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Donald Trump has been running his campaign for 604 days. Democrats want to throw in a rookie with 116 days left.

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And against a media cabal that seems hellbent on getting Whatshisname elected again because it'll be good for "covering".

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I’m old as well. His age does’t trouble me.

I’ve given some bad lectures in my career. I’ve never had the NYT publish a series of articles highlighting them.

Joe is a decent man, who places the interests of the nation above his own.

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Arguments in favor of Biden accomplish nothing, especially when preached to the choir, as by posting at "The Good in Us." On my end, it does accomplish something. That something is keeping my head above water. It is standing behind a president who can and will beat the orange turd. Reach for nothing and you’ll get it every time. I stand with Mary who stand with Biden/Harris who will win in 2024 breaking our backs to do it!

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I've posted a lot about P2025 since reading in March.

The toxic nature P2025 is a poison to my soul. Never the less, I felt a need to raise the public's awareness.

I don't consider a few positive words out of place. Pour encourager les autres.

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Because they want us to be afraid, to give up and to throw Biden under the bus because of his age. It’s a psyop to panic us and Dem Senators and Congresspersons who are up for reelection.

I stand with Biden-Harris. I educate people about Project 2025. I’ve been warning about the steady rise of Christian extremism since the ‘90’s. Here we are and far too many people still don’t know or care about Project 2025 and the harm it will do to everyone, even maga.

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I noticed they have the same first sentence. Neither of them have posted anything. I didn't think a few positive words would engender such vitriol.

They both called me out for accomplishing nothing, while neither has posted anything.

I've spent over half of my 68 years in service to the country, 4.5 years in the Marine Corps followed by 29 years as a Professor of Mathematics..

They haven't bothered to see that I have put out of dozens posts about P2025 (yes I read all 900 pages) since reading in March in an effort raise the public's awareness of its contents.

I'll listen to them when they have read the entirety of Project 2025.

I just edited my typos. Sorry, I still type using two fingers.

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Same reason they published the "Project for a New American Century" under Bush. They know most people will just dismiss it, while they also continue working to break enough of the government to be able to eventually make it happen. We're there, now. They've played the long game of winner-take-all political Rugby, while we've been playing the political equivalent of badminton, mostly because no one would believe that they're as extreme as they are.

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Arguments in favor of Biden accomplish nothing, especially when preached to the choir, as by posting at "The Good in Us." Nor does complaining about the NYT. The only thing that matters is whether the undecideds are more likely to vote for Biden or for a replacement rather than for Trump or sitting it out. I don't know, of course, but I suspect that switching candidates would give the Democrats media attention at the expense of the orange turd.

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The task certainly is to focus defeating Trump at ballot box.

The tired of posting negative comments. I read P2025 in March, since then I've on a crusade to raise the awareness of people to its content.

Today i wanted to post something positive and hopeful..

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That would backfire spectacularly.

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Polls schmolls

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Why would we do something that BOTH tRump and Vputin want us do for? Yeah that makes sense 😪

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The media is back to acting like the shit zone it was in 2016. Gawking at trump and not caring what happens as long as they get ratings.🤨

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Boy have the masks come OFF

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THIS.

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Don, and the media wants to be able to continue pretending they are somehow fair and balanced, which since Trump rode his escalator or before, they have not and chose to be on board Trump's fascism train just to see where it will go. I wish they would wake up and see that it is about to derail our entire system of government if Trumpity doodah gets reelected.

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Not the Dems . . . *some Dems* . . . Clooney and the chickensh*t nervous nellies need to just go away.

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Clooney has conflicts

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So what?? He is an idiot imho

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And just one vote.

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But a big mouth that is very much noticed

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Luxury villa on Lake Cuomo 🇮🇹 - primarily resides in France. 😖

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Whitmer, Newsome, Shapiro, Harris, Klobuchar, Booker , Obama ( vp) are not rookies

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Not one of them have given any indication that they were interested in running when it was the proper time for them to do so. They don't have any money. They don't have any campaign staff. They don't have anything whatsoever to get them into a campaign, including a transition staff.

To change from Biden now is to invite at least a generation lost to fascism, if not more.

