re: I feel like dems/the left are no longer in “defeat” mode post 2024, and are rejuvenated

Wrong Michigan.....the DEMS are so lost they turned to socialism.....and it will be defeated. Some of these blue shithole cities will succumb, but the general USA will not.

Dude, what/when was the last memorable or notable Democrat “win” that you can recall and tell us about? Seems to me they’ve been on a rather lengthy losing streak, maybe less and except some random “non-loss” we’ll call it. Maybe. I don’t know where you’re getting “rejuvenated” from.

Just look at their bench and roster of potential Presidential contenders - it goes from really bad to horrific on a spectrum. On top of that (and in addition to literally countless reasons and causes for such, of course) they’ve been openly seen as advocating for Hamas/Hezbollah/Iran merely on account of their hatred of our own country’s President - i.e. the perception of rooting against our own country, all while brave Americans are in harm’s way in that dangerous and unpredictable part of the world, even while they intentionally promote the appearance of negativity and hatred and division to the world - Iran included.

You may recall the last Presidential election when all the same haters and naysayers were pleased with and confident in their assertions that Trump was imminently going to be ripped to shreds in the election. They were cocky and arrogant and condescending and smart asses about those easy predictions - precisely the same as they are now again. And that ugly attitude is what severely turned off and pushed the all-important silent majority in the middle to Trump, leading to the shockingly significant win Trump and his supporters/voters earned. What have the Democrats done to fix their heinous problems and lure back all those many important voters?? Looks to me like they’ve made it worse, much worse.