well let's hope that the Democrats aren't going to slow walk all these issues and throw us the scraps from the leftovers of the special interest, the wealthy and corporations like they have done in the past. I don't fucking hear tax the Rich - I don't hear try & inprison the Trump regime and his family for crimes against humanity – oh I hear we're gonna hold hearings on all this stuff – you know I'm 77 years old and I've been watching goddamn hearings my whole life and they go fucking nowhere. I want specifics - until Democrats can give me some specifics I'm not gonna believe it.
70 here: and I agree. We need big changes, and we'll never get it with Jeffries and Schumer, and with the moderates and corporate democrats who want to continue getting their fair share of wealth from donors. I don't think America will ever get what other developed countries have had for their people for decades. Too much GREED and HATRED.
This was my reaction as well. None of the other stuff is going to happen if we don't go after the Trump regime and big money buying our elections. And I am also in my 70s.
Until AIPAC addicts Shumer and Jeffries are kicked out. All pak money is banned and a USA first.....Israel last stand is made.......the Blue wave will become a blue puddle in no time at all.
It is NOT JUST THOSE FIVE THINGS, it is the astronomical corruption, the ransacking of other countries to no end other than the “steal”, destruction of the environment, Yosemite, killing the wild horses, turning the WH and DC into a trailer park, the lies, the graft, the brutality of ICE, the insider trading making less than 1% of the population richer every day, the EPSTEIN FILES, the use of a stacked SCOTUS to decide what Congress should be doing, the placement of corrupt incompetent syncophants in key positions, its PROJECT 2025 as each of it’s points gets “checked off” (nearly done there) and then….there is the high cost of food/ gas/ medical care and everything else. I don’t want to listen to the Democrats talk about just the “five things” that screams the blinders are on, just different ones.
Oh my gosh...thank you! Seems like elected democrats think we are really stupid and don't notice that they've gotten very little done for the people other than the ACA (which no longer helps without supplement lol). For almost 50 years now I've observed as a democrat, and I got to say I'm very disappointed. I also feel these elected betrayed me and so many others, as they've no idea what we're experiencing in red states.
I would also include being threatened by the regime on a daily basis. the murders in the seas; the murder of children; the murder of undocumented workers (and documented workers); stealing our money.
MAGAs who support this regime support breaking Jesus' teachings and Moses' 10 Commandments will pay for it in their eternal life. I believe satan is waiting for the worst of this regime to get to him...He's the master in torture, isn't he? But, in the meantime, seems satan will have to settle for the regime's supporters, imo. There may not be consequences for them in this life, but there will be consequences for their eternal lives, imo.
I also think every person they call a 'leader' in this regime should have their assets frozen one second after the person's term is over. And also their adult children's and spouses' assets be frozen. That will give law enforcement and the courts enough time to determine if crimes have been committed. Once found guilty, all assets should be sold, and profits should be paid towards the huge debt magas have given us.
Excellent list! Get Schumer out of there and put Elizabeth Warren in charge of the Senate. She actually gets things done and she's not afraid of anybody.
It's Gaza; it's the killing; it's our Dept of War; its us (USA politicians) sucking Zionists "little one". The 90% you mention are just BS talking points. Not action.
If they're fucking united, then we're fucked. They're united on allowing fascism to take over because they're also part of the ruling class and it's easier to just go with it.
Sadly, that's what I think too. They'll go back to the corporate democratic world, and make it easier the next time for a coup. :(
The FACT that Jeffries rejects universal health care absolutely demonstrates there are definitely HUGE disagreements in your Party. :( It's no longer my party. They demonstrated what was important to them in 2016: and it wasn't the people.
But, at least the Democratic Party doesn't threaten us on a daily basis: and I don't think they want to harm us, like MAGAs do. So I vote Democratic, regardless of how I feel and think about the Party. Sad really.
"It's the economy, stupid " Still true, 34 years later. Yes, Gaza matters. All genocide, all deaths matter. Yes supporting criminal governments matters -so let's get rid of the criminals in this government, and give our elected representatives room to make changes elsewhere.
