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Honestly call or email the Democratic party offices and voice that you one hundred percent agree with Sanders.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I mean they lost what 10mil votes? I'm with sanders they need to fix their shit. Get real. They're going to run Harris again with slightly more left wing policies, Republicans will point out she's an insincere flip flop and destroy her again. But it will be the DNC not the Republicans that setup the loss.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Political parties are private institutions and should not be in a position to shape American policies at all. Having a two party system allows centralized control over everyone else in the given party. If elected officials feel pressured to fall in line then they're not fighting for the American people, they're fighting for their own political party.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We know they don't respect Sanders.

Exhibit A: Picking Hilary.

They RFK'd him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

It wasn't disrespect, it was outright fear.

They're afraid that someone is going to get into that position that can't be bought and is going to grandstand to the public to ask for the things that donors won't like.

Corporations are spending a lot of money to own the voices in the government, they don't want to make any rich people angry.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Members of the DNC were emailing each other about how best to undermine Sanders' presidential campaign after promising to remain neutral. Democrats, if you want to inspire voters, let them pick the fucking candidate!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

I don't respect Pelosi.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Lmfao imagine being aligned with pelosi and thinking you're right.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Pelosi should just gtfo and become a stock broker. She's unusually good at trading stocks for some obscure reason.

(The reason is insider trading)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I think you mean barrel shroud broker.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

As a stock broker she would be subject to the law against insider trading.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Pelosi is Democrat leadership. She is responsible for the supreme court running rampant, kamala, and the war on drugs still being a thing. She deserves to be hung as a traitor to the republic. Furious. We are furious at her. I'm angry at my dog for pissing on the couch. I'm furious at Pelosi.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If you start hanging people trying to run the government no good people will want to be in the government.

it is a feedback loop for national bloodshed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You do know Pelosi stepped down from her leadership position almost exactly 2 years ago, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You mean her formal position as speaker of the house?

What an amazingly condescending tone to turn on your mod flag for. And to be so wrong!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Speaker of the House is different from Minority Leader.

She was removed as Speaker when the House fell to Republican control.

She voluntarily stepped down as minority leader almost exactly 2 years ago, replaced by Hakeem Jeffries.

She's no longer a leader of the party other than in terms of seniority. Hasn't been for 2 years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Calm down with the paragraph breaks

We're talking about leadership within the democratic party

Not leadership positions in congress

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She has no leadership in the party without an official leadership position in the House.

The only thing separating her from any other person in Congress is seniority. She's #5 in congress behind 2 Republicans and 2 Democrats:

Hal Rogers - R - Kentucky - Dean of the House
Chris Smith - R - New Jersey
Steny Hoyer - D - Maryland
Marcy Kaptur - D - Ohio

I can't speak for you, but I know I never heard of Marcy Kaptur before today. Steny Hoyer, definitely.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

She has no leadership in the party without an official leadership position in the House.

She has donors and money and client patron relationships with people in power, including the current democratic party leadership in your formulation

I can’t speak for you, but I know I never heard of Marcy Kaptur before today.

Yes that's correct

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And she’s no longer making decisions for the party, right? …right?!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Certainly not making public statements or anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

…so what did we just read in the article?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Oh buddy. It's sarcasm. It's in the headline.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Anyone got the DNC's number?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah the RNC

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It was hard to find but I believe it is 202-863-8000

https://www.eriecountydems.org/democratic-national-committee-dnc/

Jaime Harrison is the DNC chair. https://democrats.org/jaime-harrison/

In my experience shit rolls downhill, so start at the top.

Join the discussion at [email protected] . It was a neutral space but now that we're in fascist America neutrality is no longer acceptable.

The working class need a voice and the DNC is so completely clueless, so that communication needs to happen like an avalanche for anything to change.

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