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CaptainPsyko posted:Preet Bharara can never run for president. how did the Peralta meeting go? i hear it was packed
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get that OUT of my face posted:look, a man can dream, dammit poo poo was lit. The center got filled and overflowed into the street. Out on the street there were like 20 pro-IDC dorks versus what felt like dozens upon dozens of anti-IDC folks. Peralta escaped out the back door, the coward.
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if the Post is correct (tall task, i know), Peralta did it for a raise of $25k. that makes sense because a guy at Hamilton's office also told me he did it for the money, specifically for projects he wanted to establish in his district. and Alcantara's campaign was directly funded by the IDC supposedly four more are thinking of jumping ship, which makes me think that there's also a problem with Senate Dem leadership
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First local political campaign I got really involved in was Ken Thompson 
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So like... all the members of the IDC are from NYC. I sense... primary challenges.
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Not a NY state goon, but a friend of mine put together this video on NY state politics. He's planning to do a few more introductory videos about getting involved in local politics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZDhef9b_Ys
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Grondoth posted:So like... all the members of the IDC are from NYC.
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get that OUT of my face posted:Sen. Simcha Felder (kinda/sorta/not really D): Who are you thinking of?
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Cuddly Tumblemumps posted:Who are you thinking of? he got elected in 2016, so i highly doubt he's going to run against Felder the first chance he gets get that OUT of my face has issued a correction as of 09:36 on Feb 6, 2017 |
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Feb 6, 2017 09:34
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Is Carlos Menchaca good or bad?
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butros posted:Is Carlos Menchaca good or bad?
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get that OUT of my face posted:David Schwartz, the male district leader for Dov Hikind's assembly district. he's about as left-wing as we are economically, which makes him the rough equivalent of Stalin over there. and god knows that district needs someone like that- Borough Park has slightly more people living in poverty than East New York Figured so much.  Have watched Schwartz's campaign with some interest given all the factors you've touched upon. If there's enough support gathered for economic stuff with younger frum people in the district he might have a chance, if things get bad enough to give such an upset room to happen.
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Return to Democrats or Resign, Petition Urges Sen. Jose Peralta drat he sounds like such a loving shithead. quote:The petition was filed Saturday morning by Will Sweeney, a community activist and filmmaker from Jackson Heights following a town hall meeting Friday night where Peralta was grilled by residents after joining the Independent Democratic Conference.
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he's my loving state senator, i guess i'll drop by his office
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What's the impetus for the growth of the IDC? I can understand a few breakaways depending on district, but with all the NYC ones I would think that would leave them vulnerable to primary challenges, especially in this now heated political climate. Or am I wrongly equating local and national politics?
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Aurubin posted:What's the impetus for the growth of the IDC? I can understand a few breakaways depending on district, but with all the NYC ones I would think that would leave them vulnerable to primary challenges, especially in this now heated political climate. Or am I wrongly equating local and national politics? From what I understand, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, it's fueled by the Democrats being so utterly terrible to that splitting off into their own block is an improvement even for those who are left-aligned.
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Part of it is definitely the Dem Senate leadership being totally ineffective, and part of it is that IDC members are given a chair or co-chair position, which bumps their salary by 40%.
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Aurubin posted:What's the impetus for the growth of the IDC? I can understand a few breakaways depending on district, but with all the NYC ones I would think that would leave them vulnerable to primary challenges, especially in this now heated political climate. Or am I wrongly equating local and national politics? The IDC isn't about ideology it's about power. (And money.) Don't think of the IDC as the Dems that are going to vote to break the filibuster on Gorsuch in a few weeks. Think of them as a group of Dems that are angry that the other Dems who they mostly agree with are in charge for reasons that have everything to do with politics and nothing to do with policy and so they have taken their ball and gone to sit in the middle.
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New York is a terrible place to get into politics. Everywhere you go outside of working class NYC is run by a machine of some sort. The north shore of LI is pretty much a closed-door plutocratic boys club. The south shore is a loving Mob fief, too. Now I live in Buffalo, and the loving Mayor runs as a Democrat and a Republican AT THE SAME TIME. Aaaaaaghhhh
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Well, that's cause there was no Republican challenger. But yeah, this state is full of clubs and cliques and power brokers. I don't think local politics in Buffalo is impenetrable, though. It seems less back-room deals for most things and more kinda... confusion and disarray.
