#corporatecapture — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #corporatecapture, aggregated by home.social.
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Following the MAGA playbook "the #UCP is not only picking winners, it’s trying to ensure an industry that has the potential to cut into oil and gas profits is a loser." https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/ucp-slaps-punitive-tax-on-solar-panels-opening-new-front-in-its-war-on-renewable-energy/
#RenewableEnergy #solar #abpoli #fossilfuels #CorporateCapture #Climate Criminals
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Following the MAGA playbook "the #UCP is not only picking winners, it’s trying to ensure an industry that has the potential to cut into oil and gas profits is a loser." https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/ucp-slaps-punitive-tax-on-solar-panels-opening-new-front-in-its-war-on-renewable-energy/
#RenewableEnergy #solar #abpoli #fossilfuels #CorporateCapture #Climate Criminals
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Following the MAGA playbook "the #UCP is not only picking winners, it’s trying to ensure an industry that has the potential to cut into oil and gas profits is a loser." https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/ucp-slaps-punitive-tax-on-solar-panels-opening-new-front-in-its-war-on-renewable-energy/
#RenewableEnergy #solar #abpoli #fossilfuels #CorporateCapture #Climate Criminals
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Following the MAGA playbook "the #UCP is not only picking winners, it’s trying to ensure an industry that has the potential to cut into oil and gas profits is a loser." https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/ucp-slaps-punitive-tax-on-solar-panels-opening-new-front-in-its-war-on-renewable-energy/
#RenewableEnergy #solar #abpoli #fossilfuels #CorporateCapture #Climate Criminals
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Following the MAGA playbook "the #UCP is not only picking winners, it’s trying to ensure an industry that has the potential to cut into oil and gas profits is a loser." https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/ucp-slaps-punitive-tax-on-solar-panels-opening-new-front-in-its-war-on-renewable-energy/
#RenewableEnergy #solar #abpoli #fossilfuels #CorporateCapture #Climate Criminals
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"#Canada’s latest state of the #climate report is a stark warning of what #Canadians will face if governments fail to tackle the #climatecrisis with the urgency it requires,” https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/changes-to-canadas-climate-now-irreversible-federal-report-says/
#cdnpoli #climateCriminals #BigOil #Puppets #CorporateCapture
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"Everyone in #Canada deserves the same equitable access to quality public #healthcare, regardless of their ability to pay for it. We urge our federal government to fulfil their responsibility to enforce the Canada Health Act, to quash the encroachment of legislated queue jumping before it can be entrenched, and to act urgently to defend Canadians’ right to equitable, universal, single-payer public health care — before it is too late." https://www.friendsofmedicare.org/doa_twotier_healthcare?
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Watching Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in 9 to 5.
They're living the corporate office-worker life in 1980.
And have a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot boss.
In 2016, thirty six years after 9 To 5, Donald Trump was elected President of the USA.
#CorporateCapture of everyday life and the government.
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The #CarneyCons need to step up to enforce federal legislation, specifically the #Canada #Health Act. https://www.healthcoalition.ca/pm-carney-must-enforce-the-canada-health-act-on-bill-11-new-poll-finds/
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Boorloo, Perth, Western Australia
Got confidence that the WA state government will put any limits on mining companies that are not ok with said mining companies?
Juukan Gorge rock shelters.
46,000 years of Aboriginal history.
Destroyed by Rio Tinto in explosions to make exportable iron ore.
May 2020.
All legal in WA.
Premiers:
Collin Barnett 2008-2017
Mike McGowan 2017-2023
Corporate stooges.
