Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmalc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mmalc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bebadefabo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bebadefabo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@dragonsidedd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dragonsidedd</span></a></span> </p><p>there's two tracks here:</p><p>strategy</p><p>excitement</p><p>cold dreary strategy means you always vote <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrat</span></a></p><p>but unfortunately, even given the stakes, too many motherfuckers out there demand excitement, and are fine not voting and letting the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> slide into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a> if they don't get what they want</p><p>so we give them what they want</p><p>that means more bernies and AOCs</p><p>"we" being us showing up in the fucking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a></p>
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bebadefabo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bebadefabo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmalc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mmalc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@dragonsidedd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dragonsidedd</span></a></span></p><p>so we don't sideline them</p><p>by "we" i don't mean this notion of an omnipotent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrat</span></a> centrist grip on the party. that doesn't exist. they're weak</p><p>by "we" i mean us who are going to mob <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a></p><p>right?</p><p>are you listening out there?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bernie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bernie</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aoc</span></a> own the future of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> party</p><p>whoever opposes this only delays the inevitable</p><p>*but*</p><p>if you don't fucking show up in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> you fucking inert motherfuckers, it doesn't happen either</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@grumble209" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grumble209</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@MannyDexter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MannyDexter</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MrBirch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MrBirch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@todymotmot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>todymotmot</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@wendinoakland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wendinoakland</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@profdc9" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>profdc9</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://plasmatrap.com/@zakalwe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zakalwe</span></a></span> </p><p>yes!</p><p>what do you think <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> does?</p><p>they always turn out for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>, faithfully</p><p>THEY SHOW UP IN THE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PRIMARIES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PRIMARIES</span></a></p><p>then what happens?</p><p>pollsters find out what motivated them to vote</p><p>then the pols amplify and support that concern</p><p>that's the way it works!</p><p>do you think a single fucking soul listens to inert endless whiners who don't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a>?</p><p>how the fuck did you wind up with such an impotent incoherent attitude?</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@grumble209" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grumble209</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@MannyDexter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MannyDexter</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MrBirch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MrBirch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@todymotmot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>todymotmot</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@wendinoakland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wendinoakland</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@profdc9" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>profdc9</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://plasmatrap.com/@zakalwe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zakalwe</span></a></span></p><p>do you know who votes constantly party line?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a></p><p>do you know who shows up for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a>?</p><p>MAGA</p><p>do you what the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> is today?</p><p>MAGA</p><p>can the left take over the dems like that?</p><p>yes</p><p>well no</p><p>as long as the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> is whiny voices making excuses for impotent cynicism</p><p>they don't show the fuck up</p><p>useless self-defeating assholes</p><p>bad <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>candidates</span></a> are *an effect* of not enough voting not *a cause*</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eva_chaos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eva_chaos</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@pmonks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pmonks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@draNgNon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>draNgNon</span></a></span></p><p>the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> are where you kick spineless centrists to the curb</p><p>anyone complaining about how fucked up the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> is, or how fucked the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> are:</p><p>if you don't vote <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a>, shut the fuck up</p><p>that's your chance to make the change</p><p>when are they? who are they?</p><p>it's local</p><p>figure it the fuck out</p><p>you care? prove it</p><p>i'm not going to hold your fucking hand, you're an adult</p><p>"ben stop being so mean"</p><p>nah</p><p>endless whiners need to make an effort</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>'<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidHogg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidHogg</span></a>, a controversial {he isn't} <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> vice chair, is pledging to upend <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> by funding <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>candidates</span></a> who will challenge “ineffective, asleep-at-the-wheel” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>.</p><p>The move puts Hogg, the now 25-year-old who first gained national stature as an outspoken survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School {<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Parkland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parkland</span></a>} shooting, on a collision course with his own party and some Democratic House members.'</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/david-hogg-dnc-vice-chair-to-spend-big-to-take-down-safe-democratic-incumbents-00292535" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/15/d</span><span class="invisible">avid-hogg-dnc-vice-chair-to-spend-big-to-take-down-safe-democratic-incumbents-00292535</span></a></p><p>👏 👏 👏 </p><p>GO DAVID!</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@pliny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pliny</span></a></span> </p><p>No</p><p>Because you frame it as</p><p>1. Punishing centrist dems</p><p>2. Expecting them to be perfect before you vote</p><p>What you do is you ignore that toxic waste</p><p>Then you show up in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a> and replace them</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> are an empty vessel</p><p>Fill them with your will</p><p>Don't listen to toxic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> "the Democrats suck so I won't show up"</p><p>Of course they suck!