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Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin on Thursday released the party's autopsy report on the 2024 election after facing intense pressure to do so.

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imo worth a read.

But also keep in light that 2026 and 2028 are not 2024.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-21 08:51 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The report details problems that plagued the Democratic Party in the last presidential election, including messaging that "created tensions with key constituencies" on the economy, late-arriving efforts to organize voters on the ground, a lack of alignment between the party's main super PAC and then-Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, and more.
So, just where the f*ck is anything in there about "Israel," "AIPAC," etc.

Jesus on a popsicle stick, how often have we been subjected to the b*llsh*t story about how "anti-war" protests cost Kamala Harris ... California.

Yep.

There are those here who claim that "anti-war" protests turned California to Trump.

#2 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:01 PM | Reply

Throughout the month of October, 2024, the Trump campaign (and associated entities) spent $300,000,000.00 on ads in all 7 swing states during televised NFL and NCAA football games. The topic of all of those ads? Then-CA Attorney General Kamala Harris' 2019 response to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming (read: trans) care for federal inmates


click graphic above for actual She's for They/Them ad

And the amount of money the Harris campaign spent countering those She's for They/Them ads in the swing states during NFL and NCAA football games? You know, to point out the truth that she was simply responding to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming for federal inmates? To counter the deceptive, the lying-by-omission ads run by Trump & company?

Zero dollars

The efficacy of this strategy was born out election night, 2024, when Steve Kornacki was calling individual counties (starting with Pennsylvania) and highlighting that the Harris/Walz ticket was falling short of votes as opposed to the votes in the 2020 election for the Biden/Harris ticket. His reporting was, in effect, a death by 1,000 cuts for Harris/Walz.

Trump & company knew that all it would take would be the suppression of Biden votes in 2024 by just a point or two for Trump to carry those counties, all 7 swing states and, ultimately, the election. They judged, correctly, that men - men of color and white - would be turned off enough by the "pro-trans" Harris that they voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.

Either way, mission accomplished.

#3 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:04 PM | Reply

Five Reasons Harris Lost

Why Kamala Harris lost: A flawed candidate or doomed campaign?

Wrong voters, wrong message: progressives' autopsy lays bare Kamala Harris failures

Why Kamala Harris lost the election

Brookings: Why Donald Trump won and Kamala Harris lost: An early analysis of the results

There is no one reason Harris lost

Politicians and activists are trying to sell disingenuous and nonfactual explanations of why Harris lost to push their ideology. Don't fall for it.
Democrats were united and turned out. Harris lost anyway.
Voters issued a broad repudiation of not only Harris' campaign but the Democratic Party's vision for the country.
A Former Republican Strategist on Why Harris Lost
Inflation, moderation, and candidate effects
What Was the Biggest Factor in Kamala Harris's Defeat?

#4 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:05 PM | Reply

Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response

#5 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:06 PM | Reply

@#2 ... how "anti-war" protests cost Kamala Harris ..

You noticed that also?

MAGA seemed to be vehemently anti-war back then.

Now, not so much.


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-21 09:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Kamala Harris lost because of the moral bankruptcy of the American electorate

She lost to a conman, felon, rapist insurrectionist liar.

It should not have been close

Due to the moral failings of the American people, no democratic candidate would have won.

Because Americans are: Stupid, Venal, Willfully Ignorant, Bigoted and Hateful

If you can't tell what Piggy is within 1 minute of listening to him your critical thinking skills suck.

But Americans had years of him.

And chose him anyway.

America deserves the destruction that he is reaping.

#7 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

America deserves the destruction that he is reaping.

While I don't disagree with you.

I'd prefer it not to be happening.

But America isn't the first nation to fail because of the shortsightedness of stupid people.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-21 09:19 PM | Reply

To be clear all this autopsy and navel gazing is about messaging.

if we did that or said this, Americans would have voted differently.

this is patently ridiculous.

No candidate who rants about eating cats and dogs and concepts of a plan for healthcare and promises of retribution should EVER have a chance at the presidency.

No candidate so singularly ignorant on every topic and singularly arrogant that he is the smartest person in the room. So OBVIOUSLY ignorant, so OBVIOUSLY a liar, so OBVIOUSLY malicious, with a fifth graders vocabulary and the expression of a greasy used car dealer should ever have had a chance.

