With the Democratic Party struggling to find a new direction, former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden have offered to jump in and help with fundraising and rebuilding.

Oh, that'll really help.
Somewhere in DC, there's a speedbump that they should name after Biden.

The guy that appointed Republican Merrick Garland to AG can fuck right off forever

Fuck off and get back to bed, Joe

Why has the left been floundering for the past dozen years? It doesn't feel like the common man has anyone to represent us.
- Take your pick/all:
  $$$/ lobbyists/ citizen united/ Dems deepthroating Corpo influence/ dinosaur leaders pruning any progressive candidates

Just retire already. I still regret my vote for him.
- You're getting downvoted but your comment prompts a thought. Would trump 2020 be as dangerous as 2024 trump? The time spent planning and organizing on their part has led to an extremely quick response in destroying this country compared to what happened in his 1st term
  
  If Democrats were the opposition party during the genocide you wouldn’t get online liberals justifying it and ridiculing anyone opposed to it. The Democrats would have probably won in 2024 too.

it's not Biden.
It's the party.
it needs a culling. absolute decimation. vote nearly all of them out. you know the very few that should stay. erase the rest from history.
dude if a republican unwittingly says something that doesn't call for death of trans people they'll be immediately ousted. democrats out here capitulating to nazis. be a little republican. get them out.
- If voting worked they would abolish voting. Both parties have the same masters.
  Keep setting Tesla dealerships on fire, the only things capitalists respond to are forced devaluation events
  
  They are trying to abolish voting, see voter suppression laws and pretty much every voting rights case the Supreme Court has seen during Roberts's tenure.

two weeks ago i tried searching to figure out where the fuck Biden had gone. couldn't find a thing besides the talent agency he'd signed with
- He's like 80yo. Let him be

These comments smell tankie af
Biden is giving free money to the progressive party far in advance of the midterms, I say we lock in and join the parade.
- Which progressive party would that be? Is there a viable progressive party? Is it in the room with us now?
  
  DNC wants to tax the rich, fund everyone's healthcare, ban lobbying, draw fair election maps, protect the rights of minorities, stop climate change, and protect the right to worship whatever you want.
  If they had the authority to pass everything on their platform, if they had a trifecta and 60 senators for the first time since 1979 and a bunch of conservative SCOTUS judges croaked so we could replace them, then the USA would be further left than more than half of the EU.
- Ah yes. Give money to the “progressive party” so it can do progressive things like funding ads for far right republicans in primaries:
  https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1106859552/primary-illinois-colorado-republican-candidate-democrats-ads
  Or backing “centrist” primary candidates against progressive candidates.
  Very progressive. This amalgamation of rich people’s money and consultants is a great political ally.
  
  Fuck yeah fund the opposition's primary. Your article even explains why that strategy works so well.
  If you don't like how campaigns get financed, then I have some wonderful news! Democrats have in the past written many campaign finance laws including capping contributions per person effectively outlawing lobbying from 2003 to 2010 which was the basis of the Citizens United SCOTUS decision, which was also a 5:4 partisan decision.
- Because locking in to biden worked so well last time... This is such a stupid idea it has to come from a republican.
  
  We didn't lock into Biden and that's why we now have Trump.
  How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?

What a weird coincidence that, just as AOC and Bernie begin a wildly successful tour of the country, we start hearing about the Biden's wanting to help lead the party or Kamala being the the top choice for 2028.
- May as well get ready for president Ivanka Trump in 2028. The DNC is its own worst enemy.
- Like how suddenly all the milquetoast candidates capitulated to Biden just before Super Tuesday when Bernie was winning states.
  Always weird how they use dirty tactics for the left but never the fascists...
  
  Or how they delayed announcing a winner in Iowa, rigged at least one delegate coin flip, and eventually anointed Buttigieg the winner even though Bernie received more votes.

I suppose he had to offer, it was his support of Israel murdering Palestinian women and children that lost Harris the election, but I think it's best for Joe to have a quiet retirement.
Maybe, in time, we'll remember him fondly as Obama's VP.

