Matt Rotman

Writer.Humorist.Sometimes Filmmaker (National Lampoon, Daily Grindhouse, Delirium) Blogs about film at Bonkers Ass Cinema

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

Since I’ve been alive, Democrats have lost everything, and this fucking idiot has been their main advisor. What a fucking loser.

[Neera Tanden🌻 @neeratanden]

She's running in a red state where she needs Republicans to vote for her. Maybe do politics in a red or purple state.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

@barbarismcrit @DavidGoesPlaces The Colorado labor wars, all the shit in Appalachia and the midwest mine battles of the 20s. I feel like this stuff has been erased from memory.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

Do you guys remember the election where she refused to break with him politically and got her ass beat?

[Nick Field @nick_field90]

“Joe Biden fucked her,” says the third [Biden] White House aide. “He fucked her. And according to her book, he called her the morning of the debate to be like, ‘I heard your donors are talking shit about me.’ He was the fucking worst. He’s a prick.” https://t.co/PPkjGmJiiJ

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

Dude thinks tweeting is praxis. Can’t imagine how the Democrats lost everything under his stewardship.

[Jaime Harrison @harrisonjaime]

And yet we are not talking about the fact that Black voters and voting power in the South and in the CBC are on the verge of being extinguished or diminished greatly.

As I mentioned weeks ago… there were 2 windows to release this damn thing so as to be meaningful and not a big distraction and this moment is not one of those windows.

Today there will be folks tweeting 10-15 times today about this report and have probably only discussed southern redistricting a handful of times (if that) since Callais. ( And apparently, we are not capable of doing both at the same time.)

Back to task ahead…

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

Most people don’t know Virginia governors only serve one term. This isn’t a “let’s work on it veto.” This is a “I lied to you and I don’t have to worry about it veto.”

[Tyler Englander @TylerEnglander]

Here is Governor Spanberger's (@GovernorVA) full answer on her veto of bills to create a retail market for recreational marijuana sales.

1. She says she still supports the creation of a retail marijuana market.

2. Spanberger says starting retail sales on January 1 created a "rushed timeframe."

3. The number of retail stores in the bills (350) was a concern for her.

4. Her priorities on future legislation on the issue include getting it right, setting up a market that is durable and successful, ensuring the rules of the road are clear, ensuring people know what they are purchasing and consuming, and that the market takes public health into consideration.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

Wasn’t the whole point of Drop Site to publish this kind of thing? Not doing so in a timely manner at the risk of upsetting renegade imperialism is just managing state PR.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

When we first obtained this document, we deemed it too risky to publish in full. For a variety of reasons we don’t need to get into, the risk equation has changed and it’s important this memo be in the historical record.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

This is the best kind of political gotcha: would you vote for something that sucks and serves to undercut your core beliefs?

[Adam Jentleson @AJentleson]

Here’s the question for @AbdulElSayed: if you were a senator and a bill to enact free primary care for all plus an aggressive public option (like the American Health Gateway @SearchlightInst proposed) came to the floor, would you vote for it?

To his enormous credit, Bernie Sanders voted for the ACA. He has also been a driving force behind policies like capping the price of insulin, getting Medicare to cover hearing aids, and empowering the government to negotiate lower drug prices for seniors.

These are all extraordinarily good polices that could be transformative for many American families. Yet none of them can be called “revolutionary.” Bernie has always pushed the system to think big, but when push comes to shove, he votes for what he thinks will do the most good for the most people.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

@playlikeajet24 @mondiani @Jennyjinx @connorobrienNH It’s about shaping a political consensus/narrative against the war and mounting political pressure to change course. You’re out of synch with literally every other Dem rep and wasting your own time defending one of the most despised people in congress.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

Crockett wasn’t even electable in a Democratic primary

[blue dog geosh @bluedoggeosh]

It’s crazymaking to me the same people who are pushing AES and Graham Platner told me Jasmine Crockett was too unelectable in a general election because she would rile up republicans.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

