Democrats: To Win America Back, Confront Trump's and the GOP's Naked Corruption (DU'er Thom Hartmann)

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Reposted from "The Way Forward" for visibility.
https://hartmannreport.com/p/democrats-to-win-america-back-confront

Péter Magyar defeated Viktor Orbán in last weekend’s Hungarian elections because he ran a Navalny-style playbook, calling Orbán’s and his billionaire buddies’ capture of the media and most other aspects of Hungarian life a “state capture system” grounded in good old-fashioned corruption.

From Orban’s son-in-law pulling a Jared and using his government position to become one of the richest men in the country, to his billionaire cronies buying up the media like the billionaire Ellisons are doing here now, corruption was Magyar’s singular through-line message. And it worked, producing an overwhelming turnout and undeniable victory.

It will work here, too!

Democrats are (continuously, it seems) debating what should be their campaign strategy, their main through-line message, for the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election. Every faction and special interest group in the country is pushing their own idea, but there’s one overarching concept — one word — that can encompass most all of them and do so with a proven political punch: “Corruption.”

[The Roux Comes First]

1. And Of Course It Didn't Start with Trump, It Pre-dates Nixon

But with the arch-felon, who knows nothing BUT corruption, it has metastasized.

[usonian]

3. Has he ever said "I am not a crook"? No, "Everyone else is a crook"

He's "the BIGGEST, BADDEST, Greatest Crook EVER"

And there ain't Jack you can do about it.

Will it be?



As he boards the helicopter to Moscow? (The Russian one)

[Ponietz]

2. NOTHING matters more than holding them criminally responsible

Because their next ratfuck will double down again. They must be stopped and held morally accountable.

And, that won’t happen with a right-leaning, AIPAC-loving Democratic nominee in 2028. I’ll bet body parts such a candidate will want to “move on and look forward.” The only way to uphold the law and restore peace will be through a progressive nominee.

There is good evidence that Epstein worked for Israel. Ergo, the cover up. Israel effectively controls US foreign policy, and only a progressive will have the moral fiber to do what justice demands.