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Wednesday’s Quick Hits

1. Another Example of “The Issue is never the issue”
2. The Person is never the Person
3. “Late Stage Capitalism” and “Communist” China
4. Oh Canada
5. Clueless in LA
6. Clueless in Chicago
7. But Getting a Clue in Germany
8. But They Won’t Follow Argentina

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Another Example of “The Issue is never the issue”

I guess this means that Climate Change as an issue is dead – at least as far as the US Democrat Party is concerned.

https://twitter.com/curtis_yarvin/status/2053339791505129870

And it’s not just the issues that can be dumped into the memory hole, but entire personalities….

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The Person is never the Person

We all know of politicians who change their stripes to match the times and so give them a chance to hang on to power. But even by those standards this guy, Justin Pearson, takes the cake; from Obama-wannabe to cos-playing a 1960’s Black Radical (complete with James Brown dance moves), in just a few years.

https://twitter.com/AmiriKing/status/2053560466278961424

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“Late Stage Capitalism” and “Communist” China

My co-blogger ColinXY may have been aware of this but I wasn’t and I suspect neither is “Bomber” Bradbury, who uses it all the time.

https://twitter.com/ianhowlett/status/2053229266481901671

The term “late stage capitalism” was first used in a 1925 publication by the German social scientist Werner Sombart, according to Wikipedia. So clearly it’s just not an accurate term. You wouldn’t have late stage cancer then live another 101 years.

Somebody needs to tell the Chinese Communists.

https://twitter.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/2053184400565678122

I’m not as impressed by the cement – all those ghost cities are at the heart of it – but those ship-building figures are extraordinary and they are being used in real trade and commerce.

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Oh Canada

In Canada, a Liberal MP, Nate Erskine-Smith, has lost a nomination race against one Ahsanul Hafiz, a Bangladeshi-born business owner who owns 30 Domino’s Pizza franchises – thanks to all the other Bangladeshi’s who now live there.

https://twitter.com/mario4thenorth/status/2053290685550198920

Those new Canadians just picked their own guy. The man who built the machine is now complaining about the machine.

https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/2053267469364539744

I’d like to think that owning 30 Domino’s Pizza franchises will mean that Mr Hafiz is in touch with things that affect the lives of ordinary people, or at least more so than Erskine-Smith; taxes, regulation, social welfare, crime…

https://twitter.com/AndrewPollackFL/status/1768700715751317601

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Clueless in LA

I don’t think Republican Spender Pratt will win the LA Mayorilty, the place is too far gone, but he’s certainly scaring all the right people. So much so that they finally produced an attack advertisement (30s).

https://twitter.com/UnrigLA/status/2053217879722713478

If you watched that and thought to yourself – “Hang on, those “threats” sound like great ideas” – then congratulations, you are smarter than the political consultants who put that advertisement together.

Clueless in Chicago

To be fair this woman is getting a clue – unfortunately it required the death of an innocent old man:

A New York woman who refused to cooperate with prosecutors after a mental patient attacked her on the subway weeks before he pushed a retired [76 year old] NYC teacher to his death appears to have some serious regrets.

“Maybe a part of me was just like, I don’t want to put another black man in jail,” the unidentified 23-year-old told the New York Post over the weekend.

Now, however, she is saying, “I regret it 100 percent and feel really bad that a man lost his life.”

Yes, it’s all about FEELZ. My bet is that she’ll still vote Democrat in this years elections. She’s in good company, as I wrote about last year You Can’t Save AWFLs From Themselves.

Or another story that Second City Cop notes in relation to all this.

ABC’s Leah Hope was carjacked and beaten to the point she couldn’t be on the air for six weeks….AND SHE BLAMED THE SYSTEM, not the guy who almost broke her jaw in half.

Except in this the AWFL’s beliefs got another person killed.

