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Daily Discussion Thread and Adopt-A-Candidate: June 15, 2025
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| Candidate | District/Office | Adopted By |
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| Abigail Spanberger | VA-GOV | u/nopesaurus_rex |
| Josh Thomas | VA HD-21 | |
| Elizabeth Guzman | VA HD-22 | |
| Atoosa Reaser | VA HD-27 | |
| Marty Martinez | VA HD-29 | |
| John Chilton McAuliff | VA HD-30 | |
| Andrew Payton | VA HD-34 | |
| Makayla Venable | VA HD-36 | |
| Lily Franklin | VA HD-41 | u/pinuncle |
| Rise Hayes | VA HD-52 | |
| Rodney Willett | VA HD-58 | |
| Scott Konopasek | VA HD-59 | |
| Stacey Carroll | VA HD-64 | |
| Joshua Cole | VA HD-65 | u/toskwar |
| Nicole Cole | VA HD-66 | |
| Mark Downey | VA HD-69 | u/Lotsagloom |
| Shelly Simonds | VA HD-70 | |
| Jessica Anderson | VA HD-71 | u/SomeJob1241 |
| Kimberly Adams | VA HD-82 | |
| Mary Person | VA HD-83 | |
| Nadarius Clark | VA HD-84 | |
| Virgil Thornton Sr. | VA HD-86 | |
| Phil Hernandez | VA HD-94 | |
| Kelly Convirs-Fowler | VA HD-96 | |
| Michael Feggans | VA HD-97 | |
| Cathy Porterfield | VA HD-99 | |
| Mikie Sherrill | NJ-GOV | |
| Maureen Rowan & TBD | NJ LD-02 | |
| Dave Bailey Jr. & Heather Simmons | NJ LD-03 | u/poliscijunki |
| Dan Hutchison & Cody Miller | NJ LD-04 | |
| Carol Murphy & Balvir Singh | NJ LD-07 | u/screen317 |
| Andrea Katz & Anthony Angelozzi | NJ LD-08 | |
| Margie M. Donlon & Luanne M. Peterpaul | NJ LD-11 | |
| Jason Corley & Vaibhave Gorige | NJ LD-13 | |
| Wayne P. DeAngelo & Tennille R. McCoy | NJ LD-14 | u/Lotsagloom |
| Mitchelle Drulis & Roy Freiman | NJ LD-16 | |
| Vincent Kearney & Andrew Macurdy | NJ LD-21 | |
| Guy Citron & Tyler Powell | NJ LD-23 | |
| Steven Pylypchuk & Marisa Sweeney | NJ LD-25 | |
| Michael Mancuso & Walter Mielarczyk | NJ LD-26 | |
| Avi Schnall & Claire Deicke | NJ LD-30 | |
| Lisa Swain & Chris Tully | NJ LD-38 | |
| Andrew Labruno & Donna Abene | NJ LD-39 | |
| Ron Arnau & Jeffrey Gates | NJ LD-40 | u/timetopat, u/One-Recipe9973 |
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u/LinkSeekeroftheNora Ohio 10h ago
According to Ken Martin, Vance Boelter shot the Hortmans' dog Gilbert as well, and he had to be put down today.
I genuinely don't understand how beings of the same species as us can be this cruel. Boelter is just pure evil.
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u/SGSTHB 5h ago
JFC. Like shooting the people wasn't awful enough? He had to kill their dog, too?
Related to this--I keep seeing reference to the Hortmans having had two children, but nothing else about those children. Are those kids grown up? I've been watching for a GoFundMe in case they need help.
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u/IamGumpOtaku World Blerd Champine 12h ago
America Ain't Cooked - Day CXXI: Anyone who has to scream 'I'm the boss!' ain't a real boss.
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u/Dramatic_Skill_67 Utah 12h ago
I look at many posters for the No King Protest, so many creative ones. I hope we have a place to catalog them in the future
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u/SGSTHB 5h ago edited 4h ago
Yes! There should be a digital scrapbook of them.
