this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2026
58 points (95.3% liked)

politics

30574 readers
2946 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

The man at the helm of the Democratic Party’s main organizing apparatus is beginning to crack under pressure, according to insiders.

Nestled in a New York Times story about the Democratic National Committee’s dire financials was the mention of an incident between chair Ken Martin, a junior aide and a cell phone. Martin, who is contending with $2 million of DNC debt and a shrinking list of allies, reportedly threw his phone “in a pique of frustration” earlier this month.

Although the Times spoke with half a dozen people familiar with the incident, none witnessed it firsthand. There was also some contention over “how aggressively the phone was tossed,” and whether it was aimed at the desk or the aide. However, the incident sparked a formal complaint to the DNC’s human resources department.

top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 20 points 1 day ago

Nobody wants to give their money to the DNC to waste. There's about a 50% chance they'll spend it on a MAGA, and a100% chance they WON'T spend it on a Progressive.

If you got money to donate, send it directly to your chosen Progressive candidates. Don't make them beg and cut deals with the Corpo-Establishment DNC.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

$2 million debt? Have they tried never paying any vendor ever? It's the winning strategy apparently.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Paying the vendors is how the DNC grift works. The GoP can rely on ideology, but the DNC specifically exists to funnel donations to preferred vendors while maintaining plausible deniability.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Site name checks out.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Democrats fall in love, republicans fall in line.

Well deserved pressure

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and a shrinking list of allies

Well if this guy is supposed to be the "not putting my thumb on the scale to promote neoliberals" guy then it makes total sense the scumbag Democrat party would turn on him. They either want GOP fascism or their "friendly fascism" where they just enrich themselves and who cares about anything else that happens. They want nothing to do with "allowing" actually popular candidates from getting in the way of more neoliberals entering Congress.

[–] RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What happened to the young guy they ousted for threatening to primary all the Dino's?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

David Hogg, Parkland Massacre Survivor, and really smart dude. He's got a solid presence as an influencer. Check him out on Insta, TT, and YT.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I thought he was starting his own PAC.