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AverageJoe

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4. We need a Dr. King

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:43 AM

Oct 2025

We need a charismatic leader of unimpeachable ethics — a genuinely good person and a patriot — to rise up and inspire the people. I’m not saying this will happen, or that we are lost without it happening, but it would certainly help.

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The "No Kings" protest rallies must be turned into a movement. [View all] kentuck Oct 2025 OP

Amen Easterncedar Oct 2025 #1

Who will lead it? Indivisible? gab13by13 Oct 2025 #2

We need a Dr. King AverageJoe Oct 2025 #4

It could become bipartisan SSJVegeta Oct 2025 #3

Yes, I agree, gab13by13 Oct 2025 #7

. SSJVegeta Oct 2025 #8

No The Grand Illuminist Oct 2025 #12

It is. Have you not been paying attention to the Indivisible group? Ocelot II Oct 2025 #5

I was giving them a complement gab13by13 Oct 2025 #6

I do hope the DNC grows a spine. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #10

I suspect this is the long-term plan of No Kings peggysue2 Oct 2025 #9

That's way too vague, we need a clearly defined list of demands. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2025 #11

Absolutely agree! Initech Oct 2025 #13

Highly doubt it. The Grand Illuminist Oct 2025 #14

No Kings and the Democratic Party need to be allies within the larger, inclusive Resistance. hay rick Oct 2025 #15