"We bought the son of a bitch and then he didn't stay bought."
[Said about Theodore Roosevelt.]
That is how the machine Dems and their supporters feel right now. They bought the office of NY Mayor and now some total usurper is coming to evict them.
So lemme get this straight: Trump ushers in a Soviet-style command economy with 10% (for now) acquisition of Intel, and that's kewl, but Mamdani wanting to use the same government to help people eat affordably and well is the beginning of Soviet bread lines? I've traveled recently to Europe, and gone to museums and on tours over there, and I watch history docs and read a lot... but even before I did all that I was always pretty good at spotting the looney in the right-wing logic-o-sphere. People need to get out and look around. Fu-king-ay.
Maybe it's time for a new political party. A party that's not Republican and not warmed over Republican (mainstream Democrats). But a party that actually speaks for the people, call it the Socialist-Democratic party with Mamdani as its leader,
Ta Marcie. As a fan of democracy, I had no room on my ranked choice ballot for Cuomo or Adams. Mamdani's primary campaign was brilliant, and he's our next mayor. Or else.
This is by far a strange race. The incumbent is in a distant third place because of a corruption scandal. One major party candidate is a complete joke with no hope of winning. A former democrat is courting Fox voters in NYC. And the young, energetic candidate who is full of ideas for making life in the city better is scaring the establishment.
Wow, voters don't understand Adam's diverse out reach to the Turkish and Communist I mean Chinese communities? Everyone knows the only way to reach 'those people' is through graft and bribes. It's in their genes.
So Andrew Cuomo is touting the approval of the stupid, stinking mass of (reputedly) human flesh known colloquially as the Dotard and Pussy Ass Bitch to get votes in a city that detests both of them. What a monumental dumb fuck.
And tries to muscle into people's hearts with actual muscles. He and Fucker Carslon should get together for a bawbag tanning session. Oh, and J. Watters too, cuz of how manly he is for letting the air out of his love interests tires so he can show how chivalrous he is.
At the national level the two parties rule the roost. Third parties have to be MASSIVELY funded to stand even a remote chance. They usually act as spoilers or even false flag operations funded by one of the two majors to draw votes from a rival.
(For context, I was a Hillary supporter in 2016, will NEVER forgive Bernie, and thought that often, Andrew was the voice of sanity in Trump's crazy Covid world.)
By the gods, you are going to make me defend Cuomo:
"As opposed to the very safe way Cuomo killed thousands of elderly people in nursing homes by exposing them to COVID?"
And you cite to a House Republican news release from 2024?
Cuomo should be defeated, but what he did was not ridiculous at the time. The is when New York's hospitals were being overrun (Here is a report from Late March of 2020 for those who have forgotten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7s6n_ySkmQ )
What Cuomo did, for better or worse, was allow hospitals to transfer non-symptomatic patients at the end of treatment back to their nursing homes to free up space for those in critical need. In March of 2020, that was not unreasonable. Now, his handling of it once the fascists started attacking was terrible (he should have just said the above sentence over and over), but the actual action, given everything, shouldn't be looked at only in the lights of the House Republicans and their sycophants. Might as well claim that the potato chips had bats and pangolins sneeze on them as is customary in China.
Can Pritzker declare a statewide emergency and mobilize the entire Illinois Guard so Assmouth can't use any of them? I mean, the school year is starting, there's a three-day weekend coming up, and we've got a fascist in the White House -- those should all qualify as emergencies.
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: "If you get before a bunch of high schoolers and tell them that it is forbidden to have sex in the back of a pickup truck parked in front of the police station ... the results will be completely predictable.
"We bought the son of a bitch and then he didn't stay bought."
[Said about Theodore Roosevelt.]
That is how the machine Dems and their supporters feel right now. They bought the office of NY Mayor and now some total usurper is coming to evict them.
So lemme get this straight: Trump ushers in a Soviet-style command economy with 10% (for now) acquisition of Intel, and that's kewl, but Mamdani wanting to use the same government to help people eat affordably and well is the beginning of Soviet bread lines? I've traveled recently to Europe, and gone to museums and on tours over there, and I watch history docs and read a lot... but even before I did all that I was always pretty good at spotting the looney in the right-wing logic-o-sphere. People need to get out and look around. Fu-king-ay.
I think what he did was so cool !!! Can you imagine tater tot or Andrew doing something like that.
Maybe it's time for a new political party. A party that's not Republican and not warmed over Republican (mainstream Democrats). But a party that actually speaks for the people, call it the Socialist-Democratic party with Mamdani as its leader,
I like that very much. The Dems are worthless. Have been since nixon.
