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Beartracks

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65. Right? Only one of the two candidates that can win is running in the same direction as progressives.

Reply to DownriverDem (Reply #47)

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 09:34 PM

Oct 2020

This whole "wah, not progressive enough" schtick is, ironically, not helping us make progress.

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