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Kim B's avatar

I agree with everything you stated. From your experience and perspective, what is the Democratic Party doing to clean up the corruption and problems within the party? Winning the mid-terms isn’t going to erase those issues, and I worry that not addressing those issues now could hurt the democratic nominee for president in 2028.

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Kelly A's avatar

It’s surreal - so far outside of the realm of logic and morality that it is unimaginable.

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debra's avatar

We need to pay attention to what he says he won't do, as well.

Cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid: During his campaign, Trump categorically promised "no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid". However, his administration's budgets in office proposed billions in cuts to these programs.

Trump promised that his tax plan would not benefit the rich and would cost him a fortune, focusing tax relief on the middle class. Instead, he signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which disproportionately favored corporations and the wealthy, with a majority of the tax benefits going to millionaires and billionaires.

I've reached the point where if he says he didn't, he did. If he sayd he won't he, will. And it he says he "hasn't thought about it." the plan is ready to hatch. If he "Doesn't know about that," he is all over it, and if it will happen "in two weeks," there is no plan.

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Betsy Groth's avatar

We don’t have to pay attention to what he thinks , feels or says. Everything he says is a lie. People, including the politicians and media, cant get this through their thick skulls.

I see what he does. All of it is criminal and hateful. That’s what psychopaths do.

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debra's avatar

I’ve had to turn this into an Agatha Christie novel and study the intricacies, since the people in Washington—the only ones Constitutionally who CAN do anything about it—seem uninterested.

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Bennett Miller's avatar

I agree with almost everything you said. I would say the original sin was the Biden administration's lethargy in investigating, indicting and trying Trump for his actions on January 6. Democrats worried about the optics rather than the enormity if the crime itself. This is why Trump was free to run, to win, and to pardon the J6th insurgents. (I know I cheated a bit with this argument. But if Brazil can successfully convict a leader who tried to overturn an election, we should have been able to as well).

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John Birdsall's avatar

33 of the violent pro Trump insurrectionist have already been re arrested after being pardoned.

Why is the media not profiling more of the 1600 people pardoned to let Americans realize how sleazy most of those violent protesters were and continue to be?

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Grandma Judy's avatar

Trumps original sin were the children he raped!! Say it…THE CHILDREN TRUMP RAPED. IMPEACH AND IMPRISON THIS FELON NOW!!

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Steve's avatar

Jacqueline Eckl denies the far left voted in numbers to help Trump will the election in 2016.

She either can’t read or lacks comprehension. Or is it a cult mentality?

Here are the facts: In 2016 12% of the Bernie bros voted for Trump, and 12% voted for other, or not at all. That’s a total of 1.5 million votes for Trump, and another 1.5 million for another or not at all.

That enough votes added to the 3 million votes Hillary won by to give her the White House, and far enough for the electoral college victory.

There would never have been a Donald Trump if not for the far left.

And in 2000, they kept Al Gore out of the White House, by voting for Nader. They gave us GWB instead.

So the so called progressives kept an environmentalists, and an increment genius, out of the White House, for chaos in the Middle East for decades to come, and a ruthless odious obtuse dictator instead. And they call themselves progressives. NLM. They held America back decades if not forever.

That’s the cult mentality of the far left. They can never admit it, they never mention it, and they blame democrats for not voting for them.

They call negotiation, moving to the center. As if in a democracy, you shouldn’t negotiate. That is very similar to Donald Trump. The far left and the far right are dictators. They have kept America from democracy. And of course they both blame Democrats.

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Kelly A's avatar

We need a multiparty system that’s legit. Been saying that all my life. Two are not enough.

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Steve's avatar

In other words, you elected Donald Trump.

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Natron's avatar

That's bad math in our electoral system. I voted for Nader and wrote in Bernie in 2016. But I lived in safe blue states, so I could without impacting the final results. I suspect a lot of those 1.5 million non-Hillary voters did the same. Reminder: Gore did win the election despite Nader. He was displaced by a judicial coup d'etat. Please focus on beating MAGA in the future instead of why Hillary lost in 2016.

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Steve's avatar

We don’t have two, we really have four. We have the far right, which dominates the Republicans at this time. but there a GOP which is conservative Republicans. And a lot of them will vote Democrat just to get rid of Trump now. We hope.. and we need them. That’s why Mamdani should shut the fuck up until after the midterms. He will keep those GOP away from the Democratic Party and we need their votes in the midterm because although the so-called progressive will win their territories, like AOC, all she needs is 18,000 votes to win, but they will hurt, if they wave that progressive flag. They will hurt Democrats in areas where we don’t usually win, that we can possibly win, that would be enough possibly to get a super majority impeach Trump and put them in jail . But the far left will not head now anymore than they did in 2016 when they elected Donald Trump in the first place. And we have the Democrats, which are liberal FDRliberal Democratic party

Then we have the far left that call themselves social Democrats now, but are really? Bernie calls himself a social democrat, now, but we all remember Bernie called himself a socialist, and they all voted for him and kept Hillary from the presidentcy So they are really socialist? I think so. But one thing they’re not is intellectual by no means. They hate America..they hate capitalism, and they gave us Donald Trump on a platter.

