It’s really nice to see a Democratic campaign actually play to win.
Holy shit, right? I genuinely have not been this optimistic about a presidential election since 2008. Don’t get me wrong - shit could still go sideways. But Harris at this point is absolutely SLAYING, and is mostly saying the right things on the right topics, and furthermore is CLEARLY on top of her game, and fully understands the stakes.
It’s a fait accompli.
Time to start planning for another business-friendly Democrat administration. It probably won’t have majorities in both houses, but it wouldn’t matter much even if they did manage to pull that off. Bipartisanship is the name of the Democrat game, and the next question is whether the Republican remnant will play ball or fall into infighting after whatever bloody nonsense their nutjobs get up to this time.
Hey so maybe wait to see what Harris does after she takes office before you start shitting in the punch bowl?
Like, I get it. I’m jaded as fuck about politics and the electoral system we’re forced to use. But I take it as a VERY promising sign that Biden actually stepped aside. Sure, maybe it was for the “wrong” reasons (age and senility, instead of wrongheaded policies and decisions and being desperately out of touch with younger generations), but I’m happy to take the win where we can get it. Harris is saying a lot of things that are overall resonating with a lot of people, including myself. I’m not deluded enough to think she’ll be a perfect champion of social justice and equality, but at the same time, what she’s saying so far is a damn sight closer to that than any politician I’ve heard since Obama was campaigning in ‘08.
I’m willing to give her a shot. You should too.
Don’t misunderstand, part of me is glad that it’s going to be Harris and Walz, but I have to be realistic with my expectations. A slightly slower crawl towards fascism and mass climatic genocide seems the best I should expect, but I would love to be pleasantly surprised.
if you’re so worried about the imminent threat of a fascist dystopia and believe that the government will not stop it, why don’t you start taking matters into your own hands?
Discussing such activities is illegal in the USA.
well don’t discuss it then.
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please demonstrate the “slightly” aspect of fascism between the harris and walz campaign, and the trump campaign, i would really love to see this “slight” difference you speak of.
Palestine.
palestine is fascist? They might be, they’re a war torn government and of middle eastern culture, so maybe.
Israel? They’re a democratic country, so uh. BB himself is wildly unpopular within israel. Those aren’t normally possible under fascism.
The US? The country almost subverted electorally. Only to push through on the sheer basedness of mike pence believing in democracy like a gigachad? TBF we have another election cycle coming up. But we’re doing fine at the moment so.
The US federal government itself due to it’s war actions? Seems highly unlikely to me, popular sentiment for this war is, not great. Granted i don’t know any statistics on this, so i may be wrong. Since you’re here, and criticizing the government for this one, even calling them “fascist” over it. I would probably venture to argue that this is wrong by fundamental reasoning.
I’m not really smelling any fascism here.
Now that the Boomers finally got out of the way.
Even Harris is a Boomer Gen-X cusp. A late Boomer.
Dang, you’re right. Boomers went through 1964, and she was born in October 1964. So, still a boomer… She definitely acts more like Gen X. I bet being a poc has a hand in that.
“The Harris campaign released a new schedule that shows she will be appearing in the same city at the same time as every scheduled Trump rally. The campaign has employed official ‘crowd counters,’ who will be monitoring both the attendance and crowd retention for every rally. The Harris Campaign will then post live updates on crowd size and early exits on its new account on Truth Social.”
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Fuck you. I was hoping for Dark Kamala!
You simultaneously made my day and ruined it. What a roller coaster of emotions. thank you
That’s going throw Donald into an incandescent rage. Incredible.
How much money is he going to throw at hiring actors to pad out his rally and retention numbers when it won’t make any difference in anyone’s voting decision in the end?
Alternatively, how many votes is he going to inadvertently throw away after stiffing actors hired to pad out his rally and retention numbers, when statistically some of them will already be supporters, possibly even planning on going to the rally for free but getting excited about the idea to get paid to do what they were going to do anyways but might see him differently after he fucks them directly?
Is this quote in the article?
I really, really wish it was.