They’d be smart to agree on this one thing holding this Republican Party accountable !! because if you don’t start talking about that and proving that you’re going to do that, the election will be in shambles people are not going to come out and vote. You are going to cause people to throw up their hands and walk away. Don’t be idiots.!
It's why Ossof is so popular. At least he's talking about it.
The little secret group of elected democrats that are meeting on the weekends to try to protect the country??? Any reason why we can't know what they are doing, and who is in the group? I've no doubt their maga colleagues know most of it anyway.
Who's in this group? Have they consulted an expert psychiatrist to help them understand the behaviors of a malignant narcissist?
It's too late for me...I've thrown up my hands and quit the party in 2015, after almost 50 years. Why did it take me so long to finally act on what I was observing for decades?
Listen, I completely understand why people are having such a hard time deciding who to vote for in the Midterms.
On one hand, you have Democrats who have disappointed you, and on the other hand you have Child-Raping Murderers Running Concentration Camps With Our Tax Dollars Draining the US Treasury Directly Into Their Offshore Bank Accounts
There are democrats that are no better than their maga colleagues. Those democrats that want to keep being able to trade stocks with insider knowledge... Puhleeze. There are decent and crappy people in every profession. And there are sexual abusers/harrassers as well. They just aren't as loud as magas and don't tell on themselves. lol But there are fewer crappy elected democrats than there are decent magas: so there's that. Also, democrats don't threaten me every day. And they don't seem to want to own me, like magas and some of my neighbors do. So I vote democrat not because I trust them and think they'll help the people, but because they at least don't make it a goal to harm the me and others I love a well as don't know.
BUT I've been fighting since 2015 against the felon. I knew what he was...why didn't most people? smdh
This article illustrates the exact problem with the Democratic Party. We don't believe you.
You have governed and had an opportunity to make things better for everyday Americans in the past and refused to do so.
You refuse to stand up to the corporate lobbyists and interests that fund your campaigns.
Until you acknowledge, as a party, that the fundamental problem is wealth inequality and the fact that more and more of the income of the nation is going to the top 1%, you will continue to lose.
The money that the 90% of Americans who are not invested in the stock market need in order to be able to pay their bills is being held by the top 10%.
I don't want to hear the things that you say you're going to fix. I want to hear how you're going to fix them, and then I want to see you take action on executing your plan.
If you don't present a proper plan for how you're going to accomplish a task, then the assumption is you don't have a plan. No plan equals no action.
So yes, we do care about HOW you're going to do it.
Without an actual plan that the party agrees on, then you are just like the Republicans who keep promising that things are going to change, but nothing ever does.
Not a word about holding the criminal Republican Party accountable for its many crimes during this hideous regime. Not a word about a new Constitution that isn't predicated on "norms", "precedent" and gentlemen's "agreements." Not a word about the destruction of climate.
Nope, the Democratic Party is just not ready for prime time.
I focus here on the Econ issues that all sides of the party are united on. I think there is a whole other piece to be done about what doesn’t democratic plan on Republican accountability look like. I agree with you. While people are struggling with costs, they are furious about the blatant corruption they see. Needs to be held tougher.
As an Independent I have wondered for years why the Democrats constantly undercut themselves in the manner you are describing. I totally agree that talking about the points of unity will resolt in a tremedous wave of support from both Democrats and Independents.
Yes, those are all good goals, but the democrats who assume power should first concentrate on reversing, expunging, DISAPPEARING every rotten thing Trump has done to make our lives harder and more poor! Rescuing our democracy from the slippery slope of fascism should be priority no.1!
They have over 200 House members. They should have split them up into small groups and had each group working on specific issues such as the alleged crimes of all the regime 'leaders'. Researching, like MAGAs old old laws that they could use. Researching each member's past to determine if they were criminals before they became elected or picked by the felon. If they want to start doing this now, it'd be a good idea...so they'll be ready to go after the midterms.
Maybe they'll need to bring in a few teachers to instruct these folks on how to effectively work in a small group. I imagine many of them have forgotten, if they were ever taught at all.
