Democratic Party
The least important election in my lifetime
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 07/13/2024 - 10:35pmToday's assassination attempt pretty much sealed it. We are getting a Republican trifecta. This might be the end of the "safe state" system, the system that has dominated American Presidential elections since 1992, in which the West Coast and the Northeast are (D), the Plains states and the Deep South are (R), and everything else is a tossup.
Project 2025 by the rhetorical appeals
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 07/07/2024 - 1:22pmThis is the new version of "Look! Shiny object!" It's now all over Facebook. Here I'm going to try to connect the dots. Anyway, Project 2025. We are supposed to be deeply concerned, once again, about America becoming a theocracy, decades after Reagan put them into power and decades after the publication of Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale.
01/08 is World Typing Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 01/08/2024 - 5:00amDemocracy on the ballot
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 8:16pmRemember when 2024 election was all about democracy. Guess that doesn't include Democratic primaries
The Democratic Party social imaginary
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 1:52pmOver at RBN they posted this short, six minute video:
A short note on Cornel West
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 09/13/2023 - 9:17amSo here we have Cornel West, on the advice of Jill Stein, hiring Peter Daou as a campaign manager. Here's Sabrina Salvati breaking it down:
A further note on lesser-evil voting
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 09/07/2023 - 2:34pmThis topic was prompted by the persistent reflection among the pundits that what we will be getting next year is another Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump matchup for the November election.
Why 3rd parties can't win
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 03/08/2023 - 9:50pmDonald Trump and his supporters have stoked rumors that he may run as a third-party candidate for president in 2024 if he fails to win the Republican nomination. However, because of the way the Democratic and Republican Parties have rigged state election laws, this was an empty threat.
Measuring just how hostile the Democratic Party is to Progressives
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 12/21/2022 - 4:10pmLet's compare two sets of headlines. One set from September, at the end of the 2022 primaries...
...and one set from mid-November, at the end of the 2022 general election.