Ta Marcie. As a fan of democracy, I had no room on my ranked choice ballot for Cuomo or Adams. Mamdani's primary campaign was brilliant, and he's our next mayor. Or else.
This is by far a strange race. The incumbent is in a distant third place because of a corruption scandal. One major party candidate is a complete joke with no hope of winning. A former democrat is courting Fox voters in NYC. And the young, energetic candidate who is full of ideas for making life in the city better is scaring the establishment.
Life's already good for the establishment, and they know where the money's going to come from to make life good for everyone else.
I think he sounds very interesting for sure I will keep my eyes open and keep listening we need change for sure and I want ffing Trump
Gone
Feats of Strength! Airing of Grievances! Where's that aluminum pole?
Wow, voters don't understand Adam's diverse out reach to the Turkish and Communist I mean Chinese communities? Everyone knows the only way to reach 'those people' is through graft and bribes. It's in their genes.
So Andrew Cuomo is touting the approval of the stupid, stinking mass of (reputedly) human flesh known colloquially as the Dotard and Pussy Ass Bitch to get votes in a city that detests both of them. What a monumental dumb fuck.
And tries to muscle into people's hearts with actual muscles. He and Fucker Carslon should get together for a bawbag tanning session. Oh, and J. Watters too, cuz of how manly he is for letting the air out of his love interests tires so he can show how chivalrous he is.
The potato chips are a nice touch.
Maybe that's just me but I'm sometimes having a really hard time distinguishing between establishment Democrats and Republicans.
It ain't just you.
Unfortunately, a lot of establishment dems thank it’s still 1992 and the only way to win is by being republican light.
One of the issues is that a lot of the same Dems are still in politics. Coincidentally, that's also the reason why we're not getting young leadership.
Not just you.
The good ole Duopoly.
I never really bought into that, but this past year has shown me things
At the national level the two parties rule the roost. Third parties have to be MASSIVELY funded to stand even a remote chance. They usually act as spoilers or even false flag operations funded by one of the two majors to draw votes from a rival.
Sadly, some of them have revealed themselves to be as owned by the billionaires as pretty much all Republicans are.
Twas ever thus..
Go Mamdani!
Win this!
(For context, I was a Hillary supporter in 2016, will NEVER forgive Bernie, and thought that often, Andrew was the voice of sanity in Trump's crazy Covid world.)
I won't forgive Bernie OR Biden for entering the 2020 field. They trashed Warren's chances. All because Uncle Joe wanted to take his turn.
You and me both.
Andrew WAS the voice of sanity in Trump's crazy Covid world. Sadly, it was a very low bar.
By the gods, you are going to make me defend Cuomo:
"As opposed to the very safe way Cuomo killed thousands of elderly people in nursing homes by exposing them to COVID?"
And you cite to a House Republican news release from 2024?
Cuomo should be defeated, but what he did was not ridiculous at the time. The is when New York's hospitals were being overrun (Here is a report from Late March of 2020 for those who have forgotten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7s6n_ySkmQ )
What Cuomo did, for better or worse, was allow hospitals to transfer non-symptomatic patients at the end of treatment back to their nursing homes to free up space for those in critical need. In March of 2020, that was not unreasonable. Now, his handling of it once the fascists started attacking was terrible (he should have just said the above sentence over and over), but the actual action, given everything, shouldn't be looked at only in the lights of the House Republicans and their sycophants. Might as well claim that the potato chips had bats and pangolins sneeze on them as is customary in China.
And his attempts to cover it up?
TBF we were tuning in to his daily briefings as a moment of Sanity...doesn't make him less wrong now of less of a dick.....
"Now, his handling of it once the fascists started attacking was terrible"
this!
Can Pritzker declare a statewide emergency and mobilize the entire Illinois Guard so Assmouth can't use any of them? I mean, the school year is starting, there's a three-day weekend coming up, and we've got a fascist in the White House -- those should all qualify as emergencies.
We need a nuclear deterrent. Countries with nukes certainly don't get invaded.
The blue states should band together, and put all their efforts into getting a copy of the Epstein Files.
that would be a brilliant tactic, although all those Guardsfolk would be active and probably not at home
: The Streisand Effect enters chat.
"Trump signs order to criminally charge those who burn US flag in protest
US president attempts to circumvent 1989 supreme court decision which said flag burning is protected speech"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/25/trump-flag-burning-executive-order
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: "If you get before a bunch of high schoolers and tell them that it is forbidden to have sex in the back of a pickup truck parked in front of the police station ... the results will be completely predictable.
"Captain, they're lined up for miles."
I was a teenager, can confirm.
(Not that any of us had a pickup. Plus the local bobby would have just called our parents and we would have died of embarrassment.)
But still tickety boo in the end, what?