I want to preface this by saying I don’t think it’s their obligation to pony up money for the democratic cause. However, I don’t think I’ve heard any comment from our liberal stars, or word of any big donations. I mean, this is about as ugly and dangerous as it gets; where is my Sweet Baby, George Clooney? Where are all the Dems with money and influence?
I expect a lot are hiding in fear, not wanting to be the nail that sticks up and gets hammered. I also suspect a lot at this point have given up and come to the conclusion that America is either incapable of being saved, or simply not deserving of the effort. America chose Trump.
Bill S. Preston (Esq.) is out there leading the charge against Elon Musk, for one.
https://insideevs.com/news/751777/tesla-takeover-alex-winter-interview/
Most Excellent!
Is it perhaps the case that those “rich hollywood librul elites” were really bogeymen largely invented by the right, but then the idea was mostly swallowed by MSM?
IOW are they real or were they mostly smoke and mirrors the Rs loved to hate and we loved to love?
I’m not even sure that donations to the Democratic Party would be money well spent right now.
I’d like to see mega-rich liberals contribute to the most essential work carried out by institutions that have been de-funded by the White House regime (such as Habitat for Humanity). I’d like them to support civil society.
I wouldn’t be averse to Bob Dylan writing an anti-trump tune.
Yes, this for sure.
FWIW, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is phone-banking for the Wisconsin Democratic Party today:
Learned of it from today’s Hopium Chronicles Substack.
Only if somebody else sings it.
Has she been SNL Tulsi yet?
Well, of course. It wouldn’t be very effective if it was unintelligible.
No, she has not 
I was curious about celebrity canvassing and phone-banking, so I Googled up a little reading (below). It’s been a low-ish profile thing for a while, apparently. For those who follow prominent liberal Substackers, you’ll run across mentions from time to time, even for state races (like Louis-Dreyfus’ banking for the Wisconsin Supreme Court).
Some observers believe there is a flip side to celebrity endorsements and activism, as well – that celebrity influence can and has hurt Democratic candidates, especially in recent years.
A-list celebrity endorsements boomerang on Harris, Democrats
(TheHill.com, Nov 9, 2024)
Democrats are questioning their steady reliance on A-list celebrity endorsements after a brutal election loss by Vice President Harris that has triggered existential questions within the party about whether it’s fallen out of touch with working-class voters.
Celebrities showed up to donate and volunteer for Harris in 2024 and it didn’t seem to make a difference. Maybe they’re feeling like it doesn’t matter much.
I would think strategically your best bet right now is to sit back and do nothing. It doesn’t matter if it is right or left, without resistance either party will always go too far. You guys have not done a good job of picking your battles wisely. Sit back and watch and decide which battles to fight. I love the two party system simply because they buffer each other.
You might as well as where are the Obamae, why are top lawyer firms not sticking together, why other universities said nothing after Columbia was threatened.
They don’t want this attention. Despite generally wanting attention. A surfeit of courage and cojones.
Come gather rich lib’ruls
From out your news cone
And admit the fascism
Around you has grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be tracked by a drone
If Democracy is worth savin’
You better start helpin’
Or we all will get pwned
For the times they are a-changin’
Apologies to Bob Dylan
I saw a tweet or something shared–the sentiment was:
“The GOP is terrified of their base, and the Democrats are terrified of the GOP’s base, but NO ONE is terrified of the Democrat’s base.”
I also saw another that said basically the GOP are lock-step with each other over only a few issues, whereas the left is a loose conglomeration of people who “don’t agree with that,” without any unifying issues–just “I don’t agree with the Right.”
I myself am ruthlessly progressive, but I’m loath to call myself a Dem–changed my status to Independent because I want RADICAL progression. I might even be a socialist.
There’s simply no galvanizing force, entity, group, person–we’re all just floundering.
The death of America was such a whimper.