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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 15h

No, I was just correcting the previous guy's impression that Obama could have "done anything he wanted" in his first term. He didn't because he couldn't.

I understand frustration with the Dems, they're not perfect, but let's not compete in the outrage stakes by passing off fiction as fact.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 17h

a foundational belief of the modern right is that there is no such thing as organic disagreement with their policies, it’s all directed from the top down

they just can’t conceive that ordinary people find them horrifying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

Absolutely brutal.

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 17h

Sir this is the NYC mayoral election we were referring to, not the 2024 presidential election. Are you a bot, by any chance?

Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 17h

I think you’re mistaken sir, Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) didn’t enter politics until well into President Obama’s second term in 2016

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 19h

This is how the government is set up to work. That’s why change is rare and difficult, and any progress is incremental. I wish we lived in the Leftist world where magical things can happen if we post hard enough, but we just don’t.

Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Americans don’t react until they experience personal discomfort, the stove must be touched and it must be associated with Republican policies

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Has he asked for their endorsement? It could be tactical on his end to not be associated with figures of vitriolic hatred on the left wing. If I was a Mamdani campaign guy I’d decline an endorsement.

And sure public improvements are broadly popular, just don’t assume voters are the same all over.

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

I kinda disagree because while this holds true in some respects, the “will of the voters” is mutable. A policy popular in New York City will of course be different to families in the suburbs of Ohio.

As for Zohran, the DNC chair has urged voters to back him, can’t get more establishment than that

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

You could change my mind by not making up fantasy scenarios out of thin air instead of throwing a tantrum and rage quitting

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

There was no supermajority of Senators, it was a coalition including Blue Dog Dems who are today extinct.

The most irritating thing about political neophytes is that they assume Barack Obama had supreme power like Palpatine or something for a brief window before Ted Kennedy died.

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

It first grew wild on the Plains of Leng

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Ah the Emirates, the dream society for MAGA

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

That depends, is Geoff Johns still in charge of creative direction?

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

The crazy thing to me is Komeito made what I thought were very reasonable requests to reform campaign financing and LDP just flat out refused, to the point where Komeito are not even offering a confidence and supply govt

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Mad Marge is incapable of change

Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Obvious projection after Trump fired the labor stats person for not reporting the numbers he wants

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

It’ll start with prisoner labor and reintroduce debtor’s prisons, like the good ol’ 18th century

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

And as a nice bonus, reclaims the humble frog from the alt right

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Barnes never campaigned on defunding the police. He made comments to that effect and it was enough to turn off swing voters.

That’s the point, you can’t back someone who appeals 100% to the base for a general election. If Wisconsin primary voters had picked a moderate, history looks different.

Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 3d

Voting for the most progressive candidate in primaries is how you lose elections. Mandela Barnes blew a winnable race against Ron Johnson in 2022, if there had been a more moderate candidate who didn’t want to defund the police, no one would have cared how Sinema or Manchin voted.

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 3d

Joe Biden is the president most supportive of trans rights in US history, and it’s not even a question.

Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 3d

Gay marriage and trans rights…oh wait.

Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 5d

Trump can find $20 billion to gift to Milei in Argentina yet he wants to cut your healthcare. Dems need to shout this ad nauseum until the midterms

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Mo Udall Mo Problems @5thkennedy.bsky.social · 5d

Agreed