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Ken Winberry's avatar

For 30 years top 5 percent earners owners have gotten richer while paying lower wages the pay gap has gone from 30 to 1 to 500 to 1

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Randall Mecham's avatar

Blue amp +-+ message, agenda, platform, leadership, strategy ANYTHING beyond SEND MONEY??

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Marcia Huyette's avatar

We need our military to remember who and what they have an oath to: The Constitution of the United States (WE THE PEOPLE) - NOT tRump. And after they remember, they need to do what has to be done. I dare them to have the balls (You too, lady warriors). But with offering 50K and school loan forgiveness to any Joe off the street if they join ICE, not sure where the "military" is going...

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John  Brobst's avatar

We need young leaders that will go after trump with unnice works. There are ones out there & shutting down the government needed to be done. Let's hope, because Trump, the Supreme Court, & MAGA has to be stopped.

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

A. I'm sick of us tearing US apart — that is our problem. We fingerpoint at other Democrats, making it clear they can't do anything right for their own team. B. Your mention of Sherrod Brown shows how far off this is. Sherrod is certainly good on policy, absolutely. Where he is not good is as a team player, supporting and bringing up others. It's a huge problem here in Ohio and Sherrod is part of it. I'm still trying to figure out how he got it so wrong that he lost to Bernie Moron-o, someone clearly not looking out for our interests. He said all the right things, had all the right "messages" but had no response to the smears.

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Dannys's avatar

Goodbye

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Dannys's avatar

So money trumps everything……

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L B Bowen's avatar

Independents!

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L B Bowen's avatar

They refuse to reach. out to pendants

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L B Bowen's avatar

We have no leader!

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

We do. We just don't acknowledge them and name the shiniest faces as our saviors. Look at little harder; they're there.

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Rick Fletcher's avatar

I agree, there are some strong new voices among Dems and it is the DNC’s job to provide strong support of those voices. Stop supporting Dems who are all speech and no action. At this stage, if a Democrat leader hasn’t been arrested, are they serious?

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

Their job isn't to be arrested; that's performance art. They are doin THEIR job.

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Rick Fletcher's avatar

We disagree, and that’s fine. But nothing will pull MAGA Congressional Republicans out of their delusions until arrests come into their place of business. Arrests now will prevent dead bodies piling up a little later.

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l.anthony's avatar

Great conversation.

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L B Bowen's avatar

The DNC is incompetent or complicit with MAGA.

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

Every person who blames "the DNC" is part of the problem. Look, I know they have been fabricated to our side as an all-purpose enemy and it's so distracting and harmful I almost have to believe it's a GOP setup. "The DNC" has way less to do with it than Democrats attacking other Democrats. To me that's a clear sign of panic and having lost our way.

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Rick Fletcher's avatar

The DNC chooses who to support as candidates. The problem you highlight is real but it doesn’t excuse a lack of strong support for transformational candidates.

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

They actually don't. There are other groups that do this. They are most invested in presidential races, as well as national messaging, but they don't pick candidates for congressional races. They actually don't pick candidates at all.

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