It’s for if there’s a “neighborhood watch” which is almost never a thing.

You’re watching a show that’s 30 years old making fun of Americans, most of the stuff Hank does we thought was stupid back then

I’d love to see it by last election’s turnout percentage.

Vermont went 64% D, let them go first.

Wyoming got 26%, so they go last.

Some state wants to go first? Tell em to work on their turnout in the general.

It seems common sense, and in a close race it trickles down to battleground states after the main voting blocks, while maintaining their voter engagement.

Plus while I don’t think primaries campaigns hurt generals like the DNC keeps saying, this let’s the Dem on Dem ads be ran in places that are voting blue no matter who.

I mean. It’s good and all.

But “most metal girl alliance ever”?

That’s selling women short, groups of women have done a lot of metal shit both figuratively and literally.

Set the bar where it deserves to be, normalize this type of stuff as basic human decency.

It’s been Brewster’s Millions since 2016, and at this point the only thing crazier than the party trying it a fourth time is us letting the same people keep calling the shots.

They pick their candidate long before the primary, and before 10 states vote they declare a winner and say it’s over. If a Republican wins, it’s just not a big deal to them.

Because in four years they’ll get even more money to make sure a progressive can’t make it to the general

Still missing the entire point:

Democrats are missing something that is arguably a prerequisite for ideological messaging to have any effect whatsoever: a media apparatus that can get these messages in front of swing voters.

We only need a propagand machine to trick people.

The whole country just united over a dude killing a CEO. We’d unite over actual progressive policy too.

Propaganda machines are a replacement to manufacturer interest, we can just run on a platform that’s already interesting to voters.

Like, this author is fucking Hung up on print newspapers for some reason, and wants the party to literally make a propaganda machine…

Democratic funders could set up new local papers in strategic counties, or buy up some of the remaining husks and staff them up. I would just put together a bog-standard paper with some liberal editorials, but one could make it tabloid-y or explicitly partisan to taste

It’s fucking insane. No one should be listening to this person for any reason.

Anyone that claims newspaper are important for elections really…

You want Jamie Harrison to investigate himself?

His only qualification was being able to raise an obscene amount of money from dubious sources and then losing the election.

He did what he was brought on board to do, why would he then snitch on himself?

The chair election is 2/2/25. Depending on who wins we have a chance at finding out, but there’s also a good chance they just cover it up.

The DNC is a private organization and has no obligation for transparency.

It costs per mile/km to build pipe

Yeah but this is America…

Pipelines are so much cheaper than truck, even with massive leaks:

https://www.eenews.net/articles/inspector-weak-pipeline-rules-put-profit-over-safety/

And when it’s bad enough taxpayers bail them out:

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/investing-america-biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-200-million-replace

The problem is they put profits over everything. I’m not sure where all this misunderstanding is coming from

How Democrats used their vast resources has come under particular scrutiny after Harris’ presidential campaign raised — and spent — a stunning $1.4 billion in 107 days. The pace rattled supporters, donors and even some on the campaign, who complained of lavish spending on celebrities and ongoing appeals for money even after Harris lost the election.

The only reason why we found out about 2015 shenanigans was neoliberals tucking tail after trump won so Donna Brazile had a chance to see the books.

This is a huge chance to pry the party out of neoliberal hands, because Jamie Harrison is acting like most of Biden’s picks and resigning before things get difficult.

But there is zero fucking chance $1,700,000,000 was raised and spent in 107 days and there wasn’t any grifting going on. The purpose of Kamala’s campaign wasn’t to win an election, it was to churn a bunch of money so people could take their slices.

We can’t afford to do it a fourth time in a row.

Winning the election needs to be the priority of the party.

And people will honestly say Dems abandoned the working class when they had people like Lina Khan working for them actively blocking monopolies and corporate takeovers.

What about if they point Biden appointed this guy to the committee and that’s why Trump doesn’t need Senate approval to make him chair?

Andrew Ferguson was initially nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as a Republican commissioner on the bipartisan FTC, and his elevation to chair of the commission will not require Senate confirmation.

And it wasn’t just this one…

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-names-two-nominees-ftc-commissioner-white-house-says-2023-07-03/

Biden appointed two Republicans to curtail Lisa Khan’s power to go after corporations…

He picked someone and was shocked when they didn’t do what he expected, which sadly seemed to happen with most of his picks. This one however was more progressive instead of more conservative, so she’s the ones he took action to limit their power.

I get on the surface it sounded good for Biden. But it’s not hard to find information these days about what really happened.

trump doesn’t need the Senate for this one, thanks to the overlap between Trump’s and Biden’s picks:

Andrew Ferguson was initially nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as a Republican commissioner on the bipartisan FTC, and his elevation to chair of the commission will not require Senate confirmation.

That’s a “open access” journal specifically for the fossil fuel industry…

https://doaj.org/toc/2190-0566

For $2,190.00 they publish literally fucking anything.

So some industries (like fossil fuels) pay to have a bunch of studies published that all say what they’re doing is necessary and any environmental concerns are completely overblown.

Like…

This behavior isn’t new or rare. But it’s very easy to check.

which would necessitate oil and gas companies intentionally working in a way that isn’t about maximizing profit.

No. I’m saying because it’s slightly more profitable they pipe it all over, somehow you took the opposite message?

I assumed we didn’t need to talk about why pipelines are bad, did I overestimate?

Like…

Oil pipeline protests have been pretty big news for decades now, I thought everyone commenting on an article about gas pipelines was up to speed.

Quick edit:

Deja Vue…

We had another conversation a week ago where I went over the basics of why oil pipelines are bad, and nothing I explained seemed to have stuck. It was even about Canada/US pipelines too.

Someone else may be able to explain it differently, but I’m not gonna be able to help.

Nope.

https://theodora.com/pipelines/north_america_oil_gas_and_products_pipelines.html

Just piping that shit all over the place like it’s no big deal.

Ford emphasized that 60% of U.S. crude oil imports and 85% of electricity imports come from Canada, highlighting the potential impact.

The thing is we had record breaking production under trump, again under Biden, and most likely will break records again with trump.

Countries play this shell game where they import/export the same product to maximize tax incentives, which just means using fossil fuels to ship fossil fuels all over, or environmentally destructive pipelines.

We export about 125,000,000 barrels of crude a month, and import about 120,000,000 barrels of crude from Canada a month…

What the actual fuck is the point?

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrexus1&f=m

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=63564&os=0

Insane in the membrane…

They’re intentionally torturing him hoping he goes crazy, thats why they leaked/released a picture of him after he peed his pants, most likely from being tazed or denied access to a toilet.

They want to portray him as a crazy loner like the Unibomber.

You had two bad options in front of you and used your sense of right and wrong to choose the one that would hurt the least number of people and who wasn’t a cartoonish villain

The problem is we haven’t had fair primaries since 2008 and even the “less bad” option is bad.

There is a very small wing of the Dem party who takes a shit ton of money to (legally) rig the primary

And we have to face facts that they’re willing to lose the general because the only way they lose power in the party is if a progressive wins and appoints a progressive DNC chair. So because the primary isn’t legally an election and they’re allowed to put a finger on the scale, they ensure progressives can’t win the primary.

Continuing to vote for the lesser of two evils, just ensures our only two options are evil.

We’re standing in the middle of a game of chicken where both drivers would rather die than lose.

You might think it’s not worth talking about, and while I disagree you can have an opinion.

But why try to stop people from talking about it?

Isn’t now the perfect time?

No matter how much neoliberals bend over for the wealthy, they’ll always prefer anything with an R by its name.

The wealthy just have enough capital to hedge their bets.

Saw this earlier today

Dude reminds of a lot of Guthrie in general, but especially this one.

Buddy, voting for someone that actively supports a genocide isnt “right” anyway you cut it.

It’s “less worse”.

And if you don’t think I’m saying it eloquently enough:

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

https://letterfromjail.com/

It ain’t just a race thing, it’s a class thing.

So MLK’s quote is very relevant to how Moderates aren’t our allies, they’re actively working against us.