Tag: Democratic Party

The Secret Chapter

Recently the DNC released its report on what went wrong with the 2024….how could they lose to Donny?

For those that did not get around to the post I put on-line….

2024 Election Autopsy

But there is part of the autopsy that they did not want to put out for our consumption….

The New York Times on Monday published what it described as a “missing chapter” of the Democratic National Committee’s widely criticized “autopsy” of the 2024 presidential election.

The chapter, titled “What Happened in 2024” and provided to the Times by Democratic strategist Paul Rivera, offers criticisms of party consultants who are “self-enriching” and out of touch with the concerns of ordinary voters.

Specifically, the chapter questions whether Democratic politicians and operatives have a grasp on the economic realities facing most Americans, while calling for “a fundamental re-evaluation” of whether Democrats “really understand the wants and needs of voters.”

“An emerging critique of Democratic decision-making,” the chapter states, “is there are too many people who have become generationally wealthy off politics and drive too much of the decision-making within the ecosystem. This is deeply frustrating to many… who want to try a different set of politics but keep banging their heads up against a system proven to be inflexible and self-enriching.”

The chapter adds that “many of the people who worked at the highest levels of the party” are “financially secure,” and thus potentially insulated “from the realities many Americans were encountering in their lives.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/dnc-autopsy-missing-chapter

My first response was….NO SHIT!

That is what us on the so-called Left have been saying for decades and now the DNC wanted to keep that part of the report a secret….not wanting you to see that what you have been saying is exactly why these losers cannot win a descent election.

The DNC is full of overly wealthy people that have no idea what you and I must face everyday….out of touch is putting it mildly.

Did you see this in any of your mainstream media sites?

I guess is no you did not.

This needs to be widely distributed so that we all can see what the party is doing and more specifically….not doing.

Pass it on.

I Read, I Write, You Know

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Those “Loony” Positions

Since the DSA has been having some success in the elections I have watched the predicted panic from the MAGA twats and also from Dems and most of the centrists (who pretend they are independent voters)….all this chaos these dweebs are creating is really amusing.

That Repub, ex-House member, Joe Scarborough, who has not been Donny’s biggest fan, has had his say about the ‘progressives’ success….

Joe Scarborough has managed to find some common ground with a man he frequently criticizes, President Trump. On Monday’s Morning Joe, Scarborough made the case that Democrats were embracing “extreme” positions on their left flank, reports Mediaite. The reference is to the success of social democrats in Democratic primaries, a group that Trump has taken to calling “communists.” “I mean, there have been some extraordinarily loony ideas coming from some,” said Scarborough. “Some of these people have actually won races and are going to be seated in Congress, most likely. Like, you know, getting rid of prisons, getting rid of cops, that didn’t work well for Democrats before, didn’t work well for American cities, either.”

His comments came in a discussion with Ed Luce of the Financial Times, who wrote a column suggesting that the Democratic Socialists of America “comes across as anti-American, which does not play well in the heartlands.” Both say that the DSA’s recent wins are clustered in safe, highly educated districts, not among the working-class voters Democrats need. Scarborough likened the moment to the 2020 primary, saying progressive contenders performed well early, but Joe Biden’s centrist stance ultimately prevailed—and predicted a similar clash of visions in the party’s next presidential contest.

His ingrained BS from being a GOP toadie is started to show again….get rid of cops, nowhere did I see that as a policy….I did see defund the police and take away that military air about them and let them go back to serving the community not the M-IC….plus Joe said that lack of police did not work well for cities….and which American cities would that be?

Hey Joe!  Here is what the DSA platform says….

Demilitarize police departments, disempower police unions, and redirect funding to public services. Treat drug addiction and mental illness as health issues, not crimes. End qualified immunity and empower civilian oversight bodies with real authority over the police.

The platform does call for replacement of the police but they will be as popular as the Dems promise of health reform.

The platform also calls for Healthcare for all, housing reforms, tax reform, education reforms and the Green New Deal….none of it is anything a Repub or a Dem will support…that brings me to a question I often ask….If these ideas are not good then what does the Democratic Party stand for?

That little demented nazi, Miller, has lots to say about Dems….

White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller blasted the Democratic Party as “a party of freaks, weirdos, losers, and crazies,” warning that if they gain power, the “American people will lose everything.”

Let me ask just what has the American people, working people, got from this admin with all its morons?  I may agree with him if he is speakjing of the centrists….but anyone else and he is full of shit.

That is not something new for me for I wrote about it 10 years ago…..

