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    With the Stephen Miller appointment, it should be abundantly clear what is coming next… we got a win at the midterms, but the White House is going to double down on Fascism. Schumer and Jeffries are ill-equipped for this fight.

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    Legal Eagle put out an excellent video on the subject of we need to pursue every avenue, every method of gathering and publishing information showing what this regime did, will do, so it is at least a matter of public record. So that if the Dems gain more control over politics in 2029 that they can be persecuted and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Not doing so will just lead us back here again and again and again.

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      The Dems won because people rejected Trump. Not because people are happy with the DNC. The DNC was actually more unpopular as a whole than the GOP. Progressives crushed it, even in places where they shouldn’t have. Plus with the Michigan lady betrayal, it shows that AIPAC money takes precedent over US needs…again. anyone taking AIPAC money should not be in a leadership role as they don’t value Americans first.

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        Us dwarves up in the far North have a saying: forge while the iron is hot. Now is the time to send useless idiots into retirement, and criminals into the slammer.

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          Yep, no-bias house cleaning. If you suck and you’re not a vacuum cleaner, you’ve gotta go! Democrat, Republican, MAGA, Libertarian, Whig, Communist, or otherwise. The age of do-nothing-Democrats is coming to an end. Now we’ve gotta make progress.

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        And that present leadership is willing to make everything that happened water under the bridge essentially, the DNC is going to have a reckoning these next two years.

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      This is the time to reach out to these new or revalidated officials and tell them this is the time to take power back.

      I’ve sent emails to my new senator and house rep, but things like 5calls.org are probably useful too. The calls require (people like me) to be a little more prepared with what we want to talk about, but the time is NOW. Also set a reminder for 1/21 and remind them this was, in fact, a mandate to make things different.

      If you’ve been disappointed with milquetoast dems… call them right now. Email them at the least.

      Drown them in the proof that we demand accountability for the current regime and progress on the issues that we all want.

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        My state didn’t flip at all so I’ve no one to really call. I can just promote others do so with their elected officials because let’s be honest, the Repubs will not change.

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          Even if your state didn’t flip, your elected officials certainly saw what happened. Let them know they aren’t out of the woods.

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    “There’s 260 of us with full teams to back us up. We couldn’t possibly focus on more than one thing at a time.”

    -Jeffries

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    No one is running against Jeffries. You need someone to run against him.

    I don’t think this is the hill to die on. There are so many fights to have, and this fight seems guaranteed to bloody only Democrats. Let’s fight fights that bloody the GOP.

    https://jeffries.house.gov/contact/email-me/ and let him know what you expect out of the next Congress.

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    Fox News’s Sean Hannity ranted bitterly about Hasan Piker, the left-wing political commentator.

    “Now before, nobody in the Democratic Party stood up to Hasan Piker, and that wing of the party, but the inclusion party, they did kick out Haley Stevens. She’s out of the party. That’s what we’re dealing with,” Hannity [said](https://x.com/Acyn/status/2118163462862098499?a=vYz3Rmeie8ShkgMB0dM\&s=20).

    These ghouls really have nothing when they are throwing blame toward a twitch streamer. Pathetic cry more.

    Others could be fired, such as Secretary of Defense [Pete Hegseth](https://newrepublic.com/post/217587/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-midterms), whom Trump has been considering giving the axe.

    That would be so amazing… PLEASE

    Some Republicans seem to be in agreement: Representative Thomas Massie plans to resurrect his articles of impeachment against Hegseth, and several members of the GOP [believe](https://newrepublic.com/post/217633/pete-hegseth-impeached-before-democrats-congress) it will pass.

    If Trump doesn’t get to him first LOL

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      Oh, I assumed the plan was to impeach Hegseth for his most heinous offenses and then find him not guilty – that way when the dems are in office, the Republicans can then say, “why are you impeaching him for this?! We already did it. This is a waste of resources. This is all a show.”

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      Hasan aura-farmed these fools for months. :D

      Also, I can’t wait for Southpark America to catch up with all of this!

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    They do need to go. Their goal is status quo and treading water.

