America is a failed Democracy.
Our media failed us, our institutions failed us, our people failed us.
Worst of all, we now pose a major threat to the planet.
The media this morning saying Dems need to have a reckoning.
No, we don't. We can't be blamed because we expected Americans to be who they always claim they are.
Democrats don't have a messaging problem. America has a racism problem.
It's not just that Trump won. It's that Joe Rogan, Dana White and Brett Favre won. Jailed insurrectionists won. The Alitos and the Thomases won. Vladimir Putin won. Racism won. Misogyny won. Sexism won. Global warming won. Xenophobia won. Most of all: Fear Won. That's what hurts.
Want an example of a broken system? Florida DIDN’T “reject” the proposal to include a right to abortion in the constitution — they voted 58.2% in favor of abortion rights. But it needed 60% to pass, so it failed WITH A MAJORITY.
Can’t imagine what Florida women must be thinking.
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@emptywheel And let's hope for independents & some Rs breaking for Harris, or at least undervotes from Rs who can't bear to vote for Trump but can't bring themselves to vote D.
@digby56 One of the small joys of my life is that when I drive over the Whitestone Bridge (crossing from LI to the Bronx) I see this, instead of what I used to see [replace "Bally" with a certain person's name]. Cannot imagine the joy I'll feel if he goes down...
Women have been collectively convinced that pregnancy is a health-neutral event and I am here to tell you that this is a tactic used to suppress freedom of informed choice.
This is your periodic reminder that some of Israel’s own leading scholars of the Holocaust and genocide, including Professor @bartov_omer at Brown and Dr. Amos Goldberg at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, say what’s happening in Gaza *is* a genocide.
Trust them over this guy.
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