Stop Letting ‘Electability’ Gaslight You Into Defeating Yourself Before Voting
After I posted that I thought AOC could win the presidency if she ran, I got a lot of pushback about how we shouldn’t support another woman candidate because it’s been proven one can’t win. Well, that’s a bunch of bullshit. DO NOT - I REPEAT - DO NOT BE GASLIT INTO BELIEVING THIS - …
Three Years Out and Democrats Are Already Catastrophizing About 2028
Democrats in my comments keep falling into the trap of electability panic about the 2028 presidential election. We’re three years out and people are already catastrophizing about who can’t win. It’s frankly exhausting. Let’s be real. Dem voters didn’t really want Hillary in 2016 - that’s why the party had to put its thumb on…
Democrats Caused the Shutdown, Then Folded First. Stop Making Excuses for Them.
Stop making excuses for Democrats. Here’s what actually happened, stripped of all the partisan spin and cable news theatrics: The Democrats shut down the government. Full stop. They made a calculated decision to pull the trigger on a shutdown, presumably thinking they had leverage, thinking they had the Republicans cornered. And then they blinked first.…
Why Eight Democratic Senators Voted to Cave on Healthcare: The Real Theory
Dems caved on protecting your healthcare. Here’s my theory on why. The eight Democratic senators who voted for the stopgap funding bill - Tim Kaine, Dick Durbin, John Fetterman, Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Angus King, Catherine Cortez Masto, and Jackie Rosen - didn’t just randomly cave on healthcare. This was coordinated political theater designed to…