What’s A ‘Democrat’ Anymore?

There was NO answer ten years ago and that trend continues for there is NO answer today.

There are the obvious answers….they are for greed, corruption and wasteful government….but those are feelings not real answers….then what is the long overdue answer?

Will these few upcoming elections answer the question.

I think not.

I Read, I Write, You Know

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“Project 2029”

Most of us know about the game plan for Donny’s second term., Heritage’s Project 2025, so not to be outdone by the MAGA crowd the Dems have their game plan, at least for now….so far it is known as Project 2029….another attempt to chase down the GOP’s success.

Democrats trying to lay policy groundwork for the 2028 presidential race are rolling out their first major policy proposal: a framework for online child safety.

Known as “Project 2029,” the liberal group was formed as a counterweight to the conservative Project 2025 to write a policy agenda for the next Democratic presidential nominee. The group reckons starting with online internet safety — which has widespread Democratic support — will help galvanize the party to address what it calls this generation’s “tobacco moment.”

The “Kids Over Clicks” proposal calls for narrowing protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that shield platforms from some liability. Among other items, the group wants to clarify that companies aren’t protected from lawsuits stemming from AI-generated content, paid ads, illegal content or activity, and platforms that promote stalking or other nonconsensual behavior.

The group is hoping the plans will pick up traction among what is expected to be a crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates heading into 2028.

“We’re going to see many people running for president … and we want to set the standard in terms of the type of ambition that we want to see when it comes to solving these problems,” said Chad Maisel, a former adviser to President Joe Biden and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker who now serves as Project 2029’s executive director.

The proposal also advocates for banning social media accounts for kids under 16 years old, adopting stronger default privacy protections, designing safer internet platforms, banning cell phones in schools (with exceptions), pushing for a smartphone-free childhood until age 14, banning surveillance advertising, and limiting data collection on children.

Project 2029 wanted to start with kids safety because it’s among the least politically polarizing topics, but plans to release policy agendas centered on issues including healthcare, housing, AI, and the border.

https://www.semafor.com/article/06/28/2026/democrats-project-2029-goes-after-tech-companies-with-online-safety-plan

Then there is more……https://www.project2029.me/our-plans

In case you may be interested…..

Click to access ISC-A107-AdministrativeDemocracyToolkit-Document-8.5×11-v10-Final.pdf

All this is the Dems doing what they always do…REACT to the policies of the GOP…..so far I do not see any difference than any other election strategy…..do you?

Does this look like a winning formula to you?

Does not do it for me.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

And The Hits Just Keep Coming

After last week’s thriller in the ballot box……DSA has done an excellent job of defining what is wrong and what needs to be done…..and the corporate Dems are freaking and issuing warnings to the voter….

Add Pod Save America co-host and former Obama official Dan Pfeiffer to the list of those warning mainstream Democrats about a surge from the left. On the podcast, the former Obama communications director framed a string of progressive primary wins—from New York to Maine to California—as a “giant warning sign” for the party establishment, reports Mediaite. Candidates from groups on the party’s left flank are outworking and out-maneuvering more traditional candidates, “and if you are someone in the Democratic establishment, you should be deeply concerned about what this says about where the party is, what the standing of the party is, what the ability of the party infrastructure actually is to win elections,” said Pfeiffer. “So this is a big deal.”

The issue continues to generate conversation in political circles:

  • The next big test is Tuesday in Colorado, reports CNN. Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist and attorney, is challenging longtime Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette for a reliably blue seat in Denver. “I think voters have realized that the party and leadership are failing to meet this moment in a meaningful way, and it’s time for leaders who are actually going to be fighting for the interests of working people,” she tells the outlet.
  • Over the weekend, New York City Mayor framed the wins of three democratic socialists in congressional primaries there as a “national message” about how ordinary Americans are getting worn down by higher costs.
  • Last week, 15 House Democratic centrists fired back, issuing a public letter asserting that “we are capitalist, not socialist,” per the New York Times.
  • In his critique, Pfeiffer added that, at this point, an endorsement from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer or House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries might hurt more than help a Democratic candidate.
  • President Trump is rolling out a midterm message for Republicans that “communists” are taking over the Democratic Party, per Axios. He’s going after the likely next mayor of DC, Janeese Lewis George, in particular, notes the Hill.

These warnings are so much crap uttered by the high dollar Dems and their handlers….they are no better than the conservs that keep lying trying to hold off the inevitable.

I say go for it….the Progressives need to take to the party proper and show them for the cowards they are.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

If At First You Don’t Succeed…..

