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  • Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race

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  • Well they do that because democratic socialism focuses on well-being of the populace rather than well being of the few but admittedly they are fairly toothless as their policies revolve around tax collection rather than the required restructuring of industry that would comprise a socialist system.. a democratic socialist can only really affect policy through tax code.

    Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

  • Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor's race, capping a stunning ascent

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  • Snapping my fingersssss

  • a Trump-Supporting farm is upset Trump recommending Americans to buy beef from Argentina

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  • Love and support? Ew.

  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • I don't think it's the singular issue but there are many, many people, male and female, that will not even consider a female candidate for president. With the social regression of MAGA, my concern is that the Overton window is moving too far to the right. I will happily vote for a female. I worry the populace won't. Hillary won the popular vote and lost in the electoral college thanks to swing districts going to Trump.

  • Tom Nichols Claims Trump Will Use Military Against US

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  • That's true. And air freight is much more limited in its capacity too so it's usually only considered for critical goods.

  • Tom Nichols Claims Trump Will Use Military Against US

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  • There's always the option of antitrust as well. The government could, if it had a backbone, bust up corporate land aggregates. But very heartening to hear that take about New England, something I hadn't considered. I know livestock are big out there so had assumed most land was either grazing or feed farming.

  • 'I am not done' - Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again

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  • I'm willing to let her change my mind about her. For sure. But ... It seems that what the left wants is more like Bernie and more like AOC. Active participants even if they aren't in power. Advocates for the right thing and holding truth to power.

  • Tom Nichols Claims Trump Will Use Military Against US

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  • True. But I doubt it will be state vs state. That's not where the loyalties are. It will be urban vs rural.

  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • No matter what she said about Gaza, it was going to be divisive for the Dems. The only part of American politics that view Gaza as a genocide are leftists. And leftists alone can't win a national election. We aren't there yet. What was she supposed to say? And on the economy, yes, she should have talked more about how the economy was good. How they had solved Trump's inflation. How their plans were bringing stability and growth to America. Because Trump had no plan. He had gibberish answers. Attack soundbites. Trump relied on his surrogates making his points for him. Still does.

    I don't like it that she brought Cheney in. But anyone that saw that and decided not to vote for her has ensured whatever comes to pass. Up to and including absolute fascism and federal control of daily life.

    If the left really wants a shot at changing things, the presidential election isn't where to do it. That would be the absolute last place for change. We need system reform to allow viable third party candidates. The two party system is the flaw. It is eroding our ability to vote for real candidates.

  • Tom Nichols Claims Trump Will Use Military Against US

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  • Sure. He means live fire, urban combat, and a descent into outright revolution. But they want to act like the frog isn't in the pot already.

    I wonder how the red states are going to survive when they can't get anything into or out of the ports.

  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • If you think that any kind of intellectual examination was part of people's decision making process last election, you are sorely mistaken. It really surprises me that on Lemmy, people think that 90% of voters even think about these things. They don't. And they won't. Look at the polling leading up to 2024. Harris was ahead for quite a bit. As the day got closer and Trump started running tabloid ads about trans and immigrants, the polls shifted.

    The shift in polling had nothing to do with these nuanced takes about centrists and war hawks and corporate Democrats. Nothing. The masses voted based on last minute bigoted propaganda and claimed it was about the economy.

    Your reasoning may apply in small, isolated circles. We are talking about the masses and no, I don't buy it. I've talked to too many people.

  • 'I am not done' - Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again

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  • Please be done. If you wanted to be a leader, now is the time. Not three years from now.

  • A report claims left-wing terrorism is rising. The data paints a complicated picture

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  • Americans romanticize the violence of the past. But they refuse to allow talk of violence as a path forward. Destruction of property was righteous when they threw tea in the harbor but it's wrong to talk about it now.

  • Tom Nichols Claims Trump Will Use Military Against US

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  • He's going to? He already is.

  • The GOP expected Democrats to relent on the shutdown by now. That isn't happening.

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  • The Senate can vote to remove a member with a two thirds vote. The last time it happened was 1862.

  • The GOP expected Democrats to relent on the shutdown by now. That isn't happening.

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  • Seriously. He needs to be censured and removed from the party. Make him run as an independent.

  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • You're making my point for me while trying to be contrarian.

  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • Same. And I've said the same several times. I'll vote leftist as far as I can. But in the end, we need a leftist coalition around whoever the candidate is. We have to stop the GOP. People that think this will be some chance to make a wild swing to the left really need to curb their expectations.

  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • They're here on Lemmy saying they will only vote for a Marxist dream candidate. If the choice is MAGA fascism or an American neoliberal, they'll sit out.