GalacticAcid posted:

Obama's Lost Army: He built a grassroots machine of two million supporters eager to fight for change. Then he let it die. This is the untold story of Obama’s biggest mistake—and how it paved the way for Trump.

Nonsense posted:

https://twitter.com/JStein_Vox/status/877957875049545728

https://twitter.com/JStein_Vox/status/877963593253126144

Willa Rogers posted:

wanna smack that smug smirk outta schumer

Shear Modulus posted:

The Emmett Rensin LARB essay someone posted was a good takedown of this modern liberal technocrat castng of politics as nonpolitical and differences in policy only possibly coming from conservatives being dumb, not because their ideology is to kill the poor.

GalacticAcid posted:

States that expanded Medicaid saw increased political population among the poor while states that did not expand Medicaid saw lessened participation.

Also, the retarded Democrats hosed themselves by not complying with the terms of the National Voter Registration Act:

GalacticAcid posted:

Reconstruction has historically not been good for the Democrats.

Bust posted:

It’s hard to quantify how much damage the Sanders-Clinton primary did to HRC’s image — Bordo places much of the blame at his feet. Bordo writes about the way Sanders branded his opponent as an establishment figure, a tool of Wall Street, and not a “real progressive” to his young support-base, many of whom did not know otherwise, and quickly grew to despise her.

SKULL.GIF posted:

https://twitter.com/NuclearTakes/status/879442754308378624

fits my needs posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/879732537844740097

FAKE NEWS BAD

Matt Zerella posted:

https://twitter.com/johnastoehr/status/879806842544807941

loving

ThndrShk2k posted:

News on the Ranked Choice vote in Maine

Dem controlled House voted to keep it.
So some more votes later this week.

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/felixgilman/status/880098671853023232

Frijolero posted:

https://twitter.com/onesarahjones/status/880776113357770753

Prof. Lurker posted:

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/884770144765059073

me

Frijolero posted:

Raskolnikov38 posted:

well if this doesn't encapsulate 2016 I dunno what would

Shear Modulus posted:

ok but what does it look like without the They Live glasses

Scent of Worf posted:

stop pretending you care about healthcare, berniebro. you're just virtue signaling

https://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/887845537122308096

loquacius posted:

a lawyer

with a political science degree

No but seriously good on Chucky Shoom for making Candice Aiston this mad

I sincerely hope she does run for office. That sounds like awesomely good theater.

I want a debate moderator to ask her to defend this tweet and read out every single "gently caress YOU", out loud, slowly, with a gravely concerned tone and facial expression

GalacticAcid posted:

https://twitter.com/DemocracyValues/status/889527933882302464

lmao

SKULL.GIF posted:

https://twitter.com/thug_lessons/status/889887009560563712

Scent of Worf posted:

https://twitter.com/DavidOAtkins/status/895449710185529344

rofl

Main Paineframe posted:

they lay out a simple four-part platform that they think the Dems should follow:

1) "transcend [...] class and cultural divisions" - stop talking about race and class, abandon social issues altogether, "take seriously" rural concerns about immigration bringing in crime and diluting America's national character

2) "reclaim economic hope and progress" - spur economic growth and innovation by lowering taxes, deregulating everything, free trade, and pouring lots of public money into corporate welfare. come up with a way to "upskill" workers without sending them to college. and, to quote their site verbatim: "Rather than centering on economic victimhood and business-bashing, our narrative should inspire confidence in power of a free people to innovate, reinvent their economy and adopt progressive policies to equip everyone to get ahead in the knowledge age."

3) "restore trust in government" - deregulate everything, remove bureaucratic obstacles to business innovation, put as much power and policy in the hands of state and local governments as possible. infrastructure should be built by public-private partnerships, not federal dollars. "empower" poor people with technology, and embrace a "new, 21st Century model for public schools" (i.e., charter schools)

4) "Close the security gap" - Dems are too weak and soft on terror and national security. they should increase military funding, demonstrate the strength of our armed forces at every opportunity, and "give no quarter to Islamist terrorists"