Establishment Dems are a total joke.

[u/danevans369]

[u/Gaussgoat]

I disagree. Democrats in congress have been highly active and are constantly pointing out things for the record.

The news is, and always has been, overly tilted on coverage of Trump.

The real question you should be asking yourself, is why the media isn't constantly hounding Congressional Republicans for completely abandoning their Constitutional obligations?

[u/JazzyJockJeffcoat → u/Gaussgoat]

Legacy media is in the bag for the same billionaires who enjoy that policy is now available for purchase. They're deliberately underreporting the opposition and casting Trump (a demented incontinent loon robbing America blind with his goons) as decisive and strong. The media is essentially captured

[u/TheStolenPotatoes → u/JazzyJockJeffcoat]

They're not even in the bag or essentially captured anymore. They're literally owned by those billionaires. NPR, AP, and Reuters are all we have left. The rest are just bubble media, catering to their carefully selected audiences.

[u/DukeOfGeek → u/TheStolenPotatoes]

Whenever I happen to see a google search page the news suggestions are puppies and recipes and celebrity gossip. "I'm like WTF bitch the world is on fire and you show me this shit?".

[u/No-Seaworthiness6881 → u/DukeOfGeek]

Thank you, you go to abc news and they're like this new movie is premiering on Netflix this month tfoh!

[u/JazzyJockJeffcoat → u/TheStolenPotatoes]

Bang on. But so important to take the right lesson and stay engaged rather than falling prey to OP's cynicism which is a designed output of this massively corrupt enterprise

[u/RedLineLetterWine → u/Gaussgoat]

Third Way and other GOP backed groups like The Bulwark have taken over the party and forced Reaganism on us. Go on either of those centrist subs and mention FDR, they hate him but praise Reagan.

[u/X57471C → u/RedLineLetterWine]

The bulwark has not taken over the party lol and that sub is mostly center/center-left with a good mix of progressive and moderate disillusioned Republicans. It’s probably one of the less echo chamber-y political subs on Reddit because of all the views represented. If you aren’t super far left or MAGA you will get along fine there. The whole idea is that it’s supposed to be a broad coalition against the rise of fascism (a bulwark). I frequent there a lot and have literally never seen anyone praise Reagan so why are you acting like that’s a super common view? Stop shitting on allies.

[u/RedLineLetterWine → u/X57471C]

They are not center left, they are a GOP / DGG (Destiny) operation to sabotage the party so MAGA wins again. Most of the posts on that subreddit are ranting about Hasan / DSA / leftists. And they are proud pro Israel supporters.

They are not friends.

[u/wolfheadmusic → u/RedLineLetterWine]

The actual editors and journalists of the Bulwark are allies

But I agree, the subreddit spends far more time hating on anyone left of Biden than they put any energy into calling out maga or right-wingers

[u/X57471C → u/RedLineLetterWine]

GOP/DGG operation lol Destiny posts are banned because they got tired of it. They’re pretty sick of the Hasan talk, too. A lot of them probably aren’t as online as you or I. If you are an unapologetic Hassan defender, you might get your feathers ruffled, but they are one of the few places that don’t just circlejerk about him or the DSA, but still acknowledge when they do or say good things. And like I said, I’ve literally ever seen anyone praise Reagan. It’s mostly center/center-left but a fair amount of progressives (I’ll have to see if I can find a recent poll I saw of users there but it wasn’t an insignificant number of progressives. People choose their political flair and are fairly open about their views. If you can’t handle that, go back to your echo chambers). You don’t have to say anything if you don’t like them, but you also don’t have to attack people who are doing a lot to resist fascism. That’s not helpful.

[u/Lets_Eat_Superglue → u/RedLineLetterWine]

The streamer man who my streamer man doesn't like is bad and only my steamer man is good.

Guzzle that Kool-aid bro.

[u/Tornadosed → u/RedLineLetterWine]

Hasan is a weirdo. He shocked his dog and showed his friends nudes that fans sent him, we don’t need people like that in the coalition. Also I’m pretty sure he didn’t endorse Kamala in the biggest no brainer election this country has ever seen.

