Last week I posted a #Maddow video in which she explained that we the people need to step up - not give up - in the wake of Trump’s victory, lest we cede any ground to an authoritarian.
In this important follow-up video, she explains how we do just that.
In the middle of the blame game realize one undeniable fact:
Donald Trump should not have been allowed to run for office.
Donald Trump should have been prosecuted by Merrick Garland and the Justice Department like anyone who did what he did.
The delay destroyed this country.
When your candidate lost in 2020 and thousands of people were dancing in the streets in celebration across the nation and all across the world, with bells ringing from the Eiffel Tower...
and then your candidate wins in 2024 and there isn't one public celebration anywhere, not one –that's a good indication you're on the wrong side of history. And definitely not "the majority" of anything.
If Dems want to maintain Black women’s support you better keep VP Harris’ name out of your mouth other than saying to her,”Thank you!”
She understood the assignment and ran an excellent campaign. She was outstanding.
VP Harris will not bear the burden nor take the blame for the majority of white America’s obsession with racism and lack of responsibility to protect a multi-racial democracy. You will own this one.
While Nancy Pelosi talking about candidate scenarios perhaps she should figure out how to use her influence as a white woman to organize other white women and better understand how to end racism. I suggest that she starts with her own internalized thinking and actions first.
For those who suggest the big problem for the Dems was information silos -- the fact that Trump targeted livestreamers/podcasters/YouTubers -- and that's where a lot of people, especially young people get info, that's true, but, there's something to consider. A 🧵...
I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
It's an insidious power that has been hiding in the shadows for some time...and when the stakes were at their highest in this election, it fully revealed itself.
The American Oligarchy.
They control our Supreme Court, much of Congress, and the flow of information to the masses via legacy, mainstream and social media.
They decide the national conversation, how to keep us at each other's throats while they continue to amass wealth and power completely unchecked.
They put their thumbs on the scale of justice and poured billions into this election. They chose Trump because he was desperate and would capitulate to their demands. They chose a running mate to replace him in case he became too unhinged to control.
Consider how many disqualifying facts about Trump never saw the light of day...or didn't get the attention they deserved...or got drowned out by propaganda. They took a mentally spent buffoon and presented him as a hero to the masses.
Despite Biden successfully steering us out of a global recession and strengthening our economy, they maintained the national tone about the price of groceries being too high. Despite Trump's obvious mental decline, their media outlets remained reticent to press the issue.
We struggle to unite as a nation because they're too good at keeping us divided. We are drowning in disinformation because they control all of it.
They have successfully created imaginary villains for us to fight...each other.
It seems like we are a democracy careening towards fascism, when the reality is they're using the specter of fascism to keep us on edge while they turn America into a compliant oligarchy.
Whether you are a democrat, republican, independent or MAGA, we have a common foe.
Some of us just don't know it yet.
🚨NEW: Nevada Democrat Jacky Rosen has officially won her re-election race to the U.S. Senate, defeating MAGA extremist Sam Brown.
RETWEET if you stand with Senator Rosen against Donald Trump!
🚨NEW: Senator Elizabeth Warren has called on Senate Democrats to confirm a flurry of federal judges and regulators prior to Republicans retaking the majority.
RETWEET if you agree with @SenWarren!
When the ACA gets repealed, the blue states should form a treaty alliance to create a massive big blue health care market that provides affordable health care for citizens in blue states with the ACA features.
If those states form a common market, they can negotiate drug
No matter what happens, it saddens me deeply that rape, felonies, trying to overthrow our democracy, misogyny, racism and transphobia are somehow not deal breaks for 10’s of millions of Americans.