This is how you do it:
I’ve only heard a little about Ms. Abughazaleh, but what I’ve heard gives me a thread of hope; she sounds like a terrific choice.
–Edit to copy in post, for whatever reason it didn’t quote it the way I expected it to.
Elissa Slotkin, who frequently uses the word “astrategic,” tells the crowd that “being on ‘Team Normal’ right now really helps.”
Matt Yglesias is “greeted like a rock star” at the conference.
The primary goal of the conference, says a party strategist, is not to “look like losers.”
Slotkin reminds everyone that “people want practicality.”
Meanwhile, another NYT piece today reports that Trump has ordered two coal- and oil-powered plants, built in the 1960s and scheduled to close, to remain open, even though that’s going to increase prices for consumers.
I’m sorry, wasn’t she whinging about how “normal people” are too dumb to understand the concept of oligarchy…
Here is what I get when I google (duckgogo) that…
It defines the word as such:
An astrategic actor is one that has no strategy at all and is simply reacting to situations as they arise with nothing to cohere individual actions into a wider plan.
So, she’s using military terminology (which is an example of using highly specific language that isn’t in common terminology) while whinging about a perfectly accessible word like fucking OLIGARCHY…
God damn, this annoys me so.
Wasn’t the origin of this argument between Musk and Trump due to Musk hating the bill because it didn’t cut Medicaid enough or something? And the Democrats want the guy who thinks Trump doesn’t go far enough??
I can’t do this, I really can’t.
I understand the bus analogy, but if the Democrats are going to chase after Musk and Matty Iglesias (and Gavin Newsome), then they are not going in any kind of direction I want to go… and I might as well vote third party, because even though they probably won’t win at least I’ll be voting for principles I can believe in.
It’s not too late for the Democrats to change course and formally recommit to being the party of the people, and I seriously hope they do. With any luck it’s only a fringe group dedicated to this, because I find these stories incredibly demoralizing.
If that makes me YTA, I’m okay with it. I just cannot go any further with this neoliberal, neoconservative BS. I can’t be okay with throwing marginalized folks under the bus to “get ahead.” It’s not who I am and it’s not who I want to be going forward.
Edit to add: there’s still some hope, in some races. I’ll be happy to cast a ballot for Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Governor primary, because from all I’ve been able to gather, he prioritzes people in the way I want politicians to do. (I voted for him over Whitmer in the last big Democratic primary, too, but he didn’t win.)
We’ll see what happens next.
Jesus- what a bunch of losers.
She was on Abby Philip’s panel on CNN last night, and, wow, what a spitfire. She seems alright to me.
Tim Walz recently said this at a convention:
I’m just going to say it, shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus for thinking they’re going to get elected. That child deserves our support. Don’t worry about the pollsters calling it distractions, because we need to be the party of human dignity.
The party isn’t owned by the Republican mimics just yet. Here’s hoping it can stave them off.