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By attending the Trump address, the Democrats normalized this very abnormal president. All Dems should have boycotted this grotesque parade of lies and imperial strutting.

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100% and that is why I do not look in Democrats to save this nation.

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The rest of the world continues to watch in horror. Is this the America that even Americans wanted?

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Slotkin was the wrong choice and her message was warm milk! Democrats still don’t get it that we are at war with MAGA! We better come to fight or welcome to Russia 2.0! We need the young people with some piss and vinegar to lead this movement. We have plenty of them so let’s use them. People like AOC, Crockett, Frost, etc!

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Dems sideline and marginalize their brightest talents for fear of alienating their large donors.

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You are right, it had to be Crockett or Warren or Frost etc.

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There is a coup going on

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They might try to prevent midterms. I just pray that enough people including in the military etc refuse to carry out their insane unlawful orders

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Then emerald have to have the Z2nd American revolution. Civil war.

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I have a feeling that Musk has the keys to the voting machines to make sure they will never loose another election. Trump new weeks before the election thy he as going to win. That’s the same feeling now! They are not afraid to loose! Why?

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I agree. I'm highly skeptical that Trump won the gen z, black, women, or the lgbtq communities. That alone tells me something it was rigged by foreign and domestic forces that could be easily bribed.

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As a Boomer, I’m disappointed in the younger Gen’s. We got in the streets and marched and protested to get us to where we were pre-Trump. You guys gotta get some spine! We can’t march and protest anymore. We’re on the back nine, the one yard line. Please take up the mantle for all of us and mostly for yourselves.

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I was at a small protest today at noon. Almost all retired!!!

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Thank you!!

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I, too, protested against the Vietnam War and for Civil Rights. But I was never suspended or expelled from university, nor was I ever arrested. Look at what has happened at our universities during the past year to students who valiantly protested against U.S. support of the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Numerous students have been arrested and then expelled; some faculty have been fired. Of course I hope that young and middle-aged people will take to the streets, but I fear that they will face more repercussions. Still, I agree that mass demonstrations will be essential for preserving democracy.

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yes, please youngsters get out there with your signs. As a Boomer there are 6 off us on Satudays with our signs as some of are on walkers and canes, We get so thrilled when the younger generation joins us. Patty

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The Dem should have been united in their message and signs: Trump IS CORRUPT. FIGHT OLIGARCHY. FIGHT CORRUPTION.

TRILLIONS of dollars of tax breaks for BILLIONAIRES IS THE BIGGEST CORRUPTION EVER PERPETUATED ON AMERICANS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

An unprecedented 13 BILLIONAIRES now run the government. They want TRILLIONS of dollars in tax breaks for themselves and other oligarchs. This is the MOST MASSIVE CORRUPTION EVER SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

That should have been every talking point, every sign.

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Mehdi- the Democrats will not save us. Please give a voice to third parties. Yes it’s hard! But are you really going to put your chips down on rehabilitating a corporate whore genocidal Democrat party?! Come on man! I’m starting to lose faith in your claims of being intelligently critical. The duopoly is not the solution. You made that point yourself so don’t give up on democracy! Give space to third parties. Help grow them! Come on man! Do it!!!👊🏼✊🏼

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Proof the Democrats are a lost cause:

file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/bf/15/85D9071C-115F-4310-93F0-A4F00444CD49/third-way-doc.pdf

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Just say it .. they do not care because they know the fix is in. Dunno how.. but they are way to confident.

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I loathe the Dens. Me I’m a Radical socialist, Can’t stand Carville. It has not been a democracy since Citizens United, it’s been a corporate plutocracy. A government by the rich for the rich controlled by the corporate state.Thsts the Dems. Now it’s just fascist. We have a 10 alarm fire.

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I don't think DT actually won nor was the assination attempt a real event. Utterly surreal

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Eeeeeer. I hate the Dems for what they have let happen. But this show has inspired a letter writing campaign. They should have all boycotted. It would have stolen the press. They should have walked out in solidarity with Green. Another press steel. They should have had an alternative State of the Union. We do need a hostile take over of the Democratic party. Thanks for all the excellent points. But as far as the letter writing campaign, I do think the Democrats don't like their people. That has really hit home in the last year plus with the genocide in Gaza. They will not listen to us.

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Dems and guests, all should have worn Putin masks, yelled "bullshit", and all walked out with Green.

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Mehdi at 26:24 - this is exactly right. New Constitution. I'll keep saying this: The US Constitution privileges white property-owning men over everyone else, and mere amendments are not going to stop white property-owning men from interpreting that way. After hearing Mehdi, I'm thinking, yes, if Republicans are already blowing up the Constitution in a destructive way guaranteed to hurt the American people, then Democrats have an opening to say, well, let's blow it up so that it helps us deliver for the American people. Republicans are doing it because it suits an authoritarian agenda; how can Democrats make significant changes that strengthen the ability of people to flourish? Other constitutions embed equality in the main text, which suggests that the reason for the state to exist at all is to ensure that equality.

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Jill Stein is a fake because she never sought to grow the Green Party

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That's not true actually- they worked hard to get candidates certified across the country and were often blocked

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