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Scrivener7

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1. I think in many places people want more progressive candidates

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:58 AM

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and a new generation who aren't business as usual. We do need this. We can't keep doing things the same way.

As Heather Cox Richardson points out, whenever we have been in a position like this where our Democracy looks like it will fall to fascism, it has been followed by a hard jog towards more progressive. Because that needs to happen.

It's a good thing.

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