this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2026
62 points (79.8% liked)

Progressive Politics

4040 readers
667 users here now

Welcome to Progressive Politics! A place for news updates and political discussion from a left perspective. Conservatives and centrists are welcome just try and keep it civil :)

(Sidebar still a work in progress post recommendations if you have them such as reading lists)

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 days ago (24 children)

If your reaction to this is outrage, you're politically juvenile. It's early 2026, this is exactly the time to be doing this kind of politics. If you already now signal to the Democratic Party establishment your capitulation, why should your concerns even be taken into account. Piker is putting the gun on the table at exactly the right time. Grow up.

load more comments (24 replies)
[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 25 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I forgot that this is still a Lemmy.world community where somehow it is never the right time to try and get the Democratic party to try or care to earn their votes.
Always to close to an election or to far from one, or not worth it to make them fear for their win instead of blind support.

We can't try something new because what we have been trying doesnt work and we have to make it work before we are allowed to change strategy.
What an insane take.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It is interesting that Democrats are already in Blue MAGA mode while we are still 2 years away from the election. Last time they pretended to care about Dems running a non corrupt candidate up until 6 months before the election.

[–] monkeyjoe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Is it? They don't like anyone questioning their rich assholes. Never have and they never will. To use your 1st amendment rights means you're actually a Russian troll, or a Tankie, or whatever their favorite talking head told them to not question but accept blindly.

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What is going on? Do you want change? Well establishment dems showed thier belly and don't care to fight trump. Hasan is right. A third party socialist "im gonna prosecute the previous administration" candidate. Is infinitly better than the jackass establishment democrats we have now

O you wanna vote for Gavin Newsome because he "owned trump on twitter" give me a fucking break.

[–] goferking0 18 points 3 days ago

wanna vote for Gavin Newsome because he "owned trump on twitter" give me a fucking break.

Not even him, his pr people

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 44 points 3 days ago (7 children)

He's right. Establishment dems have shown themselves repeatedly to not be capable of opposing a fascist agenda, and recent elections have shown that its not even the safe bet anymore. An establishment candidate is just doom at this point, might as well vote 3rd party and have a tiny shot

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm not opposed to it, but unless he (or others) can get a mass movement behind a third party candidate and we still don't have rank choice, I'm probably voting for the ticket that is least likely to give Republicans power.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Those things will not happen so the only leverage you have against Democrats is demanding them to fulfill your demands in exchange for your vote.

load more comments (5 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›