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No Country for Law Men: The GOP Votes to Defund the FBI
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hard disagree. every progressive I know is ready for a dirty fucking fight.
and this advice, fellow internet peeps, is how you lose elections to fascists.
I consider myself a progressive, and I want that fight. I want the Democrats to show some spine.
exactly. the only ones that have shown spine in the Democratic caucus thus far have been progressives.
people mistake activism to move the party in a better direction as "peeling off progressives over wedge issues". its bullshit.
those same progressives that abhor the current genocidal orgy in Gaza are the same ones that will fight with their lives to protect their socially and poitically vulnerable family, friends and neighbors.
everyone I persoanlly know that self identifies "left" is begging for a goddamn smackdown of these fascists. these are the people that will bring the heat, light and energy at the community level to a depressingly limp Democratic party.
This is exactly what he was saying though, isn't it? Biden literally used the sotu a few weeks ago to publically call them clowns and you just ignored it. You have a narrative in your head you want to be true, so you'll seek out whatever you need to make it that way. It's a waste of time to pursue your vote. It's already decided.
Biden also just banned pride flags in embassies. It's not a beatdown if you use weakass insults with your mouth and sign their bills with your hands.
Uh huh. I guess all those Progressives that refused to vote for Hillary because of the DNC scandal don't count. Or all the progressives, who are very loudly declaring they won't vote for genocide, don't count. Or the california progressives currently decrying Adam Schiff's (checks notes) attack ads on a Republican as actually designed to raise his name recognition so Schiffs progressive opponent would lose to a republican, don't count.
If you think all of the above are ridiculous reasons not to vote Dem in the general election, then you're not the idiotic progressive fringe I'm talking about, and your vote is already secure.