https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/dems-up-11-in-gallup-party-id-troy

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"I'm so old I remember when this poll/metric inspired a thousand hot takes about the Dem Party image being irretrievably damaged by cultural excess"

https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mx7uxf6r6k22

10/6/2026 2:44:09 PM

According to https://news.gallup.com/poll/654560/quarterly-party-affiliation.aspx

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" In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat or an independent? Republican: 25% Democrat: 30% Independent: 45% If independent, other party, unsure or no answer: As of today, do you lean more to the Democratic Party or the Republican Party? Republican/Republican leaner: 39% Democrat/Democratic leaner: 50% "

seems this result is mostly about Independents (read moderate) in a typical midterm swing cycle being forced to choose between a giant douche and a turd sandwich rather than half of Americans suddenly becoming DSA members or donating subscribers of Assigned Media

10/6/2026 3:49:56 PM

nobody said anything about the DSA

10/6/2026 4:17:36 PM

Quote :

"damaged by cultural excess"

10/6/2026 4:22:13 PM

Quote :

" Ossoff: "Tonight, a united Georgia will hear the trial the Mike Collins. Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic child-like devotion to Donald Trump." "

10/8/2026 8:07:33 PM

just thankful that some Dems have decided to speak with their chest as opposed to meekly trying to appeal to voters who would never vote for them

10/8/2026 8:13:41 PM

Hey, at least they are doing it meekly and not wholeheartedly!

10/8/2026 8:24:21 PM

Even the perceived importance of inflation is inflating!

Thanks, Obama!

10/8/2026 8:26:57 PM

Man they were forever hammering obama on that and it never came

10/8/2026 8:50:26 PM

^ oh, it came

10/8/2026 9:10:21 PM

Yeaaa buddy

Quote :

"Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" "

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mxfnybk7ya2i

10/8/2026 9:38:43 PM

he’s one of the few who are comfortable calling them out on their racist shit

10/8/2026 9:43:12 PM

So us 3 can agree on ossoff?

10/8/2026 9:44:52 PM

Mamdani:

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" This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed. This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities. Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery. Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children. Abolish ICE. "

10/8/2026 9:45:52 PM

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" Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong." "

10/8/2026 10:31:45 PM

I think Susan Dell next to trump is the strangest looking human being I’ve ever seen.

That seen could be the poster for ending billionaires— it’s for their own good

10/9/2026 9:22:20 AM

Yes, Susan Dell is extremely weird-looking, but I'll hold out the possibility that there is some medical problem behind it.

10/9/2026 9:36:34 AM

I don't know for certain, but I think the "medical problem" is body dysmorphia.

10/9/2026 9:44:22 AM

Most probably.

10/9/2026 9:52:09 AM

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" New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. https://www.nber.org/papers/w35854 "

10/10/2026 7:31:58 PM

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" Mamdani: "What you could see in the videos is bystanders outside unsure as to what they were even seeing. Because in that imagery, it feels as if you’re almost looking at a mass shooter as opposed to seeing someone who’s purportedly representing a federal agency." "

10/11/2026 3:17:41 PM

But why does Mamdani only care about criminals and not REAL Americans?!

10/11/2026 3:51:22 PM

Tell us what you're going to do to punish *gestures at the government* and fix *gestures at everything*

10/12/2026 9:27:35 PM

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" Ossoff: "I want to remind folks across Georgia that while you pay more for everything as a result of Donald Trump's incompetence, the president and his family are enriching themselves to the tune of billions of dollars ... we urgently need to restore checks and balances" "

10/13/2026 6:15:34 PM

Good shit from Scott Colom in Mississippi. First ad I’ve seen that makes me want to donate to him and I don’t live in the state

https://x.com/scott_colom/status/2110149942727553187

10/14/2026 6:37:54 PM

I don't think i'm ever going to donate to a political campaign

10/14/2026 6:59:06 PM

^
Same, TBH.

Commentary on that video:

The first guy definitely curses.

Why is the black lady eating something that's fairly obviously not beef? Doesn't make much sense with the central message of the ad being indignant about the suggestion of picking a protein other than beef. She already did that?

