· by rbreich.bsky.social ·4h ago · view on bsky.app ↗

The Moronic Bullshit of the "Third Way" (robertreich.substack.com)

There's no "middle" between neofascist corporatism and democracy

Third Way — which has declared "war" on progressives — is a Trojan Horse for corporate America. Their funding sources are a Star Wars cantina of billionaire megadonors, Fortune 500 CEOs, giant corporations, and corporate dark money bundlers.

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leftaz.bsky.social · 0 · 3h ago

Israel

grumpy0ldman84.bsky.social · 0 · 2h ago

🤬

4gabriel.bsky.social · 0 · 1h ago

Yea fuck that noise- Damn the morons! Full speed ahead!

Eliana · 21 · 3h ago

Hellishchildren · 2 · 3h ago

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Hellishchildren · 3 · 3h ago

Third Way tells Democrats to drop the idea of abolishing ICE. And they're here on Bluesky if you need someone to go yell at. bsky.app/profile/ryan...

Hellishchildren · 0 · 3h ago

March 2, 2026 archive.ph/YPX8C Third Way is going to lead the effort in 2028 to help nominate someone who is more moderate and mainstream and defeat someone from the far left. Some of it is on policy. If you are for Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, abolishing ICE, open borders, you’re a lefty.

Ani · 1 · 3h ago

No one is for open borders.

Shou Fukan · 1 · 2h ago

I am. Borders are chains of oppression and anyone in favor of them is either racist or coward or both

Christine · 2 · 3h ago

As seen from Europe, El-Sayed is a centrist candidate.

Franssu · 1 · 1h ago

The greatest trick the far right ever pulled was convincing the world it didn’t exist anymore (or that they were just centrists “asking questions”).

Hold My Beer ❌👑🐸🇲🇽🇨🇦 · 2 · 2h ago

Thank you so much for highlighting this for us. There are so many orgs & pacs out there it's really REALLY hard to know who is who and what is what. And I realize that's the point, so thank you for this. Shared.

Bunky · 1 · 42m ago

The corporatocracy is gearing up the machine against us… prepare to be bludgeoned the centrism philosophy

Digital Relic 🌀 · 3 · 1h ago

TRuxMintinBox · 2 · 3h ago

Basically Third Way operatives are paid lobbyists for CEOs disguised as concerned Democrats.

Blue_Riverrrr · 3 · 3h ago

Can you find out who is funding Joe Manchin’s Independent Leadership Council? They have taken out progressive Democrats in favor of moderate Independents in multiple states (AK, SD, ID). They are currently attempting to do it in Montana. Democrat candidates were harassed and threatened to drop out.

aragen.bsky.social · 1 · 1h ago

The middle of America is to the left of elected Democrats. To win the middle, move left.

MLangley · 1 · 3h ago

Yesterday from John Deering:

Rocky Mountain Progressives · 0 · 2h ago

The Democratic Party needs to be one party.

LaRoeBoat · 1 · 55m ago

They're not a "Third Way." They're a "Same Old Shit."

Bill Gorman · 0 · 3h ago

Thirty years ago this had a shot. But now, this boat has sailed. Human civilization on this planet is in peril, the time for half measures has passed.

Shou Fukan · 0 · 3h ago

Nom. It has always sucked. Anything that's not socialism has always sucked. It's always about the rich trying to find a way to trick regular people into accepting that the oligarchy is good

cptbeasty.bsky.social · 0 · 2h ago

Third way please go way and STFU. The status quo sucks and is killing people.

CheyenneGrayOwl · 2 · 3h ago

With the exception of "Ranked choice voting," this is a good party platform.

Jill Tsu · 0 · 40m ago

In a capitalist society, you won’t be able to cap CEO pay, but you can tax it.

claude zachary · 0 · 2h ago

Yet another reason I wont go near Democrats on my ballot. They do not represent my interests in any way, and have no intention of ever doing so.

Tom Perna · 0 · 3h ago

A positive spin on this might be that the superrich corporations are tired of the far right and would like to have a middle. Of course, that sounds like BS because a middle of the road government didn't make them Super Rich the Magats did.

