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flashman13

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12. This has nothing to do with chronological age. We are talking about replacing people that still carry the ideas of 20th

Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 07:41 PM

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century politics. The old ways of thinking and politics do not meet the demands of the moment.

We need leaders that are willing to fight Trump, hammer and tongs at every turn, to drive him and his MAGAt mob out of power and restore democracy and the rule of law.

We also need leaders willing to put the oligarchs and corporations in their place so that we provide for the needs of the many, not the wants and comfort of the few. That means driving money out of politics and breaking up the monopolistic power big business.

Schumer and Jeffries, et al, are not up to the task. They are both too beholding to old ideas and the donor class.

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