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Thanks for posting this, I will re-post again and again.

01.11.2025 16:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
It is completely obvious that the party lost in 2024 because it overcommitted to a range of unpopular left-wing positions, some of which yielded disastrous policy results (like the Biden migration wave) while others merely persuaded constituencies that had voted Democratic in the past (like blue-collar Midwesterners or culturally conservative Latino men) that the party now cared more about climate change

It is completely obvious that the party lost in 2024 because it overcommitted to a range of unpopular left-wing positions, some of which yielded disastrous policy results (like the Biden migration wave) while others merely persuaded constituencies that had voted Democratic in the past (like blue-collar Midwesterners or culturally conservative Latino men) that the party now cared more about climate change

In poll after poll, Americans have said that they know little to nothing about the IRA, with the most recent poll, out in April 2024, finding that 4 in 10 people say that they don’t know enough about the law’s provisions to have an opinion on them. At the same time, a July 2023 Data for Progress poll found that large numbers of Americans support provisions in the IRA when asked specifically about them, including tax credits for businesses that produce clean electricity, electric vehicles, and new clean energy technologies (69%); rebates up to $14,000 per household to improve home energy efficiency (71%); and ramping up production of American-made clean energy technologies (73%). And perhaps most significantly, support for these key IRA provisions has grown over time among all likely voters, especially Republican voters.

In poll after poll, Americans have said that they know little to nothing about the IRA, with the most recent poll, out in April 2024, finding that 4 in 10 people say that they don’t know enough about the law’s provisions to have an opinion on them. At the same time, a July 2023 Data for Progress poll found that large numbers of Americans support provisions in the IRA when asked specifically about them, including tax credits for businesses that produce clean electricity, electric vehicles, and new clean energy technologies (69%); rebates up to $14,000 per household to improve home energy efficiency (71%); and ramping up production of American-made clean energy technologies (73%). And perhaps most significantly, support for these key IRA provisions has grown over time among all likely voters, especially Republican voters.

Utterly bizarre to describe climate change policy as some kind of radical-left albatross.

The IRA contained precisely the kind of 'kitchen table' programs everyone says Democrats should focus on — and they're popular!

The problem was that Americans *didn't know* what the IRA was or who passed it.

01.11.2025 12:09 — 👍 2660    🔁 373    💬 54    📌 50
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We had breakfast at a wonderful restaurant in Buellton, California and this was on the counter where you pay the bill.

Trump’s economy is destroying American businesses 😡

22.10.2025 19:29 — 👍 491    🔁 244    💬 14    📌 19
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It looks like the new Pentagon press corps has come together.

22.10.2025 18:19 — 👍 2481    🔁 697    💬 558    📌 125

the truth is that this isn't a theocracy and jesus isn't my fucking king

20.10.2025 15:37 — 👍 5145    🔁 893    💬 254    📌 42

“The demonstrations were very small.”

20.10.2025 13:11 — 👍 3549    🔁 1135    💬 303    📌 77
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This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

19.10.2025 14:36 — 👍 30296    🔁 7520    💬 874    📌 391
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This is Idaho 💙

18.10.2025 23:26 — 👍 25469    🔁 4826    💬 533    📌 217
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

18.10.2025 23:22 — 👍 89446    🔁 29073    💬 2325    📌 1867
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No Kings, Portland, Oregon

18.10.2025 21:56 — 👍 14316    🔁 4183    💬 288    📌 211
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Los Angeles came out in droves. #NoKings

18.10.2025 20:42 — 👍 34403    🔁 8370    💬 649    📌 354
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#A_NewHope ✊

18.10.2025 19:33 — 👍 59806    🔁 14288    💬 1235    📌 525
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1. Washington DC

#NoKings 👑

18.10.2025 17:09 — 👍 24404    🔁 6202    💬 413    📌 302
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Chicago - no kings

18.10.2025 17:33 — 👍 32728    🔁 7489    💬 8    📌 370
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😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

18.10.2025 17:22 — 👍 51583    🔁 12498    💬 1044    📌 872

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

15.10.2025 18:13 — 👍 575    🔁 212    💬 76    📌 226
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bingo

07.10.2025 00:36 — 👍 12619    🔁 3462    💬 275    📌 96

Thinking about this whole "Dems need to move right on abortion to win in red states" thing. Since this spring we have been asking different variations of this RCN-ish inclusive populism message, and the results are like - blinding. There's just broad, almost overwhelming 🧵

05.10.2025 17:08 — 👍 95    🔁 37    💬 8    📌 7
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04.10.2025 12:58 — 👍 13441    🔁 5613    💬 403    📌 244
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Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

02.10.2025 20:22 — 👍 16378    🔁 5988    💬 847    📌 561
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Trump to generals: "Last month, I signed an executive order to provide training for a quick reaction force that can help quell civil disturbances. This is gonna be a big thing for the people in this room, because it's the enemy from within & we have to handle it before it gets out of control"

30.09.2025 14:23 — 👍 1729    🔁 744    💬 411    📌 410
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Just posted by DJT

30.09.2025 01:29 — 👍 224    🔁 74    💬 65    📌 30

This is Trump’s government shutdown-MAGA controls everything

Democrats can’t back down

If they vote to fund the government Trump will use the money however he wants-like bailing out his fascist buddies

And Dems will be complicit as Americans get screwed

With costs-like health insurance-exploding

27.09.2025 22:13 — 👍 1253    🔁 381    💬 41    📌 10

Probably worth noting that the person who wrote this article isn’t just an editor at the Daily Caller. He was their EIC for over eight years.

His column is rather explicit.

27.09.2025 19:35 — 👍 324    🔁 112    💬 17    📌 4

ICE arrested press tonight. They threw a tear gas canister into the press last week. This was not an accident.

Release Steve Held.

28.09.2025 03:45 — 👍 6911    🔁 2467    💬 124    📌 51
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Working Families Party Endorses in Virginia’s High-Stakes 2025 Election | Fredericksburg Commons The Working Families Party is expanding in Virginia, endorsing Ghazala Hashmi for lieutenant governor and several House candidates. While backing many Democrats, it withholds support from Abigail Span...

Working Families Party weighs in on Virginia’s ‘very pivotal’ election fredericksburg-commons.ghost.io/working-fami...

@workingfamilies.org

27.09.2025 17:12 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Can We Actually Save America?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket Can We Actually Save America?

We need to build a new opposition movement. In this video, I lay out the challenge ahead and what I think we need to do to make it happen. Please watch, comment, and share. youtu.be/_GUgnpAYMCc

27.09.2025 03:31 — 👍 5620    🔁 2357    💬 201    📌 137

This was always the plan from day 1, no surprises here

27.09.2025 03:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US under Trump deal MGX, chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will take 15% stake, with social media firm valued at $14bn

Thank goodness we took TikTok away from the Chinese so it could be purchased by Abu Dhabi, great work everyone. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

26.09.2025 15:18 — 👍 29    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

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