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Kamala Harris is on the ticket. She does have access to the entire campaign, the funds, offices, platform, everything.

I'm not advocating for Biden to step down, and Harris is standing with Biden to continue his candidacy.

All I'm saying is that if something happened to Biden, like a stroke, car accident, anything that could happen to anyone, any time, Kamala Harris would be the only realistic option to succeed Biden given the timeframe that exists.

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I would just add that Harris has proven herself to be amazingly competent, so that should anything incapacitate Biden, we'll be in good hands. But Biden demonstrated last night that he's still able to call on his tremendous knowledge of international affairs, and explain clearly what's going on.

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Guess what? A strOKE can happen to ANYBODY - ANY TIME - don’t follow their framing.

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But her emails

But her emails

But her emails

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Benghazi

Benghazi

Benghazi

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To tRump ALSO??!!!!!!!

There's no God, but there ARE STROKES!!

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And your point is?

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2016 Playbook!!!

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If Biden does step down as the candidate, he should do so now and not finish out his term. To make Harris president now would give her a leg up. It's also about time that we had a woman president.

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Calls for Biden to down are impotent and at this point odious. Biden has vowed to stay in the race.

I would love to see Kamala as the president in 2028. I will strongly endorse her in a a plethora of posts, until then Joe has unwavering support.

i've written dozens of posts to raise public's awareness.

I look forward to your first post.

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OH HELL NO. Not only would she have to take on a new role but campaign at the same time.

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There's no point in speculating about something that just isn't going to happen.

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Independents would run for the hills at the prospect of putting Harris in charge before the election.

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Not necessarily. Polls showing her up against Trump has her beating him.

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Maybe they'd get used to her as president between now and November. Incumbents have an advantage.

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NO

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Except that Harris can handle the job.

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She could. But sadly, the public is misogynistic & more.

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That’s why they want us to waffle, imo

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Love Joe. But I have not waffled in the least in deciding Robert F Kennedy is the best choice & that Joe should pass along the baton to him.

Some shorts.

This is Rfk jr

https://rumble.com/v5202nr-this-is-robert-f.-kennedy-jr..html

1 month ago. Altho both red team & blue team have done their derndest to stop him, Bobby now has over 390 electoral votes.

https://rumble.com/v525tog-only-bobby.html

19%-polling growing higher

https://rumble.com/v56g419-rfk-jr.-19.html

Conflict of interest with Dr Phil (a short, taken from a long interview where Rfk jr answers many questions that “news” sources have twisted, in a manner to defame &/or censor): https://rumble.com/v56g419-rfk-jr.-19.html

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That’s why she’s already VP

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I disagree with your opinion. Harris hasn't a clue how to deal with diplomacy and detente. She's trained as an attack dog with all her heart and soul.

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She has been a VP for 3 ½ yrs and has learned whatever Biden does. She travels with him overseas meeting other leaders, in meetings with them all and negotiations. She is prepared to take over probably better than anyoneelse. She is highly qualified.

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Believe what you want, but I've not seen one iota of evidence that Harris knows how to do anything but attack. She's all thumbs when it comes to detente and diplomacy.

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It would be decades before we could get back to democracy.

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OF COURSE they won't acknowledge openly that they want to run, until Joe decides to bow out. Use your head for God's sake. Jeez, Americans are SO stupid!

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Joe already decided. This pressure is ON bc he can BEAT HIM. End of story.

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I agree with you. I only wish the godforsaken Press would wake up, stop nitpicking on Biden, and focus on Trump's UNcognitive comments which are an endless stream from his yap.

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Laugh them off and turn away. Watch Mitch.

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You’re an IDIOT!!!!!

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Wow, how erudite of you.

And thanks for proving my point.

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They can use the same staff, same organization. In case you haven’t noticed major donors, ranking Dems in the house, a Senator and 72% of Dem voters think he is not up to the job.

I think just the opposite. Not putting up a younger, less cognizant challenged candidate is a higher risk. This is why the orange guy and his campaign people want Biden to stay in. I don’t think you fully appreciate the swing state voters who have Biden the needed electoral votes. They are not diehard Dems or else Hillary would have won.