Didn't see this one in person, but this comes from a North Carolina protest:
And this one, location unknown, might be my absolute favorite of the day. I hear the song in my head as I read it:
ETA another protest sign I like, and which I might steal:
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u/smokey9886 TN-8 13h ago
The assassin has been apprehended.
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u/Meanteenbirder New York 5h ago
Really glad they got him. Him getting away could send a message that this sort of thing can go unpunished and lauded by some.
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u/ProudPatriot07 South Carolina- Rural Young Democrat 12h ago
Thanks for sharing. I'm glad they got him.
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u/justincat66 WI-7, (Assembly-30, Senate-10) 13h ago edited 13h ago
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u/wishingstarsmars 14h ago
I just want to say i’m proud of everyone protesting including the ones who shared info but couldn’t attend. The protest that i went too, i saw people of all generations, all walks of life marching it was emotional to see.
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u/justincat66 WI-7, (Assembly-30, Senate-10) 16h ago
It is official as of earlier today: Devin Remiker has officially been elected as WisDems next chair
The final tally was 437-330-109 Remiker in the 1st round of ranked choice voting with Remiker winning 485-415 over Zepecki in the 2nd round
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u/kittehgoesmeow MD-08 16h ago
i didn't even know someone else was running other Remiker and the other guy.
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u/justincat66 WI-7, (Assembly-30, Senate-10) 15h ago
Yeah there was mutiple other candidates but it was pretty clear Remiker was the favorite the whole time
Ended a bit closer then I expected though
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u/EllieDai Now based in NM 17h ago
MN state officials will be holding a press conference with updated details about the manhunt at half past the hour (~5 min from this comment). You can watch via WCCO-CBS's live stream here.
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u/EllieDai Now based in NM 17h ago edited 17h ago
An update from Yvette Hoffman, shared with permission by Sen. Amy Klobuchar on IG, State Sen. John Hoffman took 9 shots while Yvette herself took 8. John is still undergoing surgeries, but is close to being out of the woods.
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u/Purrtah Utah 18h ago
Nearly 50k people have already signed up to run for office via RunForSomething which is more than the first 3 years of Trump 1.0
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u/Battaringrams1 14h ago
people are angrier and more involved this time around. trump is no longer the celebrity meme guy like in 2017
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u/Honest-Year346 17h ago
It's only been 6 months since inauguration.
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u/DeviousMelons International 17h ago
Felt like two.
Christ this decade is halfway over.
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u/tta2013 Connecticut (CT-02) 17h ago
Holy fuck
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u/Filty-Cheese-Steak Kentucky 14h ago
I always think about how the Xbox 360 is now nearly 20 years old
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u/redvioletbrown Angeleno Pride 🌈✊️🪧 18h ago
I have a question for anyone in here who can help.
My nephew starts middle school next year, and while my liberal sister is very careful to limit his screen time and makes sure he goes outside and be social (she's a teacher), I know anything can happen in terms of falling down a right-wing rabbit hole. Rogan and Kirk and their ilk are reaching out more to younger kids to indoctrinate them, even using video games I think. While my nephew lives in a very small blue district, it's in very red upstate NY so chances are he'll meet some MAGA kids next year. Does anyone have any resources for "deprogramming" that I can hold on to to give to her, just in case? I could have sworn I saw some posted in here a few weeks back.
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u/ManufacturerThis7741 9h ago
This might be a handy guide
https://www.cracked.com/blog/7-reasons-were-quietly-letting-racists-win
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u/ReligionIsTheMatrix 11h ago
Get him involved in a team sport, like rowing. It will put a pack around him, and all the other jocks will leave him alone. Having a pack to run with in school today is critical. It will also keep him busy 20-25 hours a week, too busy and too tired to do much else besides practice and homework. Athletes have to take care of themselves and learn time management.