No this is not about Gaza, or transgenderism or Biden's age or AIPAC or distancing from Biden or inflation.

It is about an electorate who couldn't look at Piggy and realize that he should never be allowed to gain the presidency, let alone for a second time.

A country that stupid, that hateful DESERVES the collapse of our nation that is coming.

You asked for it, you get it.

The dildo of truth rarely comes with lube.

#9 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#7 Gosh, TruthHurts ... nothing in there about Israel or AIPAC.

And, yet, you took me to task?

#10 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:22 PM | Reply

"anti-war" protests cost Kamala Harris

They did it help.

Then there's this:

"Elon Musk has been a significant source of misleading information regarding the 2024 U.S. election and Vice President Kamala Harris, using his platform X (formerly Twitter) to amplify false claims to his hundreds of millions of followers. Experts and election officials have identified X as a major conduit for election-related misinformation, noting that Musk's own posts have accrued billions of views."

www.reuters.com

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-21 09:23 PM | Reply

nothing in there about Israel or AIPAC.

Gosh Golly and Gee.

I wonder why.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-21 09:24 PM | Reply

#12 Because Israel and AIPAC had almost zero effect on the 2024 election.

Thanks, Clown.

#13 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:26 PM | Reply

America deserves the destruction that he is reaping.
While I don't disagree with you.
I'd prefer it not to be happening.
But America isn't the first nation to fail because of the shortsightedness of stupid people.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack

Fuck that, America has become evil. Evil needs to be expunged.

I remind you we are aiding and abetting a genocide. We are aiding and abetting pogroms and land grabs and torturing children.

That is evil

We started an unjustifiable illegal war of aggression by assassinating a country's leaders with a cowardly murderous bombing that killed infants.

We did that during negotiations, without declaration without warning. TWICE

That is evil

We are killing Venezuelan fisherman on a regular basis

That is evil

We have put an illegal embargo of oil on Cuba resulting the deaths of children. There is no justification for that. There is no reason other than some Miami Cubans want to get rich with Cuban real estate.

That is fucking evil

America is doing this.

We are not stopping Piggy from doing this

America is evil and bad things should happen to evil people.

#14 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:28 PM | Reply

#7 Gosh, TruthHurts ... nothing in there about Israel or AIPAC.
And, yet, you took me to task?

#10 | Posted by A_Friend

America is evil. Israel is evil

If America were not evil, Piggy wouldn't be president.

Prove me wrong.

Truth Hurts Donut

#15 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:29 PM | Reply

Israel and AIPAC had almost zero effect on the 2024 election.

Of course not.

Nothing did other than Harris being a woman of color.

Americans are just racist misogynists and chose and orange man over a black woman.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-21 09:30 PM | Reply

#12 Because Israel and AIPAC had almost zero effect on the 2024 election.
Thanks, Clown.

#13 | Posted by A_Friend

Why was Piggy reelected given he was so obviously unqualified and unworthy?

Specifically, why did the American people CHOOSE him?

#17 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:30 PM | Reply

"America is evil. Israel is evil"

Yeah?

So?

"If America were not evil, Piggy wouldn't be president."

Agreed.

Can you not take Yes for an answer?

#18 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:31 PM | Reply

Oh shit.

I mean. A blackish woman of Southeast Asian decent.

Let's not piss off any of the morons.

#19 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-21 09:31 PM | Reply

Israel and AIPAC had almost zero effect on the 2024 election.
Of course not.
Nothing did other than Harris being a woman of color.
Americans are just racist misogynists and chose and orange man over a black woman.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack

I contend this is not correct.

I contend Piggy would have defeated a lily white cis-hetero church going moderate dem

Because the American people are evil.

#20 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:32 PM | Reply

America has become evil.

Has become????

Native American genocide on line one.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-21 09:32 PM | Reply

Slavery on line two.

#22 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-21 09:32 PM | Reply

#17 The American people did no such thing.

Less than half of those eligible to vote voted in 2024.

Barely half of those voted for the Trumpf.

Doesn't equate to the American people choosing anything (except, perhaps, apathy).

#23 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:32 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Agreed.
Can you not take Yes for an answer?

#18 | Posted by A_Friend

We are discussing why the dems lost in 2024.

