I grew up in Detroit at the beginning of the city’s decline and witnessed how a series of corrupt mayors helped it to hit bottom. Detroit is rising again thanks to the dedication and hard work of people who truly love the city and I have no doubt that having a female mayor will be beneficial as well.❤️
People were lining up in our rural county in Washington to drop off their mail in ballots. And, outside of the upper East Coast, no one really cares about the NYC mayor. Anyone swayed by the attempts by Trump, etc. to make Mamdani a socialist radical already think the city is a den of iniquity.
I love Mamdani, and I agree the future of the party is younger (Pelosi is amazing, but time to retire). Frankly the future is more leaders who reflect our diversity, gender, ethnicity, class, etc. I’m a native born Californian (in LA) and spent a third of my adult life in the state (I voted for Boxer in her first run for office). WA is right up there with CA in being mixed but moderate/liberal in politics and policy. Nonetheless, most non New Yorkers don't really care—it does not particularly influence our everyday lives.
From my 65+ year experience living on the east coast, mid west, west coast and in rural, suburban, urban and inner city neighborhoods, as well as conservative and liberal neighborhoods. It has nothing to do with “white.”
Mike- Please don't make the mistake of trying to appeal to only democrats. I was a registered Republican for 40 years. There are lots of us who liked the Republican party before Trump took it over and made it a dirty word. There is one thing he's good at...he's the best con man ever. But he can't fool all of the people all the time.
OK, but the GOP has been sliding toward Trump at least since Reagan, and probably longer than that. I grew up among Republicans in MA in the era of Ed Brooke, Elliot Richardson, Frank Sargent, et al. Among the stand-out members of Congress were (in addition to Brooke, who was the first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction) Charles Percy, Mac Mathias, John Sherman Cooper, and Margaret Chase Smith. It was, in a word, nowhere close to the Republican Party of today. If you're white as well as male, you might take a close look at whatever it was in the Reagan and post-Reagan GOP that appealed to you. Whatever it was -- welcome to the pro-democracy party!
We the People showed up for...Hands off in April...No KIngs in June...No Kings in October...that momentum carried to yesterday's bloodbath...loud and clear message...WE REJECT KING WANNA-BE TRUMP AND MAGA!!!
Thanks to all of us for voting BLUE. No brakes...keep the foot on the gas...
I, too am very very glad about things last night. And I agree, people are stepping up. But it is going to take us a long time to clean out the tribalistic cancer that has metastasized in our country.
The super Rich will continue never to have enough money to satisfy whatever gaping void exists where their souls used to be. The conservative religious will continue to seek privilege and dominance over everyone else. Despite 50 years of republican dominance in the red states, the people who live there have failed to notice that they still measure at the bottom of virtually every measure of social and economic health and well-being. The fearful racists will continue with their terror that non-white people will do to them what they wish to do to non-white people. The fearful homophobes and transphobes will continue with their unending fecal bleating about how terrified they are that not everyone— and especially they, themselves— are not made in their imaginary image. And the iggerunt will continue to “do their own research” to confirm their already held opinions, no matter how much it costs them or their children
But above all, the cancer consists of people who will use all of this fear, hate, stoopidity, and iggerunce to accrue power, money, and religious dominion. And if we as a society don’t deal with that, we will continue to swing back and forth between progress and regress.
Thank you Mike for all your hard work. Please block your recurring troll here that spreads propaganda on your comments section…I reported it but the troll is from 1:17pm under “dan winright.”
A comment made below about it going to take a long time to undo/repair/newly devise serious damage done to infrastructure and the ways in which this country takes care of its people, systems, and reasoning. We have short memories, we don't know/care about history, and we tend to be very shortsighted about what's good for us. In two words: cognitive dissonance. That said, I feel a bit more hopeful this day after. 71, a New Yorker by birth and Massachusetts resident since1973, I, like many others, are way too familiar with ups and downs. This election, though, might be a bit different. Is Trump more despicable than Nixon, Reagan, or the father-son nightmare? What will this all mean, given the attitudes of so many who really do not care about other people, other states, other situations, whose lives really do impact the lives of others? We really are interconnected, though others might not be able or willing to connect the dots.
