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tamar's avatar

Talking about the issues is important but who is listening? the MAGA people dont hear any of this or they do not believe what they hear.....

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Robyn E's avatar
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People think the Dems are fighting for "someone else"? How about this, if the Dems are not demonizing or making fun of a particular group of people, then they are for them, not against them. The GOP demonizes women, people of color, LGBTQ+ folks, immigrants, and Muslims (did I leave anyone out?). By the process of elimination that means that the GOP only cares about white Christian males. Too many Americans, including young people, are willfully blind and disconnected.

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Hope Crescione's avatar

Chris Murphy? Maxwell Frost? Any of the Squad? Great governors like Pritzker, Shapiro, Hochul?

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Joan Wiersma's avatar

I love them.

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gerald weiner's avatar

The Republic Senators agree that health care negotiations can happen, but the government must be opened first. Why don't the democrats rebut by promoting that the government had been open and the Republicans would not negotiate even then.

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Suzann Wade's avatar

This was Elizabeth Warren’s response.

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Suki Herr's avatar

I’m not sure about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motives, but what she said about her children seeing their healthcare insurance premiums rise rings true.

How do Republicans expect their supporters not to notice the big raise in their insurance bills?

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Jackie Taylor Miller's avatar

Listening from Buffalo, New York 🙋🏻‍♀️

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Michael's avatar

I left 🇺🇸in 2016 so if we got to condition red we might not get out.

It's a condition red rn, Democrats are failing the information war. From 🇨🇦 we're dumbfounded to see it happen KNOWING WHO HE IS. Charlie Angus is finally there, too much benefit of any doubts given.

Christofascists are the enemy. We outnumber these cowards when confronted most run.

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ShutUpTiffany's avatar

I agree about where are they? Why aren’t they doing substack? YouTube? This is where most liberals get their information now. I don’t watch the mainstream media anymore. I used to watch/read it 24/7, but I don’t anymore. I have my Google notifications on for what I need to be able to discuss, but there’s too much otherwise and they’re only putting out Trump approved information so I just hit up other people first who are also following this directly so I know what I missed and don’t miss what Trump wants to hide from me. It’s sad, but this is what happens when billionaires buy our country. We finally know.

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David Pedersen's avatar

Petaluma

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Jennifer's avatar

Thank you!

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Nancy Johnston's avatar

Term limits for sure!

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Gemma's avatar

I came here from your chat with David Pakman. New fan.

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Joan Wiersma's avatar

Thanks for being here to save democracy. I really appreciate everything that you do.

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dan winright's avatar

Let's start with how powerful a liar Hillary Clinton is. Now let's touch on the fact of how Obama weaponized the Democratic party.

Face it. It's now the Socialist Democratic party.

Otherwise known as the deep state.

Forward to President Trump..

Hillary was none too happy about Trump entering the presidential election in 2016 and developed a plan to ruin Trump. Remember that Steele dossier? Well. Hillary and Obama decided to involve the CIA. The FBI. And the Dept of justice to use lawfare to destroy him.

It didn't work. Democrats made countless accusations to try and bankrupt Trump. That didn't work. Democrats are using the media to try and discredit Trump. Only the gullible are buying into that. Now the Socialist Democratic party is weaponizeing judges to stop Trump from doing what he was elected for.

Restoring law and order. Making America prosper.anyone who doesn't want this doesn't deserve to be a citizen of America, they should reside in a communist country and remain a peon. That's All socialism offers.

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Joan Wiersma's avatar

????

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Mason Frichette's avatar

Mike, you say that the Democratic leadership "lacks that critique" (of the systemic failures of this country), but you turn around and say you think Jeffries is doing a pretty good job. What you seem to be missing is that Jeffries is now tied to those failures and he has don't nothing to separate himself from them. I don't think he can repair the damage and that is why I want new leadership in the House. In the Senate? Schumer is a complete and utter failure and there is nothing he is capable of doing or willing to do to change people's opinions of him. He is much worse than worthless -- he is a total liability. He needs to go. I contact my senators frequently to repeat that if they hope to succeed they will have to get rid of Schumer. One of my senators is Patty Murray, who has been a decent senator, but she is old and she should not have run for her current term in office. She is tied inextricably to the Senate leadership -- the gerontocracy. (For the record, I am several years older than Murray, who also lacks the forceful personality we need to oppose Trump.)

Biden's worst feature, of many, was his ego. He shares that with Trump, but it is a problem common among politicians. Biden's ego is so bloated, so deranged that he still claims he would have beaten Trump. I appreciate a little humility in people and it is especially important for elected officials. We see what completely batshit crazy ego looks like in Trump. It makes it impossible for him to be a part of reality.

If Biden had stepped aside in 2023, he would have had an admirable record that still would have been destroyed by his "guarantee" of "unconditional support" to Israel and Netanyahu. I don't care how much someone supports a country, that doesn't mean giving it unconditional permission to wage war -- especially when you are giving the permission to someone like Netanyahu. Biden is now complicit in war crimes and genocide. Given the chance to pull back, he failed completely.

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George Fergus's avatar

Do we need a collective Democratic "Project 2029" to develop a clear agenda?

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