I hear only myself pointing the finger at where it belongs. The morons who voted for a rapist, felon, conman insurrectionist liar.

NO MESSAGE WOULD HAVE CHANGED THAT

It shouldn't have been close

#24 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:33 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

When you're in school, you learned that England sent its criminals to Australia.

But what they don't teach you is, all of Europe sent their criminals to the Americas.

#25 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-21 09:34 PM | Reply

#17 The American people did no such thing.
Less than half of those eligible to vote voted in 2024.
Barely half of those voted for the Trumpf.
Doesn't equate to the American people choosing anything (except, perhaps, apathy).

#23 | Posted by A_Friend

Not voting is a choice

They chose knowing the ramifications

The American people are responsible.

#26 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:34 PM | Reply

#24 "We are discussing why the dems lost in 2024."

Ya think?

Throughout the month of October, 2024, the Trump campaign (and associated entities) spent $300,000,000.00 on ads in all 7 swing states during televised NFL and NCAA football games. The topic of all of those ads? Then-CA Attorney General Kamala Harris' 2019 response to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming (read: trans) care for federal inmates


click graphic above for actual She's for They/Them ad

And the amount of money the Harris campaign spent countering those She's for They/Them ads in the swing states during NFL and NCAA football games? You know, to point out the truth that she was simply responding to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming for federal inmates? To counter the deceptive, the lying-by-omission ads run by Trump & company?

Zero dollars

The efficacy of this strategy was born out election night, 2024, when Steve Kornacki was calling individual counties (starting with Pennsylvania) and highlighting that the Harris/Walz ticket was falling short of votes as opposed to the votes in the 2020 election for the Biden/Harris ticket. His reporting was, in effect, a death by 1,000 cuts for Harris/Walz.

Trump & company knew that all it would take would be the suppression of Biden votes in 2024 by just a point or two for Trump to carry those counties, all 7 swing states and, ultimately, the election. They judged, correctly, that men - men of color and white - would be turned off enough by the "pro-trans" Harris that they voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.

Either way, mission accomplished.

#27 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:34 PM | Reply

Americans had a duty to not re elect Piggy

They failed

This is on them.

#28 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:35 PM | Reply

#24 "We are discussing why the dems lost in 2024."

Ya think?

Five Reasons Harris Lost

Why Kamala Harris lost: A flawed candidate or doomed campaign?

Wrong voters, wrong message: progressives' autopsy lays bare Kamala Harris failures

Why Kamala Harris lost the election

Brookings: Why Donald Trump won and Kamala Harris lost: An early analysis of the results

There is no one reason Harris lost

Politicians and activists are trying to sell disingenuous and nonfactual explanations of why Harris lost to push their ideology. Don't fall for it.
Democrats were united and turned out. Harris lost anyway.
Voters issued a broad repudiation of not only Harris' campaign but the Democratic Party's vision for the country.
A Former Republican Strategist on Why Harris Lost
Inflation, moderation, and candidate effects
What Was the Biggest Factor in Kamala Harris's Defeat?

#29 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:35 PM | Reply

#24 "We are discussing why the dems lost in 2024."

Ya think?

Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response

By Bill Barrow and Marc Levy

NOV. 14, 2024

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ATLANTA (AP) " After losing the White House and both houses of Congress, Democrats are grappling with how to handle transgender politics and policy following a campaign that featured withering and often misleading GOP attacks on the issue.

There is plenty of second-guessing after President-elect Donald Trump anchored his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris with sweeping promises on the economy and immigration. But Democrats also will not soon forget the punchline in anti-transgender Trump ads that became ubiquitous by Election Day: "Kamala is for they/them; President Trump is for you."

#30 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:36 PM | Reply

#28 So?

#31 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:36 PM | Reply

Post that a few more times A Friend it still won't be relavent.

The messaging wasn't the problem.

The problem is that Americans were not raised right, were not raised with critical thinking skills, were not raised with ethics

Dems could have spent a trillion dollars countering that bullshit and IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED.

Eggs cost more therefore Piggy save us.

#32 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:37 PM | Reply

#26 "The American people are responsible."

Why, yes they are.

Why can you not take Yes for an answer?

#33 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:38 PM | Reply

I haven't read it, but I'm guessing there's no mention of "white guy taco night" or "white dudes 4 Harris".