We are closing in on another general election and the Dems are scrambling looking for a counter to Donny and his MAGA idiots….and they are starting to talk about a failed candidate from the past….Hillary.

Hillary Clinton is headed to New Hampshire, and the trip has one pundit wondering about 2028. “At first glance, the idea of another Clinton run sounds crazy,” writes Peter Lafflin in the Washington Examiner. But he lays out a plausible, if long-shot, scenario. During the trip, the former secretary of state, senator, and first lady will deliver the keynote at the state party’s McIntyre-Shaheen Dinner in late April, a slot historically tied to would-be presidents. “You can bet her allies will be watching closely to see how she is received,” he writes.

Lafflin contends that, despite Clinton’s age—she will be 81 in 2028—and her loss in 2016, she may be more viable than many in a crowded 2028 field: She’s been sharp and combative in recent public outings, has deep party ties, strong support among Black voters, and sky-high name recognition that could translate into early-state pluralities. Laffin sketches a scenario where she rides the “establishment lane” into a showdown with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and a progressive challenger—hardly a sure thing, he admits, but “it isn’t crazy, either.”

Read the full piece.

I shake my head but what does hillary think?

During an appearance at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Clinton was directly asked if she was “thinking about running again.”

Her answer was immediate. “No. No, I’m not. But I think we’ll have some very good candidates. Some of them were at Munich.”

Those remarks come after senior editor Peter Laffin described her as a “plausible” candidate in the Washington Examiner.

I think that is best we do not need another corporate Dem in office.
Then there is word that Harris is contemplating another try….

Former Vice President Kamala Harris kept the door open on a possible third presidential run, saying that she’s “thinking about it,” eliciting cheers from a majority of the crowd at the National Action Network Convention on Friday.

“Listen, I might, I might. I’m thinking about it, I’m thinking about it,” Harris responded when Rev. Al Sharpton, during their chat at the New York City convention he hosts, flatly asked her if she’s planning to run again.

“I’ve been traveling the country the last year, I’ve been spending a lot of time in the South and many other places, and the one thing I’m really clear about, also, is the status quo is not working, and hasn’t been working for a lot of people for a long time, and part of the issue is the need to get rid of some of the bureaucracy in government and to understand that the people want — they don’t want process, they want progress. And that’s the work that needs to be done,” Harris said.

(abcnews.com)

Once again I say NO!

She failed last time….we need new blood in the the party not a rehash of old tired ideas that have not proven there worth in decades.

This whole idea of anyone but Donny will get us nowhere near the place this country should be.

Anyone have a different take?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Oh Great Another Billionaire Candidate

I know it is a bit early too discuss the upcoming general election in 2028 but there are some names that are being batted around like Newsom….and now the brains behind Clinton in 1992 election has come out with his chose for a candidate….

James Carville’s top pick to become the Democratic nominee in 2028 may come as a surprise: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. In an appearance on Raymond Arroyo’s Fox News show, the Democratic strategist said the billionaire governor has two big selling points: He’s a prodigious fundraiser, and he’s well-liked in the Black community. “If I had to say one guy—I really don’t know him, very superficially—but if I were betting the Kentucky Derby and I saw this 12-to-1 horse and I said, ‘I want to get a prize,’ I’d take JB Pritzker,” Carville said, per HuffPost.

Kamala Harris? She has “no chance,” says Carville. “No Democrat wants anything to do with anybody that had anything to do with 2024.” Carville thought Rahm Emanuel, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro can make strong runs, but none match Pritzker’s overall appeal in his view. “He’s bigger than life,” says Carville. “He’s worth $3 billion and won a million and a half dollars shooting craps and blackjack in Las Vegas. That makes people like him.” Early polling has Harris in first place, followed by Newsom, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but Carville calls such polls “meaningless” at this point.

I would expect Carville to push a billionaire for he was instrumental in the Clinton and turning the DNC into a corporate stooge.

He is about the cash not the person.

Meaningless?  Same can be said for his push for yet another billionaire to rape the country….a precedent has been set by Donny and I bet it will carry forth no matter who gets the nod in 2028.

Will the voter be fooled by this?  My guess is they will for they are not the sharpest pencils in the box….if they are then nothing will change just a continuation of rule by the rich.

I know it is early and a lot can happen between now and November of 2028 but for now it is not looking good for the people of those country.

Any thoughts?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

 

Democrats: A Critique

College of Political Knowledge

Series:  DNC/Democratic Party

Paper One.

