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No. Our politicians betray us with far more consistency than the GOP does theirs. GOP runs on what they're going to do, then they do it.* Remember the "MASS DEPORTATION" signs their voters waved at every rally? Ours ran on saving democracy then gave it away.
* Don't @ me about the price of eggs.

I once kept a sub to the Atlantic just to read Adam. Today I set up a new trial account just to confirm my worst suspicion that he'd claim work @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been doing for years, at risk to her own safety. Tracks with the misogyny of the magazine perfectly. For shame.

Helpful observations, Adam. But I'm shocked & disappointed that you fail to cite @sarahkendzior.bsky.social. She's been on the case for years, with two esteemed books analyzing this very topic. Selfish move, dude, not to elevate a woman facing death threats for her impeccable scholarship.

The party needs a gut reno. The crypt-keeper neolibs need to release their grip, and stop suppressing their most vibrant stars like the Squad and other progressives.

Of course! I don't expect accountability from the GOP, it being a party of aspiring fascists for the past 30 years or so. I did expect it from the Dems. Now it's clear that no one's coming to save us. It's the people or it's no one

We elected Biden on the promise of accountability for Jan 6, and reversal of the eroding of democracy. They flat out lied.

Henry Kissinger got the Nobel Peace Prize after butchering 100,000s of civilians. Donald Trump faced no changes for insurrection and treason. Powerful white men have crafted a socio-political order that grants them absolute impunity regardless of their crimes.

The same people who ran the trials of Donald Trump, Josh Hawley, and Steve Bannon for insurrection, treason, conspiracy to cause vandalism, theft & assault on law enforcement, wire fraud, incitement, etc.

In other words, someone who will refrain from holding elite criminals to account, leading us right back to fascism on 2032.

I didn't mean the President needs to be Jewish - I was referring to Dem Party leadership more broadly. Regardless, I'm afraid what you're describing will happen as soon as AIPAC isn't calling the shots. The rigid policing of Jewish identity really breaks me. Argument was once core to our DNA.

Why oh why do these men never grow up?

That would be my dream team. I didn't mean a Jew needed to be president, just a high-visibility leader in the party. The anti-Chuck.

I am so anti-exceptionalist that I'd rather agree with you than not.

Apostrophe is forgiven; point stands; Lisa shall rule us all.

Like, "I can vote against funding Israel and for rebuilding Gaza because this Jewish person has open up the permission structure to criticize Israel."

Listen - I could be wrong. As a Jew, I feel like a big part of my job is to draw fire from Christians and Muslims who get body slammed with accusations of antisemitism, by insisting that my Jewish values demand an end to occupation and apartheid. So logic is that a Jew offers cover. 1/2

Sadly, historians are as likely to be analyzing why the Dems squandered an unprecedented opportunity to transform the country because too many in leadership are attached to AIPAC and finance/tech bro money.

The Dems appear entirely uninterested in leaning into their victories, more concerned with making sure white daddy still believes they're real men.

I think it will only work if it's a Jew. Not that Pritzker won't face the same false accusations of antisemitism, but he's got the pugnaciousness and the birthright to defy them.

Thank you. And how about the fact that I had to find out the truth about the Iranian war ship bombing from an actual antisemite?

I get that you're not the person in charge, but surely you comprehend the deliberate discrediting of the story right in the headline. I am sorry this is your job, and I don't blame you if you need it.

Right?

These are the Blue MAGAs who need desperately not to understand that criminal trials of leading insurrectionists under Biden never happened, and that is why we're here today.

I think the rule of thumb is that every unspeakable tragedy provokes moments of undeniable hilarity.

First read: "the sacred ritual of cooking and eating each other."

Being queer AF and raised by women, it's been a slow lesson for me too. Even my early exposure to lesbian separatists did not convey the degree to which misogyny is hegemonic among straight men. Of course the irony is I was the "man hater," when in fact I was simply man-indifferent.

It definitely rivals the ascent of a syphilitic carny to the presidency as punishment for the Black guy.

Doing lines and planting potatoes on the kolkhoz sounds good to me.

That's good.🏆