What she really needs to do is start pushing some of the truths of P2025 and how they’ll impact people who may lean right. Specifically hit labor groups and how it would ban Unions.
And it should also hit how much the orange turd hates the military with a big push about the Arlington fiasco, his VA cuts and what he’s said specifically. Push that hard.
Yeah, I’m a little worried that everyone seems to have forgotten about P2025 already. And especially worrying that I’ve seen no mention of reinstating Chevron. Of all things this miserable SCOTUS did, that is easily the most damaging.
Worse than citizens united?
Also awful and needs to be reversed, no question, but I’d at least think Chevron is a more critical pillar to maintain.
I’m ok with that, and I’d like her to actually define her positions better within the framework of definitions regular people use, not redefining of terms by lawyers and politicians.
It really is wild to think about it. Kamala has only been the candidate for a bit under two months at this point. And so much of that was spent politely waiting for the DNC and housekeeping like picking a VP.
This wasn’t the aggressive campaigning?
No, it was joyful
Boogerbear wasnt such a booger i guess
the beatings shall continue until morale improves
Harris is set to hold two rallies in North Carolina and one in Pennsylvania as part of the kickoff for her “New Way Forward Tour,” which her campaign said is an effort to “capitalize on her decisive victory” against former President Donald Trump at the ABC News debate earlier this week.
what new way forward? is she going to suddenly come out strong on anything with a plan forward?
she said nothing in the debates about anything that affects the US citizens on a day-to-day basis and neither did Trump
no matter who wins there will be more police funding, less healthcare, no women’s rights, no healthcare reform, nothing to help the environment, more genocide, more antiimmigration, more world policing, stagnant pay, and lots of molasses
what does Harris bring to the table besides being more mentally fit and yes younger but still too old to relate to the populace just like Trump
She talked about housing costs and child tax credits. They both brought up jobs and inflation. Economic issues that affect US citizens on a day to day basis. Critique the details all you want but that is not “nothing”.
what does Harris bring to the table besides being more mentally fit and yes younger
Hey you kind of admitted that she’s an improvement over Trump finally! We’ve got the banana endorsement people!
being younger and more mentally fit than Trump is not a justification or a qualification to elect someone as leader
But you are saying she is better than Trump in these regards.
She is younger. She is more mentally fit.
I agree with you she is indeed younger and more mentally fit than Trump.
She’s promising molasses? Shoot, sign me up.
I didn’t know you were a mole ass man.
Democrats support old fashioned politics that will slow progress down like molasses just as much as Republicans and so do the voters who keep showing their support for the slow regressive march backwards towards the good old’ days with voting
Not really sure what reality you’re in, but in case you haven’t noticed we have pretty much 2 choices in the US until RCV or its alternatives reach a critical threshold.
Rs who don’t just want to slow down progress, but actively taking things backwards and Ds who progress things slower then we’d like, but still progress nonetheless.
I’d rather have slow progress than backwards progress any day.
What are you even talking about? She explicitly addressed healthcare, women’s rights, and economic relief in the fucking debate, not to mention she has actual platform and policy on all the other topics you mentioned. Like, she has positions and lack of positions I strongly disagree with but stupid revisionist shit like this is such blatant misinformation, it’s distressing to think thus is what “informs” so many voters’ opinions.
did you watch the debate? Her response to abortion was crystal clear. Suggesting it doesn’t affect people is insane.
And your framing is exactly what JD Vance attempted, basically: I didn’t see a plan from Harris and plans don’t put food on the table. Which is onion-esque levels of trying to have it both ways.
I understand the problem with her capitulating to the (lets not call it the republican framing as the whole media has done little to challenge it) media framing on gaza and immigration. Its discredits democrats that they don’t challenge the framing at all and at least bring up DACA.
What a Harris win would buy us is time to reframe these narratives and attempt solutions and could possibly push the court closer to an overturn of citizens united. No single election is going to solve the myriad problems we face.
