Opinion | Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening? (Gift Article)

I have been shouting this for months. Dems MUST understand why voters are choosing progressive candidates, NOT condemn them VOTES SPEAK. If I were studying the present from the future, I’d be struggling to understand the OBVIOUS message of the moment. Gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

“But rather than attacking the D.S.A. as the enemy, Democrats should ask themselves why so many voters are siding with insurgents. When you have lost all national power to a right-wing populist movement, it is obtuse to slam the door on your own populist insurgents.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Bingo “But rather than attacking the D.S.A. as the enemy, Democrats should ask themselves why so many voters are siding with insurgents. When you have lost all national power to a right-wing populist movement, it is obtuse to slam the door on your own populist insurgents.”

Ben Rhodes thinks the Democrats' goals of reversing the"Big Beautiful Bill's" Medicaid cuts- that will costs many Americans their lives - and ending the catastrophic Trump Tariffs are too "rooted in the past" are "centrist" and not "populist" enough. Yeah that's the ticket.

“Democrats should ask themselves why so many voters are siding with insurgents. When you have lost all national power to a right-wing populist movement, it is obtuse to slam the door on your own populist insurgents.” True fax

"When you have lost all national power to a right-wing populist movement, it is obtuse to slam the door on your own populist insurgents. Centrists argue that they’re anticipating right-wing attacks, but in fact they’re amplifying them — a common trap for Democrats in the Trump era."

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... National Dem Leadership. Are you listening? Look FORWARD not in the past. #momsky

For Demos to have a win after this Nov, they’ll need to be the party working for the 99% not the 1% To start get rid of its senile leadership, think & do BIG, get rid of Citizens United, fix Social Security, fix America’s broken infrastructure, universal healthcare www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

“When you have lost all national power to a right-wing populist movement, it is obtuse to slam the door on your own populist insurgents.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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"Rather than attacking the D.S.A. as the enemy, Democrats should ask themselves why so many voters are siding with insurgents. When you have lost all national power to a right-wing populist movement, it is obtuse to slam the door on your own populist insurgents."

A must read from Ben Rhodes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Title says a lot! We The People want leaders who will show the way to retake our power, and claw it out of the hands of those who have stolen it, while proving that they were incapable of using it for OUR BENEFIT!! Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

I don't usually read the opinion section. But I had to read this. I get so frustrated by the fact, time & again, Dems rip defeat outta jaws of victory. Dems done the job to show they're not Trump. But who are they? Will they listen to the electorate? Leadership needs to change.

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... After a decade of tRumpism, our society has gotten meaner, uglier and more obsessed with screens, consumption and conflict. Lying and cruelty have been rewarded. In the process, we’ve lost track of what gives us a sense of meaning and belonging.

Shut up Ben Rhodes. IDK what you expect Jeffries & Schumer to do AS THE MINORITY PARTY. Neither gets to decide what bills get voted on. We have a SOTH who would rather adjourn the House than let a vote be taken. Christ on a cracker, enough of this shit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR AMERICA?!

Thank you @benrhodes.bsky.social well said. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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As an Independent, my problem with Democrats has always been their lack of cohesiveness, their squabbling. They're like a family with members who don't like one another. It feels like that is happening again, at the worst possible time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

It's time somebody puts the people first, not the billionaires. And get rid of Schumer and Jeffries. New leadership now. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Yes, excellent question. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

"There is a cavernous void to be filled in American politics: No one has offered a vision for a future that a decisive majority of Americans can believe in". www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Ben Rhodes tells Democrats to wake up and listen to party insurgents: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

"rather than attacking the D.S.A. as the enemy, Democrats should ask themselves why so many voters are siding with insurgents. When you have lost all national power to a right-wing populist movement, it is obtuse to slam the door on your own populist insurgents.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

I suspect the answer is obvious and simple: what the people want and what the donors/orgs with $$$ want are not the same. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Democrats will “restore America to its own people.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

As Democrats work to claw back power in the midterms, they should also reckon with how they can better position themselves as the political force that can decisively replace MAGA. Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

"By defining themselves in opposition to Mr. Trump, Democrats have failed to tell a story about the future beyond him." The debate must be more than "I'm not Trump," it must be for the common good and a means to return America to the people. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

"Democrats must...commit to using government to break up and constrain the obscene concentrations of power that shape our lives and the flood of money and special interests that have corrupted our politics." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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But rather than attacking the D.S.A. as the enemy, Democrats should ask themselves why so many voters are siding with insurgents. When you have lost all national power to a right-wing populist movement, it is obtuse to slam the door on your own populist insurgents. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Am I crazy, or is the article written from the strange viewpoint that the existence of the Democratic and Republican parties is eternal and intrinsic to human nature, rather than being a temporary, contingent state of affairs? Like, the political divide across…🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

"Only new faces can make voters believe change is possible." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

A very thoughtful and cogent oped piece in today's @nytimes.com on how the Democratic party can move forward. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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There's only one problem with this guest essay. The people who need to pay attention to it, won't. 🎁🔗

“Populist uprising against data centers is because they are a physical manifestation of what people fear about the future. Machines replacing workers. Children taught by chatbots. Creeping surveillance state. Money & power concentrated in ever fewer hands.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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Free read: "Democrats must put themselves on the side of Americans who feel as if they don’t have any power — or even agency — over their future."

