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FascismIsDeath

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40. I don't "need" to do anything. I don't even "need" to respond.

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:46 PM

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When you lose a loaded term like "oligarch" and aim it at a decent guy that has done good things with his money, I find it offensive and I respond however I feel like responding, if I feel like responding at all. You'll live.

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Progressive Tom Steyer takes the lead in the California governor race. [View all] aeromanKC 23 hrs ago OP

one wonders who will be the next one to have the attention of influencers nt msongs 23 hrs ago #1

Hopefully each and every one that has a problem like Swalwell EdmondDantes_ 8 hrs ago #25

You mean oligarch Steyer. Jacson6 23 hrs ago #2

Nice to have a billionaire on the side with Progressives for a change. aeromanKC 22 hrs ago #3

Feel the same about Pritzker? True Dough 22 hrs ago #4

The only billionaire oligarchs I make exceptions for pinkstarburst 10 hrs ago #19

not sure the fascist sheriff would be better nt msongs 22 hrs ago #5

J D Pritzker is a billionaire and he rocks. DemocratSinceBirth 22 hrs ago #7

Normally I'm not crazy about billionaires leapfrogging TexasBushwhacker 9 hrs ago #22

Me too (Porter) and also like Xavier Becerra LSparkle 7 hrs ago #30

He's an anomaly. choie 7 hrs ago #32

You apparently don't know what the word "oligarch" means. FascismIsDeath 11 hrs ago #16

Do you always need to belittle the person you are responding to? Scrivener7 3 hrs ago #39

I don't "need" to do anything. I don't even "need" to respond. FascismIsDeath 3 hrs ago #40

I guess you do. Scrivener7 3 hrs ago #41

He's not a progressive Bobstandard 22 hrs ago #6

'Progressive' has a lot of definitions. RandomNumbers 11 hrs ago #14

I think Swalwell was an outspoken anti Trump representative, karynnj 10 hrs ago #17

I thought the "progressives" had a war on billionaires. Nixie 21 hrs ago #8

Some say, "He's one of the good ones." Intractable 21 hrs ago #9

Yes, he says the magic words "Medicare for all" but the Nixie 21 hrs ago #10

Can you explain / give evidence for these statements? RandomNumbers 11 hrs ago #15

How is he living and using his wealth? pinkstarburst 10 hrs ago #21

"Or has he been using the cushy tax shelters billionaires get in order to get rich on the backs of working people?" MichMan 6 hrs ago #35

If any billionaire has been profiting off the pinkstarburst 6 hrs ago #36

There was a candidate named Hillary Clinton . Do you remember how she was demonized Nixie 8 hrs ago #24

We do... OhioBack2Blue 7 hrs ago #27

The pragmatist part of the corruption insinuations has never been pragmatist. Nixie 6 hrs ago #37

I'm a cynic Mz Pip 20 hrs ago #11

Weird, this poll shows Steyer and Katie Porter tied. What are you quoting? lostnfound 11 hrs ago #12

Tom Steyer and former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, a Democrat, each drawing 14% support. Emile 11 hrs ago #13

That poll looks largely useless as far as gauging the whole state as it is a poll of just Orange County. Wiz Imp 1 hr ago #42

Remember that polls are not votes the_liberal_grandpa 10 hrs ago #18

Katie Porter is fantastic. We need her back in the arena. Steyer has been so sketchy over the last 20 years. OhioBack2Blue 7 hrs ago #29

Oh yeah, that's all that we need, another oligarch travelingthrulife 10 hrs ago #20

Yeah, another billionaire! beaglelover 9 hrs ago #23

I don't know anything about him but people on Reddit are calling him a fake democrat helpisontheway 8 hrs ago #26

With 3 top Dems eating into each others support, it easily can get both R's on the General ticket and lock out the Dems. aeromanKC 7 hrs ago #28

Steyer is not only a. Billionaire fujiyamasan 7 hrs ago #31

Steyer does put his money where his mouth is senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #33

I'm pretty cynical at this point Mz Pip 7 hrs ago #34

Tom Steyer has a very interesting trajectory and while I am always cautious of billionaires in politics Nanjeanne 5 hrs ago #38

A link would be helpful here. Wiz Imp 1 hr ago #43

Apparently, Democrats don't mind billionaires Renew Deal 1 hr ago #44