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The solution is to eliminate the filibuster because the 60 vote threshold is not democratic and is nearly insurmountable. Also, Dems need to get tougher on members. You canât be a president for a whole nation when you canât even count on the backing of your own party.
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Okay. But someone needs to let David Hogg know who this particular Dem is. So they can be primaried.
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Thisđđ». I vote for Dems because I donât want to give up voting. I should have options. And fascists vs fascist enablers isnât the choice Iâm looking for.
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How is it not his job to support candidates most likely to win in a general election?
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Better than losing our country to fascism because Dems narrow margins keep shrinking due to the imminent death of its members.
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The DNC has never been neutral in primaries. An AOC/Tim Walz ticket would give the party establishment an aneurysm.
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They did. And so will he. And good. Itâs long overdue.
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That Gavin Newsom doesnât think Democrats can or should walk and chew gum at the same time? Whatâs so hard about this. Have foreign policy committee reps focus on hammering Trump for kidnapping and imprisoning people without a trial. Let finance committee members focus on tariffs and trade.
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What is she afraid of? Specifically? Losing her seat? Sheâs not entitled to it. Especially if sheâs not fighting for her constituents.
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What a horrible thing to do to a pig.
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Read Rowling if you want. Donât if you donât. She already has more money than God and the King and nothing will change that. At this point Iâm starting to think that some of those who dislike her would cheerfully host a book burning.
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McMorrow has potential. But she is still too reluctant to call out failures in her own party. You cannot change whatâs wrong if youâre afraid to identify it.
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Itâs not a 50/50 state. Itâs a pro worker, pro union, pro high quality government services state. And there is a huge Muslim population here, many of whom have been elected.
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He would be a great Senator for Michigan.
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Because now they think heâs dead. No interviews. No media scandal. No interest.
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The reason Trump is already so awful is because of everyone constantly waiting for him to get worse before they act. An innocent man in a prison for life is horrific. An American citizen deported to the same prison is cause for a civil war.
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This isnât inevitable. But I do think they arenât going to stand by and be sandbagged a third time. If the Dem establishment tries to get in their way again itâs going down.
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The level of cognitive dissonance it takes for him to make this speech should shatter his brain stem.
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9/11. Bush investigated Quakers who opposed the Iraq War for having terrorist sympathies. And members of PETA too. Freeing lab animals from their torture chambers was definitely terrorism.
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People arenât entitled to their seats because they put a D after their name on the ballot. They arenât entitled to represent their constituents due to age or seniority, race or ethnicity. They have to earn the support of voters EVERY TIME. If they do that the primary isnât a problem.
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Exactly! After the final book I started thinking she wasnât all right in the head. It was an absolute bloodbath for nearly every beloved character sheâd created. Since then sheâs said some pretty hateful mean spirited things. But I still say judge the work on its own merits.
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True. Hopefully not myself locked inside of a burning cyber truck.
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No.
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My kids loved it. And never saw a drop of antisemitism in it. And I donât think people need to limit themselves to reading things that reflect no flaws. How very boring that would be.
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Every penny you spend harms someone or something. Unless youâre living in a yurt on a mountain top eating nuts and berries. Borrowing a copy of a book is relatively harmless.
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Itâs the rich vs the rest of us. And there is no middle ground.
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MmmâŠI donât know. Maybe we need another moderate Democrat willing to work with Republicans until âthe fever breaks.â
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I can enjoy the Declaration of Independence without chiding myself that Jefferson was a serial rapist and a slave owner. I can read The Raven without reminding myself that Poe had sex with a 12 yr old relative. Human beings make literature and art. And human beings are flawed.
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In lieu of apologies you can go to the polls in November 2028 and make AOC president.
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This makes a lot of sense. Sounds like the administration is babbling again about things it doesnât understand.
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If you get an air traffic control job at 35-40 and you retire at 60-65âŠ.? Is retirement itself a national security issue?
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Welcome Home! Maybe I misunderstood the constitution but all of these people swear to defend the constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. Letting Trump regain office is a massive failure of their duty to the country.
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They clearly polled people who have learned nothing whatsoever. Why not run Clinton again? How about Biden? Dems have a long list of candidates who lose to Trump. Whatâs changed?
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Yes. We know. And?
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The last paragraph says it all. She doesnât take big donor money. She can say and do what she believes is right for America. Most Democrats want the cash.
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That actually explains a lot.
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Or just making that crime legal.
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Corporate Democrats will never give up their big money donors. This isnât left vs right. Itâs democracy or oligarchy. We cannot have both. There is no middle ground. Thatâs what Bernie has been saying all along. Oligarchs will take everything.
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Lol. Cognitive dissonance much? Supporting a candidate that wants to use American tax dollars on American citizens instead of dropping bombs on foreign civilians is democracy, not worship.
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I feel your pain. My congressional free loader is John James. He keeps a life size cardboard cutout of Trump in his office.
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Yes! Trump is one stupid old man whose life expectancy is over. There is a whole cadre of wealthy mostly white men behind him crafting these policies and strategies for him. They are the ones who must be stopped. Vote blue no matter who is never going to cut it.
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Oh gods. I loathe him so much. Heâs the county prosecutor and every time he runs for office he trots out his forty billion signs with his ugly mug and puts them on every street corner. And I do mean every street corner.
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I got the ârealâ id the last time I renewed my license. And it made me mad. âHey, itâs me. Still me. Hereâs the birth certificate you issued me. Hereâs the marriage license you issued me. Here is the driverâs license you issued me. Here is $60 for you to look at the documents you issued me.â đĄ
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Get elected without their money, then do whatâs right for human constituents instead of what oligarchs pay for.