#34 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-05-21 09:39 PM | Reply

#28 So?

#31 | Posted by A_Friend

Teach Americans basic human dignity, basic morals, basic empathy.

Nothing else will matter.

FWIW typically that will take a massive tectonic shift is cultural usually achieved through major wars or global depressions.

Starving to death will have a way of focusing one's attention on what really matters.

#35 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:39 PM | Reply

#32 The messaging wasn't the problem."

100% agreed, TruthHurts.

Why can you not take Yes for an answer ? ? ? ?

#36 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:39 PM | Reply

#35 "Teach Americans basic human dignity, basic morals, basic empathy."

You are 100% correct, TruthHurts.

Why can you not take Yes for an answer ? ? ? ?

#37 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:41 PM | Reply

#26 "The American people are responsible."
Why, yes they are.
Why can you not take Yes for an answer?

#33 | Posted by A_Friend

Because you seem to keep posting that transgender ads were the problem.

When the problem is an American electorate so devoid of morality as to hate an infinitely small number of people that they don't know, that have zero power and have zero negative influence on society.

A person so full of hate and compassion and so stupid to think that a transgender person has any impact on their lives is too stupid and to evil to make an ethical/rational choice

Messaging is not the problem. The problem is the 10s of millions of people raised without basic humanity.

#38 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:42 PM | Reply

@#7 ... America deserves the destruction that he is reaping. ...

A lot of subtly in a reply to that. Allow me to try ...

I'd say that America needs to see the destruction of its electoral choices.

But does America deserve that destruction?

imo, too soon to tell.

Will America wake up and once again fight for Democracy? Or just allow itself to deteriorate into an autocratic oligarchy?


As I said, too soon to tell.

#39 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-21 09:43 PM | Reply

#32 "The problem is that Americans were not raised right, were not raised with critical thinking skills, were not raised with ethics"

You are 100% correct, TruthHurts.

Destruction of the American education system was part-and-parcel of the rightwing destruction of America.

#40 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:43 PM | Reply

A person so full of hate and LACKING compassion...

#41 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:44 PM | Reply

"Because you seem to keep posting that transgender ads were the problem."

And you have an alternative?

Throughout the month of October, 2024, the Trump campaign (and associated entities) spent $300,000,000.00 on ads in all 7 swing states during televised NFL and NCAA football games. The topic of all of those ads? Then-CA Attorney General Kamala Harris' 2019 response to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming (read: trans) care for federal inmates


click graphic above for actual She's for They/Them ad

And the amount of money the Harris campaign spent countering those She's for They/Them ads in the swing states during NFL and NCAA football games? You know, to point out the truth that she was simply responding to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming for federal inmates? To counter the deceptive, the lying-by-omission ads run by Trump & company?

Zero dollars

The efficacy of this strategy was born out election night, 2024, when Steve Kornacki was calling individual counties (starting with Pennsylvania) and highlighting that the Harris/Walz ticket was falling short of votes as opposed to the votes in the 2020 election for the Biden/Harris ticket. His reporting was, in effect, a death by 1,000 cuts for Harris/Walz.

Trump & company knew that all it would take would be the suppression of Biden votes in 2024 by just a point or two for Trump to carry those counties, all 7 swing states and, ultimately, the election. They judged, correctly, that men - men of color and white - would be turned off enough by the "pro-trans" Harris that they voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.

Either way, mission accomplished.

#42 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:44 PM | Reply

"Because you seem to keep posting that transgender ads were the problem."

And you have an alternative?

Five Reasons Harris Lost

Why Kamala Harris lost: A flawed candidate or doomed campaign?

Wrong voters, wrong message: progressives' autopsy lays bare Kamala Harris failures

Why Kamala Harris lost the election

Brookings: Why Donald Trump won and Kamala Harris lost: An early analysis of the results

There is no one reason Harris lost

Politicians and activists are trying to sell disingenuous and nonfactual explanations of why Harris lost to push their ideology. Don't fall for it.
Democrats were united and turned out. Harris lost anyway.
Voters issued a broad repudiation of not only Harris' campaign but the Democratic Party's vision for the country.
A Former Republican Strategist on Why Harris Lost
Inflation, moderation, and candidate effects
What Was the Biggest Factor in Kamala Harris's Defeat?