Shou Fukan · 2 · 3h ago

Capitalism made them rich and both major parties love and hug and miss capitalism because they all get donations from Capital. That's the whole point of the article. Democrats are now basically the same as Republicans and we Socialists are pushing back because we have numbers now

Lane, actually 🥄⚧️✊ · 1 · 1h ago

More of a “Turd Way,” IMnsHO.

@radbradley.bsky.social · 7 · 3h ago

Carville World

@radbradley.bsky.social · 0 · 3h ago

sing-dance.bsky.social · 0 · 2h ago

Good article! Interesting to see their Board of Directors too. Now I can understand why & how they Spin the truth & facts to suit their own Agenda. Please take a few moments to read this article! 👍

curiousgeorge2025.bsky.social · 1 · 3h ago

There is no third option. You are either FOR or AGAINST. Up or down. In or out. To Do or Not To Do. Your actions or non-actions will be the choice.

tim215.bsky.social · 1 · 3h ago

And millions of crackers will buy into this crap.

dailyracingrag.bsky.social · 1 · 2h ago

propaganda propagates fast and works like magic however truth can kill propaganda like bug spray

Antique Guy · 0 · 3h ago

Remember Reich stands with the failed Leftist States and Cities of the US, Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago, DC, Los Angeles. He will only be happy when the entire US is turned into a Leftist Shithole.

Caretaker · 1 · 2h ago

Shou Fukan · 1 · 2h ago

lol you're a nazi

steve52.bsky.social · 1 · 3h ago

Third Way was useful in the 90s, when many Republicans were moderates willing to compromise, not fascists who spent all their time lying to the American people and trying to figure out how to break the law and not get caught. Today's Republicans view compromise as date rape.

Chainmailed Heart · 1 · 2h ago

Note: Bill Clinton got elected, then proceeded to toss LGBT people and organized labor under the bus. Those were the very people who helped him get elected. IIRC, he was involved with Third Way.

coconutlizard.bsky.social · 7 · 4h ago

How about rebuild the middle class!

CheyenneGrayOwl · 11 · 3h ago

Caretaker · 3 · 2h ago

Too bad the plebians didn't remember that lesson under Regan. #Solidarity

Shou Fukan · 0 · 3h ago

There is no middle class. You're either Working Class or Owning Class. All those other classes were made up by the Owning Class so that people who make 30K hate people who make 200K and vice versa. Anyone who earns a wage or salary to survive is in the same class no matter what they make. Solidarity

coconutlizard.bsky.social · 2 · 4h ago

They are so disgusting

Louise · 6 · 3h ago

As I've aged I have moved closer & closer to the progressive end of the spectrum. I had a physics teacher once tell me the only constant in the Universe was changed. Tht goes for politics also. Politics must change. It must adapt to serve each generation.🗳️🇺🇸

Phriendly Pharmer · 1 · 16m ago

Aye, change and death are the only two absolutes for us.

Orthogonal /// Collapse · 1 · 3h ago

Third (Reich) Way (Yes, I know, and I'm sorry)

ws75.bsky.social · 0 · 1h ago

Just another BS cult movement..just like maga.

🌎𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚍𝚒 · 0 · 2h ago

The “war” between progressives and moderate Dems is fueled by Musk. Each has a place as determined by the electorate they will or currently serve. Third way is not a way.

shiftyclown.bsky.social · 1 · 3h ago

The corporate lackeys are getting nervous.

Sheareh · 4 · 3h ago

Ah, so it’s not Dems declaring war on progressives. It’s the oligarch class using media outlets like the NY Times to try to pit us against one another. Dear lord I hope we don’t fall for it this time around. Unity is the only way we can even begin to get out of this nightmare.

Caretaker · 3 · 2h ago

It's capitalists continuing the same divide and conquer tactics they have been using for centuries: gender, religion, race, age, political labels, socioeconomic status. Pit the ones holding pitchforks against the ones carrying torches against each other and reap the benefits.