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STFU

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As the saying goes: truth to power.

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Changing at this late date is NOT good plan. It also makes Dems look foolish, prone to hysteria, lacking confidence and cohesion which it can ILL AFFORD.

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They want JOE off bc he can BEAT HIM. Period.

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What looks foolish is hanging on by a thread. Kind of risky business continuing when so many think Joe is too old, & that the good ol’ boyz club aren’t gonna allow it with Kamala.

I could be wrong. I mean I thought Anita Hill was a hero.

I also thought justice would prevail with the orange guy. I thought America wouldn’t put up with a corrupt Supreme Court.

Btw, if a declaration came down that I had complete immunity to be king, I would correct things IMMEDIATELY before my time ran out.

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You're listening to polls. They are not accurate. Young people, Hispanics, Black people and a lot of old people who know how to block calls don't respond. Especially because they ask for donations.

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So we continue to be a nation of ageists, misogynists and racists? No. We can't continue to kowtow to that crap, being afraid of the old boys club. That's why Joe picked Kamala as his running mate 4 years ago. Starting over at this late date with someone new, that the public has to get to know in 3 months is risky business too.

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They are running convicted felon and are not AT ALL concerned about that… huh MORE BULLYING TACTICS!

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These are all for vp. But some could easily lead the ticket. The problem is not the people who would never allow a GOP win but those few thousand undeciders/independents who will decide the election and are not influenced by visuals and misinformation. This is why Biden is sliding in the polls and has a favorable % ( under 40%) that no candidate ever won in recent history. Biden is frail, probably has early Parkinson’s and it’s better to cut one’s losses and get a better team that can campaign. Ego, hubris is not a good look and he’s going to down the House and Senate too.

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Nope. Joe. He was coming in 4-5th in the primary but 🍊wanted Zelen. to conjure dirt on - Joe? Bc Joe ALWAYS beats him in the polls. Always. Stand strong.

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That has not changed.

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Not as frail as your argument. Which party do you want to see in the White House? The 21st century of Hitler's Germany or the party fighting to keep the "noble experiment" alive? From you posting, one would think you are all for a 1930s style government.

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the undeciders who are influenced by visuals

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No they are not. Amy is one of my Senators, I've known her, and of her, since she was a child. I don't see her as Presidential material, not because she's not bright enough. I do see several of the others as of that quality, but putting together a campaign, staff, funding all in 116 days? Really hard to do - though Trump will not be hard to beat he and his minority party are so far out of the mainstream. Joe says he's going on, as long as he does, we need ignore pundits and unite behind him. If he fails, Kamala is there. I'm not sure she'd win a national election on her own at this late date though. We have the 25th Amendment for a reason and she'd do fine should Joe need step down.

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That's what my wife says. Americans are too racist and misogynistic to vote directly for Harris, but she would be great once she gets there. So, I hope I get to vote for Joe. Project 2025 be damned.

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Yet Amy sees herself as Presidential material, no doubt😉

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She was in the primary in 2020 for a while. She's a middle of the road Democrat, her dad was a "forever" columnist for the Star Tribune and a flaming left liberal. watched her grow up in his column. She was Hennepin County Attorney for a while when I worked with that office. She's great at compromise but cedes too much to the right, imo, and I'm much further left than she is. She's smart but she couldn't get national traction.

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Harris is already ON the ticket, tyvm. We good

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DUH. But they are still putting someone in at the last minute who will have to run on Biden’s accomplishments and his agenda.

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But have any of them indicated that they WANT to run? I don't think so.

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No one of them. They ALL back Biden.

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It would be a mistake for any of them to indicate that they are interested as long as Biden has not withdrawn. Would not want to alienate fervent supporters and the strategy would be to be drafted, pulled into the race w/o looking too anxious to replace Biden.

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But some replacements are not well known.. and some voters might refuse to vote for a colored person.. bad idea to switch.. Joe Biden is who I’m voting for.. no matter what 😊

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Unite behind Joe

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Exactly, if Joe has decline during his time? We have Kamala .. that I perfectly love and have no issues with her if needed. That’s how are system works.

