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We are "the Democrats" revisiting a 2022 diary [1]

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Date: 2025-07-02

Almost exactly three years ago I wrote a diary titled, “We are the Democrats” and other frustrations.” Feels like a good time to re-up it. Although it was originally written during a mid-term year, there’s been enough disrupters on social media that it feels appropriate to revisit it this year.

The following are excerpts from the July 2022 diary.

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Last week we had friends visit that we hadn’t seen in over 2 years. They live in the central coast of California, having moved recently from Los Angeles. We spent a lot of our visit chatting about the current state of affairs in this country, and of course, we were all very unhappy with what’s happened recently.

They are reliable Democratic voters, and likely make donations as well. That said, I’m so glad they’re not on social media because they trash talked the party repeatedly. After several conversations it gets old real quick. Finally I had to do the ungracious host thing and say, “But we’re the Democrats!” Meaning everyone at the table. It did quiet them down a bit, and I hope that they got the real message that ‘the Democrats’ are not a shadowy group of people pulling the levers of party policy and candidates, but all of us. We all have a role in helping the party be successful, especially in the years of living on the cusp of fascism and authoritarianism.

Thanks to this thread I was able to rebut their argument that the Democrats should have codified RvW in the past decades. x DEM STATES

Do something: state edition. We could have this nationwide with large Dem majority in Congress.

1. NY - already had among the most liberal abortion law in nation; passed 6 more bills since leaked opinion. This is what Dem majority can do. https://t.co/5ffqNyav46 — Professor Darren Hutchinson (@dissentingj) June 27, 2022

I wish I had seen this thread prior to their arrival; someone reposted it last Friday. This thread provides a month by month tally of the total Dems in the Senate in 2009. It shows the myth of a supposed supermajority of Dems in the Senate. x Ok, so here's a little thread about a Supermajority that Obama NEVER had.



Mitt Romney started a myth back in 2012, claiming that Obama had a Supermajority, that was a lie.



It NEVER really happened.



Here is the reality, with all the receipts.



SUPERMAJORITY — Jene Sais-quoi 🌺🌴🤙🏼 (@JustAGurLnSwedn) February 28, 2020 I’ve bookmarked these threads and have shared at least one of them already in response to an uninformed twitter comment. You may want to consider doing the same. I so appreciate the work that people have done to help clarify and inform people on Twitter. I’ve found myself reading Professor Hutchinson a lot lately because of his well informed threads.

Another person that provides excellent info and comments is Teri Kanefield. x 28/ Autocracy is SWIFT and exciting and thrilling.



The leader lands blows on the enemy and people cheer.



Democracy and rule of law are boring.



Are people okay with boring?



I don't know the answer to those questions, so I don't know if democracy will survive.



28/ — Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) July 3, 2022 Her patience seems limitless as she repeatedly explains the danger of ‘do something’ demands to our elected leaders. Basically, autocrats can respond swiftly and that’s a big part of their attraction. Our system is not perfect, but it’s hand’s down way better than autocracy. We have to give it the time it needs. Real justice can take time, checks and balances are slow and therefore voting really is the solution to what we want fixed.

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For a more current crisis, these threads by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick are very helpful! x ICE's own data shows their claim of targeting the "worst of the worst" is false.



- 83.6% of people detained by ICE in FY25 were classified as "no ICE threat level."

- 4.9% were classified as low threat

- 3.9% were classified as medium threat

- 7.6% were classified as high threat https://t.co/1fu6H6zHeO pic.twitter.com/DKSeJmOWBD — Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) June 19, 2025 x Here's a fact sheet explaining the basics of the immigration system.@DHSGov's claim that an undocumented immigrant could have just applied for a path to legal status is nonsense. It's actively misinforming the public. https://t.co/J4JBKhWdjw — Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) May 9, 2025

A tweet about the work the party has been doing the past 4 months, and from someone who knows, Jaime Harrison. x This is a ridiculous distraction.@kenmartin73 has made tremendous progress to build the infrastructure to beat MAGA in ‘25 & ‘26:



💰 Historic — State parties now getting $22.5K/month from the DNC. First time ever.



📣 100+ town halls in GOP turf — with House & Senate Dems… https://t.co/nr6OxeDQeb — Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) June 8, 2025 The rest of the tweet from Jaime Harrison: 100+ town halls in GOP turf — with House & Senate Dems leading the charge. Special election wins — From NE to SC, we’re winning and overperforming.But somehow folks stay obsessed with drama in safe blue primaries — and miss the actual work being done to win back power.We don’t have time for the foolishness.

I know I’m probably preaching to the choir with my plea to blame republicans for their own bad acts, and be prepared to push back on weak arguments from those looking to disrupt our party and candidates. However, the plea still stands, lol.

Lots of people are willing to go back decades to crap on our party, which is kinda funny, but I hope the two threads I’ve shared from 2022, along with the current ones help you push back a bit. Also, #BlackTwitter is also a terrific source of receipts.

Finally, if you don’t have a Twitter account and want to read the entire threads, please share in the comments and either myself or someone else can screen shot the full thread for you.

I’ll be traveling today but will check in when I'm able.

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