#centrists

[decolonize-the-left]

That's 1 in every 5 people.

"In recent years, several laws targeting transgender adults have been proposed or enacted. These laws eliminate Medicaid coverage for transgender healthcare, permit pharmacists and hospital systems to discriminate against transgender patients, and impose restrictions on providers in various ways. Until recently, little information was available on how these new statutes affect transgender adults. While their care is often not explicitly prohibited, they may still experience disruptions due to anti-transgender laws. Now, a just released Data for Progress poll reveals that 24% of transgender adults have had their healthcare disrupted or discontinued as a result of anti-transgender legislation."

Start LOUDLY supporting your trans friends!!! Post pride flags! Remind everyone you're an ally! Make support for trans people so incredibly mainstream again that it's impossible to ignore!

It's not enough to support us silently while we're facing record amounts of legislation trying to make us illegal. You have to make sure they stop trying to hurt us.

Check the map below and please get to work on organizing to fight the bills being presented in your state!!!

#lgbtqia2s+ #queer #lesbian #gay #trans #transgender #intersex #two spirit #aro #ace #solidarity #queer community #lgbt community #nex Benedict #pride #joe biden #biden #protest #human rights #queer rights #trans rights #trans rights are human rights #drag #lgbt #capitalism #leftist #usa #democrats #republicans #centrists

[animentality]

#twitter #us politics #liberals #centrists #leftists #democrats #joe biden

[tikkunolamresistance]

Liberals are so insufferable, like please have a backbone. Approaching everything from a neutral perspective is so counterproductive, lazy and more oftentimes than not: siding with the aggressor. Every single time.

To constantly play devil’s advocate, to take a neutral position on genocide, murder, hatred, racism, all of the “isms” that destroy lives… it’s a blatant, obnoxious exercise of your privilege. You do not care enough to understand others, and you do not care enough to do research. Yet, these same liberals expect Politics to be comfortable and considerate of them.

#liberalism #centrists #political neutrality #thoughts

[hussyknee]

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[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #quotes #dr. martin luther king jr. #martin luther king jr #civil rights #civil rights movement #white citizens councilor #klu klux klan #white supremacy #white supremacists #centrists #political moderates #letter from Birmingham jail #1963

[odinsblog]

Look closely enough and you’ll find that Eric Johnson was always a Republican, or at least very susceptible to becoming one. Conservative “Democrats” are one bribe or one hurt feeling away from switching parties.

This highlights the significance of how much more important primaries are, because after the primaries are over, then it becomes an endless chorus of, “vote for the lesser evil” and “vote blue no matter who,” and we have more than enough bad examples of where that can lead to, right??

Honestly, always vote for the most leftist, progressive candidate you can in the primary elections, before it comes down to voting for a Republican vs. Republican-lite in the general election.

I don’t think there are primary elections for mayoral races, but I still love the idea that if a candidate switches political parties (any time after the primaries, I’d suggest), then they should A) not be allowed to hold the office they ran for until they run + win as a member of their new party, B) pay heavy fines from their personal funds, C) they should be forced to resign, and D) the election should be re-done.

The Democratic Party needs to tighten up and make some rules regarding who can and cannot run as a Democrat.

Literally months before SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, Nancy Pelosi was backing a homophobic, anti-abortion, “Democratic” 🙄 candidate named Henry Cuellar, saying that a candidate’s stance on abortion wasn’t important. And Cuellar’s opponent was a young pro-abortion, pro-LGBTQ immigration attorney named Jessica Cisneros! And it was a relatively safe blue district, meaning that whichever Democrat the DNC backed, they were likely to win and a Republican hadn’t won that district in forever. AND before that, Pelosi and the DCCC threw their weight behind another openly homophobic “Democrat” named Dan Lipinski.

Could you even imagine Mitch McConnell or Kevin McCarthy openly throwing their support behind a pro-abortion candidate who wanted gun control? No? So why tf does Democratic leadership constantly foist GOP-lite candidates onto the Democratic Party when other viable options exist?

