Candidates lose when nobody endorses them. In Hong’s case she could’ve pulled through with a Bernie or AOC endorsement.

The other 2 should’ve never entered. Campaigns are popularity contests and if you know you’re unlikely to win voters or have skeletons in your closet you should stay home or work for somebody else’s campaign.

I say end all participation in all wars. No more guns, bombs, or weapons for anyone. Focus on domestic infrastructure and services.

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True but then they dont get our votes, even if it means a republican win. I feel like every election they hold us hostage to whatever awful positions they can sell us all out for, and I dont feel like allowing that anymore. They make a good platform and stick with it, or they are fired.

The present Dems party

We can change that to a great degree in the Midterms. The new people coming in will not be the same old Corpo-Establishment Losers that helped MAGA take over. They will want to fight, ad we have to back them vociferously, and slap down the old guard losers HARSHLY, starting with voting out Schmuck & Jeffries as leaders. They are Manchurian MAGAs, and they've already been making plans with MAGA to back down when they take over.

The Dems are where the Republicans were in 2010, with the Tea Party kicking down the door. The Tea Party was the real beginning of the Fascist wave that took over their party, and the 2026 Midterms can be the beginning of the new Democratic Socialist wave that takes over the Dems.

Ironic, since this comment also seems to have the goal of suppressing voter turnout.

It is necessary to point out the shit that Trump et al are doing, and to also express concern that traditional methods of change such as voting are at risk and may not work as they should, but do not try to convince others that it’s pointless to even try. At best you come off as someone who has given up on democracy and are advocating for an immediate violent revolt, and at worst you sound like a fascist plant.

*This isn’t to say that a violent revolt might not be necessary in the end, it very well may; but when there’s still a chance to elect more progressive leadership to save this country from fascism, we have to try. Turning to violence should be a last resort, and while we are unfortunately absolutely getting appallingly close to it, this wave of progressive support means we aren’t there quite yet, and there is other work to be done

ICE can stand there with their fat bellies and overpriced colored mirror Costa del Mar sunglasses all the fuck they want, and watch me go vote for people who don't have an orange ring around their mouths.