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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago

A wet blanket could have beaten Trump if it promises tax-paid single payer health care.

But, it would never happen because the rich 1% would refuse to donate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

There is hope. If you read the polls section of the article you will notice that the ruling was very unpopular among people of both parties (among common people, of course I feel that Republicans in office don't agree with their constituents). I think now is the time for a strong campaign fiance reform push. If we can't get it done at the federal level we shall try the state level.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

We so desperately need a ranked choice dem primary every 4 years, 1 year before election with debates and all. Let the incumbent earn their spot

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

And let the people pick and not corporations? Never going to happen.

Most states refuse to adopt anything but FPTP because it works in favor of the two parties. Governors across the 50 states have vetoed bills or state wide ballots to enable them. It's easier to win against one than five.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Biden has dementia, lol. Good for him, or whatever, it's natural at his age. Just be decent and stop putting him in the news lolz.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

In what universe? Certainly not the one where all polling data had Trump beating him in a landslide, where Biden was so unpopular that he was going to lose the Dems down-ballot races. Biden seriously thinks that the issue with Kamala Harris is that she was a black woman, instead of realizing the issue is that Kamala said she was going to be 4 more years of Joe Biden politics.

Rest in piss you dementia-addled boomer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

He's actually too old to be a boomer, just like Trump.

Nothing wrong with the rest of your post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I actually hate the idea of using boomer as an insult to people who are just of the right age. To me, you gotta have a certain state of mind and actions to count as a shitty boomer. Just as there's some super cool old hippies out there, there's entitled 30-something Karens out there that need to hear "Ok Boomer."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

Age warfare is a distraction from class warfare, of course. Not to say we can't find patterns, but we gotta keep in mind that stereotyping is kinda meh.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 20 hours ago

Not running again in the first place, like the original plan was, would have helped too. Not this botched primary override shit. That's 3 primaries in a row the Dems have fucked with. Stop listening to the damn donors over the voters.

Actually do someone to help the people, you'd win in a land slide.

And stop sponsoring genocide

[–] [email protected] 13 points 19 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

He can also throw a football over those mountains. And he can hold his breath for 17 minutes. He once flew to the moon in a hot air balloon, and had an affair with the Queen of the Moon. He likes green eggs and ham, but never once hopped on pop. He invented the post-it note and once fed a gremlin after midnight with no consequences.

[–] Bakkoda 5 points 20 hours ago

and once fed a gremlin after midnight with no consequences.

Ah now i know you're fibbing

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