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Robyn Boyer's avatar

I think all the current peril will give rise to a paradigm shift for democracy. Trump, DOGE, Project 2025 have laid to waste to what was once a strong, service-based but imperfect government. I believe that very hard economic times are ahead for most of us and that there will be misery and want. Out of that, like a green shoot sprouting after a drought, we can reimagine, restore what is good and reject what hasn't worked for the many. Rebuild America. I can feel that tide of history turning against Trump and MAGA. I am hopeful that the Democrats will shed themselves of the gerontocracy who have no clue, aren't able to lead and stand in the way of righteousness and progress. There are exciting, brilliant, capable and younger candidates out there. The old school must give way to the new if we are to move forward, break the fever dream of hate and disunity, find common ground with our fellow Americans and proceed into the next several decades with confidence because we survived the back-breaking stress of the regime. We will be bolder, stronger, better. Remember that when you evaluate candidates asking for your vote: "Do you have a plan and how will you implement it?" We will leave the hate and vengeance in the rear view mirror as we speed ahead toward the future.

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Nancy Stone's avatar

The Democrats need to get rid of the older ones. I’m 73 and see what harm they are doing. They’re stuck in the rut of “this is the way we have previously done it” mindset. So many younger people have fresh, bright minds and ideas. Pelosi was a great leader but she should have retired 10 years ago. Schumer needs to retire and others whose names I don’t know but I see them on the news, the ones in their 80s all need to retire. David Hogg wanted to change things and was ousted.

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Judy CZUBATI's avatar

I had a lot of hope for David Hogg. The old ones are indeed “stuck in their rut”. Democrats suffer from total LACK OF IMAGINATION. Always have and look what has happened.

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Nancy Stone's avatar

I had hoped David Hogg would light a fire under the Democrats but they’re bigger than he is. They didn’t want to listen to new ideas.

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Judy CZUBATI's avatar

The “Old School” will hang on by any means possible.

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Raymond Leo Blain, M.D. MPA's avatar

There is still time and hope to Modernize the Constitution, Give More Power TO THE PEOPLE, Reject Self-Serving Oligarchy, and Remove those sponsors of Greed and Corruption.

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Leakie's avatar

Let's open the writer of this Proverb was correct: "Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,

but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses."

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jane's avatar

Thank you, Mr. Beschloss. The longer the djt drama goes on, the more convinced I am that the vast majority of the maga/caucus and SCOTUS are 100% behind djt. They may not care for djt’s crude, rude and vulgar approach; but, they are as close to realizing their dreams as they have ever been.

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Judy CZUBATI's avatar

Every day it is “WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S”.

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Carl Selfe's avatar

I cannot bring myself into affinity with farmers. They voted for Trump. No doubt farmers would be a lot smarter had they gone to Trump University. Let farmers eat soybeans. Soybeans are a great source of protein.

“All of us who are dismayed by the present state of the union, this is no time to give up,” Biden declared. “It’s time to get up. Get up now, get up.”

If you have become overwhelmed, rely on my 2 buckets to sanity. 2 buckets says stay in the fight. We are winning with a year to midterms. If you stay in, we will shut them down.

https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/too-much-two-buckets-to-sanity?r=3m1bs

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