I hope they are already working on these things, or have others doing it. Prosecutions will be extremely complicated and time-consuming, so they'd best be working on them now.
Obviously a pro-New Dems piece. Why is "clearing away obstacles" somehow equivalent to standing up against corporate power? What the heck is "clearing away obstacles" anyway? It's just more nonsense, more dust to throw in the eyes of voters. Another one is "lowering prescription drug prices." Yes, the New Dems "agree" on this -- but so does Trump! It's easy to get the price on one or two drugs lowered; Trump did that. But we want the price of health care in general lowered, and available to everyone. Progressives and New Dems do not agree on this. New Dems want to preserve private health insurance forever, to prop up the profits of the health care industry. We're done with Clinton- and Obama-era "reforms", we want change, and the New Dems aren't going to cut it. ... Not to mention foreign policy, which you discreetly fail to mention.
Thanks for a thoughtful reply. I wrote about the overlap on their two agendas which are targeted on affordability. That was the throughline. Those two agendas were not on foreign policy.
well let's hope that the Democrats aren't going to slow walk all these issues and throw us the scraps from the leftovers of the special interest, the wealthy and corporations like they have done in the past. I don't fucking hear tax the Rich - I don't hear try & inprison the Trump regime and his family for crimes against humanity – oh I hear we're gonna hold hearings on all this stuff – you know I'm 77 years old and I've been watching goddamn hearings my whole life and they go fucking nowhere. I want specifics - until Democrats can give me some specifics I'm not gonna believe it.
I'm 79 and absolutely agree with Quantum Kitty
70 here: and I agree. We need big changes, and we'll never get it with Jeffries and Schumer, and with the moderates and corporate democrats who want to continue getting their fair share of wealth from donors. I don't think America will ever get what other developed countries have had for their people for decades. Too much GREED and HATRED.
Schumer especially. Everyone except him can see that he’s a joke.
This was my reaction as well. None of the other stuff is going to happen if we don't go after the Trump regime and big money buying our elections. And I am also in my 70s.
Until the Israeli-loving Democrats leave office and AIPAC ceases to exist, the Democratic Party is not united.
Until AIPAC addicts Shumer and Jeffries are kicked out. All pak money is banned and a USA first.....Israel last stand is made.......the Blue wave will become a blue puddle in no time at all.
It is NOT JUST THOSE FIVE THINGS, it is the astronomical corruption, the ransacking of other countries to no end other than the “steal”, destruction of the environment, Yosemite, killing the wild horses, turning the WH and DC into a trailer park, the lies, the graft, the brutality of ICE, the insider trading making less than 1% of the population richer every day, the EPSTEIN FILES, the use of a stacked SCOTUS to decide what Congress should be doing, the placement of corrupt incompetent syncophants in key positions, its PROJECT 2025 as each of it’s points gets “checked off” (nearly done there) and then….there is the high cost of food/ gas/ medical care and everything else. I don’t want to listen to the Democrats talk about just the “five things” that screams the blinders are on, just different ones.
Oh my gosh...thank you! Seems like elected democrats think we are really stupid and don't notice that they've gotten very little done for the people other than the ACA (which no longer helps without supplement lol). For almost 50 years now I've observed as a democrat, and I got to say I'm very disappointed. I also feel these elected betrayed me and so many others, as they've no idea what we're experiencing in red states.
I would also include being threatened by the regime on a daily basis. the murders in the seas; the murder of children; the murder of undocumented workers (and documented workers); stealing our money.
MAGAs who support this regime support breaking Jesus' teachings and Moses' 10 Commandments will pay for it in their eternal life. I believe satan is waiting for the worst of this regime to get to him...He's the master in torture, isn't he? But, in the meantime, seems satan will have to settle for the regime's supporters, imo. There may not be consequences for them in this life, but there will be consequences for their eternal lives, imo.
I also think every person they call a 'leader' in this regime should have their assets frozen one second after the person's term is over. And also their adult children's and spouses' assets be frozen. That will give law enforcement and the courts enough time to determine if crimes have been committed. Once found guilty, all assets should be sold, and profits should be paid towards the huge debt magas have given us.
