The politics of "now" with the midterm elections 17 months away.

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-politics-of-now-with-midterm.html

Almost everything that is happening here is a people's movement. The protests are being organized by people who have come together in various regional chapters of Indivisible, and who are setting their own calendar. The town halls in red districts are being organized locally, as invitations are issued to the members of Congress they want to show up. So it is that someone like Eric Swalwell might get speaking engagements outside of California, because he's got the ability to articulate the message and stay on target, pointing to every bit of Trump's incompetence and corruption.

And that is the message here. I regret that our Democratic party, when it had the power from 2020 to 2022, did not take the steps it could have taken to pack the Supreme Court, overturn Citizens United, and cut through Trump's delays, getting him to trial for insurrection and document theft, with verdicts disqualifying him from running for office. We could have, and the fact that we didn't is a stain on our party's reputation and effectiveness. It is one of the reasons why our job approval rating in Congress is so low right now.

But that doesn't change the message, that Trump is an incompetent, corrupt President and his destruction of American democracy must be stopped at all costs. And if the momentum for doing that now is out there, among the people, and it will produce the kind of voter turnout necessary for Democrats to win Congress, both houses, back during the midterms, then so be it. The pundits and the status quo leadership is already saying, "we can't win the senate back this time."

Why not? Trump intends to cut the government's service to the people in order to give a few billionaries massive tax cuts that they don't need, and which only feeds their selfishness and greed. And that, along with his incompetence and corruption, are the best reasons to get him out.

And I don't want to elect people to office just to hold a spot for the party. We need those who are in Congress to be bold, take risks, and believe that Trump is too incompetent and corrupt to be President. They also need to believe that billionaries need to pay their fair share of taxes to support all of the good our government does for its people. I'll support any candidate who gets on board and convinces me they understand this clear, simple message.

[calimary]

1. I like it.

Especially THIS part:

“They also need to believe that billionaries need to pay their fair share of taxes to support all of the good our government does for its people.”

It’s an age-old truth: “go where the money is.”