Dramadog15

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[Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh]

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[Adam Carlson @admcrlsn]

I think people have heard enough of my opining about Maine for one cycle, but before I shift my focus fully to the other 49 states, a few scattered thoughts on Graham Platner:

1) There are a lot of people who bear responsibility for this. The team that didn’t vet him properly. The people (like me) who bought his schtick hook line and sinker and used their platforms to not just promote him early on, and stuck with him after just an insane amount of obvious red flags for months on end — I should have known better, and I for one will be doing a lot of introspection (and hopefully lesson-learning) on how I got to that place of cognitive dissonance.

Schumer for clearing (what could have been a very talented field) for Mills, who clearly didn’t want to run. Mills for announcing so late. Maine’s Democratic primary voters for sticking with him throughout all of it and giving him the most votes than any other Democratic Senate candidate in the history of the state.

But responsibility lies the most with the man himself. Not only did he know that he did these things before he ran, not only did he have the hubris to think that they wouldn’t be unearthed (especially the digital footprint stuff in the year 2026) — he repeatedly insisted that nothing else would come out.

Delusion, denial, whatever you want to call it. It’s not only heinous, it almost cost us a Senate seat and potentially a majority.

2) Jenny Racicot is an absolute hero. So are the people that helped her prepare for this moment. What happened to her is unimaginably horrifying, and then having the courage to stand up after so many women in her position over the decades have been ripped to shreds once they come forward. I simply cannot imagine. The debt can never be repaid.

3) Thank god Maine Democrats have a mechanism to remove candidates this late. Republicans were clearly sitting on this (and likely other devastating oppo) for right after the July 13 deadline, and now pretty much any other candidate should have a better shot at beating Susan Collins (inshallah).

4) If folks need to do the “I told you so” thing, that’s fine. Knock yourself out. Take a week or two. Get it out of your system. We need to lock in for the general here after Maine Dems pick a new nominee.

But to act like poor vetting is uniquely a problem for the left wing of the party is beyond laughable. You wanna throw stones, we can unearth Eric Swalwell, Andrew Cuomo — and even Joe Biden in the run up to the 2024 debate. Enjoy your dunks, but just know that the bill will inevitably come due in the other direction, whether it’s 2028, 2030, or another cycle soon thereafter.

5) Graham tapped into some very real anger in the electorate. He did inspire people. That shouldn’t be lost on all of this. The man himself is *deeply* flawed, but the foundation of message remains appealing, at least to Mainers. We are seeing that across the country. We need to figure out — as a party, not just a progressive-left anti-establishment faction — a way to harness that without compromising our values as human beings and Democrats.

Fin.

[AnthroVet50 @spooked75]

Why is MAGA so hateful?

I get asked this a lot. The short answer is: because hate is the point. But let me break it down.

Grievance as identity

MAGA isn't a political movement built on policy. It's built on resentment. The core message has always been "you've been wronged" — by elites, by immigrants, by cities, by universities, by the media, by women, by minorities, by anyone who isn't you.

This isn't a coalition that comes together to BUILD something. It comes together to tear things down. Hate isn't a byproduct of the movement. It's the fuel.

Zero-sum thinking

They genuinely believe that if someone else gains, they lose. Rights for gay people? That's an attack on Christians. Immigrants succeeding? They must be stealing from "real Americans." A Black president? He must be illegitimate.

There's no concept of shared prosperity or expanding opportunity. Just winners and losers. And they're terrified of losing.

The dominance hierarchy

A lot of MAGA is rooted in evangelical and authoritarian psychology. There's supposed to be a natural order: white at the top, Christian at the top, male at the top, straight at the top.

When you've been at the top of a hierarchy your whole life, equality feels like oppression. Giving others a seat at the table feels like theft.

The media ecosystem

Fox News → OANN → Newsmax → podcasts → Twitter/X. It's a 24/7 rage machine. Every algorithm rewards outrage. Every host competes to be more extreme than the last.

These people are literally addicted to anger. Neurologically. They get dopamine hits from feeling righteous fury. They wake up and immediately check their phones to find out what they should be mad about today.

Turn it off for a week and they go through withdrawal.

Economic anxiety — weaponized

Here's the thing: a lot of the underlying pain is real. Deindustrialization gutted their towns. Opioids killed their families. Wages stagnated while costs exploded. The American Dream stopped working for them.

