This... is a *problem* for the Democratic Party, because what we're selling most often is harm mitigation. It's been that way since Reagan. There's an old @billmaher joke: "Republicans are pissing you, Democrats are offering an umbrella."
This is the chart. She spent months courting Republican endorsements, riding the 2016 Clinton strategy to certain defeat. They risked it all to build a centrist party of suburbanites and college kids and lost. It’s time to move on but I don’t think the Dems will move with us.
Once again, insane that it’s just received wisdom that ya gotta pivot to the right to get conservative voters. They already have a party and you do it at the cost of your base. It’s not even complicated, it’s just dumb
@thinkiamsad when people don't understand that "I haven't thought about the assumptions that go into this as an assumed default culture" is not the same as "there is no politics
Also none of these movies exist to me until I see a trailer. An actor announcement isn’t real. FF could bomb at the box office and all of this will never exist so Idc until later
@hellphish89 Hamas isn’t the only governmental body of Palestinians, there is also the PLA in the West Bank who works with Israel. The idea is to remove the reason for Hamas to exist by allowing Gazans rights. Those who are still violent can be INDIVIDUALLY dealt with
Just wanted to thank the people who are sharing it around, it helps a lot and those who donated. It’s blown past my expectations already so I wanted to express my gratitude
Oi vey I did NOT think I’d be asking for help like this but I’ve exhausted all my options. I’m out of a job, unable to work and I’m not sure when I will be (at least for October). I linked the full story in my bio. Share if you can, any donos would be appreciated.