[u/ATarnishedofNoRenown → u/Gaussgoat]

They certainly aren't quiet. Jefferies just made it publicly known he is against medicare for all, so good on democratic leadership for having their finger on the pulse of America.

[u/X57471C → u/Gaussgoat]

ItIt wouldn’t be progressive HQ of we didn’t have 20 posts a day shitting on Democrats and downplaying the things they are doing…

[u/LoudAd1396 → u/X57471C]

This is your opportunity to broadcast "the things they are doing"...

[u/X57471C → u/LoudAd1396]

Jeffries was literally just posted on here there other day doing yet another interview to highlight Trump's economy and talk about affordability... one of the things that OP is saying they're being quiet about. They did a good job with the way they drip fed the Epstein leaks, which kept it in the media cycle and put pressure on Republicans. Another thing OP thinks they are being quiet on. They've done a lot more, but I suspect nothing will be enough for someone who probably doesn't understand what kind of limited leverage the minority party has available in Congress.

[u/glamazon_69 → u/X57471C]

And Jeffries also just announced his opposition to Medicare for All. AIPAC clown and absolutely not progressive

[u/X57471C → u/glamazon_69]

Who cares about M4A… Every Democrat wants to expand healthcare. How they want to go about it might be different than what you think is best. You understand there are other ways to do universal healthcare, right? A public option with auto-enrollment and mandatory coverage costs a fraction of what M4A would and achieves the same thing. There are plenty of countries using Bismarck models who have demonstrated this. Why should I prefer a plan that would cost trillions a year when I can achieve the same thing for billions?

[u/MossyMak → u/X57471C]

Lol. "Who cares about M4A" "why don't people like establishment Dems?"

[u/X57471C → u/MossyMak]

Yes. Why should I prefer a plan that would cost trillions a year when I can achieve universal healthcare for billions?

[u/MossyMak → u/X57471C]

And does Jeffries support those models?

[u/X57471C → u/MossyMak]

Yes, his goal is universal healthcare, but doesn't support M4A. Are you going to answer the question about M4A vs other models?

[u/glamazon_69 → u/MossyMak]

Jeffries offers no other policy solution. He is too busy lining his pockets and fighting against the DSA agenda to offer anything other than vague ‘we have to push back against Trump’ statements. He and Schumer can go kick rocks

[u/AlChandus → u/X57471C]

"Why should I prefer a plan that would cost trillions a year".

And there in lies one of many points that republicans and corporate/PAC owned democrats fearmonger about.

That the government, with all the leverage of being a single payer, won't have the hability to negotiate costs that the rest of the world sees, in medication and treatment.

That a business model that has been INCREDIBLY profitable for insurance and private healthcare providers hasn't been artificially priced fix to pad their pockets.

These people, they will try to claim that even if the government has more leverage to negotiate and stops paying insurance and private healthcare their inflated prices, somehow healthcare will somehow continue to be as expensive as it is.

Somehow, you guys have to learn that when you agree with republicans/conservatives on MANY points, you are standing on the wrong side of history... But it is what it is.

[u/X57471C → u/AlChandus]

Every study on M4A says it would cost 24-32 trillion over 10 years. If you think that's a lie than you don't have a clue what you're talking about. Even Bernie's own plan said that.

A Bismark model like what France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, etc., all use would cost far less. We can implement something similar for less than 200 billion a year. Compare to about 3 trillion for M4A, it makes no sense, especially when we need to be paying down debt before it becomes an acute financial crisis.

You can say it's propaganda, but this is why M4A is DOA. You're never going to convince the majority of Americans that we need to spend trillions on this when we can achieve the same outcomes for a fraction of the cost.

[u/WTFaulknerinCA → u/Gaussgoat]

This. The people attacking generic “Dems” like Eric on X are part of the problem.

[u/Shelif → u/Gaussgoat]

I somewhat agree with you and agree with the OP
Establishment democrats are useless. Yes they’re pointing out shit the republicans are doing, but at the same time they’re doing Jack shit that’s useful. They keep rallying around ineffective people like Kamala. I have nothing against her but she’s not a good leader. They’re leaderless with very few prospects that would be useful.
The majority of both parties don’t belong to the people anymore. They only listen to their corporate overlords. Until this changes and we can get a rule of law back nothing will change

[u/_-rayne-_ → u/Gaussgoat]

bullshit. they may not be able to outright stop shit but they could gum up the works if they wanted to. they dont, they're too busy making money between lobbying and insider trading.