A big inhale: the work ahead will not be easy. Repair work never is, but it is what we must do.
Nixon, for all of his multitudinous faults, still did a lot of good things, and still believed in the country and the Democratic process.
Reagan still believed in the Democratic process, but he began the parallel process of handing the country over to religious nut cases, and telling people that the government was the problem, and that’s why he should lead the government because reasons. He began the process that ultimately led to Trump: ONLY I CAN FIX IT.
The Bushes still believed in the Democratic process, but Papa was in my opinion still too CIA, and Shrub have absolutely no problem with the religious right at all. And that completed the process that let us to where we are today.
Trump is in my opinion the horse‘s ass of a different color. He has no investment in anything, no intelligence, not even a dog. He doesn’t care about the Democratic process because he’s a narcissist. He doesn’t really care about the religious right, either, seeing them as more useful than anything else, which they are. He is entirely transactional, and he has surrounded himself with people that are either no better than he is, or who can clearly see how easy is to manipulate, and will do so for their own benefit.
I don’t really have an answer for this. I think our constitution has stop serving us, and hasn’t for at least 25 years. And now we have a complicit, and in my opinion, corrupt Supreme Court, a congress that does nothing, and religious dominionists infiltrating everywhere. I truly believe the only way we will ever really be able to correct all of this is to start with a new constitution.
Ummm- what about Detroits new black female mayor— crickets! Michigan is
a female powered powerhouse! Her name is
Mary Sheffield!
Say it loud!
Hell yeah, good call
If I listed all the Ws I'd have been here all day!
!!!!MARY SHEFFIELD!!!!
I grew up in Detroit at the beginning of the city’s decline and witnessed how a series of corrupt mayors helped it to hit bottom. Detroit is rising again thanks to the dedication and hard work of people who truly love the city and I have no doubt that having a female mayor will be beneficial as well.❤️
Thank you. No mention in any of the major papers either. Why am I not surprised.🤨
VOTERS are WAKING UP!!!!!!
Yes, our voices/votes are still a right we have. Let us continue to use that right! Before tRump takes it away.....
People were lining up in our rural county in Washington to drop off their mail in ballots. And, outside of the upper East Coast, no one really cares about the NYC mayor. Anyone swayed by the attempts by Trump, etc. to make Mamdani a socialist radical already think the city is a den of iniquity.
I'm in California, and I care about the NYC Mayor's race! I also care about NJ and VA races. The future of the Democratic party is younger and female!
Oh, and we passed Prop 50, stick it to Trump!
I love Mamdani, and I agree the future of the party is younger (Pelosi is amazing, but time to retire). Frankly the future is more leaders who reflect our diversity, gender, ethnicity, class, etc. I’m a native born Californian (in LA) and spent a third of my adult life in the state (I voted for Boxer in her first run for office). WA is right up there with CA in being mixed but moderate/liberal in politics and policy. Nonetheless, most non New Yorkers don't really care—it does not particularly influence our everyday lives.
Are you maybe talking about *white* non-New Yorkers? Where are you getting your info about "most non New Yorkers"?
From my 65+ year experience living on the east coast, mid west, west coast and in rural, suburban, urban and inner city neighborhoods, as well as conservative and liberal neighborhoods. It has nothing to do with “white.”
Mike- Please don't make the mistake of trying to appeal to only democrats. I was a registered Republican for 40 years. There are lots of us who liked the Republican party before Trump took it over and made it a dirty word. There is one thing he's good at...he's the best con man ever. But he can't fool all of the people all the time.
Fair! Thanks Michael
OK, but the GOP has been sliding toward Trump at least since Reagan, and probably longer than that. I grew up among Republicans in MA in the era of Ed Brooke, Elliot Richardson, Frank Sargent, et al. Among the stand-out members of Congress were (in addition to Brooke, who was the first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction) Charles Percy, Mac Mathias, John Sherman Cooper, and Margaret Chase Smith. It was, in a word, nowhere close to the Republican Party of today. If you're white as well as male, you might take a close look at whatever it was in the Reagan and post-Reagan GOP that appealed to you. Whatever it was -- welcome to the pro-democracy party!