Excellent list! Get Schumer out of there and put Elizabeth Warren in charge of the Senate. She actually gets things done and she's not afraid of anybody.
It's Gaza; it's the killing; it's our Dept of War; its us (USA politicians) sucking Zionists "little one". The 90% you mention are just BS talking points. Not action.
If they're fucking united, then we're fucked. They're united on allowing fascism to take over because they're also part of the ruling class and it's easier to just go with it.
Sadly, that's what I think too. They'll go back to the corporate democratic world, and make it easier the next time for a coup. :(
The FACT that Jeffries rejects universal health care absolutely demonstrates there are definitely HUGE disagreements in your Party. :( It's no longer my party. They demonstrated what was important to them in 2016: and it wasn't the people.
But, at least the Democratic Party doesn't threaten us on a daily basis: and I don't think they want to harm us, like MAGAs do. So I vote Democratic, regardless of how I feel and think about the Party. Sad really.
Thank you for stating that so clearly.
"It's the economy, stupid " Still true, 34 years later. Yes, Gaza matters. All genocide, all deaths matter. Yes supporting criminal governments matters -so let's get rid of the criminals in this government, and give our elected representatives room to make changes elsewhere.
Trump’s Tune
.
I’m grifting all the time
I can’t believe my luck
I stole their very last dime
MAGAT’s are dumb as fuck
.
I need a ballroom like I need a hole in my head
But I’m building it, just like I said
Because, I’m everything they dread
(But they won’t know that till I’m dead)
.
They elected me in ‘16
Took me for my word
Elected me again in ‘24
They are patently absurd
.
Farmers for Trump
Latinos for Trump
Swing states for Trump
Hahaha, they’re all a bunch of Chumps
.
I told them I’d cut their costs
I told them I’m the one
I told them they’d be better off
My god, they are so dumb
.
My first term had guardrails
So many of my priorities failed
My second term has no guardrails
My critics want to pin me to a cross, NAILED!
.
Every day I’m getting richer
Since day one of term two
Over two billion dollars in my coffer
I’ve bit off more than they can chew
.
I’m starting wars on every flank
I’m making enemies of our friends
I’m making the economy tank
And I’m laughing all the way to the bank
.
I’m grifting all the time
I can’t believe my luck
I stole their very last dime
MAGAT’s are dumb as fuck
…
Love it!
They’d be smart to agree on this one thing holding this Republican Party accountable !! because if you don’t start talking about that and proving that you’re going to do that, the election will be in shambles people are not going to come out and vote. You are going to cause people to throw up their hands and walk away. Don’t be idiots.!
It's why Ossof is so popular. At least he's talking about it.
The little secret group of elected democrats that are meeting on the weekends to try to protect the country??? Any reason why we can't know what they are doing, and who is in the group? I've no doubt their maga colleagues know most of it anyway.
Who's in this group? Have they consulted an expert psychiatrist to help them understand the behaviors of a malignant narcissist?
It's too late for me...I've thrown up my hands and quit the party in 2015, after almost 50 years. Why did it take me so long to finally act on what I was observing for decades?
Patty Walker
Listen, I completely understand why people are having such a hard time deciding who to vote for in the Midterms.
On one hand, you have Democrats who have disappointed you, and on the other hand you have Child-Raping Murderers Running Concentration Camps With Our Tax Dollars Draining the US Treasury Directly Into Their Offshore Bank Accounts
While Making The Planet Uninhabitable for
Human Life.
That's a tough call man. A real Sophie's Choice.
There are democrats that are no better than their maga colleagues. Those democrats that want to keep being able to trade stocks with insider knowledge... Puhleeze. There are decent and crappy people in every profession. And there are sexual abusers/harrassers as well. They just aren't as loud as magas and don't tell on themselves. lol But there are fewer crappy elected democrats than there are decent magas: so there's that. Also, democrats don't threaten me every day. And they don't seem to want to own me, like magas and some of my neighbors do. So I vote democrat not because I trust them and think they'll help the people, but because they at least don't make it a goal to harm the me and others I love a well as don't know.
