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Just checked bank statement, I also bought an Audi last week, good times

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Kristen Sinema, former Green Party candidate, anti-war activist, first bi-sexual Senator was authentic about what? Being a border-hawk? Could it be that being grossly inauthentic anti-populist on economic issues and not culture war issues like immigration.

One could make immigration and the border be a economic populist issue, but you would have to relinquish the corner-cutting aspect of other-izing immigrants: unlimited H-2A & H-2B work permits. These work permits all have minimum wages that are higher than the local minimum wage, and therefore would be an upward wage pressure (the wage earners love but employer/donor/owner class abhors), there's also stricter working conditions (same class division on how that is liked/hated), and all of migrant workers are law abiding and vetted leaving the migrants genuinely seeking asylum to be processed in the court system if there's a avenue for those who just want economic opportunities wouldn't risk it if there's a easier path.

Sinema and Manchin were very much opposed to economic populism, but also oppose the identarian politics that was a distraction for the establishment that Schumer and Pelosi et al were also opposed to economic populism but did not need to be ‘out’ regarding their own disdain of lefty economics because they had Sinema and Manchin, sometimes the Senate Parliamentarian, to block higher minimum wage continued child income credit going out to families, universal health care. Trump might regret, if he had the faintest understanding as to how bills become laws, to not have at least a narrowly split Democratic controlled House to conveniently blame not getting things that the rest of the GOP wasn't going to pass like tax-free tips or border wall or anything else that could be perceived as helping the common man. Who will be the GOP's Sinema & Manchin to play bad cop to Trump's good cop?

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Look, no one in the modern Democratic party was going to have a GREAT position on the asylum crisis. I just think that Sinema would have won the seat cheaper than Gallego did.

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Love the advocacy

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Great show.

Fetterman took AIPAC money and lost authenticity with the left. Same with Shapiro. I don't think the way forward is deeper in AIPAC's pocket.

I think the way forward is leaning more left while showing why it's a good idea. The DNC needs to get more populist and less corporate. Stop trying to recruit center-right and start getting in line with the working people.

DNC doesn't really want the border fixed just like they don't really want abortion settled...way more fundraising with them in crisis.

When they picked Walz, the progressives were excited but then none of his policies were picked up on. He was authentic....the DNC fumbled the bag on that.

Walz is the dad Fox News took from us.

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Fetterman can talk to the rurals. IMO that matters more than AIPAC which is an issue that waxes and wanes domestically. His health probably prevents him from going for the WH.

But you need someone who can connect beyond the cities. The Center doesn’t really have those rn.

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Great half show. Lol. Still new at this.

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The had their candidate.... Bernie was the "Left trump" and instead of embracing the populism, the DNC torched him...which allowed Trump to seize that energy.

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And is the set building indicative of her not putting in the?

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So is her loss a loss for smoky back room politics?

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Well, her candidacy was a HUGE win for the Smokey Back Room. But I don’t think anyone thinks Biden would have done BETTER. The reality is the Smokey Back Room is about to go to war with each other.

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I need to pick up some popcorn and enjoy.

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