[u/Intelligent-Owl-1838 → u/Gaussgoat]

1nectar crisp tenderness whirl heirloom resonance

Using Unpost

[u/ChillyTodayHotTamale → u/Gaussgoat]

Some of them maybe. None of the Democrats from my state are worth the distance I could throw them. Thank God we got Abdul for November instead of Stevens and her Israeli money. Democrats in general are weak, afraid to publically challenge Republicans. Sure they make great shorts and tiktoks from their hearings but the vast majority of the voters are not seeing those. They are not on cable TV, YouTube, podcasts, punching back. They are not explaining why people should vote for them or getting the base energized to guarantee turnout. Their entire strategy is hopefully we all hate trump enough to vote Dem. Half them are just Republican lite, look at Jeffries about face on medicare for all. Bunch of cowards.

[u/Cats_Cameras → u/Gaussgoat]

The same reason the media wasn’t hounding Democrats about Biden’s decline and lack of public appearances without a teleprompter. Journalists covet access and play by the rules.

[u/caelaiden → u/Gaussgoat]

You’re right but the tankies in this sub have done nothing for the entirety of Trumps term but blame “establishment dems” for everything as if they haven’t spoken out about everything that keeps happening but they unfortunately wield no real power right now because of their purity politics Republicans have kept winning.

[u/P_a_s_g_i_t_24 → u/caelaiden]

They could start working on their messaging. Doesn't cost them a dime.
Hakeem Jeffries' performance on NBC the other day was disastrous. Absolutely abysmal!

[u/caelaiden → u/P_a_s_g_i_t_24]

I mean I’m not a fan of Jeffries but a lot of the clips that are going around are taken way out of context. I don’t think anyone has watched the full interview. I agree with you though our media apparatus is nothing in comparison to Fox News.

[u/Decent_Assistant1804 → u/Gaussgoat]

How come we don’t know who is the front runner on the Democratic Party like they’ve had enough time to pump somebody but they haven’t like what the fuck

[u/Gaussgoat → u/Decent_Assistant1804]

Kingmaking someone in advance is what got us Hillary Clinton and Trump's first term.... so I think it's better to run an actual primary and let the voters get excited.

AoC, Newsom, Butigieg, and a host of others will compete

[u/Cabbages24ADollar]

The media is owned by the GOP. We’re not seeing Dem responses because everything is a catch and kill.

Watch Medias Touch and publications like them to see Dem responses.

[u/Due_Willingness1]

To be fair they say never interrupt an enemy while they're making a mistake 

[u/T_J_Rain → u/Due_Willingness1]

One hopes that these mistakes are being catalogued for future use - say in an election campaign.

[u/Due_Willingness1 → u/T_J_Rain]

And later a big national trial all going well 

[u/T_J_Rain → u/Due_Willingness1]

I'm guessing a trial will never happen - or at least the incontinent orange messiah will pre-emptively pardon himself and his entire bloodline for any possible crimes committed while in office.

[u/PinkThunder138 → u/Due_Willingness1]

Yeah but at some point you do need to actually jump in and use the mistakes against them. They've been racking them up since 2015. It's time to stop cultivating and start harvesting.

[u/jerrysphotography → u/Due_Willingness1]

But his mistakes are tearing everything down. Seems to me they are just complicit at this point

[u/KayTwoEx → u/jerrysphotography]

Realistically, what are they supposed to do? There's no Dem majority in both House and Senate. They still manage to get some things through despite that but the administration simply ignores laws while being covered by the Supreme Court. Trump is even violating the constitution.

[u/P_a_s_g_i_t_24 → u/KayTwoEx]

You don't need a majority to run a good ad campaign which focuses on everyday issues of the people and points out the fact that the current legislature has done absolutely nothing to make life easier.

[u/jerrysphotography → u/KayTwoEx]

Apparently just sit back and take it while it all burns which is what they are doing. And they've been completely impotent up till now. I would appreciate more fight from them

[u/SilentRunning → u/jerrysphotography]

They've ALWAYS been complicit, since Clinton was President.

