politics

And a 78 year old is president elect

The thing that made me so pessimistic about the future of this country was when I learned that the people who advised Hillary's 2016 campaign were still advising Harris' 2024 campaign. They failed multiple times and the consequences have been catastrophic, but they held on to their positions anyway. I have no reason to think they won't be back in 2028, because the people who have a say in who gets party leadership are people selected by the old leadership. We need a borderline hostile takeover of the Democrat party, and after Trump did it to the Republicans, the existing powers in the Democrat party only entrenched themselves further.

The future of this country is not in the hands of the Democratic party if this is the way of things.

It’s not like everybody’s pissed at them for losing the Presidency, the House, and the Senate all in one go.

With their amazing communication skills.

if trump keeps his promise- and this is one time I actually believe him- we won't ever have to vote democrat again!

(because he'll fuck over democracy and make that illegal.)

Shit like this (Pelosi putting her thumb on the scale) is why people are questioning if they’ll ever vote Democrat again.

Yep, 100% this is at Pelosi's feet. Fuck Nancy Pelosi, and honsestly fuck every D Boomer in congress who won't get out of the way for the younger generations. You are actively holding us back.

I don’t see an alternative and it’s making me hate democracy.

You can add me to the list. I voted democrat this previous election in an effort to prevent *gestures around* this, but I didn't want to for a number of reasons. I don't trust the green party with Stein. I have no idea what I will do next election. I always vote for the most progressive "local" (I'm an overseas voter, but as long as I have to file taxes and get fucked by the IRS by not being able to use retirement accounts here, I'mma vote) candidate, but I don't think I've ever seen anything other than D and R in my district except maybe an I once or twice.

She and Bernie should start a progressive party.

I'm tired of Democrats bowing to oligarchs.

an Old. White. man.

Seriously. It's pissing me off; more so the republicans doing it. we need minority voices. We can't expect the republicans to do it- lets just be honest here. and I doubt very much if Connolly will be able to push back nearly as much as AOC can and will. (never mind, whether or not he's willing.)

Gerry Connolly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Connolly

The Congressman's Congressman. He represents the district right outside DC. Also, prior to running for office he worked as an aide to the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations where he managed committee oversight of international economic issues, international narcotics control, and United Nations and Middle East policies, and published reports on U.S. policy in El Salvador, Central America, Israel, and the Persian Gulf region.

So, expect a guy who will toe the line on all our accumulated foreign policy blunders while banging a gavel to silence another generation of anti-war protesters.

It gets worse than that, of course.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Connolly#Legislation_sponsored

Sponsoring legislation with Darrell Issa - a shameless, virulent Silicon Valley shill of a politician - as Trump lards up his cabinet with Friends of Peter Thiel is a bleak sign for the future.

The only thing that mattered was that his opponent was a progressive.

I did mine the day after they lost to trump again. This party needs to die so a real oligarch opposition party can take it's place.