, not for me” and the wrongful incarceration of thousands of minorities for the exact same crimes and behaviors his son has exhibited. Thank you for your input.

Joe Biden spent significant portions of his career trying to bolster policing and jailing for poor people and minorities. Pardoning his son is both foolish and incredibly selfish, and is a gift to the right wing. Dems need to be running away from elitism, not embodying it so brazenly

The logic of neoliberalism includes the idea that the only function of government is to protect the free market and private property.

It’s not contradictory that the only thing they want to fund is military and police and the intelligence agencies. It’s explicitly part of what neoliberalism is.

25 and 35% tariffs on trading partners that add up to 41% of our total trade, plus hundreds of thousands of low wage workers, many in agriculture, being removed from the country by force. Is Trump an accelerationist?

Such a glaring sign that their worldview is built through incentivisation and is directly contradictory to the way humans build relationships on a very base level

About fuckin time. International law should apply to all. It should not be a tool for western exceptionalism.
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This is one of the most important things Dems need to take away from this election. Not only are you surrendering every narrative and playing defense constantly, you also look inauthentic and weak.

BREAKING:

House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.

America's attitudes toward criminal justice are inextricably tied to crime shows and the fact that a lot of people (generally those with conservative/authoritarian attitudes) are unable to tell the difference between fiction and real life

someone needs to put this in a development economics lecture

Well said. The ivory tower of the DC bubble is felt throughout their entire platform- from policy to messaging to the “holier than thou” outreach and manicured approach to social media. People want authentic leadership that will fix their problems, they don’t care about institutions or lesser evils.

Nancy mace has that “removed from the PTA meeting for threatening to kill someone” energy

Is this a joke? People are not to blame for her campaign failures. If she didn’t want a culture war, she should have offered meaningful change and wide reaching, popular policy. Instead, she ran on focus grouped half promises and kowtowed to the donor class. Terrible analysis.

I do love a man who can fill a conservative with birdshot 🫡

Dick Cheney is taking up all the tent space

I give it 6 months, both of them crave being the complete center of attention but Elon is now disposable and Trump has all the cards

Democrats need to realign their vision if they want any chance at recapturing working class voters. Dangling focus group carrots-on-sticks will not work, you need a wide-reaching and materialist agenda that resonates with all Americans. Keeping the donor class happy cannot continue being priority #1

LeBron James Denies Son Receiving Preferential Treatment When Being Lifted Up To Dunk LOS ANGELES—Emphasizing that he treated the 20-year-old the same as any other rookie, Lakers power forward LeBron James denied Wednesday that his son Bronny received preferential treatment when he lif...

LeBron James Denies Son Receiving Preferential Treatment When Being Lifted Up To Dunk

Ones got a “block all dweebs” feature, the other ones got an “algorithmically boost all dweebs” feature

Probably got 4x after you subtract the bots on twitter

One of the best things about this platform is the lack of god awful AI images on everything. Refreshing to see real art and photography!

Yes, let’s get away from extreme left politics like “I love Liz Cheney, I own a Glock, more immigration restrictions, most lethal military, kill every Palestinian please, frack me harder.” Gonna lose in 2028 again unless they purge dipshits like you