A lot of the issues Democrats have with messaging say more about the voter base than they do the Democrats.

George Wallace actually went into his political career as a Southern moderate. Black people who knew him before he became the governor of Alabama would talk about how Wallace was one of the few white men who would address them by their name or as "sir" rather than "boy." 

George Wallace's first run for governor of Alabama was in 1958. He ran on a platform of good schools, good roads, and improving the lives of Alabamians. His main opponent, John Patterson, ran on racial politics and use of the N-word and fought against the desegregation order in Brown v. Board of Education. Wallace lost the 1958 primary to Patterson by 35,000 votes, and Patterson went on to become governor of Alabama from 1959-1963

"You know, I tried to talk about good roads and good schools and all these things that have been part of my career, and nobody listened. And then I began talking about n*****s, and they stomped the floor." - George Wallace, on why he began using racist messaging in his 1962 campaign to become governor.

George Wallace won the 1962 election, was governor of Alabama from 1963-1967. His 1963 inaugural address included the famous phrase "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." Since Alabama did not allow a person to serve as a governor for consecutive terms, his wife, Lurleen Wallace (whose cancer diagnosis was concealed from her at Wallace's orders) served the following term, where she basically acted as her husband's proxy governor. Wallace then served as governor for much of the next 20 years and ran for president as an independent in 1968 with Curtis LeMay. His presidential campaign was fueled entirely on racial hatred and anger at Johnson over signing the Civil Rights Act He won Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, for a total of 46 electoral votes, making him the second most successful third party candidate of the 20th century, after Teddy Roosevelt of the Bull Moose Party. 

Five (and counting) of the nine acts originally scheduled to perform at the Freedom 250 concerts have now pulled out.

- Young MC
- Fabrice Morvan (Milli Vanilli)
- Morris Day and the Time
- The Commodores
- Martina McBride, who has spent her entire career as an advocate for DV victims, is the latest to withdraw. In her statement, she said that she had accepted the invitation because she thought it would be a non-partisan event celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Instead, it's apparently just a MAGA/Trump rally on steroids.

So that only leaves Vanilla Ice, Bret Michaels, Flo Rida, and C+C Music Factory as performers. I guess they'll have to bring out Kid Rock and Ted Nugent again.

EDIT: It looks like C+C Music Factory are backing out now.

EDIT 2: Michaels just announced he's pulling out. Now it's just Flo Rida and Vanilla Ice.

The criminality of this entire administration is truly astounding. Top to bottom. 

Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC), who is running for governor of SC, got a big shock when Trump endorsed Lt. Governor Pamela Evette instead of her, despite Mace's more or less consistent glazing of Trump. Evette currently leads a crowded Republican field in polling, however, while Mace is in fifth place. Her infamous meltdowns apparently didn't impress the MAGA base.

A number of MAGA commentators, including Catturd, George Santos, and Jonah Goldberg, have mocked Mace for her attempts to curry favor with Trump. (Man, it's sad that a convicted felon fraudster and a guy calling himself Catturd are leading Republican voices).

Nancy Mace faces MAGA backlash over pro-Trump post - MSN

So basically, a pickme is upset that she didn't get picked.

The Republicans, Trump included, are now screaming about election fraud in the California primary.

California has an open “jungle” primary system where the top two candidates advance if no candidate reaches 50 percent of the total vote.

In the governor’s race, it looks like AG Xavier Becerra (D) will face off against TV talking head Steve Hilton (R). Hilton actually has the most votes of all the candidates with 27.2%, barely edging out Becerra at 26%. However, Becerra’s vote was also split with a much more crowded Democratic field that includes billionaire Tom Steyer, who is in third place 20.2%). Congresswoman Katie Porter (4.5%, 5th), and San Jose mayor Matt Mahan (4.0%, 6th). Hilton’s only significant Republican competitor is controversial Riverside County sheriff Chad Bianco (11%, 4th). Had Porter and Mahan dropped out when they knew their numbers sucked, the race likely would have come down to Becerra vs. Steyer.

For Los Angeles mayor, incumbent Karen Bass leads with 35% of the vote and has already been called to advance to the general election. Fighting for second place are reality TV talking head Spencer Pratt, a Republican’ who is currently second with 29%, and councilwoman Nithya Raman, a Democrat with 23% of the total vote. The other candidates combined collectively received 13% of the vote.

Most of the remaining votes are mail-in ballots, which tend to skew Democratic, and Trump is using this to push for the end of voting by mail and more ominously, federalizing elections. He will really be pissed if the remaining ballots knock out Hilton and Pratt. I doubt this will happen to Hilton, but Raman does have a chance to knock Pratt out of the general election. 

Content creators like David Pakman and Brian Tyler Cohen are now on a White House list of "media offenders." The fascist dissent purge is likely about to enter its next phase.

Becerra is now ahead of Hilton, though that means they’ll face each other in November. But Steyer is gaining ground. Unlikely he’s going to pass Hilton, which would lead to a Dem vs. Dem matchup in the general election.

In Los Angeles, Raman is closing the gap with Pratt for second place, with 29 percent of votes remaining. Whoever comes out on top will face incumbent Bass on November.

Trump is in panic mode. Screaming voter fraud, DOJ investigations, the works.

Despite all his blunders and demonstrations that he's not at all the genius he's portrayed as, Elon Musk is now a trillionaire. Boy this is one dark timeline...

We're entering a world where billionaires are the new millionaires, and government offices are likewise seeing billionaires replacing millionaires.  We've come a long way from Truman leaving the White House almost flat broke.

Meanwhile, the actual workers are still thousandaires, at best.