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Fiendish Thingy

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4. I've heard time and time again from various "experts" how America is a Center-right nation...

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:25 PM

Jun 2025

And how therefore Dems must move to the right in order to win elections (Newsom certainly believes this, as does Rahm Emmanuel).

However, looking at the surveys above, I only see 2, maybe 3 topics that could be considered Center-right- the rest are firmly in the progressive/“radical left”/traditional Democratic Party values ballpark…

The consultant class will slowly destroy democracy while making billions.

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