Hey, for any progressive / socialist / communist / anarchist lemmings out there that thinks the Democratic establishment can’t or won’t support a more left candidate:
“I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election,” [U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens] said.
Curtis Hertel, the chair of Michigan Democratic Party, urged unity ahead of November.
Sen. Gary Peters, the Michigan Democrat whose retirement spurred the contentious primary to replace him, said, “Congratulations to him.”
Of course, this doesn’t mean we can just vote our way out of this, or that the Democratic party is the best way to move forward your politics. But, just remember the value of a strategic vote isn’t nothing and doesn’t have much opportunity cost.
Abdul El-Sayed is a dedicated public servant who fought to make government work for Michigan families. Now, he is ready to take that fight to the U.S. Senate.
I left X when it was still called Twitter, and do extensive ad-blocking (UBO; Medium mode), so I don’t see anything posted there. Thanks for the information.
Please stop using X. It only has ad income due to the “daily active users” numbers still being high. Leave it and if you still need to follow select accounts on it, join a Mastodon instance that doesn’t defederate @bird.makeup or one of the other X mirroring services.
I just googled the two names and grabbed the first link.
I think they use Facebook, Twitter, and Substack. Which all have their own problems, and I’d love for them to use better platforms.
Just wanted to get as close of a source as possible. The oligarch owned media will always put a slant on it in articles, because they want to depress Dem primary turnouts.
I believe an X mirroring service will count as a single “daily active user” for the X numbers, no matter how many actual people are accessing the information downstream of the mirroring service. I don’t use that number myself, so I’m not sure how it is calculated.
I can operate without X. But, not everyone can. For example, there are governmental organizations that only publish announcements on X. So, some people are going to need to use a mirroring service (or X itself) until they can get entities outside their direct control to change behavior, which always takes time.
That’s precisely the election strategy they’ve been using for decades, to make you feel good right before the election, so you forget about how they’ve abandoned you for all those years prior and vote for them thinking “this time is different.”
Talk is cheap. The Democrats have shown time and time and time again that they’re more than happy to virtue signal or tell citizens what they want to hear when election time rolls around but immediately turn their backs on the people when it comes time to govern.
Maybe save the snarky “I told you so” type comments until you can provide more than hollow quotes from a couple of individuals.
Where, exactly, is the snark in my comment? It was unintended, and I’d like to avoid projecting snark unintentionally in the future.
I agree that quotes aren’t a lot of action, but public quotes are one of the methods people in those positions affect the electorate and help (or hinder) candidates. I do hope the DNC contributes materially to the campaign, and agree that has yet to happen.
I probably l could have found a better word to use but couldn’t think of one. I also hope they follow through, but have become so jaded and cynical of the party after years of seeing them giving Trump and the Republican party every single thing they want.
Hey, for any progressive / socialist / communist / anarchist lemmings out there that thinks the Democratic establishment can’t or won’t support a more left candidate:
“I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election,” [U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens] said.
Curtis Hertel, the chair of Michigan Democratic Party, urged unity ahead of November.
Sen. Gary Peters, the Michigan Democrat whose retirement spurred the contentious primary to replace him, said, “Congratulations to him.”
Of course, this doesn’t mean we can just vote our way out of this, or that the Democratic party is the best way to move forward your politics. But, just remember the value of a strategic vote isn’t nothing and doesn’t have much opportunity cost.
Don’t forget the DNC chair:
https://x.com/kenmartin73/status/2085012964562641376
He won’t weigh on in a primary, but the DNC should never be doing that.
I left X when it was still called Twitter, and do extensive ad-blocking (UBO; Medium mode), so I don’t see anything posted there. Thanks for the information.
Please stop using X. It only has ad income due to the “daily active users” numbers still being high. Leave it and if you still need to follow select accounts on it, join a Mastodon instance that doesn’t defederate @bird.makeup or one of the other X mirroring services.
I never use it…
I just googled the two names and grabbed the first link.
I think they use Facebook, Twitter, and Substack. Which all have their own problems, and I’d love for them to use better platforms.
Just wanted to get as close of a source as possible. The oligarch owned media will always put a slant on it in articles, because they want to depress Dem primary turnouts.
So Nitter instances won’t contribute to the active user numbers?
I believe an X mirroring service will count as a single “daily active user” for the X numbers, no matter how many actual people are accessing the information downstream of the mirroring service. I don’t use that number myself, so I’m not sure how it is calculated.
I can operate without X. But, not everyone can. For example, there are governmental organizations that only publish announcements on X. So, some people are going to need to use a mirroring service (or X itself) until they can get entities outside their direct control to change behavior, which always takes time.
Replace the x and put xcancel and that solves that issue.
I feel a little better now
That’s precisely the election strategy they’ve been using for decades, to make you feel good right before the election, so you forget about how they’ve abandoned you for all those years prior and vote for them thinking “this time is different.”
Talk is cheap. The Democrats have shown time and time and time again that they’re more than happy to virtue signal or tell citizens what they want to hear when election time rolls around but immediately turn their backs on the people when it comes time to govern.
Maybe save the snarky “I told you so” type comments until you can provide more than hollow quotes from a couple of individuals.
Where, exactly, is the snark in my comment? It was unintended, and I’d like to avoid projecting snark unintentionally in the future.
I agree that quotes aren’t a lot of action, but public quotes are one of the methods people in those positions affect the electorate and help (or hinder) candidates. I do hope the DNC contributes materially to the campaign, and agree that has yet to happen.
I probably l could have found a better word to use but couldn’t think of one. I also hope they follow through, but have become so jaded and cynical of the party after years of seeing them giving Trump and the Republican party every single thing they want.