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The Democratic National Convention™ of Libjerk

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Dems keep working with trump to approve his picks, but what they won't accept is that if you sit down at a table with nazis, the only thing that's changed is the number of nazis at the table. @_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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You couldn't make this shit up.

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[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 100 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

This is what happens when you don't understand the 'why' behind being more inclusive and instead apply it opportunistically to concentrate power.

The Democratic party has a hollow husk of virtue signallers at its core. Let's hope a new generation, one that truly means what they say, can rise above their failures.

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Let's hope a new generation, one that truly means what they say, can rise above their failures.

How CAN a new generation rise when the party's failures have lead to a loss of all public trust in the party? Any democrats currently trying to get elected have it harder than ever as the party's reputation is literally in the shitter amongst their voters.

I'm not saying that picking them as the lesser of two evils is wrong, but having that should NOT be anyone's goal

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Have you not paid attention to politics?

The new generation is all hopeful and bright eyed. If you give them a few years they'll be sleeping on piles of lobby money and talk big about helping the people, while voting the opposite.

[–] quetzaldilla@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

No. Sincerely, that is a reflection of who you are as a person.

Just because you can be bought with money does not mean everyone else is the same.

I assure you that my hatred of capitalism is so immense, there is no amount of money I would accept to look the other way as our planet continues to be raped and our future pilfered.

Shame on you.

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 59 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As soon as I heard about the possibility of this happening

I fully expected it to happen

... and here we are

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As soon as the recommendation to maybe not run incumbent dinosaurs was made, he's was done.

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck the DNC with Hilary Clinton’s Dick

[–] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Time to go back to shiting on Bernie for being a straight white man

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He was removed for supporting primary changers to incumbent Democrats, the diversity rule was just what was used to force him out. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/dnc-gives-david-hogg-an-ultimatum-00307113

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes I know, for trying to unseat a few of the old guard democrats and replace them with progressive candidates. Apparently it's fine when the DNC does the same thing to incumbent progressives though.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Fucking game-playing cocksuckers. Fix my goddamn country already.

[–] m4xie@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Couldn't make a better example of weaponized "neutrality" to benefit the status quo.

[–] Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

For the record, it doesn't seem like he was actually ousted yet? Still a super fucked up move, but it doesn't sound like it's over.

Per Hoggs:

Today, the DNC took its first steps to remove me from my position as Vice Chair At-Large. While this vote was based on how the DNC conducted its officers’ elections, which I had nothing to do with, it is also impossible to ignore the broader context of my work to reform the party which loomed large over this vote.

Our country is in crisis, and too many leaders in the Democratic Party are asleep at the wheel. Trump is on a mission to crash our economy, disappear people without due process, and participate in flagrant public corruption - and voters still trust him more than Democrats. That is a massive indictment of our party.

(More quote spoiler-tagged to limit the wall of text)

Last month, my organization announced that it would primary ineffective members of Congress who are not meeting the moment. In response, the DNC made it clear they were going to remove me, due to the necessity of “neutrality” for the party. This is despite the fact that the DCCC, DSCC, and other party committees regularly get involved in primaries. Just this month, the Democratic Lt. Governor's Association pledged a 7 figure ad spend to elect a candidate in a primary in Illinois. Past DNC Vice Chairs have endorsed candidates in primaries as well, without any issue.

I ran to be DNC Vice Chair to help make the Democratic Party better, not to defend an indefensible status quo that has caused voters in almost every demographic group to move away from us.

https://mailchi.mp/3ea437a5c84c/news-lwd-to-primary-sitting-house-democrats-in-solid-blue-seats-as-part-of-20-million-2026-initiative-4751058

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago

using anti-dei methods, like the gop did.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Could they possibly sabotage their own progressives any harder? Eh, I'm sure they'll come up with something.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

At this point I think they'd run a republican before they ran anyone with an iota of progressive backbone.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 weeks ago

That's what they're been doing already

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

most of the DNC are just DINOS, anyways. and rich dems are the same as the rich gop, they get the same donors, and t hey benefit from someone like trump in power.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not American, but I wonder if it isn't only a matter of "in name only" but that if the DNC only puts forward neoliberal candidates, maybe that's who they actually are as an organization.

Acknowledging that there are progressive members -- probably many, but if the

power structures of the org itself won't ever allow them to run a candidate…