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electric_blue68

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4. The problem with that thinking is there are many Democrats of lesser means who can't, or don't want to move for a ..
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 07:07 PM
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variety of legitimate reasons!

So you leave them to an even more awful fate?

I live in a big, blue city in a more Blue State area, but I'm concerned for others elsewhere - esp lower income, women, POCs, elders in those States of Democrats, Democratic leanjngs.

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Isn't Texas... Gruenemann Tuesday #1
extremely moonshinegnomie Tuesday #9
District 5 is in the Dallas area, not Houston or Austin RussBLib Wednesday #15
We either need to stop promoting this red-blue concept or face reality... Moostache Tuesday #2
The problem with that thinking is there are many Democrats of lesser means who can't, or don't want to move for a .. electric_blue68 Tuesday #4
That's why I always said to accomplish this we'd have to offer slightlv Tuesday #7
Idk, it'd be great if they could be somewhere else, but that's not happenjng... electric_blue68 Tuesday #14
We on the left need to realize that MASSIVE pushback over DECADES would be required... Moostache Wednesday #17
Moos.. we think along the same lines, with the same passion... slightlv Thursday #19
A return to the concept of Greek city-states mnay be necessary. Moostache Wednesday #18
The problem with leeches Metaphorical Tuesday #5
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Can two "play at that game"? FBaggins Tuesday #6
They do have this BumRushDaShow Tuesday #8
Population growth of 108k in a state of almost 40 million is actually shrinking relative to the rest of the country FBaggins Tuesday #10
That figure was over a single year. It was 250,000+ total over a couple years (including revisions). BumRushDaShow Tuesday #11
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