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Person of color

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Dude stop. 😒

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Too late bub

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We shall see, won’t we

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That term “rookies” is not the point. The point is, replacing him at this late date would make us look disloyal and flaky, and the people you named—besides Kamala—would have to start fundraising from scratch. And all for losing a debate in June.

I think we both want the same thing—stopping that evil orange asshole from becoming President. He needs to be stopped. We just have different opinions on how to get there. Doesn’t mean we can’t be kind to each other, we’re on the same side!

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They are rookies on the federal level and they will have to start a campaign from scratch. They have no staffing, money or infrastructure. They have no platform or record to run on federally. Democrats are committing political suicide.

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Son't forget Sheldon Whitehouse!

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Also Raskin, with Jeffries or Whitmer as VP.

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This is getting more ridiculous. The convention would be a disaster. And since when do Democrats decide to disenfranchise all of their primary voters?

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Who's talking about disenfranchising primary voters? I'm only suggesting a reasonable alternative IF Biden HIMSELF decides to step down.

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He's not stepping down. He just said it again. Democrats want to disenfranchise primary voters to pick someone else.

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NO

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They have a convicted FELON - and we’re running around ‘cleaning up’ OUR TICKET?

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I mean good GRIEF

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Laugh in their faces while shaking your head - or be like Mitch - just walk away COME ON!!!

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YEP, some white guy that no one hardly ever heard of!! Won't make VPOTUS HARRIS and her running make the DEMS ticket!! Weh know why!!

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David Jolly just said on The Reid Out that elected Democrats need to shut up. I hope they were listening.

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Helluva comment ✅

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Anita, yes, that is as stupid as it sounds! Dems need to join behind Biden and Harris if they intend to win anything.

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I thought they would move on after the Detroit rally, but MSNBC was right in there again today on Nicolle Wallace. I'm thoroughly done with Claire McCaskill and I used to like her. I don't care what her cable guy and Uber driver think. He's not going to win in Missouri anyway. Move on. You're doing damage to the campaign. You should also know, since you were a Senator, that it's not feasible now. Yeesh. 🙄

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Joke of a troll? Anti-orange & pissed off at the team with "no balls the team w/no brains."

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She is no rookie. If Biden loses, we Democrats will be passed big time. If she loses, we will see her as giving it the good go at it. The only reason her own campaign came to an abrupt end was that she was not allowed to be herself by her advisors with her own ideas and ideals. Let her do that, and that rookie may indeed just win!

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Not this Democrat.

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The fact that you call Biden a rookie show how ignant you truly are.

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Do you have a reading comprehension problem? I'm talking about trying to replace him with someone with no platform, no federal accomplishments, no money, no staffing and no infrastructure.

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Well, when you said "democrats" I thought you were referring to MOST of them, and most dems still want Biden. Now, if you had said "some" democrats, then I would have better understood your point. So perhaps it's you who need to tighten up your context.

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I got banned on fb for two days for mentioning project 2025. All dem groups are now mentioning it in code to get the word out. They are also emailing NBC and their local stations to tell them to quit focusing on whether Biden is fit and focus on Donald’s unfitness and project 2025. We have to get the word out. I ordered a magnet for my car that tells people to look it up. We have to keep telling everyone. Thanks Mary for your bravery. I heard that a trump sycophant has complied a list of over 300 people that will be arrested and tried for treason for speaking out against Donald. Keep it up everyone!!

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Me 2...Use direct quotes from 2025. They can't dispute.

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They can. We must force not letting Maga run this country. Get their own Trump Nation out of ours.

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2 months ago he was hiring ppl to attend his rallies on Craigslist (scandalous enough) - and suddenly he’s ’poised’ to return to the Oval office - WTF WHAT DID I MISS? This is pure bullshittery.

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I wasn't banned but I've had 2 posts called out for falsehoods about Project_2025.

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They just added 5 more days because I’m able to post on my timeline so I’m doing it lol

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They came from The Record, a right-wing propaganda machine that maintains it is a truth teller. I have the feeling it has been weaponized to attack all sites and all postings that mention 2025. Can't imagine how that happened, can you? Between Suckerberg and Putin, this is going to be a tough row to hoe.

