Conor Lamb breaking bread with AOC is the kind of weird, thrilling political fanfic I didn’t know I needed because, finally, someone’s figuring out the enemy is not “people who use slightly different tones on MSNBC,” it’s the fascists actually in power. The fact that Lamb, Mr. Moderation 2018, is throwing elbows at Fetterman and siding w…
Conor Lamb breaking bread with AOC is the kind of weird, thrilling political fanfic I didn’t know I needed because, finally, someone’s figuring out the enemy is not “people who use slightly different tones on MSNBC,” it’s the fascists actually in power. The fact that Lamb, Mr. Moderation 2018, is throwing elbows at Fetterman and siding with AOC should be a five-alarm fire to the party’s calcified leadership. Chuck and Hakeem are out here slinging book tour tickets while Americans watch their lives get dismantled one DOGE cut at a time.
This isn’t left vs. center anymore. It’s responsive vs. inert. Confrontational vs. complicit. Fighting vs. performing. Lamb’s not joining the Squad, he’s telling his party to stop playing footsie with authoritarianism and pick a damn side. And here’s the kicker: voters don’t care who had brunch with Bernie in 2016. They want to know who’s going to stop Trump now.
If Schumer, Fetterman, or anyone else thinks a polite silence is going to save Social Security, they need to get off the damn elliptical and into a town hall.
Conor Lamb breaking bread with AOC is the kind of weird, thrilling political fanfic I didn’t know I needed because, finally, someone’s figuring out the enemy is not “people who use slightly different tones on MSNBC,” it’s the fascists actually in power. The fact that Lamb, Mr. Moderation 2018, is throwing elbows at Fetterman and siding with AOC should be a five-alarm fire to the party’s calcified leadership. Chuck and Hakeem are out here slinging book tour tickets while Americans watch their lives get dismantled one DOGE cut at a time.
This isn’t left vs. center anymore. It’s responsive vs. inert. Confrontational vs. complicit. Fighting vs. performing. Lamb’s not joining the Squad, he’s telling his party to stop playing footsie with authoritarianism and pick a damn side. And here’s the kicker: voters don’t care who had brunch with Bernie in 2016. They want to know who’s going to stop Trump now.
If Schumer, Fetterman, or anyone else thinks a polite silence is going to save Social Security, they need to get off the damn elliptical and into a town hall.