Jenn @ ChargeToTheParks ⚡️ · 1 · 24m ago

Gwendolyn Ann Smith · 21 · 4h ago

The thing that gets me about "Winning the Middle," is that we also keep hearing about how "deeply divided" we all are. If the latter is true, then there is no "middle" to win.

Dano53 · 3 · 2h ago

You're right, there is no middle, there's stupid and there's smart, that's it.

AllChristmas · 0 · 3h ago

Yup, most of us know that. It’s not going to stop the support of progressives!!!!! Corporate America can stick it.!!!!!

Davey Wilbury · 2 · 2h ago

you and the 3rd way are on the same side bob- capitalists like u have been humiliated and it’s ok to admit the socialists have been right the whole time

misanthroprick.bsky.social · 0 · 2h ago

Substack is for nazi propaganda.

Puget Bob · 0 · 3h ago

IDK about Third Way, but the remarkable thing is that past good-faith efforts at a 3rd party have basically all wound up advocating the positions of…the Democratic Party.

informationbank.bsky.social · 0 · 2h ago

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Shou Fukan · 1 · 3h ago

Nobody is surprised by this It's always been centrist liberal sewage Once again it's painfully obvious that liberals prefer fascism to socialism. Every single time

Caretaker · 1 · 2h ago

It's Capitalists pushing the myth of centrism, there is no middle ground between the working class and the owner class.

jrthomer.bsky.social · 0 · 2h ago

Sounds like the corporate version of QAnon

Seth Campbell · 0 · 1h ago

JPD · 0 · 2h ago

There are a lot of "false" info public relation campaigns and nonprofits popping up now with the election so close. I try to double check the origins of anything I'm reading which I have not seen before. Just because something can pay for air time on big media doesn't make it legit.

d-d-jones.bsky.social · 1 · 2h ago

Left and right aside, this reaction is exactly what they accuse the other side of, deserved or not. It’s a big tent party, with no owners. If they don’t insist on running things they should be able to stay. If they want to force a fight, we all lose - but I suspect they will lose the most. JMO

epluribusfractum.bsky.social · 0 · 3h ago

Theyre hoping to split moderate Dems off from progressives. Third parties tend to be spoliers-- they don't win.

Shou Fukan · 0 · 3h ago

Third parties can win if liberals had the courage to vote for them

epluribusfractum.bsky.social · 0 · 2h ago

Both parties would have to lose half their voters for a 3rd party to even have a chance. Not likely anytime soon.

TSinghmorethanl · 0 · 2h ago

The call to mediocrity fallacy

aggroidiots.bsky.social · 1 · 34m ago

Always has been. Just GOP econ without culture wars bullshit

SpartaLadySusan · 0 · 1h ago

🇺🇲🏛️🏴‍☠️👑🎃👐🏻💬 "I Love The Center—Especially When Billionaires Pay For It!” 📜 Divine & Demonic Wisdom 📜 HEAVEN'S😇🪉🙏🏻MORAL: “DEMOCRACY SHOULD SERVE CITIZENS, NOT CHECKBOOKS!" TRUMPLANDIA’S😈🔥🖕IMMORAL: “WHOEVER HAS THE GOLD GETS TO CALL HIMSELF ‘THE CENTER!"'

dinestars.bsky.social · 0 · 2h ago

Please America become Albania.

Llanc · 0 · 1h ago

50 shades of centrist

dr-ann1953 · 0 · 2h ago

Expose fraud

Debs Girl💙🌊Save 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇹🇼 · 2 · 2h ago

This needs to be shouted over and over again. It’s absolutely a Trojan Horse for corporate america.

Republicans Are Traitors · 30 · 4h ago

Exactly this. Third Way is just a front for corporations and any democrat who accepts campaign funding from Third Way needs to be primaried at the earliest possibility.

Anywhy · 11 · 2h ago

Third Way should be called out as much as AIPAC for what they're doing. Both are anti-democratic cancers in the Democratic Party.