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But Getting a Clue in Germany

Frankly I find this astounding and at first assumed it was a AI satire but no, apparently Merz really said this.

https://twitter.com/thematrixb0t/status/2053784743024718300

But They Won’t Follow Argentina

Aside from these hopeful notes of Lefties Learning (plus perhaps their squishy “Centre-Right” uni-partners-in-crime, there also this bright, shining example that things can be turned around.

https://twitter.com/martinvars/status/2052071278886977684

Plus the screaming about the poverty, which the screamers do not link to the annual inflation hitting 211 percent in 2023 because for the previous twenty years the central bank financed their endless deficist after deficit until the peso lost 99 percent of its value against the dollar. Half the country was at or below the poverty line when Milei came to power.

He changed things in ways the Euros (and Britain, and us) simply will not follow – at least until we hit rock bottom:

The fiscal deficit was eliminated for the first time in 16 years. Monthly inflation fell from 25 percent to low single digits. The central bank stopped printing to fund the Treasury. Country risk dropped from over 2,500 basis points to a fraction of that. Argentine sovereign debt, which used to trade like a default option, began behaving like normal emerging market paper.

Critics say poverty rose. It did, briefly, because removing price controls and subsidies revealed the real prices of energy, transport and food that the state had been hiding with debt. Once measured honestly, poverty has been falling fast. Real wages are recovering. Mortgages in pesos are reappearing, something that had not been possible in a generation.

This matters beyond Argentina. It is the clearest live experiment in whether a developed-style economy can be rebuilt by pulling the state out of places it never belonged. Spain, Italy and France should be paying attention. A country does not get poor because it lacks resources. It gets poor because its political class learned to live off printing money and calling it social policy.

Argentina spent 80 years proving that. It is now spending two years proving the opposite.

Wednesday’s Quick Hits

1. Another Example of “The Issue is never the issue”
2. The Person is never the Person
3. “Late Stage Capitalism” and “Communist” China
4. Oh Canada
5. Clueless in LA
6. Clueless in Chicago
7. But Getting a Clue in Germany
8. But They Won’t Follow Argentina

========================

Another Example of “The Issue is never the issue”

I guess this means that Climate Change as an issue is dead – at least as far as the US Democrat Party is concerned.

https://twitter.com/curtis_yarvin/status/2053339791505129870

And it’s not just the issues that can be dumped into the memory hole, but entire personalities….

========================

The Person is never the Person

We all know of politicians who change their stripes to match the times and so give them a chance to hang on to power. But even by those standards this guy, Justin Pearson, takes the cake; from Obama-wannabe to cos-playing a 1960’s Black Radical (complete with James Brown dance moves), in just a few years.

https://twitter.com/AmiriKing/status/2053560466278961424

========================

“Late Stage Capitalism” and “Communist” China

My co-blogger ColinXY may have been aware of this but I wasn’t and I suspect neither is “Bomber” Bradbury, who uses it all the time.

https://twitter.com/ianhowlett/status/2053229266481901671

The term “late stage capitalism” was first used in a 1925 publication by the German social scientist Werner Sombart, according to Wikipedia. So clearly it’s just not an accurate term. You wouldn’t have late stage cancer then live another 101 years.

Somebody needs to tell the Chinese Communists.

https://twitter.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/2053184400565678122

I’m not as impressed by the cement – all those ghost cities are at the heart of it – but those ship-building figures are extraordinary and they are being used in real trade and commerce.

========================

Oh Canada

In Canada, a Liberal MP, Nate Erskine-Smith, has lost a nomination race against one Ahsanul Hafiz, a Bangladeshi-born business owner who owns 30 Domino’s Pizza franchises – thanks to all the other Bangladeshi’s who now live there.

https://twitter.com/mario4thenorth/status/2053290685550198920

Those new Canadians just picked their own guy. The man who built the machine is now complaining about the machine.

https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/2053267469364539744

I’d like to think that owning 30 Domino’s Pizza franchises will mean that Mr Hafiz is in touch with things that affect the lives of ordinary people, or at least more so than Erskine-Smith; taxes, regulation, social welfare, crime…

https://twitter.com/AndrewPollackFL/status/1768700715751317601

========================

Clueless in LA

I don’t think Republican Spender Pratt will win the LA Mayorilty, the place is too far gone, but he’s certainly scaring all the right people. So much so that they finally produced an attack advertisement (30s).

https://twitter.com/UnrigLA/status/2053217879722713478

If you watched that and thought to yourself – “Hang on, those “threats” sound like great ideas” – then congratulations, you are smarter than the political consultants who put that advertisement together.

