“One of the things that we heard last night, resoundingly across the country, is that we are in … a new movement in this country,” Flanagan said. “Many of us were elected who refused corporate PAC money, who are beholden only to the people who elected us and are ready to fight for bold change. And so I think it’s time for new leadership.”

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    It’s clear that the Democratic Voters are loudly demanding a new direction in America, and that starts with new leadership who understand their mission, and Israel is not part of it. We didn’t go through all this trouble to get rid of MAGA control, to just fall under Israeli control instead. We thought we’d have to fight one enemy, only to find out there’s another enemy right behind them.

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    Quick reminder that Minnesota is a state with a left party independent from the DNC.

    They caucus with, and accept money from the DNC, but the DFL has always been slightly more to more progressive than the DNC.

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      And the person who ran Minnesota’s DFL for a decade has been the DNC chair for like 21 months…

      A big reason why this wave was not only huge, but full of progressives…

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        Minnesota is a unique state looking at it. Something about it.

        Significant rural population that almost exclusively votes conservative (for reasons that don’t entirely make sense). From what I hear, there are a LOT of anarcho-communist groups throughout the state. They take education and hunger seriously. There’s a LOT of really rich people though.

        I strongly believe thats why Walz and the State were targeted so hard by Trump. A state that naturally opposes authoritarianism is an anathema to the regime.

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          It’s not natural…

          It was a red state when Martin started running DFL

          He turned it purple then blue because he stopped standing in front of progressives and focused on fair primaries so the candidates most popular with dem voters made it to the general…

          And what happened Tuesday nationally, was what happened in Minnesota.

          It’s not a fluke, it’s not anything “natural” about Minnesota, it’s the simple fact that progressive policy is what voters want.

          And the voting members of the DNC realizing that, is why they picked Martin for DNC vhair. To do nationally what he did in Minnesota: stand back and let voters pick their candidates.

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      Wow, never had heard of the DFL, but now I read the wiki, and that is a pretty cool history…at least before they got a bit more conservative in the post-war period, but still cool!

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    If you have a Dem House rep, contact them and say no to Jefferies

    If you have a Dem senator, contact them and say no to Schumer

    We can’t waste time on neoliberals

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      What if my Senator is Schumer? How do I politely tell him to retire already?

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        Tell him you want a more progressive leader in the senate. He should know his constituents don’t want him in charge either

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        What if my Senator is Schumer? How do I politely tell him to retire already?


        Dear Chuckles,

        We have decided it is time for you to make way for more capable leadership.

        Sincerely,

        the Bailey family


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        He’s openly suggested that he’s more loyal to Israel than to the united States. Tell him that’s borderline treason and he’s despicable for supporting genocide. Tell him you want a new rep and a new leader.

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            They work for a piece of shit. You gonna be polite to a Nazi general because he’s just doing his job? Making all his staff quit would go a long way toward making him actually fuck off, rather than getting your polite “fuck off” message politely delivered to the nearest trash bin so they don’t get fired.

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              You’re not wrong. My point is that lots of staffers work for shitbags, and to be fair, lots of staffers are shitbags. But if you want your voice to be logged and show up on a chart that might tip the scale, one path might work better than the other.

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                I don’t think anybody on his staff is concerned with that chart, but do whatever you feel is best. Maybe I’m just too cynical.

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        Sir, as one of your constituents I do not feel as though you have acted in accordance with the needs or the will of the people who elected you into office, but rather submitted to the demands of private interests and corporate donors. Your actions, or often lack of action, have caused harm at worst and at best kept positive change from happening. I respectfully ask that you step down and allow the next generation of leadership to enact the will of regular Americans.

        Sincerely, dhork.

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        Tell him your an average white middle class republican couple and you definitely think he needs to step down for the good of the country.

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        Politely tell him he had his turn, and now it’s time for a different democratic leadership and approach.

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        If he hasn’t already felt how incredibly unwelcome he is, you can politely figure out a way to tell him to “go fuck himself”.

        Bully tactics is how people like him ended up in power. Start there. End with a hug and make sure it doesn’t happen again. Better yet, give what’s left of this land back to the natives. They did it better. #LANDBACK

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          Electing some natives to high offices like New Mexico did is a good start, as long as it’s not done blindly. Power corrupts and they’re just as corruptible as any other human beings are. It’s about deeds, not words, but even dishonest words often contain red flags warning of future deeds. Don’t feel too bad if you get scammed by any given politician, they’re crafty devils, but it doesn’t matter how regularly or how badly you get scammed by the best of them, you’ve still got a responsibility to try to figure out which ones have some truth and respectability left in them.

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          “I would prefer the democrats to be led by a being not suffering from intellectual unsustainable disparity.”

          (Edit: forgot a not, thats pretty important)

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    Who should run with some “realism” of DNC support? I nominate Bernie, but he would need to join Democratic party perhaps.

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      Schiff, maybe?

      He’s not as progressive as Bernie, but he’s widely respected by Democrats and has more experience investigating the Trump administration than just about any other Congress critter.

      Schiff would be a good pick if Dems want to demonstrate a serious shift of priorities and how they’re serious about exercising their investigative/oversight mandate rather than more “business as usual”.

      EDIT: While we’re at it, let’s make Raskin house speaker and really get serious about investigating the president.

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    The people resoundingly voted for more Nancy pelosi and to raise the average age of Congress by another 5 years /s