>> because Jones had his own ridiculous scandal that I won’t even bother repeating
Word.
As I said on the Sky: "This will sound crazy, and intellectually of course it's not true, but I think the one that gave me the most emotional satisfaction was Jay Jones convincingly winning the VA AG race, after all those ICE-worshiping MAGAts were on the fainting couch about his vIoLeNt!!!1! private texts."
Oh please baby Jeebus let the Dems get their collective shit together. Listen to us when we say we want younger and more diverse candidates in office. By now it has to be crystal clear that by doing so we represent all the different faces in this country.
It’s nice to go to bed knowing that democracy isn’t completely slipping away.
This I think will help at least for campaign strategy in a bunch of places, at least showing a winning path in New York. But I suspect there's going to have to be an "all of the above" campaign approach regionally. We will see.
I will repeat my caution from before; Mamdani is going to have to knock it out of the park on his response to the structural issues in New York City and actually getting the job done, because of Murc's Law.
Despite the wins, Schumer and Spanberger's atttitudes towards Mamdani show a blinkered mindset towards any change in the Democratic party... gonna have to deal with it now.
It seems to have finally dawned on trump that voters blame the repubs for the shutdown, but, as noted, he won't negotiate to end it. Even with last night's shellacking, he thinks that it's still a winning issue for him.
As for not being on the ballot, he wan't officially, but he endorsed a lot of candidates, most of whom, if not all, lost, and is constantly in the news, and makes everything about himself, including elections that he's not running in. So he was on the ballot, unofficially, that is.
The midterms are always a referendum on the sitting president, so he will definitely be unofficially on the ballot next year. Unless he gets his shit together to end the shutdown, restore SNAP benefits, restore the Obamacare subsidies, stop his tariff nonsense, and stop waging war on American cities, his second term will be over. He's incapable of getting his shit together, and no one around him is capable of making him do so, even if they wanted to.
Finally, what the ever loving fuck is wrong with mainstream Dems?
Well Rump certainly can’t do that. They will never let go of that power easily. However I do think that they will open the government but only under duress.
Change is hard, and what they see happening is an enormous change. But you need to adapt or die, and right now the Schumers and Jeffries of the world are agonal breathing.
Seems an all around rejection of Trump and his miserable party. Dems won every race, and in “safe” blue areas like NYC overperformed. Voters are sending a message, and Republicans should consider the wisdom of sticking by their demented creep monster—if we have free elections after this. Remember, their gerrymandering schemes only work if they can hold relatively tight red districts—if Dems overperform again, they’d end up flipping even more seats than the pre-gerrymandered map.
And shame on Schumer et al for not endorsing Mamdani the moment he won the nomination. He’s your damn nominee! If you seriously believe he’s antisemitic, show your receipts. If being critical of Israel is now disqualifying for even a local office, then our party is screwed. Israel gets no vote here.
Same people freaked out over DeBlasio and his two terms went just fine for wealthy New Yorkers. Not very smart about politics and governance, but maybe they spent too much time watching Fox News and believe all the bullshit.
Meantime Trump is actually decimating their fortunes by sinking the economy…unless they got in on the grift.
And the Massachussets 'millionaire tax' that people were screaming they would leave the state over but *surprise* did not that is now a source of state funding.
That’s what irritates me — how Mamdani’s background was weaponized so that certain well off voters could maintain their liberal cred when they were actually freaking out over his economic policies
>> because Jones had his own ridiculous scandal that I won’t even bother repeating
Word.
As I said on the Sky: "This will sound crazy, and intellectually of course it's not true, but I think the one that gave me the most emotional satisfaction was Jay Jones convincingly winning the VA AG race, after all those ICE-worshiping MAGAts were on the fainting couch about his vIoLeNt!!!1! private texts."
https://bsky.app/profile/bjkeefe.bsky.social/post/3m4vjhlcxdk2a
Cuomo to Trump: Please stop helping me, Bro’.