"Centrists argue that they’re anticipating right-wing attacks, but in fact they’re amplifying them — a common trap for Democrats in the Trump era. And at a time when Democrats desperately need new energy, it makes the Democratic Party look afraid of its own voters" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

"Democrats must ground their arguments in the language of values that have gone missing: fairness, dignity and community." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... Money talks louder inside the DC bubble

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WHY Does The #Democratic Party Is Afraid of Its Own Voters www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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Ben Rhodes: the best ideas fueling Democrats are not coming from the party: anti-data center activism, stopping arming the Israeli gov’t, challenging ICE, etc, while leaders like Schumer and Jeffries seem mired in the past. How can this change? Free article today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

I was surprised when I look into it how economists generally minimize the Smooth-Hawley/Depression-era tariffs as actually *driving* global recesison. So I thought this op-ed was going one way. It went another. Recommend:

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„Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening?“ - Der ehemalige Obama-Berater @rhodesben.bsky.social rechnet mit dem Establishment der US-Demokraten ab. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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"Democrats must put themselves on the side of Americans who feel as if they don’t have any power — or even agency — over their future. But that is not how the party is currently seen." (I liked this article much more than I thought I would.)

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... True and useful advice. We need to embrace pluralistic ideologies in our coalition, not be afraid of it.

Even Ben Rhodes is imploring you to discover Patrick Lovell and The Clean New Deal. thecleannewdeal.org Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

This voter asks, "How can the Democratic Party transform the country if it can't change itself?" Dems have something to prove. From Ben Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social: Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Time to dethatch the Democrat lawn. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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What Dems should do (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

The Democratic Party Is Afraid of Its Own Voters www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

"Democrats should be embracing pluralism as a strength." Also: "Democrats should seize the opportunity to begin building a cohesive movement." And: "[P]opulism can resonate from the center and the left. The goal should be threading them together." Pluralist and cohesive threaded together.

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... We need a strong voice who can rally & unite the party and draw moderate conservatives to our side if only for these vital elections in November. We know they will cheat & steal but we must be ready to fight like never before to protect American Democracy & Americans.

Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... ~ Long read but on point …

My tweets yesterday about a new Ben Rhodes article on his suggestions for helping The Democrats raise the level of American politics to better help the American people drew a lot of notice. Here's a copy of the article for free: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... :

Ben Rhodes: “After a decade of Trumpism, our society has gotten meaner, uglier and more obsessed with screens, consumption and conflict. Lying and cruelty have been rewarded...we’ve lost track of what gives us a sense of meaning and belonging..." (solve it, Dems!) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

“When set against MAGA’s cultlike uniformity, Democrats should be embracing pluralism...The most innovative Dem campaigns waged since Trump’s re-election show populism can resonate from the center and the left. The goal should be threading them together”👏 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

This: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... The corporate Democrats who are used to getting their way won't give up without a fight. History is not on their side. @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social need to step down!

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... National Dem Leadership. Are you listening? Look FORWARD not in the past. #momsky Gift link:

I wonder if the problem isn't the need for new faces / a more progressive agenda, but rather the need for a different *party*, one not named "Dems," and not calling itself "Socialist." Good ideas may get pre-judged and tainted if they're voiced by establishment Dems. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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“ESTABLISHED” DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERSHIP IN THE CAPITOL AND ELSEWHERE!! PLEASE READ BEN RHODES’ NYT OP-ED!!! Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o... I watched the segment on The Briefing with Jen Psaki on MS NOW … she’s awesome by the way … but I’d completely disagree with this idea of having Democrats pipe down or zip it … They should mirror their competition … their inability to mirror or share ideas on …

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Getting rid of Trump won’t solve our problems . Democrats have to step up. Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Worth a read/listen. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

"There is a cavernous void to be filled in American politics: No one has offered a vision for a future that a decisive majority of Americans can believe in. Before Democrats can change America, they must first change themselves." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Lots of good insights in this one. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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"Democrats must demonstrate that they understand...a broken system must be remade...commit to using government to break up & constrain the obscene concentrations of power that shape our lives & the flood of money & special interests that have corrupted our politics." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Good read. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

GIFT ARTICLE Democrats must change to win. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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Similar to a good Op/Ed in NYT this morning www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

www.nytimes.com headline change ⚠️ Framing Shift (8/10) ⚖️ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/opinion/democrats-midterms.html New text is now Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening?

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Voters "still see a sclerotic national party led by Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries that has struggled to address their fears about a corrupt political system, unfair economy, transformative technologies, endless wars and a lack of shared national identity." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

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Democratic leadership needs to listen. And get out of the way. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

"Existe un enorme vacío en la política estadounidense: nadie ha ofrecido una visión de futuro en la que pueda creer una mayoría decisiva de estadounidenses. Antes de que los demócratas puedan cambiar Estados Unidos, primero deben cambiarse a sí mismos". www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...