@playlikeajet24 @mondiani @Jennyjinx @connorobrienNH Of course it’s symbolic! Trump would veto it! You’re just accepting his nonsense excuse as if it wasn’t a calculated vote to bolster his defense lobbying prospects afterwards. Everyone else understands these nuances get fixed in the Senate anyway and sent back.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

@playlikeajet24 @mondiani @Jennyjinx @connorobrienNH That is the weakest nonsense I’ve ever heard. Funny how no one else had a problem with that.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

The replies to this are hilarious. The pod bros have literally been the natural enemy to us leftists for a decade—yet, the vitriol they receive from everyday libs is nuts. MSNBC really broke some minds in ways Fox News could only dream about.

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

Weird that Jaime wouldn't want a report about the Democratic Party's failings in 2024 to be released publicly. I wonder why?

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

Few people are more responsible for vulnerable Americans losing their rights than this dipshit.

[Jaime Harrison @harrisonjaime]

Hell, I would love a report. I don’t have a damn thing to hide.

But while some folks were obsessing over a report most Americans will never read or care about, Black voters in the South were staring down the possibility of losing voting power for generations.

This may not be a priority for some people. But as a Black man from the South, this is about my existence. It’s about the environment in which I’m raising my sons. It’s about whether my children grow up in a state and a country that sees them as equal citizens whose voices matter.

This is personal to me.
This is about survival.

We are months away from what I believe are the most important midterms of my lifetime. The Democratic Party cannot afford distractions, vanity projects, or circular firing squads while the fundamental rights and representation of Black Americans are under attack.

History is watching all of us. Release the damn thing after the midterms but before the presidential elections, but in this moment we must FOCUS!

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

umichvoter just deleted this after it being up for 6 hours. Don’t let these scumbag grifters get away away with this.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

Not only does he have an MD and PhD—but what is the crossover of centrist liberals hammering him on this and those who insisted on saying “Dr Jill?”

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

NEW: Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed for years has publicly said that he’s a physician — but there’s overwhelming evidence that he’s had no experience as a licensed medical doctor.

W/ @dlippman

https://t.co/VE1wHbhr9R

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

Anyone who says single payer isn’t possible is a conservative, by definition

[Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 @Wilson__Valdez]

This is one of my biggest beefs with 'the left' is just that they never make any attempt to adapt their beliefs to reality. Single Payer is just not a feasible/good policy with the Republican party being as insane and extreme as they are right now.

We should obviously push for universal healthcare, but if you are at all intellectually honest, single payer is just completely wrong for our country.

[Dave Peasant, Aspiring Lorax @aspiringpeasant]

This is why "The West Wing" + the Obama "they go low, we go high" are both so damaging.

Ostensibly intelligent people are so blinded by their story of How America Works that they're unable to see how it's *actually* working.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

When I was a kid, it was not the right time. Now, it will never happen. It’s almost like protecting private healthcare has been the liberal goal all along. Hence, these are the dogs we must abandon if we want to progress as a people.

[Magdi Jacobs @magi_jay]

Any national Democrat advocating for national Single Payer Healthcare right now is lying to you. Not just because it could be hard. Because it is impossible. That's the hard truth. Look at our country as it is. Imagine converting it to a nationalized system. It's not happening.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

Republicans take away the right to vote.

Republican cosplaying as a Democrat: what if you just voted harder?

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

Instead of violent revolution maybe we try to persuade a lot more people to vote for Democrats than Republicans. Worth a try.

[Matt Rotman @mattdrotman]

It is crazy to criminalize the protest of an active, ongoing crime.

[Alex Kane @alexbkane]

NEW from me. What a California legislator wants to do to address protests outside settlement land sales at synagogues: make it a crime to approach a person within 100 feet of a synagogue to hand out a leaflet, hold a sign, or even “engage in oral protest.” https://t.co/aTrpWXGGNB