We Are Following Chuck Schumer's Plan To Defeat Republicans

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48. Fair enough. And

re your point on Democratic leadership... D

emocratic leadership, historically, is two or three decades behind the times the NAZIGOPMAGA play in.

... your first impulse is to express an opinion NOT based on fact, and in that you're not alone. When you talk "historically," remember to do your homework, as well.

Historically...
We are the party that with every Democratic president brings down the national debt and even creates budget surpluses. (See Pres Clinton and Newsom's CA, budget the 4th biggest economy on the planet.)

We are the party that submitted the very first climate bill in the Senate,, the first ban on assault weapons, and the Violence Against Women Act, (all Biden),

We are the party that opposed Clarence Thomas's confirmation (he won on rethug party #'s)

We are the party of FDR and Joe Biden.

For all those decades, the so-called NAZIGOPMAGA did not exist, but their STEALTH, BEHIND THE SCENES Koch oligarch network did. Their corporate media did. Maga GOP emerged when oligarchs knew they had to buy the SCOTUS, Republican Party and the Executive Branch; then use them demolish the New Deal and bring down the Biden economy, climate policy (oiligarchs) high level accomplishments (institutional expertise and memory), and foreign policy (NATO vs the Axis of Evil). And so the Heritage Project 2025.

Former President Jimmy Carter in 2015 characterized the United States as an "oligarchy with unlimited political bribery" following the 2010 Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision, which removed limits on donations to political campaigns.[61]

In 2014, a study by political scientists Martin Gilens of Princeton University and Benjamin Page of Northwestern University argued that the United States' political system does not primarily reflect the preferences of its average citizens. Their analysis of policy outcomes between 1981 and 2002 suggested that wealthy individuals and business groups held substantial influence over political decisions, often sidelining the majority of Americans.[62] While the United States maintains democratic features such as regular elections, freedom of speech, and widespread suffrage, the study noted that policy decisions are disproportionately influenced by economic elites.[63] However, the study received criticism from other scholars, who argued that the influence of average citizens should not be discounted and that the conclusions about oligarchic tendencies were overstated.[64] Gilens and Page defended their research, reiterating that while they do not label the United States an outright oligarchy, they found substantial evidence of economic elites dominating certain areas of policy-making.[65]

In his presidential farewell address on January 15, 2025, outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden warned that an oligarchy was taking shape in America which threatened democracy, basic rights, and freedom, aided by a tech–industrial complex.[66][67] Businessman Elon Musk, a close collaborator of Donald Trump during his 2024 campaign and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been described as an oligarch due to his extensive influence on Trump during the first few months of his second presidency.[68][69][70][71][72][73] Musk contributed over $200 million into the 2024 election, creating a "super" PAC to promote Trump's campaign.

2026 IS COMING. Put your history and fact armor on. No more baseless doubttalk.