#JuukanGorge #RioTinto #WesternAustralia #CorporateCapture #ColinBarnett #MikeMcGowan #AusPol -
"It is a choice not to focus on #climate policies, and the rest of us should absolutely be naming it. But when so few actual climate policy experts and champions have access to the clubs, parties, Signal chats, neighbourhood get-togethers, and group runs which form the essential habitat for our government’s decision making, we evidently do not hold much sway next to, say, #oil industry top brass or #AI bros." https://thewalrus.ca/mark-carney-influence-network/
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"It is difficult to square Governor Carney’s 2015 warnings with Prime Minister Carney’s 2026 pronouncements that #Canadians cannot afford climate action." https://www.wcel.org/blog/revisiting-mark-carneys-tragedy-horizon
#cdnpoli #climateCriminals #CorporateCapture #ClimateBreakdown #NeverTrustLiberals
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@MarkDeasy
If I was a billionaire,
diddle, diddle, deedle dum,
I'd shout my minions the access fee,
have them push my favourite talking points,
curate the pollies experience,
if I were Australia's richest billionaire. -
"Anger is growing at Carney’s billionaire-enabling, anti-Indigenous, and anti-ecological agenda, and opposition to the summit is gathering momentum." https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/carneys-ceo-summit-could-put-public-assets-on-the-table
#cdnpoli #CorporateCapture #privatization #militarization #humanrightsviolations #climatecriminals
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#Duped, an AU Four Corners ABC investigation into food fraud on iView.
Corporate capture of Australian governments federal and state exposed.
Fish, eggs, tumeric & tomato sauces are shown to not be what they're claimed be.
Slave labour in the global tomato growing.
Hospitalisations due to allergens being present when the label explicitly states otherwise.
#AgedCare too.
#FoodFraud #FourCorners #FourCornersABC #Slavery #AnthonyAlbanese #CorporateCapture #FoodLabelling #Disaffection #AusPol
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"The most active #fossilfuel #lobbyists were the companies making up the Oil Sands Alliance – an alliance of the largest #oilsands companies, who are behind the Pathways CCS project – with a total of 305 meetings." https://environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/06/fossil-fuel-lobbying-skyrockets-in-first-year-of-pm-carneys-government/
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"The prime minister should consider the potential outcomes of siding with his Bay Street buddies and oil industry bigwigs over climate-beleaguered Canadians." https://www.desmog.com/2026/08/03/as-climate-fuelled-wildfires-rage-mark-carney-cuts-emergency-response-and-funds-fossil-fuels/
#cdnpoli #climate #wildfires #climateCriminals #BigOil #Puppets #CorporateCapture
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"Two federal discussion papers that recently closed for submissions could lead to the extinction of #atriskspecies and billions of dollars in remediation costs." https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/31/discussion-papers-arent-accessible-consultation-say-non-profits-the-general-public-really-knows-nothing-about-this/513407/
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/politics-2qr4m137z/-/a-5EDI-6A2Rh2ciyk5Hz4eaw%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
"The project was approved by Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin despite an impact assessment finding the project would negatively impact #fish and #bird habitats, #water quality, #Indigenous people and #Canada's ability to meet its #climate goals."
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"This is a zombie economy, sustained by extraction and speculation rather than a progressive vision for #Canada’s future." https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-new-rules-of-carneys-carve-out-economy
#CarneyCons #neoliberalism #corporateCapture #cdnpoli #IndigenousRights #environment #justice
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"#Canada isn’t the only country asking taxpayers to subsidize this largely unproven, risky, energy-intensive and less-than-effective technology. The #UnitedStates, #UnitedKingdom and #Australia are also funnelling public money into #carboncapture projects...... It’s insane that obscenely profitable fossil fuel companies are allowed to continue putting all life at risk through unnecessary expansion of their deadly industry." https://davidsuzuki.org/story/clean-power-pathways-beat-carbon-capture/
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Computers, the internet & now genAI have been used to create evil mass market corporation & highly destructive effects on our cultures, societies and the people in them for some +30 years.
Governments are now taking some actions.
(Some of which, like age verification, are completely consistent with the surveillance capitalism desires of the techbros and techgals.)
But mandatory jail terms for senior management aren't yet in place.
#ButlerianJihad #CorporateCapture #LossOfConfidence #LockEmUp -
It is time for MPs in #Canada and #Canadians to speak up about the direction the #CarneyCons are taking this country. https://digital.yellowknifer.com/Yellowknifer-07152026/2/
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The future of intelligent life on earth may depend on genAI and greed interacting to reduce the human population by a factor of some 6000.
There are other pathways forward.
