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MyOwnPeace

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30. I DO appreciate and praise those that are doing 'the right thing'.........
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 06:32 PM
Jul 16

and you did a great job 'finding' them - but those responses were not 'headlines' on the MSM - and that is CERTAINLY part of the problem.
We need to hear MORE from those that are considered 'Leadership' of the party. We are hearing from President Obama - but it is a 'tough-love' message, as Charlie Pierce of Esquire calls it:

“There’s been, I gather, some argument between the left of the party and people who are promoting the quote-unquote abundance agenda. Listen, those things are not contradictory. You want to deliver for people and make their lives better? You got to figure out how to do it,” he said. “I don’t care how much you love working people. They can’t afford a house because all the rules in your state make it prohibitive to build. And zoning prevents multifamily structures because of NIMBY,” he said, referring to “not in my backyard” views. “I don’t want to know your ideology, because you can’t build anything. It does not matter.”
The “abundance agenda” is the latest style in sheep’s clothing cut to fit what’s left of the old Democratic Leadership Conference philosophy. The donor class of the Democratic party loves the hell out of this thing because it promises ... wait for it ... deregulation, especially in the housing sector. (I might suggest a chat soon with the people who bought the houses on the overbuilt banks of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas.) It’s hard not to look at the political potential of the abundance agenda as a weapon to blunt the genuine populism bubbling up beneath the surface. And while it’s all the rage with the cocktail-party set among the Democrats, there probably aren’t 25 people outside the Beltway who ever have heard of it.
I never will understand Obama’s long periods of being hors de combat while the vandals took over the government. Imagine if Obama had been out there, hammering away with all his undoubted political skill. Imagine if he’d aimed it all at Republicans.

You are SO right - some get more 'press' than others - and that is a problem that goes back to the 2016 campaign if not before. It DOES seem to be a bias - why just AOC but not Swalwell, Lieu, or Ossoff? And isn't that the point?

We need more 'GOOD TROUBLE!' We need to make enough noise that the MSM DOES have to report it even if it goes against their own corporate bias regarding how they cover things. We're not making enough noise - not hearing enough from a strong party leadership that is willing to stand up and fight the Orange Devil - not be lambs like those in his own party that KNOW he's wrong.

We're on the same team - we need a unified fight!


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The Epstein name should be said by every Democrat in this country and then answer the question. kimbutgar Jul 15 #1
Take Epstein's mug shot and/or that pic of him and Trump laughing it up and project it on every building Trump owns Attilatheblond Jul 15 #3
Oooooooooo THAT is one OUTSTANDING idea! calimary Jul 16 #12
Ouch! Grim Chieftain Jul 15 #2
THIS is a DEMOCRAT....... MyOwnPeace Jul 15 #4
She'd make a great president. byronius Jul 15 #5
Go AOC!!!! Scubamatt Jul 16 #13
Yes! And mango mussellini is afraid to sue her for defam because... Justice matters. Jul 16 #16
Well, if it wasn't obvious before, it's certainly obvious now. W_HAMILTON Jul 16 #23
I DO appreciate and praise those that are doing 'the right thing'......... MyOwnPeace Jul 16 #30
They weren't headlines BECAUSE of the Republican-biased rightwing corporate media. W_HAMILTON Jul 16 #32
And now a fucking pedophile Aviation Pro Jul 15 #6
"grab 'em by the pussy" Skittles Jul 15 #7
12yos included in that for Rapey Don. Tiny naughty paedo sex pred Trumpy hands on tiny girls. Celerity Jul 16 #10
Epstein!!!! Epstein!!!! Epstein!!!! Epstein!!!! Epstein!!!! Epstein!!!! Epstein!!!! Epstein!!!! Epstein!!!! Epstein!!!! wolfie001 Jul 15 #8
Fucking MAGA loves and endorses child rape. Fuck the whole lot of those fucking shitbags. SoFlaBro Jul 16 #9
Yup. Their whole fury about Epstein was that it would expose top D's, Soros, Hollywood liberals LiberalLovinLug Jul 16 #17
A letter from Bondi to Patel azureblue Jul 16 #25
the GOP azureblue Jul 16 #22
If Trump goes down for this, I might have to believe in karmic justice. It's like the bottom of the barrel of things to RoeVWade Jul 16 #11
If trump goes down for this, I'd have a small glass of champagne. calimary Jul 16 #14
The Epstein files are secured and locked in the presidential library. Marcuse Jul 16 #15
T💩p was found guilty of sexual ASSAULT not abuse. OMGWTF Jul 16 #18
Plenty of other lawsuits and corroborating witness... AntiFascist Jul 16 #19
And another thing that pisses me off tonkatoy8888 Jul 16 #26
You make an EXCELLENT point that...... MyOwnPeace Jul 16 #31
Let's call him Pedonnie. Dave Bowman Jul 16 #20
Come on Don azureblue Jul 16 #21
I for one thought the repubes were making a foul mistake BoRaGard Jul 16 #24
I see what you did there...... MyOwnPeace Jul 16 #33
We have known who and what he is for NINE fucking years (or more if you live in NYC.) n/t Evolve Dammit Jul 16 #27
Hey Dem leadership, start calling it a coverup, everywhere every time Hassler Jul 16 #28
Indeed Scott Alan Swaggerty Jul 16 #29
and... myohmy2 Jul 16 #34
Well AOC, if you're asking Magats, the answer is they don't think mdbl Jul 16 #35
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