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It's Faux pas 14 hrs ago #1
Yet they don't want to vote consistently to change things Aepps22 14 hrs ago #2
blue wave is here! Bread and Circuses 13 hrs ago #8
are you running for an office as a democrat? just curious... nt msongs 13 hrs ago #3
We have leaders. We OWN issues. Just don't let the oligarchs drag the party into applesause irrelevants (or irelephants) usonian 13 hrs ago #4
You bash Democrats in your OP title mcar 13 hrs ago #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Bread and Circuses 13 hrs ago #9
I would note that getting 25 million people to show up for anything is a Big Ask 0rganism 13 hrs ago #6
OMG ! give it a TRY. Bread and Circuses 13 hrs ago #11
Really? UpInArms 13 hrs ago #7
Do you have a list of the 'leaders'... sheshe2 13 hrs ago #10
Short Answer ! It's a leverage ... Bread and Circuses 13 hrs ago #13
So, who are all these 'Centrists' ... sheshe2 12 hrs ago #14
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree 13 hrs ago #12
They have two problems. everyonematters 12 hrs ago #15
Oh ok. BannonsLiver 12 hrs ago #16
I've never liked this "commentator" much. ihaveaquestion 1 hr ago #17

Aepps22

(388 posts)
2. Yet they don't want to vote consistently to change things
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 07:30 PM
14 hrs ago

The performative stuff that videos like this call for rarely focus on the fact that the voters didn’t do what we needed to do. Calling for people in the streets sounds great but where is that same energy for actually voting to give our leaders the numbers to actually do something?

Bread and Circuses

(2,112 posts)
8. blue wave is here!
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 07:48 PM
13 hrs ago

Hi !

We do have a Blue Wave of voters, I’ve been on many calls - 2024 election that explained the good turnout.

Yet, the republicans are suppressing votes in RED counties and perhaps electronic manipulation. Don’t trust the count , there’s ,any competent analysts who have posted data about irregularities in swing states.


The reason why people are complacent ?!?
We NEED TO PUSH them ! Do you remember the speeches on the steps of the statehouses and city halls BY DEMS, teach ins, nightly news and reporters covering the VietNam war?

That convinced people that we were being lied to. NOW, we need to flood social media and occupy the public areas in front of stadiums, restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, shopping districts. ALL THE TIME! Set up a table and invite respectful dialogue.

I think may be too late.

usonian

(25,536 posts)
4. We have leaders. We OWN issues. Just don't let the oligarchs drag the party into applesause irrelevants (or irelephants)
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 07:34 PM
13 hrs ago
ISSUES.
The elephant in the room.

Oligarchs and the insane concentration of wealth.
EVERYONE but a few suffer from this. Red, blue, purple, you name it.
The few are "The Epstein Class"

Fair share zero? F-them.
EAT THE RICH



We have leaders.

I have already endorsed one who can smash maga in its hypocritical hateful Antichrist mouth.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/13244491
A man in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King.


Will somebody please tell him to run?

And so many others with a PROGRESSIVE agenda.
Why? IT WINS.



More later!

and enjoy your


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0rganism

(25,654 posts)
6. I would note that getting 25 million people to show up for anything is a Big Ask
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 07:43 PM
13 hrs ago

Indivisible/No Kings has by far the best street turnout organization I've ever seen, and their organized march last month had under 9 million. That's a third of what you're saying Dems should have called for last year. And last month's protests took place after "Operation Epstein File" began, after the current insanity re-started the bombing, after a school for little girls was reduced to rubble killing hundreds of kids within.

What do you think happens if, last year, Democratic leadership calls for 25 million people in the streets and under 10 million show up? What's going to lead in the coverage? That's correct, more stories about how weak and useless "establishment" Democrats are, and how they don't represent the general population. And then more braggadocio from F47. So... a whole lot more of the same. Be careful what you ask for.

Bread and Circuses

(2,112 posts)
11. OMG ! give it a TRY.
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 07:57 PM
13 hrs ago

That’s right. We may Fail , 10 times !

In Baseball. .300 batting average is excellent in baseball. The player FAILS 70% of time.

We are in an existential threat. If you’re comfy with your choices…good to know.

Oh, and I’m NOT careful when fascism, sedition, and war crimes as grow in our midst.

I’ll go to my grave fighting this to honor the suffering of my family who endured tragedy from another dictator …


🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

sheshe2

(97,694 posts)
10. Do you have a list of the 'leaders'...
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 07:49 PM
13 hrs ago

that you consider 'weak, feckless'?

Transcript:

The right goes as hard as they possibly can. They just go for the jugular and then when Democrats are in power, they're like, "Oh, we have to be nice.
You sweep the leg, slam your fist into their throats, knee them in the nuts." Met I'm speaking metaphorically, okay?
I'm not telling anyone to be physical and violent. [music]
This is the problem. Republicans get in and they nominate the most far-right,
completely insane nut jobs that they can find. [music] And then Democrats get in and they try to put in these moderates.
Where has that gotten us? We now have Americans who have been executed in the streets. We have innocent immigrants sent to torture prisons. Trump is violating the Constitution, breaking laws on a daily basis, all of the corruption. So yeah, it we're done. We're freaking done. If they don't get tough and if they don't start going hard in the paint for their own voters and for their own base,
they're going to be voted out.


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Actually, she seems to be talking about more than just leadership. Hmmm, so we are going to primary everyone that we deem to be weak and feckless?

Bread and Circuses

(2,112 posts)
13. Short Answer ! It's a leverage ...
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 08:15 PM
13 hrs ago

That has been used to move centrist Dems to the LEFT! You tell them to get onboard with FDR type of legislation and start cutting military aide to nations who commit war crimes. Obama did this, as did Nancy Pelosi. I think LBJ was a master of arm twisting !
He got the civil rights legislation and the great society legislation passed! It’s been done.

I’m not going to take the bait, to name names …as I expect I’ll be reported.

I’d suggest you peruse the members of Congress and ask who has gone to mat to save our democracy for the children.


https://www.congress.gov/members

sheshe2

(97,694 posts)
14. So, who are all these 'Centrists' ...
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 08:47 PM
12 hrs ago

that are voting for Military aid, etc and have to be moved, shoved, bullied towards the LEFT!? I think our Democrats are pretty united...Fetterman excluded.

You do know that we have good Dems running/winning in purple and red states. correct? They can't run far LEFT and win.

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everyonematters

(4,173 posts)
15. They have two problems.
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 09:00 PM
12 hrs ago

They have no leadership, and they have a base that is stuck in it's own world.

ihaveaquestion

(4,656 posts)
17. I've never liked this "commentator" much.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 07:39 AM
1 hr ago

I can't listen to her for some reason. Obviously that's a "me" problem, but that said...

This is BLATENT Democrat Bashing. Shame on you for posting it.

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