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yankee87

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5. Pre Civil War days

Reply to clevergrrrl (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 03:45 PM

May 16

I agree, just voting isn’t going to get out of this. Look at Virginia, Colorado where we just gave up. In Ohio, where the same issue as Virginia with voting districts and republicans said screw the courts. Same with the orange blob.
Also, the leadership of of our party aren’t supporting Platner nor Mamdani.
We need to fight every single thing all the time.
We need a FDR, not milquetoast leaders.

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Voting is not going to get us out of this [View all] clevergrrrl May 16 OP

Not voting is self sabotage. RandySF May 16 #1

I don't think that was the OP's point LearnedHand May 16 #20

How far are you JustAnotherGen May 16 #2

We need forced retirement. Kid Berwyn May 16 #3

Time to turn to The Declaration of Independence. yellow dahlia May 16 #9

I think you're right Dave says May 16 #4

Pre Civil War days yankee87 May 16 #5

Voting is definitely part of the solution, but it may not Bettie May 16 #6

Is always about choices dweller May 16 #7

Not by itself, no. We're also going to have get used to (intentionally) buying *way less shit* 68er May 16 #8

Wha? Ya lost me. LearnedHand May 16 #21

He wants everyone to think he'll have a third term, so he doesn't seem like a lame duck in his second term. Intractable May 16 #10

Nope. This whole system needs to go. BlueTsunami2018 May 16 #11

I wished more people realised this: GenThePerservering May 16 #16

By 2028 Republicans will control all MSM, TV and print it is going doc03 May 16 #12

Just a random thought..... anciano May 16 #13

These MONSTERS, and i mean MONSTERS will be there for two more years. bluestarone May 16 #14

We need to vote. That is absolutely how this gets fixed. Melon May 16 #15

Make no mistake... Trueblue Texan May 16 #17

Climate change will devastate the planet regardless of how we vote Kaleva May 16 #18

The rot is Fox News / News Corporation influence. Initech May 16 #19

Less then 10% of the adult population watches cable news Kaleva May 16 #22

But Fox News is fucking everywhere. Initech May 16 #23

Just as a side note, I'm delighted to say that our local gym GenThePerservering May 16 #24

A bigger issue than the dying media is AI GenThePerservering May 16 #25