#Optimism #Pessimism #AISlop #TechBros
#AusPol #UKPol #USPol #CorporateCapture #Democracy -
“It’s hypocritical. These guys have been hyping 90%, 95% capture, and now it’s, ‘well. we really can’t do it that fast, it’s not tested, it’s not certain’.” https://www.theenergymix.com/master-class-in-greenwash-as-ottawa-alberta-oil-sands-alliance-unveil-ccs-deal/
#Greenwashing #tarsands #BigOil #carbonCapture #CorporateCapture #cdnpoli
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Who is served by this stupid #CarneyCon road across the #tundra through #caribou habitat? Not local people. Not Northern people? Maybe not even #Canadians. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/new-film-on-nunavut-megaproject-raises-concerns-about-caribou-and-the-people-who-hunt-them-9.7265941
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@rabbleca/116887376445246092
"Deepening trade and defence partnerships with the #EU. This laundry list of initiatives is impressive, yet the #Canadian Prime Minister is mum about any efforts to advance #humanrights."
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Today’s announcement breaks two promises that the federal and Alberta governments have repeatedly made to Canadians—that a pipeline would be privately financed, and would be contingent on oil sands companies reducing their emissions,” https://www.theenergymix.com/90-public-ownership-as-carney-smith-announce-new-pipeline-into-declining-global-oil-market/
#cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli #CorporateCapture #BigOilPuppets #ClimateCriminals
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"The #fossilfuel industry only wants this pipeline if it comes as a handout from our governments. But #Canadians, including #Albertans, do not want to pay for another pipeline – especially when the cost estimates range from $35 to $100 billion dollars. There are better things for our governments to do with that money." Time for all #Canadians to speak up. Lean on your MPs to rein in the banker and his #BigOil pals. https://environmentaldefence.ca/2026/07/03/statement-alberta-pipeline-proposal-will-be-a-failure/
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"The #oil industry is a fire industry. It is a #CO2 industry. it is a #climate changing industry." Yet the leadership of #Alberta and #Canada are all in on killing #ecosystems, generating more #climate #refugees, and driving more rapid #climateBreakdown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjeuEsJHwOA
#cdnpoli #abpoli #BigOil #CorporateCapture #NeverTrustLiberals #NeverVoteConservative
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So, I posted my concerns about pretty much most of these f*ck-ups while the disastrous campaign was unfolding. And I still voted for #KamalaHarris because I knew how bad #TrumpSucks and #Project2025 was. But a lot of votes were disgusted enough by establishment Dem shenanigans and flip flopping that they stayed home and didn't vote! LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES! [And yes, I'm talking about 2016 in particular!]
Autopsy Says #CorporateCapture, Support for #Genocide Were Key Factors in Democrats’ 2024 Disaster
“Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters.”
by Jake Johnson, Dec 11, 2025
"As the Democratic establishment slow-walks its own assessment of what went wrong in last year’s elections, an outside autopsy released Thursday argues the party’s failure to sufficiently appeal to and mobilize working-class voters as well as its complicity in Israel’s genocide in #Gaza were key factors behind the failure to prevent President Donald Trump from securing a second White House term.
The report, authored by journalist Christopher D. Cook and published by the progressive advocacy group #RootsAction, argues there were five primary reasons for former Vice President #KamalaHarris’ loss to Trump:
- Harris’ loss of nearly 7 million voters who backed Joe Biden in 2020;
- Biden’s refusal to exit the top of the ticket until just months before the election;
- The Democratic Party’s decision to prioritize courting so-called moderate Republicans and corporate donors over organizing working-class voters;
- Support for #Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza; and
- The loss of young-voter support."Cook acknowledges that certain 'external factors' impacted the 2024 contest beyond the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign’s control, including 'immense special-interest spending to manipulate voters’ information and perceptions on social media platforms' such as Elon Musk’s X and racism and sexism, which 'certainly disadvantaged' the former vice president.
"But ultimately, Harris’ campaign and the leadership of the Democratic Party 'bear responsibility for Trump’s return to the White House,' the report says.
" 'This was a preventable disaster, but Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters,' Cook said in a statement.
"The report places significant emphasis on the Harris campaign’s fateful decision to openly appeal to Republican voters in the hope that some would abandon Trump—a strategy that Hillary Clinton pursued during her 2016 presidential bid, to disastrous effect.
