Janice K

@sfpcnik.bsky.social

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sfpcnik "San Francisco Peace-nik" I believe giving is more sustainable and enriching than taking. My joy comes from community, animals, music, stories, green walks, travel and my DH.

I’m not running for office. But if I were, these are some of the lessons I’d take away from what happened in NY yesterday

1. Authenticity is measurable. Voters can smell a focus group from a mile away.
2. Endorsements from the current Democratic leadership now read like warnings. The establishment wing of the party is no longer a sword. It’s a question mark.
3. Conviction beats caution. The candidates who said hard things about rent, about who pays for what, about Gaza, they won. The triangulators lost.
4. Cost of living is everything. Everything else is wallpaper.
5. The middle is not a strategy. It’s an empty room. Voters reached past the establishment to grab someone who actually believes something.
6. Don’t fear the base. Court it. The Democrats who ran from their own voters lost. The ones who ran toward them won.
7. If you want to lead a party you have to be willing to fight inside it. Mamdani didn’t ask permission. He took the field.

The lesson under the lessons: the country is tired of being managed. People want to be led.

Beautiful toothless calico kitty - eats virtually anything in small bites

Kaley with scratch post holding up Ripple Rig

From The Guardian article: Rate of gun deaths in Mississippi is nearly double that of Haiti and Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and New Mexico all have higher gun mortality rates than that caused by drug cartel violence in Mexico.