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Yes it will

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Me too.

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That is correct. They call it the second revolution.

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They need to "INTERCOURSE THEIR SELVES!!"

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What did FB say was the reason for censoring you? Seems fine to me.

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They won’t give me a reason. They used to now they don’t just against community standards 🤷‍♀️

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Linda, Daily Kos seems to think that FB is using a conservative magazine to fact check posts about P2025:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/11/2253282/-Factchecking-Project-2025-on-Facebook

On Reddit I also found someone saying the social media companies are trying to cover themselves in case Trump becomes president. I have no idea if that's true. Both of these theories might be specious but obviously something is going on. Jessica Craven of Chop Wood, Carry Water also said she had a lot of trouble posting a P2025 video to Tiktok. Of course that's Chinese so might be different but obviously we're going to have to get creative.

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That’s what I found. They blocked if Project 2025 was linked with Trump because Trump denied being involved with it. Sweep suggested using a numeral 0 rather than the letter o. In Project That worked for a time. Haven’t checked lately. I used P-25 and wasn’t blocked.

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Their tactics strike me as being very childish but of course the stakes are much higher than a child's game.

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I just had a thought. What about using images rather than text? Does their AI check the content of images? You could just make an image with your text in it.

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If you read what the newspapers did in the early 30s before Hitler won, you would find the same kind of actions. Guess what? Few survived, and those who did? Ratted out people and turned them in. Guess that's where we are heading.

We can't let it happen. One of the "truth tellers" is Direct Record - yeah, right, from the Heritage's press office to their site. They call themselves "centrist conservatives" or some hogwash like that, like Politico, now owned by Axel Springer, a publishing house that did make it through Hitler's reign, they can't be trusted.

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I knew there was something wrong with Politico. Now you've verified my suspicions and explained why. Let's just hope we succeed in vanquishing these traitors. Can't let up.

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Disgusting

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Facebook has told me that The Dispatch fact checked my post. Come to find out they are associated with the Heritage Foundation. Big surprise.

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I don't keep track of who owns what. Now I'm glad i don't America gets worse by the hour!! I keep posting TRUMP and PROJEST 2025 are the SAME!!

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That is disgusting.

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I’ve heard that also

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That was the same reason they gave me.

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where did you get the magnet? Would love to purchase and share this info w groups. Thanks!

In my FB groups, we are sharing out a factoid at a time w a Get to know Project 2025 info graphic, then citing the source. Keep it short, give people the background. Thank you all - we are saving democracy together!

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Put me on your list!1

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I am sorry, I can't - it's a local private group. But if you DM me, I can send you a fact sheet from Red Wine & Blue/Heather Cox Richardson.

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Thank you Mary for continuing to put the truth out there and fighting to get our country back to a democratic future and to keep your uncle out of office and eventually tried for his crimes he has committed against our country.

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Fully armed miltant cult following Maggat's will be coming for your daughters and wives if Orange Hitler is put back on power.

Every man should be in the streets on November 2 with the women to protest Project 2025.

The revenge list is already at 350 and counting.

https://act.womensmarch.com/survey/Action_November2_MarchPledge/?t=2&akid=21447%2E2931636%2EWjtsSU

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Where is Democracies military. They should be protecting people who help voting who are harassed. Biden needs to have a state of emergency. No one is protecting voters aggressively.

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What I mean by protection is also if someone is harassed they get immediate personal 24 h5lr protection so they don't go broke suing aggressors. That would free so many people from their fear.

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🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

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That may be happening in some areas of country this November.

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Without the metal detectors, Jan 6 could have been a massacre. Orange Hitler was not going to call in the National Guard. People thought Roe would never go.....

Maggots live and will die following the nazi 1933-45 agenda.......these a-holes want a civil war.

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I watched Jan 6 documentary and didn't see any metal detectors inside or outside the Capitol when rioters stormed the bldg. Where are they located?

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"Project 2025" is too lame.

I have started to call it "Trump's POLICE STATE Project 2025".

(I might include FASCIST in the title soon.)

