The best news of 2026 so far:
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@JohnnieMac@mastodon.scot It says something - a lot - about a person when that person shits on the Democrats right now. 'Bye. #Blocked
@kristen_d if you don’t shit on people every time they deserve it, when they deserve it, they have a hard time figuring out why they are getting shit on when you do.
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@randahl what? He’s running in one of the most Blue districts in the country and still holds mostly conservative positions. In no way shape or form is this a victory; at best, it’s just an attempt to drive the party to the right. If by some miracle he wins the primary he’s just taking a seat from a better Democrat. It won’t hurt Trump one iota.
@zeblarson would you please be specific? Who in NY 12th district would be better than Conway to fight Trump?
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The best news of 2026 so far:
George Conway enters the midterms race as a Democrat, and this is REALLY bad news for Trump.
This is a former Republican with deep inside knowledge who is now on a mission to destroy Trump and reinstate democracy. He is a lawyer, and he has a proven track record of going after Trump on his own dime.
Liked, respected, capable, and very, very dangerous for Trump.
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@zeblarson would you please be specific? Who in NY 12th district would be better than Conway to fight Trump?
@randahl There are nine other Democrats also in the race (as of two months ago!), most of whom would be better. I like Alex Bores, myself, but I’m mostly interested in policy. Conway being a lawyer in Congress is irrelevant (many of them are); it’s not like there’s some secret trick he can use to attack Trump better than other representatives. He already has an enormous public following and doesn’t need to be elected to Congress to keep attacking Trump (and most of these other Democrats would do that too); it’s not like he’ll reach a greater audience than he already has. And if you’ve paid attention to NY’s politics at all in the last year, the mood is decidedly skewing Dem socialist. He has no legislative experience; he just tweets a lot. Apart from the fact that he’s recognizable on Twitter, what does he bring to the table? Why elect him over the other people, especially when his politics are realistically at odds with the district he wants to run in?
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@randahl There are nine other Democrats also in the race (as of two months ago!), most of whom would be better. I like Alex Bores, myself, but I’m mostly interested in policy. Conway being a lawyer in Congress is irrelevant (many of them are); it’s not like there’s some secret trick he can use to attack Trump better than other representatives. He already has an enormous public following and doesn’t need to be elected to Congress to keep attacking Trump (and most of these other Democrats would do that too); it’s not like he’ll reach a greater audience than he already has. And if you’ve paid attention to NY’s politics at all in the last year, the mood is decidedly skewing Dem socialist. He has no legislative experience; he just tweets a lot. Apart from the fact that he’s recognizable on Twitter, what does he bring to the table? Why elect him over the other people, especially when his politics are realistically at odds with the district he wants to run in?
@randahl I personally don’t think the Lincoln Project has accomplished anything electorally; it raised a lot of money, got some clicks, and that was it. Whether it persuaded anybody is really up for debate. But if it did and if it was useful, he could stay there instead! Or he could run in a more competitive Republican district! Why isn’t he doing that?
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The best news of 2026 so far:
George Conway enters the midterms race as a Democrat, and this is REALLY bad news for Trump.
This is a former Republican with deep inside knowledge who is now on a mission to destroy Trump and reinstate democracy. He is a lawyer, and he has a proven track record of going after Trump on his own dime.
Liked, respected, capable, and very, very dangerous for Trump.
Nah, defeat him solidly, crush his vote, no pretend democrats, let him run as a Republican.
Keep him OFF EVERY DEM TICKET.
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The best news of 2026 so far:
George Conway enters the midterms race as a Democrat, and this is REALLY bad news for Trump.
This is a former Republican with deep inside knowledge who is now on a mission to destroy Trump and reinstate democracy. He is a lawyer, and he has a proven track record of going after Trump on his own dime.
Liked, respected, capable, and very, very dangerous for Trump.
@randahl For what it's worth, remember that this guy was married to "alternative facts" Kellyanne Conway, a proud member of the Trump regime.
Remember also, this is a wealth struggle, and Ds+Rs are from the same class.
Someone willing to publicly fight against this regime is always a good thing, and I'll vote for him if I get the chance, but remember also that the Democrats are *so pathetic* that these fucking people took over the country. And they've been that way for an entire generation.
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@randahl There are nine other Democrats also in the race (as of two months ago!), most of whom would be better. I like Alex Bores, myself, but I’m mostly interested in policy. Conway being a lawyer in Congress is irrelevant (many of them are); it’s not like there’s some secret trick he can use to attack Trump better than other representatives. He already has an enormous public following and doesn’t need to be elected to Congress to keep attacking Trump (and most of these other Democrats would do that too); it’s not like he’ll reach a greater audience than he already has. And if you’ve paid attention to NY’s politics at all in the last year, the mood is decidedly skewing Dem socialist. He has no legislative experience; he just tweets a lot. Apart from the fact that he’s recognizable on Twitter, what does he bring to the table? Why elect him over the other people, especially when his politics are realistically at odds with the district he wants to run in?
