Fear not, Hakeem Jeffries is busy genuflecting to the rest of the tech class in California instead of leading the opposition in DC.
What would you have people do?
So you’re in the “what leverage do we have” camp?
What I really wish is that we had some leadership with really good messaging. Jeff Jackson style, someone who is speaking directly to the constituent. Messaging with a daily play by play of what is happening, why it is important, how it is/will be affecting our country, how it is/will be affecting the every day person. But it needs to be easily understandable. (For example, HCR writes really interesting pieces but they are far too academic for the general public.) Leadership that will say, every day, here’s what we’re doing on our end and why. Also say, here’s what you (the individual) can do. Someone who can head up the movement and give us energy instead of panic. Right now I just feel like there is a void.
I actually think that among the aging Democratic leadership, especially in the Senate, that is the plan. Wait until Trump screws things up like last time and then bounce back in 2026 and 2028. It's a kind of status quo approach, because then you don't have to change anything, especially any changes in party leadership. What I think many of them just don't get is that this time is different, and they may not have a chance to make a comeback in two or four years.
I am in the "what leverage do we have?" camp in that I believe that we need to stop waiting for others to come up with a solution, and start really coming up with one ourselves. The Greensboro to Durham area has long been one of the hearts of the protest movement in America. We have myriad, and varied, connections at our disposal. We are, in essence, a think tank. So, what are we going to do about that?
Any movement requires leadership. Local organizations aren’t providing any, local Dem party chapters aren’t, national Democrats aren’t. Someone has to be the galvanizer.
We basically have one shot at a general strike. Save it for when the shit gets worse. Right now, the Americans who aren't paying attention will have no sympathy.
The playbook was to inform the public of the existence of project 2025 before the election.
Sorry. To be clear, when I say “we have lots of connections,” I am speaking of this zzlpolitics group. This space. This right here. We know people, from a variety of swaths of life, in the area in and around Chapel Hill. What can we, with the connections that we have, do to create legitimate change? I’m asking, because I think there is an answer somewhere in this group. I just don’t know what it is yet.
While SM is very powerful, there is no leader to rally around to achieve this. Who would do that? Who is personable enough, like a JJ, to do this? That is a big part of the left's problem right now. Nobody in the national sphere has the bona fides to do it. Bernie comes the closest, but he isn't universally liked within the party.
Watching Republicans get mad about the failure of Democrats to course correct has been entertaining though. There's an element of panic to the cries about how Democrats can't just call them racist and they need to be nicer to Trump.
Seems to me that act 2 of the trump Administration has no intention of any meaningful compliance with court orders. And there is no way to make them do otherwise.
He is certainly associated with the party and he's the best you have. Of course you can always fall back on