    I agree with some of the new folks who feel like impeachment shouldn’t be the goal. It’s too limited. Accountability and legislation need to be the goals. Impeachment is a subset of that. So is going on a press tour rager when legislation is blocked or vetoed.

    Democrats need to wake up and bring the Republicans to bear and fight for the people who elected them. Treading water and whining about Ted Cruz reading Cat in the Hat don’t get us there. Make him stand there until he dies of dehydration. Tear them down in a public forum. Do something.

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      Honestly, I think we should refer some war crimes to the International Criminal Court. Germany went through de-nazification and even that didn’t go perfectly. A lot of people slid under the radar and remained lurking at the edges of power.

      I agree that we need to BOTH set firm standards for the future and prosecute the crimes of the past. Part of that, and the part the Democrats hate, is that the Democratic party needs to function… more democratically. No more brokering backroom deals to suppress progressive challengers (that means you Debbie Wassermann-Schultz), no AIPAC money, no felating tech bros.

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        we should refer some war crimes to the International Criminal Court

        That’s brilliant. Hand over Hegseth and Miller and Noem, and Mullin and Homan and others to that court for trial and justice.

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      As someone who has absolutely 0 belief in Bourgoise Democracy I’ll tell you what I think will happen: They’ll put up some sacrificial lambs like that lady who was the greek ambassador and Lauren Bobert and a few other mid level crooks. They’ll bring them into congress and grill them and then maybe they get 10 years in prison max. More likely some fines and stuff. Trump will probably pardon anyone who is going to see real consequences. They’ll then take their money and run. Dems will control the White House and both chambers of congress after 2028, but they won’t pass public healthcare, or anything else like that. They’ll do some minor reforms and maybe a public option that will become a permanent battle every single budget hearing. By 2030 midterms there will be a snapback and “Red Wave”.

      As for the foreign policy stuff I didn’t mention it because to quote Biden, “Nothing will fundamentally change.”

      I hope I’m proven wrong. I really do.

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        That’s exactly what will happen if we don’t completely replace leadership starting with these two.

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          Personally I don’t think the issue is just your leadership. It’s all of them. The democrats are all just playing you guys for fools. Even the ones who talk about medicare for all and stuff don’t intend to actually do it save for very few of them, and once they get in a few months later they’ll be voting for Defence Budget expansions, and all that other stuff just like anyone else. Unless Americans get in the street and start burning shit down nothings going to happen. Be French.

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    Democrats need new leadership, not just new faces playing the same political games. No more political theater.

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    Get these losers out, for sure. Bring in the new era of progressives, leave the DINOs in the past.

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    Dont just replace, prosecute. The Leahy laws are very clear about us not supporting regimes engaged in genocide and these chucklefucks did it anyway. They are criminal conspirators and belong in prison for abetting mass murder.

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    same as in 2016.

    DNC leadership dictates to the plebs, not the other way around, just ask Bernie.

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      I think a lot of people wised up to this. It’s not gonna be as easy for Debbie to steal another primary for Hillary.

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        both sides do it, Swartz is now a congresswoman for screwing over Bernie in 2016 and Justices John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett all got SCOTUS jobs for stealing the 2000 election for Bush.

        one hand washes the other, privilege begets privilege, shit sticks to itself…

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    I pray to god that they put people in power whose #1 priority is addressing the cost of living crisis. If they keep pushing idiots who are more concerned with identity politics than the well-being of the American people, this powder keg is going to explode.

    There can only be so many young men who are unable to find a job and unable to afford a house before you end up with a civil war. Trump completely ignored our economic problems. If the next administration does the same the only outlet will be violence.

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      that they put people in power whose #1 priority is addressing the cost of living crisis.

      To do that they’ll have to look far below the surface at the actual root causes. And fixing that, even if they do everything 100% perfectly, will take a long time to accomplish.

      Hopefully the American people have the patience and wisdom to allow that to happen, and don’t just toss them all out if there aren’t instant results. (I don’t expect the electorate to have either, but I am willing to be pleasantly surprised.)

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    Primaries for 2028 will be super important. We will need to primary Dems that don’t step up and prosecute.