As the next election creeps up on you I want to critique the party that will be trying to unseat the entrenched GOP from government.

This first part of my series is a re-post of something I wrote over 3 months ago spelling out the problems that the Dems will have…..

Democrats Are In Trouble

The Dems are in trouble for sure…..the problem is we all see it but the status quo cannot move past their love of cash and their need for the special interests in their fight to regain power.

Stay tuned Paper 2 will be forthcoming.

I Read, I Write, You Know

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Project 2029

Yes you read that right….Project 2029 not 2025.

This is the Dems new plan for upcoming elections….

Examining their last presidential election loss and looking ahead to 2028, Democrats are divided on whether the issue is that their candidates aren’t succeeding in selling voters on the party’s policies or the problem is the ideas themselves. So they plan to put together a book of Democratic stances, with a new section released every quarter, for candidates to work with in the next primaries, the New York Times reports. Project 2029 is modeled after the right-wing agenda President Trump disavowed as a candidate and put into action once in office, though not by name.

Party operatives aren’t concerned that their attacks on Project 2025 will rebound on them. They just need to tell a compelling story. In the 2024 campaign, “we didn’t lack policies,” said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster. “But we lacked a functioning narrative to communicate those policies.” She said her party’s candidates hit voters with “agencies and acronyms and statistics” rather than with a clear story about “what we’re going to fight for.” Installments in Project 2029 will be released quarterly in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.

But it’s not just the format that Democrats can take a lesson from, said a former aide in Democratic White Houses who’s on the project’s advisory board. “Liberals underestimate the power of Trump’s ideas,” said Neera Tanden, adding that her party needs better ones to compete. “We get wrapped up in his personality. But he puts forward an idea like ‘No tax on tips,’ and that’s an important signifier that he is championing working-class people,” she added. The project has Democratic skeptics. “Developing policies by checking every coalitional box is how we got in this mess in the first place,” said Adam Jentleson, who’s mulling launching a new think tank.

After the 2024 election and Dems were handed their asses to them the chest thumping was trying to find a new direction that speaks more to the people….so far not has not happened….as a matter of fact the party loyalists even made sure that a true progressive was removed from the DNC, David Hogg.

The GOP used about 40 years to get where they are today and the Dems want to do the same thing in a year and half…..delusional my friends….but then Dems have always been delusional.

The status quo Dems cannot do anything but react to Trump as they have done for decades before…..and there is the resurgence of the conservative Blue Dog Dem (a post to follow later)….another telling example of where the DNC is headed…..NOWHERE!

Watch for my upcoming series on the Democratic Party and the problems it faces.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Out With The Worthless

I have been saying for many years that I feel that our Congress especially the Dems are controlled not by you but special interests.

I have been bitching about our do-nothing Congress…..they let special interests run the country while their rhetoric sounds logical their actions are reckless.

One of the worse of the lot is Schumer of the Senate….now people are seeing just how worthless this toad has become.

Calls for him to step aside and get out of the way of any meaningful progress….

Dozen of advocacy organizations on Wednesday joined the growing call for U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from his leadership position after caving to Republicans on a stopgap spending measure last month.

Given GOP control of Congress and the White House, people across the country saw the looming government shutdown as a rare opportunity for Democratic lawmakers to fight against President Donald Trump’s agenda. However, Schumer (D-N.Y.) led 10 caucus members in partnering with Senate Republicans to force through the spending legislation.

Since then, polling has made clear that voters are frustrated with the Democratic Party and Schumer in particular, and want political leaders to challenge the GOP’s agenda, which is primarily passing more tax giveaways for the wealthy and gutting the federal government—an effort led by Trump adviser Elon Musk, the richest person on Earth.

…

“Schumer’s inexplicable surrender and support for a dangerous and cruel MAGA spending bill amounted to a complete dereliction of duty and failure of leadership. For this simple reason, Schumer must step down as Senate majority leader immediately,” added Jones, whose group led the letter with Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD).

https://www.commondreams.org/news/chuck-schumer-trump

The Democratic Party as a whole is NOT progressive regardless f the BS they feed the public they are basically a conservative party….but the one bright spot is the Progressive Caucus within the House.

There is where a challenger to Schumer is emerging….AOC….she has the right stuff in my book but she needs to be more progressive…..she is staring down Schumer in the next election….

A poll released Friday from the progressive think tank Data for Progress has Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez besting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, also a Democrat, by 19 points in a hypothetical matchup in the 2028 New York primary for a U.S. Senate seat.

