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I don’t think Trump cares about polls and he definitely doesn’t care about protests. The only thing that seems to give him pause is the markets moving negatively. But even then, this is the same guy who is going to give himself 10 billion from suing the justice department and he’s out here saying he’s going to give the money to charities.
The same family who defrauded a children’s cancer charity.
I think this keeps getting worse and Trump is going to try and jail as many people as possible, charge the with felonies and stop them from being able to vote. There’s no bottom for him.
A single leader is a liability at this point. What we have is a number of people, not all of them politicians, acting in opposition to the Trump regime. That makes it a lot harder for Miller and the others to squash the wave that is building against Trump and the enabling Republicans. It is still too early for a presidential candidate to emerge. Remember: Obama seemed to come out of nowhere, even though he had been a state legislator and was in his second year in the Senate.
If you were to believe that Democrats winning the Senate is a life and death issue (which it is for those under attack), what would you advise Democrats on immigration/border security policy?
I’m still basking in the light of the Tipping Point. This is good corroboration!
A Blue Wave in November doesn't excuse sitting Democrats from doing everything they can today.
I don’t think Trump cares about polls and he definitely doesn’t care about protests. The only thing that seems to give him pause is the markets moving negatively. But even then, this is the same guy who is going to give himself 10 billion from suing the justice department and he’s out here saying he’s going to give the money to charities.
The same family who defrauded a children’s cancer charity.
I think this keeps getting worse and Trump is going to try and jail as many people as possible, charge the with felonies and stop them from being able to vote. There’s no bottom for him.
There is also no bottom for the republicans who refused to convict and remove him from office...twice!
The Dem problem remains:
No leader
No policies
No comms strategy
Is Sanders or Mamdani in charge? So they’re left being the ‘anyone but Trump’ party. Newsom is sounding ok but the mess made in SF doesn’t help.
A single leader is a liability at this point. What we have is a number of people, not all of them politicians, acting in opposition to the Trump regime. That makes it a lot harder for Miller and the others to squash the wave that is building against Trump and the enabling Republicans. It is still too early for a presidential candidate to emerge. Remember: Obama seemed to come out of nowhere, even though he had been a state legislator and was in his second year in the Senate.
If you were to believe that Democrats winning the Senate is a life and death issue (which it is for those under attack), what would you advise Democrats on immigration/border security policy?
Maybe the Democrats need to talk about the specifics of the immigration bill that Trump and the House Republicans killed.