BUT I've been fighting since 2015 against the felon. I knew what he was...why didn't most people? smdh
This article illustrates the exact problem with the Democratic Party. We don't believe you.
You have governed and had an opportunity to make things better for everyday Americans in the past and refused to do so.
You refuse to stand up to the corporate lobbyists and interests that fund your campaigns.
Until you acknowledge, as a party, that the fundamental problem is wealth inequality and the fact that more and more of the income of the nation is going to the top 1%, you will continue to lose.
The money that the 90% of Americans who are not invested in the stock market need in order to be able to pay their bills is being held by the top 10%.
I don't want to hear the things that you say you're going to fix. I want to hear how you're going to fix them, and then I want to see you take action on executing your plan.
If you don't present a proper plan for how you're going to accomplish a task, then the assumption is you don't have a plan. No plan equals no action.
So yes, we do care about HOW you're going to do it.
Without an actual plan that the party agrees on, then you are just like the Republicans who keep promising that things are going to change, but nothing ever does.
I think you are exactly right that every issue comes down to income inequality.
Then why didn't you say so in your article? As Matthew says, you have no plan, no idea of how to break with the billionaires.
I actually shared some thoughts on how this needs to be a focus here. : https://meidasnews.com/news/what-democrats-need-to-learn-from-michigan-in-order-to-unite
Not a word about holding the criminal Republican Party accountable for its many crimes during this hideous regime. Not a word about a new Constitution that isn't predicated on "norms", "precedent" and gentlemen's "agreements." Not a word about the destruction of climate.
Nope, the Democratic Party is just not ready for prime time.
I focus here on the Econ issues that all sides of the party are united on. I think there is a whole other piece to be done about what doesn’t democratic plan on Republican accountability look like. I agree with you. While people are struggling with costs, they are furious about the blatant corruption they see. Needs to be held tougher.
Now all we have to do is have the Democrats leadership start saying it publicly.
Of course, he likes this one.
As an Independent I have wondered for years why the Democrats constantly undercut themselves in the manner you are describing. I totally agree that talking about the points of unity will resolt in a tremedous wave of support from both Democrats and Independents.
Yes, those are all good goals, but the democrats who assume power should first concentrate on reversing, expunging, DISAPPEARING every rotten thing Trump has done to make our lives harder and more poor! Rescuing our democracy from the slippery slope of fascism should be priority no.1!
They have over 200 House members. They should have split them up into small groups and had each group working on specific issues such as the alleged crimes of all the regime 'leaders'. Researching, like MAGAs old old laws that they could use. Researching each member's past to determine if they were criminals before they became elected or picked by the felon. If they want to start doing this now, it'd be a good idea...so they'll be ready to go after the midterms.
Maybe they'll need to bring in a few teachers to instruct these folks on how to effectively work in a small group. I imagine many of them have forgotten, if they were ever taught at all.
I hope they are already working on these things, or have others doing it. Prosecutions will be extremely complicated and time-consuming, so they'd best be working on them now.
Obviously a pro-New Dems piece. Why is "clearing away obstacles" somehow equivalent to standing up against corporate power? What the heck is "clearing away obstacles" anyway? It's just more nonsense, more dust to throw in the eyes of voters. Another one is "lowering prescription drug prices." Yes, the New Dems "agree" on this -- but so does Trump! It's easy to get the price on one or two drugs lowered; Trump did that. But we want the price of health care in general lowered, and available to everyone. Progressives and New Dems do not agree on this. New Dems want to preserve private health insurance forever, to prop up the profits of the health care industry. We're done with Clinton- and Obama-era "reforms", we want change, and the New Dems aren't going to cut it. ... Not to mention foreign policy, which you discreetly fail to mention.
Thanks for a thoughtful reply. I wrote about the overlap on their two agendas which are targeted on affordability. That was the throughline. Those two agendas were not on foreign policy.
This column is so inadequate to the situation we face that I can't take it seriously.