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JI7

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46. They didn't vote against their interest. For some racism, misogyny
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 09:33 PM
10 hrs ago

and similar things are their interests.

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Not this poor working class............. Lovie777 Yesterday #1
Well said, Shawn Ryan UpInArms Yesterday #2
It is a basic premise of hegemony theory that the upper class creates the values and norms ... Intractable Yesterday #3
Patriotism is used for shame. twodogsbarking Yesterday #4
I hope Greenland takes over the United States of Anarchy. twodogsbarking Yesterday #5
their weather is attacking us right now LymphocyteLover 23 hrs ago #14
Colder than a witch's back porch. twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #28
Or worse yet, those poor people think they are going to be that rich someday as well. Crowman2009 Yesterday #6
Faux News convinced a former coworker that he was rich. Dr. T 22 hrs ago #17
Well, he is "rich" compared to 1950's simple rural working class haele 21 hrs ago #33
Or the elite got rid of the votes against them.... n/t Chemical Bill 23 hrs ago #7
Since they manufacture the machines that count the votes, it's not difficult questionseverything 17 hrs ago #38
Yup. yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #48
I'm glad he is seeing the light; He was after all part of the problem tulipsandroses 23 hrs ago #8
Our message for the mid-terms needs to have a poor vs rich theme KS Toronado 23 hrs ago #9
Trump said Elon hacked the vote counting. Blues Heron 23 hrs ago #10
Yup! yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #47
All great empires in history fell SocialDemocrat61 23 hrs ago #11
I think I would say that all great empires fell due to a lack of oversight by the masses. OldBaldy1701E 23 hrs ago #12
that's what FoxNews has done a brilliant job of-- working class fascist propaganda LymphocyteLover 23 hrs ago #13
Propaganda plus illiteracy is a lethal combination as we're seeing. live love laugh 11 hrs ago #45
Shakespeare amended: lastlib 23 hrs ago #15
Well bdamomma 14 hrs ago #42
let it go down. llet i all go down and then they will whine and pine on how good they had it. my late mom. AllaN01Bear 22 hrs ago #16
J P Morgan building x 100 talking-liberally 22 hrs ago #18
Well, Shawn, YOU helped put him in office. Not ME. Callie1979 22 hrs ago #19
Exactly!! I do find him more genuine in his disgust for trump tulipsandroses 21 hrs ago #32
And I'm glad to see that too. You should read comments under some of those. Callie1979 20 hrs ago #34
It will be the leading example of... WestMichRad 22 hrs ago #20
Your post brought to mind something Aldous Huxley said: sop 22 hrs ago #21
Despite the truth of that, soldierant 14 hrs ago #43
Shawn Ryan is a right wing podcaster SouthBayDem 22 hrs ago #22
In this case he's right. Go figure. Joinfortmill 22 hrs ago #26
Further down thread irisblue 22 hrs ago #23
com·pla·cen·cy Mr.Bee 22 hrs ago #24
My children and grandchildren will know barbtries 22 hrs ago #25
Even after it happens, IF it does, only a slim majority of the 74,000,000 will know who caused that collapse. ancianita 22 hrs ago #27
The only disagreement I have with this is that laws are often broken Bristlecone 22 hrs ago #29
At long last the BS of calling us a nation, not an Empire, s exposed. GreenWave 21 hrs ago #30
The noticing MenloParque 21 hrs ago #31
The legacy of Rush Limbaugh Glaisne 19 hrs ago #35
Hasn't this same explanation been given for the confederacy? BadgerMom 19 hrs ago #36
De-education is the root cause beginning with underpaid teachers having to buy their own supplies. live love laugh 18 hrs ago #37
When the autopsy on the US is written, the whore media will be found as the cause of death. OMGWTF 17 hrs ago #39
Loyalty Of The Poor gfarber 17 hrs ago #40
a percentage of that mystifying set of 'poor' Quanto Magnus 15 hrs ago #41
Americans worship money too much. In this society, money is the measure of all things. nt eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #44
Yep. Aussie105 7 hrs ago #49
They didn't vote against their interest. For some racism, misogyny JI7 10 hrs ago #46
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