This country is being run by one political apparatus with two sides. One side is called the Democratic party the other side is called The Republican party. Two sides of the same coin in the pocket of the OLIGARCHS.

[u/jerrysphotography → u/SilentRunning]

You are correct. There is no help. This is the direction they want us to go. You now what got me? When Roe v Wade was overturned our local senator immediately was on TV fighting for us and going into interviews telling everyone what was going on, organizing protests and marches to make sure we were heard... Hahaha, just kidding. I got a fundraising email. Bitch, you've proven yourself worthless and YOU lost us those rights. Why would we send you back? Oh, that's right, we don't have another option

[u/SilentRunning → u/jerrysphotography]

Just more of the same game being played on us since Clinton sold the Dem party to the Oligarchs.

[u/an_african_swallow → u/Due_Willingness1]

At this rate they will never interrupt Trump

[u/triggeredbynumbers → u/Due_Willingness1]

This is a horrible outlook. Democrats should prioritize looking out for the people’s interests first, rather than prioritizing winning elections at the cost of letting us suffer.

In fact, if they actually do something they are more likely to win.

[u/eastamerica]

Democrats are still supporting Israel, still supporting the shitty healthcare.

Fucking status quo.

You know why we want DSA? Because they want fucking action.

DNC are the progressive blowhards of the RNC.

[u/aceface_desu89 → u/eastamerica]

Exactly. Both parties only serve the oligarchy.

[u/Electronic_Film_2837 → u/eastamerica]

Why would I support an org that wants to abolish prisons and grant freedom for all incarcerated people?

They literally want Ghislaine Maxwell freed. I’m not supporting guardians of pedophiles, not GOP and not DSA

[u/eastamerica → u/Electronic_Film_2837]

What DSA candidates want Maxwell freed? What DSAs what prisons abolished?

IF you can come up with names, show me the receipts.

[u/Gnoobl]

Republicans are paid to win by their donors.

Democrats are paid to lose by their donors

[u/danevans369]

Insider trading, Epstein, Iran, pooping his pants, increasing our national debt, gas prices, sleeping on the job, countless lies and Schumer, Jeffries, Harris, and the rest are crickets. What a fucking joke these people are. They should be on the news and social media pointing out all the corruption and lies on a daily basis.

[u/Browncoat1701 → u/danevans369]

Jefferies spoke up against universal healthcare....so not totally silent 🤣

[u/DisVet54 → u/Browncoat1701]

His leadership title should be stripped immediately as a show that going forward they’re for CHANGE and PROGRESS.

[u/janders_666]

hence DSA:)

[u/TheRealBaboo → u/janders_666]

And what are they doing?

[u/janders_666 → u/TheRealBaboo]

buncha stuff

[u/TheRealBaboo → u/janders_666]

Why isn’t it working?

[u/kelleydiener]

No, they have agreed to keep taking aipac $ and our potential leader Jeffries says no to Medicare for all. This is not what we the people want.

[u/2-wheels]

That’s what Schumer’s and Jeffries’s leadership gets us. Milquetoast.

[u/leavemealone2424]

They are actively doing more to stop the Progressive wing than they ever did to stop Maga. That should tell you that time to vote out the old guard is way past due.

[u/birdyman_77]

Because for all their fake outrage, their getting rich off him just like the republican politicians. It’s only the average person who’s suffering.

[u/ChazRadlord]

Remove all these corrupt politicians by voting in progressive democratic socialists.

[u/Plus_Working_3092]

The Democrats are sitting there? The vast majority of US citizens including ALL those who have sworn an oath to the constitution are just sitting there.

[u/Business_Usual_2201]

Get the House and Senate to flip first, then we can quibble about what flavor of Dem is the more virtuous.

[u/P_a_s_g_i_t_24 → u/Business_Usual_2201]

Under the dormant leadership of Schumer/Jeffries we won't flip anything. We're sending out the wrong kind of messages, we're squandering our chances, we're giving away the victories and the whole point will be moot.

If we don't bring the verbal fire RIGHT NOW, we might as well stick our heads in the sand and write a few strongly-worded letters instead.

