This tweet exchange is everything.
It perfectly illustrates that Corporate Dems and their pundits are genuinely angry at the entire idea of populist candidates getting elected and then actually attempting to fulfill the policy promises they made to voters.
I would rather NEVER have a Black Speaker of the House
than to have a Black Speaker of the House that serves Zionism and Imperialism than they serve the Republic or Black people.
Every one who depends on the vote of the People should be a resounding, "NO!" on AIPAC Shakur himself, Hakeem Jeffries, because the masses of the Republic are against both he and Chuck Schumer!
The “left” was inspired by Van Hollen’s willingness to stand up to his own party to do everything he could to stop American complicity in genocide.
It should not be surprising that such a moral stand outweighs the career of his parents, which is irrelevant. This childish stuff from the flailing centrists is getting boring.
And the dig at him being in “elected office since 1991” is equally stupid. That’s exactly how long Bernie has been in office. Why would that be disqualifying?
The collapse of the liberal intellectual class is sad to watch.
If leadership is cruel to people who challenge them, if they bully members "mafioso-style" to get in line, as one incoming member said - that's even MORE of a reason to reject that leadership.
I mean, am I on another planet here? What the hell is going on? They are saying "We must vote for them because they are threatening us". Dude, that's literally DISQUALIFYING.
You're clearly telling us the party is run by soulless bullies and STILL VOTING FOR THEM.
wtf?
At the EXACT TIME there's a backlash to the coronation of Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker, he FUCKS UP THE IMPEACHMENT OF HEGSETH BY NOT WHIPPING VOTES!!!!!!!!!!!!
AOC is what *everyone* becomes who enters the Democratic Party machine: a weapon against genuine class struggle and anti-war politics.
This is her throwing support behind AIPAC-owned Hakeem Jeffries. And she'll feed you a word salad to divert attention from her opportunism.
“Medicare for Americans” is the rebranded Public Option.
It would cost more than Medicare for All, cover a lot less, leave millions without coverage, and still treat healthcare as a privilege for those with money, while protecting the private insurance industry.
Demand Medicare for All — the moral and fiscally responsible path forward for **all** Americans.
When Schumer was still in "duck and cover" mode after 2024, Van Hollen flew to El Salvador where Kilmar Ábrego García had been illegally sent to CECOT and did not stop until Trump was forced to follow the law.
This is the kind of voice that should be leading Democrats right now.
Eliot Rodriguez has demanded that Miami-Dads Secretary of Elections Alina Garcia recuse herself in the Maria Salazar recount. She’s also in charge of counting the votes in the Mario Diaz-Balart/Nicole Locklin race.
She’s now been caught on audio saying the SOE has the power to count some votes but not others, while referring dismissively to the local Black neighborhoods. Her son-in-law works for Maria Salazar. Daughter seems to also.
She has also said Salazar is the winner “with or without the recount.” Miami-Dade is also where a tech glitch stripped about 3,000 votes from Locklin. Good IG here from m1aceser: