Gabe, I am frankly horrified by this column. Bernie Sanders is a US Senator who has a solid record of working within the establishment. He is not a lunatic fringe character like Kennedy or Bannon, and his positions have remained consistent over many years. If there are wacko bros on the edges of your horseshoe, and you want to describe this coalition that threatens the well-being of the many of us who are sane, please at least point out that Bernie himself is not part of this! He is full-on supporting Kamala Harris, and his bros had better listen! I became a paid subscriber to your Substack because I liked the idea of your youth and your bipartisanship. But Trump is a convicted felon who attempted to stop the peaceful transfer of power when he lost the election. How can you write about him as if that is not the crux of the matter?! Please take some time to read what Michael Moore has to say about the populist center coalition that is forming now to counteract the crazies on the left and the right, and don't write about these crazies as if they are actually concerned about human health and well-being, and certainly do not demean the excellent Bernie Sanders by lumping him in with Kennedy and Trump without qualifying the difference between them.
Thank you for the religious zealot perspective. Have you prayed to your Scamala Harris doll today? Trump repeatedly asked for peaceful protests, unlike Walz and Scamala who both supported violent protests and bailed out repeat rioters who went on to burn businesses and hurt thousands during BLM's 7 months summer of domestic terrorism. The blue cult is a joke.
I personally witnessed the sacking of Oakland Chinatown during the Summer of Floyd -- touted as a "mostly peaceful protest" -- wrecking a host of mom-and pop neighborhood storefronts, only to be lectured on "white supremacy" as the "root cause" for a subsequent string of muggings of elderly Asians -- in which every single perpetrator could be identified with a capital "B." (So much for the "People of Color" trope!)
(For that matter, I myself have been homeless and destitute in the past, but I never felt tempted -- let alone compelled -- to go to Chinatown and mug someone's grandma. So much for "empathy" -- and for "root causes"!)
Meanwhile, Jan 6 (as seen on TV) spelled the end "our" democracy no more than the Yippies disrupting the stock market proved to be the death knell of capitalism.
I'm no Trumpster; as a Jewish gay male, I'm prepared to watch my own back on ALL sides -- so you can keep your protection racket to yourself, thank you very much.
In Oakland, even the local NAACP is fed up with such crap. Maybe you can sell your propaganda to NPR (with a dash of patronizing "Latinx" and a side-order of smug-sounding vocal fry).
"BLM wouldn't have happened if the issue of disproportiate police physical brutality were adequately addressed."
This statement is a monumental falsehood. Annually, only about 220 black people are killed by police. 218 of them were lawful uses of force to stop a violent felony. The other two are accidents where the police were terminated and/or faced charges.
BLM is founded on a lie by disgusting marxists who milked it for millions and funded their lavish lifestyles. Democrats were all too happy to take a knee and worship the new marxist religion, but only because they saw political gain.
Democrats literally prostituted themselves to the burn.loot.murder cult, encouraged widespread violence and unrest, so they could claim to "fix it" ...which they did, by telling their two terrorist wings (blm and pantyfa) to stand down.
Isn't it funny; nobody has heard a peep from antifa or blm, but you will when Scamala and Tampon Tim get Mondale's in November.
So yes, you are in a cult, and yes, you're a joke.
BLM was such a peaceful protest, it only did $2,000,000,000 in damage, saw the detonation of several powerful improvised explosive devices with nails, bolts, and other shrapnel. Nearly 15,000 police vehicles were destroyed. Over 50,000 privately owned vehicles were torched. Upwards of 20,000 businesses were ruined; their owners lives ruined. Scamala and Walz both worked to ensure the BLM terrorists would never answer for their crimes.
The editorial board is lecturing you, Mr Gabe Fleisher. How dare you address political factions of American politics. HOW DARE YOU write outside of the talking points of the DNC as it attempts to stay in power. How dare you, I mean, I PAY YOU, but this, this?! what do you call this, political analysis?!? Insight? This is not "vibe" they looking for, "bro". lol.
The Bernie Sanders of 2016 (for whom I voted) sold out long ago to the DNC insiders who sidelined him so ruthlessly. The open borders “is a Koch brothers policy” Sanders of nine years ago is nowhere to be found, replaced by a pol who has learned his place in the party is to affirm the primacy of identity politics, while providing cover, based on his prior reputation as a more independent, unifying, class-focused voice of the populist left, for the worst kinds of woke corporatist warmongers (of which Kamala is virtually a perfect embodiment, or, maybe “vessel” is more fitting). Anyone who actually opposes the domination of our government and other major institutions by corporatist warmongers obsessed with using shallow identity categories to rank and divide us, unlike Sanders, is, i guess, one of “these crazies”, in your book.
Tell me, what does the past, principled and independent Sanders have to do with the present Democratic Party and its support for entangling us in a never-ending litany of forever wars of choice? All the neocons are lining up in support of Kamala, just like they did Hillary, but, nothing to see here, because Bernie slavishly offers her his support, too. What connection does a politician who loudly and repeatedly said anyone and everyone from anywhere walking into this country not only shouldn’t be illegal, but should be incentivized with free health care and endless numbers of other benefits for which most citizens in need don’t qualify, have to Sanders correctly pointing out that open borders is a corporatist, cheap labor scheme to undercut working class Americans of all identities? I could go on and on with further examples.
You seem to be upset that more people who have seen and are appalled that the Democratic Party has radically transformed into an elitist, corporatist, nasty and divisive identity politics and warmongering party, anti-free speech, and blatantly pro-violent criminal party, and a democracy-destroying, lawfare party, obsessed with excluding if not criminalizing its political opponents (primary and general) on absurdly bogus grounds, are not still taken in by the fig leaf presence of a sold out Bernie Sanders who has long-since caved to the above influences.
Great post E.W.R., you wrote it better than I could have.
I used to really like Sanders until his flip flops, in particular with Illegal Immigration and non-interventionism.
After following Bernie for years, I watched in 2015-16 as a large number of newfound college age fans jumped on the Bernie bandwagon, only to be horrified when they found out his position on border control - (which was rightly, IMO, about protecting the middle/working class). This wasn't the same as their position, so rather than support a candidate that was in line with their open borders ideology, they must have figured they would reshape candidate Bernie and brow beat him into changing his long held position. As I think Bernie had now taken a liking to his newfound, almost cult-like following, this is where the sellout began.
Fast forward to today, and him being on board with this turd of a war in Ukraine, and the sellout is complete. The man no longer has any credibility. And it's NO wonder at all why some of his past supporters now support Trump.
I agree, but it's the extremists themselves that are at the heart of this piece. Bernie didn't create his somewhat bizarre following. I was a Bernie supporter, but was shocked when Bernie supporters turned to Trump in the election. Can they not see the chasm between their ideologies or in Trump's case, the lack of any ideology at all? Bernie has integrity and genuinely cares for his constituents and country. Trump is a self absorbed beagle puppy in a field of squirrels lacking any sense of focus or care for anything beyond his own indulgences. Yet dissaffected Left leaning Bernie supporters followed Trump into that chaotic narcissistic fantasy land of "draining the swamp" while actually being the swamp fillers. Those folks are now out there lost in the conspriatorial pod-cast-land ready to chase after Kennedy and Gabbard as though they have some hidden wisdom only a rare elect are privy to.
The Harris Walz campaign team needs to understand those people and find a nerve that can be hit to attract them toward normalcy.
It's not about the squirrels, it's about the squirrel chasers.
This reads as another comment that tears down Gabe’s read of what is and tries to replace it with what should be. Echoes of “Hillary’s unstoppable” in 2016. I have personally spoken with quite a few Bernie-to-Trump supporters. Pretending they don’t exist and shoving your head into the sand won’t fix the issue. I say this all as a 2 time “Bernie Bro” who will NOT be voting for Trump.
Ah, the horseshoe theory of politics, that the far left and far right, though philosophical opposites, are close in expression and action. I independently came up with this concept a few years ago as I watched the protests in Portland OR, and thought that the convention of representing politics as a straight line from left to right was a visual misrepresentation (I’m a retired magazine photojournalist). I thought to write an article for The Atlantic on my genius insight, but computer search due diligence quickly disclosed that some French dude thought of it in the 1800’s, and that political scientists have widely disparaged the concept ever since. So much for fame, but kudos to our favorite independent journalist on another brilliant column.
Next time y I i get an urge to write something, write it! See that it gets out sooner rather than later.
This is a good piece, bit timing is everything.
One observation: Gabbard and Kennedy are present to shape the regulatory bodies in an administration that seeks massive deregulation to the point of removing those agencies via Project 2025.
I'm not sure 'horseshoe' describes the new coalition. Trump, a former Democrat, was never much of a conservative. As President he was a big spender who never saw a budget he wouldn't sign. His stances on NAFTA, non-intervention, and protecting American labor with border security align well with Bernie's (original) platform on those issues. He's been sympathetic to the gay movement and friends with Al Sharpton. Similarly, the 'crunchies' share a traditionally conservative outlook with their emphasis on clean, healthy, thrifty lifestyles. Ten years ago, I believed that the Tea Party had more in common with Occupy Wall Street than spokesmen for either of those groups cared to admit. What we're seeing here is a unity that needed to happen.
I participated in the Washington State 2016 caucuses. If the first meeting, containing my neighbors was any indication, it was 90% for Sanders, 10% for Clinton. Later at the county level, Clinton had no presence, while Sanders had a staffed booth, merchandise, and multiple fans in costumes and photo shirts with “Sanders holding kittens”; one person had embroidered a half body Sanders doll to participate in voting (!). Clinton lost the state’s March 26 caucuses to Sanders-- 74 of the state’s 101 state delegates were sent to the Democratic National Convention for Sanders. The state party chose the winner from the results of the caucus, not a broader ballot based primary. A primary was still held, and the results are interesting to compare.
Clinton won the state ballot primary, earning 53 percent of the vote compared with Sanders’ 47 percent. Here are the numbers....Approximately 230,000 people attended caucuses. Whereas, in comparison, over 750,000 "registered voters" voted in the primary. Without regard for who won their respective process, which method of selection seems more inclusive? 230,000 vs 750,000 voters?
The caucus system required modification. The Washington State Democratic Party polled D party caucus goers and listened to the 93% who said the results of the primary were more inclusive, despite the overall results not favoring Sanders. In 2020, the party changed to a hybrid system of caucus meetings (mostly zoom based), before the primary and mostly for voter education and recruiting purposes. The ballot based mail-in drop box primary would decide the Democratic presidential candidate endorsed by Washington State, not a caucus system. If my Sanders supporting neighbors are any indication, there are far fewer Trump signs this election cycle, plenty of Biden signs, and now Harris signs displayed.
The best political analysis that I have read in the last three months. I was under the impression that unbiased, insightful analysis died eight years ago and was replaced by wannabee journalists pushing their own prejudices.
If Marianne Williams ends up supporting Trump, I would be shocked. They are polar opposites on almost all issues. I think her fans would consider that a total sellout, and I don’t think that’s what Marianne is all about.
Well, you can support the Capitalist, Trump. ...or you can support the communist, Scamala. How much do you like paying 40% more for groceries, 60% higher rent, 200% more for gasoline, and working three jobs to pay for Biden's illegal immigrant debit card giveaway? I mean, who wouldn't want to pay taxes on unrealized gains? Scamala should just go ahead and tax the income you will earn in 2025, 2026, and 2027; after all, those are unrealized gains you'll earn in the next three years and Consuela needs someone to pay her to fire out another 7 future democrat voters.
I thought calling people names was something you did from 3rd grade. Most common decent people don’t need to explain their views by lowering themselves to grade schoolers. Intelligent people don’t need to name call. What a bad example to children. Those children who listen to you are more likely to be bullies. How proud you must feel.
This is a bad take and you should feel bad for writing it.
Being a humanitarian is suddenly being painted as a bad thing.
Not only that this article is devoid of fact because very few Bernie people voted for Trump, Republicans who would have voted for Bernie went back to Trump.
That's people crossing over because of Bernie's populist viewpoints not folks going to Trump to screw Hillary over... Not only that it was Hillary voters who made Obama's election so hard because they ACTUALLY wouldn't vote for him.
This is a crude rewriting of history to benefit a neoliberal perspective.
The "horseshoe theory" was invented by leftist to claim moral equivalency with the right. Like all leftist propaganda, it's a lie.
The only political spectrum is between Liberty (right / Classical Liberalism) and Totalitarianism (left / ANY variety of totalitarianism - who cares what you call it when you're being abused?). Moving right on the scale is equivalent to a society becoming healthier and more enlightened; moving left is regression to "might makes right!" Anyone telling you it's more complicated than that is a leftist selling totalitarianism wholesale.
I'm doubtful that two Democrats will be selecting a lot of Conservatives to
"man" the new Trump administration. Christe was a crap choice, these, not a lot better IMHO.
Their support and involvement is great, but not to be in the lead selecting staff. He might end up with the same shit show as before. He does make some questionable decisions.
This is fascinating. An impressive alignment I never would have put together myself. Thank you.
Gabe, I am frankly horrified by this column. Bernie Sanders is a US Senator who has a solid record of working within the establishment. He is not a lunatic fringe character like Kennedy or Bannon, and his positions have remained consistent over many years. If there are wacko bros on the edges of your horseshoe, and you want to describe this coalition that threatens the well-being of the many of us who are sane, please at least point out that Bernie himself is not part of this! He is full-on supporting Kamala Harris, and his bros had better listen! I became a paid subscriber to your Substack because I liked the idea of your youth and your bipartisanship. But Trump is a convicted felon who attempted to stop the peaceful transfer of power when he lost the election. How can you write about him as if that is not the crux of the matter?! Please take some time to read what Michael Moore has to say about the populist center coalition that is forming now to counteract the crazies on the left and the right, and don't write about these crazies as if they are actually concerned about human health and well-being, and certainly do not demean the excellent Bernie Sanders by lumping him in with Kennedy and Trump without qualifying the difference between them.
Thank you for the religious zealot perspective. Have you prayed to your Scamala Harris doll today? Trump repeatedly asked for peaceful protests, unlike Walz and Scamala who both supported violent protests and bailed out repeat rioters who went on to burn businesses and hurt thousands during BLM's 7 months summer of domestic terrorism. The blue cult is a joke.
Trump attacked peaceful protesters at every opportunity!
Taking a knee isn't a violent protest.
Urging his own protesters to storm the Capitol led by Proud Boys, is a violent protest!
BLM wouldn't have happened if the issue of disproportiate police physical brutality were adequately addressed.
Next time you say cult, look in your mirror. Yep that red hat and the flags on your pick up truck might help you see the irony.
25 dead and $2B in damages is violent protest. Sorry to break it to you.
I personally witnessed the sacking of Oakland Chinatown during the Summer of Floyd -- touted as a "mostly peaceful protest" -- wrecking a host of mom-and pop neighborhood storefronts, only to be lectured on "white supremacy" as the "root cause" for a subsequent string of muggings of elderly Asians -- in which every single perpetrator could be identified with a capital "B." (So much for the "People of Color" trope!)
(For that matter, I myself have been homeless and destitute in the past, but I never felt tempted -- let alone compelled -- to go to Chinatown and mug someone's grandma. So much for "empathy" -- and for "root causes"!)
Meanwhile, Jan 6 (as seen on TV) spelled the end "our" democracy no more than the Yippies disrupting the stock market proved to be the death knell of capitalism.
I'm no Trumpster; as a Jewish gay male, I'm prepared to watch my own back on ALL sides -- so you can keep your protection racket to yourself, thank you very much.
In Oakland, even the local NAACP is fed up with such crap. Maybe you can sell your propaganda to NPR (with a dash of patronizing "Latinx" and a side-order of smug-sounding vocal fry).
Think of all that the next time YOU say "cult"!
"BLM wouldn't have happened if the issue of disproportiate police physical brutality were adequately addressed."
This statement is a monumental falsehood. Annually, only about 220 black people are killed by police. 218 of them were lawful uses of force to stop a violent felony. The other two are accidents where the police were terminated and/or faced charges.
BLM is founded on a lie by disgusting marxists who milked it for millions and funded their lavish lifestyles. Democrats were all too happy to take a knee and worship the new marxist religion, but only because they saw political gain.
Democrats literally prostituted themselves to the burn.loot.murder cult, encouraged widespread violence and unrest, so they could claim to "fix it" ...which they did, by telling their two terrorist wings (blm and pantyfa) to stand down.
Isn't it funny; nobody has heard a peep from antifa or blm, but you will when Scamala and Tampon Tim get Mondale's in November.
So yes, you are in a cult, and yes, you're a joke.
BLM was such a peaceful protest, it only did $2,000,000,000 in damage, saw the detonation of several powerful improvised explosive devices with nails, bolts, and other shrapnel. Nearly 15,000 police vehicles were destroyed. Over 50,000 privately owned vehicles were torched. Upwards of 20,000 businesses were ruined; their owners lives ruined. Scamala and Walz both worked to ensure the BLM terrorists would never answer for their crimes.
"I became a paid subscriber...."
"lunatic" "crazies" "bros"
"full-on supporting"
"how can you write..." ...like this?!
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The editorial board is lecturing you, Mr Gabe Fleisher. How dare you address political factions of American politics. HOW DARE YOU write outside of the talking points of the DNC as it attempts to stay in power. How dare you, I mean, I PAY YOU, but this, this?! what do you call this, political analysis?!? Insight? This is not "vibe" they looking for, "bro". lol.
The Bernie Sanders of 2016 (for whom I voted) sold out long ago to the DNC insiders who sidelined him so ruthlessly. The open borders “is a Koch brothers policy” Sanders of nine years ago is nowhere to be found, replaced by a pol who has learned his place in the party is to affirm the primacy of identity politics, while providing cover, based on his prior reputation as a more independent, unifying, class-focused voice of the populist left, for the worst kinds of woke corporatist warmongers (of which Kamala is virtually a perfect embodiment, or, maybe “vessel” is more fitting). Anyone who actually opposes the domination of our government and other major institutions by corporatist warmongers obsessed with using shallow identity categories to rank and divide us, unlike Sanders, is, i guess, one of “these crazies”, in your book.
Tell me, what does the past, principled and independent Sanders have to do with the present Democratic Party and its support for entangling us in a never-ending litany of forever wars of choice? All the neocons are lining up in support of Kamala, just like they did Hillary, but, nothing to see here, because Bernie slavishly offers her his support, too. What connection does a politician who loudly and repeatedly said anyone and everyone from anywhere walking into this country not only shouldn’t be illegal, but should be incentivized with free health care and endless numbers of other benefits for which most citizens in need don’t qualify, have to Sanders correctly pointing out that open borders is a corporatist, cheap labor scheme to undercut working class Americans of all identities? I could go on and on with further examples.
You seem to be upset that more people who have seen and are appalled that the Democratic Party has radically transformed into an elitist, corporatist, nasty and divisive identity politics and warmongering party, anti-free speech, and blatantly pro-violent criminal party, and a democracy-destroying, lawfare party, obsessed with excluding if not criminalizing its political opponents (primary and general) on absurdly bogus grounds, are not still taken in by the fig leaf presence of a sold out Bernie Sanders who has long-since caved to the above influences.
Great post E.W.R., you wrote it better than I could have.
I used to really like Sanders until his flip flops, in particular with Illegal Immigration and non-interventionism.
After following Bernie for years, I watched in 2015-16 as a large number of newfound college age fans jumped on the Bernie bandwagon, only to be horrified when they found out his position on border control - (which was rightly, IMO, about protecting the middle/working class). This wasn't the same as their position, so rather than support a candidate that was in line with their open borders ideology, they must have figured they would reshape candidate Bernie and brow beat him into changing his long held position. As I think Bernie had now taken a liking to his newfound, almost cult-like following, this is where the sellout began.
Fast forward to today, and him being on board with this turd of a war in Ukraine, and the sellout is complete. The man no longer has any credibility. And it's NO wonder at all why some of his past supporters now support Trump.
So, you're a Trump supporter I take it?
Pillar of integrity type fellow there, eh?
Clear on his agenda. Anti-liberty, far right neo-fascist suits you?
I agree, but it's the extremists themselves that are at the heart of this piece. Bernie didn't create his somewhat bizarre following. I was a Bernie supporter, but was shocked when Bernie supporters turned to Trump in the election. Can they not see the chasm between their ideologies or in Trump's case, the lack of any ideology at all? Bernie has integrity and genuinely cares for his constituents and country. Trump is a self absorbed beagle puppy in a field of squirrels lacking any sense of focus or care for anything beyond his own indulgences. Yet dissaffected Left leaning Bernie supporters followed Trump into that chaotic narcissistic fantasy land of "draining the swamp" while actually being the swamp fillers. Those folks are now out there lost in the conspriatorial pod-cast-land ready to chase after Kennedy and Gabbard as though they have some hidden wisdom only a rare elect are privy to.
The Harris Walz campaign team needs to understand those people and find a nerve that can be hit to attract them toward normalcy.
It's not about the squirrels, it's about the squirrel chasers.
This reads as another comment that tears down Gabe’s read of what is and tries to replace it with what should be. Echoes of “Hillary’s unstoppable” in 2016. I have personally spoken with quite a few Bernie-to-Trump supporters. Pretending they don’t exist and shoving your head into the sand won’t fix the issue. I say this all as a 2 time “Bernie Bro” who will NOT be voting for Trump.
Ah, the horseshoe theory of politics, that the far left and far right, though philosophical opposites, are close in expression and action. I independently came up with this concept a few years ago as I watched the protests in Portland OR, and thought that the convention of representing politics as a straight line from left to right was a visual misrepresentation (I’m a retired magazine photojournalist). I thought to write an article for The Atlantic on my genius insight, but computer search due diligence quickly disclosed that some French dude thought of it in the 1800’s, and that political scientists have widely disparaged the concept ever since. So much for fame, but kudos to our favorite independent journalist on another brilliant column.
Next time y I i get an urge to write something, write it! See that it gets out sooner rather than later.
This is a good piece, bit timing is everything.
One observation: Gabbard and Kennedy are present to shape the regulatory bodies in an administration that seeks massive deregulation to the point of removing those agencies via Project 2025.
Great writing.
I'm not sure 'horseshoe' describes the new coalition. Trump, a former Democrat, was never much of a conservative. As President he was a big spender who never saw a budget he wouldn't sign. His stances on NAFTA, non-intervention, and protecting American labor with border security align well with Bernie's (original) platform on those issues. He's been sympathetic to the gay movement and friends with Al Sharpton. Similarly, the 'crunchies' share a traditionally conservative outlook with their emphasis on clean, healthy, thrifty lifestyles. Ten years ago, I believed that the Tea Party had more in common with Occupy Wall Street than spokesmen for either of those groups cared to admit. What we're seeing here is a unity that needed to happen.
Less government. Lower taxes. More freedom and prosperity. Please!
Thank you for getting down in the weeds, and explaining it with such lucidity.
I participated in the Washington State 2016 caucuses. If the first meeting, containing my neighbors was any indication, it was 90% for Sanders, 10% for Clinton. Later at the county level, Clinton had no presence, while Sanders had a staffed booth, merchandise, and multiple fans in costumes and photo shirts with “Sanders holding kittens”; one person had embroidered a half body Sanders doll to participate in voting (!). Clinton lost the state’s March 26 caucuses to Sanders-- 74 of the state’s 101 state delegates were sent to the Democratic National Convention for Sanders. The state party chose the winner from the results of the caucus, not a broader ballot based primary. A primary was still held, and the results are interesting to compare.
Clinton won the state ballot primary, earning 53 percent of the vote compared with Sanders’ 47 percent. Here are the numbers....Approximately 230,000 people attended caucuses. Whereas, in comparison, over 750,000 "registered voters" voted in the primary. Without regard for who won their respective process, which method of selection seems more inclusive? 230,000 vs 750,000 voters?
The caucus system required modification. The Washington State Democratic Party polled D party caucus goers and listened to the 93% who said the results of the primary were more inclusive, despite the overall results not favoring Sanders. In 2020, the party changed to a hybrid system of caucus meetings (mostly zoom based), before the primary and mostly for voter education and recruiting purposes. The ballot based mail-in drop box primary would decide the Democratic presidential candidate endorsed by Washington State, not a caucus system. If my Sanders supporting neighbors are any indication, there are far fewer Trump signs this election cycle, plenty of Biden signs, and now Harris signs displayed.
The best political analysis that I have read in the last three months. I was under the impression that unbiased, insightful analysis died eight years ago and was replaced by wannabee journalists pushing their own prejudices.
Keep up the good work. You have a new subscriber.
If Marianne Williams ends up supporting Trump, I would be shocked. They are polar opposites on almost all issues. I think her fans would consider that a total sellout, and I don’t think that’s what Marianne is all about.
Well, you can support the Capitalist, Trump. ...or you can support the communist, Scamala. How much do you like paying 40% more for groceries, 60% higher rent, 200% more for gasoline, and working three jobs to pay for Biden's illegal immigrant debit card giveaway? I mean, who wouldn't want to pay taxes on unrealized gains? Scamala should just go ahead and tax the income you will earn in 2025, 2026, and 2027; after all, those are unrealized gains you'll earn in the next three years and Consuela needs someone to pay her to fire out another 7 future democrat voters.
I thought calling people names was something you did from 3rd grade. Most common decent people don’t need to explain their views by lowering themselves to grade schoolers. Intelligent people don’t need to name call. What a bad example to children. Those children who listen to you are more likely to be bullies. How proud you must feel.
I think she's open-minded enough that she would consider it, and her voice would help to soften some of the unreasonable hostility on both sides.
...if only I could believe that ANYBODY had the magical power to "soften" Donald Trump :-)
Juan Perón!
This is a bad take and you should feel bad for writing it.
Being a humanitarian is suddenly being painted as a bad thing.
Not only that this article is devoid of fact because very few Bernie people voted for Trump, Republicans who would have voted for Bernie went back to Trump.
That's people crossing over because of Bernie's populist viewpoints not folks going to Trump to screw Hillary over... Not only that it was Hillary voters who made Obama's election so hard because they ACTUALLY wouldn't vote for him.
This is a crude rewriting of history to benefit a neoliberal perspective.
"This is a bad take and you should feel bad for writing it."
He should feel bad? What, is he 2 years old? Is your normal go-to arguement style emotional manipulation? LOL
I knew that.
The "horseshoe theory" was invented by leftist to claim moral equivalency with the right. Like all leftist propaganda, it's a lie.
The only political spectrum is between Liberty (right / Classical Liberalism) and Totalitarianism (left / ANY variety of totalitarianism - who cares what you call it when you're being abused?). Moving right on the scale is equivalent to a society becoming healthier and more enlightened; moving left is regression to "might makes right!" Anyone telling you it's more complicated than that is a leftist selling totalitarianism wholesale.
I'm doubtful that two Democrats will be selecting a lot of Conservatives to
"man" the new Trump administration. Christe was a crap choice, these, not a lot better IMHO.
Their support and involvement is great, but not to be in the lead selecting staff. He might end up with the same shit show as before. He does make some questionable decisions.