But instead of blaming the corporations that shipped jobs overseas, or the billionaires that rigged the economy, or the politicians that deregulated everything — they're taught to blame immigrants. To blame welfare recipients. To blame Black people in cities. To blame trans kids.

Classic fascist playbook: take legitimate economic anger and redirect it at the vulnerable.

The permission structure

Trump didn't create the hate. He just gave it permission.

For decades, these people were told to keep the quiet part quiet. Be polite. Use dog whistles. Then Trump came along and said the loud part loud — and nothing happened. No consequences.

He showed them they could be openly racist, openly cruel, openly contemptuous of democracy — and not only survive, but win.

"He fights" doesn't mean he fights for them. It means he's mean to people they don't like. The cruelty is the point.

Community built on enemies

This is the part people miss: MAGA is a community. For a lot of these people — especially older, rural, isolated Americans — it's their entire social world. Their friends are MAGA. Their family is MAGA. Their church is MAGA.

The hate is the membership card. The shared enemies are what bind them together. Leaving the movement doesn't just mean changing your politics. It means losing everyone you know.

So they double down. And double down again. Because the alternative is being alone.

The bottom line

Why is MAGA so hateful?

Because scared people + relentless propaganda + permission to be cruel + community built on shared enemies = hate as a lifestyle.

They're not going to be reasoned out of it. They weren't reasoned into it.

The only thing that works is making it socially and politically costly to be part of it. Outvoting them. Out-organizing them. And building something better that gives people a different place to belong.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.

They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.

They are a right-wing organization that undermines democracy. They have zero tolerance for any diversity of thought from their line, and pressure elected officials to increasingly place themselves at odds with our responsibility to represent the electorate and the views of the majority of Americans, who find the genocide in Gaza an appalling affront to American values and do not want to see US taxpayer funded weapons used to perpetuate it.

AIPAC also knows this. That’s why none of their political ads discuss their actual issue at all and why they use vaguely named Super PACs so people don’t connect them with their own stated political mission and intent.

[Disinformation Destroyer @DisinfoIsBad]

I want there to be no doubt. If Laken Riley was killed by ICE, Anna would've danced on her grave. She doesn't care about her. She only cares about the circumstances.

Laken Riley's killer is in prison, where he should be. Renee Good and Alex Pretti's murderers are walking free.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

[Sabrina Carpenter @SabrinaAnnLynn]

@WhiteHouse this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.

[wolfgang fuckface @mustachetoilet]

No prior generation had to give up all other joys in life to buy a home.

They had phones. They watched tv and movies. They ate at restaurants. They traveled. They drove new cars. They went to bars with friends. They drank and smoked constantly.

To pretend otherwise is absurd.

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

The lesson isn’t that every city is New York or every state is Virginia or New Jersey it’s that when voters say the economy sucks, you can’t gaslight them with ads insisting it’s not that bad. You have to show them how you’ll make life more affordable. In some states, that means taking on private utilities; in some cities, it means free buses or childcare. The real takeaway is simple: listen to voters, ask what you can do for them, and offer clear policies that make their lives easier.

[Decision Desk HQ @DecisionDeskHQ]

Decision Desk HQ projects Zohran Mamdani to win the New York City Mayor election.

#DecisionMade: 9:03 pm ET

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[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Markiplier has announced that he and his girlfriend, Amy Nelson, are officially married

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

I’ll donate to Texas Democrats like @JamesTalarico and others fighting the GOP’s gerrymandering scam:

💰 $0.10 per like on this tweet
💰 $0.50 per retweet
💰 $1 per follow

(Starting at 86,373 followers)

It costs ~$500/day for each Dem to block the TX GOP from rigging the midterms.

Let’s help them hold the line.

P.S. If this blows up, I will cut y’all off eventually. 💙

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

[Mike from PA @Mike_from_PA]

This is the strongest argument for implementing rank choice voting, it encourages people to align naturally and cooperatively while also advocating for the issues they believe in and not having to give up their first choice.

Really great to see left-wing UNITY for a change.

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

This election is in your hands. But only if you’re registered to vote in New York City.

The deadline is Saturday.

[Dramadog15 @dramadog15]

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