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agreed Jessie, we need to stay focused on who the actual opponents are, the fascists that are currently in charge. Before we get a pony, first we have to clean out the stables.

The big tent of the left has a lot more difference of opinion to work through, but once the primaries are over, my heavens can we PLEASE unify

No. I choose REALITY. Did you not see Hakeem’s MTP interview? There’s your division.

Don’t attack Jeffries when he is trying to save Dems. The party has been shrinking as an % of the population and now Dems are outnumbered by indies. They are swingy & can be touchy about DSA. They calmed down from 2024 but they can get pissed at Dems again. We need you to be team players

I would add this:

Exactly!

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How about not two more years or four more years… How about forever? Because by that time, our democracy will have been destroyed.

Anyone not prioritizing getting the big win to get back in power for a personal grievance candidate doesn't get it. This is our last chance. You divide our votes as your purity test, we lose the USA permanently.

Exactly. We fight each other like we're in the majority and are actually in charge of the legislative agenda. I wish more people had taken a civics class in middle school.

Actually, I think there’s an analogy to the recent study that computes the huge savings with Medicare for all— when you cut out all the entities that have sprung up to profit from a system the work (electing Dems in this case) can still get done!

Bad news: the uniparty is real. When we elect outsiders, a minimal set of insiders will defect on critical issues. In doing so, make themselves known. Several election cycles will be required to (re)create a real second party. As we eat away at the Washington Generals faction, progress will emerge.

Who and where are party leadership? Schumer has said less than Mitch McConnel for 3 months.

Absolutely! This is what frustrates me about the Dems. Haven't they learned, yet, that fracturing the party is not the way to win? Nancy Pelosi was great at getting the party unified. Jeffries is disappointing with that. The Repubs stand together even when they shouldn't. Dems need to wise up.

Bad actors as in corp dems bought by AIPAC. They’re the ones who fuggin LOVE to make a distinction and say that DSA policies such as Medicare for all and free higher education are impossible. Frankly, they need to take the L and admit we’re better under one tent. They need to WORK for the people

Why haven't Schumer, Jeffries, the DNC, the DCCC, etc. full-throatedly thrown their behind these candidates? The entire crux of this argument is flawed, because of the obvious truth that the current establishment has no interest in being a big tent. They want your vote and they want you to shut up.

Gotta vote blue no matter who.

It's in the marketing. Rename the DSA to Social Democrats of America (SDA) . Problem solved. Socialist = bad Social = good

Now, if only he had a big idea to fill Mitch McConnell’s seat. 🤔

now. But DSA candidates need to be evaluated individually just as all candidates are and the smears and lies need to be called out from those individuals who engage in that divisiveness. DSA is not the victim of some kind of D party leadership conspiracy. They are not ENTITLED to support.

💯 We need to be U N I T Y as citizens who believe in democracy and the rule of law at the fundamental level. We all hate ICE and Trump corruption and lies.

For me, at the general midterm election, it will still be vote blue no matter who.

Jeffries is politically inept, always on defense. Fearful of Dems being tied to fringe national DSA policies, he voluntarily *points out those policies* to parrot GOP talking points and tar Dem allies. Get on OFFENSE. Show common cause. Far more in common with DSA than not. Elevate your allies!

Fully agree. It's right and proper for some districts to be represented by a democratic socialist, and others to be represented by a liberal/neo-liberal. They can probably agree on a lot. MAGA/white nationalists, not so much.

"United We Stand, Divided We Fall" isn't just a catchy slogan. Beware of those who seek to divide us.

Bernie's doing his usual part also. It will all come out in the November wash.

Ignore the label makers.

The pundits and party leadership are bought and paid for by corporate lobbyists. The DSA is a direct threat to their corruption.

Allison Gill!!! Thank you, . I've been posting this at least a couple times every day!! I am so sick of them seeming to NEED to shoot themselves in the foot at every opportunity!!!!

Good advice

Powerlessness and despair lead people to turn on one another. However, different viewpoints can combine to create something beautifully unified, but yes, that requires compromise. Democracy always has and always will. Purity test accomplishes nothing. livelovecycle.squarespace.com/blog/a-kalei...

Tell that to Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.

The DSA are not Democrats, but indeed, we do need them in the broader coalition!

Exactly what I’ve been saying!!

It's a very BIG tent.

You bet we need each other & in far more ways than one. Some days it is beyond frustration that the plain ass human factor has not been put at the forefront. What do we want to see as Democrats come to change for the betterment of all Americans & beyond.

