If you watched a video of this event you could see emotion in the faces of both Harris and Cheney when they talked about democracy. Especially Cheney. The pained look on her face when the word “democracy” was mentioned nearly choked me up. I don’t agree with any policy of Cheney. AND THAT IS OKAY. Cheney does not agree on any policy of Harris. AND THAT IS OKAY. Harris does not agree on any policy of Cheney. AND THAT IS OKAY. Because this is NOT an ordinary election of Dems vs GOP. Thinking of it that way plays into Trump’s hands. This is a unique event in American history of Democracy vs Fascism. The only thing that Bernie Sanders, Harris, and Cheney all agree on is America’s core values of democracy, freedom, and the rule of law. AND THAT IS ENOUGH.

She isn’t supporting any of Harris’s policies. She is saying Trump is a traitor who must never have power. She is putting Country over Party.

How do people not understand that this is not an ordinary election of Dems vs GOP, it is a unique event in history of Democracy vs Fascism? You are playing right into Treason Trump’s hands if you are treating this as an ordinary election.

Tim Miller is the absolutely last person on the planet to take any electoral advice or strategy from

And yet he said the exact 100% correct thing that people were thinking. This was the most important observation of the entire article.

There should have been a line of honest and wise men a mile long standing behind Cheney on Thursday.

A project proposal for the U.S. component of Doppelganger was even more expansive. Its explicitly stated goals were to “secure the victory of a Republican candidate” in the 2024 presidential election, to increase the quantity of U.S. citizens who told pollsters that they believed that the war in Ukraine needed to end as soon as possible by at least ten percent, and to reduce U.S. President Joe Biden’s approval rating by at least ten percent.

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Nobody remembers that because it is not remotely true. He raised taxes on the rich, legalized gays in the military, tried to implement universal healthcare, etc.

Democratic victories are necessary for progress, but it’s only the threat of immanent fascism that has historically driven Democrats to make improvements.

Not true. It is firm control of congress and the presidency. That is what created the New Deal and the Civil Rights era.

If you like traitors you must like felons and rapists too. Convicted Felon and Sex Offender Treason Trump is the whole package for you then.

The Electoral College has actually been doing the exact opposite of what the founders created it for. It was created so that presumably the electors would be wiser than the voters and nullify a bad choice like Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump. Instead it literally allowed him to be elected without a majority of votes.

started StarTrek.website.

I don’t use that because you are (or someone is) modding it wrong. You don’t allow people to talk about which parts of Star Trek they don’t like and others might want to avoid. Fuck that. All parts of Star Trek are not equally good.

They already tried Jan 6 !

Nope. Those bootlickers were on the side of the corporate/billionaire enshitifiers, trying to make the enshitification MUCH worse.

Genuine question: what is the real alternative to WP?

What’s wrong with html/css/js? It can do anything you want it to do.

I would have thought this would be the most highly upvoted, because it focuses on what actually matters. Policy. Weird that the most important submission is the least upvoted.

Jake Tapper is the worst. Can’t stand the guy.

His nephew is still in politics and he thinks speaking out will hurt his nephew’s political career.

While it’s not inconceivable that you could see an offshoot try to replace the Republicans, I doubt it would happen.

It really depends heavily on timing. If Trumpism fades almost immediately after the election, the GOP can probably survive. If not, there is a good chance of it being replaced. All that would need to happen would be 2 critical steps. (1) A few big conservative big names announce the formation of a traditional conservative party that rejects Trumpism. (2) Over the next couple of years a wave of incumbant GOP senators and congressmen announce they are moving to the new party to break free of MAGA. That new party might still caucus with the GOP but would have a huge amount of leverage over it.

Conservatives took over the Democratic party over 30 years ago

The Democratic Party was much more conservative 30 years ago than today.

Democrats serve Wall Street and Silicon Valley first

Then how come Biden raised corporate taxes? How come every Dem voted against Trump’s gigantic tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy? Following the money cuts thru all the vague claims and bullshit and provides clarity.

The less of a threat Republicans are, the less incentive establishment Democrats have to put the needs of voters ahead of their sponsors.

That is the exact opposite of how politics work. The one and only thing that will result is a big shift to the left is for Dems to win over and over and over.

The political pendulum always swings back and forth. We are way overdue for a big swing to the left.

There’s no other way for politicians who aren’t part of the two major parties to win.

That’s totally fine. The short term reason for a new conservative party is to split the vote and insure the MAGA GOP cannot win. The medium/long term goal would be to replace the GOP as one of the 2 major political parties, just like when the GOP replaced the Whig Party. The way this would happen would be for a significant number of incumbant GOP senators and congressmen to announce they are moving to the new conservative party.

A second conservative party that disowns Traitorapist Trump would be a political earthquake. Conservatives would then be 100% certain that MAGA is making them lose.