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Former Trump campaign chairman and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told his podcast viewers that Republicans should take Tuesday night's losses to heart, saying: "The midterms start tonight, and the warning signs are flashing." He observed that "Democrats just flipped two Georgia commissioners," marking "their first statewide wins in 30 years."

Far-right influencer Mike Cernovich (who spawned the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory) tweeted: "Ted Cruz and Mark Levin are walking Trump into impeachments and then prison. 2026 will be a blood bath." MAGA podcaster Jack Posobiec likewise warned that "2026 will be worse if we don't course-correct."

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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The fact that they have a golden opportunity right now convinces me of the fact that they will fumble the absolute fuck out of it. They already went to war against mamdani. Any progress will be in spite of the D party.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Did you see the part where the defacto leader of the party didn't show up to his own press conference, so the reporters asked Bernie (who was just watching from the back) if he'd answer questions?

The Democratic establishment fought Mamdani (and progressives generally) along with Trump and the oligarchs and lost massively. Both parties are in chaos right now, because it's obvious that money is no longer enough to win elections, even safe ones

They're all going to be quiet for a while before the other shoe drops, hopefully the infighting will make it easier for progressives to rise to prominence

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They had so many opportunities to learn their lesson since 2016 and every time they have refused. I'm fully expecting them to learn nothing again.

hopefully the infighting will make it easier for progressives to rise to prominence

This is the real and probably only hope. If progressives thrash the establishment dems hard enough, they'll at least pay lip service to them.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They will go to unimaginable lengths to learn the wrong lessons, don't get me wrong. And they're doing their very best

They're testing literally everything except being more progressive... Everything from working with MAGA and bringing out Obama

But none of their bizarre mixing and matching of everything imaginable, including testing fucking Hunter Biden for a presidential run, have paid off at all

I just think it's finally obvious, and urgent, enough that the leadership is going to turn over. At the end of the day, the leadership might be willing to go down with the ship over this, but the rank and file won't

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The fail-children of millionaires who get jobs as staffers and run the party have historically burned down house before handing the keys to a progressive.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Umm... Yeah, I think that's already happened

They threw all the money and burned through all the remaining goodwill trying to keep us from getting to what happened Tuesday

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

lol not yet. Wait until state parties start intentionally wasting money, deleting databases, quitting en mass, appointing republican judges, etc.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Any progress is not going to come from the top of the Democratic Party down. They lead by following. They'll slowly, and at first, probably ineffectually, react to external events. In a year or so, they'll be claiming credit for anything Mamdani achieves. And the centrists will attempt a rug-pull whenever they get a chance.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago

I don't disagree except where we are in this process

Pelosi resigned, Schumer went missing, Higgs is doing talk show circuits, and everyone turned to AOC and Bernie for comments

This was the leadership failing. The old guard has lost control of the party