#43 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:45 PM | Reply

"Because you seem to keep posting that transgender ads were the problem."

And you have an alternative?

Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response

#44 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:45 PM | Reply

#39 Thank you for calling him out on that, Lamp.

#45 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:47 PM | Reply

Sorry Lamp there is no subtlety needed, we are beyond subtlety

The problem with America does not begin and end with democracy the problem is America is evil

We are doing evil things and they are barely even mentioned as such.

they are not framed as the great evil that they are.

We fought world wars to stop countries committing the crimes that we are committing and abetting.

Evil deserves retribution.

#46 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:47 PM | Reply

"Because you seem to keep posting that transgender ads were the problem."
And you have an alternative?

Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response
#44 | Posted by A_Friend a

Piggy stood on a stage and ranted about people eating cats and dogs.

It should not have been close

The problem was not the message, if it weren't transgenderism, it would have been eating cats and dogs or the murderous raping gangs of brown people or the sky is falling because of Biden/Harris.

It would have been anything.

The problem is the fertile field that sucked that shit up.

The problem is the people.

#47 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:50 PM | Reply

#47 "The problem is the people."

You are 100% correct, TruthHurts

#48 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:52 PM | Reply

"Because you seem to keep posting that transgender ads were the problem."
And you have an alternative?

Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response
#44 | Posted by A_Friend

Yes I do have an alternative

Instill basic decency in the American populace.

I raised my kids to be decent people.

They wouldn't vote for a rapist

It will take generations to instill that in the American populace

Again, stuff like civil wars, global depressions and world wars are usually pretty good at resetting a populations' moral compass.

The regressive movement has been going on for centuries, they have won.

They have defeated liberalism.

Either start a revolution or accept your fate

#49 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:53 PM | Reply

#47 "The problem is the people."
You are 100% correct, TruthHurts

#48 | Posted by A_Friend

And the people will only change when forced to.

That force usually comes from starvation or bombs

#50 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:54 PM | Reply

#49 "Instill basic decency in the American populace."

You are 100% correct TruthHurts.

#51 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:55 PM | Reply

#50 "And the people will only change when forced to."

You are 100% correct, TruthHurts

#52 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 09:56 PM | Reply

#50 "And the people will only change when forced to."
You are 100% correct, TruthHurts

#52 | Posted by A_Friend at 2

I know I usually am

#53 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 09:59 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#53 Perhaps.

But, for this thread, you are 100% correct, TruthHurts.

Not sure why you cannot accept that.

But, here we are.

#54 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-21 10:00 PM | Reply

People need to wake up to the fact that the regressives have won. We are witnessing the death of liberalism.

Regressives have been fighting for centuries to turn back the concept of representative democracy and equality. They want a return to the aristocracy. they firmly believe that some are inherently better than others and are inherently, divinely ordained to lead.

We are witnessing the death of representative democracy.

For the first time in 250 years the SC stripped a right from half of Americans. This court has stripped countless liberal policies from our governance, the latest of which is the right to representation. This court has made the President a king in all but term limit (and we will see where that leads)

That is the death knell of liberalism. The individual's right is no longer supreme. Liberalism is being replaced with oligarchy and autocracy.

The regressives are plotting and planning to turn our country into a one-party rule. We should all be terrified of the radical gerrymandering underway. that is a path to one party rule. Making the House work like the Senate where entire states have one party representatives and then complete control of the districts will INEVITABLY result in 1 party permanent representation on the state level. When a state has all it's districts as one party and that party controls the state there is literally nothing to stop that permanent control of the districts through gerrymandering.

That is just another nail in liberalism's coffin.

So, spend all your energy debating trans or gaza or inflation.

When representative democracy is being stripped from you and your vote will no longer matter.

As an aside, my vote hasn't mattered my entire life. I live in a blue district in a blue state. My vote has never had any sway over president or policy.

They are extending that concept to the rest of the country1

#55 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 10:08 PM | Reply

@#55 ... The individual's right is no longer supreme. Liberalism is being replaced with oligarchy and autocracy...

Is Liberalism about the right of an individual being supreme?

Or is it about the rights of the People over the dictated rights of the oligarchy and autocracy?

The people of Hungary recently had the ability to express their opinion on that topic.



