Ms. Denise- a Black Panther, a professor, an editor, wife, wise counsel, friend.
She served and sacrificed for Black & brown communities.
Please consider giving back at this time of her transition for a life that truly made ours and our society better.
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We’re told it’s time to move past identity politics. That only class matters.
Yet somehow, that always seems to mean moving past Black political leadership.
Kumbaya, y’all.
Yeah… okay.
(Sitting my “establishment” ass down over here.)
To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.
I'm going to say the quiet part out loud. What is this really about?
MAGA Republicans are counting seats because they’re chasing something much bigger.
A two-thirds majority in Congress.
Why, because, that gives them one step closer in power to change the Constitution.
Then, it's 3/4 of the states (38 of 50) to ratify any proposed amendments.
I wonder what the plan is to do that?!?
This isn’t normal politics anymore. This is a naked power grab in real time.
Clock it.
Not when it impacts the politics of winning elections… and the constituents that the political party is telling you this is dumb and don’t do it. If you can’t see the difference then maybe you shouldn’t be opining about politics.
And for the record, if I wanted a policy role I could have done that also given my years working on the Hill as a policy staffer, Executive Director of the House Dem Caucus and Floor Director for the House Majority Whip. I even wrote a book on how Capitol Hill works.
With due respect @jrpsaki, I think maybe we spoke once while you were at the White House… so I’m not sure how you would know what I thought.
But since you’re curious: I believed the DNC should have been empowered to do its job, organize aggressively not just in the midterms (but also the presidential cycle), communicate directly with the base, and operate as a PARTNER, not a subsidiary whose tweets, press releases, and routine decisions required constant White House approval.
We raised historic amounts and when I did try to ruthlessly define the opposition we were told by folks in WH comms or the Deputy Chief we couldn’t or that our approach or rhetoric was too sharp.
I never sought a policy role but if I thought a policy didn’t make sense politically, particularly for minority communities I respectfully made it known.
But I digress…
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