Clueless in Chicago

To be fair this woman is getting a clue – unfortunately it required the death of an innocent old man:

A New York woman who refused to cooperate with prosecutors after a mental patient attacked her on the subway weeks before he pushed a retired [76 year old] NYC teacher to his death appears to have some serious regrets.

“Maybe a part of me was just like, I don’t want to put another black man in jail,” the unidentified 23-year-old told the New York Post over the weekend.

Now, however, she is saying, “I regret it 100 percent and feel really bad that a man lost his life.”

Yes, it’s all about FEELZ. My bet is that she’ll still vote Democrat in this years elections. She’s in good company, as I wrote about last year You Can’t Save AWFLs From Themselves.

Or another story that Second City Cop notes in relation to all this.

ABC’s Leah Hope was carjacked and beaten to the point she couldn’t be on the air for six weeks….AND SHE BLAMED THE SYSTEM, not the guy who almost broke her jaw in half.

Except in this the AWFL’s beliefs got another person killed.

========================

But Getting a Clue in Germany

Frankly I find this astounding and at first assumed it was a AI satire but no, apparently Merz really said this.

https://twitter.com/thematrixb0t/status/2053784743024718300

But They Won’t Follow Argentina

Aside from these hopeful notes of Lefties Learning (plus perhaps their squishy “Centre-Right” uni-partners-in-crime, there also this bright, shining example that things can be turned around.

https://twitter.com/martinvars/status/2052071278886977684

Plus the screaming about the poverty, which the screamers do not link to the annual inflation hitting 211 percent in 2023 because for the previous twenty years the central bank financed their endless deficist after deficit until the peso lost 99 percent of its value against the dollar. Half the country was at or below the poverty line when Milei came to power.

He changed things in ways the Euros (and Britain, and us) simply will not follow – at least until we hit rock bottom:

The fiscal deficit was eliminated for the first time in 16 years. Monthly inflation fell from 25 percent to low single digits. The central bank stopped printing to fund the Treasury. Country risk dropped from over 2,500 basis points to a fraction of that. Argentine sovereign debt, which used to trade like a default option, began behaving like normal emerging market paper.

Critics say poverty rose. It did, briefly, because removing price controls and subsidies revealed the real prices of energy, transport and food that the state had been hiding with debt. Once measured honestly, poverty has been falling fast. Real wages are recovering. Mortgages in pesos are reappearing, something that had not been possible in a generation.

This matters beyond Argentina. It is the clearest live experiment in whether a developed-style economy can be rebuilt by pulling the state out of places it never belonged. Spain, Italy and France should be paying attention. A country does not get poor because it lacks resources. It gets poor because its political class learned to live off printing money and calling it social policy.

Argentina spent 80 years proving that. It is now spending two years proving the opposite.

https://www.europesays.com/people/49213/ Hakeem Jeffries Doesn’t ‘Give A ****’ About Criticism Of His ‘Maximum Warfare’ Comment #AssassinationAttempt #DemocratParty #DonaldTrump #HakeemJeffries #HuffPost #IndependentJournalism #WhiteHouse

Karoline Leavitt names and shames Democrats who inspired WHCD assassination attempt

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.theblaze.com/news/karoline-leavitt-names-and-shames-democrats-who-inspired-whcd-assassination-attempt

Karoline Leavitt names and shames Democrats who inspired WHCD assassination attempt

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.theblaze.com/news/karoline-leavitt-names-and-shames-democrats-who-inspired-whcd-assassination-attempt

Trump condemned for ‘dangerous’ rhetoric as he shares US’ next ‘greatest enemy’ after Iran

As US president Donald Trump continues to both insist that America has “won” its war in Iran, and…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #democratparty #democrats #DonaldTrump #HakeemJeffries #Iran #Trump #TruthSocial #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/448035/