"Cook points to the Harris campaign’s embrace of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the most galling example of this strategy. 🤢
" 'Harris and Cheney—a Republican who had become a pariah in her own party—campaigned for several days together,' the report observes. 'On the campaign trail, they repeatedly hit high-minded themes about the threat that Donald Trump posed to American democracy, while scarcely speaking to voters’ more urgent concerns about the state of the economy.'
The campaign’s gamble that it could appeal to potential GOP swing voters while keeping the Democratic base intact “proved to be a huge mistake,” the report says, arguing the approach muddied “Democrats’ message about economic inequality” while “consuming valuable campaign resources that should have been spent on a more robust base turnout operation.' "
Read more / listen:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/democratic-party-2024-autopsy -
So, I posted my concerns about pretty much most of these f*ck-ups while the disastrous campaign was unfolding. And I still voted for #KamalaHarris because I knew how bad #TrumpSucks and #Project2025 was. But a lot of votes were disgusted enough by establishment Dem shenanigans and flip flopping that they stayed home and didn't vote! LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES! [And yes, I'm talking about 2016 in particular!]
Autopsy Says #CorporateCapture, Support for #Genocide Were Key Factors in Democrats’ 2024 Disaster
“Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters.”
by Jake Johnson, Dec 11, 2025
"As the Democratic establishment slow-walks its own assessment of what went wrong in last year’s elections, an outside autopsy released Thursday argues the party’s failure to sufficiently appeal to and mobilize working-class voters as well as its complicity in Israel’s genocide in #Gaza were key factors behind the failure to prevent President Donald Trump from securing a second White House term.
The report, authored by journalist Christopher D. Cook and published by the progressive advocacy group #RootsAction, argues there were five primary reasons for former Vice President #KamalaHarris’ loss to Trump:
- Harris’ loss of nearly 7 million voters who backed Joe Biden in 2020;
- Biden’s refusal to exit the top of the ticket until just months before the election;
- The Democratic Party’s decision to prioritize courting so-called moderate Republicans and corporate donors over organizing working-class voters;
- Support for #Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza; and
- The loss of young-voter support."Cook acknowledges that certain 'external factors' impacted the 2024 contest beyond the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign’s control, including 'immense special-interest spending to manipulate voters’ information and perceptions on social media platforms' such as Elon Musk’s X and racism and sexism, which 'certainly disadvantaged' the former vice president.
"But ultimately, Harris’ campaign and the leadership of the Democratic Party 'bear responsibility for Trump’s return to the White House,' the report says.
" 'This was a preventable disaster, but Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters,' Cook said in a statement.
"The report places significant emphasis on the Harris campaign’s fateful decision to openly appeal to Republican voters in the hope that some would abandon Trump—a strategy that Hillary Clinton pursued during her 2016 presidential bid, to disastrous effect.
"Cook points to the Harris campaign’s embrace of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the most galling example of this strategy. 🤢
" 'Harris and Cheney—a Republican who had become a pariah in her own party—campaigned for several days together,' the report observes. 'On the campaign trail, they repeatedly hit high-minded themes about the threat that Donald Trump posed to American democracy, while scarcely speaking to voters’ more urgent concerns about the state of the economy.'
The campaign’s gamble that it could appeal to potential GOP swing voters while keeping the Democratic base intact “proved to be a huge mistake,” the report says, arguing the approach muddied “Democrats’ message about economic inequality” while “consuming valuable campaign resources that should have been spent on a more robust base turnout operation.' "
Read more / listen:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/democratic-party-2024-autopsy -
So, I posted my concerns about pretty much most of these f*ck-ups while the disastrous campaign was unfolding. And I still voted for #KamalaHarris because I knew how bad #TrumpSucks and #Project2025 was. But a lot of votes were disgusted enough by establishment Dem shenanigans and flip flopping that they stayed home and didn't vote! LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES! [And yes, I'm talking about 2016 in particular!]