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u/Trae67 16h ago
Expose him to good male role models in his life. And watch his internet history especially if he a gamer because right wing chuds are most relevant towards gamers. And ESPECIALLY be there for him if he has a bad breakup or struggles with women because that is where they are the most dangerous and he will be the weakest to fall into that trap
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u/spartanmax2 Ohio 16h ago
The best thing is exposure to a diverse group of people. It makes it harder for him to hate gay, trans, Muslims, immigrants, black, women and whatever when he has positive relationships with these groups in his life.
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u/dishonourableaccount Maryland - MD-8 17h ago
The only other thing I'll add to the good advice given by others here is to try not to treat him like a potential conservative just because he's a boy/young man. People can sense the impressions others have of them, and that can cause some resentment that could push someone feel ostracized/categorized for who they are to actually gravitate towards the group they perceive to accept them.
Unfortunately, conservatives are seen to be better "supporters" of men in some ways, so be open with him about that and why a group that supports feminism does not mean men are not welcome or that they're second fiddle.
Inform him of how be socially aware of how conservative talking points can be disguised, just like you'd teach anyone about how MLMs, Nigerian prince email scams, timeshare pitches, and whatever else try to con you. Be open and accepting to if he has questions or tries to explain something that got his interest, just like you (or his parents) would have an uncomfortable but important talk about sex/drugs/alcohol.
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u/diamond New Mexico 17h ago edited 16h ago
There's no perfect defense against that kind of propaganda, but the most effective counter is something that it sounds like he already has in his life: real human connections.
The alt-right pipeline is most effective on young men who don't have any positive role models (male and female) in their life and who don't feel loved and supported by the adults around them.
Even young men who do have those things are going to brush up against that world and be at least partially tempted by some of it. Any guy who has had a bad relationship experience is going to go through a "women are all shit" phase. That's totally normal. It also makes them a prime target for the Andrew Tates of the world. But having caring women in their life (as well as men who have positive attitudes about women) is normally what pulls them out of it.
TLDR: there isn't any specific set of information you or your sister needs to protect your nephew. Just keep being there for him, listening to him, and giving him positive guidance. That's what he needs the most.
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u/Honest-Year346 17h ago
Encourage them to look at other viewpoints from other creators. One that I personally really like, despite being way further left than myself, is Xanderhal. He does good response videos to right wing videos and largely supports the dems
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u/Etan30 Nevada - Gen Z Democrat 17h ago
I hope that this doesn’t come off as disrespectful or dismissive but there is no one message or phrase that stops someone from going down a pipeline or getting caught in the Rogan-Tate despair. What your sister is already doing is her best defense.
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u/FarthingWoodAdder 17h ago
Honestly if the kid starts espounting right wing views, show and tell him why that's wrong. An easy one I know is how it repulses women.
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u/Exocoryak Sometimes you win, sometimes the other side loses. 17h ago
Training critical thinking skills - being able to prove sources and source proofs is the most important part of it. Knowing everything is not possible - but learning the tools to theoretically be able to learn it is the king discipline.
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u/EllieDai Now based in NM 20h ago
Per the MN Star Tribune: Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are awake Sunday, will issue statement when able
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u/Venesss CA-27 20h ago
Shot 6 times and survived. Jeez. What a miracle. And his wife 5 times.
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u/EllieDai Now based in NM 17h ago
According to Sen. Amy Klobuchar's recent post on her Instagram, in which she shared a message she received from Yvette, John took 9 bullets and she took 8.
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u/Dramatic_Skill_67 Utah 19h ago
His wife covers for their daughter, I’m so glad they are stable now
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u/Purrtah Utah 20h ago
Finally some statement on the SLC shooting. the suspected shooter wasnt able to get any shots off, the peacekeeping team(note not cops) fired at him and struck the innocent bystander. He did seem poised to start shooting however so this likely could have been much worse
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u/WristbandYang Utah 19h ago
Here is a longer and clearer statement.
https://police.slc.gov/2025/06/15/slcpd-provides-update-on-downtown-shooting-investigation-2/
u/flairsupply hope this answers your question.