Thailand’s ex-PM Abhisit returns to the political fray

In a bustling market in Thailand's Bangkok last week, former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva made his way through the crowd. The 61-year-old was campaigning hard ahead of the snap general election, helping drive a revival for the Democrat Party. #thailand #abhisit #generalelections #pmcandidate #democratparty #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the…

https://fllics.com/en/video/thailands-ex-pm-abhisit-returns-to-the-political-fray/

Thailand’s ex-PM Abhisit returns to the political fray

In a bustling market in Thailand's Bangkok last week, former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva made his way through the crowd. The 61-year-old was campaigning hard ahead of the snap general election, helping drive a revival for the Democrat Party. #thailand #abhisit #generalelections #pmcandidate #democratparty #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the…

https://fllics.com/en/video/thailands-ex-pm-abhisit-returns-to-the-political-fray/

Thailand’s ex-PM Abhisit returns to the political fray

In a bustling market in Thailand's Bangkok last week, former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva made his way through the crowd. The 61-year-old was campaigning hard ahead of the snap general election, helping drive a revival for the Democrat Party. #thailand #abhisit #generalelections #pmcandidate #democratparty #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the…

https://fllics.com/en/video/thailands-ex-pm-abhisit-returns-to-the-political-fray/

Thailand’s ex-PM Abhisit returns to the political fray

In a bustling market in Thailand's Bangkok last week, former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva made his way through the crowd. The 61-year-old was campaigning hard ahead of the snap general election, helping drive a revival for the Democrat Party. #thailand #abhisit #generalelections #pmcandidate #democratparty #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the…

https://fllics.com/en/video/thailands-ex-pm-abhisit-returns-to-the-political-fray/

I believe Mamdani and Katie Wilson understand this. But many Democrats do not understand what FDR has done for the US.

#fdr
#franklindroosevelt
#democratparty
#democrats

More Nazi news in U.S. politics, but this time it's on the Democrats' side of the house. Graham Platner, a candidate for the Senate who has been backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, has a tattoo on his chest that resembles the "Tokenkopf," a skull symbol used by Hitler's SS. Here's more from @AxiosNews.

https://flip.it/m1MtmK

#USPolitics #USNews #Politics #USSenate #DemocratParty #Democrats #Nazis #GrahamPlatner

Maybe it’s because I’ve been a lil out of the loop on politics because I’ve split my recreational time between the news and following #CFB, but I’m pretty surprised to see #APNews blaming the #DemocratParty for the #governmentshutdown.

https://apnews.com/article/democrats-republicans-shutdown-negotiations-votes-health-care-29b11579bfc694a52b9e8e272a47bb91

#Newsom plan to #Gerrymander #California #voting districts in obvious overwhelming favor of #DemocratParty finds opposition push from rich #GOP supporting silver spoon #SiliconValley son of a billionaire #BerkshireHathaway exec, who has put up his own $10 million to obfuscate and oppose #BallotMeasure effort.

More than $34 Million has been raised to sway voters so far on either side of ccontroversial #Prop50 midterm #redistricting scheme to add seats to state's already dominant donkey #Congressional caucus.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/29/mailers-flood-bay-area-homes-kicking-off-california-redistricting-battles/?share=itrarakwwdtfkrafenwt #GiftLink #MercuryNews #SharedStory #YesonProp50 #NoOnProp50

Draft Proposal of Anti-Authoritarian Leftist Coalition in the United States

https://lgbtqi.world/display/9b0cb0e0-1068-35b7-a234-ddc793097506

#Google found #Liable ( aka #Guilty for corporations) in online #advertising market monopolization case brought during #Biden term. This is the third recent loss in series of long running #litigation attacks on $GOOG market dominance brought by army of lawyers from #USDOJ ...

Detailed opinion left by Judge Loenie Brinkema outlines not only corporate malfeasance but even legal improprieties used by #Alphabet and it's highly paid #defense team, including several partners of firms known for ties to top #DemocratParty operatives.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mattstoller/p/google-found-guilty-of-monopolization #GoogleMonopoly

#Google found #Liable ( aka #Guilty for corporations) in online #advertising market monopolization case brought during #Biden term. This is the third recent loss in series of long running #litigation attacks on $GOOG market dominance brought by army of lawyers from #USDOJ ...