Fuck around and fuck off geezer

Daily reminder of our planned strike. Together we'll show them all our strength. Sign your strike card today!
https://generalstrikeus.com/
- I read through that whole thing. What is the demand? It's just general hate against the trump administration? I'm all in favor but unless the strike has specific legal actionable demands what is the point? Even under the "demands" section of their FAQ it lists a bunch of vague "good" things that they want (all of which I'm in favor of) but says it won't get into specifics until later.
  You do the strike, it panics the ruling class, and then what? There's nothing they've been informed of that they can do. No line that tells them "you can put an end to this if you do XYZ". Nothing to tell the people whether the strike succeeded or failed. What will that get? A bunch of people who conclude that the strike didn't work and they need food so they go back to their jobs. Next time the strike comes around, even if it has demands this time, the obvious thought is that it didn't work last time so why would it work this time and distrust in the people and political ideology that started this strike in the first place.
  In my opinion, a movement like this is defined exclusively by their policies and demands. Without those it's just people throwing a tantrum.
  
  Their documents specify that they will have meetings with their sign ups to finalize the list of demands.
  So join the discord and join their meetings and ask away.
  
  Its just some tankie astroturfers celebrating the fall of the entire USA and all its people.
- I understand that they probably don't want to lock themselves into a timetable, but arranging a general strike without a date chosen seems like it is an uphill battle at best.
  
  They have a timeline they want to work with.
  0-6M signatures is just organizing/coalition building and figuring out skillsets.
  6-10M signatures create demands and plan events, work on strike dates, keep organizing, more outreach.
  11M signatures strike on the chosen day, mutual aid networks work to support strikers, educate new strikers and volunteers.
- I already quit my job because the manager was shit :/

It honestly feels like the Democratic Party is doing everything they can to lose.

Fuck. Off. Grandpa.

Remove the dinosaurs. Where are the strong confident aggressive lefties at? We need more Bernies!
- Assassinated or in fear of being assassinated since the fbi, the organization explicitly built to assassinate communists, is still around.
  
  I can see why you're confusing the two, but the USA is not Russia.
- How old is Bernie now?
  
  Since day 1, in his 20s, he has been ahead of his time. Dinosaur means people who think the status quo in politics is gonna work. It won't. Bernie is anything but a status quo guy.
  
  I have constantly thought this but I think we can see by his behavior he is not as addled as the other elderly. I wouldn't mind shifting to AOC. She's an actual representative of the country.
  
  He's timeless.

yea sure more of the old stuff should help

30,000+ people showed up today for the Bernie/AOC rally today in Colorado.
If only there was a way forward….. Says the Democrats
- Bernie isn't what I would call a spring chicken
  It would be nice to have someone who doesn't look like they are going to die any second.
- Bernie the sheep dog is not the way forward.
  Can't even bring himself to say the world genocide.
  That horrible regime party can't be fixed.
  As long as Americans don't vote 3rd party they get what they deserve.
  
  As long as you hyperfixate on a single issue that's over there, it'll be hard to win over here.
  
  Bernie is 3rd party...
  
  Support alternatives to FPTP first

Dude's figured out his legacy isn't what he thought it would be and is trying to come back and "fix" it. Fucking horrible person for his entire adult life.
- Maybe he should offer to help Gaza instead. Fuck Biden.
- I don’t think it’s that. I think he truly thinks he’s had a good career and fought the good fight. He’s so out of touch, but he wants to help because he heard there’s a problem. Probably don’t even understand how his help might not be a good thing.
  
  I think he wants to help out of self preservation, because he still sees himself tied to the democrat party. If it implodes immediately after he loses an election (arguably his loss as well as Kamala's), it will tank his legacy. He will be a big part of why the party died.
  So sure, yeah he wants to help the democrats, in a round about way. Its hilarious he thinks he could help at all though, rather than hasten its implosion.

Bernie and AOC are the new direction. Biden wants back in to stop them. Fuck Biden!
Make no mistake:
This is not "help." This is the neoliberal fascist collaborator backlash against help.

Oh my fuck.
get out
get the fuck out, Biden
You lost the whole show, you simple fuck. You handed the republic to the fascists. You did NOTHING to stop them. You shook his fucking hand and gave him tea. You couldn’t campaign to save your own fucking life, and your meddling played a major role in your successor failing (though Harris does not get a pass here either). If I never see your name - or the Clinton name, for that matter - ever again in my life, it’ll be too soon.
- No, no. It’s worse. They did more than nothing. They specifically held back from prosecuting him because they wanted to run against trump. So Biden could attempt to stay in power by saying “oh it has to be me I’m the only one who’s beaten him.”
  
