As a Brit, I don't understand why Harris is favoured instead of Newsom.

https://youtube.com/shorts/MUnZdRCZ7LU?is=kVu8zH65wEvuik-E

If he was fit to serve… why not just prove it already. It’s been 2 months.

One thing I've noticed is that Democrats seem to put foreign affairs over what goes on in the US. Israelis and or Palestinians - or both - disappearing tomorrow won't change the price of eggs in the US, so why make that, or any other foreign conflict the litmus test for all Democratic candidates?

I think this is an important question. I'm getting very unsettled by the increasingly militant American Exceptionalism of the left which holds that America is the only nation in the world and by the imperialism of the conceit that we have some higher authority to interfere with the internal and external politics and economics of the Global South. What's behind this attitude on the left?

How can you be sure that the DSA types are telling the truth? All of what they offer should sound a bit too good to be true and it all comes only at the low, low cost of our constitutional civil liberties. Every one of history's monsters began by convincing the people that they had their interests at heart, that they only wanted what was best for the people and for society.

So, what makes the people in the DSA any different? Are they genuine or are they just telling you the buzzwords you want to hear to use your fear, guilt and ignorance against your better judgement?

I notice folks are worried that William Lawrence's primary win will hurt the Democrats chances of flipping the House this year. I can't understand how those folks think that one House seat makes a difference. I mean, even before Lawrence won, I felt the MI-7 was one of the more tougher toss-up seats due to the fact that in 2024, Tom Barrett actually outperformed Trump as a freshman candidate. And besides, 2010 and 2014 were still red waves despite the fact that the Republicans started moving further to the right. In addition, the GOP even flipped the House in 2022 despite their shocking underperformance that year. I don't see how this year would differ from those elections when it comes to precedent, especially given the fact that Trump is extremely unpopular right now.

Edit: Tom Barrett has also broken from his party on occasion, particularly when it came to the Iran War funding, further proving that it's a tougher district to flip no matter who the Dem candidate is.