If Democrats continue a top-down centrism that promises restoration while being beholden to billionaires and corporate donors, they will continue losing elections and voters. Here's a better path.
Until the Democrats get rid of everyone over 70 and start listening to the younger voters the party is dead in the water. Plus they need to apologize for the genocide they are still enthusiastically supporting and their brain dead support of effing Biden.
Schumer is a captive of Wall Street and AIPAC. Great combo huh? I haven't heard from him in 3 weeks, but this morning he was right out there wasn't he??? I firmly believe the moderate old guard Dem leadership would rather go to one of Ds camps without adapting or relinquishing power to the younger crowd. And asswipes like Rahm Emmanuel .....and some pundits....will claim that the reason for the Dem collapse was a result of-----progressives. And the Dems 'should move to......the center.' Which is what??? MAGA light???
Both NY senators are captives of Wall St and AIPAC and both voted with the GOP on the cloture bill to keep the govt open a couple months ago. Neither have staff to answer their phones. They are MIA because we know who they really work for…
I think much of the base is like me. I see the Democrats as the lesser of two evils and have never voted for a Republican. If we had a parliamentary system with a more progressive party like a Labor Party it would be bye bye Democrats and neoliberals.
Great episode. The 99% vs the rest of us or Fight Oligarchy is as simple to understand as it is true. Add on to that the naked corruption: Pay to Play, making crime pay with dangerous pardons, profiting off of foreign policy, etc. The whole deal offends the typical American’s sense of fairness and decency. The war in Gaza is horrific as was the Iraq war. I hope our next candidate has the honesty to condemn the Israeli government. Our next candidate cannot compromise their values by being afraid of offending powerful interest groups. Voters don’t want someone stymied by fear.
Very difficult for me to embrace any party that is blind to the genocide of Gaza/Palestinians. Again I say big big difference in criticism of Israeli government/Netanyahu and anti-Semitism! The killing of innocent people, children must stop. How can you justify shooting into a crowd of starving people? It’s heartbreaking!
gerri....Dems have Stockholm Syndrome after being beaten down brutally ever since the Reagan years. They have collectively developed a psycopathy. Sad.
They are human you know who's not human is the demonic entities that are in the White House they're not human those racist supremacist ice agents they're not human
Harris did say she will go her own way... something mild but I got that and understood the constraints she was under as V.P. This probably was also a calculation regarding the Jewish vote/support even though many Jews ( here and in Israel) are upset about the Gaza War and Netanyau's outrageous plans
Still- I am faulting those in Michigan that could not vote for Harris with the threat of Trump looming. They might not have dreamed 2.0 would be this bad but there was more chance of that than Harris not doing the right thing- at least to my mind, assessing Trump.. This election was about this country, not Palestine or Israel or Ukraine for that matter. So I blame the voters. and I wonder if they now regret staying home or voting Trump.
I don't disagree with most of what's being said (except not blaming people for staying home in the last election) but I'm getting a little tired of Dems on substack putting so much energy into dumping on Dem policies and politicians. Mistakes have been made and need to be talked about but the disdain being expressed really mostly to the MAGA regime in power. Let's focus on what we need to do to get the country back.
I'm not sure why this wasn't a clear split with VP Harris from President Biden as I found him incredibly cruel in his treatment of even Palestinian reporters showing pictures of the carnage.
"Refusal to call an emergency meeting is a marker of deeper problems, with Democratic party leadership remaining in a political rut – spouting mildly liberal rhetoric while serving the interests of big donors, high-paid consultants and entrenched power brokers."
Keep fighting the good fight !
Until the Democrats get rid of everyone over 70 and start listening to the younger voters the party is dead in the water. Plus they need to apologize for the genocide they are still enthusiastically supporting and their brain dead support of effing Biden.