According to the poll, which was was first shared exclusively with Politico, 55% of voters said they would cast a ballot for Ocasio-Cortez or leaned toward supporting her, and 36% said they would support Schumer or leaned toward supporting him, with 9% undecided.

The only subgroup that supported Schumer over Ocasio-Cortez were moderates, who favored Schumer 50%-35%, with 15% undecided. Ocasio-Cortez carried all other subgroups with an outright majority, except for voters over the age of 45, 49% of whom said they would support her or leaned toward supporting her.

The poll—while several years out from the actual race—comes in the wake of Schumer’s decision to throw his support behind a Republican-backed spending bill in early March, a move that roiled his own party and prompted calls for him to step aside from his leadership position in the Senate.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-schumer-poll-ny-primary-2028

I hope she keeps this lead and defeats Schumer for the US Senate needs some new blood the blood it has now is tainted ….new progressive blood would do wonders to help change the downward direction the Senate is sliding.

I know many moderate Dems do not like AOC….and just look where the Senate is and the country as a whole under the ‘guidance’ of these so-called moderates….sorry but there is nothing moderate about these garden slugs.

If you want change then make the change and stop pretend that all can work together….that pipe dream died decades go.

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“lego ergo scribo”

What Happened To The Democratic Party?

This is a common theme since the party was handed their butts to them in the election of 2024…..many theories are being floated and many answers on how to correct the situation…..but the key is will any of the ‘power brokers’ listen.

I have my thoughts on what happened and it was not overnight.

It began with the loss of Carter to Reagan and the Dems kept finding the most useless and weak candidates they possibly could but the straw that broke the party was the candidacy of Bubba Clinton and the party’s embracing of big money and special interests….and the party has been sliding down this path for many elections and their greed and embrace has brought them to this spot in our history.

Like I said there are many explanations and this is just one…..

With all eyes on the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, it’s been easy to overlook or downplay the many signs of acute decline in American politics. Donald Trump’s victory is still sending shockwaves through the established political system, so it’s tempting to dismiss his deranged decade-long reign on the right as an aberration, born of incoherent moral panics, misplaced economic anxiety, and declining media literacy. But in reality, the Trump distemper never existed in isolation. It was a fundamental expression of a host of unresolved pathologies—many within the Democratic Party, too—and not an inexplicable detour from a serenely ordered status quo.

The final count shows that Trump again came up short of a majority of the popular vote. Still, it never should have been this close. Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump and the Republicans told us exactly who they are. They pledged to wreak vengeance on their political enemies, to create a new counter-federalist brigade of brownshirts to initiate mass deportations, to bomb Iran to smithereens, and to establish an interstate menstrual surveillance regime. Trump barked out random non sequiturs about windmills and Hannibal Lecter and bobbed silently to schlock-heavy playlists. He dogmatically asserted his faith in tariffs and their ability to magically eliminate inequality and create mass prosperity, even if they would do the opposite. And yet Kamala Harris and the Democrats struggled to mount a successful opposition. Harris refused to separate herself from Joe Biden’s unconscionable support for genocide in Gaza, and she put forward an economic platform that often devolved into a standard litany of milquetoast measures to uphold a starkly unequal status quo—from her squishiness on antitrust enforcement to her pandering to the crypto industry.

Where did the national political machine (and its operators and strategists) that was once called the Democratic Party go? How did it become so fangless in the face of a presidential candidate so clearly ill-equipped for the presidency? For that matter, where was the Republican Party that might have prevented Trump’s third run for the White House? Even as some of its name-brand leaders have broken from Trump, the party remained wedded to a MAGA path to power.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-dealignment-left-adrift-hollow-parties/

So what has happened to the DNC?  One answer….MONEY.

The American Prospect‘s Micah Sifry reported that he obtained the closely guarded list from a “trusted source with long experience with the national party.”

“This person thinks it’s absurd that the party’s roster of voting members is secret,” Sifry wrote. “Indeed, since there is no official public list, each of the candidates running for chair and other positions has undoubtedly had to create their own tallies from scratch—making it very likely our list comes from a candidate’s whip operation.”

Based on the DNC’s public statements, it was known that the DNC has 448 active members who will decide on key leadership posts in the coming weeks. But the identities of the individuals were, until Friday, kept under wraps.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/dnc-membership-list

Then most recently there is the complete ignorance on the use of social media…..

None of these problems will be corrected in the near future…..or if ever.

The Dems have given lip service to many issues and delivered on very few….hence the voter has lost all confidence in the party and the next year or so will be very telling.

You tell me what happened to the Democratic Party.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”