Thomas Bornholdt

Retired Judge. University of Kansas followed by Georgetown University Law Center.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

You were literally an architect of NAFTA, Wall Street dereg & bank bailouts, you berated proponents of a public option, and you enriched yourself as an investment banker.

Not figuratively, literally. You literally played a hands-on, direct role in creating everything you are now pretending to lament.

And now you’re relying on nobody remembering, and none of your national media friends ever even asking you about it.

The level of shamelessness here — Rahm’s ability to keep a straight face while saying this — is beyond normal politician dissembling or dishonesty. It is sociopathic.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

🔥NEW: In a @LeverNews interview, @AbdulElSayed responds to Carville, @HarrisonJamie & other elites attacking insurgent Dems:

"We're held hostage by a group of people who are self-important...They fear I'll win & what that means for changes we have to bring forward in our party"

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

The people who insisted Kamala Harris campaign with Liz Cheney and shun Lina Khan should not be depicted as experts at winning elections, doing successful politics, or having any moral compass whatsoever.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

Since this tweet is now trending, let me add that when I say that it "is an unpopular view" - what I mean is that it is unpopular inside the media industry which prioritizes, hires for & rewards cheap punditry & has little interest in investing in the hard work of real reporting.

It doesn't have to be this way - there are ways to build outlets that support robust journalism, and there are ways to do it that do not rely on corporate conglomerates.

@LeverNews is but one example of a successful, reader-supported outlet that defies the trend and does real reporting. It's the kind of model that could be replicated and expanded.

But both media industry decisionmakers and many rank-and-file folks working in media haven't been interested in trying to make those investments or do that work over the long haul, because it's hard and it takes a long time.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

Nobody fully believes Dems are serious about fixing the affordability crisis because nobody fully believes Dems are willing to offend their donors who are creating the affordability crisis.

Dems’ donor fealty has created a credibility gap.

It’s their biggest political problem.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

What establishment groups are doing with Gov. Janet Mills, which is trying to stop the grassroots movement in Maine, is not new.

This is what big money donors have been doing for years in races across the country.

This has resulted in Democrats losing support from voters all over.

[The National Conversation @TheNatConvo]

➡️ @DougAMacgregor and @ComicDaveSmith deep dive into key issues on "Part of the Problem" 👇
https://t.co/hXmhHMM92T

[K. @IbaraEleven]

Obama calls out the gerontocracy that grips the democratic party

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

By refusing to extend the $300 a month Child Tax Credit, Joe Mansion caused the child poverty rate to go from 5.2% to 12.4%. He represented 1 of the poorest states & is now a Wall Street lobbyist. The Democrats lost the working class because of Wall Street “Democrats” like him.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

This is not the fundamental divide.

The fundamental divide is between those still pretending Trump is the anomalous cause of the democracy/oligarchy crisis & those who know Trump is the culmination/symptom of both parties’ leaders colluding to create that crisis.

[Thomas Bornholdt @ThomasBornhold1]

@DrMartyPets Meaning his post promoting his freeze-dried dog food.

[Thomas Bornholdt @ThomasBornhold1]

@DrMartyPets Endless video. Flannelmouth.

[Richard D. Wolff @profwolff]

It was liberals - now called "centrists" in both parties - who passed the laws giving presidents the powers now used against them. The centrists aimed to use that power against leftists. Ironically the far right now uses it against the centrists. - Meme credit: @RedneckGneGreen

[DoodyDoodsky NostraDoodyDamus @Howdyhorde]

@IbaraEleven It cant be emphasized enuf with shitlibs who put Clinton on a pedestal. He was totally responsible for the sale of an entire party to rich/corps!
https://t.co/4RkupzgfnZ

[K. @IbaraEleven]

This is accurate. The transformation of the democratic party into another republican party largely began with Clinton. He slashed social safety nets further and allowed corporations to buy up all the media. He’s a large part of why we are where we are today.

[Robert Hockett @rch371]

Which looks greater?

[Thomas Bornholdt @ThomasBornhold1]

@davematt88 Why are you showing it to people who would not otherwise have seen it?

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

The national Democratic Party will not be a real opposition until the people who destroyed it are no longer running it. Those people are terrible at literally everything — they can’t stop Trump, they can’t pass legislation, everyone hates them. But they are the absolute GOATs at remaining at the helm of the Titanic — and that’s what they are focused on. They are marshaling more big donor money to keep themselves employed atop the party even after it hit the iceberg.

There are really good people doing really important work at the state and local level, and there are even some at the federal level trying to make change inside the party. But until there is real accountability — and a generational change — the *national* Democratic Party apparatus will remain what it has been for years: an election losing machine and a permanent jobs program for Acela Corridor suits who serve the donor class and see politics not as a serious endeavor, but as Hollywood for ugly people.

[Puppies & Positivity @Puppieslover]

Rescue dog lived in an abusive house his whole life, now falls asleep every night like this. Even the cat is comforting him, telling him to lay down ❤️

[Thomas Bornholdt @ThomasBornhold1]

Do not miss this. It is a great read. Very interesting and beautifully written.