Great analysis, Mike
We the People showed up for...Hands off in April...No KIngs in June...No Kings in October...that momentum carried to yesterday's bloodbath...loud and clear message...WE REJECT KING WANNA-BE TRUMP AND MAGA!!!
Thanks to all of us for voting BLUE. No brakes...keep the foot on the gas...
Great title for the post, Mike!!
A little Paul Wellstone always makes me happy
Hooray!
Keep it up is all I have to say!
I, too am very very glad about things last night. And I agree, people are stepping up. But it is going to take us a long time to clean out the tribalistic cancer that has metastasized in our country.
The super Rich will continue never to have enough money to satisfy whatever gaping void exists where their souls used to be. The conservative religious will continue to seek privilege and dominance over everyone else. Despite 50 years of republican dominance in the red states, the people who live there have failed to notice that they still measure at the bottom of virtually every measure of social and economic health and well-being. The fearful racists will continue with their terror that non-white people will do to them what they wish to do to non-white people. The fearful homophobes and transphobes will continue with their unending fecal bleating about how terrified they are that not everyone— and especially they, themselves— are not made in their imaginary image. And the iggerunt will continue to “do their own research” to confirm their already held opinions, no matter how much it costs them or their children
But above all, the cancer consists of people who will use all of this fear, hate, stoopidity, and iggerunce to accrue power, money, and religious dominion. And if we as a society don’t deal with that, we will continue to swing back and forth between progress and regress.
The Blue Tsunami is letting Trump and the Republicans that the people are sick of their bullshit and illegal actions against them.
Thank you Mike for all your hard work. Please block your recurring troll here that spreads propaganda on your comments section…I reported it but the troll is from 1:17pm under “dan winright.”
Authentic candidates + active democracy for all = big wins.
We’re planting these seeds all around the country with folks who are done sitting out.
If you’re feeling hopeful today, we need you to keep building that momentum. We’ll train you to run for office (for free). Yes, you.
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A comment made below about it going to take a long time to undo/repair/newly devise serious damage done to infrastructure and the ways in which this country takes care of its people, systems, and reasoning. We have short memories, we don't know/care about history, and we tend to be very shortsighted about what's good for us. In two words: cognitive dissonance. That said, I feel a bit more hopeful this day after. 71, a New Yorker by birth and Massachusetts resident since1973, I, like many others, are way too familiar with ups and downs. This election, though, might be a bit different. Is Trump more despicable than Nixon, Reagan, or the father-son nightmare? What will this all mean, given the attitudes of so many who really do not care about other people, other states, other situations, whose lives really do impact the lives of others? We really are interconnected, though others might not be able or willing to connect the dots.
A big inhale: the work ahead will not be easy. Repair work never is, but it is what we must do.
A small disagreement.
Nixon, for all of his multitudinous faults, still did a lot of good things, and still believed in the country and the Democratic process.
Reagan still believed in the Democratic process, but he began the parallel process of handing the country over to religious nut cases, and telling people that the government was the problem, and that’s why he should lead the government because reasons. He began the process that ultimately led to Trump: ONLY I CAN FIX IT.
The Bushes still believed in the Democratic process, but Papa was in my opinion still too CIA, and Shrub have absolutely no problem with the religious right at all. And that completed the process that let us to where we are today.
Trump is in my opinion the horse‘s ass of a different color. He has no investment in anything, no intelligence, not even a dog. He doesn’t care about the Democratic process because he’s a narcissist. He doesn’t really care about the religious right, either, seeing them as more useful than anything else, which they are. He is entirely transactional, and he has surrounded himself with people that are either no better than he is, or who can clearly see how easy is to manipulate, and will do so for their own benefit.
I don’t really have an answer for this. I think our constitution has stop serving us, and hasn’t for at least 25 years. And now we have a complicit, and in my opinion, corrupt Supreme Court, a congress that does nothing, and religious dominionists infiltrating everywhere. I truly believe the only way we will ever really be able to correct all of this is to start with a new constitution.
I appreciate your perspective. Last night was hopeful and empowering. I think people forget how much power individuals have.
So true!!!
Bravo!