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gab13by13

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1. Interesting take from a Politico article that opines that Orban's defeat should wake up Democrats.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:53 AM
Monday

The thought is to go outside the normal structure of the Party, whether it be Democrat or Republican.

Please do not hit me up for this being a right wing talking point, I find it intriguing and it bolsters my prior posts that suggest Democrats nominate someone who is a non-politician for president such as Miles Taylor or Malcolm Nance. I appreciate negative comments on this idea.

"The outcome is a setback for the White House and a humiliation for its best friend in Europe.

But the sharpest message from Budapest should be for the Democrats, strange as that may sound.

That is because Orbán’s ouster represents a new triumph for a particular brand of disruptive politics: one defined by reformist candidates who launch new parties and blow up old ones, winning elections by rendering traditional political structures obsolete. Hungary's Peter Magyar, the leader of the anti-Orbán Tisza party, is the latest victor in this mold. There is no equivalent figure among Trump's American opponents.

This is not just the electoral flavor of the moment in Hungary, an ex-Communist country with a population roughly the size of New Jersey’s — hardly a bellwether for the American electorate. Instead, Magyar joins an eclectic club of successful insurgents scattered from Paris and Rome and Ottawa to Buenos Aires and Seoul and Washington."

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/04/13/hungary-election-orban-defeat-message-democrats-00868584

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