• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Y’all wanted Democrats to stand the fuck up. Comments:

    Fuck Newsom! He’s not pure enough!

    And that is why we so fucking always lose.

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      18 hours ago

      Newsom is ambitious, self-serving, Randian, right-wing neoliberal scum. However, I would still pick him over the murderous criminal totalitarian child rapists currently running the US.

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      “Newsome’s press staffer sent a funny tweet. I guess that makes up for him creating a platform to shit on trans people with right wing monsters, saying that Dems should ignore Trump sending innocent people to an El Salvador gulag because the issue is a political loser, and years of shit policies”

      The reason Dems lose is because they don’t ever actually do anything. A tweet is not an action. It’s performative bullshit.

      So, hehe funny tweet. But also, fuck newsome, do something.

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        20 hours ago

        He’s threatening to redistrict California in response to Republican Leaders gerrymandering Texas

        He states he has found a way to gerrymander California to eliminate 5 Republican seats whilest abiding by the Voting Rights Act

        He has held multiple press conferences and public appearances drawing attention to this

        This tweet is about - and part of - this effort to draw national attention to gerrymandering

        It’s too soon to say if he’ll follow through with his threat, but he’s done a lot.

        I don’t like Newsome, but respect this - don’t just shit on it. This is the action you’re asking for

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          Newsome has to get the legislature to put it on the ballot, Californians have to approve it. The nonpartisan redistricting commission was created by referendum and can only be changed by referendum. It’s good that he’s supporting the initiative and pushing it. Pat on the head for that.

          But you ever noticed Newsome doesn’t fight for shit unless it personally affects him? Round up immigrants and send them to El Salvador? Newsome doesn’t want to even talk about that cause he thinks it’s a political loser for him personally. Trans kids being discriminated in sports? Newsome thinks he’d do better in a presidential election if he’s a little bigoted since Kamela got hit on the issue, so fuck trans kids. Trump rounding up immigrants in LA, big meh from newsome. However, Trump takes over Newsome’s national guard, now newsome is ready to fight. Republicans rigging the House which could mean a president Newsome would have to deal with a Republican house, now he’s going to the mat.

          So yeah, glad Newsome is doing a thing for once (or more accurately supporting the citizens being able to do the thing), but he’s still a piece of shit.

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            Don’t let perfection stand in the way of good. Is Newsome the candidate I want? Fuck na. Is this better than what we’re seeing from most of our leadership. Fuck ya.

            Sometimes you need a dick to fuck the assholes so they stop shitting all over the place.

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              Sometimes you need a dick to fuck the assholes

              If this were Reddit I’d spend like $100 to give this animated shooting meteors and permanently stickied to the top of /r/all

              As it is, I may need to get this turned into a T-shirt on Etsy

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        I kind of cringe everytime someone goes off about some dumbass purity test for AOC. Like one of the most, if not the most, progressive politicians of my lifetime and jokers want to get mad at her because this one time she wasn’t progressive enough. Like how the fuck do people think you push politics in general to the left? By electing some middling democrat, or even a republican, because the progressive candidate wasn’t progressive enough? How does that make any fucking sense?

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          I am convinced that at least some of that is from her competition in her own party who lean further right and republicans. Best time for a coward to attack is when your opponent is already down

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            Go read what she voted for and not just news articles trying to make some purity fight on the left. Propaganda is working on you. Go look at her choices for the whole bill and see what actually happened. Rather than taking the headlines and people crying. Cause you cry about AOC but show me someone in America LEADIng better than her. Don’t get me wrong she isn’t perfect but if you can’t play chess and understand the value of all the pieces you should stick to checkers so you understand blue is your team and is better than red who is your opponent.