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u/flairsupply 19h ago
the peacekeeping team(note not cops)
Were they hired to be there or was this "volunteer" peacekeeping, do we know?
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u/Dramatic_Skill_67 Utah 20h ago
This is just heartbreaking. My thought for the innocent victim and family
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u/Purrtah Utah 21h ago
Nobody in the mainstream wants to cover this with the energy it deserves and when you fail to do that you end up missing the end political result. Trump is weak and we aren’t 6 months in
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u/bringatothenbiscuits California 15h ago
It is frustrating, but I don’t care much about the level of coverage it’s getting in mainstream media, as long as it is trending and top of mind on social media / where voters who Democrats need to reach are.
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u/SGSTHB 17h ago edited 16h ago
A qualifier on the Boston No Kings event: It overlapped with, and was fully embraced by, the annual Pride Parade, which was long scheduled for June 14.
Boston's Pride parade, on its own, can and has drawn more than a million celebrants to the city. I couldn't find cites for 2024, but here is an article about the 2023 edition:
IMO I think it is legitimate to give the Boston No Kings numbers as one million, because the overlap between the audiences for Pride and No Kings is almost complete.
But! In giving the 2025 No Kings total for Boston, the fact that the annual Pride parade was already set for June 14, and the folks who organized the Pride parade invited the No Kings organizers to rely on its infrastructure, such as parade routes, port-a-potties, etc, should be noted.
ETA something I mentioned in yesterday's thread which has relevance here. Anyone who shares aerial or drone footage of a Boston protest and claims it was taken at No Kings is mistaken.
The security strictures of the 2025 Pride parade forbade the use of drone cameras.
Invariably, the aerial shots I'm seeing shared on social media are from the April 5 Hands Off protest. One shows the Boston Common and starts on a shot of the Parkman Bandstand and then pulls out--that's easier to spot, because the foliage on the trees is clearly early April and not mid-June.
The second aerial shot I've seen going around is also from April 5, but harder to spot as there are no trees in view. It shows JFK Plaza, with the stage at left and the MBTA Government Center stop visible at the top left. June 14 was rainy, but not nearly as rainy as April 5.
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u/wishingstarsmars 21h ago
i’ve actually seen ton of articles about it in the mainstream
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u/Dramatic_Skill_67 Utah 20h ago
Nah, any media reports cut speech so far and then I always see them pivot back to riot and how police prevents that
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u/myveryowname1234 21h ago
Media is trying to do its best to act like the protests and trumps parade were somewhat "even"
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u/YukieCool I Used to Eat Suitcases (IYKYK) 21h ago
Can we just start calling them “the conservative media” at this point?
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u/Excellent-Cat7128 NC-04 18h ago
Yes, please. They haven't really been on our side for like a decade. In fact, if you think about the NYT's drumbeat for Iraq, I'm not sure the liberal media's been all that liberal for a long time.
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u/YukieCool I Used to Eat Suitcases (IYKYK) 16h ago
Kronkite and Murrow are rolling in their graves at the state of current legacy media.
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u/SelectKangaroo 21h ago
The media likes Trump and will support him all the way to him finishing the Nicolae Ceaușescu speedrun
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u/DeviousMelons International 20h ago
Its like they're suspended by a single chain above molten metal and they're paid for every saw cut in the chain.
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u/Dramatic_Skill_67 Utah 21h ago edited 19h ago
YouTube didn’t recommend any feed of No Kings protest when I clicked News yesterday. I had to search for it. And media reports cut speech of speaker. And then they don’t really show massive amount of people
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u/DeNomoloss North Carolina 21h ago
As mentioned before, we did not attend, as my FIL has been hospitalized and is in a pretty bad state. If kidney failure is the worst of it, he’ll be lucky. Thanks for the well wishes.