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it sorta feels like we're at the cusp of a turning point, but we're not there yet. arguably, we were closer before this spat of defections to the IDC. fwiw i heard Stewart-Cousins is a terrible leader and she probably needs to face some sort of backlash for this happening on her watch while she says things decrying it while doing nothing to prevent it. Gianaris probably needs to go too the Village Voice wrote a good piece about Alcantara (they still write good articles, i guess!) money quote: quote:“Too often when legislators of color make decisions based on helping their constituents, they are demonized and accused of having a financial motivation,” Alcantara said in a statement to the Voice. “That’s what’s happening here, and it’s racist.” edit: some other rotten bones to chew on. organizations with money will gently caress up a constitutional convention, but here's a hint: it's not the kind Cuomo is thinking of  i didn't do a write-up of Ruben Diaz Sr. but i should, he's a piece of poo poo 
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That's the craziest goddamn thing I think I've ever heard.
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get that OUT of my face posted:it sorta feels like we're at the cusp of a turning point, but we're not there yet. arguably, we were closer before this spat of defections to the IDC. fwiw i heard Stewart-Cousins is a terrible leader and she probably needs to face some sort of backlash for this happening on her watch while she says things decrying it while doing nothing to prevent it. Gianaris probably needs to go too Gianaris is my state senator, but I don't know a ton about him policy-wise. What's your take on him?
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unbutthurtable posted:Gianaris is my state senator, but I don't know a ton about him policy-wise. What's your take on him? As with most New York dems, it isn't about policy, really; if you can deal with all the other incentives swirling around, he'll generally vote the right way. But as the chair of the state democratic senate campaign committee, he hasn't been particularly effective, nor has he been very good in his role as a member of leadership on the floor. And there's also the fact that he and Klein are at each other's throats over various petty bullshit which has made bringing the IDC home more challenging than it needs to be.
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I wasn't aware the attorney general had standing to introduce legislation.
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I think he's promoting it at a conference right now - I've seen this from other Democratic AG's though too, for instance this from Jim Hood of Mississippi.
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back in november i linked to a really great interview the New York Slant, City & State's podcast, did with Schneiderman but it looks like they took it down. he talked about movement building vs. "transactional" politics, a subtle dig at clinton and cuomo. old link i posted is dead now, i don't see it on their iTunes page either
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The march on 2/17 (National Strike Day I think?) seems to be the next big protest (if anyone knows of any others, especially with a immigrant/refugee focus, please let me know). Hope to see as many of you guys and gals out there as possible.
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My friend is attempting to collect all of the activist activities on one page: http://brokelyn.com/week-activism-know-rights-party/
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Shageletic posted:The march on 2/17 (National Strike Day I think?) seems to be the next big protest (if anyone knows of any others, especially with a immigrant/refugee focus, please let me know). Check out Make the Road New York for info on immigrant and refugee rights rallies -- Twitter, Website.
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did i mention how loving much i hate cuomo https://twitter.com/politicony/status/829415599780593665
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get that OUT of my face posted:did i mention how loving much i hate cuomo so I went back to refresh my memory of how we were stuck with Cuomo: -so obama told Paterson to drop out -Cuomo ran unopposed, a la Hillary? I.e. Keeping viable contenders out of the running? -dude barely wins reelection, 54% -now he wants to be president I guess and is triangulating the gently caress out of his policies? -uuuuughghhhhgghggh
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and he announced his candidacy on the steps of the tweed courthouse. I said to myself "surely that is not named for the infamously corrupt democratic politician boss tweed, of whom I had learned a great deal about in social studies classes stretching back to fourth loving grade"
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Part of me is hoping that the 2016 election cycle has created a deep resentment for any NY-based politicians On the other hand they're already trying to promote Chelsea Clinton as the upcoming Savior of the Democratic Party so gently caress
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Tbf gillibrand is actually pretty cool
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Literal Blue Dog Coalition member Kirsten Gillibrand She's better than Schumer but god she'd be Clinton redux as a presidential candidate and get savagely owned
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:Tbf gillibrand is actually pretty cool nah
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She voted against more of trumps cabinet picks than warren and Bernie Not saying she's got the socialist bona fides that they do but lol if you think she's a conservative senator
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