#56 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-21 10:25 PM | Reply

The morons who voted for a rapist, felon, conman insurrectionist liar.

NO MESSAGE WOULD HAVE CHANGED THAT

Based on reading comments from Trump supporters on the DR.

I can't find fault with this statement.

Trump supporters have rented themselves a spot in an alternative reality where Trump is always right, and a genius, and a victim, and a hero.

He's attained Kim Jong-un status with his MAGA cult.

#57 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-21 10:30 PM | Reply

@#55 ... The individual's right is no longer supreme. Liberalism is being replaced with oligarchy and autocracy...
Is Liberalism about the right of an individual being supreme?
Or is it about the rights of the People over the dictated rights of the oligarchy and autocracy?
The people of Hungary recently had the ability to express their opinion on that topic.

#56 | Posted by LampLighter a

Liberalism is a political and philosophical tradition centered on individual liberty, the consent of the governed, equal rights, and the rule of law.

It is the essence of We the People...

It is the essence of representative democracy.

It is the essence of the declaration of independence and the consent of the governed.

this is what the regressives are fighting.

They are striving for a defeat of this system of governance.

They are striving for an aristocratic society-be the aristocracy wealth, race, gender.

They do not believe in universal rights or universal suffrage.

those are anathema to their essential beliefs

And they are winning.

#58 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 10:33 PM | Reply

The SC literally have found that the President cannot be held accountable for any crime he commits.

That is power that kings would be jealous of.

That is certainly and decidedly NOT liberalism

It is aristocracy.

This SC stripped women of a right they had for 50 years.

That is unprecedented. That a right, a critical right was just discarded.

That is not individual liberty, it is the state dictating what a woman can do with her body.

They have trampled on trans rights, essentially making them unpeople.

They have dismantled African American rights to representation. that certainly isn't the consent of the governed.

These actions are central to what they are attempting.

And this gerrymandering fight is terrifying in it's long term implications.

The one saving grace I THINK is that representation is by people so more populace areas should have more representation. But if the south has zero democratic representatives will that be offset by blue areas? IDK.

I do know that that chaos in the system runs counter to good governance and the rule of law.

#59 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-21 10:39 PM | Reply

She lost because she's a she... she would have been the first female American Pres (other than GW!) EVER.... when a much more popular, and qualified, Hillary Clinton couldn't win against the same blowhard racist billionaire who LIED with every other breath to people who WANTED to be lied to.

AND if the race were re-run today, he'd still come in a close second, if not first, thanks to all the white nationalist dumbasses out there who would rather suffer whatever comes than do anything that also helps people who don't look like them.

www.psypost.org

#60 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-21 11:08 PM | Reply

from the above link:

"The results highlight the power of framing in political messaging.

The mere feeling of losing is not enough to shift economic policy preferences toward the conservative end of the spectrum. A person has to feel that they are losing out relative to another specific demographic group.

The researchers suggest that explicitly mentioning racial minorities might make white Americans feel skeptical about government programs. These voters might assume that they will not personally benefit from redistributive policies to the same extent that minority groups do.

This dynamic helps explain why populist leaders frequently rely on group-based rhetoric. Stoking fears of relative decline appears to be a highly effective way to mobilize opposition to egalitarian economic policies."

#61 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-21 11:24 PM | Reply

It is about an electorate who couldn't look at Piggy and realize that he should never be allowed to gain the presidency, let alone for a second time.

A country that stupid, that hateful DESERVES the collapse of our nation that is coming.

You asked for it, you get it.

The dildo of truth rarely comes with lube.

#9 | Posted by truthhurts

Take a breath.

The electorate didn't choose him. He won because the same cultist idiots who voted for him in the past voted again.

But he didn't even receive a majority of votes actually cast, let alone support of the majority of eligible voters.

MAGA and the idiot progressives who took their ball and went home deserve this. Not everyone else. Use that anger to try and fix things.

#62 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-21 11:53 PM | Reply

" #7 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS AT"

Fckk off you POS.

#63 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-21 11:55 PM | Reply

We are not stopping Piggy from doing this

America is evil and bad things should happen to evil people.

#14 | Posted by truthhurts

So stop him. Go ahead.

Inaction means your evil. Are you evil?