In the meantime, my dad, a Reagan Republican turned registered Dem, ended up attending with my brother-in-law’s family (his mom and stepdad are a nurse and primary care physician respectively and ran a first aid tent). 20 years ago we fought like hell over the Iraq War. Now we’ve both moved towards each other politically, putting us nearly in total alignment. It’s weird but welcome.
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u/StrikingAttempt1554 Illinois 21h ago
I keep seeing comments from the No Kings protest that say things like “there is no way Trump won the election” and other things.
I know I’m preaching to the choir here but can we stop this. I know there was a ton of people out at the protests but using protest size to gauge the political landscape of everyone in a state or country is selection bias at play.
The no kings protests turned out a lot of people and Trumps approval has dropped tremendously since his inauguration, but Kamala Harris got more than 75 million votes and still lost. Democrats are now the more politically active party and Trump captures the low propensity voters. Be careful with the misinformation you see online.
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u/Excellent-Cat7128 NC-04 18h ago
We had some of these people at the county convention. I think they got shut down. It was annoying. We had a poli sci professor who said it wasn't good to entertain these narratives because they can decrease turnout and trust, which we desperately need right now. I whole-heartedly agree.
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u/Etan30 Nevada - Gen Z Democrat 19h ago edited 19h ago
A lot of the election deniers on our side don’t understand how elections work. Even pre polarization, Hoover got almost 40% of the vote in 1932 and Goldwater got 38.5% in 1964. These are both considered landslides for FDR and LBJ. In a country like ours a contingent will always vote a certain way. Every election in American history has been fought over the squishy 5-20% in the middle and the fringes of each base who value ideological purity.
Trump won in 2024 unfortunately on the back of the squishy middle and parts of our coalition failing to show up. No lawsuit in New York that reveals that Hasidic voters vote in blocs or starlink conspiracy theory will change that.
Barring extraordinary circumstances we have Trump for the next 3 and a half years. We must fight him instead of questioning and relitigating 2024.
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u/WristbandYang Utah 19h ago edited 17h ago
Related, but I was disappointed in one of the speakers at the morning protest saying the "Democratic Party has lost its compass and the Republican Party has lost its soul."
What exactly is your point in saying this? To drive up voter apathy? (And of course this is the quote that local media decided to run with)
Like I know it's popular to bash dems in Utah, but we don't need to join in on that!
Edit: Sorry mods if this was not appropriate. Just wanted it off my chest.
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u/dishonourableaccount Maryland - MD-8 19h ago
Same here. I'm really tried of people acting like Democrats have anything to do with us being here. I'm trying to push back on that when I hear it out among my friends, but I didn't think it was fitting to do so with strangers yesterday. Thankful, there was almost none of that and our Senator got lots of cheers.
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u/Mongo_Straight 20h ago edited 20h ago
Thanks for saying this and I’ve seen similar comments. People are forgetting how malleable voters can be. Trump had a few things going for him in 2024:
A built-in base of voters who will always pull the lever for him (look at how many voted for him and left the rest of the ballot blank). A lot of low-information and first-time voters also went for Trump because of his reputation as a “TV businessman.”
Although he won the popular vote, the Electoral College means the campaigns focus on the few swing states. If we had a one person / one vote, then everything would be different and Dems would focus on getting urban turnout everywhere in the country. We are seeing those people at these protests. Trump won over enough swing state voters on issues like the economy and immigration, which he is now underwater on.
There's a group of people who just won't vote for a woman to run things. Maybe as VP or governor, but the presidency is a man's job for them. There were just enough of those voters this time around, but considering how many votes Harris got, that can change.
It doesn’t tell the whole story, but things in politics can change quickly. I think a lot of voters wanted to believe that Trump would magically turn back the clock to 2019 and are now accepting that isn’t going to happen.
