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A picture says a thousand words: (Original Post) W_HAMILTON 11 hrs ago OP
Herding cats is easier than herding Democratic electeds. pat_k 9 hrs ago #1
Nailed it. Nixie 9 hrs ago #2
❤️👍 I posted the accompanying video recently here: littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #3
I've got those thousand words right here... betsuni 1 hr ago #4
Yes, when It's a real photo or illustration by a real artist - like that one by Ben Wiseman. No, when it's AI. highplainsdem 1 hr ago #5
I don't belong to an organized political party.... justaprogressive 1 hr ago #6

pat_k

(12,793 posts)
1. Herding cats is easier than herding Democratic electeds.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 02:25 AM
9 hrs ago

Tragic, but true.

If, given the magnitude of the crisis we face, Democratic members of the House and Senate can't even coordinate to sign onto and release a joint Declaration listing Trump's abuses and usurpations and stating their commitment to a set of shared values... how the hell can they expect anyone to believe they can stand together to right those wrongs and enact the sort of transformative reform that we should have achieved decades ago?

We may be a diverse mess as a party, but I'll take that over the unified dittoheads (now trumpublicans).

littlemissmartypants

(32,714 posts)
3. ❤️👍 I posted the accompanying video recently here:
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 02:44 AM
9 hrs ago

The Way Forward
https://democraticunderground.com/13244431


Runtime 17:55

Michelle Martin with Charles Duhigg
Amanpour and Company

Charles Duhigg
Writer, The New Yorker
What might Democrats learn from the MAGA movement? This is the question Charles Duhigg asks in his latest piece for The New Yorker. Duhigg argues that recent right-leaning movements have thrived by building local networks with lasting community impacts, whereas Democrats have tended to focus on large, flashy shows of force that have failed to produce durable impacts. Duhigg joins the show to explain what he believes it would take for the left to build broader, more resilient coalitions.

Thanks for the discussion, W_HAMILTON.


highplainsdem

(60,754 posts)
5. Yes, when It's a real photo or illustration by a real artist - like that one by Ben Wiseman. No, when it's AI.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:15 AM
1 hr ago

AI "art" is always a double message, part of it a thumbs-up for the AI bros and intellectual property theft to benefit the AI bros. Using generative AI always undercuts liberal messaging.

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