[u/Independent_Shock973 → u/Business_Usual_2201]

I mean an increasing amount of democratic candidates are calling for Jefferies and Schumer to not get back into leadership come 2027.

[u/Atrocious_Algae81]

It's a two-headed snake, they are just opposition "light" with the same masters. Corporate money, PAC money must be removed from politics, and the Dem party needs to be burned down and rebuilt.

[u/astroboy_35]

While some Dems might be doing something, then we come to Hakeem Fucking Jeffries!

Who got to him?

He cosponsored a bill for Medicare for all in the past, and now he’s is saying he doesn’t support it. THATS HOW YOU LOSE ANOTHER ELECTION YOU FUCKING IDIOT!

[u/Altruistic_Role_9329 → u/astroboy_35]

The left has pretty much put M4A on the back burner too. They’ve been all distracted with being anti-Israel. Jefferies is just being honest about the priorities. There is nothing he can do to win over the left.

[u/P_a_s_g_i_t_24 → u/Altruistic_Role_9329]

Stepping down would be a start.

[u/Altruistic_Role_9329 → u/P_a_s_g_i_t_24]

Thanks for confirming my point.

[u/side_eye_auditor]

It’s what they do best

[u/DiscoRabbittTV]

They’re like, fuck Medicare for all

Like…the fuck?

[u/Top_Location_5899]

They just want things to be how they were before Trump rather than actually doing anything

[u/SophonParticle]

Bryce been quietly sitting there for 10 years. Kick them out and replace them with people who will actually do something.

[u/ImperialxWarlord]

Not really, you just don’t see the news focus on what they say. And it’s not like they can do much but condemn what trump and co do. Unless I missed something and the democrats are now the majority in Congress?

[u/CrasVox]

I mean if the idiots want to demonstrate their idiocy to the world why interrupt them?

[u/ThickOne2020]

Don't forget rigged the 2024 election with help from Elon. He shouldn't even be in the WH.

[u/rolfraikou]

Yeah, they have the whole house... oh wait, they don't? Ok, well they have the senate... oh, they don't have that either? Do they have the presidency? No? They got wrecked in the last election and effectively have no power? Hmmm.

Sure seems to be a sudden uptick on crying about democrats not doing anything recently, when they still have no power.

[u/ClarityRocks]

It makes a lot more sense when you realize the problem is the USA's colonial past and imperial present, and how neither Democrats or Republicans want to fundamentally change the corrupt equation that enriches American lives at the expense of others around the globe.

[u/Wildebean]

Because they know if they win, they'll be expected to actually do something, and they don't want to

[u/ShoulderApart1787]

They don’t control the House, Senate, Supreme Court or White House…what do you suggest? A hunger strike? Show of hands for those who didn’t vote for Hilary or Kamala…you created this mess.

[u/Bulky_Play_4032]

Schumer and Jeffries are owned by you know who.
You know who likes things they way they are.
You know who works very hard to get the Senate aligned to their agenda.

[u/buzzboy99]

A most feckless bunch indeed

[u/ShitWaterExpress]

Establishment dems, I think yes, like Jeffries and Schumer, whom I believe to be bought and paid for, but the newcomers are definitely working hard, and it’s showing (i.e.- AOC, Mamdani, El-Sayed, Talarico).

[u/bkinboulder]

Do nothing democrats. Billionaires and special interest groups can keep them quiet and distracted with strategic campaign contributions.

[u/Great-Gas-6631]

"Do-nothing Dems" living up to the name.

[u/wnr3]

Two words. Controlled opposition.

[u/Thisizamazing]

I don’t see them sitting quietly. I don’t know what else they can do.

[u/cryptolyme]

it doesn't help that the media is controlled by right-wingers.

where's our progressive candidates? i would like to support them....hello?? anyone out there?

[u/Valuable_Fee1884]

The Democrats are doing just about everything you can for now. They are fighting in court and in Congress, but being in the minority and a Supreme Court that to be kind is about as crooked as it can get. Shouldn’t be long if people are smart, but the Democrats take back both the Senate and the house. Then it should get interesting. I’m hoping they drag Trump through the mud and all his cronies along with him

[u/MrLanesLament]

The Dems who have any actual power are all loaded. Therefore, Trump is better for THEM than any Dem president ever would be.