@zeblarson very interesting. Thank you.
I am fully aware of the left turn in NYC, and I can definitely see why that would lower Conway’s chances.
But I think your points and my point are not mutually exclusive. Conway can both be the politically wrong candidate for the district, as you say, while at the same time being a very strong weapon against Trump. The man has an enormous platform both in legacy media and on social media (e.g. 2.2 million followers on X, 800,000 on Bluesky).
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@JohnnieMac@mastodon.scot @randahl We don't trust him. I'm happy he's left the dark side of rancid Nazi cunt GOP. He was fine with every one of Trump's SCOTUS picks. All of them.
Happy to have him help beat the Nazis. He's not fit to lead us, however. He is still LEARNING.
Agreed. I know non-Americans are justifiably tired of hearing about American politics. But good lord do so many of them not understand how American politics works.
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The best news of 2026 so far:
George Conway enters the midterms race as a Democrat, and this is REALLY bad news for Trump.
This is a former Republican with deep inside knowledge who is now on a mission to destroy Trump and reinstate democracy. He is a lawyer, and he has a proven track record of going after Trump on his own dime.
Liked, respected, capable, and very, very dangerous for Trump.
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Nah, defeat him solidly, crush his vote, no pretend democrats, let him run as a Republican.
Keep him OFF EVERY DEM TICKET.
@kevinrns I respect your point of view, but I do not think Conway could run as a Republican, now that Trump has taken control.
Conway would see GOP money working against him, he would have Trump working day and night to ruin his candidacy; plus Trump would do the usual stochastic terrorism moves against him.
There is a reason Marjorie Taylor Greene quit.
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The best news of 2026 so far:
George Conway enters the midterms race as a Democrat, and this is REALLY bad news for Trump.
This is a former Republican with deep inside knowledge who is now on a mission to destroy Trump and reinstate democracy. He is a lawyer, and he has a proven track record of going after Trump on his own dime.
Liked, respected, capable, and very, very dangerous for Trump.
@randahl Ah, so we can have Trump, and Trump Lite.
Expect to see the left stay home.
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@randahl I really don't think that what the Democratic Party needs is more Republicans.
I'll accept Conway as an ally against Trump, but I sure wouldn't vote for him in a primary.
@Thad I fully understand.
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@randahl Ah, so we can have Trump, and Trump Lite.
Expect to see the left stay home.
@randahl I will never trust a "Lincoln Project" Republican to be anything more than a Republican.
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@randahl I will never trust a "Lincoln Project" Republican to be anything more than a Republican.
@JessTheUnstill that is fair. But it still speaks volumes that Conway switches sides. We may see many Republicans follow in his footsteps.
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@JessTheUnstill that is fair. But it still speaks volumes that Conway switches sides. We may see many Republicans follow in his footsteps.
@randahl He did that back in like 2017.
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@zeblarson very interesting. Thank you.
I am fully aware of the left turn in NYC, and I can definitely see why that would lower Conway’s chances.
But I think your points and my point are not mutually exclusive. Conway can both be the politically wrong candidate for the district, as you say, while at the same time being a very strong weapon against Trump. The man has an enormous platform both in legacy media and on social media (e.g. 2.2 million followers on X, 800,000 on Bluesky).
@randahl Sure, he’s certainly built a strong profile opposing Trump. He’s good at that. But I see no reason why he needs this congressional seat to do that. He could just as easily run in NY-17, which is actually Republican held and would be a flip. (No idea the status of that race but I assume Dems will move heaven and earth to capture it). Again, he’s got such a big platform already that being in Congress won’t raise it at all.
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@randahl I will never trust a "Lincoln Project" Republican to be anything more than a Republican.
@JessTheUnstill @randahl strong agree. The Lincoln Project people paved the path for Trump. We can accept their limited efforts to oppose the Trump regime without ignoring their culpability.
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@kevinrns I respect your point of view, but I do not think Conway could run as a Republican, now that Trump has taken control.
Conway would see GOP money working against him, he would have Trump working day and night to ruin his candidacy; plus Trump would do the usual stochastic terrorism moves against him.
There is a reason Marjorie Taylor Greene quit.
@randahl @kevinrns yes, she found a better grift, the one Conway and Lincoln Project has been running. Lots of money, no effectiveness. That's unsurprising given their beliefs. They literally don't understand how their decades of right-wing policy led to Trump. They'd prefer a candidate with all of Trump's policy positions without being so "crass" about them.
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The best news of 2026 so far:
George Conway enters the midterms race as a Democrat, and this is REALLY bad news for Trump.
This is a former Republican with deep inside knowledge who is now on a mission to destroy Trump and reinstate democracy. He is a lawyer, and he has a proven track record of going after Trump on his own dime.
Liked, respected, capable, and very, very dangerous for Trump.
Hope dies last...
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