Detailed opinion left by Judge Loenie Brinkema outlines not only corporate malfeasance but even legal improprieties used by #Alphabet and it's highly paid #defense team, including several partners of firms known for ties to top #DemocratParty operatives.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mattstoller/p/google-found-guilty-of-monopolization #GoogleMonopoly

#Dems #DemocratParty #Democrats #DoBetter #SpeakUpFightBack

A friend sent this to me. Very interesting, even inspiring...

#NYTimes Opinion - Michelle Cottle

"The Democratic Party’s New Recruiter Has a Theory"

March 19, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/opinion/jason-crow-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U4.EZiP.RCMv10YjXnG7&smid=url-share

[Sorry if the "share" link doesn't work for others.]

This is the conclusion of my response to my friend...

...My analysis of the pre-election mood of the country was "grumpy", now we've moved on to whatever comes next, "crotchety"?

The big WE (citizens, voters) must up our game to match enlightened leaders like Mr. Crow. We can't just sit around and complain all day. There are malevolent forces out there (Putin, Musk, Facebook, etc.) but the basic fact is: We are here because more than 50% of us voted for the Orange God King... We voted to "tip the applecart and see what happens". In the software world this is called "move fast and break things". And it's stupid.

<< There is no quick or easy road out of the wilderness for Democrats, Mr. Crow said. “The secret is there is no secret.” You just have to rebuild trust one voter at a time. “That’s done through individual leadership, through town halls, through engagement,” he said. “By showing up.” >>

Amen

#Politics #MAGA #DemocratParty

L'accomodation du fascisme, ADN de la sociale-democratie accro au capitalisme.

#Politique
#Capitalisme
#DemocratParty
#PartiSocialiste

Via > @aral 🔗 https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/114133199534983463
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If anyone is responsible for Trump being in power it’s the Democratic Party who decided it was better to lose to Trump than to win with Bernie. Because they’d rather live with fascism than without neoliberalism. https://universeodon.com/@TomWellborn/114133177951933030

(34) DEMOCRATS CAN’T WIN BY PLAYING REPUBLICAN DRESS-UP – @erik-even-wordier on Tumblr

https://blog.taursnd.haus/display/1a041b09-1367-cc65-8b88-f73283942778

Every Democrat should have walked out with Al Greene The moment we are in demands taking off the gloves. We are up against Nazis for fuck sake. #DemocratParty

It’s so funny how mad this is making the left lol

If #Trump was a #4DChess player I’d argue he’s doing stuff like this to keep the #DemocratParty distracted on purpose

RT: https://mastodon.social/users/austinkocher/statuses/113909500244562097

The DNC and Democrats MUST push for Medicare for all if they want to win the 2028 US presidential election.

Rep. Ro Khanna: US should be moving toward Medicare for all to cure inequities:
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/rep-ro-khanna-us-moving-medicare-cure-inequities/story?id=116564621

#medicareforall
#universalhealthcare
#democratparty

This Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe

Trump won because the opposition party is committed to ancien régime restoration in a country that desperately wants change.
#DemocratParty
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-elite-responsible-catastrophe/

Today I double down on everything. Called Kathy Hochul to suggest she start congestion pricing. Local Dem Party meeting is next Wednesday where if they don't discuss their utter failure, I will bring it up. The Dem party needs to examine itself seeing how they lost so badly.
#DemocratParty #Hochul #CongestionPricing

How “Democrat Party” became a GOP slur: Study highlights media’s role in political rhetoric https://www.psypost.org/how-democrat-party-became-a-gop-slur-study-highlights-medias-role-in-political-rhetoric/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DemocratParty #GOP #slur #politicalrhetoric #conservativemedia