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I call it Mein Kampf 2025

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Mein Trumpf

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Haha! Yup! Dat’s him!

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Maybe even Mein Trumpf Kampf. OR

Kampf Trumpf 2025

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Don't forget "convicted Felon Trump"

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Then we do not let them take power of a democracy, regardless of votes. You can only vote for democracy loving leaders...per constitution.

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The People's Republic of America.

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ps I very agree with Mary's idea to permanently stick his name on this project. Adding a few words to describe its/his dreadful objectives might also help... call it his police state project, or his destroy our democracy project, or his total dictatorship project, or his Orbánized Crime project, etc.

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Listen to an audio recording of Project 2025's book "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise". We could not find an audio version of it so we made our own. https://oxfordcommamedia.substack.com/podcast/.

It's a labor of love for our Progressive, Democrat, Independent, or sane Republican friends. It will always be free, no paywall.

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“Make America Russia!” Should be their slogan. Imagine having, instead of NATO meeting, a confab of Russia, Hungary (are they crossing over?), China and North Korea in Washington. Great legacy for so called Christians.

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That’s obviously where wanna be dictator got his idea’s from, that “bedside reading” 1st wifey spilled he kept in a cabinet bedside. He’s been squirreling away as many fascist ideas he’s been able to absorb as long as possible, likely motivated by warped speed competitive nature to outdo all the dictators he’s ever heard of, his idea of gory, wacko glory. Since he never could be good, go for baaaaaaaaaaaaddddd with vengeance.

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Donald lying…I’m shocked, shocked! 🤦‍♂️

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It's his stock in trade. Trump is shell of a man filled with evil, hatred and vitriol.

It's way past the time to toss him dustbin of history.

I'm exhausted from his incessant assault on my senses. I just want it to stop.

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All of that!

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As always. This pattern continues to be ongoing and is part of that twisted playbook. Whenever something or someone surfaces that's not in his best interests, he knows nothing about it or has never met that person. How much longer will the GOP support and accept this endless pile of BS? At some point, you'd think this is going to be political suicide but then again, we're talking about a very misled dangerous cult and their deranged leader.

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In far too many ways - WE are idiots. I daily challenge people - Rethugs and Dems - to TELL me about Project 2025. They CANT. Especially the damn Rethugs! Intelligent, educated ones! Do fuck’s sake - when will Americans start READING again. Past glitchy ads, Tik tok vid, Instagram? Try BOOKS, people. You know - free ones at your damn public library. Or beyond a splashy headlines.

I read a LOT and I’m a former educator. Except you never STOP teaching! GET A FUCKING GRIP. Our lives depend on MORE Americans knowing about this SHIT!!!

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I’m a reader too. The entire prospect of the GOP agenda is terrifying! I tell everyone to Google Project 2020. Once they read a little of it, they are appalled.

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Seriously! The slightest amount of info is completely appalling and frightening.

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I’m 84, I had a ‘senior moment’ 😂

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You are talking about Project 2025…not project 2020…don’t want to miss a thing..

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Project 2025 - get it right, darlin’

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Ops, thanks!

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Project 2025

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Cool your foul language… please respect ALL of us… here.. and everywhere.. it’s a distraction from useful, sometimes enlightening exchange of ideas

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Listen to an audio recording of Project 2025's book "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise". We could not find an audio version of it so we made our own. https://oxfordcommamedia.substack.com/podcast/.

It's a labor of love for our Progressive, Democrat, Independent, or sane Republican friends. It will always be free, no paywall.

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Thank you!

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Also, if we can click a link and read the whole thing, so can he. But as always, DJT thinks doing homework is for chumps. That's what he's always paid other people to do. Yet he is still responsible for knowing the material, and he is purposefully projecting ignorance. Thanks, but I'll vote for someone who chooses to be informed and purposeful.

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Thank you. And not mention a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist.

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Let me please add to your comment about the convicted felon “out on bail”.

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He's like an immature high-school student thinking he's putting one over on the teacher. Apparently he hasn't matured a day since he was one. And people want to vote for this child? Yeesh.