Autopsy Says #CorporateCapture, Support for #Genocide Were Key Factors in Democrats’ 2024 Disaster
“Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters.”
by Jake Johnson, Dec 11, 2025
"As the Democratic establishment slow-walks its own assessment of what went wrong in last year’s elections, an outside autopsy released Thursday argues the party’s failure to sufficiently appeal to and mobilize working-class voters as well as its complicity in Israel’s genocide in #Gaza were key factors behind the failure to prevent President Donald Trump from securing a second White House term.
The report, authored by journalist Christopher D. Cook and published by the progressive advocacy group #RootsAction, argues there were five primary reasons for former Vice President #KamalaHarris’ loss to Trump:
- Harris’ loss of nearly 7 million voters who backed Joe Biden in 2020;
- Biden’s refusal to exit the top of the ticket until just months before the election;
- The Democratic Party’s decision to prioritize courting so-called moderate Republicans and corporate donors over organizing working-class voters;
- Support for #Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza; and
- The loss of young-voter support."Cook acknowledges that certain 'external factors' impacted the 2024 contest beyond the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign’s control, including 'immense special-interest spending to manipulate voters’ information and perceptions on social media platforms' such as Elon Musk’s X and racism and sexism, which 'certainly disadvantaged' the former vice president.
"But ultimately, Harris’ campaign and the leadership of the Democratic Party 'bear responsibility for Trump’s return to the White House,' the report says.
" 'This was a preventable disaster, but Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters,' Cook said in a statement.
"The report places significant emphasis on the Harris campaign’s fateful decision to openly appeal to Republican voters in the hope that some would abandon Trump—a strategy that Hillary Clinton pursued during her 2016 presidential bid, to disastrous effect.
"Cook points to the Harris campaign’s embrace of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the most galling example of this strategy. 🤢
" 'Harris and Cheney—a Republican who had become a pariah in her own party—campaigned for several days together,' the report observes. 'On the campaign trail, they repeatedly hit high-minded themes about the threat that Donald Trump posed to American democracy, while scarcely speaking to voters’ more urgent concerns about the state of the economy.'
The campaign’s gamble that it could appeal to potential GOP swing voters while keeping the Democratic base intact “proved to be a huge mistake,” the report says, arguing the approach muddied “Democrats’ message about economic inequality” while “consuming valuable campaign resources that should have been spent on a more robust base turnout operation.' "
Read more / listen:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/democratic-party-2024-autopsy -
So, I posted my concerns about pretty much most of these f*ck-ups while the disastrous campaign was unfolding. And I still voted for #KamalaHarris because I knew how bad #TrumpSucks and #Project2025 was. But a lot of votes were disgusted enough by establishment Dem shenanigans and flip flopping that they stayed home and didn't vote! LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES! [And yes, I'm talking about 2016 in particular!]
Autopsy Says #CorporateCapture, Support for #Genocide Were Key Factors in Democrats’ 2024 Disaster
“Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters.”
by Jake Johnson, Dec 11, 2025
"As the Democratic establishment slow-walks its own assessment of what went wrong in last year’s elections, an outside autopsy released Thursday argues the party’s failure to sufficiently appeal to and mobilize working-class voters as well as its complicity in Israel’s genocide in #Gaza were key factors behind the failure to prevent President Donald Trump from securing a second White House term.
The report, authored by journalist Christopher D. Cook and published by the progressive advocacy group #RootsAction, argues there were five primary reasons for former Vice President #KamalaHarris’ loss to Trump:
- Harris’ loss of nearly 7 million voters who backed Joe Biden in 2020;
- Biden’s refusal to exit the top of the ticket until just months before the election;
- The Democratic Party’s decision to prioritize courting so-called moderate Republicans and corporate donors over organizing working-class voters;
- Support for #Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza; and
- The loss of young-voter support."Cook acknowledges that certain 'external factors' impacted the 2024 contest beyond the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign’s control, including 'immense special-interest spending to manipulate voters’ information and perceptions on social media platforms' such as Elon Musk’s X and racism and sexism, which 'certainly disadvantaged' the former vice president.
"But ultimately, Harris’ campaign and the leadership of the Democratic Party 'bear responsibility for Trump’s return to the White House,' the report says.
" 'This was a preventable disaster, but Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters,' Cook said in a statement.
