Mastodawn

Okay. But we still need to overturn #CitizensUnited and take away the ABILITY for billionaires to donate large amounts in the first place.

That needs to be the primary goal. And I don't think most politicians-- in either party, including #EstablishmentDemocrats -- will ever be willing to do so.

Backing politicians because they push back a bit against #IncomeDisparity is fine; but by itself, it is merely a small temporary victory, and is doomed to be a neverending uphill battle.

#OverturnCitizensUnited #Oligarchy #Technogarchy #Democrats #Progressives #ProgressiveDemocrats #WealthGap #Billionaires #BillionaireTax #TaxTheRich

@Npars01 @gert @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

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AnneTheWriter Mar 15

@randahl
Reminder: THIS IS FOR THE PRIMARIES.

The only people who can benefit from this voter manipulation and disinformation are your fellow #Democrats , and the people most likely to be paying influencers to spread fake news and negative disinformation about #ProgressiveDemocrats AT THIS POINT are #EstablishmentDemocrats .

#Democrats , this is YOUR OWN PARTY trying to earn itself and using LIES to attack successful candidates in their own party.

MAGA has always won when the left has been split, and some on the left disenfranchised from voting at all.

STOP HELPING MAGA.

Don't let anyone divide or disenfranchise you.

DoomsdaysCW Nov 18

#LiberalElites Kicked the Door Wide Open for #Trump’s Flagrant #Corruption

The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
November 9 2025

Excerpt: "Calls for Democrats to find their way back from the wilderness by forcefully rebuking #corporate influence and corruption, something we at the #RevolvingDoorProject have been urging as the cornerstone of progressive politics for years, are multiplying. Politicians, notably Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, both Democrats, are emerging as anti-corruption champions. To mount a real anti-corruption agenda, though, Democrats must go farther than just condemning the sundry glad-handing of Trump world. There is no appetite for going back to the halcyon days when everyone knew the legal code was merely a suggestion for corporate titans and the ultra-rich, even as they masqueraded as law-abiding citizens."

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ycw45

#USPol #EstablishmentDemocrats #LiberalElites #FollowTheMoney #PowerCorruptionAndLies #OpenSecrets #TaxTheBillionaires #TaxTheRich

Liberal Elites Kicked the Door Wide Open for Trump’s Flagrant Corruption

The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.

The Intercept

DoomsdaysCW Nov 17

#SNAP Recipients Crushed by #Democrats Caving on #Shutdown: “They Just Wasted It All”

People on #FoodStamps said they were willing to sacrifice to protect #HealthCare benefits. They’re furious that the Democrats gave up.

Jessica Washington, November 12 2025

Excerpt: "The Intercept spoke with four SNAP recipients who said they’re furious that Democrats squandered the sacrifice they made for the last month to ensure access to health care for millions of Americans — just as voters rewarded the party for finally fighting back against Republicans with major electoral victories last week.

" 'We sacrificed and we would continue to sacrifice because we understood what the stakes were. People’s health care was at stake,' said Delight Worthyn, 67, a SNAP recipient with lupus living in New Haven, Connecticut. 'And that they would cave for nothing after we have all gone through this. … I only feel betrayed.' "

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/KSlYa

#ShutdownBill #AffordableHealthCare #HealthcareForAll #EstablishmentDemocrats #AngusKing #Betrayal

SNAP Recipients Crushed by Democrats Caving on Shutdown: “They Just Wasted It All”

People on food stamps said they were willing to sacrifice to protect health care benefits. They’re furious that the Democrats gave up.

The Intercept

DoomsdaysCW Nov 14

#Illinois Gov. #JBPritzker worries that #Trump will go to extremes to distract from #EpsteinFiles

With the longest government shutdown in American history nearing its end, Democratic Gov.JB Pritzker weighed in on the eight Democrats who voted to reopen the government, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s role in leading the party through the shutdown.

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Updated 8:35 PM EST, November 12, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — "Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein.

" 'My great fear, of course, is that with the release of that information, which I think will be devastating for Trump, he’s going to do everything in his power to distract,' Pritzker told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday. 'What does that mean? I mean, he might take us to war with #Venezuela just to get a distraction in the news and take it out of the headlines.'

"Pritzker, widely seen as among the top potential Democratic presidential contenders in 2028, also directed some of his sharpest criticism at members of his own party. He said the decision by seven Democratic senators and one independent to side with Republicans in a Senate vote to end the government shutdown was an 'enormous mistake' that played right into Trump’s hands.

" 'I’ve been on team fight from the very beginning,' Pritzker said. 'And I don’t appreciate when we’ve got Democrats who are caving in and doing basically what the Trump administration wants.' "

https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-reaction-epstein-files-distraction-280eb69c80aee902b3ed6d712c79f332

#ShutdownBill #EstablishmentDemocrats #TrumpSucks #USPol #EpstainFiles

Pritzker says he's worried how Trump will react to Epstein files

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein. He said in an interview with The Associated Press that it was his “great fear” that the Republican president might go to extremes to change the subject. Pritzker is widely seen as among the top potential Democratic presidential contenders in 2028. He also said the decision by seven Democratic senators and one independent to side with Republicans in a Senate vote to end the government shutdown played right into Trump’s hands.

AP News

DoomsdaysCW Nov 11

HT @BlueWaver22

* #CatherineCortezMasto — received from #AmericanAirlinesPAC in 2022.

* #DickDurbin — received from American
Airlines PAC in multiple cycles (e.g., 2014,
2020).

* #MaggieHassan — received from American Airlines PAC in 2022.

* #TimKaine — received from American Airlines PAC (2024) and Airlines for America PAC (2024).

* #AngusKing (I) — received from American Airlines PAC in 2024.

* #JackyRosen — received from American Airlines PAC in 2020.

* #JeanneShaheen — received from American Airlines PAC in 2020.

https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/american-airlines/C00107300/candidate-recipients/2024

#USPol #GovernmentShutdown #FollowTheMoney #Traitors #Centrists #EstablishmentDemocrats #AnusKing