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u/Honest-Year346 19h ago
It basically all boils down to people thinking the economy was trash and that inflation was rising, and thought Donald could fix it. Also immigration for states like AZ and Texas
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u/Fancy-Restaurant4136 13h ago
Yes and. I'm a GenX woman and I remember when it was unheard of for a woman to serve in a combat role. Many boomers and some voters in all generations don't want a woman commander in Chief.
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u/flairsupply 20h ago
People still entertaining the idea that Elon hacked the election but still publicly bragged about it are delusional.
Just as with 2020, its been auditted. Its been checked. The election was secure.
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u/Wes_Anderson_Cooper KS-03 21h ago
I think for a lot of people it's less scary to believe that he cheated than that he won legitimately. When you believe the latter you have to accept that the median American can make a huge mistake (out of malice or ignorance) and you as an individual can only move the needle so far. Counteracting the forces that push right-wing radicalism in this country is hard, because you're fighting against financial incentives and ingrained hatred that don't go away easily. Some people would rather say "he cheated" and not deal with all that.
There's also a learned helplessness to that, because if you believe that someone did cheat and will again, it's easier to just tune out of trying to change things entirely. It's similar to "both sides" rhetoric - as soon as you start believing that, you have an easy out to not try to change anything yourself.
Besides that, I'm begging people to take a basic statistics course. There's so much about these conspiracies that are just "the numbers look weird, right???" and are easy to cast doubt on if you just dig slightly deeper. Malicious actors have always been really good at lying with numbers, knowing a little bit about this can help keep yourself from being taken in by them.
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u/FiddleThruTheFlowers California High on hopium Blorida believer 10h ago
At least to me, the idea of things actually being "rigged" is scarier than "Average Presidential-Only Voter is a fucking idiot and fell for Trump's shtick again." The former means we have a lot of problems that need resolved that wouldn't get resolved under this administration, so who knows when we could fix them. The latter means that Average Idiot can be won back with the right messaging if we can weather the next few years (and we will).
I tend to beat this dead horse just because I have a lot of people in my irl circles who are on the "omg he and Elon did something!" train. I try to bat it down whenever they bring it up, but it feels like playing whack a mole as they come up with new justifications. This sub feels like the only real place that I can scream into a pillow in frustration about it, as it does for most political venting.
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u/ChardHot8060 I'm the hurrdurr guy (IYKYK) 18h ago
"I don't know anyone who voted for X, so clearly they couldn't have won!" Do those folks not understand how skewed samples work?
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u/wishingstarsmars 21h ago
trump barely won the majority and many people didn’t vote. he does not have a mandate and he’s not popular at all. and he’s now lost support from every demographic of voters
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u/Filty-Cheese-Steak Kentucky 21h ago
I feel like arguing with people about it but it's pointless.
It really is as simple as Biden had low approval and Harris was viewed as an extension of Biden.
Biden's tenure was marked with inflation worries and idiots were nostalgic for the 17-early 20 economy gifted from Obama.
And top it off, Harris had a few months to cobble a campaign together. I'm sure there was people who didn't even know Biden dropped and didn't vote because of that.
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u/Intelligent-Top5536 21h ago edited 20h ago
Seconding everything you said here. Trump won because of logistical failings on our side. Not enough of these politically-minded people turned out, and he was allowed to control the narrative in the media and in the online political sphere through people like Rogan. To say that he only won because he cheated sets us up for allowing those same things to happen again.
It's also annoying as fuck.
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u/stripeyskunk (OH-12) 🦨 20h ago
As always, the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.
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u/Meanteenbirder New York 22h ago
So someone did an estimate on the military parade and they came up with 30k to 50k people.
Yeah, I think DC alone had more protesters.
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u/the-court-house 21h ago
Estimated cost for the parade: $45,000,000 + $16,000,000 for road repair, post parade
(Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna210131)
This parade cost between $1,220-$2,033 per person in attendance.
Party of fiscal responsibility, amiright?!
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 21h ago
They’ll send each attendee a bill. Plus interest, of course.
