Yupp, don't let them tell you yet another "compromise" candidate, who "at least isn't the red elephant person" is gonna cut it. They have been losing elections, they spark no enthusiasm, they are not the "safe option".

That being said, do organise and network outside of party politics, too. Elections are an important part of everything, they to mould the status quo to some degree, and can heavily shift context of further political work - but getting beyond the structural shit that put Trump into power requires more than that. Joining (preferrably radical) unions, showing up to town halls and the likes, networking with neighbours and friends for mutual aid and emergency support, community defence organisations, civil rights orgs, etc. etc. Both informal and formal organisation is needed wherever you can.

Fair - find and support your people, people!

If we fill them with Zohran Mamdanis, on the other hand…

Which is probably why the DNC didn’t let us have a primary for the 2024 election. They knew their status quo candidate didn’t have any juice behind her but didn’t want to open the door to that criticism.

Honestly, primaries are all that matter.

If progressives don’t win the primaries, all we have to vote for are centrists and fascists, which means more fascism.

Please, please vote in primaries and get everyone you know to vote in the primaries, too.

Meh, any Democrat is better than any Republican. The fact that Trump rages on twitter about Schumer means something hes doing is right.

Never going to happen until the mega rich (who run the country) are afraid to walk the street.

The seats that need to be taken I don't think are sided towards the Democrats getting enough. States like Alabama have had a Democrat Senator in recent years but for it to flip from a Republican back to a Democrat seems tough with how divided and how far right some states have slid. (Nearly 65% voted for Trump there in 2024).

Kyle Sweetster may be their best shot of a democrat winning , but it's a long ways away and who knows what could change. https://www.kyleforalabama.com/

Nothing stopping us.

But a bunch of people around here have no intention of voting Democrat and so finding their person, getting the signatures, raising some money, getting on the ballot, it’s all going to take time.

If you can’t be arsed to change your local party, find a new one or GTFO. Last August we had a truckload of people just proud as a pig in shit that they weren’t going to vote. Fuck that.

You’re not the only one.

2024 seemed to be rigged at the top only. That's how we ended up with so many people voting a straight Democratic ticket, except for HitlerPig at the top, which Dems have been trying to convince us is perfectly normal, which it isn't.

Its one thing to rig the vote in one race in seven swing states, it's another to rig 435 Congressional races around the country. That would be nearly impossible. It would take multiple operatives in every district, and at some point, somebody would squeal.

The Senate races pose other challenges, although they only really have to identify a handful of close races, and make sure those fall to MAGA.

The MAGA Nazis can't afford to let either chamber flip, or the Democrats will have control of investigative committees with subpoena and arrest powers. If that starts, it will end with prison terms for many.

So I'm convinced that they will "suspend" elections using Martial Law, or the Insurrection Act, or some other legal atrocity.

That's good, but instead of a list of who not to vote for, howabout a list of who to vote for?

Still a better result than them holding onto power without needing to do that.

Like, people get that right?

If that happens it's a bad thing, because obviously. But it makes it even more undeniable that there are only 4 boxes that bring about political change.

Republicans taking those blatant of steps to subvert democracy won't work out for them.

And Johnson will refuse to swear in any Democrats that do happen to win seats in areas machines weren't seized.

He will have chosen poorly, then