this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
298 points (92.6% liked)

politics

28349 readers
2861 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 20 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I believe the term is Blue MAGA.

And the worst part is the democratic party will champion this fucker because it's fully bought and paid for.

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Whaaaaaaat? A politician behaving like a political animal? The shock! The scandal!

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This guy was once married to Kimberly Gilfoyle, who was Don Jr's concubine for a few years, until fairly recently, so that tells me all I have to know about him, or her. He's a Manchurian MAGA.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yea he’s a fascist. That’s why he platforms Nazi’s and Zionists on his podcast and magically lets them persuade him that they are right. It’s also why he vetoes everything that helps the working class. It’s also why he let PG&E get away with murdering 800 Californians and he allows them to raise our rates 6 times a year while they continue to make record shareholder profits. It’s also why why he is fighting the one time 5% billionaire tax proposed by the California legislature as hard as he can. We need an FDR Newsom is an Israeli asset and a closeted republican who’s Gen z handlers make funny tweets.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 days ago

I saw him speak at Davos a while ago and I thought he was a big phony guy with very little acting skills but who is constantly acting. Another cult of personality instead of any real depth of thought.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 30 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Hopefully, we get AOC as the front runner. I am sick of the Democratic establishment.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Only the democratic establishment could lose to Trump TWICE!!!

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Nah, MAGA won once in 2016, with Russian interference, but they only prevailed in 2024 because they openly cheated, with the help of Musk and Putin, and the MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries covered for them.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Democrats lost in 2016 and 2024. They would have lost in 2020 if it weren't for covid.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Either AOC or John Stewart needs to step the fuck up and save our nation.

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago (28 children)

As compared to what? Is he worse than Trump? I sincerely fucking doubt it.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 68 points 4 days ago (10 children)

That's a ridiculously low bar, but it's also an important distinction.

Do I want Gavin Newsom to be the Democrat nominee for 2028? Hell no! He's revealed himself to be a shallow political opportunist and an ideological chameleon. And I think that party can do better.

But regardless, would he be an improvement over Trump? Hell yes!

Another question is: is he - a supposedly populist liberal from California - even electable on a national stage? I don't think so. But then, we live in very 'interesting' times. So who knows.

The third question is: will we have a fair enough election in 2028 (or an election at all)? That remains to be seen.

load more comments (10 replies)
[–] q181c@sopuli.xyz 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Democrats have been playing the "well they suck, but at least they're not Trump!" game for a decade and gotten Trump two out of three times. Maybe we should aim higher.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (26 replies)
[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Newsom says he’s eager to pitch a big tent for the Democratic Party, declaring that he welcomes the likes of former US senator Joe Manchin as well as New York’s socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani in the fold. “I want it to be the Manchin to Mamdani party,” Newsom said in November.

Newsom can fuck right the hell off. Manchin represents everything that is wrong with the Democratic party and so, apparently, does Newsom.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 40 points 4 days ago (9 children)

You mean the serial adulterer who can't read and whose entire life has been sponsored by a Getty oil heir isn't a good candidate for president of the United States? Shocked.

load more comments (9 replies)
[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Legitimate question, you are asked to vote for either Gavin Newsom or Donald Trump. Who do you vote for or do you abstain?

load more comments (9 replies)
[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago (4 children)

What, this guy? Surely not.

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] gnuthing@piefed.social 32 points 4 days ago (6 children)
load more comments (6 replies)
[–] Whirlygirl9@kbin.earth 21 points 4 days ago

Watching how fast he threw the trans community under the bus told me everything I needed to know about him. He has the moral compass of a boiled piece of spaghetti... fuck this corpo dem.

[–] masta_chief@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Best way I've heard to describe him is, "at least he's lawful evil"

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›