Axios is a seemingly-mainstream mouthpiece for Republican ratfuckers. If you have any media literacy, it’s not hard to tell that their political sources are almost all Republican operatives and they’re one of the GOP’s favorites for reporting “Dems in disarray” narratives.
When I was a kid the neighbors had a son who would do literally anything for attention. He’d smear mud on his face and pretend it was shit, he’d throw rocks at you, etc. It took me awhile to understand, but he was mostly doing it because he wanted to be friends, but he’d learned from his parents that the only thing that got him any attention was bad behavior.
He was 10. It’s hard to imagine what a miserable, friendless existence he’s likely living now.
Gotta give credit where it’s due, Ana pretending he doesn’t want to be adversarial is some top shelf trolling. Much better than the usual slop he gives us.
I don't think anyone here thinks Schumer and Jeffries are capable of changing their stripes. I very much wish Platner was what he had appeared to be, it's just clear to me that he isn't. You'll all get there soon enough.
Hey, someone figured out that maybe Dems shouldn't concede to the Republican framing of every issue! And dunked on a dishonest reporter! Maybe at least part of the party is capable of learning basic politics!
What's funny is her plans were generally clearer and simpler and easier-sold than most other Dem candidates' plans generally are. Compare her plans to 2020 Kamala's tax credit for opening a small business in a disadvantaged community or whatever that one was. It's just that Warren was the optimized version of that shit and it still didn't sell to anyone but nerdy libs. Maybe a billionaire businessman Dem could steal her plans and people would buy them better, but that'd be because of the billionaire businessman thing, not the detailed plans.
Anyone involved in Democratic politics who is shocked that young people are worried about the cost of living should be thrown into a fucking volcano. That's not some obscure ideological issue that the kids these days are fixated on.
No, that's horrible politics and is quite literally a big part of why Dems lost in 2024 (and lost in many prior elections). Telling voters "Trump is right about immigration and the border and how important it is, and Dems are weak pussies on it, and I will be like Trump on it but just a little nicer" is just telling undecided voters to vote for Trump. Biden and the Dems were actually very anti-immigration during his administration. That's why the public shifted so strongly against immigration generally between 2020 and 2024, and look what good that did. Trump's overreach provides another opportunity for Dems to embrace immigration as a fundamental part of the American dream. Legal immigration used to be pretty popular even among white Americans and it could be again.
If Dems want to try to appeal to some of the racists on immigration, they should yell about how Trump cut a deal with the cartels and brought a bunch of high-level cartel guys into the country and that they'll send those guys back.
I don't really want to overstate the connection here with the "masculinity crisis," because it's somewhat tenuous, but I do think there is one. One of the healthier forms of masculinity for boys and young men to aspire to is basically "responsible guy who can fix shit when it breaks." The massive decrease in standardization and interoperability in literally anything that exists physically makes that much harder and much more expensive. Fuck, just changing the oil in a car made after like 1995 is way more of a pain in the ass than it needs to be.
It's pretty striking how much Platner's current whining resembles Fetterman's behavior. At least Fetterman has the excuse of he had a stroke and clearly has never really recovered fully from it.