Just a guess on my part, but if you want fewer anti-abortion laws getting passed, then you should probably back fewer anti-abortion candidates. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

“Vote blue no matter who” has bitten Democrats in the ass wayyy more than any converse slogan has bitten Republicans. Because Republicans actually vet their candidates and make sure that those candidates want the same deplorable things that their deplorable base wants.

And just for clarity, because I know how the internet works and how sycophants love twisting words: I am NOT saying don’t vote for Biden in 2024. I’m not even saying to support a third party candidate. I want Trump and all Republicans gone in the next few election cycles. What I am saying is, once the election is over and hopefully Trump/DeSantis have been vanquished, we need to seriously rework how the Democratic Party has been run. Losing Roe v. Wade is indicative of how poorly it’s been mismanaged.

Anyway, new laws can be made, so especially after the Supreme Court has ignored and undone so many standing legal precedents, I don’t wanna hear jack shit about “pie-in-the-sky” or “be realistic.”

This centrism bullshit ain’t working, yo.

#politics #eric johnson #dallas texas #centrists #nancy pelosi #neoliberalism #neoliberals #vbnmw #vote blue no matter who

[politijohn]

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The “moderate” President proving to be as “moderate” as expected, unfortunately

#politics #us politics #government #Joe Biden #democrats #centrists #scotus #supreme court #abortion #news #current events #important

[nodynasty4us]

From the March 19, 2024 story:

There is a distinctly political tenor to Biden’s trouble on the economy that defies material conditions. Macroeconomic metrics have been improving steadily for a long time now—inflation peaked all the way back in the summer of 2022—and for much of that period, voter assessments of Biden’s performance actually deteriorated as the economy strengthened. Even today, when some voters say they like the economy, they remain reluctant to give Biden credit for it.

Much of this scenario can be laid at the feet of the Democratic Party. Not the official fundraising and administrative apparatus that runs conventions and formulates policy platforms, but the broad constellation of think tanks, nonprofits, academic experts, and journalists that collectively regulates the liberal intellectual atmosphere. For much of his presidency, Biden has been the victim of a centrist revolt against his economic program that the progressive wing of the party has been either unable or unwilling to put down. Everyone expects Republicans to give a Democratic president a hard time, but sharp and sustained economic criticism from Biden’s ostensible allies established a narrative of failure that has proved alarmingly resistant to reality.

Biden frequently draws distinctions between himself and the progressive left on police reform, immigration, and other issues where he thinks liberal ideas don’t fit the national mood. But this is not the way he has handled economic policy. From his first day in the Oval Office, Biden has embraced nearly every progressive criticism of Barack Obama’s approach to the economy, and translated those critiques into policy.

#economy #joe biden #progressives #centrists

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

By Jess Coleman

When, in December 2021, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin announced he would vote “no” on President Biden’s signature legislative proposal, the Build Back Better Act, the reaction boiled down to: “Well, what did you expect?” After all, Manchin, despite being a Democrat, is from deep-red West Virginia, and politicians from deep-red states simply cannot vote in favor of major progressive policies championed by the leader of the Democratic Party. That’s just politics, dummy. That Biden and his fellow Democrats even tried was treated in some circles as painfully naïve: Unless Democrats learn that basic lesson and bring centrists into the fold, they’ll never achieve a vibrant, sustainable majority. Or so sayeth the conventional wisdom.

So when Manchin announced last week that he is considering leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent, his rationale was hardly difficult to predict. “The brand has become so bad,” he said, drawing on the oft-repeated talking point that the Democrats have lept too far left. In other words—and in contravention of all logic, given the results of the 2022 midterms—Manchin simply cannot in good conscience remain with a party that, in substance and style, provides no room for leaders seeking to appeal to a moderate, bipartisan electorate.

Don’t be fooled. Manchin’s charade is hardly one of principle. It’s one of total desperation.