Pundits are paid to map the friction, not resolve it. Party leadership treats a coalition like a fragile vase, while the voters are treating it like a power tool. One is terrified of a crack; the other just wants to build something.

Unity works better when disagreement isn’t treated as betrayal. Voters can choose different candidates in a primary and still expect them to protect the same democratic rights afterward.

‘Bad actors will try to exploit perceived rifts. Don’t let them.’ Agree-can see some of this even in replies to your posts the last few days.

Jeffries and Schumer need to go.

Yeah there are like 20 of them. Easily defeated over the next few election cycles.

Dem leadership needs a kick in the butt

Absolutely true and correcto mundo! We all need to work together to win more seats

Yea, primaries are over. Now we coalesce to stomp on the orange bastards minions. People also need to know going forward any Republican that wins is going to be worse than the last one. Look at Texas, Cornyn was a drip but a Sen Paxton is like electing Corruption Godzilla.

If we lose, each Democrat leader that will have caused our demise over their bickering and lust for power must never be forgiven.

If you take your cues and measure off of the opinions of the right wing then words will literally always be scary. That's simply not a good idea.

They want sameness.. assimilation.. don’t take my gun.. on and on. While we change for the better, they dig deeper. That’s my real point.

“Sorry - the Dem candidate didn’t win/is not absolutely perfect, therefore I have no choice but to sit out as a protest” is a real problem among the left.

💯, 2026 midterms is a numbers game, Trump will never sign a dem bill, and no one candidate can make or change policy without majority approval in Congress, a reminder for those uncomfortable with the term socialist in DSA.

The DSA are self admittedly using the Democratic party. They are not Democrats. They are a danger. They are not Social Democrats. I agree we must pull together though. I think if they would stop making Israel their strawman issue, it would be better. For us as a country.

Yes!

This has probably been stated numerous times, but maybe we need to find new leadership if DNC chair Ken Martin can't do his job.

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Now that El Sayed won the MI primary, we are told we must overlook everything he said and did during the primary and before.

You don’t have to hate America to acknowledge its many flaws.

He fears THIS

The media is trying to make it out like there’s a problem. Also acting like more progressive candidates are so radical. They aren’t. Republicans are radical. They’re far right zealots, white suprematists, and fascists. That is radical and anti democratic.

So you're saying that before I share someone's post, I have to go back through their entire history to make sure they haven't said something I disagree with? It's generally understood on the internet that shares and likes do not equal endorsements.

Party leadership needs to WTFU and realize that if we don’t get all our candidates elected we will not have the opportunity to sit at the table to set policy we will be at the table with republicans ignoring us.

Attacking primary winners is how we give elections to the Republicans. We are so stupid that we will spend all our energy looking for reasons not to vote for our own candidates instead of joining together to defeat the enemy.

I feel like the centrists are using "DSA" in the same way the MAGAs use "DEI." Tell us exactly what policies you disagree with, people. I suspect they won't because they know how popular those policies would be without the scare label.

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Jeffries and Schumer need to get on board with the new generation that's fighting to save this country. It can't be Isreal first and America last!

"...why can’t the pundits & party leadership?"

#NewDealDems who can agree with this? fuck the labels rep. trying to put on us #NewDealDems

Or, the corporate owned leaders of the dem party can step down and get the fuck out of the way of the real progress we desperately need.....

Unite and fight. Unite and fight.

Facts aren't useful to you? No shit. Lol

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Agreed. And as a communist, we died by the millions to help defeat fascism. We’ll fight and die again if we have to. But under no circumstances will I fight alongside anyone who calls an antifascist, a fascist. Know your enemy. Know your allies. Or go home and hide under your bed. Avanti!

He did. At least this week.

The DSA ARE the bad actors. @hake is right to stand against them.

The DSA is damn clear they wish to end the Democratic Party. This is NOT a “let’s all get along” moment.

It was still a bad idea to attack democrats on television.

Once more, either the DSA and the Dems come together, or the GOP takes the White House again in 2028. As an Independent perhaps I can be more objective about this than either group.

He has his donors to think of, not us.

He doesn't care, as long as he keeps his paycheck.

Megan Romer, looking at you.

Bsky Progs: "DEMS ARE GENOCIDE ENABLING FASCISTS!" Jeffries: "I don't think it's practical get rid of the senate." Bsky Progs: "HOW DARE YOU WAAAAAH!" Any nuance you feel I've missed?

So that excuses transphobia? I don't think transphobia will help them win votes in either state.

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