Heidi Li Feldman“The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusio … that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.” 1/
‘“Our data on the USA goes back to 1789. What we’re seeing now is the most severe magnitude of democratic backsliding ever in the country,” says Staffan Lindberg, founder of the institute.’ 2/
“US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.” 3/
JustKathyWe can thank Joe #Biden for this. He refused to remove #TraitorTrump from the political arena and our lives, and now we're all suffering.
FinchHaven sfbaThat's right
Everything is #JoeBiden's fault
Funny how I keep forgetting this
Always makes thinking so much simpler
If you even bother with 'thinking' at all
J. R. DePriest 
:EA DATA. SF:@FinchHaven @KathyLK @heidilifeldman
Democrats were so concerned with decorum that they let a traitor get away with treason / sedition and then he got elected President.
They deserve to accept some responsibility for where we are right now.
@jrdepriest @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
Yes, Democrats should accept responsibility for where we are right now. I had contacted my Congresswoman several times urging her to persuade Biden to arrest and prosecute Trump. Biden was immovable. And then there were the Democrats who should not be in positions of power, like Schumer, Durbin, Fetterman and the rest of the Senators who refused to pressure Biden. Schumer does not deserve to hold a leadership position.
HakeemG@KathyLK @jrdepriest @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
Schumer was selected by his peers to be in a leadership position and quite frankly has done a great job. The Democrats didn't put Trump in office; that was the American people. Whether through the right's ignorance or the leftist's apathy. Don't forget to thank Bernie and the leftists for telling everyone that both sides were the same, without them none of this would have been possible.
@HakeemG @KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
Wow, what an impossibly bizarre take. I think the only reason I haven't blocked you are your consistently entertaining takes written as if you live in a parallel universe where everybody operates in good faith. You're like MAGA but for Democrats.
That, and your avatar reminds me of someone I used the with with.
@jrdepriest @KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
Yes what a bizarre take that the justice department is an independent institution not to be used by the president to direct or interfere in prosecutions.
@HakeemG @KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
No, that's the truth about the judiciary.
But acting like 99.9% of our elected and appointed officials aren't acting at the behest of their donors as opposed to The People is disengenous at best, and dishonest at worst.
There is no reason to give any of them the benefit of the doubt or believe they are acting in good faith.
Most Dems seem to prioritize their own comfort and peace of mind over justice and standing up for what's right. They take every opportunity to ask for money but when it comes time to fight, they eventually give the bullies what they want in exchange for empty promises. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me a dozen times, I start to think they like it that way, like Charlie Brown with the football.
@jrdepriest @KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
Yes when the Democrats fed hungry school kids over the summer it was at the behest of corporate interests. Biden raising taxes on corporations while passing the largest climate change bill in history was also corporate interests.
@HakeemG @KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
I apologize. I didn't intend to imply that Democrats never do anything for the benefit of the The People, just that, ultimately, they do not feel beholden to us. I believe that anything they do for The People could be compromised if the donor class pushed back.
We are rapidly becoming a dictatorship. That's not hyperbole.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog
Dems are running out of time to do anything about it. We don't need compromise. Compromising with bullies just teaches them that you are weak.
As I've said, I always vote Blue. Yet here we are. They were complacent and acting like it was business as usual. They missed the Jan 6 wake up call. It's almost too late.
I want to be wrong about the Dems.
@jrdepriest @KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
I know we're rapidly becoming a dictatorship and I don't think it's the Democrats that have become complacent. Lead, follow, or GTFO the way. If the leftists can provide a better candidate then I'm all for it, give me an AOC to vote for, but otherwise I'm taking the best candidate running, and I'm going to assume everyone else was incapable or unwilling to do any better.
@HakeemG @KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
Anybody who is serious is actively trying to get progressives on the ballet by being active in the primaries. That's the only way to get the best people out there. Inertia and complacency (and, often, AIPAC) drive the establishment.
@jrdepriest @KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
Bernie has endorsed a grand total of 7 candidates this year, that's a joke.
@HakeemG @KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
Bernie is a joke. Has been for a long time.
Edit: that is one thing we agree on.