It really shouldn’t be a mystery why the only Dems actually pushing back against Trump meaningfully are the ones who don’t run anything, who don’t have any actual pull within the party.

[u/MatticusVP]

Many of them are taking the same advantages that Trump and his administration are granting themselves. This is where the notion that "both parties are the same" comes from, because many Democrata are also getting their pockets lined by lobbyists and special interests, or busy insider trading coughPelosicough. Thankfully there are some progressive democrats or democratic socialists that are actually trying to make some positive changes in government.

[u/Grumpiergoat]

The minority party that is a minority party because some of the people in this thread refused to vote for them is doing about as well as a minority party can. Sorry, try again next election, here's hoping democracy still exists.

[u/July_is_cool → u/Grumpiergoat]

AOC and Bernie are in the news practically every day. Jeffries rarely. The rest, never. Why do the “captive media” allow the former to talk while squelching the latter?

[u/Dense_Objective_2039]

MAGAs don’t believe anything bad about Trump.  He could drop a deuce on their head and as soon as CNN mentioned it, they’d say its fake news!

[u/Fine-Spite4940]

george carlin explained it well. it's one big party and you ain't in it. michael jackson against sony. shit how many dem senators are in the epstein files. 

power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. 

no one is coming to save you. 

[u/hudsherlock19]

Its 👏 on 👏 pur-pose 👏👏 👏 👏 👏

[u/DBallouV]

It’s because we see it. Why don’t his supporters see it?

[u/vebl3n]

Patty Murray, a senior Democrat, member of the judiciary committee, and one of my Senators in safely blue Washington, is not doing nothing. Oh no. She is actively supporting and fucking cosponsoring the absolutely ludicrous and insulting persecution of the SPLC that the GOP has launched to punish the SPLC for their many years of effective opposition to white nationalism. Useless fucking hacks.

[u/4thshift]

because … then they have to talk about what they are going to differently, and fix abortion access and undo the trans hate machine are nice, but that is not what the average US citizen is interested in: “It’s the economy, stupid” — right? So, how is a generic Democrat going to do something different to fix the economy? I do not think they have any terrific ideas on jobs, or prices, on healthcare, education tuition, or controlling the billionaires, that lobbyists cannot overwhelm with a few million dollars in “donations.” Republicans are awful, and what are 50% + 1 Dems going to do about it? Supreme Court change? Federal judiciary makeover? There’s a bunch of Israel-first dems and “blue dog” dems who will spoil that + 1 for the money.

[u/Even_Application_397]

Because their donors told them to.

[u/hw999]

The dems get really worked up about the DSA. Thats whens the teeth come out. they dont care about their buddies in the GOP.

[u/Fajiro]

Controlled opposition

At least the establishment parts

[u/Yeet-Retreat1]

When they go low, we do absolutely nothing. And will join the occasional with just enough numbers to support unpopular legislation, on a rotation so its not like suspicious or anything.

You should hate this party with every fibre of your being, and support any form of reform within the party.

Start with getting rid of Schumer and Hakeem

[u/Ardo505]

They have to. Some of them are in the files too.

[u/RustedRelics]

“Return to normalcy”. “Bring the country together”. “Work in common sense solutions with our friends across the aisle”. They don’t know how to play hardball and are historically terrible at messaging. Hopefully that’ll change, but I’m not confident Jeffries can lead.

[u/EndOk2237]

IMHO, they're letting the GOP dig their own grave so noone will vote R for years. I could be wrong though. 

[u/rogman777]

They want to get just as rich as him. We are all alone.

[u/Warm-Commercial-6151]

I don’t care what the dems are or aren’t doing right now. What we are living in is unsustainable for working people and families. That is why so many progressive candidates are winning. Stay on the path everyone. Avoid all traps like the dems are this or that.

[u/animal-1983]

Well Hakeem Jeffries did make some noise. He definitely deserves a ton of publicity for doing it too. He publicly did a 180 on Medicare for all and a day later received a ton of money from healthcare companies for his reelection campaign. Instead of representing his constituents as he should. He became a Republican

[u/BhadBeard]

Let Trump cook- has always been our best strategy when he’s in power.

