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dutch777's JournalAnyone else uneasy that the DNC is not holding a midterm convention? A fine tuning of planks seems wise NOW.
Maybe it is just me but I feel we keep running against Trump and not selling ourselves enough on FOCUSED policy issues that can get down ballot more Dems elected. Certainly our candidates such as Spangberger, Sherrill and Talarico have been able to fine tune and articulate proposals in recent campaigns that have been successful. But wouldn't greater focus, messaging and alignment from the national level have value? The statement from DNC as to why no convention was about money. Seems like a missed opportunity to make a national level statement of values and priorities.
Perhaps reporters & others talking to the President should say " Sorry to hear about your stroke. How is your recovery?
Would love for some foreign head of state to do that in some public setting with cameras rolling. If it repeated and repeated Trump would lose his mind...if there is anything left to lose.
No way to know, but have to wonder what it would take in $$$ to fully naturalize all existing immigrants?
I am sure there are some criminal elements and sure, they should be legally prosecuted and probably deported. But after that, all the money and over the top Fed policing to try and find people and round them up, I wonder if a mass naturalization program wouldn't be much more cost effective? In many communities we need the workforce they provide. And many are escaping awful conditions in their home country ab asylum is appropriate. I would much rather $$$ support teaching them English, American history/civics and whatever else people think they need or want to complain about that would help them be a productive part of the social fabric. You want to seal the border, stop issuing visas, I guess okay, but at some point you'll probably have to even rethink that if the economy keeps growing and we need more workers than we are producing. As usual, no logic, no long term plan and no real grasp of reality in the current Admin.
So the Dem prez in Jan 2029 just loads Trump on Air Force One after the inauguration and drops him at the Hague?
Hard to see how this ends well long term for Trump. Sure he will continue to mess more things up and grift $$$ billions more for the family enterprise in the meantime but his "legacy" will just be Worst US President of All Time.
Report from No King march in Philly
Just had back surgery so not marching today but my room has ringside seat to the march from Love Park to the Franklin Institute along Benjamin Franklin Parkway. No experience estimating crowd sizes but if this isn't a gathering of 10,000 or more, I will be very surprised. Way to stand up America!
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Wonder if we Dems could do more than simply say "Trump bad!' and propose our own economic solution?
I am deeply disheartened that we have all the ammo the House budget plan gives us and yet do not make a solid logical counter proposal NOW that 1) shifts taxes to the rich and corporations; 2) lowers taxes on the poor and middle class; 3) has baked in national debt reduction and 4) fully funds critical programs like Medicaid, FAA, TSA, etc. Carville's strategy of just let them keep digging seems off.
Lead line: "If Trump really wanted to slow the decline in the nation's fertility rates, he would resign". NYT....
4/27/25 article by Michelle Goldman, p4 of Sunday Opinion section. Great lead in line! So true! Just like investors and business want stability and some degree of economic certainty, anyone thinking responsibly about bringing forth a new life wants the same.
Really disappointed...just looked at our local primary ballot in PA...many positions w no Dem candidate!
We live in the boonie burbs 50 miles NW of Philadelphia and election is May 20th. And while statewide positions have Dem candidates, half the local county positions have no Dems. (PA is one of the backward primary states where you have to be a declared Dem or Repug and can only vote for folks in your party and positions that do not have a party affiliation. which are few). No Dems running for Sheriff, Coroner, Prothonotary on and on and the one that really gets me-- Director of Elections!!! I know it is hard to win in these times, but really hard to win when you don't field a team!!! Gonna be making calls because this has got to stop.
Anyone else lamenting the headlines focusing on Trump vs. the whole GOP?
I realize saying and pointing fingers of blame and shame at Trump is easy one stop shopping, but I worry that our target for tar and feathers and the 2026 midterms has to be the whole GOP. They enable all of the evil by sitting on their hands or actively aiding and abetting. While an outsize influence, Trump will never be on the ballot again. I have no problem seeing his brand hurt but when we focus on him, it gives some amount of cover for the GOP Congressional caucuses and statewide GOP interests. It is the latter we have to beat in 2026 and I hope our Dem voices focus on painting them with the issues this administration is causing.
Protest today at 1PM Wyomissing, PA. Hands Off!
The corner of Park Road and Lancaster Avenue near the Wawa! (So there will be coffee!
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