There are no secrets about Manchin’s political situation at home. After being reelected in 2018 by just 3%, in a year in which Democrats vastly outperformed expectations nationally, Manchin has an enormous hill to climb with his reelection looming in 2024. But the West Virginia Senator doesn’t seem to have much interest in taking responsibility for the electoral crisis in which he has enmeshed himself. Instead, he’d like us to believe the political forces around him have simply left him no choice: Both sides have drawn too far to the extremes, leaving no political home for the critical mass of centrist West Virginians who sent him to Washington. Hence the need to chart a new path on his own.

The framing echoes a convenient perspective that is adored by the media and political establishment: Elections are not won with base voters, but through a small slice of persuadable, moderate swing voters, perpetually lurking just outside of frame. Democrats, in turn, need to have some Joe Manchins—those politicians who embody the voters who are key to electoral success—lying around to be taken seriously. The failure to keep these soi-disant moderate saviors on hand reveals a fundamental structural deficiency for the party writ large.

But if it’s true that Manchin is such a political genius—uniquely capable of surviving as a Democrat in a deep red state—you would expect that his victory is owed to a broad cross section of voters from a variety of political camps. Alas, that’s the complete opposite of what happened in 2018. According to CNN exit polls, Manchin garnered the votes of 64% of those who identify as moderates, and just 23% of conservatives. Those numbers are roughly in line with what New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand achieved that same year: 70% and 18%, respectively. The reality is Manchin barely made it over the finish line in roughly the same way Democrats all around the country win their seats: by running up the numbers with voters on the political left—Manchin won 80% of self-identified liberals in 2018.

Indeed, as The New Republic’s Alex Pareene observed in 2021, Manchin is actually far more reliant on Democratic voters than many of his blue state counterparts. While someone like Gillibrand can afford to lose large swaths of Democrats in a state where they are in ample supply, Manchin needs to pull virtually every registered Democrat in his state to win. Against all logic, Manchin approached Biden’s first term as if the rules that governed his electoral hopes were precisely opposite to reality. Instead of rewarding his most loyal voters—dyed-in-the-wool liberal Democrats—by delivering for them in Washington, Manchin has spent his latest term going out of his way to alienate his base and position himself in a political no man’s land: personally steamrolling key Democratic priorities while siding with his party on most routine issues and appointments.

In short, Manchin made a bet. He believed he could rely on the support of Democrats and spent nearly all his time trying to appeal to a tiny, if not nonexistent, group of voters who are up for grabs and have no real allegiance to either of the two dominant political parties. It hasn’t worked out the way Manchin anticipated, and this is where he now finds himself—orchestrating a last-ditch, hopeless effort to create a new political reality from thin air.

It is possible Manchin never had a shot at reelection, had fortune and circumstance not permitted him to avail himself of 2018’s political trends, we’d already have a Republican holding that West Virginia Senate seat. But the broader lesson is crucial for those in the media and elected leadership who constantly insist that disregarding the Democratic base in service of pursuing the allegedly vast rewards that come from focusing solely on the views of the so-called centrist, swing voters is the only viable path to victory in American politics. Those who subscribe to this view should explain why the two most notable Democrats who aggressively pursued this approach—Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin—are currently fighting for their political lives, while other red-state Democratic senators such as Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Jon Tester of Montana have consistently survived—and remain loyal to the party’s big priorities even when their electoral hopes face massive headwinds.

Mostly, we have to understand something simple about Manchin: We are not watching a political genius at work. He’s not on the verge of revealing a masterful plan to pull off another miracle in West Virginia. This is a desperate politician squirming for his political life after making a series of catastrophic political decisions. Manchin has hardly proven that the Democratic Party is mortally wounded due to its failure to leave room for the center left. All he’s done is reinforce a very basic rule in politics: Doing the opposite of what your voters want is an idiotic election strategy.

