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Bluetus

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9. They haven't even been bringing knives to the gunfights.
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:13 PM
Aug 15

They have been bringing white papers that warn about the dangers of bringing even a pea shooter or slingshot to a gunfight.

And as much as I appreciate Newsom's sharper rhetoric, rhetoric is not action. Unfortunately, Trump is running wild with nobody checking anything he does, white people like Newsom face the daunting prospect of getting other Dems to move. And they are mostly as scared as 100% of the GOP (Guardians of Pedophiles).

It is worse than just hanging out in bunkers. It is more like the Neville Chamberlain treatment. When people like Bernie and AOC bring out huge crowds of Americans begging for real action, the party establishment punishes them. Likewise when somebody like David Hogg tries to motivate the necessary change from within.

My suggestion is that the more prominent Dems (like Newsom, Schumer, Jeffries, Hochul) swallow their egos and make a real alliance with people like AOC, Elizabeth, Bernie, Hogg, Mamdani and anybody else who is not afraid of their own shadow. Forget about posturing for 2028. There won't be a 2028 election at this rate.

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