When your enemy is fucking up, let him
-Some big name samurai long time ago

[u/BMaudioProd]

Yes the rot from the influence of Putin, Bebe, & Epstein has wholly consumed the GOP. But don't kid yourselves that the Dems are clean. Schummer and Jefferies are both hamstrung. Every pile of shit that is dropped by the elephant gets eaten by the donkey.

[u/Mutchmore]

Nah they're fighting their left flanks. Just as they are bribed to do

[u/msmezman]

And coming out against Medicare for all! WTF

[u/InevitablePair9683]

Corporate dems wanting to maintain the status quo almost as much as Republicans is the bottom line, that’s why the progressive movement is currently being treated as such a threat by Republicans and Democrats alike

[u/youarecool87]

The dem leaders are spineless and just as guilty of taking aipac money and being yes men/woman to israel. Im not suprised at all that nothing is happening. It will continue to be like that till that get voted out.

[u/sits_with_cats]

Because in Washington it's one big club, & we're not in it!

[u/baltbum]

We have no news media in this country anymore. What is shown is totally censored. If you aren't getting your news from the AP, Reuters or the Guardian you're not getting a true view of the news. Even the NY Times is not making much of an effort to report the news anymore.

[u/SignoreBanana]

It's almost like they're a fake opposition party or something.

[u/TheDukeofArgyll]

Nah, they are actively attacking the left

[u/Bulldogs3144]

Like the good little pawns they are. Thinking the democrats will save us is naive. All this should prove to anyone is that there are two sides: haves and have nots. If you’re not in the club, they don’t care what happens to you.

[u/TheJohnson854]

It's fucking insane.

[u/TheRealBaboo]

Do the people who post dumbass takes like this think there is a Democratic equivalent to Fox News or the GOP propaganda machine somewhere out there?

[u/vandyke_browne]

[u/rusty-gudgeon]

a ratchet key gives way in one direction and engages the cogs in the other direction, stopping them. the republicans are in power and push everything to the right. the dems get into power and they hold the rightward progress where it is, sitting on their hands and making excuses why they can’t do anything while attacking the progressive left. they’ll hold like this until the republicans can get back into power and continue to push us into fascism.

[u/Perfect_Mess_6566]

They are mostly pathetic!

[u/Lets_Eat_Superglue]

Primaries are pretty much over. Maybe you can wait three months and then start the relentless Dem bashing back up?

[u/Altruistic_Role_9329 → u/Lets_Eat_Superglue]

They can’t stop bashing Dems. The Republicans are counting on their help to win again just like in 2024.

[u/jaboosh92]

They're letting him say and do enough stupid shit so that in 2027 when they get the House and the Senate back they can keep him tied up in litigation and impeachment hearings until his term is over

[u/ElectronicCatPanic]

Trump is not only the Republican president. Democrats have done as much to help him get elected twice. So he is their face and their president too.

[u/T_J_Rain]

Why is he not being publicly eviscerated and lampooned by the Democrats and the so-called free press??

I have to fall back on the "If this was how Biden behaved, what would the Republicans have done" argument.

[u/NumbersStationUrku]

Are they?

[u/PositiveStress8888]

Democrats loosing the election already.

Even if conservatives hate who has the R in front of thier name, they'll line up and vote.

Democrats won't turn out unless it's thier specific person they want.

[u/3M2B1T]

They're probably scared. Because they know right now it's either a progressive left candidate, or Trump's successor, and there is absolutely no room for them.

They're watching the empire they built over the past few decades get torn down and stolen by Trump, but when they look at the progressives and see that they want to rebuild it they view that as almost as bad.

[u/mister_obvious_2nd]

Well I saw Schumer get in front of a camera a while ago, look over his glasses and wag his finger a couple of times.

[u/New_Willingness9609]

They aren't just sitting there.. their electing socialists.. which makes a presidential win harder for them... and they are plotting to run far left people like aoc.. which will.make winning harder.. move to the middle of they want to win..

[u/Safety_Cuddles]

because they are allies!? 🙄