They always choose who takes the heat for unpopular votes based on safety. The only two of the 8 Senators that voted for this whose seat is up in in 2026 are two that are retiring after this term (Durbin and Shaheen). So IL and NH people can vote in 2026 primaries for the most progressive candidate.
The rest don’t come up until '28 or '30 and they expect you to forget by then. But how about if instead, people in their state use that time to find and recruit good progressive candidates to primary them with? Don’t forget their names! Primary them! Your vote counts way more in the primaries because so few turn out for them, so if you skip them, you’re letting other people choose your candidates for you and just keep getting more of the same.
They couldn’t stop Mamdani even with huge influx of $$ from the oligarchs. Obviously every state is different and you can’t get people to vote for a Mamdani or AOC in many of them, but you can get someone more progressive than before. They only have so much money and have to triage where to spend it.
They always choose who takes the heat for unpopular votes based on safety. The only two of the 8 Senators that voted for this whose seat is up in in 2026 are two that are retiring after this term (Durbin and Shaheen). So IL and NH people can vote in 2026 primaries for the most progressive candidate.
The rest don’t come up until '28 or '30 and they expect you to forget by then. But how about if instead, people in their state use that time to find and recruit good progressive candidates to primary them with? Don’t forget their names! Primary them! Your vote counts way more in the primaries because so few turn out for them, so if you skip them, you’re letting other people choose your candidates for you and just keep getting more of the same.
Good luck, Dems will spend millions to defeat progressives in the primaries. Their primary mission is to keep anyone left of center out of government.
Don’t let it stop you, but just don’t be surprised when these bastards keep up with the same shit as always.
They couldn’t stop Mamdani even with huge influx of $$ from the oligarchs. Obviously every state is different and you can’t get people to vote for a Mamdani or AOC in many of them, but you can get someone more progressive than before. They only have so much money and have to triage where to spend it.