Schumer is a captive of Wall Street and AIPAC. Great combo huh? I haven't heard from him in 3 weeks, but this morning he was right out there wasn't he??? I firmly believe the moderate old guard Dem leadership would rather go to one of Ds camps without adapting or relinquishing power to the younger crowd. And asswipes like Rahm Emmanuel .....and some pundits....will claim that the reason for the Dem collapse was a result of-----progressives. And the Dems 'should move to......the center.' Which is what??? MAGA light???
Both NY senators are captives of Wall St and AIPAC and both voted with the GOP on the cloture bill to keep the govt open a couple months ago. Neither have staff to answer their phones. They are MIA because we know who they really work for…
I think much of the base is like me. I see the Democrats as the lesser of two evils and have never voted for a Republican. If we had a parliamentary system with a more progressive party like a Labor Party it would be bye bye Democrats and neoliberals.
Great episode. The 99% vs the rest of us or Fight Oligarchy is as simple to understand as it is true. Add on to that the naked corruption: Pay to Play, making crime pay with dangerous pardons, profiting off of foreign policy, etc. The whole deal offends the typical American’s sense of fairness and decency. The war in Gaza is horrific as was the Iraq war. I hope our next candidate has the honesty to condemn the Israeli government. Our next candidate cannot compromise their values by being afraid of offending powerful interest groups. Voters don’t want someone stymied by fear.
Very difficult for me to embrace any party that is blind to the genocide of Gaza/Palestinians. Again I say big big difference in criticism of Israeli government/Netanyahu and anti-Semitism! The killing of innocent people, children must stop. How can you justify shooting into a crowd of starving people? It’s heartbreaking!
Starving people in a line at an aid station. Devastating inhumanity. These are starving women, children, and elderly.
So glad that someone sees something less than revolutionary in the "Abundance" philosophy
Too White Lotus Candle Scent.
I've been waiting all my life for the old men to expire. There needs to be a 70 year old age limit to senators or the President.
Wonderful discussion. I was unfamiliar with Crystal. Thanks for the introduction. Waj, I think you do great work. You now have my favorite Substack.
We cannot understand why Democrats are so afraid that what they say "could- might- may- be" used against them --
gerri....Dems have Stockholm Syndrome after being beaten down brutally ever since the Reagan years. They have collectively developed a psycopathy. Sad.
They’re paid to lose. They make it obvious.
Krystal is well known for going on Bill Maher and humiliating his lack of intelligence. Love her.
They are human you know who's not human is the demonic entities that are in the White House they're not human those racist supremacist ice agents they're not human
MAGA is a Weak Evil Death Cult
Harris did say she will go her own way... something mild but I got that and understood the constraints she was under as V.P. This probably was also a calculation regarding the Jewish vote/support even though many Jews ( here and in Israel) are upset about the Gaza War and Netanyau's outrageous plans
Still- I am faulting those in Michigan that could not vote for Harris with the threat of Trump looming. They might not have dreamed 2.0 would be this bad but there was more chance of that than Harris not doing the right thing- at least to my mind, assessing Trump.. This election was about this country, not Palestine or Israel or Ukraine for that matter. So I blame the voters. and I wonder if they now regret staying home or voting Trump.
Polished intellects - and American
I don't disagree with most of what's being said (except not blaming people for staying home in the last election) but I'm getting a little tired of Dems on substack putting so much energy into dumping on Dem policies and politicians. Mistakes have been made and need to be talked about but the disdain being expressed really mostly to the MAGA regime in power. Let's focus on what we need to do to get the country back.
SpringsteenSwift phenomena 💕
I'm not sure why this wasn't a clear split with VP Harris from President Biden as I found him incredibly cruel in his treatment of even Palestinian reporters showing pictures of the carnage.
More on the same subject.
"Refusal to call an emergency meeting is a marker of deeper problems, with Democratic party leadership remaining in a political rut – spouting mildly liberal rhetoric while serving the interests of big donors, high-paid consultants and entrenched power brokers."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/04/dnc-meeting-little-rock-arkansas