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.”
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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