Yesterday was the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The John Lewis Voting Rights Act didnβt just fail because of Republicans. It failed because Democrats refused to fight hard enough. They had the power, but they protected the filibuster instead of our freedom.
Democrats need a backbone.
               
            
            
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            The Democrats donβt care about progressive voters.  Just look at how the treat AOC, Bernie, and Mamdani.  How many people would go see Chuck Schumer at a rally.  Bernie came to Harrisburg and had 3,000 people show to hear him.
               
            
            
                07.08.2025 00:29 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            She will not win because she is doesnβt stand for anything other than the status quo.  She will run further to the right and alienate the base of support.  She has to earn my vote.
               
            
            
                07.08.2025 00:26 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            So we should all just shut up and not say anything.  We can hold out our hands like Oliver Twist, and ask the DINOs, βPlease sir, may I have some more.β  While they sell us out to globalist who send our jobs overseas and allow greed to take the place of justice.  No thanks!
               
            
            
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            Progressive policies arenβt radical; we are necessary.
Healthcare is a human right. A living wage is common sense. Climate justice canβt wait.
We fight for equity, dignity, and a future that puts people before profits.
#ProgressivePolitics #PeopleFirst #JusticeForAll
               
            
            
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            The fight for working people is the fight for America.
Fair wages. Strong unions. Healthcare for all. Dignity on the job.
While billionaires buy influence, weβre building power from the ground up.
We donβt beg for scrapsβwe organize for justice.
#WorkersRights #LaborStrong #PeopleOverProfit
               
            
            
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            She ran the last time and lost.  So what make you think it has radically changed?
               
            
            
                06.08.2025 11:05 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            I live in the district so basically what you are saying is values donβt matter as long as they have D
               
            
            
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            So it all about the D after the name for you.
               
            
            
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            That is the goal.
               
            
            
                05.08.2025 23:07 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            This what we are trying to avoid.    The back room deals were intended to stifle and opponents.  Now anyone who challenges this is somehow supporting Scott Perry.  It is absurd and the inability of some in the party to see this is a bigger problem.
               
            
            
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            Do you agree with immigration stance?  She has said she will continue to support Israel in Gaza.  Her number one priority is to work with Republicans who just passed the BBB.  For reforming Congress it is term limits.  This is a pro choice Republican posing as a democrat
               
            
            
                05.08.2025 22:55 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
        
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            My problem is with local PA 10 candidate and the entire PA democratic establishment endorsing her before we even had a primary.  She didnβt even live in the district other than a post office box.  She was registered Republican up until she decided to run in 2024.
               
            
            
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            Did you see my profile picture?  I actually had the privilege of meeting him twice.  Once at a union hall were the picture was taken.  And once at the signing of the PACT Act where I told him that Beau would have been proud.
               
            
            
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            Did you see my profile picture?  I am standing with Joe Biden.
               
            
            
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            I have voted Democrat in every election since 2000.  I have knocked on thousands of doors for all kinds of democrats.  I think that it maybe a good idea to take a deep breath to have a civilized conversation.  I didnβt call you a single name at all.
               
            
            
                05.08.2025 22:18 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            Or perhaps they lose because if people have a choice between a conservative Democrat and a conservative Republican they will choose the Republican.
               
            
            
                05.08.2025 21:29 β π 3    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            I actually attended the event in question and was one of the people who spoke out.
               
            
            
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            Whose campaign is this from, I oppose open borders because it is unacceptable to allow criminals and drugs across the border. We have the right to feel safe in our communities. We need to properly fund border agents, law enforcementβ¦to make sure drug dealers are not slipping through the cracks.
               
            
            
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            Stelson campaign wouldnβt hand out Harris literature.  They wouldnβt attend her rallies, in the week before the election.
               
            
            
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            I ran for PA State House as Democrat. I spoke at events for Kamala Harris, with Governor Shapiro, Governor Evers, and Governor Whitmore.  My campaign knocked on 18k doors and every time we did we handed out Stelson literature.  I spent probably 10k of my own money fighting to make a better PA.
               
            
            
                05.08.2025 20:19 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            At a town hall in PA-10 and Iβve never heard people so angry. Our Rep is the worm Scott Perry who deserves a dump truck of shit on him. But the people here are also furious that the Dem currently running against him is Janelle Stelson β seen as a worthless pawn of the rich.
               
            
            
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            We have Trump because Democrats have tried to ride the fence of moderation.  They have become Aaron Burr.
               
            
            
                05.08.2025 19:53 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            She wonβt the party has already bought her nomination.
               
            
            
                05.08.2025 19:50 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            You mean questioning her values.  That is not dumping.
               
            
            
                05.08.2025 19:49 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            It is ok, if progressive voices donβt because of our moral superiority, go get the republicans to replace us.
               
            
            
                05.08.2025 19:48 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            No, democrats lose because they have become the party of the wealthy donors.  They ignore the working class.
               
            
            
                05.08.2025 19:46 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            No, the job is to fight for people not a party.  You know the same party who failed to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act because of no purity.  The party who failed to pass a minimum wage increase because of no purity.  The party who continues to send bombs to Israel due to lack of purity.
               
            
            
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