#California’s #DemocratParty run state #Legislature is scrambling this week to reneg and kill their own law that is increasing the #healthcare #workers #MinimumWage to $25 on June 1. #GovNewsom signed the bill into #law when he strutted about claiming he was flush with a #TaxPayer #Surplus dollars and now wants to pull it due to bogus #BudgetCut #CApolitics...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-25-an-hour-minimum-wage-boomerang-newsom-healthcare-d86c8515?st=87bfw2odj2mnet4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink #WSJ #GiftLink #PaywallLift

#Newsom's so-called #interim CA #Senate pick #LaphonzaButler is former shill for #appEconomy behemoths #Uber and #AirBnB who lives in #Maryland and is no longer registered to #Vote in #California, but says she will change registration before taking oath.

The former UC Regent and Gavin & Kamala campaign strategist grew up in Magnolia Mississippi, graduated a #HBCU before working for #SEIU (where she met her partner) and was most recently named president of #DemocratParty female candidate #fundraising org #EmilysList in 2021. Other past gigs include Director for the Board of Governors of the #FederalReserve in LA and roles with numerous non profits such as Bay Area Economic Council Institute, Children's Defense Fund, and MIT Community Innovators Lab.

https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/10/laphonza-butler-senate-newsom/

#Newsom's so-called #interim CA #Senate pick #LaphonzaButler is former shill for #appEconomy behemoths #Uber and #AirBnB who lives in #Maryland and is no longer registered to #Vote in #California, but says she will change registration before taking oath.

The former UC Regent and Gavin & Kamala campaign strategist grew up in Magnolia Mississippi, graduated a #HBCU before working for #SEIU (where she met her partner) and was most recently named president of #DemocratParty female candidate #fundraising org #EmilysList in 2021. Other past gigs include Director for the Board of Governors of the #FederalReserve in LA and roles with numerous non profits such as Bay Area Economic Council Institute, Children's Defense Fund, and MIT Community Innovators Lab.

https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/10/laphonza-butler-senate-newsom/

#Newsom's so-called #interim CA #Senate pick #LaphonzaButler is former shill for #appEconomy behemoths #Uber and #AirBnB who lives in #Maryland and is no longer registered to #Vote in #California, but says she will change registration before taking oath.

The former UC Regent and Gavin & Kamala campaign strategist grew up in Magnolia Mississippi, graduated a #HBCU before working for #SEIU (where she met her partner) and was most recently named president of #DemocratParty female candidate #fundraising org #EmilysList in 2021. Other past gigs include Director for the Board of Governors of the #FederalReserve in LA and roles with numerous non profits such as Bay Area Economic Council Institute, Children's Defense Fund, and MIT Community Innovators Lab.

https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/10/laphonza-butler-senate-newsom/

#Newsom's so-called #interim CA #Senate pick #LaphonzaButler is former shill for #appEconomy behemoths #Uber and #AirBnB who lives in #Maryland and is no longer registered to #Vote in #California, but says she will change registration before taking oath.

The former UC Regent and Gavin & Kamala campaign strategist grew up in Magnolia Mississippi, graduated a #HBCU before working for #SEIU (where she met her partner) and was most recently named president of #DemocratParty female candidate #fundraising org #EmilysList in 2021. Other past gigs include Director for the Board of Governors of the #FederalReserve in LA and roles with numerous non profits such as Bay Area Economic Council Institute, Children's Defense Fund, and MIT Community Innovators Lab.

https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/10/laphonza-butler-senate-newsom/

One of America’s most popular politicians is a Democrat — in Kentucky

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/07/beshear-democrat-governor-kentucky-popular/

#KentuckyGovernor #DemocratPolitician #PopularPolitician #KentuckyPolitics #DemocratParty #PoliticalLeadership #Politics #News

https://theintercept.com/2023/02/26/deconstructed-podcast-progressive-democrats-aipac/ #DemocratParty #ProgressiveDemocrats HOW PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS WERE RAILROADED IN THE PRIMARIES BY AIPAC AND ALLIED GROUPS

A people-powered insurgency threatened to reshape the Democratic Party. Then came the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its allied super PAC, Democratic Majority for Israel #AIPAC