#us politics #news #the new republic #2023 #west virginia #sen. joe manchin #biden administration #president joe biden #Democratic Party #Democrats #centrists #independents #2024 elections #sen. Kirsten Gillibrand #Alex Pareene #Sen. sherrod Brown #sen. Jon Tester #Jess Coleman #op eds

[shipperofunderratedships]

Hello, im back from hibernating once again!! ^^

I havent had that much time to do any art but now i had a few days off and used them well (just ancap being a work husband and ancom being a loving albeit confused spouse and other somewhat fluffy scenarios)

Oh!! And also tobercide, i only did the first three days because i know i dont have enough time for others- so enjoy :D

I drew these three because i can have the most fun w their designs, especially ancoms

#centricide #centricide fanart #jreg #jreg anarkiddy #jreg ancap #centricide anarkiddy #centricide ancap #jreg blueman #jreg anpac #libunity #so much libunity #i stand by them until i die #realicide #ingsoc #centrists #centricide radical lee #rightist unity #but at most platonic because i fucking hate blueman

[craycraybluejay]

Literally never getting involved with a cis person again. If I'm fuckin someone they gotta be trans. "I care about you but I just don't do politics." Complacency is the same as pulling the trigger. I cannot be disrespecting myself by letting myself be disrespected like that and giving myself to a person who would let me and people like me die without lifting a finger to help. Hold me to this btw. Any time I'm like "but this cis person is different--" shut me tf down. Please.

#vent #my heart is racing anxiety and anger #personal vent #personal #anouther lore #hypersexual #trans #transgender #ftm #ftm vent #queer as in fuck you #fuck cis people tbh im tired #if you do not stand with us against our genocide then you stand against us #enlightened centrism #centrists #centrism #yell at me #t4t only #ftm t4t #t4t #queer #queer rights #'apolitical' people #politics #i cant stand people #who are like idc ab politics. bitch politics are about people. im guessing you domt care about those too though #angry vent #i hate him #i want to fucking choke him to death #christ

[decolonize-the-left]

This is a serious question and you dont have to answer if its not worth your time- this is coming from a place of pure curiosity and me being at a loss for what to do-

If biden isnt an option- What do we do about the upcoming election? Like do we not vote at all - or vote third party? I feel like this is a similar situation to 2016 were a non-vote is too close to a vote for trump. Thanks for any opinions youre willing to share.

Vote 3rd party, yes. I'm voting for Jasmine Sherman.

And not voting is a vote. It's a vote for a candidate you should've had. If Democrats lose it's their own fault, not yours. Their entire job is to earn votes and serve their country and constituents. If they can't even do the first part right that's not Your fault.

I gotta say it's bizarre to hear the same rhetoric behind "well they wouldn't have cheated if you did xyz more" come from the mouth of my peers & public officials about voting. And it's weirder that it works when millennials had such a hard self care/boundaries phase.

If Biden loses it's cuz he fucking sucks, not cuz your standards were too high. You get shitty people by lowering your standards. We wouldn't be in this situation if VBNMW wasn't co-opted and weaponized to choose the most right leaning Democrats possible every election. Nothing is gonna change if we keep doing that.

Don't let Dems gaslight you like a shitty ex.

#asked #answered #voting #electoral politics #2024 elections #democrats #republicans #centrists #liberals #leftist #capitalism #biden #biden 2024 #vbnmw #usa #us politics

[corporationsarepeople]

“Moderates always cave. A tale as old as time.”

—GOP Member of Congress

#us politics #republicans #maga #centrists #moderates

[fuckyeahstufficareabout]

I hate it here

#leftist #political #maga filth #centrists #fascism

[nando161mando]

#centrists #centrism #centrist #contradiction #contradictory #oxymoron #nazisploitation #sacha baron cohen accuses tiktok of ‘biggest antisemitism movement since the nazis’ #nazis #nazigate #nazi #neofascism #right wing extremism #right wing terrorism #right wing politics #right wing women #right wing bullshit #rightwingers #far right #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #class war

[thediktatortot]

You know what really gargles my ball sack? Centrists.

Just call yourself a conservative coward and go home. You don't need to call yourself something special just because you 'don't get involved'.

Everyone's involved bitch. We live in a society together.

#God I hate politics because of people like this #centrist bullshit #politics #centrists #terfs