But I thought . . .

There's literally only one faction that, institutionally, refuses to abide by VBNMW.

Democrats are In Array here. I would really appreciate it if the winners were not so openly shitty about a squeaker of a primary.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2h ago

Schumer/Gillibrand on @abdulelsayed.bsky.social's nomination: "Democrats are united by a common purpose: putting a check on Donald Trump by defeating his Republican enablers and taking back the Senate. We look forward to working with Abdul and Democrats across Michigan to win this seat in November."

The negative responses to this post are almost entirely from one faction, and I think that's quite telling.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2h ago

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

She was a horrible rep who lost because she didn't even vote for Democratic policies that were really good that helped her constituents. Now they have somebody who does and does the job and represents them. That's why she lost again. And she deserves to lose. The next 12 times too.

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 50m ago

the CBC-vs-Sanders fight has been there since at least 2020 but is really spilling into the open now.

the CBC-vs-Sanders fight has been there since at least 2020 but is really spilling into the open now.

God I wish we had an all powerful establishment that would prevent the crypto-nazi Platner incident.

Huh. I wonder if any of the clowns who savaged Jasmine Crockett (who did endorse Talarico but has no plans as of yet to campaign with him) will savage Cori Bush, who is saying Wesley Bell is a Republican and she's not voting for him? 🤔

Jason S@jasonswritings.bsky.social · 2h ago

Gracious as usual. I mean it doesn't matter if he gets her endorsement or not. She got shellacked and that's what matters. She can go carry on somewhere like she's going to anyway.

Abdul El-Sayed has already started firing off emails begging us evil establishment types for money. So it goes. bsky.app/profile/ecle...

Ragnarok Lobster@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 3d ago

The insurgent left spends the entire primary season calling Democrats the hopelessly corrupt establishment, claims every source of party revenue is tainted by evil, insists any pol who accepts that revenue is compromised, then pivots to demanding that same party revenue if their leftist faves win.

Democrats have supported Universal Healthcare for 30 years. I don’t speak for all Democrats, but I think most of us would just prefer not to be lied about at this point honestly.

What the fuck are you talking about, Wonderbread?

Another Josh Smith@jcsmith55.bsky.social · 3h ago

It's pretty clear that, for centrist/establishment Dems, "Blue No Matter Who" applies only to progressive voters whose preferred candidate lost The establishment has cooked their brains into thinking winning over moderate GOP voters is a winning strategy

I think Stevens disagrees and seems like she's strongly backing El-Sayed in the general. The primary's over. Time to stop the moderate-progressive battle and beat Mike Rogers.

Haley Stevens for Senate

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Also not for nothing but she's the one that gave her constituents no representation while she was literally in office as a Democrat. She didn't even vote yes on any of the good things the Democrats did to help her constituents. So who's really the republican of the two?

Jason S@jasonswritings.bsky.social · 2h ago

Gracious as usual. I mean it doesn't matter if he gets her endorsement or not. She got shellacked and that's what matters. She can go carry on somewhere like she's going to anyway.

And there you go. The toxicity will continue so I'm back to "we shun" and also, "we get Ken fired from his position since he's helping them."

Jason S@jasonswritings.bsky.social · 2h ago

Gracious as usual. I mean it doesn't matter if he gets her endorsement or not. She got shellacked and that's what matters. She can go carry on somewhere like she's going to anyway.

So this happened.

Worst part of that Leftist Wins tweet is they posted it and hour and a half after the polls in Missouri closed and the race was called almost immediately. Here's the actual result.

Ragnarok Lobster@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 12h ago

So this happened.

Also: Morris Katz was wailing literally last week that she only lost her seat because of AIPAC!!!! and AES is showing tonight how absolutely horseshit that narrative is. She lost for being an awful member of congress and a fringe weirdo: good riddance

Cori Bush getting annihilated is outstanding for pretty much everyone who cares about effective representation and fewer cranks in congress Also bodes well for the prospect of ejecting other cranks like Chevalier in the next cycle or two IMO

I see Cori Bush is being as gracious as always.

EMERGENCY!!!!!!! 🚨🚨🚨🚨 Says Trump's moneybags. Tomorrow he has to turn over the financial information that has been obvious since he decided to sue on the basis that factual reporting harmed his net worth. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Update: @haleyformi.bsky.social has formally conceded to @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and has pledged her full support to help him defeat Mike Rogers in November. (not posted here yet)

I just don't like when bad behavior gets rewarded.

Gracious as usual. I mean it doesn't matter if he gets her endorsement or not. She got shellacked and that's what matters. She can go carry on somewhere like she's going to anyway.

RIP Bozo

Update: Down to less than 15,000 now, or 0.97%.

Live MI Sen via NYT..... Less than a point, only 15k votes separate them now