Rajeev
513 posts
@R_R_cool
I am simply a person who is a person.
Look, Francesca Hong is doing her thing. She’s running as an unapologetic socialist-left candidate, and no one reasonable can begrudge her of that. There is clearly voter appetite for it within the Wisconsin Democratic primary electorate— she has a high floor but one that will likely fall short of 50%. If you are at all worried, as I am, about the possibility of Hong losing the general to MAGA Fuck Tom Tiffany — yes, even in an environment this blue — and undoing so much great work that has been done in Wisconsin in recent years, you should be furious at Mandela Barnes & Sara Rodriguez for putting their own egos first instead of being grownups and agreeing to consolidate.
@daveweigel I think this speaks to the failure of Dems, Peters and Biden to highlight the massive legislative successes they had while Joe was in office. He saved 3 million lives, 16 million jobs, 17 milion new businesses, judges, great healthcare and green bills. Nobody talked about it.
So I do wonder where this is all going. Progressives want to eliminate aid to Israel — sounds great, I've wanted that since before it was cool — but that's not going to end the conflict and what happens next? theargumentmag.com/p/it-really-is…
Personally I believe we in DSA should not delay our work on the Presidential campaign, if we do we become a passenger at best in the project instead of the pilot.
New - Congress midterm Fundraising update 🔵 AOC - $31 million 🔵 David Trone - $26 million 🔴 Mike Johnson - $17 million 🔵 Hakkeem Jeffries - $13 million
This socialist running for senate in Michigan really believes he’s a doctor. No medical license. Never legally treated a patient in his life. This alone is disqualifying & any “journalist” who interviews him who doesn’t hold his feet to fire w/questions and follow ups is useless
El Sayed said he intended to vote “uncommitted” in the Michigan primary as a protest against Biden/Harris; he called her campaign strategy “nauseating;” and he’s campaigning with Hasan Piker, who said Harris should be imprisoned for war crimes.
Sanders went on a media tour after Harris lost, arguing that she abandoned working class issues; he then held bigger rallies than anyone else in the party and recruited candidates for primaries. Who dares wins.
It’s hard to think of a more pathetic figure than Platner. He is credibly accused of rape and lies with unblinking eyes. He has no “movement” to speak of — he got the same percentage of the primary vote as Sarah Gideon and was less popular in Maine than Susan Collins. While candidates like Peltola, Cooper, Turek and Talarico are running strong in red states, Platner was on the verge of blowing the bluest state on the map. This guy is a stone cold loser and the sooner we are rid of him, the better.