Karin · 1 · 2h ago

Should be called The purchased way !

BlueFairyVA · 1 · 6m ago

Not falling for it in droves

Nah · 14 · 4h ago

The only 'middle' there is are people who are too chicken shit to pick a side or have their own nuanced views. Centrism is avoidance, usually due to fear of confrontation. Good thing centrism is grounds for confrontation

CheyenneGrayOwl · 2 · 3h ago

Nolan Zugernat · 10 · 3h ago

Yes, centrism is not a coherent political position or ideology.

Nolan Zugernat · 0 · 31m ago

I mean, somebody explain to me what centrists believe in. It’s not possible. There’s no centrist manifesto. One person’s beliefs might average out to center, but the next person would average out to the center in an entirely different way. Zero consistency.

Nah · 0 · 4h ago

It's like purple in that way

DH 🗽🐋 🐝 🧪 ❌👑 🖕🏻🧊 · 8 · 3h ago

Money in politics will end democracy, or, democracy will end Money in politics. It’ll be either / or. Elect people who refuse to”big money”, “dark money” and anything but individual contributions.

Karin · 1 · 2h ago

I think money and greed has done its job which is destroy the USA and democracy.

nathanrmcgrew.bsky.social · 5 · 3h ago

I was called antisemitic for calling this out the first time I saw it. Anyway, no such thing as a "moderate" Democrat. They were courted for their corporate campaign money and now Republicans run the party.

Gay McMillen · 0 · 2h ago

Utter crap 💩

Mid TN Blue Dot · 0 · 3h ago

Manchin and Synema are involved. What could go wrong?

br00t4c · 1 · 4h ago

#TurdWay #WelcomeFest #clowns

kweersaintsnbabas.bsky.social · 0 · 2h ago

Daveawayfromhome · 0 · 2h ago

It would be far more accurate if they had declared themselves to be AGAINST a third way. Siding with Establishment Democrats is nothing new and even when it wins it doesn’t result in Victory

scribeholliwell.bsky.social · 9 · 4h ago

There's already a huge amount of talking points cropping up, even here on Bluesky. People claiming m4a is opposed by the AMA, the DSA is trying to sink the US into a DPRK style state, blatant McCarthyism directed at progressives. The oligarchy's defense machine is swift and unyielding. Stay strong.

CheyenneGrayOwl · 1 · 3h ago

MAGA is a Leninist Party that constantly engages in classical Marxist Methodology .

Madame Chalet · 3 · 3h ago

Are you well? You don’t seem well. That quote is not from Marx and MAGA is definitely not a Leninist party. Nazis for sure, opposite of Leninist.

scribeholliwell.bsky.social · 1 · 2h ago

I'm thinking this is more of what I was talking about. It seems like they're trying several avenues to red scare people. Tying it to MAGA is definitely something I've seen a few times now.

Madame Chalet · 1 · 2h ago

That’s exactly what I was thinking… New tactics…

scribeholliwell.bsky.social · 1 · 2h ago

I think it boils down to that notion of always being on offense. It's harder to work politically from a place of defense because then you're stuck endlessly trying to explain why the BS they're slinging is wrong. The gish gallop just got honed and perfected by the people in power.

scribeholliwell.bsky.social · 0 · 2h ago

Case in point in a round about way, I guess?

Rob Hoffman · 4 · 3h ago

I made the mistake of commenting on Carville's attacks on progressives on BlueSky yesterday and was immediately ambushed--blamed for Trump's wins, called a bigot, and an antisemite. It's nuts.

Karin · 1 · 2h ago

Carvel is way past his sell by date! The old guard must go , keep that thinking we will never win again !

scribeholliwell.bsky.social · 5 · 3h ago

It's absolutely insane. I genuinely didn't know there was a subsection of the Dems that were so violently against the DSA until I ran into them here. When I've tried to ask about their views to try to understand, they just resort to name calling and refuse to give direct answers.

Karin · 2 · 2h ago

It’s the old school I think they are hanging onto their jobs , scared by change .