10/14/2026 8:18:14 PM

10/14/2026 9:30:12 PM

I didn’t donate this cycle

Quote :

" GOP operatives conducting a focus group in a traditionally red Midwestern state this month were taken aback by what they heard from their own party’s voters. Asked what they blamed for rising gas prices, those voters pointed to “corrupt politicians” and “billionaires” "

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/18/politics/republicans-voter-anger-midterms

End billionairism ++

10/18/2026 9:22:09 PM

I understand their confusion, because the correct answer was Joe Biden.

10/19/2026 5:47:44 AM

They hate billionaires because they engineered COVID and nanobots in our blood. And eat children. And handed our planet over to reptilian aliens who are raising the global temperature for obvious reasons.

But hey! Whatever,.. welcome?

10/19/2026 7:52:41 AM

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" BREAKING: Zohran just announced that NYC’s free child care program for 2-year-olds will expand to all of Staten Island and all of the Bronx. The expansion means an additional 10,000 2-K seats by fall 2027. More neighborhoods in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens will receive 2-K seats as well. "

Democrats need to replicate mamdanism nationally. Expand the endowment tax Trump passed in 2017 to cover all billionaire wealth to pay for it.

10/19/2026 12:04:00 PM

10/19/2026 12:34:06 PM

10/20/2026 12:44:41 PM

man those 3 NC constitutional amendments seem like they're gonna pass with double digits with no problem because things can be worded however they want and the people of springfield are easily persuaded

this is truly what people actually mean when they say "both sides suck"

that said:

if only it was an amendment to legalize weed

BUT THEY DON'T DARE PUT THAT UP TO POPULAR VOTE

10/22/2026 10:25:29 AM

Legalize it!

10/22/2026 10:32:44 AM

DON'T CRITICIZE IT!

10/22/2026 10:42:51 AM

I had to look up NCs mandates, Fl also has a weird property tax one too. Need a constitutional amendment that taxes can't be put up for popular referendum! People automatically see "cap my taxes, yes please" without thinking about the consequences

[Edited on October 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM. Reason : E]

10/22/2026 10:45:23 AM

Based on what I’ve read, the income tax cap won’t even change anything right now, because the effective rate next year will be 3.49, which is lower than the proposed cap.

Assuming wages rise with inflation (which they obviously don’t), 3.5% will be 3.5% next year, and the year after, but as we’ve seen, costs of goods and services for the state will continue to rise while that 3.5% will continue to hamper the state’s ability to pay for said goods and services.

I also don’t think it differentiates between poor and wealthy, right? It caps it at 3.5% for everybody?

10/22/2026 10:53:05 AM

they're also trying to cripple money going towards public schools through the ruse of "lower taxes"

10/22/2026 11:01:06 AM

Combined with the federal voucher program.

10/22/2026 11:47:42 AM

I could see a response to the amendments being shifting how property tax is allocated — people wouldn’t like it but it would fit under the new Constituonal requirement

10/22/2026 7:33:03 PM

I guess if musks infusion of cash works and gives off the appearance of rich powerful buying repub senate seats that could be a boon for dems in 2028

10/22/2026 7:38:07 PM

Excellent but depressing
https://newrepublic.com/article/216304/consulting-class-eating-democratic-party

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"Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way Conflicts of interest abound. This extraction is draining the Democratic base rather than investing in the party’s long term health, biasing candidate positions in favor of factions with big money, and weakening the party’s stance against corruption. Tough to beat authoritarianism in this situation Parties have always faced tradeoffs, like between swing voters and activists in the base. But the consultant class isn’t a tradeoff. It’s, to use an econ concept, rent extraction You’re being asked to sacrifice to save democracy. We’re just saying that the consultants should too."

10/22/2026 9:48:07 PM

agreed. both PMC and grassroots activism careerists are hugely corrosive forces in Democrat politics

[Edited on October 22, 2026 at 10:01 PM. Reason : we are only Human]

10/22/2026 9:59:36 PM