  Do we have proof or is this conjecture that fits what we can observe?
  
  The hubris is just absolutely infuriating

Yes please prop up the dead husk of Joe Biden on a stage like weekend at Bernie's. That'll really embolden the base.

They must be saving Hillary for when things get really bad
- Michael Dukakis is their ace in the hole.
  
  Is Kitty Dukakis still on drugs?
  
  I would joke about Al Gore but he's definitely too far left
  
  I mean if Trump were to attempt to run for president again, I'm sure the Dems would put Obama on the ticket with the same reasoning for a third term.
  
  They're not quite sure if they want to rock us yet.
- Somebody call Howard Dean. That's the level of enthusiasm we need right now.
- Plan A was Jimmy Carter but alas
- I mean, I wouldn't mind some Hillary right now.
  ^{~not an endoresement~}
  
  The fuck would you want some sort of that even handed well educated steady hand at the wheel?
  Why the fuck would you want that? Compared to now? Cause GeNoCiDe?
  ^{\~not an endoresement\~}

Fuck off Joe!
Anyone over the age of 55 needs to be in an advisory role, not a leadership role. It is literally the same fucking leadership today as it was 20 years ago.
RETIRE YOU OLD FUCKS

Christ almighty, no. It's bad enough that the Democratic consultancy didn't tell him to go fuck himself when he thought to run for president a second time.

Joe Biden fundraising, colorized:

We desperately need new blood in the Democratic party - people who understand how to actually work for working class voters and to communicate that and earn back people's trust.
Joe's a good man, but his brand of 'actions speak louder than words' does NOT work in the Trump era.
- It would work if he took action more...
  Says "Action speaks louder than words" and then doesn't do anything of note as a president
- Can you please add citations for "Joes a good man"? Please dont mention corvettes or dogs.

They already have chosen a new direction.
Unsurprisingly and in their tone-deaf character they have chosen the worst option.
"embrace patriotism" ban far-left candidate questionnaires and refuse to participate in forums that create ideological purity tests” , etc... I really hope this wakes up people to vote 3rd party, they do not represent working class people and never have.

LOL, Dems, how about you prove you can do anything useful first, and then ask for money. You're a disgrace.
You're not prepaid cell phone service.

It's not struggling to find a direction, it's going in the opposite direction of Biden...
Which is a good thing considered that was bankrupt state parties thru victory fund then claim a president has zero power and can't do anything till it's time to campaign for the next election.
You can't spend 3.5 years telling people the presidency doesn't matter then do a 180 for an election.

They still think all they need to do is more fundraising. The Democratic party is cooked.
- They get easy money from millionaires, billionaires and large companies.
  I don't see that as the problem
  
  It is slightly problematic when the money influences policy, but we do need to play the game in order to win and the DNC platform is to remove money from politics so win/win imo.

Democratic Party struggling to find a new direction
Here, I can help:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=retirement+homes+in+washington+DC

I’d rather it was someone else. AOC. Bernie. Anyone in that vein.
But if he’ll get the Dems to rally and DO SOMETHING? Fuck it. Give it a try. Maybe it will work.
What fundraising is he referring to though??
- Yeah I'm in the same boat. Progressives are helping each other and clearly nobody learned from their mistakes last election by nonstop dissing Biden.
- Midterms.
  Governance is a thing of the past, it's all campaigning all the time now. Why do you think they fail so hard to accomplish anything? If they actually fix things they have to find something new to run on. It's like studios who focus on sequels and reboots, it's a known quantity. They know people will show up for those platform positions, so they don't want to remove them as an option.
- The Biden 2028 campaign, what else?

"You don't have to do this, Joe, you really don't."

No need for a new direction, right? Biden can run for president even if dead, and liberals would still vote for him.
- Demonstrably liberals didn't vote for him, thus the fall into fascism, but he isn't campaigning he is fundraising.
- If it were him or Trump again?

Fucking Useless goofy ass Joe

Wow, and here this Friday didn't totally suck ass, but here we are.

This is not "help." This is the neoliberal fascist collaborator backlash against help.

get out

get the fuck out, Biden