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Actually juvenile delinquent. That's what NYMA was known for "educating," taking rich kids who had run a foul of the law. Funny how cold cocking your music teacher and buy and carrying switch blades -oh, so, illegal - can get you in trouble.

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Can we stop describing extremists as "conservative"?

Their plans and methods are "radical." Please start describing them as such.

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They are "radical reactionary revolutionaries." There's a seven letter synonym for that word salad, that starts with "f" and ends with "t."

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?? What's the word?

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And fascist.

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Thank you.

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No kidding!!! The Horror…

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Trump is not smart enough to think all this up. The Heritage Foundation has been behind Republican thinking for years. They have been providing names of Justices, state judges and others in power to the elite Republicans. There has been a strong push to mold people into their crooked thinking. Trump, I think, is their puppet. A perfect flawed, dishonorable, cheating, demented liar and ignorant of how our government is meant to work i.e. ignorant of the Constitution. He’s is the perfect fall-guy for the millionaire businessmen behind this project because, due to his narcissism, he thinks they are believing in him. Ha! They are using him.

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True. And assuming he doesn't win, they will not stop with him. They will try to keep going with another "conservative" (fascist) until they get someone to implement it. We have to disable that completely.

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The Federalist Society has been hand picking judges for tfg to appoint. The number of them listed as ‘unqualified’ by the Bar Association is more than you could possibly imagine zz

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Kazsmarek (spelling?) in Texas, and Aileen Cannon come to mind…

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Lord let’s not forget Brett Kavanaugh who certainly doesn’t have the best qualifications nor the temperament to serve as a SCOTUS Judge but there he sits him and Thomas very questionable characters indeed.

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Absolutely, Mary. I didn't know that Thomas was a Federalist Society pick but wouldn't be surprised. Love your description of Kavanaugh.

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Yes, you’re correct. Don’t worry about spelling his name, he isn’t worth it.

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Thank you, Sharon.

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Then they need to be charged with insurrection. They will bulldozer their way to the Presidency regardless of the votes. Biden needs to see the insurrection coming g and stop it calling state of emergency now. I wonder if Nato will protect us from an internal enemy. This might be a reason Trump wanted us out of Nato. We will be the next Ukraine.

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No NATO is a group of democratically thinking countries grouped to protect each other’s countries from outside invasion. Putin attacking Ukraine is an example of a similar invasion.

If we got out of NATO and say Putin then wanted to invade us, no other country would come to our aid. It leaves us wide open for attack. Trump is too dumb to realize this. We need NATO.

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Another way to look at it is Trump wanted us out of Nato to help Putin, but also Putin wants to be part of Trump's full takeover of USA as has already been happening with Congress and most recently as Hungarian leader's visit to Trump today. So if Trump got us out of Nato this allows Putin to invade US in many ways. Thus making us the next Ukraine. I do not limit my suspicion of Putin's goals and Trump's influence.

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Hey I’m just still waiting for trumPs promised ‘healthcare plan’ any day now…

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All true. We must settle Biden in w Harris clearly prepared to set up when/if necessary. And proving herself to be exceptionally well prepared already!

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Thank you, Mary, for keeping us informed. 💙

I hope the voters are smarter than he thinks. I am voting straight Democratic ticket in November.

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Donald wouldn't know an idiot if he saw one - in the mirror

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I know nothing about it but I disagree with it even though I know nothing about what I’m disagreeing with. The things in it are abysmal but I know nothing about it to know that they are abysmal. But I wish them luck with instituting things I disagree with and I know nothing about.

Yeah, sounds about right for Trump.🙄

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Just google Project 2025. Done.

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OG's comment was a sarcastic rephrasing of Trump's claims to RE: Project 2025

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Thank you! That’s exactly what I was doing.

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Listen to an audio recording of Project 2025's book "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise". We could not find an audio version of it so we made our own. https://oxfordcommamedia.substack.com/podcast/.

It's a labor of love for our Progressive, Democrat, Independent, or sane Republican friends. It will always be free, no paywall.

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Better - just read Mary Trump, watch MSNBC, CNN. What-ever it takes

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MeidasTouch also

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Read - till you’re good and sweaty. Then think of your friends, family members. Where would THEY end up??? I’m old - in a camp or just dead. WAKE UP. And do bother your ReThug friends.