Go touch some grass and disconnect. It's a holiday weekend, unplug for as long as you can.

#64 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-21 11:56 PM | Reply

Of course not.

Nothing did other than Harris being a woman of color.

Americans are just racist misogynists and chose and orange man over a black woman.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack

Oh please.

If you want to know why the midterms aren't going to be the blue wave people thing they're going to be, look in the mirror.

Then again, you think AOC is "accomplished," so sure, champ, you're clearly got incredibly discernment and judgement...

#65 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-21 11:57 PM | Reply

Specifically, why did the American people CHOOSE him?

#17 | Posted by truthhurts

They didn't.

#66 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-21 11:58 PM | Reply

The problem is that Americans were not raised right, were not raised with critical thinking skills, were not raised with ethics

#32 | Posted by truthhurts

I'm guessing your spittle spraying tantrum is blinding you to the irony of this statement, eh?

#67 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-22 12:01 AM | Reply

Again, stuff like civil wars, global depressions and world wars are usually pretty good at resetting a populations' moral compass.

The regressive movement has been going on for centuries, they have won.

They have defeated liberalism.

Either start a revolution or accept your fate

#49 | Posted by truthhurts

So kick it off or STFU.

#68 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-22 12:06 AM | Reply


Then again, you think AOC is "accomplished," so sure, champ, you're clearly got incredibly discernment and judgement...
#65 | Posted by jpw

"incredible"??

idk about accomplished, but she introduced major legislation and got it passed.

That's more than most congresspeople.

But if the South has zero democratic representatives, will that be offset by blue areas? IDK.

Well, if you look at the north east, 40% republican no representatives, even California Republicans are underrepresented.

But almost 800,000 people per representative is an underrepresented system, across the board for everyone. My guess is that's on purpose.

#69 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-22 12:07 AM | Reply

I know I usually am

#53 | Posted by truthhurts

Except you've spent an entire thread being a breathless reactionary turd getting it wrong.

#70 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-22 12:07 AM | Reply

She lost because she's a she...

No. Just no.

The DNC should have just held this report. It doesn't seem to have made a damned bit of difference anyway.

#71 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-22 12:10 AM | Reply

idk about accomplished, but she introduced major legislation and got it passed.

Which bill?

Give the actual archive designation, not the colloquial name.

#72 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-22 12:12 AM | Reply

" If you want to know why the midterms aren't going to be the blue wave people thing they're going to be, look in the mirror"

The midterms will go well for Dems but not for the reasons they think. They will take the wrong message from their success, WHICH will really just be Trump fatigue.

#73 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-22 12:27 AM | Reply

The midterms will go well for Dems

Define "well".

#74 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-22 12:34 AM | Reply

The midterms will go well for Dems but not for the reasons they think. They will take the wrong message from their success, WHICH will really just be Trump fatigue.

#73 | Posted by BellRinger

There are a few quotes in the article that apply to multiple Dem rags to riches to rags cycles:

The report also stated that a "persistent inability or unwillingness to listen to all voters has provided the other major party with opportunities for advancement at the expense of Democratic growth, evolution, and ability to find common ground with seemingly disparate groups of voters from coast to coast, and the heartland Democrats tend to ignore."

Most important IMO:

The report also criticizes Democrats for relying too heavily on Republicans to "nominate deeply flawed candidates," adding that "regaining trust and confidence in the party" and giving voters an "affirmative reason to support Democrats" will "take a comprehensive strategy and considerable effort over multiple cycles."

If the second can be heeded and short term gains not squandered with immediate gratification and too hard an immediate turn left at the expense of bread and butter issues, there's a chance.

I'm just not too confident it will happen.

#75 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-22 12:49 AM | Reply

I'm with you Truthhurts.

I feel the same Outrage.

Both the US and Israel should Burn.

They have Commited Crimes Against Humanity.

Waged Aggressive War.

Used the Color of Law to Oppress and Persecute Minorities.

Yet "somehow" Both Trump and Bibi win Elections repeatedly in spite of massive personal Corruption.

What do these Outlaw Nations have in Common?

Why are they so Vicious Both Domestically and as International Players?

They both want "the Rapture"

Religious Crazies.....

And people say the Islamic Republic is "Evil".

Sheesh.

#76 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-22 01:27 AM | Reply

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