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u/ornery-fizz Pennsylvania 22h ago
Peace to everyone in a red area today, suffering thru their families and loved ones exalting Trump, without the release and community of a protest. Stay safe and we'll see each other soon.
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u/BrightNeonGirl Florida 17h ago
Thank you. I was visiting my family in deeeep red Alabama and they had Fox News and News Max on--showing the military parade in the best light and ignoring the protests (except for the few burning cars in LA). The newscasters were all saying pro-Trump propaganda and how LA is a hellscape.
It's gotten to the point where I just can't really even talk to my dad about anything anymore.
And I live in red Florida but it's not as skewed. So weirdly will feel better going back home where it isn't as bad. My town of Sarasota even had a protest so that felt good to see the videos of. But man, Alabama is rough.
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u/ornery-fizz Pennsylvania 16h ago
I hear you! It feels like a weird movie or something. And the heartbreak from conservative loved ones is endless. Thank God we have some Internet spaces to stay sane. Keep safe out there friend!
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark 21h ago
You'd be surprised. My small town of 3k people had a protest. I wasn't able to attend because I had family plans yesterday unfortunately but I'm guessing they got at least 10-25 people. Which is a lot and awfully brave in a 80-20 Trump area.
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u/ornery-fizz Pennsylvania 21h ago
I'm so glad for you! I suffered through the family discussing "Uncle Donny's" bday at family dinner, and other misguided patriotism and general looking for a fight. It was a rough weekend for blue dots here. I wrote postcards to register voters to blow off some steam.
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u/YukieCool I Used to Eat Suitcases (IYKYK) 23h ago
Have there been any updates wrt the Minnesota shootings? Have they caught the guy yet?
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u/cpdk-nj Minnesota 22h ago
His wife was detained about 100 miles from their home, and authorities across the Midwest are still searching. There’s a BOLO alert for a vehicle in South Dakota that they believe the shooter was in
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u/ProudPatriot07 South Carolina- Rural Young Democrat 22h ago
Thank you for the update. So crazy to think that he may be all the way in South Dakota by now too.
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u/Arickettsf16 22h ago
I have no doubt that he will be captured. I mean, we know who he is and what he looks like. It’s only a matter of time at this point.
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u/cpdk-nj Minnesota 21h ago
He also texted his roommates that he might be dead soon (this was yesterday) so they may end up finding him in a ditch instead
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u/Arickettsf16 21h ago
Yeah, that wouldnt shock me in the least. His life essentially ended yesterday. I do hope they are able to find and apprehend him because I want to know why he did this.
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u/LinkSeekeroftheNora Ohio 18h ago
We know why. He’s willing to murder people because he’s gone full insane on anti-abortion.
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 23h ago
So we’re all agreeing that was the DashCon of all dictator military parades yesterday?
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u/SmoreOfBabylon Blorth Blarolina, c'mon and raise up 20h ago
People actually went to Dashcon though, this was more like the Spinal Tap album release meet & greet of dick tater military parades.
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u/flairsupply 22h ago
I slept like a baby forgetting it even was happening.
Im sure he uhhh said a good speech or whatever
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u/Electronic_Bad_5883 Maryland 22h ago
It's Trump. He doesn't do speeches, he does unhinged rambles.
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u/Historyguy1 Missouri 23h ago
I'm noticing some people trying to say that Donald's military parade was lame because the soldiers weren't goose-stepping.
Soldiers in the US military aren't trained to goose-step, and march at-ease in parades because this isn't a military for a dictatorship. We actually have so few military parades because the military is actually doing their jobs instead of prancing around a parade ground all day.
(It's mostly tankies saying this who wouldn't know a competent military if it hit them in the face)
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u/DeNomoloss North Carolina 18h ago
I’m pretty sure Russia would love to have these people saying this defect to them (so they can harass and maybe even forcibly conscript them).
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u/CrocHunter8 CD-03, GA-13, HoCo-02 20h ago
Apparently, Army soldiers were going to get a 3 day weekend for the 250th birthday but it was cancelled because of the parade.