</p><p>And?</p><p>Do you see the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a> that only helps <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>?</p><p>If your reasoning results in inaction *you* fucked up</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@pliny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pliny</span></a></span> </p><p>Fuck <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a></p><p>Nobody is normalizing or accepting Schumer the spineless turd</p><p>The problem is arguments to not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> and give us <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>That choice matters more than your point</p><p>Meanwhile, until <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midterms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midterms2026</span></a>, we <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a> the fuck out of these centrist milquetoast centrist corporatist shit dems</p><p>And if someone doesn't vote in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a>?</p><p>Then they can shut the fuck up because actions speak louder than words on their supposed ideals</p><p>Show the fuck up <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a></p><p>Fight!</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span></p><p>>> thread from Sen. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whitehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitehouse</span></a> related to the continuing budget resolution and voting rational is worth making exception for…</p><p>I read it but could not find your comment if you posted any.</p><p>What I found is that the VAST majority responded negatively to whitewashing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a>'s inaction, while Schumer himself shrugged reporters with "I don't know" [all the facts] and [don't worry about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a>] "That's a long time away" ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/114173039648225393" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">14173039648225393</span></a></p><p>Rearranging <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeckChairsOnTitanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeckChairsOnTitanic</span></a> 🙄</p>
Kevin Russell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tulsa.ok.us/@BalooUriza" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BalooUriza</span></a></span> </p><p>Maybe a massive Primary the Democratic Party Leadership needs to be organised.</p><p>"Primary Schumer"</p><p>Boost this post.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dems</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schumer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ManyPrimaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManyPrimaries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MassPrimaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassPrimaries</span></a></p>
Operation Resuscitation: Democracy<p>More endorsements for Shayla Adams-Stafford in PG County District 5! Shayla is very much for the working class. The March 4 primary is super important because it could break up the deadlock between conservative and progressive Dems. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23maryland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maryland</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23democracy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23labor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23unions" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unions</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23pgcounty" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pgcounty</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23elections" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#elections</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23primaries" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#primaries</a><br><br><a href="https://www.dclabor.org/news/hbenkbhvxbuccyxjpjwgo2q67rmies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Our endorsements in the Prince...</a></p>
Luella G<p>Let’s do this!!!! AOC chief of staff to primary Pelosi in 2026!!! 🎉🎉🎉</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pelosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pelosi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aoc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/191241/nancy-pelosi-gets-surprising-new-primary-challenger" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/191241/na</span><span class="invisible">ncy-pelosi-gets-surprising-new-primary-challenger</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/warns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>warns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Republicans</span></a> against standing in Trump’s way — or his. </p><p>Musk said his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politicalactioncommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politicalactioncommittee</span></a> would illegally “play a significant <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/role" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>role</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>primaries</span></a>.” </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-politics-trump-7e26c829af224a1f9d67c27cea085e68" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/elon-musk-p</span><span class="invisible">olitics-trump-7e26c829af224a1f9d67c27cea085e68</span></a></p>
WINGS_radio<p>The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Nov. 25, 2024<br>With a razor-thin statewide margin of 664 votes, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rankedchoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rankedchoice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> and open <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> weathered a repeal challenge in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> one of the few <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> reforms to survive the 2024 Presidential <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> cycle. </p><p>🎧 90-Sec. Listen, 📖 Read, 🔗 Resources 📣 Groups in Action</p><p><a href="https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2024/11/24/alaskas-ranked-choice-voting-and-top-4-open-primaries-survive-repeal-referendum-by-a-whisker/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americandemocracyminute.org/we</span><span class="invisible">thepeople/2024/11/24/alaskas-ranked-choice-voting-and-top-4-open-primaries-survive-repeal-referendum-by-a-whisker/</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>:</p><p>it's time to remake the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democraticparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democraticparty</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thirdparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thirdparty</span></a> will just divide the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> and hand <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> more wins</p><p>think of the party as an empty vessel</p><p>fill it with 50 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlexandriaOcasioCortez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexandriaOcasioCortez</span></a> s</p><p>we look now to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midterms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midterms2026</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2026midterms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2026midterms</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2026primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2026primaries</span></a> </p><p>we reject the milquetoast centrists</p><p>we reject the political machines</p><p>we fundraise and organize online</p><p>and we hew to principles we already know well:</p>