"The report places significant emphasis on the Harris campaign’s fateful decision to openly appeal to Republican voters in the hope that some would abandon Trump—a strategy that Hillary Clinton pursued during her 2016 presidential bid, to disastrous effect.
"Cook points to the Harris campaign’s embrace of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the most galling example of this strategy. 🤢
" 'Harris and Cheney—a Republican who had become a pariah in her own party—campaigned for several days together,' the report observes. 'On the campaign trail, they repeatedly hit high-minded themes about the threat that Donald Trump posed to American democracy, while scarcely speaking to voters’ more urgent concerns about the state of the economy.'
The campaign’s gamble that it could appeal to potential GOP swing voters while keeping the Democratic base intact “proved to be a huge mistake,” the report says, arguing the approach muddied “Democrats’ message about economic inequality” while “consuming valuable campaign resources that should have been spent on a more robust base turnout operation.' "
Read more / listen:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/democratic-party-2024-autopsy -
So, I posted my concerns about pretty much most of these f*ck-ups while the disastrous campaign was unfolding. And I still voted for #KamalaHarris because I knew how bad #TrumpSucks and #Project2025 was. But a lot of votes were disgusted enough by establishment Dem shenanigans and flip flopping that they stayed home and didn't vote! LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES! [And yes, I'm talking about 2016 in particular!]
Autopsy Says #CorporateCapture, Support for #Genocide Were Key Factors in Democrats’ 2024 Disaster
“Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters.”
by Jake Johnson, Dec 11, 2025
"As the Democratic establishment slow-walks its own assessment of what went wrong in last year’s elections, an outside autopsy released Thursday argues the party’s failure to sufficiently appeal to and mobilize working-class voters as well as its complicity in Israel’s genocide in #Gaza were key factors behind the failure to prevent President Donald Trump from securing a second White House term.
The report, authored by journalist Christopher D. Cook and published by the progressive advocacy group #RootsAction, argues there were five primary reasons for former Vice President #KamalaHarris’ loss to Trump:
- Harris’ loss of nearly 7 million voters who backed Joe Biden in 2020;
- Biden’s refusal to exit the top of the ticket until just months before the election;
- The Democratic Party’s decision to prioritize courting so-called moderate Republicans and corporate donors over organizing working-class voters;
- Support for #Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza; and
- The loss of young-voter support."Cook acknowledges that certain 'external factors' impacted the 2024 contest beyond the Democratic Party or the Harris campaign’s control, including 'immense special-interest spending to manipulate voters’ information and perceptions on social media platforms' such as Elon Musk’s X and racism and sexism, which 'certainly disadvantaged' the former vice president.
"But ultimately, Harris’ campaign and the leadership of the Democratic Party 'bear responsibility for Trump’s return to the White House,' the report says.
" 'This was a preventable disaster, but Harris and the Democratic Party leadership prioritized the agendas of corporate donors and gambled on a centrist path, while largely abandoning working-class, young, and progressive voters,' Cook said in a statement.
"The report places significant emphasis on the Harris campaign’s fateful decision to openly appeal to Republican voters in the hope that some would abandon Trump—a strategy that Hillary Clinton pursued during her 2016 presidential bid, to disastrous effect.
"Cook points to the Harris campaign’s embrace of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the most galling example of this strategy. 🤢
" 'Harris and Cheney—a Republican who had become a pariah in her own party—campaigned for several days together,' the report observes. 'On the campaign trail, they repeatedly hit high-minded themes about the threat that Donald Trump posed to American democracy, while scarcely speaking to voters’ more urgent concerns about the state of the economy.'
The campaign’s gamble that it could appeal to potential GOP swing voters while keeping the Democratic base intact “proved to be a huge mistake,” the report says, arguing the approach muddied “Democrats’ message about economic inequality” while “consuming valuable campaign resources that should have been spent on a more robust base turnout operation.' "
Read more / listen:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/democratic-party-2024-autopsy -
🕵️🤝 #CorporateCapture at its highest: During their intervention in the #CarbonMarket negotiations - Indonesia copied #FossilFuels lobbyists’ talking points, sometimes verbatim & presented them as its own. A 🧵 on a very deserved #FossilOfTheDay. READ: climatenetwork.org/resource/fos...