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Note that no one but wonks

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:37:00 +0000

In reply to Since 2012, Democrats have

Note that no one but wonks actually reads the platform, so it's a place for the engaged activists to park their aspirations. In 2016 they got to write a large chunk of the platform & then disappeared up in the Dakotas to fret over pipelines til November. In 2020 it was an early Xmas gift named Kamala. In 2008 it was the candidate himself, marginally-liberal as he was. We'll see what the next appeasement to the Gods looks like. "Joe and the volcano 2"?)

InMD

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 11 May 2022 12:59:14 +0000

In reply to Since 2012, Democrats have

InMD

2 hr ago

The policy changes have their pros and cons but you could debate how much of it is really a move left versus evolving with society. I think the absolute biggest changes have been rhetorical. Fewer Democrats speak like normal people and pepper their language with university buzz words that, frankly, can be really loaded and alienating for anyone not on the far end of the progressive spectrum. I think that change is much more important to perceptions than any shift left in policy preferences, not that those don't exist.

Obviously Trump tax cuts changed a lot, the increasing success of solar and EVs affected goals, i recall dropping welfare age to 60 under Obama? But maybe Biden really has pushed things left (which Hillary did as well trying to appease the Bernie wing). It's hard to tell whether much of the woke stuff is supposed to change anything, or just make a theoretical point.

Since 2012, Democrats have

artappraiser — Wed, 11 May 2022 10:36:41 +0000

In reply to "Develop a healthier emotional relationship with Joe Manchin"

Since 2012, Democrats have moved left — on social issues, yes, but also on economics, climate change, and a bunch of other things. From me and @mattyglesias: https://t.co/LfsXsuKySh
— Milan Singh (@milansingh03) May 11, 2022

Instead of "ultra" as a

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 11 May 2022 09:18:24 +0000

In reply to Biden selling moderation in

Instead of "ultra" as a little pop, perhaps "deploraMAGAs" is available - have to check.

Biden selling moderation in

artappraiser — Tue, 10 May 2022 23:27:31 +0000

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Biden selling moderation in all things:

White House press sec. Jen Psaki tells @MaryKBruce that Pres. Biden came up with new "ultra-MAGA" label himself because he is struck by “how extreme some of the policies and proposals are that a certain wing of the Republican Party…are advocating for.” https://t.co/8GJN4s4cV2 pic.twitter.com/cDqrZv13rQ
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 10, 2022

note usage of "a certain wing of the Republican party".

Now if he just do a couple Sister Souljah's of select Woke, we'd be all set.

Andrew Yang totally gets it:

artappraiser — Tue, 10 May 2022 13:05:14 +0000

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Andrew Yang totally gets it:

I’ve endorsed @RepMcKinley in West Virginia who voted for the infrastructure bill and the Jan 6 commission. He is running against a Trump-endorsed candidate in the Republican primary today. If you are in WV vote for David McKinley! https://t.co/xhLaeNVyMw
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) May 10, 2022

Jackson did that Rainbow

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 05 May 2022 16:25:31 +0000

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Jackson did that Rainbow thing much better - and whites were never left out.

Susan Sarandon says one

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 05 May 2022 16:21:27 +0000

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Susan Sarandon says one reason she won’t endorse Hillary Clinton in a general election against Donald Trump is that “she could have health issues.” that's aged well

When asked if she said Hillary would be as bad as Trump she answered "no, but i don't mind the quote".

2 years later she said Hillary would've gotten us into war, not realizing we still had 11,000 troops in Afghanistan, nevermind how Trump led this road to Ukraine invasion.

And her "i don't vote with my vagina" echoed by Killer Mike was the perfect pairing with Trump's "grab em by the pussy" for a snatch-and-sniff election and an end to #MeToo.

Yet the media does love amplifying the left so their complaints seem bigger than they are. We've spent more energy on male trannies competing in women's sports than in protecting abortion that affects the 50% suspect breeders out there, debates over CRT and 1619 Project in Kindergarten more important than children's access to healthcare, job-enabling education, and protection from being shot.

I found this piece

artappraiser — Thu, 05 May 2022 13:25:57 +0000

In reply to "Develop a healthier emotional relationship with Joe Manchin"

I found this piece interesting https://t.co/VqYGFPlblP
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 5, 2022

People sometimes ask me, “Matt how is what you’re saying different from what the DLC people used to say.”

My short answer — some of it is basically the same but some of it is very different.

My long answer is today’s column. https://t.co/0aqs4devnP
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 5, 2022

The Old Moderates got some critically important governance questions wrong on the merits and ended up discredited. https://t.co/0aqs4devnP pic.twitter.com/frKGKO0g7c
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 5, 2022

But what they’ve always been right about is you can’t rely on “mobilization” or “demographics is destiny” to avoid engaging with actual public opinion. https://t.co/0aqs4devnP pic.twitter.com/y3hapBCaJ8
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 5, 2022

The DLC hated Jesse Jackson but I think his rhetoric here represents an appealing alternative to their ideas while also sounding very different (and much better) than contemporary progressive takes.https://t.co/0aqs4devnP pic.twitter.com/inTfuiT4Wp
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 5, 2022

Biden's fighting back today,

artappraiser — Wed, 04 May 2022 20:05:11 +0000

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Biden's fighting back today, trying to grab some of the Manchin types and establishment GOP away from "UltraMAGA" -

President Biden: "I reduced the federal deficit. All the talk about the deficit from my Republican friends, I love it. I've reduced it $350 billion in my first year in office. [...] I don't want to hear Republicans talk about deficits and their ultra-MAGA agenda." pic.twitter.com/rhbBkja5E1
— The Hill (@thehill) May 4, 2022

.@POTUS: "Let me tell you about this ultra-MAGA agenda. It's extreme, as most MAGA things are. It will actually raise taxes on 75 million American families, over 95% of whom make less than $100,000 a year. Among the hardest hit? Working families." pic.twitter.com/7ThfXtRTUU
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) May 4, 2022

‘Social security is something seniors have paid in for their whole life. And it has to be reauthorized?’ — Pres. Biden sent out a warning that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid could be in danger due to FL Sen. Rick Scott’s ‘Ultra-MAGA Agenda’ pic.twitter.com/bT7P7XKEfo
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 4, 2022