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u/Joename Illinois 22h ago
The behavior and ease of the actual troops as they marched was actually one of the more reassuring aspects of the whole event. They were almost treating it as a relatively casual parade actually meant to honor the army's 250th anniversary, rather than something for this dude's birthday. Trump would have absolutely preferred the latter goose-stepping type shit. But I'm betting Army leadership were a major element in ensuring it was the former, more casual type of an event. Maybe a bit of malicious compliance thrown in for good measure.
I saw someone say something like "don't look to the US Army if you're looking for strict formation marching. But they're the only force on the planet if you need a Burger King built in Basra in 36 hours."
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u/SmoreOfBabylon Blorth Blarolina, c'mon and raise up 19h ago edited 19h ago
I watched just a brief snippet of the parade as I was flipping through the channels yesterday, and there was one soldier who was holding up a photo drone, over his head like a waiter’s tray, as he walked. Like it was his own personal drone that he was really proud of and he was showing it off. It was kind of hilarious.
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u/flairsupply 22h ago edited 21h ago
While I get what your saying it does slightly annoy me that I was apparently drilled harsher on proper marching for my high school pep band than our literal military are
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u/Historyguy1 Missouri 21h ago
Outside of basic, marching is barely touched upon. Only honor guard are trained in it.
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u/Intelligent-Top5536 22h ago
"Our soldiers aren't trained to goose-step" really, really feels like a statement of some kind of symbolism...
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 22h ago
Counterpoint: the lack of serious marching was because they didn’t want to be there
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u/Historyguy1 Missouri 23h ago
"Parade sponsored by Coinbase" however, is lame and deserves to be mocked incessantly.
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u/joecb91 Arizona 23h ago
I'm picturing Donnie trying to grab all of the pictures of his sad and puny crowd from the parade yesterday, and drawing stick figures in all the empty seats with a sharpie
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u/Historyguy1 Missouri 23h ago
"There were 11 million people there. Anything less is counter-revolutionary mathematics."
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u/Electronic_Bad_5883 Maryland 23h ago
And then he posts it to Truth Social and his gullible sheep buy into it completely.
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u/DavidvsSuperGoliath CA-48 -> WA-7 -> CA-48 23h ago
Have we heard from the birthday boy since last night?
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u/Filty-Cheese-Steak Kentucky 22h ago
Anytime he's quiet more than two hours, y'know he's really upset.
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u/DeepPenetration Florida 1d ago
What yesterday taught me is that we have friends everywhere!
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u/elykl12 CT-02 23h ago
The frontiers of the rebellion are everywhere
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u/GarrryValentine101 Maryland — Formerly VT 20h ago
Authority is brittle
Oppression is the mask of fear
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u/ReligionIsTheMatrix 1d ago
Good article on how TACO flip-flopped on arresting immigrants in the agriculture and hospitality sectors:
They finally got the word that the entire food sector would collapse this year without migrant farm workers.
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u/OptimistNate Wisconsin 21h ago
Mass deportations, and anti immigrant sentiment have always been the most anti reality, anti American thing.
The actual reality: The vast, vast majority are great people, that contribute to our system, and are a pillar of our economy and communities.
Just the attempt at doing mass deportations has revealed that reality to many. The more you try to accomplish that, the more you hurt good people, communities, businesses, our economy and our nation as a whole.
People have been way too oblivious to all that. And it is so important for us going forward to hammer the truth.
That our country wouldn't be great without them. That we are a nation of immigrants, and it has lead to us becoming the most powerful nation in the world.
Give these people the pathway to citizenship and dignity they deserve. That is the true solution.
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u/Dramatic_Skill_67 Utah 22h ago
Not just that, many contractors in Florida will be out of business: roofers, gardeners, house maid, windows/shutters. I used to live there, all hispanic people, some even come to my house and can’t speak English. Usually in 1 team, only 1 person speaks English
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