cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/78168700
Up and down the ballot, across the country, and according to every major news outlet, Democratic candidates won big on Tuesday night. True to form, immediately before and after this sweeping victory—which was largely expected, though its scale and scope were not—centrist Democratic consultants and the corporate press were out in force, warning voters to curb their enthusiasm and stay in the moderate lane.
God CNN was the worst yesterday. Every article I read from them was like Dems fucked up winning the midterms. MSM is a crap shoot.
The peril is they actually have to do something or they will lose power yet again.
Which is exactly what will happen.
This is corporate money at work trying to quell all the progressive flow of power that they don’t want.
It’s NYT. Who owns NYT?
They have been acting like Jeffries and Schumer are a lock all week without saying a peep about the fact that voters might not want people that bowed down to Trump in control of legislation. The NYT controls things by framing.
And they’re owned by the money. There’s the money, and then there’s the rest of us. NYT is influenced by the money.
I find myself as angry by the tease of this election as the expected trash and death of the last 2yrs. But yeah, I guess the order of the day is more wishing for white knights to show up and rescue this shit for us.
A.k.a. billionaire sock puppets
Reality is the moderation.
Obama had complete control of both Houses in 2009 and it was still an uphill battle to get the ACA passed.
The current situation is a lot better than last week, but Trump still controls the veto and Dems will be hard pressed to overturn all of them
Even if they end up with 56 votes getting anything through the Senate that isn’t budget reconciliation will be harrowing.
Our best hope is that someone convinces Trump to backstab the GOP.
El-Sayed offered this idea; Trump votes for Medicare For All and we name it the ‘Donald Trump Is Wonderful and We All Love Him Bill.’
