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  • lemonaz@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Sen. Bernie Sanders Brings His Fighting Oligarchy Tour to Conservative Rural California Districts
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    17 hours ago

    No one is put into positions of power and influence within the party until they tow the party line.

    That’s such a defeatist worldview. Did Trump tow the party line when he took it over?

    Look, change is hard but not impossible, and there’s no better time for progressives to step up than this moment right now, when the Dems are at a historically low approval with the whole country. Everybody hates them for the spineless aristocratic piece of shit fascist collaborators they are.

    They gotta go.

    Now, whether this means the Dem party dissolves and a new one rises from the ashes, or it gets restructured but keeps the name and all the infrastructure, or it gets bullied into submission by the threat of a third party built by Bernie and AOC — all of that is abstract, procedural, immaterial. What’s material is that neoliberals must lose their power to progressives decisively, and the only way that happens is if:

    a) people become disillusioned enough with neoliberals,

    b) progressives are there for people to transfer their hope/faith onto them.

    Both of these are happening to various degrees, especially the first one, but there’s still a long way to go for it to be decisive (polls still show Kamala Harris close to AOC in hypothetical presidential bid, but we need an enormous lead like Trump had in the GOP polls in 2022-2023, so the pressure needs to stay on).

    Only when enough of the Democratic base becomes completely anti-establishment (populist messaging will get them there as long as they’re willing to listen) and demands new leadership, only then will the Pelosis and the Schumers lose their power. They haven’t actually feared their base in a long time, and that needs to change now.

    So, sure — nobody from the party will put progressives in charge, the party’s base of supporters needs to demand it first. Then they can just take the power without having to ask, the same way Trump did in the GOP.

  • lemonaz@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•FCC chief targets Comcast-owned outlets over ‘news distortion’
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    1 day ago

    Summarizing the relevant info from the sources you cited:

    Wikipedia cites AP, and AP reports he indeed immigrated illegally in 2011 to escape gang violence, but doesn’t give more details. (It could be an illegal border crossing or overstaying a visa, maybe another source mentions how.) Whatever the process, his brother went through it as well a few years ago and is now a citizen. That’s who Garcia went to when initially arriving to the US. What cons don’t mention is that, despite all this, a judge granted him protection from being deported all the way back in 2019. He’s also married to a US citizen.

    My 2c:

    Keep speaking up against this and similar injustices, and don’t let them get away with setting the narrative!

    This “illegals” hysteria will never go away until we loudly reject the idea that people deserve punishment for being undocumented, or that being undocumented makes you “illegal” / part of an invasion or “great replacement” plot / less deserving of rights such as due process / deserving of deportation in particular as punishment. Remember that being undocumented is a civil offense, like a speeding ticket. Ironically, you speeding is more dangerous to society than you being undocumented.

    Don’t get bogged down on the details. Hammer them on the hard points. Whether or not he illegally immigrated doesn’t make their actions any less atrocious — they know this, otherwise they wouldn’t have to lie so much about it. Keep the pressure if you want to right this wrong. The more their abuses come to light and are fought publicly for all to see, the more people will realize how disgusting the “illegals” framing really is and how it’s all just a modern witch hunt.