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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 91 points 2 years ago (35 children)

He needs to hit the rally circuit with Bernie and AOC.

Get ready for that next run. AOC top of ticket, Walz for vice.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 34 points 2 years ago

Mainstream media asshats:

[–] Certainnarrator3@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

I can get behind this.

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[–] 5C5C5C@programming.dev 61 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why would they refer to a respectful distancing as "slamming"?

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because he's distancing himself from her politically to be able to run without their performance in the 2024 election dragging him down--and whomever wrote the article clearly has an issue with him and doesn't want the stunt to do what it was designed to do.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Because he’s distancing himself from her politically

I can see wanting to distance yourself from a failed campaign. Wonder why harris didn't.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

The "news" profits from manufactured hype.

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 53 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's nothing in this article that matches the title

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 years ago

so..... its a news article in 2025?

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago

This guy gets it. Maybe one of the only Democrats that does, sadly.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's going to take so much thinking to figure out why? I mean, the voters were pretty vocal in what they want, so that can't be the problem. Such a mystery...

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

voters are part of the problem. Half of them, about.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

voters are part of the problem

It's why we don't listen to them.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson are set to publish Original Sin, a book that promises to reveal the “cover-up” of Biden’s decline, next month.

It's insane how often I still see people claim Biden was fine despite all the evidence and confessions that have came out since the election.

Ideally Biden would have stepped down himself, but they should have article 25th him and let Kamala take over, then ran a legit fair primary where at least voters had a chance to pull Kamala left before the general.

Luckily we've already had a complete turn over of leadership and they're a lot more progressive this time.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Luckily we’ve already had a complete turn over of leadership and they’re a lot more progressive this time.

Ken Martins first act was to pick pro business uber zionist Slotkin to rebut Trumps state of the unions speech. Thats about as far from progressive as you can get.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still see people on here claiming Biden was fine, it's ridiculous.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The most infuriating part is they're almost always the ones insulting trumpets for denying reality...

Completely ignorant they're doing the same thing.

They even attack anyone to the left of them just like trumpets do.

Like, in every aspect except what party they claim to have voted for; they act exactly like trump supporters.

The good news is despite being incredibly vocal, they make up a negligible percentage of the party.

That's why when they tried to support Republicans over Obama in 08, it literally didn't matter. So it's not only safe to ignore them and all of their opinions, historically it's the best thing for the candidate and party to do.

It's why I block most of them whenever I run into them. They can't debate policy because neoliberals policy is dog shit, all they're hear to do is slap fights because they're rage addicted.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Luckily we've already had a complete turn over of leadership and they're a lot more progressive this time.

To be clear, what the party leadership will affect is future—not current—democrats. Expect the DNC to shift left over the next few years, but don't expect the current neoliberal shitstains in office like Schumer, Pelosi and Jeffries to become smaller shitstains. Someone still needs to primary those people.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Expect the DNC to shift left over the next few years

I'll be glad to see it if it ever happens, but I only expect the dnc to punch left and embrace the right.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

It's insane how often I still see people claim Biden was fine despite all the evidence and confessions that have came out since the election.

Not to mention the debate. We all watched him, live, repeating "and by the way" over and over like a mantra and randomly bragging about his golf skills

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

The article basically said nothing with more words than necessary.

[–] BearGun@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago

That was a ramble almost worthy of Trump, so many words to say so little

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