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OG's comment was a sarcastic rephrasing of Trump's claims to RE: Project 2025

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Thank you!! I thought it was obvious and 27 people seem to have gotten it, but I guess not everyone.

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You do realize I was being sarcastic and making fun of D Trump’s comments, don’t you? I thought I was pretty obvious with the word salad, when I said, “ Sounds about right for Trump” and used the 🙄, but I guess not. Let me be clear - his comments were ridiculously full of contradictions that make no sense. Not sure why you’re attacking me for making fun of what he was saying. Lots of others seemed to have understood.

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At least 40% of us ARE stupid

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It was only 33% in Germany. This concerns me.

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It’s less than 30% here, it was only 26% that voted for him in 2016, but they were in just the right states that matter. We have to flood swing states with Project 2025 information.

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We have to unite. 💙🇺🇸💙

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I wonder how many Germans were enlightened about Hitler’s horrid plans. Did they fear that next election like many of us are now? Did they not have the power to stop it, like us, maybe?

Was the media covering more Hitler and less peaceful commentary? Like now?

A forest fire gets more coverage than a calm day.

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Unfortunately drama is like crack to stupid Americans.

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And thus begat Gilead.

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Exactly what I've been saying. While Iwas watching the first episode of Handmaids Tail I said OMG Thabs what the republican party wants to do.

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Exactly,

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If they do go that route can Margaret Atwood sue them for Copyright infringement?

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She addressed the sudden relevance in an interview I saw way back, I’ll have to look for it. Her follow-up, “The Testament” puts a bit more of a hopeful spin on her world. People should be paying attention to her representation of The Resistance, it could be useful later.

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Ha, we’re idiots! Yea it’s all diversion from “Doe 174”

And his relationship with Epstein, and under age girls.

His lust for his daughter…

Project 2025…

The war dodger pedohitler is mentally ill and needs to be in jail.

He’s a comedian, in diapers!

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But he has at least 50 percent of Americans behind him and the other 50 percent behind the other idiot !

Genocide is enough for me to put both on hold !

At least, the Democrats are talking, but the Republicans are scared of their leader !

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We have more registered Democrats in this country. If they don’t get discouraged by all this gossip about Joe’s fitness, and go vote. We win!

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We have to remind everyone that there's more on the ballot than the presidency. It's critical to get people to vote for the other offices.

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Because of the electoral vote probably don’t matter if there are more registered democrats in this country. We need to go by popular vote.. because my vote don’t count most of the time… crazy unfair system!!!

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There is hope in 2028 !

Let us hope by then the Genocide in Palestine of the Palestinians by the Zionists will be under control, and the Americans can feel good to take part in the American politics and choose their leaders without worrying about Genocide on the hope that the Palestinians could live with freedom and dignity !

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it's definitely not 50-50. Many Trump people do not want him as president again!

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It’s less than 30%, and we won’t ever get to them. It’s the ‘undecided’ voters that we need to persuade.

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I would think if they are Trump people that they are for Trump. But could say many republicans don’t want Trump as president. My governor here in Utah is republican and is will not vote for Trump or Biden! He will write in someone 😊

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That is not setting a very good example for democratic engagement. Why bother voting at all if you are doing a “write in”

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I agree. I’m going for Biden

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Totally agree. I will will vote for Biden. Having a republican governor that is not happy with a maga Trump for president. Make me happy he will not be voting for Trump! Trump is about division… chaos and trouble.

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I meant governor cox in Utah will not be voting for either candidate Biden or Trump !! He will write a different person in.

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The polls show them within 1 point of each other.

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Let us hope,

maybe trump was short of his 50:50 by a margin of 11,780 votes ? Anyway thanks to all the Obama voters that he is still in the running !

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Sounds a lot like the paradox of donald using nazi phases but claiming he didn't know he was. https://samray.substack.com/p/trumps-nazi-narcissist-paradox

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“Trump’s Project 2025, look it up!” And I’m thinking “Look it up!” Is a pretty good rally chant.

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