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flashman13

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17. I'm not sure how to reply. I guess you are advocating we sit on our ass and do nothing because

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:15 PM

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change is hard work. You seem to think change is impossible. I don't.

You don't think it can be done? Teddy Roosevelt was elected in 1904, busted the trusts and monopolies, and ended the Gilded Age. Franklin Roosevelt was elected in 1932, along with a very large blue wave. He and the Democratic Congress saved the country from depression and set We the People on the road to becoming a middle class with real power (a legacy the Repugs have worked diligently to destroy ever since). So I think history proves your assessment is wrong.

A good start would be to primary out Jefferies and Schumer and the rest of the AIPACrats and run candidates that pledge to do the people's work.

The Repugs led by Trump the defiler have set themselves up for a sea change political drubbing. It is up to us to deliver it.

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