Arizona Democrat Yassamin Ansari told attendees of Bloomberg Green Seattle that focusing on the rising costs of energy will resonate with voters.
I want education populism. Teachers should hold the most lucrative jobs with better pay than doctors and lawyers, and hold the most societal respect. Elementary school teachers should have a masters at least. This is the best investment the country could possibly make.
Wait, what?
Economic populism has a much bigger audience. Almost everyone is hurting after nearly a half century of Reaganism trickle down voodoo economics bullshit.
Came here to say this.
Shhhh… the big money donors might hear you.
Are they picking just one issue and pretending thats an entire platform? Thats not how that works.
It’s not. But the DNC’s consultants are telling them that this is how it works. And I’m sure the environmental policies will be neutered into meaninglessness due to those very same consultants.
No. But its important to make the improvement in cost and peoples lives that can come with well-done decarbonization tangible for people
In case you’re wondering how anyone can think the climate is the big issue…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yassamin_Ansari
In 2025, Ansari was among a minority of House Democrats to back legislation rebuking the International Criminal Court (ICC) over arrest warrants issued against Israeli leaders. Ansari argued that the ICC’s actions were inappropriate, stating that “As a liberal democracy with an independent judiciary, Israel has the responsibility of investigating allegations of wrongdoing”.[47]
And
According to financial disclosures, Ansari’s father lent her between $250,000 and $500,000 for a condo payment.[49] Ansari’s financial disclosures from October 2023 showed that she owns two properties in downtown Phoenix and made between $15,000 and $50,000 in 2023 by renting one. Ansari also estimated in the disclosure that her assets were worth between $2.5 million and $8.3 million.[50]
She’s a millionaire landlord whose also pro-genocide…
The climate is pretty much the only aspect of the party platform voters and her agree on. She can’t talk about fixing any of the other big issues.
yeah, no more zionists.
The Democratic party just doesn’t fucking get it. They keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
Actually, I contend that they do get it and just aren’t willing to change course.
The Democratic party just doesn’t fucking get it
“The party” is the DNC, and about 50 state parties.
And it’s better than it has been in over half a century.
But we still got some shitty neoliberals holding office, like the Rep this article is about, that we need to get rid of.
Pardon me if I haven’t been impressed with them over the past several years. But I’ll concede that there are some signs that the tide may be turning. Too early for me to feel much optimism though.
Climate populism isn’t what’s going to work. What’s going to work will pull this country further apart. The left leaning further left is what’s needed when looking at what is going on.
Her definition — making electricity cheap by taking advantage of the way wind and solar are now cheaper than fossil fuels, doesn’t seem like “further left”
I wasn’t talking about her.
