Holy fucking shit. Middle-aged, White couple next to me complaining the cops who were convicted of murdering #GeorgeFloyd were "victims of racism". And that #Trump will pardon them if he is elected. Not sure how that's supposed to work....
@inthehands@heidilifeldman@Colarusso They didn't understand the process. Biden's elected delegates were (and are) the only people able to pick the nominee. Maybe one of these brave senators could have explained it to them like they were toddlers.
@heidilifeldman@Colarusso@beccanalia Sorry, but your hope is my dread, and I was original KHive. Please don't gloat because Biden was rawdogged out. You and nobody else knows if this will work better. It's a roll of the dice. I hope for all of our sakes that mega-donors were right to extort the party into betraying our elected nominee.
A lot of irrelevant Democrats have figured out a great way to boost their profile is to call up CNN or MSNBC and loudly (if sadly, weep weep) demand Biden "step aside", whatever that means. #Biden2024
@ryanhoulihan Do you honestly believe Republican megadonors will roll over and say "sure, you can replace Biden and defeat us"? Have you all seen the last 8 years? They will file thousands of lawsuits to prevent that in front of the corrupt judges they've been paying off for decades and they will win. This is what we got. Biden, or fascism wins. That is it. That is the choice.
This dumb, scrambled brain motherfucker babbling about sharks, batteries, and getting electrocuted. And this clown hasn't been demanded to quit? https://youtu.be/vL3UmTInva8?si=Ac67KKaSahEz-w3c
The fix is in, as I've said repeatedly. Across every piece of power they hold. And if they are working this hard it must be vitally important they win. This is really the end game.
This isn't an election between two individual people. That hasn't happened for decades or centuries. This is an election between two directions of America. This is an election for moving toward inclusion, cli.ate change action, and social harmony, or bigotry, White Supremacy, and science denial.
@StillIRise1963@inthehands No. Not counting on it. Because we need to destroy these people's dreams permanently, totally, resoundingly, and forever without any goddamn mercy at all. Fuck them right to Hell. And even if we do win this time, it won't be over. It's like having an infestation of cockroaches. Eternal merciless battle. Fucking Ash battling Deadites.
@StillIRise1963 Yeah. No shit. What I'm choosing to believe (with good reason) is that the polls are completely fucked (conducted as they are by compromised parties who support Trump for drama and clicks) and as has happened in every single election since Dobbs, that Republicans are going dramatically underperformed and be crushed in November. But I could be totally wrong.
@inthehands Something I've noticed as an employer is many young people have unrealistic expectations of how seriously their ideas must be taken, how they should be praised for a job well-done (or even just done), and how much direction they will receive. In an internship or volunteer job, they thank you with praise, at a business the thank you is often just your paycheck unless you really deliver. Many young people have little respect for institutional knowledge or experience. I don't know why.
I was in a citizen committee meeting yesterday. We were discussing #DEI and improving outreach to marginalized communities, immigrants, ESL, etc.. The chair (ypungish White woman), wanted to be helpful but struggled to find the words for what she called "not traditional" communities, and then "those others". It was cringe. Even when she was proposing a (one) position dedicated to reaching out to "those others", like one minority will stand in for them all.... Sigh. SMDH #BIPOC
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