And before that, they rejected the environmentalist Al Gore and gave us George W. Bush who unleashed havoc in the Middle East for decades to come, maybe forever, who knows. The far left gave us such destruction in America by helping the far right when two elections this century.

If it wasn’t for the far left, there would’ve been no GOP president in this century .

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Bensnewlogin's avatar

First thing. I’m not sure that the Democrats are equally as corrupt as the Republicans. As far as I can recall, Bob Menendez is still in prison. And a lot of Republicans are not. This is very much alike the Republicans/Christians claiming that the public school molestation problem is equivalent to their pastor molestation problem. They are not equivalent. The teachers get prosecuted for the most part. What we have in conservative Christianity is protecting the child molesting pastors.

Second, this administration is lying pretty much with impunity to go along with their parts of the January 6 insurrectionists. I’ll just quote one of my favorite websites. This is Nancy Pelosi speaking.

“Today, that president who incited that insurrection, continues to lie about what happened that day. I saw on TV that he was claiming that we did not ask for the National Guard. For over three hours we begged him to send the National Guard! He never did it. He took joy in not doing. He was savoring it. What he’s saying today is an insult to the American people.” – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, speaking today at a January 6 hearing conducted by House Democrats. Earlier today the White House launched a lie-filled website blaming Pelosi, Mike Pence, and Capitol Police for the insurrection attempt by MAGA extremists.

WTF? They’re blaming Mike the Pencil? The capitol Police? Weeks before the insurrection, Trump was telling his followers to be in Washington and it would be a “wild time”!

If Americans are going to buy this b;atant BS, wedeserve it all.

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Debbie's avatar

FYI: I AM a paid subscriber & don’t understand why you keep urging me in every one of your posts to become one. I wholeheartedly agree with your posts & will continue to read them. Is there a way I can access them as a paid subscriber to Endless Urgency & thereby avoid the annoying messages to pay & join?

Your Admirer,

Debora Schwartz

(debmickschwartz@cox.net

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Rosalind Hicks's avatar

I have the same issue

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Joan MacLeod's avatar

I still think the Trump Regime is going to try to stop the mid-terms.

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menehune's avatar

ALOHA. On the COCONUT ONE MIDDLE FINGER WIRELESS.......Long war games been brewing by RUBIO......"CUBA".....""Being president of this country is entirely about character.”........We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious men to solve them. And whatever our particular problem is, ORANGE FACE. CRY BABY, PEDO PIG, TRUMP the KING OF BANKRUTER is not the least bit interested in solving it. .............The regime wants CUBA next.. Reason why attack Venezuela? STOP OIL GOING TO CUBA TO CHOKE them. RUBIO want to take CUBA. This is the first step in controlling the economy in CUBA.. They want their OIL conglomerate RICH FRIENDS running the country..... TRUMP is only interested in three things and three's things only: Making you afraid, telling you who's to blame for it and MONEY. Rather than govern, ORANGE FACE, CRY BABY PEDO PIG TACO The KING OF BANKRUPTCY Trump is blaming his critics for the problems he has created. He is blaming immigrants, minorities, and Democratic voters and politicians alike. He is blaming you and me. ..............And C.B.S.( C**k BALLs SUCKERS) is crickets..... ..........Don't forget the PEDO FILES TOO....Keep your eyes on the prize...

HAUOLI MAKAHIKI HOU to you and yours.... everybody lives matter.. May the new days bring all of you to live in peace and prosperity. ......Live long, proud and loud......... ...........ALOHA.,

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LuciaRegan's avatar

So sad today. But trying to have hope for our country.

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M. Davis — Feed After Midnight's avatar

This isn’t some rhetorical masterpiece. But, it’s heartfelt, and I humbly ask that you take a few minutes to read it and share if you agree. 🇺🇸 ✊ ⬇️

https://mdavis19881.substack.com/p/five-years-after-j6-true-justice

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sue mackson's avatar

I am a paid sibscrober Wju do i keep being asked to join?

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Rosalind Hicks's avatar

It all sucks

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Cherylee Bowerbank's avatar

Yes! Thank you for all you doing. We must remember also he belongs to the Mob the so called ligament mob who placed their money the made with illegal drugs to this illegal president! I will remind everyone the mob is in Atlantic City and o one gets to blind there unless you are one of them!!!

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