Rusty Shackleford

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[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@ohiogop He ran a fucking pump and dump scam!

[Henry Burke @burkehenryt]

They're all so excited for this they're missing that it's clearly a grift. It's run by a college sophomore whose only job experience is a sinecure at WelcomePAC, a job his dad (the Director of Electoral Programs & Finance Chair) gave to him and seemingly driving his car a lot

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@canarymission I don’t think Canary Mission knows how democracy works

[Annie Wu (all socials: @annie_wu_22) @Annie_Wu_22]

former DNC chair: don’t push the party left, run 3rd party!

same guy while he was DNC chair:

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@JoshEakle What the hell does any of this mean???

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@OrphanInnocent @esjesjesj More than two parties is what normies have been screaming for…

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

Why’s he picking the ones that sound good?

[Acyn @Acyn]

Johnson: The DSA… this is their platform. They put this on paper!  

Abolish the electoral college or replace the two-party system with a multi-party democracy, expand the House of Representatives, implement proportional representation and rank choice voting in all elections… End all military and economic aid to Israel, prosecute US and Israeli leaders responsible for the genocide in Gaza

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@thepromise2026 What content exactly?

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@ArmandDoma Problem is people agree with the left on policy

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@m00seknuck13 @headintheoffice See a doctor immediately

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

“Centrism,” is just performative compromise devoid of critical thinking, policy or ideology.

It’s a political vehicle that gives permission to do nothing in service of protecting a status quo that benefits large corporate donors and special interest groups who fund both parties.

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

Asking a centrist what they wish to do is like asking a libertarian how they’d build or fix roads

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

Incredible.

A liberal coalition is finally forming to push back against both the far right and the far left.

This week, they launched @thepromise2026, a public pledge with 13 sitting Congressmembers and candidates signing on, openly breaking with the DSA wing while refusing to be lumped in with MAGA.

Their commitments:

"We are capitalist, not socialist."
"We want safety, not lawlessness."
"We are responsible, not reckless."
"Government should solve problems, not create them."
"We are mainstream, not extreme."
"We are proud, not ashamed of America."

This is the kind of pro-America, anti-authoritarian coalition American politics desperately needs.

More of this, please.

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@CoffeeBuffalo @JoshEakle @thepromise2026 This is exactly how to lose to MAGa thrice!

[Amanda Litman @amandalitman]

I mean this genuinely: I wish this was better. I want a real interesting debate about the future of the Democratic Party! This is jargony empty corporate gibberish that does not tell any voter how their life would improve if these folks won. This is so self-serious that it’s not serious at all!

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@MajorityDems At least pick Gallego. He flipped Trump voters instead of Slotkin being lucky Trumpers didn’t bother circling in Rogers

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@ChrisCadence Meanwhile DSA’s gaining with non-white voters

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@WSJFreeEx @MattHennessey Fetterman’s lucky to count to 10 these days

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@ThirdWayMattB Normies tossed clowns like you aside for Trump twice

[Rusty Shackleford @Rshacksalt]

@VictorSfor92210 @acopo1024 @DrewSav Republicans have been saying all democrats are communists for decades, what planet are you living on