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demmiblue

(38,942 posts) Mon Nov 10, 2025, 08:17 AM Monday

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base... [View all]

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) 2025-03-14T22:24:58.663Z

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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base... [View all] demmiblue Monday OP

They were encourage to personally amass mucifer Monday #1

Nonsense. Eliminating the ACA subsidies and withholding SNAP hurts Repubs more than Dems. LonePirate Monday #2

Who is Adam Serwer? gab13by13 Monday #3

Well-known political opinion writer - coiner of "the cruelty is the point" muriel_volestrangler Monday #5

Just putting this here: MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on... demmiblue Monday #4

I think we won the battle and it was heading to a costly stalemate. bucolic_frolic Monday #6

Yes snowybirdie Monday #8

If centrists were afraid of pissing off the democratic base... Emile Monday #7

The Trump cult, approximately 30% of Americans, is more than 50% of the GOP. surfered Monday #9

Dems are afraid of pissing off the MAGAts? luv2fly Monday #10

American politics makes a lot more sense when you look at it through a class perspective. BlueTsunami2018 Monday #11