anubis2814<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAJafY-4at0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?v=MAJafY-4at…</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/adamconover" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>adamconover</span></a></span> Makes very strong cases for why we lost. The <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dems</span></a> ignored the fact that the working people were suffering and didn't blame the people who were causing the suffering, the <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> , because they were disconnected and it would piss off their rich donors. So <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> told them they were suffering and it was the immigrants who were making them suffer. Next time we have to tell that story.<br><a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Workingfamiliesparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Workingfamiliesparty</span></a> is the most responsible of the third parties. They support people in <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> and run where ever they aren't going to split the vote. I actually got to vote for 2 WFP members last year for at-large city counsel, and got to vote one in in the general. I didn't see a single green or <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=democraticSocialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democraticSocialist</span></a> run where they could have.<br>I feel WFP is the best option we have to retake the nation next time, using the big tent when they need to, but then being a smaller tent when they don't have to. If the other 3rd parties could do this and make pushing for <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=rankedchoicevoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rankedchoicevoting</span></a> we wouldn't need this strategy, but somehow <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elon</span></a> convinced enough idiots that 3rd parties sucked and voted against RCV In 4 states this year that could have said goodbye the the two party system for good, and Alaska may lose it too. I don't want to hear a single person who didn't vote voted against RCV to ever bitch about the 2 party system again. You had your chance and you shot yourself in the foot.
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/presidentialcandidate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidentialcandidate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JillStein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JillStein</span></a> argued that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> “betrayed their base” and that the leaders of the party need to step aside to “allow a proper opposition” to fill in. </p><p>“The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Democrats" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Democrats</span></a></span> have really lost <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/credibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>credibility</span></a>. They are seen as bought and paid for … Their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> are rigged, power is top down,” Stein told <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bots.tinysubversions.com/u/Newsweek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Newsweek</span></a></span> on Wednesday. </p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4978181-jill-stein-democrats-betrayed-their-base/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/homenews/campaign/</span><span class="invisible">4978181-jill-stein-democrats-betrayed-their-base/</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Jackiemauro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jackiemauro</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.plus/@MikeF" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MikeF</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@CptSuperlative" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CptSuperlative</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Huntn00" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Huntn00</span></a></span></p><p>the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> has to fucking *mob* <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a>. get 50 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> s in there</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centrist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> as super powerful is a lie</p><p>they are weak milquetoast</p><p>the dem party is just an empty vessel, fill it with what you want</p><p>(and because of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duvergerslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duvergerslaw</span></a> in our shitty <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fptp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fptp</span></a> voting system <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thirdparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thirdparty</span></a> is a dead end until we get <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rcv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rcv</span></a>)</p><p>anyone who does not show up to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primary</span></a>: shut the fuck up. you have no idea how to get effective change</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@504DR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>504DR</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@johnlogic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>johnlogic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://talkedabout.social/@AlliFlowers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AlliFlowers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@bolson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bolson</span></a></span> </p><p>exactly</p><p>everyone is familiar with "how can i vote <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrat</span></a> if they are so milquetoast <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centrist</span></a>" </p><p>they are so centrist because you don't show up in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a>, motherfuckers</p><p>the *<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midterm</span></a>* primaries</p><p>it's. on. *you*.</p><p>everyone in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> or fuck off</p><p>if you don't vote, shut the fuck up</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primary2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primary2026</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midterms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterm2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midterm2026</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries2026</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midterms2026</span></a></p>
Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱<p>Daniel Levy: "As the movement for Palestinian rights has built up one kind of popular power, pro-Israel forces have doubled down on financial power. The Democratic Party could have said they will not allow independent expenditure campaigns, because they are a travesty and a disgrace to democracy, but they didn’t — and so they have enabled those pro-Israel forces."</p><p><a href="https://www.972mag.com/daniel-levy-us-israel-gaza-democrats/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">972mag.com/daniel-levy-us-isra</span><span class="invisible">el-gaza-democrats/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/foreignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AIPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIPAC</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AxisOfResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AxisOfResistance</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TheSquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheSquad</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/proZionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proZionism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israelGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israelGaza</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CoriBush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoriBush</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JamaalBowman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamaalBowman</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primaries</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DemocraticPrimaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticPrimaries</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PalestinianLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DanielLevy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielLevy</span></a></p>
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