Oh please baby Jeebus let the Dems get their collective shit together. Listen to us when we say we want younger and more diverse candidates in office. By now it has to be crystal clear that by doing so we represent all the different faces in this country.
It’s nice to go to bed knowing that democracy isn’t completely slipping away.
I second that emotion! The path forward is clear, as is the message, “Lead, follow, or get the fuck out of the way!”
I'm very happy. Dems did a great job all around.
This I think will help at least for campaign strategy in a bunch of places, at least showing a winning path in New York. But I suspect there's going to have to be an "all of the above" campaign approach regionally. We will see.
I will repeat my caution from before; Mamdani is going to have to knock it out of the park on his response to the structural issues in New York City and actually getting the job done, because of Murc's Law.
And he’s going to come up against a lot of roadblocks like Obama did. Mayor of NYC is not a job I would want. Bless Mamdani for being the winner.
The groypers wanted personalist power now let them enjoy it.
Despite the wins, Schumer and Spanberger's atttitudes towards Mamdani show a blinkered mindset towards any change in the Democratic party... gonna have to deal with it now.
They should have dealt with it in 2016, but hindsight is 20/20
"Democrats Very Much In Array"
Despite the best efforts of the Dem Old-Guard.
It seems to have finally dawned on trump that voters blame the repubs for the shutdown, but, as noted, he won't negotiate to end it. Even with last night's shellacking, he thinks that it's still a winning issue for him.
As for not being on the ballot, he wan't officially, but he endorsed a lot of candidates, most of whom, if not all, lost, and is constantly in the news, and makes everything about himself, including elections that he's not running in. So he was on the ballot, unofficially, that is.
The midterms are always a referendum on the sitting president, so he will definitely be unofficially on the ballot next year. Unless he gets his shit together to end the shutdown, restore SNAP benefits, restore the Obamacare subsidies, stop his tariff nonsense, and stop waging war on American cities, his second term will be over. He's incapable of getting his shit together, and no one around him is capable of making him do so, even if they wanted to.
Finally, what the ever loving fuck is wrong with mainstream Dems?
Well Rump certainly can’t do that. They will never let go of that power easily. However I do think that they will open the government but only under duress.
Change is hard, and what they see happening is an enormous change. But you need to adapt or die, and right now the Schumers and Jeffries of the world are agonal breathing.
𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗩 – 𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲
Seems an all around rejection of Trump and his miserable party. Dems won every race, and in “safe” blue areas like NYC overperformed. Voters are sending a message, and Republicans should consider the wisdom of sticking by their demented creep monster—if we have free elections after this. Remember, their gerrymandering schemes only work if they can hold relatively tight red districts—if Dems overperform again, they’d end up flipping even more seats than the pre-gerrymandered map.
And shame on Schumer et al for not endorsing Mamdani the moment he won the nomination. He’s your damn nominee! If you seriously believe he’s antisemitic, show your receipts. If being critical of Israel is now disqualifying for even a local office, then our party is screwed. Israel gets no vote here.
When he endorsed Cuomo and then Muskrat did as well it was the kiss of death. You do not want the high school bully endorsing you for class president.
𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑚𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑖 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑒.
Desperate and stupid billionaires is more like it.
Well, they're not stupid. Narcissistic, maybe.
Same people freaked out over DeBlasio and his two terms went just fine for wealthy New Yorkers. Not very smart about politics and governance, but maybe they spent too much time watching Fox News and believe all the bullshit.
Meantime Trump is actually decimating their fortunes by sinking the economy…unless they got in on the grift.
And the Massachussets 'millionaire tax' that people were screaming they would leave the state over but *surprise* did not that is now a source of state funding.
That’s what irritates me — how Mamdani’s background was weaponized so that certain well off voters could maintain their liberal cred when they were actually freaking out over his economic policies
"Desperate Billionaires" the limited run TV show and its shared marketing cousin "Stupid Billionaires" running now on Broadway
I think it should be a musical.
Lots of tap dancing around the truth!