Sean Crain

what is existence

[Jesse Woz @jessesgwozniak]

This is the most telling Dem response -- they do not see their job as representing voters, they see their job as making sure voters do not ask for too much

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

if you oppose israel as a politician or a public figure, a lot of political operatives & mainstream publications will actively try to humiliate & make a lesson out of you. just remain steadfast and remember, no amount of manufactured outrage will wash the blood off their hands.

[Paulina Mangubat 🫏 @paulinaVEVO]

Haters mad

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

Neoliberalism isn’t a “buzzword”. It’s the near 50-year political, economic and ideological project that has brought so many communities to their knees.

It smashed workers’ rights, imposed austerity, deregulated the banks that then crashed the economy, privatised public utilities like water and energy, sold off council houses, handed tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations, turned universities into an unaffordable market, transformed public services into sources of private profit through outsourcing and PFI, and much more.

It's the root cause of so much of what has gone wrong in our country. And it was all done to enrich the tiny elite that Tony Blair now so clearly represents.

[Nadia Whittome MP @NadiaWhittomeMP]

There are plenty of lessons that can be learnt from Tony Blair’s legacy. For example, that privatisation has been disastrous and following the US into illegal wars is wrong.

But his latest “rare political intervention” - calling on the government to abandon net-zero, further privatise the NHS, deregulate Big Tech, and cosy up to Trump - shows that he hasn’t learnt any of them.

Whatever you think of Gordon Brown, his contributions after leaving office have been focused on trying to improve people’s lives. Tony Blair simply does the bidding of Silicon Valley billionaires and petrostates.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

judge me by my enemies

[Joe @electionsjoe]

They're dismantling democracy in the south and you think we shouldn't fight back? We should just let Republicans gain a permanent majority?

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

IS THIS A JOKE REPUBLICANS ARE REDISTRICTING EVERYWHERE DOES SHE JUST WANT TO ALLOW THEM TO CHEAT WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU @SpanbergerForVA

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

Exactly. What too many Democrats just can't seem to understand is that this is not just about Biden's policy or winning certain voters. It is about whether the Party understands what is happening in the world, whether it has a moral framework, and whether it has credibility to fight for anything.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

The words "Gaza" and "genocide" appear precisely zero times in the DNC autopsy.

Turning a blind eye to crimes against humanity was a grave injustice, and a terrible election strategy.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This is good

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

I can confirm that I will be requesting the permission of the NEC to stand in the Makerfield by-election.

I grew up in this area and have lived here for 25 years. I care deeply about it and its people. I know they have been let down by national politics.

Ten years ago, I decided to leave Westminster. Why? Because, after 16 years, I came to the conclusion that our national political system does not work for areas like ours. I learnt this fighting its failure to invest in the Wigan borough, for justice for the Hillsborough families and against its treatment of Greater Manchester during the pandemic.

Over the last decade, I have been challenging this failure from the outside and building a new and better way of doing politics. We have built Greater Manchester into the fastest-growing city-region in the UK and put buses back under public control, introducing a £2 fare cap to help people with cost-of-living pressures.

However, there is only so much that can be done from Greater Manchester. Much bigger change is needed at a national level if everyday life is to be made more affordable again. This is why I now seek people’s support to return to Parliament: to bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly for people.

Millions are struggling and they need the Labour Government to succeed. It has already made changes to make life better for them in its first two years. After this week, we owe it to people to come back together as a Labour movement, giving the Prime Minister and the Government the space and stability they need as the by-election takes place.

I want to recognise the difficult decision taken by Josh Simons and the sacrifice he and his family are making. I have worked closely with him as Mayor on issues like flooding and illegal waste dumping and have seen first-hand how effective he has been. He has put the communities of Makerfield first, made a real difference for them and should take great pride in that.

Finally, I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times. We will change Labour for the better and make it a party you can believe in again.

ENDS

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

How the fuck is this legal. This is so beyond insane I have no words for it.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

If Virginia can’t have their maps, then other blue states need to step up. Eliminate all of the Republican seats like they’re doing to us.

[Joe @electionsjoe]

I love how republican states can gerrymander their maps in a day. But Democratic ones can't even with a multi month long process and letting the voters decide. Absolutely ridiculous.

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Dem response to VA court decision is telling people to turn out and vote, even though they just did and it didn't work

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

6 Republican states brutally gerrymander without a vote. 100% legal.

1 Democratic state fights back with the consent of the people. Illegal.

Democrats are always held to an infinitely higher standard than Republicans.

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

PACK THE COURTS

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

important lesson here for the democrats to learn from btw. stop pivoting to the right, you only let more radical forms of fascism in to popular politics when you do!

[Bobby Fakename, Esq. @BobFakeNameEsq]

Every blue state that can legally jam through a blue lockout needs to do it. Today. It’s a race to the bottom, fuck it.