Its also clear Trump, if he wins, will run the country as a figurehead for fascism while his remaining advisors run things - most involved in heritage foundation’s project 2025 - which will at best face resistance, and at worst reshape america into more of a pay to play hellhole than it already is, while putting a number of minority groups in a vice
$50000 for new small businesses, $35000 for new homeowners, $6000 for new parents
great if you are a small business
also great if you make enough to afford a home
but yay a tax credit
In this service gig economy, the $50k is absolutely huge. How many can use that to start up serious independent social media channels? Don’t mind me over here day dreaming. That’s a good year salary to try to generate income, and if successful can create more jobs by hiring extra help for editing, management, etc. Think of it like a drop in the bucket with what Putin was willing to pay propagandists per episode.
Also, $35k sounds like a good down payment in most states
sounds good on paper but that is where the reality ends
not enough people would be able to take advantage of these policies like they would if we just upped the minimum wage
sidestepping the disease and going after symptoms will not heal the sickness
Well hey, good news! She wants to raise the minimum wage, too. But I see that as a side step, as well. Stronger worker/union rights overall would be ideal.
That won’t cover diapers and formula for a whole year.
Bro there’s still no other option but to vote for her. The alternative is literally to set the country on actual fire.
Two party system fuckin sucks and yes it needs to be changed, but when the literal end of democracy is the alternative, there’s no other choice.
the country would not end in flames if people vote third party
that is just propaganda you ate willingly
Project 2025=flames
i guess it’s time for you to start planning your own fight then, huh? i mean it looks like there’s no political party that you can side with, so i guess that means it’s all up to you. i think you can still find copies of the anarchist’s cookbook online. what are you doing wasting your time here?
Not too old. Too benefiting from the corruption to do anything about the corruption. Otherwise, I agree with your assessment.
By aggressive she means lurching further to the right.
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@lemmy.ml
Right?
Lemmy ml and a history of Putin defense?
Alright fam.
Point to where I defended Putin. Or is this one of those covert bot remarks with you trying to circumvent the bot rule?
Try not to act surprised when you do nothing to elect leftist candidates locally and at the state level next year. Or any leftist candidates to the legislature at mid terms. And then in 4 years try not to act surprised that the POTUS candidates appeal to neoliberal, centrist and conservatives who have proven to engage with politics for decades and thus being an safe strategy to the white house.
Pouting about it won’t endear people to your cause.
Try not to act surprised when you do nothing to elect leftist candidates locally and at the state level next year.
The party protects anti-choice NRA stooge candidates like Cuellar, but refuses to protect incumbent progressives like Bowman and Bush.
The party does. And feeble-minded armchair leftists cosplayers sit around bickering about whos the truest scotsman until 6 months before the next presidential election and act surprised that nobody wants to engage with their top-down approach to political revolution
So the party does everything it can to lock out the left and you blame the left for not being able to start from the bottom.
Is it surprising to you that those in power act to keep themselves in power? If it is surprising maybe it’s time to brush up on your theory. Das Kapital may be the seminal work on the topic, but as a California native i think Huey P Newton is more relevant to modern American life and better illustrates how bottom-up organization is more effective for creating actual change
Is it surprising to you that those in power act to keep themselves in power?
No. It shouldn’t have surprised me that centrists would blame the left for the actions of centrists to fuck them over, either.
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Spoken like someone who effortlessly gets everything they want from the party.
So by your own admission, you acknowledge that your entire party is neoliberal, centrist and conservative. They have become the dominant right-wing conservative party
It’s not my party. Just happens to be the one im voting for potus
If you are giving them your power it’s your party.
That’s the shallowest take i think ive ever heard. Are you an adult?
If you’re willing to overlook things like genocide so you don’t lose your privilege and position of status in society, it doesn’t appear that I’m the shallow one.
Oh yes, you know my motivations better than me. Please tell me the queer father of trans mixed race children how im voting for my own self interest you absolute child
well go fight your war instead of removed at everyone else then. we don’t need you here.
You can’t go straight for the presidency with your ideals. You have to shift opinion from the bottom up. Meanwhile, we participate in a game of tug-of-war at the top levels.
The general public opinion is there, but people feel trapped in a two-party system and they fear that if they were to vote outside of that two-party system they may lose the few table scraps that they currently get
We all live in echo chambers
That’s how humans work
